The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-16
Flags Wins PaumOnok HP-di- cap In Opening Days Feature Race at Jamaica Track.

New York took to its racing yesten isfay es it did to It's nbaseban three or four weeks aso---with a. rolhcnns | vhoop. In that merry town the ca pectey for absorbing sports is nrn4l less. now that the stress and strain "I war days are over. s,-,n F'Iaxs won the Paumonoh fanuieap fin the colors of the Beach stap,e; with Old Rosebud, that wohueIii campegner. second ana eanl .x- dr.th'n IAIcu1lite third. and ns they ,-.cssS through tho last furlong ""o .pr nor, iovers of the sport gave Voice An .. vsr4tafbie roar of welcome. T Irn,fn characteristics roar could not shzpve rveu greater fin volume or noro Upomtnnsou- tn its free eNpresnon iI ofotor- Cop. the favorite, had won. or IF Ofd Rosebud or some otner hois 4n tzne brilliant field of sprtnters hao cns1fod off the Hons share Of the 1booo purye. IF bro1re loose because there was no rertrufntng tho overcrowdins pressure No express satisfaction that racing haa ~vturrsed and that opportunity was pfrared to en3oy without the depress- all. .. war ago. m. crowd was not 20 bone crush fnr as at Psp1lico on Wedneedny' svhen ar Barton followed up his Vlc- npry in the Kentuclry Derby by win ming the rich Preakness. But It was Efxxer .s-s -st---'s'D-'' c,r,o Neesf and head finish fn the sr~r-v f1r-t race served to whet the ap- e,.esfa or Che crowd, and while there after The fields were rather strung out ev-,rv.evont -eerned to carry plenty Of Fest
 The oad guard was out in force. ranoq>f A. Cochrans. fresh from his honx rervfce fin Italy. was shaking hands on all ddes: A. K. Macomper rasv his first race of the year; Com ,us0dsr J. K. L. Ross was congratu- hated ,.rfdY fxis arm ached because or sh, double winning of Sir Barton. while Andruw Miller. Senator Key ,roads. R. T. Wilson. w. F. Coe. J. F. wfdener, Matty Corbett, Frederick Johnson, Gone Woods, ?. A Clarke. ard others accepted the chance to re- new old friendships of the turf.
 yacs< Jcyner suffered one dtsap- potntrnent when George D. WfdeneTs BIy1ng Orb wns beaten by Eddie Eickenbacher in the Suffolk Selling Etnlees for two-year-olds. but he en- soyed one thrill when MT. Widener's White Socks won the closing event. and his famous yell resounded throughout the stands.
 White Socks is well named. He has -Four wfite ankles. Also he turned rut to be n mighty good second string else Jack Joyners yell would have died in his throat. End Man svu-s the colt which he counted on with confidence, but End Man, after foriuS the pace until half way down the stretch. suddenly tired Then if was that White Socks, closing with n fush, oame away to save the purse Dor the W1dener Stable.
 The RrlGnton Stables Heyday was a f,tt green at the barrier and broke sloyvty. otherwise she might have won. she chased End Dfan most of the way, but could not finish better than s~oond-
 Johnny Loftus carried a satisfac- tory grin around the paddock. the re- cult of a gift from Commander. Ross ot S2,0oo. half for winning the Ken lucky Derby with Sir Barton and half for winning The Preakness with the same colt
 When somebody said to Com snander Ross: Tt looks as If Sir Bar ton ts as good a horse could be-" he ElOGeSlly BeplAeus It eesurs so just now" No doubt 1t WILL BE SO six months from now.
 c. H. Pettingill was detained in Cleveland because of the illness of his wife, 60 that H. U. Homan served as pne of the judges with F. C. Smith.
 Eddfe-Trfbe did the starting and did tt we'll He will serve until Mars Cas- sidy winds up the Pimlico meeting.
 Young Adam was claimed out of The first racs by c. Daley for $1.sso. while Green Gold also was claimed out of the second race by J. c. Bussy Tor s2.o1B.
 Eternal arrived here last night From Pimiico and stood the Journey well. In all probability he will now De pointed for Tho withers.
 Tho Chester Vase Handicap. which had . value of S10,o0o. was won at Chester. England, by W. Cazalet's Air | 5R@S