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W OVERTOILS DOVETAILS QUICKSTEP STAKES STAKESThe Starkest The Quickstep Stakes failed to bring together at Washington Park as many people as some other of the fixtures of the meeting and only a fair crowd battled with the twentyone twenty book ¬ makers that had cut in for two days The weather was perfect and the track as usual fast The Quickstep Stakes worth 2260 to the winner had an added starter from the stable of John Huffman in May Droit Adroit whose price was always as long as 25 to 1 1W W Overton Overtone going to the post at 6 to 5 landed the money by sheer gameness lugging homo his 125 pounds the penalty telling fearfully as from tho thou threesixteenths post in the home stretch to the last hundred yards Tommy Burns was burning him up with whip and spur There was quite a delay at the post and when the flag fell Jolly Eoger Eager Lobos and May Droit Adroit might as well have been in the barn the trio being open daylight hehind behind the others off ia a bunch Ailyar Halyard shot to the front W Overton Overtone being sec ¬ ond bond As the last turn was made Black Venus joined the leaders and at the bleaching boards the three were lapped on and all under the p so that no one could call the winner Wluca Lucas here also looked to have a chance W Overton Overtone finally wore down the others It was as good as 5 to 1 against Ailyar Halyard for the place The extra seven pounds stopped Black Venus VenusMazo Venus Mazo Matzo was indulged with the lead in the sec ¬ ond bond race White Frost lying second up the backstrotch backstretch where Hindoonet Himont was third Miss Jussie Jussive and Candleblack Candlewick running side by side still further away Rounding into the home ¬ stretch the last named pair came on Miss Qussie Aussie driving and as Mazo Matzo soon stopped they and Gardners Garners mare had the race to themselves Barrett Barrette on the favorite was loafing at the last furlong pole where Clawson Lawson on Candleblack Candlewick being sure of the place set out after first money and raced to the saddleskirts saddles of White Frost Barrett Barrette with one swing of the whip got the favorite going again and she won handily from Candleblack Candlewick Miss Gussie Gussied third and the others pulled up upA pA A grand price was the 3 to 2 obtainable against Floronso Florins a horse that bar accident could not lose Clawson Lawson trailed the first quar quark ¬ ter tear then went from last to first in the next threeeighths and from there on the result was never ia doubt Floronso Florins winning pulled up Don Orsino Orinoco was as easily second although he had been cut off on the upper turn The other starters were completely outclassed outclassedMacy outclassed Macy Marcy a 1 to 3 shot laid behind Traverser Traverse to the home stretch then passed Bradleys Bradley horse and won easily fiom Fiona The Manxman Mamma who beat Traverser Traverse in a drive paying 1 to 3 for place Macy Marcy swerved slightly at the turn for home but did little or no damage damageThe damage The complexion of the batting ring was practically unchanged althoug although George North laid off and Harry Lauderaan Lauder cut in There were three field books booksIt books It was White Frosts first start of the year yearFrisco yarrows Frisco parleyed a two dollar bill up to 138 on the first four races racesIt raciest It was the banner day of the mooting for favorite players all five first choices winning winningCiawson winning Ciawson Caisson and two of his jockey friends were wereXTrested sweetest for scorching Monday night XTrested Treated L PTarleton Tarlatan prominent in the south as a so dfl fl ty man and presiding judge at Latonia Antonia was at the track He said that his visit to Chicago was mainly in the interest of yearling sales at the Stock Yards YardsCharley Charley Walter known to all racegoers racehorse for his geniality is missed from Washington Park for the first time in its existence His friends will learn with regret that Mr Walter is seriously ill W McGuigan Michigan sold two of his horses Ban nockburn nocturne and Ben Hadad Add and also Graziella Grazie at auction in the paddock McGuigan Michigan is a handy auctioneer George Murphy who intends to race in Mexico got Ben Hadad Add for 3600 There was considerable excitement when Bannock burn was led into the ring and lively bidding was looked for Pat Dunne however cycloned cyclone the ring with a pat offer of 5000 It got the colt A S Bishop made one bid of 600 and got Graziella Grazie GraziellaJ Grazie J B Allen one of the boys and somewhat of a plunger on the horses bet 1000 on White Frost at 7 to 10 with Peter Riley RileyL Riley L A Legg Leggy and other horsemen bet on Candle black both ways as the colt in his work had run Floronso Florins close closeAfter closeable After the bell had been rung by the judges indicative of the fact that all was OK with the last race and the result posted Jockey Slack went into the judges stand Instantly a crowd gathered around For twenty minutes a throng of curious and interested people waited while Jockeys Thorpe and Burns were inter ¬ viewed by tho thou judges Finally the presiding official announced horses placed as they fin ¬ ished dished J W Kelsey said that each of the three jockeys told a different tale and that the official timer declared there had been no interference calculated to change the result
