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JACOLA RETURNS AND WINS Seabiscuits Conqueror Makes Winning 1939 Debut at Jamaica. Performance Indicates Friendly Filly Is Ready for Her Engagement in Dixie — Dead Heat for Second. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 1.— Jacola, conqueror of Seabiscuit in one of her several important 1938 stake victories, came back to the races with a sterling performance as she galloped off with principal honors in the Victorian Handicap, the mile and a sixteenth affair which featured todays competition at the Jamaica course. In so doing the brown daughter of Jacopo and La France, half-sister to Johnstown, present Kentucky Derby choice, qualified in handsome fashion for the 0,000 Dixie Handicap at Pimlico, her next major engagement. Edward Friendlys colorbearer ran the distance in the lively time of 1:43% with 122 pounds up, to be one second off the track record made by Sting with 16 pounds less up. At the end she had something to spare as she passed the judges two. lengths in advance of Brown King and Tatterdemalion, which raced to a deadheat for second place. Only three started. The score gave Nick Wall a double in the two features, one he started in the preceding event atop Mahdi. Due to heavy support for Brown King, which was a starter in South America, where he campaigned as Palais Royal, Jacola went to the post a receding favorite at even money after opening at 7 to 10. She was the first favorite of the afternoon to register. JACOLA STARTS FAST. Wall got Jacola away fast and sent her out to force the pace, though the Jacopo filly had only to travel the initial half in :484,and, while the other two were racing under restraint behind her. She was under urging as she put in her next quarter in :24% to round out the six furlongs in 1:13 and the drive continued as she went the mile in 1:37%. This made her run the fourth quarter in :24%. She had the other two well beaten by the time the mile was completed and was not troubled thereafter. Brown King, after a pair of clever six-furlong races, was expected to improve, as he was dropping weight and being extended to a route believed to be more to his fancy. Olguin had him under restraint for the first half mile, but was of little assistance thereafter when it came to a drive. Arcaro clearly outrode him through the stretch to gain a deadheat for place with Tatterdemalion. The latter, rated early, finished stoutly from the three-furlongs post. It was his first start since last August and a corking effort, one which should have him at his best for Saturdays Excelsior Handicap. MAHDI IN FORM. Mahdi, a gelding which had been beaten in two previous starts at the meeting, was in a running mood in the six furlongs Ocean-side Purse, after having been backed from 15 to 1, to 10 to 1 at post, so covered the distance in 1:11% to register by three lengths over the public choice Rust. The Dis Done — Mad Hattie gelding was never in serious trouble., stalling off his opposition quickly. Rust, expected to improve over her seasons first, failed to do so, being driven out to take the place by half a length from Royal Eminence. Andy Schuttinger sent out a surprise winner in the opening five furlongs dash for maiden juvenile colts and geldings when he saddled Curliqueue for Nelson I. Asiel. Under a smart ride by Jockey Wagner he earned a close decision over the Wheatley Stables Set and Hal Price Headleys Stagefright, which pust arrived from Kentucky Sunday, was a close third. The three were half a dozen lengths before W. H. Gallaghers Wise Bee, which was at all times the choice of the big field. H. W. Maxwells Capt. Andy which only escaped from the maiden class in his last previous race, repeated to win the mile and a sixteenth race that was the sixth offering. A. H. Watermans Mary Sehulz raced to the place and T. H. Somervilles Flat Lance, the favorite took third from E. W. Duffys Steel Knight with Bailiwick the only other starter. STEEL KNIGHT TIRES. As the stretch was reached, Steel Knight weakened badly and Capt. Andy raced past him easily to win going away by four lengths. Mary Sehulz had run down the tiring Steel Knight and then, right at the end, he was also caught by Flat Lance to lose third. Capt. Andy was ridden by Johnny Longden and was always second choice to Flat Lance, going to the post at two to one. At the end of the card Jack Healeys Poesy, after being "played from six down to four to one, was a driving winner over M. McGonigles Jest Once, the favorite and third was the portion of Swiss Tryst, with Silsweep fourth. Sammy Renick rated Poesy back of the pace to the stretch and there when Jest Once made her bid, he swept up on the outside with the Healey filly to land her the winner by three parts of a length.
