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NEW YORK FEATURE SPLIT The Fighter and Scrooge Take Divisions of Headliner. Slave Charm Shows Gameness in Winning Maiden Race for Fillies Big Crowd Despite Weather. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 26. W. F. Morgans The Fighter and Herman Phillips Scrooge won the split feature at Jamaica today. It was the Syosset Handicap, a dash at six furlongs for those of class "C" in the graded handicaps, and the second division, which went to The Fighter, that produced the better race. It also marked up a second score at the meeting for the son of Bull Dog, . which took up the top weight of 122 pounds. , The weather was still unseasonably cold, but ; a surprisingly large crowd was out, consider- ing the discomfort. In the second half of the Syosset it was the Brookmeade Stables Drudgery which gave The Fighter something of a task, but he was much better than the others, despite his top impost. Drudgery was sent into a daylight lead by Balaski when he left his stall running and The Fighter was in second place showing the way to Bobs Boys. Sunned, a recent winner, followed and Mahdi brought up the rear.. Haas had The Fighter under slight restraint, as he was content to keep him withing striking distance of Drudgery. Then, going to the stretch turn, he moved up on the pacemaker. A furlong out he was showing in front and Haas was riding confidently as he drew by to be home the winner by a length and a half. Drudgery stuck it out to take the place by Continued on fifteenth page. NEW YORK FEATURE SPLIT Continued from first page. two lengths from Bobs Boys and Sunned, another -two"lengths away, was half a dozen lengths before Mahdi, which raced last all the way. Scrooge furnished one of the surprises of the day when he was winner of the first division of the Sydsset Handicap, and he ran one of his best races when he covered the six furlongs in 1:12 to lead home Clarence Buxtons Knights Haven, while Mrs. Charles S. Bromleys Sunphantom, the favorite, took third from Knowing. The only other starter was White Tie, from the Man-hasset Stable. With little delay at the post, the five went away on the same stride and Knowing was just showing his head before Scrooge and Knights Haven. Sunphantom was last of the five away but all were so closely lappcl that it was no appreciable handicap. George McMitchells Iron Ore, was winner of the opening mile and seventy yards for plater fillies and mares. John Simonettis Squirrel raced to tne place with Time Me, from the MacDonald Farms, saving third from Miss Dignity, the offending favorite. WRIGHT ALERT. Wright had Iron Ore off promptly from the inside stall but when the back stretch was reached Squirrel raced by her though she held to second place. Miss Dignity was in rather close quarters leaving the stalls, and she also lost ground on the first turn, but through the back stretch she was unable to close on the leaders, and altogether her j race was a dull one. . Squirrel, after taking command, was sent ! into a clear lead of two lengths by Nick Wall, and she held to the command into the j stretch. Then, in the final furlong, she be-j gan to shorten stride and Wright charged up on the outside with Iron Ore, to land her the winner by a length. H Time Me was four lengths back of these, but she was plenty good enough to beat the favorite. John Hay Whitneys Slave Charm had to show considerable gameness for a juvenile filly when she was winner over the maidens i of the same sex and age which met in the second race. She wore down Mrs. George" D. Wideners Evening Light to score a close victory, and well back of the pair Donita M., from the Longchamps Farms stable, took third from Stepacola. OUTGUESSES STARTER. Wayne Wright outguessed starter Cassidy when he beat the others off by a clear lead and it was an advantage that almost decided the race. With that advantage and from the inside rail, Wright sent the daughter of Jack High along at her best clip and she still had a lead of daylight when the stretch was reached. Early in the action Gilbert moved into second place with Slave Charm, but the Boojum miss had a big contract on her hands to run down the flying leader. P. Dineharts Ceiling won his second race at the meeting when he scored over a good jband of selling plater sprinters in the third race, a six furlongs dash. Noble Boy, from the Bomar Stable, was second and the Short Brook Farms Bellum was a rapidly closing third before Ritorno. In this Walter Schut-tlers Abner came back badly lamed. The start was a good one, though Merritt pulled Abner up just as he left his stall and he quickly dropped out of the contention. Ceiling was away on his toes and he and Noble Boy went out to show the way, with Gold Buckle not far away and Ritorno also in the front division. Swinging for home the winner was two lengths clear and there was no serious threat in the run home to see him winner by the same margin.
