Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-06
JAMAICA RACES.
Five Favorites Won, Making the Bet
tiers Happy.

Himself and Orloff, both favorites and
carrying the colors of Father Bill Daily.
won races at Jamaica yesterday afternoon
by short margins. Himself enabled pitts
burg Phil to get in tremendous killing in
the last event of the day, $1,000 handicap
at a mile and seventy yards Bcnnibert,
carrying top weight, opened favorite at
threes with Flying Buttress at tours and
Himself at skies. But as soon as the open
ing prices appeared against Days horse
world of money came pouring into the ring,
the price dropping rapidly until Himself
was the favorite at Ii to when the bugle
sounded. While the horses were on the way
to the post the betting on Himself con-
tinued, and when they were sent away the
quotation was to 5. The start was rag
ged, Wild Pirate and McWilliams getting
the worst Of it. Flying Buttress quickly
rushed to the front and set hot clip up
the backstretch, attended by Himself.
Rounding the turn, Odom took the lead
with Days horse and looked as If he might
win easily when he entered the stretch, but
Fuller came from behind with Wild Pirate
and 1t required all of Odou's energy and
skill to land the favorite winner by a short
neck in 1.46 Two lengths away was Cir
GUS who finished neck before Bonnibert.
1t was fitting climax for most success
full day for the talent, as five favorites and
a third choice landed the money. The
weather was trif1e chilly, yet the usual
crowd Of 5000 persons swarmed through
the stands and over the lawn. Two stake
events were on the card and both proved
hollow victories for favorites. Saccharome-
ter was a prohibitive first choice in the
Williamsburg handicap for three -year-olds
at six furlongs. AS there were only three
starters. Saccharometer was rubbed off
many of the states, the talent playing
Frank FarrelIs The -Guardsman to beat
Toscan. saccharometer was taken to the
front by Shaw at the outset, but he did not
have the expected walk-over. for Shaw
was compelled to ride him out to win by
length, Hoar driving The Guardsman into
the place with neck to spare. The win
ners time was 1.13 10.
For the Elmhurst stakes. for two-year-
olds at five furlongs, O. L. Richards Tenny
colt Race King was the talents selection at
IL to 10. though he opened on equal terms
with August Belmont's Nineptn, who re-
coded to twos. Race King made a runaway
of it and won galloping by four lengths in
1O1 10, the latest time of the meeting.
while Sydney Paget's Extralaw WAS always
second and had six lengths over Foxhall p.
keene's Wizard, the latter beating Ninepin
by length.
Orloff was quoted at II to to win the
first race, for platers at six furlongs, but
he had narrow escape from defeat.
Neither One, Blue Jay and Northbrook
showed the way to the head Of the stretch,
where Burns came up on the outside with
Orlof and after using the whip he rode
the gelding out with great vigor and took
the race by neck from Star and Garter,
who beat Northbrook half length
The betting on the second event for
mares at six furlongs, was confined to
James r. Keene's Futurita, Lady Lake and
Sweet Alice Futurita was an odds-on ia
vorite, and. catching Sweet Alice at the
last furlong. had no trouble in winning by
length and half In LA. Sweet Alice be-
ing three lengths better than Ascension, a
40 to shot.
The only losing favor1te of the day was
Sydney Paget's Australina. who ran third
at five furlongs This was the closest finish
of the afternoon, for Albert Slmons Low
cut, third choice at fives, Julius F1eisch-
mann's Heritage and Australina passed the