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UP AND MNGTAKES FEATURE Mrs. P. Comings Derby Eligible Best in Jamaica Headliner. Running Mate, Mosawtre, Finishes Second, With Rough Diamond Third Endymlon Registers in Initial Appearance. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 20. Up and Doing, Mrs. Parker Comings candidate for the Kentucky Derby, was winner of the best offering of the Metropolitan Jockey Club at Jamaica today when he scored in the Clinton Purse, at one mile and seventy yards. It was a good performance, but not such as would give him importance for the big Kentucky prize. Second place was also taken by a Derby eligible when Julia M. Lofts Mosawtre beat C. V. Whitneys Rough Diamond for that part of the purse. Both Up and Doing and Mosawtre were sent to the post by Max Hirsch. The only others in the small field were Elylee and Sun Archer, and they followed in the order named. Although it was the opening day of the baseball season there was an immense crowd on hand again for the sport and the weather and track conditions were ideal. The racing was marked by several thrilling finishes, and a good percentage of the choices were successful. LE BLANCS MOUNT. Little Hubert Le Blanc, something of a sensation in Florida, had the mount on Up and Doing and he made no mistakes with the son of Brilliant Leaving the post alertly, he soon raced Elylee into defeat, and after taking command rated his mount along cleverly never to be headed. It was going into the back stretch that Elylee- bore out rather badly and when Sun Archer followed him out he was eliminated. At the time the old son of Sun Briar was racing along strongly on the outside, but before Stout had him straightened he had lost so much ground that he had no further chance. "Big Jim" Healy saddled another juvenile winner for John Hay Whitney when he sent out Endymion in the Locust Purse, fashioned for maidens. The son of Blue Larkspur Loved One gave a good account of himself in his first racing effort, but it took the camera to decide he had beaten Flying Ariel, from the Howe Stable, by a short nose. Far back of these William Ziegler, Jr.s Papa Jack, which was well-seasoned in Florida, easily saved third from George D. Wideners Alarming. FLOPSEE WINS. Dewey Benthams Fiopsie was winner of the opening six furlongs race, which engaged fourteen cheap platers. At the end the daughter of Stimulus was doing her best to beat Wise King by three-quarters of a length and third went to Miss Janice Winfreys Rafter when he led Peaceful past the line. A score for the Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs silks was recorded in the second race, when Deduce, after avoiding the early pace, charged up on the outside through the stretch to win going away over Mrs. C. Oliver Iselins Velvet Mask and John Simon-ettis Free Again, which crossed the line so closely locked a photograph was required to make the decision. My Kin took fourth. Neap, from the Brookmcade Stable, and a long shot of the company, took the six furlongs fifth race but there was a big element of luck in the score for Nautch seemed to be winning with something to spare as the stretch was reached, where he bolted badly, as he has done on other occasions. Dewey Benthams Abner raced to the place when fortunate in finding his way through in the stretch and third went to Whizzaway with Nautch fourth. DELAY AT START. There was some delay before the start when Whizzaway unseated Cartwright on the way to the post and broke through the paddock gate to run away. That evidently did him no serious harm in the light of his showing in the race. There was a "double" for the Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs silks when Time Clock was winner over Albuquerque and Speed raced third before Money Muddle in the nightcap. Time Clock had to be pounds the best to be the winner for he walked away when a walk-up start was attempted from the Australian gate. He was a bad last for the first half mile while Albuquerque was leading by four lengths. After leaving the back stretch the son of On Watch picked up his field steadily under a drive to win going away by three lengths.
