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AMERICAN DERBY DAY. Again American Derby Day. And for only the second time in seven years. Five summers have gone by since Rey El Santa Anita triumphed gloriously in the Derby of 1894 in which the gates of the big Washington Park enclosure have remained locked and the peerless track has felt no impress of the flying feet of the gallant thoroughbred. One year, 1898, served to give Pink Coat a place in the famous line that begins with Modesty and to-day will happily take up the long interrupted story of the greatest race of the western turf. No true lover of high-class racing, for racings sake, will fail to hope that it marks the beginning of another succession of annual reunions at Washington Park, even more memorable than those that now fill an illustrious place in American turf history. The track will be slow at Washington Park this afternoon, but the fields are such us to assure racing up to the highest mark. People who go to Washington Park American Derby day, regard the races other than the Derby but slightly, yet it is worth pointing out that the purses have filled better and with better class horses than has been customary in the meetings of the past. Purses that are to be contested by such horses as Bannockburn, Modrine, Sam Fullen, The Lady, Larkspur, Hermoso, Fly by Night. Pupil, Onomastu6, Great Bend, Hand-press, Brisk, Castake. The Pride, Moroni, Sofala, Alard Scheck and Mauga are well worth going far to see. Fifteen colts are carded for the Derby, but hardly so many will start. Still, allowing for possible withdrawals, enough will go to the po6t to make up a splendid field, worthy of the highest traditions of the track. Owners have up to forty minutes of post time in which to make up their minds whether to scratch or stay in, the determining quantity being what this forenoon will reveal as to the probable condition of the track at the time the race will be run. Those now named to start, their owners, pedigrees and weights are as follows : NAME. OWNER. PEDIGREE. WT. JOCKEY. Lieutenant Gibson.. Charles H. Smith G. W. Johnson— Sophia Hardy 129 Boland. Sam Phillips J. F. Schorr St. Florian— Reckon 127 T. Burns. James W. M. Barrick St. James— Belottie 122 Mitchell. Advance Guard Carruthers and Shields. Great Tom— Nellie Van 122 Taral. SilverGarter G.B.Morris Golden Garter— Florida 122 Bullman. Norford E.J.Baldwin Emperor of Norfolk— Miss Ford 122 Enos. Barrack Thomas E. Barrett. . . Bersan— Fable 122 MDermott All Gold William L.Oliver .... i Rayon dOr— Merry Nellie 122 Caywood. ♦Reminder P. Dunne Hanover— Keepsake 122 Devin. *Yellow Tail Hackett Bros Watercress— Paloma 122 Thorpe. Knitrlitbanneret H.T, Griffin Knight of Ellerslie— Banana 122 Newcom. Right Bower H. M. Newell Inspector B.— Theodora 122 T. Knight. Sidney Lucas Thompson Bros Top Gallant— Addie C 122 Powers. ? *Greenock J. F. Schorr Bramble— Lillian Lindsay 122 ♦Kentucky Farmer.. Woodford and Buckner. Leonatus— Plantress 122 ♦Doubtful starters.
