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Stymie, Stymie, Bel Bel Reigh Reigh Triumph Triumph at at Jamaica; Jamaica; Night Night Crawler Crawler Wins Wins Faraway Faraway in in Drive Drive Former Beats Olympic Zenith In Preview for Wood Memorial Jacobs Colorbearer Home With Four Lengths to Spare as Helis Colt Closes Strongly in Final Drive — Christopher Racer Trims Bull Dandy in Second Division of St. James JAMAICA, L. I.. N. Y., April 18.— Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs Stymie won the first and probably best half of the divided St. James Purse, feature of a sunny afternoon of sport at Jamaica today, scampering home tour lengths before the favored Olympic Zenith, who carried the colors of William Helis. Grant Thorns Fire Sticky was another three lengths behind the Louisiana Derby winner and a neck before Mill River Stables Sweeping Time. The race was clocked in 1:43% for the mile and 70 yards, far behind the track record of 1:40% set by Belair Studs Johnstown in this same race in 1939. Stymie paid .10 and was second choice in the wagering. Mrs. T. Christophers Bel Reigh also was an easy winner of the second half of the St. James, scoring by four lengths over Mrs. D. H. Peters Bull Dandy, who was two length* before Joe W. Browns Fox Brownie. Brookmeades Ariel Game was fourth, another length and one-half away. Bel I Reigh, who is engaged in most of the classics for his age, was timed in 1 :44 *a and paid .60 as a solid favorite. Clear skies, a fast track and larger and better fields lured a crowd of 26.747 to the ] Metropolitan Jockey Club course today. The public was not conspicuously successful in selecting winners through the split feature, as only two favorites had scored ahead of Bel Reigh, Harvard Square taking the Polydor Handicap, secondary feature,, and Terse winning the second race Favorite Runs Peculiar Race Olympic Zenith ran a most peculiar race in the St. James. He was in fifth place on the outside going to the first turn, then dropped back to be absolutely last, going down the stretch. On the stretch turn he was seventh and at the head of the home lane he was fifth, nearly six lengths behind Stymie when he began a move on the outside that carried him with ground-devouring strides past all of his rivals, but the flying leader was home safely in the cleat. There was no visible interference that j might have compelled Nick Jemas to allow the son of Mahmoud to drop so far from ! contention. Sweeping Time was first to show in front coming out of the gate and led by daylight over Sir Drake, Ariel Flight, Tit Tat Toe and Olympic Zenith, with Stymie in sixth place. The order didnt change curving into the backstretch or going down the far side, except that Stymie improved | his position and Olympic Zenith dropped j steadily to the rear. Sweeping Time began j i to shorten stride between the turns and i j Stymie slipped through on the inside to j I take a long lead curving for home. Sir Drake and Ariel Flight both chucked it. | while Fire Sticky moved up on the inside Continued on Page Twenty Stymie, Bel Reigh Take Divisions of St. James Former Whips Olympic Zenith by Four Lengths in Wood Preview Continued from Page One of Olympic Zenith, but was unable to stave off the Helis horses closing rush. Another encounter between Stymie and Olympic Zenith is in prospect Saturday, and it adds considerable interest to the . Wood Memorial, which i3 at a slightly j longer distance. Wheatley Stables Free Lance, who has been talked of as a Derby prospect, was never a threat in the St. James, while Captains Aide, a brother of Eurasian, trailed all the way except for the brief time when Olympic Zenith displaced him in that ignominious role. In the second half of the St. James, Steve Brooks sent Bull Dandy to the fore rounding the first turn, with Bel Reigh lapped on him and Tex Martin in third place. Boy Knight, who was first out of the gate, dropped back to fourth place and wound up sixth. Charlie Wahler sent Bel Reigh to the front coming to the long bend for home and he quickly opened a four-length lead. At the head of the stretch Fox Brownie slipped through on the rail, saving much ground, and was momentarily in second place, but he hung in the drive and Bull Dandy continued steadily to save second honors without too much difficulty.
