New-York tribune., 1918-06-20
Tom Met aggart
Wins Jamaica
Feature Race
Captures Garden City Selling
Stakes-Form Players
Have Good Day
Bv w. ]. Macbeth

Form plavers went home lubliant
from the Jamaica racetrack yesterday:
as four of the favorites in the card or
six races showed their opponents the
way home. The sport brought about q
succession of close finishes, and only IN
.he last race Of the day was the winner
a comfortable margin in the lead
Tom McTaggart, the big Chuctanunda-
Toplass colt, won his second race IN
succession for George w. McNamee. his
new owner. in taking the Garden City
Selling Stakes, the fourth race, at one
mile and sixteenth, from a hetd t or
fast opponents. The bay colt forced the
issue the gerater part of the way, and.
standing a hard drive gamely. led home
hv a length the fast coming Obolus,
which failed to get away to good
start. Wise Man, the ". ]. Starr horse.
evidently set for 8 killing, weakened in
the stretch run, but pulled down third
honore.
The fanciers of the public choices be-
gan the day we'll when Pigeon beat
home the two-year- olds in the opening
event over the five-furlong route. How
ever, it was not until the field was near
the wire that Pigeon managed to an
s~er Jockey McTaggart's urging with
rush to fash past Nan kncehr and win
going away.
Another victory would have been
thinning horses had Kingtisher been
able to enjoy fair luck in the second
race The favoritc was forced to go
around his field to obtain clear sailing,
thereby losing much ground. With no
rival to block his path, kingfsher
rushed 70 the front like a meteor, and
just failed by head to catch Starlike,
The winner, at the finish.
Favorite Gets Jolt
There was a sad blow for the back
crs of public favorites in The third
event when Kirste's Cub proved
good Santa Claus to the few that
backed his chances. The Kriss kringle
colt swept past the judges stand after
"A brilliant rush down the stretch to
win by half length for his admirers
Those few who wagered their Ameri
can dollar on kirstie's Cub are already
in a position to purchase Christmas
presents at such an early date, as he
vas quoted at 25 to /.
As the field swung into the stretch
Jockey Mergler. astrde Kirstie's Cub,
and who, incidentally. scored his
second victory of the day. slipped his
charge through an opening TO gain the
rail position. He went 20 the front
quickly and won going away.
The field numbered fifteen starters,
and the narrow track caused quite a
Jam at the start in the mad rush
20 secure an advantageous. position
favorite, suffered the most interfer-
ence Jockey Ambrose. on Star
Spangled, soon succeeded in getting
his charge into contending position,
but Sweep Up II, cut off sharply. never
had a chance. With more favorable
racing luck, Star Spangled undoubtedly
would have taken the measure of the
unruly field. as he was by far the best
He managed gradually to increase his
position to finish second to Kirsties
Cub.
Form Followers Win Again
However, the form followers again
hit into a happy vein with the close
victory of Sunhash ii in the fifth race
at one mile and sixteenth. Sunfash
II literally touched the sides of both
rails of the track on his wide detour
TO victory. Jockey McTaggart had con-
siderable difficulty in keeping the
Sundridge- -Naphthalia gelding on a
straight line around the track, as he
went wide on all the turns, but had
enough left to get up and pass Dorcas
in the last few strides.
A perfect day it was when Jusqu'au
Bout, from the stable of J. Z. Widener,
captured the closing race at one mile
and seventy yards. Those who had
tried their luck on picking long shot
and failed in a majority of cases were
again doomed to disappointment, as
the horse of the French name was
held at the prohibitive price of 2 to 5.
The handicapping proved just, as Jusou'
au Bout merely enjoyed a practice run.
He was off quickly and always held
command to win pulled up at the finish.
First Troop showed a smart race by
finishing second, after following the
pace of Jusqu' au Bout from the bar
rier.