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SIDNEY LUCAS PROVES HIS CLASS. Sidney Lucas, to show that his Derby victory was not a fluke, won the mile handicap at Washington Park yesterday and won like a Derby winner should. The Derby winner was giving away all kinds of weight to the other starters, but this did not seem to hurt him in the least, and beating Alcedo, Eva Rice. Fly By Night. Sam Fullen and Tulla Fonso was simply a matter of easy performance. For some unknown reason the so-called talent would not "stand for" Sidney Lucas, and although the enthusiastic public backed him the ring never offered less than 5 to 1 against him. As in the Derby, Bullman was up, but any ordinary stable boy at the track could have guided the colt to victory, and perhaps would not have met with as much interference as Bull-man did. The colt is not a quick breaker, and as he was on the inside when the start was made, it was natural that he met with interference on the first turn, but the bumping and jostling he got after that must be charged to Bullmans carelessness, and it was poor judgment on his part that he was jammed into the fence on the far turn. But notwithstanding all this bad luck Sidney Lucas loomed up in front at the head of the stretch, and from there home simply "paraded," flashing past the wire a length and a half in front of Alcedo. The latter is a three-year-old of no mean ability, and to finish second after the miserable ride he got at the hands of Devin speaks well for him. Fly By Night, carrying top weight, was favorite for the handicap, but after being prominent during the early stages of the journey he tired at the end. Tulla Fonso, well backed at 6 to 1. was practically left at the post by Mr. Dwyer, but showed a lot of speed and with an equal break would have been a keen contender. The racing all through, in comparison with other days, was tame, the onl close finish being in the first event, Bermuda Prince, Espionage and Honeywood being lapped on one another when they passed the judges. The filly stake, dubbed The Englewood, looked on paper, and really was,* an uncertain race on which to speculate, and it is safe to say that Louis Ezells The Lady, at 6 to 1, caught the bulk of the public backing. This filly has been racing around Chicago all spring and is highly respected by the race-going folks, many of whom chanced a few dollars on her across the board. J. Martin rode The Lady and when he landed her first under the wire he was given quite a reception. The Sprite, backed for a "good thing" by the St. Louis contingent, was second to The Lady and Larkspur third. That Golden Age holds Silverdale safe was 1 demonstrated in the second race, when Green Morris son of Golden Garter — Nonage came 1 "rolling home about two lengths in front of the Schorr colt with T. Burns up. May Beach and Caywood seem to be a hard combination to beat, and they took t lie three-quarter sprint with ease. Andy Blakeleys Lady Meddlesome, at the comfortable odds of 8 to 1, beat a g x d lot of selling platers in the closing mile and fifty yards selling race. Jockey H. Stuart had a flattering offer to go to St. Louis to ride for H. Robinson yesterday, • but it is more than probable that the boy will 1 remain at Washington Park until the meeting is over.
