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ADVANCK GUARD Af.AIN. t , t Nothing out of the ordinary line happened at Washington Park yesterday, and in the face of the sensational racing seen there up to date the racing was comparatively tame. There was no stake attraction, or in fact any extraordin- arily tempting offers made by the association as a drawing card, still the crowd was as large if not larger than on any previous day during the week. The fact that one of the local idols of the three-year-old division. Advance Guard, was going to start aroused considerable interest and when this rugged mm of Great Tom — Nellie : Van came galloping home four lengths in front of Lamachus the crowd gave him a much warmer reception than Sidney Lucas got when he won the Derby. Advance Guard was always about 1 to 2, and backing him at that price was ■ like finding money. Master Vititoe. who has ridden but four races for the firm of Carruthers ] and Shield:-, and won them all. was up on Advance Guard, and be handled the colt to perfection. ] allowing him to loaf in behind his horses until the stretch was reached, then making his move. It did not take mm h tnging to make the colt do his best, and in the liuai furlong he passed the leaders like ■ *li t out of :i gun. Behind Advance Guard, who won so easily, was a battle royal between Lamachus and All Gold, the former gaining the decision by a narrow margin. Garry Hermann, the loafer, is what Charles Head Smiths excellent youngster must be dubbed. He had a very ordinary lot of two-year-olds to contend with in the initial five-and-a-half-furlong race and it was expected that he would win away off by himself with the greatest of ease, but when he gets in front of his horses he will not exert himself, but loafs, and to the surprise of all that saw the race he had to be "punched" out to beat The Brave in 1 :09$. which was slow time for the distance, but the chances are that had there been any fast colts in the race to press Garry Hermann to the limit he would have taken their measure just as easily in 1 K7. Last one day and first the next is what Charley Ellisous Russell R. was Thursday and Friday. Still the colt had bad luck in his race of Thursday, and it was vice versa yesterday when J. Martiii was up instead of Ransom. Russell R. was 10 to 1 yesterday and, and Ellison bet on him at that price. It wa6 a scratch that the colt won, as Vohicer was far his superior and had T. Knight not gone to sleep on him in the stretch the Van Meter colt would have won by a length or so instead of being beaten by a nose on the post. Sam Wagner of Dayton won the third event, which was at one mile, with his Springbok — Emerald filly. Irish Jewel. J. Walsh rode the Jewel and handled her cleverly, allowing Euterpe to go out and make the pace, and coming to the front with a well-timed rush at the end. Wax and Prince Plenty seem to he about on a par with each other, and every time they meet the have it hammer and tongs and Prince Plenty always comes out on top. This pair had the last race between them and the Prince came out victorious. He was entered to be sold for 00, but F. W. Doss ran him up to 8908 and got him. There is considerable talk of a match between Sidney Lucas and Advance Guard, each to carry 122 pounds, at one mile and a quarter. Owners Shields and Thompson are willing to put up S1.0C0 each and match their colts, but want the association to add ,000. Secretary Howard, however, so it is said, does not believe the attraction would be worth ,000. and the chances are that there w ill be no mutch. Monday would be the last chance for it aB Sidney Lucas, it is reported, i6 to be sent east to start in the Brigh t t ton Handicap at Brighton Beach, for which, including a twelve-pound penalty, he will have to carry 109 pounds. A grand card is provided for this afternoon with the Oakwood Handicap as the central attraction. It has a splendid acceptance, but any one of three of the other races is up to the standard of a stake race on any track.
