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.QUICK DEVft" WINS AGAIN I Historic Era Second and Short Dis- TS tance Third at Jamaica. Sunned Accounts for Melville Handicap, Class C, After Stirring Drive With Courageous Support. , JAMAICA, N. Y., April 22. Quick Devil the son of Diavolo and Double Time which races for the. Wheatley Stable, hung out his of second score of- the current Jamaica meet- ing today when he was winner of the . Oceanside. This was a gallop of a mile and l. seventy yards, confined to three-year-olds, and while the winning margin was only s half a. length, it was an impressive score. 1 C. H. Trotters Historic Era was closely lapped on Quick Devil at the end, and G. D. 1 Wideners Short Distance was a distant third before Family Friend, the only other starter. The race was impressive for the reason I that Johnny Longden made an amazing num- J ber of mistakes in his handling of the son 1 of Diavolo, and after he had been headed in I the stretch by Historic Era, he came on with rare courage to be the winner by half 1 a length and going away. I START GOOD, t The start was a good one, bu; Quick 1 Devil was last of the four out of the stalls, 1 while Family Friend left fast. Short Dis- 1 tance went after Family Friend and Historic Era bore out badly on the first turn. 1 Then Longden rushed Quick Devil along on the inside until he was at the heels of Short Distance, which in the meantime had headed Family Friend. First inside and then outside of Short Distance, Longden finally headed the Wide-ner filly on the outside, and at that time the son of Diavolo appeared able to draw away at will. Longden, however, took him slightly in hand, and Historic Era had been exceedingly busy after his mistake on the ! first turh:, and he was charging along on the outside. A furlong out he was alongside Quick 1 Devil and, racing so closely to the son of j Diavolo that Longden had little chance to 1 use his whip. He switched the gad to his left hand, but in the meantime the Republic gelding had him headed. Then with left- . handed whipping, Quick Devil came again to save the day. FINAL DUEL. This final duel took the pair out five lengths before Short Distance, and Family Friend was a bad last. The threat of rain had its effect on the attendance but the crowd was of goodly proportions, and there was no lack of enthusiasm. The Melville Handicap was a six-furlong dash for those in Class C, in the graded handicaps, and it saw B. F. Christmas Sunned winner in a driving finish over . : A. D. B. Pratts Sunport, with Mrs. C. S. i Bromleys Sunphantom beating North Rid-! ing, the favorite, for third. Wise Mentor I I did not break with his company, but the j j .others left the post in good alignment and j North Riding at once jumped into a good lead. Arcaro rushed the faint-hearted daughter of High Time into a good lead in the I j hope that she would not be caught. That method kept her showing the way by daylight until a furlong from the finish, but there she was all through to drop out of the money in the final furlong. Sandjr Bill, that Hirsch Jacobs brought back to the races a, winner last Tuesday after he had been away almost two years; repeated in the opening race. Hustled to : the lead and nursed along in that position, he had to be hard ridden in the stretch to j stick it out and score, over Grey Fluff, from the MacDonald Farms stable, and Free Again, which now races under the silks of William Hirschensohn, readily saved third from Chimney Top. MAIDEN RACE. The maiden juveniles that met in the second i-ace furnished one of the thrills of the day when Robert L. Gerrys Prospectus, a son of High Strung and Preparation that , had some Florida seasoning, just beat home Mrs. Rigan McKinneys Swiftness, another that had raced in Florida. At the heels of the battling pair John A. Healeys Post-Office saved third from Sister Reigh. Jimmy Stout made his riding score two in a row, when he brought J. D. Norris Cami-sado home the winner over a smart band of platers in the third race, at six furlongs. Carrying all the pace, the son of Sortie had plenty to spare when he scored by two lengths over Vera S. Braggs Clean Out, and third went to Hugh W. Jacksons Proph when he outfinished Reminiscent. The start was a good one, but when Whiskolo, slight favorite in the field, was unable to keep step with the early pace he was caught in close quarters on the inner rail and shuffled back somewhat.
