New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-02
DEFEAT FOR WHIMSICAL
OUTRUN ALL THE WAY.
Fire FaOorites HIN far the Form
Players at Jamaica.

Whimsical. which had two victories over Ac-
countant TO her credit last year made her first
appearance Of the season at the Jamaica race
track yesterday, but did not cover herself with
glory She a starter in the handicap ct one
mile and a sixteenth, sixth the card, but was
badly outrun from start TO finish, showing moth
ing, in fact. TO indicate that she was within
pounds Of her true form. She receded in the bet
ting from TO 3 to 3 to l. in spite of the fact
that II seemed to be common knowledge that she
had worked well and was ready for her best eff
fort. Her warming up gallop was impress
slVe, however, and the handicappers played all
around her. Tommy Waddell, Good Luck Sam
uei H. Harris and Dolly Spanker attracting more
or less generous support.
the Six horses in the field were strung out over
sixteenth Of mile in the first quarter with
Tommy Waddell breezing along in front and
GOOD Luck. which had been cut off at the start,
a bad last In the run up the backstretch Ath-
lete raced by Samuel H. Harris and moved into
second place, but try he would he could not
run Tommy Waddell down, and the latter won
handy by two lengths From the far turn
home Good Luck made up eight or ten lengths.
and finished strong that Mountain had TO ride
Athlete out TO save the place Whimsical fin
ished far back
a big midweek crowd OF some ten thousand
persons was in attendance and those who fol-
ularly well. as five first choices out of seven got
TO the JUDGES IN fror1. This was a windfall to
the form players, as the victory Of one lone ia
torite on Tuesday caused many lamentations
lhe winning favorites Robin Hood which
nJoyed little than good exercise galIop to
win the first race; Joaquin which had almost as
easy a time winning the third; WOODLAND, which
made show Of his field thanks 20 a struggling
start. in the Greenfield Stakes; Marathon. which
TlrNas 1lz
and got up in time TO win the fifth race. and
Youthful. which beat Senator Beckham head
IN the last race The beaten favorites were
Whimsical and Gold Foil.
Mars Cassidy, the starter has hardly been in
MS best form in the last few days and he
particularly unfortunate with two Of his starts
yesterday. About one half the field had no
chance when the barrier went up in the second
race. while the Greenfield Stakes was practi-
caily decided at the start when Woodland The
Dane and Aunt Rose were off in their stride,
with the other horses all tangled up WOODLAND
had been backed into faVoritism by Bob Tucker
and his friends from 3 to / 10 8 10 8. He opened
up gap of five or six lengths in the first quar-
ter and none Of the others could get within
mailing distance of him. Apple To-day. the we'll
played second choice, and Transvaal were prac-
ticaly left at the post The latter made I'D a.
lot Of ground and finished third. and in all prob
ability would have forced the winner out with
an even break. The Dane was an added starter
and he finished second at fancy price
+: A Forsythe made small sized "killing"
win sussex IN the second race. The FLY
backed from 20 to l to 10 to l. She met with
some interference rounding the turn, but Sh-
ing found an opening for her the rail in the
stretch, while Helen B. had to go round on the
outside. This made II possible for Sussex to win
by half length in e hard drive. Sempro a
good looking colt by Sempronius, and quoted at
90 10 l. was in the thick Of the fight all the way
and finished a respectable third
Those who backed Youthful in the last race
suffered from q mild of heart failure in the
drive through the last sixteenth Mountain was
forced 10 put down his whip to pull the colt off
Senator Beckham and avoid a foul and in doing
so all but caused the defeat Of his mount He
got him Strengthened out in time, however to
win on the post by head. Enlist and Mackerel
had many followers in this Both showed
speed, but stopped as If short.