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ALL iOLDS CHICAGO STAKES. Never before in years has the racing been so healthy around Chicago as it is at the present time. Harlem entertained a crowd of 6,900 people yesterday and entertained them royally, too. There were nose finishes, sensational performances of prominent American Derby candidates, winning of long shots, and in fact everything that goes with racing that pleases the public. Advance Guards grand showing in the Chicago Stakes is what made a hit with the crowd and after his race it was predicted on all sides that he was the colt the winner of Saturdays classic would have to beat, and in fact many good judges of horseflesh were sanguine in their opinion that he would be first in the Derby. Messrs. Carruthers and, Shields sturdy son of Great Tom — Nellie Van, was giving away all the way from three to twenty pounds by the scale to all the other starters in the race, and Master J. Martin, a good boy of his pounds, but not strong enough to do a heavy headed horse like Advance Guard justice, was up. This seemed handicap enough to beat almost any horse, but had Advance Guard had clear sailing he quite probably would have won. But as it was, the colt was jammed into the fence on the second turn and thrown to his knees, then he made up a great space of lost ground and. at the end, after standing a terrific drive, was only beaten a length by All Gold, another Derby aspirant to -which he was giving fifteen pounds. After Advance Guards grand showing, and in the face of Lieutenant Gibsons fast work out, it was said on all sides that the Derby was between this pair and Sam Phillips. Directly on top of Advance Guards grand 1 performance came two hair-raising finishes that fairly set the big crowd wild with excitement. Kid Cox, with Miller up. beat Tenny Belle by a nose in the fifth race and in doing so displayed quite a bit of speed and rare gameness. Miller seems to ride with his eyes closed, and I after he had been in and out and all over the . course he concluded to come down the stretch 1 straight, and Kid Cox, under a loose finish, , slowly but surely overhauled Tenny Belle and I in the last stride poked his nose in front. On 1 the far turn Miller almost threw Boomerack and Hanswurst over the fence and for this , rough work Judge Hamilton suspended him 1 for an indefinite period. The Elector, at 10 to 1, came flying through , the stretch at a terrilic pace in the last race, and overhauling the fast tiring Gold Fox, passed him in the last stride, winning a well I earned victory. . Prince Plenty, driving, and out to the last ounce, poked his nose in front of Tayon in the , first event, incidently beating Barney Schreiber , out of a big bet. Patsy McDermott seems to have regained a , second lease of life, and through his good handling . of Money Muss made that gelding stand a , long, hard drive and beat Denizulu by a nose at t the wire. McDermott seems to be much in favor and the crowd gave him a warm reception when he came back to the stand to weigh out. Rome Respass and his friends "cleaned up" • on Mr. Brown in the second race. The colt was , backed from 4 to 1 into favoritism and "delivered . thegoods" handsomely. Jockey Bullmau has arrived and will probably . ride today. Cherry Leaf pulled up lame in the last race. Starter Dwyer, who ofliciates at Harlem and will act in that capacity at Washington Park, will be one of the starters at Windsor, Canada, , where a thirty-day meeting opens July 21. Mr. . Dwyer will alternate at Windsor with Starter r Holtman. In the last race at Harlem yesterday the track record for one mile and 100 yards, 1 :47i, was broken, and it now stands, 1 :464. The half mile race, which Money Muss won yesterday at Harlem in 48* seconds, was the fastest time for that distance upon any local track this year.
