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1 i . I J , B i WASHINGTON PAKK RACING. Tom Hums Free Knight— Fautress horse, Milwaukee, was dropped into yesterday- mile and a quarter handicap at Washington Park with only a hundred pounds on his back, and, after being backed from 10 to 1 down to 5 to 1. came home by himself. Milwaukee has always been a shifty sort of a racehorse, and from all indications he was specially prepared for yesterdays handicap. From St. Louis came a strung contingent to back Milwaukee, and over his win the ring was hard hit. Master Knight rode Milwaukee and handled him to perfection. He got into some trouble on the first turn, but kept his wits about him. and laying away on the rail, he waited patiently until the stretch was reached before he made his move. Here the natural spread came, and in a jiffy Knight took advantage of the opening and shot Milwaukee to the front like a Hash. From the eighth post home Knight was easing Milwaukee, making the horses win a most impressive one. Sidney Lucas, conceding Milwaukee thirty-seven pounds by the scale, ran a smashing good race and is. without a doubt, the best three-year-old in the west at the present time. He was none too well ridden by Boland and was carried quite wide at the head of the -tretcb by Florizar. Otherwise he probably would have been closer up, but at the weights had no chance of beating the winner. Out of the fourth race came a most sensational finish, Serrano and Clay Poyuter hav-iug it nip and tuck all through the stretch. It was simply a question of the nod as to who would win. aud Clay Poyuter proved the lucky-one. On the latter was Pat-y McDermott. who at one time was one of the most formidable jockeys in the country, and his powerful finish aided Clay Poynter considerably. Knight, who rode Serrano, was sharply criticised for not drawing his whip in the final furlong, but the boys hand riding was much more effective than would have been the whip In Golden Age, Green B. Morris, from all indications, has a high clas- two-year-old. He picked up 123 pounds in the first event, and after a long delay at the post won in a common canter from Handy Man and Harry Hereu-deen. The second race, which was at a mile and seventy yards under selling conditions, proved an easy thing for Tappan. on which Bullman rode a good race. Tappan was entered to be sold for S500. but his former owner. J. H. Smith. boosted him to S1.000. W. P. Magrane. however, bid the odd fiver and retained the gelding. Caywood and Blue Lick proved to be a strong combination in the fifth event, and after a hard drive through the entire length of the stretch, raptured the long end of the purse. Josephine B. finished second to Blue Lick after being aided by a Hying start. Zoroaster stepped the mile in the last race in 1:40 Hat, incidentally beating Bangle and Mr. Brown rather handily. Bangle, with top weight ami Bullman tip, set a terrific pace. This na-I turally made the son of Iroquois -Bracelet tire whon the pinch came. He is a moody horse, however, and Mr. Brown bumped him several times in the stretch, which of course was detrimental to his chances of winning. Clay Poynter. after winning the fourth race, was bid up from *500 to sHOO by Ed Trotter. His former owner. Tom Berry, stood the raise and kept the horse. A fine card is provided for this afternoon, with the Edgewater Stakes for two-year-olds as the principal attraction.
