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Route Test to Jamerica As Sportsmans Closes ClosesFrontRunning FrontRunning Winner of Mile And FiveEighths Feature Race RaceCICERO CICERO 111 May 15 Jamerica a six yearold son of Jacopo won the final hand ¬ icap of the Sportsmans Park meeting when he led for the entire trip to annex the honors and first money in the National Jockey Club Handicap stellar event of clos ¬ ing day program at their Cicero halfmile course Cerberus raced to second place while Starcress finished third and Shad burn was fourth in the mile and five eighths affair affairIt It was the longest race of the 14day ses ¬ sion and provided the patrons with ample thrills as the horses passed the grandstand four times Jamerica the heavilybacked favorite was ridden by W Gillespie who had scored previously during the day and the boy put up a good exhibition of rating his frontrunning charge after placing him to the fore at the outset Jamerica carried top weight of 117 pounds and although he seemed tired at the finish and Gillespie went to the whip near the end he was never in serious danger dangerPrevious Previous to the running of the Getaway day bill it was announced that the attend ¬ ance for the first 13 days had been 153890 and the parimutuel handle 7829770 7829770The The threeyearold Sand Storm won her first race in five tries at the meeting when she made a show of the field opposed to her in the fifth race
