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ANAFLAMES FINE SHOWING Scores Her Second Victory of Year in Most Impressive Fashion. Forty Eight and May R. Register Double for Owner W. H. Gallagher, Trainer Buxton and Jockey Howell. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 28. Anaflame, William Woodwards three-year-old daughter of Sir Andrew and Flambino, was the most impressive winner of the day at Jamaica, when she galloped home in the mile and seventy yards of the Ariel, which was fashioned for those of her age. Far back of her crossing the line came Mrs. E. Graham Lewis Great Union, and third was the portion of M. Van Beurens Be Quaint, with Dissembler finishing fourth. The Woodward filly came to the races this year a maiden, but has won both of her races in a manner to suggest that she will take high ranking among the fillies. A particularly long-striding miss, she is of the staying type and must be seriously considered in both the Acorn and the Coaching Club American Oaks. She is also an eligible for the Belmont Stakes and was nominated for the Kentucky Derby, but it will be Fighting Fox that will carry the silks of the chairman of The Jockey Club at Louisville on May 7. DELIGHTFUL WEATHER. With a return to delightful spring weather, there was a big crowd out at the course of the Metropolitan Jockey Club and excellent sport resulted. It was a profitable day for the W. PL Gallagher silks when a double was completed with the juvenile Forty-Eight and the useful plater, May R., both being ridden by Howell and saddled by "Happy" Buxton. In the Ariel only six went to the post, and they left the stalls in the same stride. Ana-flame was alert to show her head in front, but it was only for a few strides, when both Great Union and Be Quaint sprinted by her as she settled into her long, sweeping stride. Through the back stretch, Great Union increased his lead to a length and a half, and Be Quaint held to second position, while Anaflame dropped back slightly, but Stout was not asking her for any real effort and was well content with his position. Around the bend and into the stretch, Great Union continued to show the way, but by that time Anaflame was circling around steadily and Be Quaint was hanging on well. BY SAFE MARGIN. A furlong from the finish it was apparent the Woodward miss would be an easy winner for as Stout shook her up she went to Great Union, then was on by to steadily draw out until her -winning margin was four lengths. Great Union had beaten Be Quaint a length and a half for the place, and the son of Sting was a full five-eighths before Dissembler. The placed horses had dominated all the running. B. F. Christmas, the Maryland turfman, uncovered a good thing in the opening six furlongs dash when he sent out Idle Miss to have her home an easy winner after she had been played with rare confidence. Grey Fluff, from the MacDonald Farms stable, raced to second place, with Joseph Pepps Harvesting easily taking third from Sunset Girl. From a good start, it was Grey Fluff that forced the pace. Idle Miss was not away as alertly and was well back. At the head of the stretch she was alongside Grey Fluff and, passing the Sir Greysteel filly readily, came away with ease until her winning margin was half a dozen lengths. Grey Fluff had saved the place by two lengths, and Harvesting, which ran down tired horses, was another two lengths away. RESULTS IN HANDY VICTORY. Each one of the five juveniles that met in the second, a five furlongs dash, had won the previous time out. This resulted in a handy victory for W. H. Gallaghers Forty Eight, when he led home G. D. Wideners Double Back, and William Ziegler, Jr.s Our Mat took third . from Ching-Ling easily. Howell saved ground with Forty Eight and, shaking him up, the half-brother to Rudie moved on Double Back, the leader. A furlong out he was lapped on the daughter of Haste and after a short brush was on by to be winner by a length and a half. The third, a six furlongs dash, gave the W. H. Gallagher silks a double and it also chalked up a double for jockey Howell and "Happy" Buxton when May R. barely scored over T. P. Morgans Liberty Flight, the favorite of the field, with Spandau finishing a distant third. It took the camera to decide the finish, and while May R. was bearing out near the end and was apparently beaten half a dozen strides from the finish, she came again to drop her nose down in front. Right at the end it was a two-horse race, for Spandau was five lengths away as he took third from Galagal. A. H. Watermans Reminiscent beat the platers that met in the mile and a sixteenth of the fifth race, but he was helped along to victory by the rough riding of Lee Hardy on Hugh W. Jacksons Proph, which finished second in a close finish with Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs Spanish Way, the victim of the rough riding. Sweet Adeline, from the Greentree Stable, which has been failing over the sprinting distances, found the mile and seventy yards of the sixth race to her liking and she easily graduated from the maiden class. M. Van Beurens Four Bagger took second place and third was the portion of G. D. Wideners St. Anna, the one that had carried all the pace.
