The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-17
JOHNNY LOFTUS
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JAMAICA, June 17-Jockey Johnny
 b Loftus further increased his pop u1arity yesterday when he rode Com mander J. K. L. Ross Damrosch to victory and stopped for the moment the run of losing favorites that has been remarkable at Jamaica. Dam rosch was the only public choice to catch the judges eye and in the last three days there have been but four
 winning favorites.
 As a matter of fact, it was the skill
 of Loftus and the confidence of his supporters that made Damrosch start
 favorite for the Garden City Selling
 Stakes at a mile and sixteenth,
 which was the feature of an excellent
 card that attracted more than 10000
 persons to the track. In the early
 speculation the lightly weighted
 Frederick the Great, a horse with a
 great turn of speed but suspected of
 little class and stamina, was the
 choice. Damrosch had to carry 115
 pounds, but when Loftus' name was
 posted as the rider there was a stam-
 pede to get aboard, and Damrosch
 was backed from to 1 to 8 to 5,
 while Frederick the Great receded in
 the betting.
 Though woodtrap broke in front he
 had to give way to the speed of Fred
 erick the Great, which went around
 the first turn with an advantage Of
 several lengths. Loftus had prefera-
 bly, taken the outside position, instead
 of No. 2, which he drew, an indication
 that he was in no hurry to go to the front, but in the run along the back
 stretch he moved up with Damrosch
 and was in second place going to the
 H. dnfA
 mined to test the courage of Freder- ick the Great, and he shot Damrosch up alongside for sharp duel that
 quickly ended in favor of the Ross candidate. With Frederick the Great disposed of Damrosch had the race at his mercy and Loftus kept him well in hand through the stretch to win by three lengths from W. L. Oliver 8 Kilts IT., which closed very fast and took the place from G. D. Widener's s Rose dor. The time of 1:47 1-5 is only a fifth of second slower than the record for the stake.
 Some of the handicappers gave Jack Stuart wining chance yester- day; the official handicapper assigned the weights to give so far as possible this four-year- old under 96 pounds a chance with the top weights. The former were right as it turned out. and M Vosburgh, the official handi- capper, did his part. But as rule these things are not considered by the rank and file who counted Valor a sharp contender on recent races and did not consider Jack Stuart ser iously Anyway Jack Stuart won and valor was third, and the incident no doubt will be forgotten until the same situation crops up again some day, with possibly more chance for criti- cisn.
 King Plaudit was asked to concede 31 pounds according to the scale to Jack Stuart---no mean task. And yet he lost some prestige in suffering de- feat Lyke was blamed by some for making too much use of him in the
 first six furlongs. and perhaps this had a bearing. But it looks as if he was not quite so good a horse as many have been led to believe. It was another day of upsets and surprises. Damrosch, a 1uke-warn choice, was the only favoxite to win, while among those beaten were Oceana at odds on in the first event and Neddam, also at odds on, in the last event.
 The start had much to do with the outcome of the first race. as Heydav broke running while Oceana was flat footed
 In the last event, Neddam suffered Ia stormy journey. and after the finish
 Buxton went before the stewards and
 lodged . complaint o& szoul riding