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SPRINTERS IN THE LIMELIGHT No Star Horses Engaged on Off-Day Card at Jamaica. South Shore Handicap Split and Run in Two Sections — Postage Due and Shoulder Arms the Winners. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 28— Sprinters were in the limelight at Jamaica today when five of the six races were over the six furlongs distance. It was a card of overnight races with no top horses engaged, and when the South Shore Handicap was run in two divisions there was a split of the feature. But the racing was better than the brand of weather when a small crowd shivered through the afternoon. First division of the South Shore, which was for those of class "C," went to Postage Due, while the second division was taken by Shoulder Arms, which had a winter campaign that took in Tropical Park, Gulf-stream, Hialeah and Havana. Postage Due, the A. G. Vanderbilt cast-off that now races for Mrs. G. C. Winfrey, was winner of the first division of the split-feature when he led home Indomitable from the Longchamps Stable, with Bold Turk, racing for the Paragon Stables, taking third from Joseph Pepps Royal Eminence. Postage Due was at all times favorite and was ridden by "Sonny" Workman, who made no mistakes. LONGDEN DRrVES. Longden went to a hard drive on Bold Turk, while Workman was content to give Postage Due a powerful hand ride, and the High Time gelding, responding well, drew up on the Paragon Stables sprinter with every stride. In the meantime, Indomitable was closing with a mighty rush on the outside and he was the threat in the closing stages, but the Winfrey gelding was safely over the line winner by half a length. Bold Turk was beaten a length and a half for the place, and right at his heels came Royal Eminence, which had closed some ground to reach fourth. The second division of the feature sprint was marred by a bad start, and when Shoulder Arms was away running he enjoyed an advantage that was to see him safely home. Scrooge and Vamoose left in the front division, but At Play was virtually left and Harvesting and Donna Leona were also away slowly. Nodarse, who had the mount on Shoulder Arms, rushed the Long-champs sprinter along at his best pace until he had opened up a lead of five lengths. Vamoose soon gave way to Scrooge and when that fellow moved into second place he steadily drew out from the others. In the stretch he was catching Shoulder Arms but missed by a length and a half, though he was four lengths before Vamoose. At Play had closed an immense gap from his slow Beginning, to finish fourth.
