New-York tribune., 1905-11-02
HANDICAP FOR JAC0BIIE
WINS BY Il SHORT NECK.
-Four Fauorites Score on Get-1scay
DAY at Jamaica.

The last day cf the fall meeting of the
metropolitan Jockey Club at Jamaica was
lacking in ;he usual getaway day features
Four favorites NON, aud the looked for long shots
pere conspicuous by their absence The sun
shcne brightly hut small sized gale whirled
the dust liz clouds and made it rather discom-
forting for the crowd. which out in its usual
numbers The winner in almost every race
won much as he pleased the end. the ex-
ceptiol being in the Remsen Handicap, in which
Iacobite had 70 be driven out TO beat Hermitage
q neck.
The Remsen Handicap, for two-year-ods, at
five and one-half furlongs the feature Of
the card and OF the racing, for that matter.
Sydney Paget withdrew Kinleydale and depend
ed on Jacobite, which the Cutchogue
Handicap so cleverly last Saturday and the play
ers were satisfied that he could pick up the
extra weight made him the favorte and backed
him at odds-o7 Hermitage. with a feather on
his back, and Snow were the ones most fancied
10 beat the son of Golden Garter. The start was
fair, but Jacobite and Hermitage were so quick
their feet that it made it appear Struggling
AS # was Hector and Commune. slow to settle
I'm their stride. beaten in the first quarter
Hermitage and Jacobite raced away in front
and opened UP a gap of three or four lengths on
Zienap, which led the others Thereafter 1t
was two horse race the others could never
lar ran disappointing Just before turn
ing for home Jacobite drew away from Hermit
age and when Strengthened out for the to
the wire had an advantage of some two lengths
Hermitage was game. however. and refused to
give Up the battle, and slowly but surely began
10 wear down the favorte, which was beginning
10 feel the effect of his 126 pounds. Inside the
last sixteenth pole ]. Jones, who had the mount
on Jacobite felt the need of heroic measures,
c-,S d-o,- &c u-nED Toeohira rpcnnnFipd
q hard drive managed to last long enough to
win by neck. IN two or three more strides
Hermitage would have earned the decision
Yaiagal, running strong through the stretch,
caught Zienap and finished third, some two
lengths away.
OuadriIIe Grenade and Tambeau were the
other favorites to score, and each had a margin
Of two lengths at the finish Quadrille took up
100 pounds and won the opening handicap from
Toscan. The last named might have won if
Buchanan had not allowed him TO run VIDE at
the stretch turn where he lost two or three Valu-
able lengths. Grenade was much the best in the
third race On the far turn Yorkshire Lad raced
up to him and appeared to have him beaten,
but Sewen let out wrap in the iast furions
and Grenade drew right away. The Southerner
bluffed along in last place all the way ana
either would not could not extend him.
self There will be general satisfaction on all
sides when this erratic old horse is retired For
hopeless Inconsistency he is as bad as. If not
worse than. Major Daingerfield-
Tambeau graduated from the maiden
class in the last race after his followers had
given up ali hope. ONeil had to whip him
away from the post and he was far back IN
the early running, but once he settled down
TO racing he made his field look cheap. swell
Girl had no excuses and gave up the fight when
most expected of her.
The Huguenot. Futurity winner of years ago
and one of the oldest horses in training, beat
cheap field in the second race. and Shenan-
doah took the fifth at to l. the longest priced
winner of the day. Massa WAS backed from 3
to / to even money in this race, but failed to
run up to expectations and suffered, moreover,
from weak handling. Shenandoah showed some
improvement his last race. when he was
beaten off in much the same company