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ALAKU sCHECKS HYDE PAKK. The Hyde Park Stakes, the last but one of the classics at Washington Park, was run over a fast track yesterday and furnished a real horse race from start to finish. The afternoon was bright and fairly cool and the attendance must have numbered close to 15.000. J. F. Schorrs Hindoo— Cherry Blossom brown colt. Alard Scheck. won the stake event, with Goldei. Age second and Tyr. the only other starter, third. T. Burns rode the Schorr colt, and the way he handled him i-deserving of great praise. Bull-man was up on Golden Age. who finiehed Becond to Alard Scheck, and Burns out-managed him in every way. The speculation on the stake event was extremely spirited. Bullman and Burns are both stanch public favorites, and Bentiment cut a great figure with the betting fraternity and between the two colts and premier jockeys it was about even money and take your pick. The trio paraded to the post for the stake event at precisely 3:3" oclock. At the head of the procession was Tyr, who parsed the stand unnoticed. Then came Golden Age. with his long, sweeping stride, and Bullman up. This pair was given a cordial reception, but when Alard Scheck, carrying the orange, black sleeves, white cap of the Schorrs, and Burns passed, the stand fairly shook with applause. The trio made one false break before Mr. Dwyer said "Come on." and when he gave the word the wily Burns was about a half length in the lead and his colt fully in his stride. Tyr was second and Golden Aye, a trifle tangled, third. Down the backstretch the pace was slow and. stepping the first quarter in 24i seconds, Tyr showed a head in front of Alard Scheck, he being two lengths in advance of Golden Age. On the far bend the pace quickened and here is where Burn6 showed his superiority over Bull-man as a genera. The latter, in order to get to the front, naturally had to go around Tyr and Alard Scheck. so consequently Burns was in no hurry to go on away from Tyr, for as long as these two colts were close together Bullman had no earthly chance of getting through, and should he start up on the outside Burns would have the opportunity of carrying him wide. Bullman fell a victim to Burns little game, and about the eighth post started to take the long route. Burns, quicker than a wink, hustled hi6 colt along, and on the stretch turn roughed Golden Age as much as he dared. Oi.ce straightened away for home Golden Age had an advantage of about a neck, but this did not seem to bother Burns, who waited until the eighth post was reached before he began urging Alard Scheck. and from that point home it was a battle of jockeys, Burns eventually winning by a scant half length. The race throughout furnished one of the best contests that has been seen at tiie present meeting, and also gave the public a chance to get a line on the two jockeys. Burns and Bull-man, as well as the two colts. Many spectators won and did not know that they had won after Tulla Fonso came home in front of Sharp Bird in the second race. Tulla Fonso is a noted bad actor but a phenomenally fa-t filly when -he is on her good behavior, which is seldom, consequently I he ring, for the benefit of the public, concluded to bar her in the betting, that i.- to sa. book on the race as if Tulla Fonso was not a starter. Sharp Bird is a fast coll and he came in for liberal support at 3i to 1. and the many that backed him, not knowing that Tulla Fnu-n was barred, were jgreatly surprised when they learned that the ring paid off on Sharp Bird first, Scarlet Lily second and Parmenion third, the horses that finished second, third and fourth respectively. Of course the long end of the purse went to Tulla Fonso. and in every way but the betting angle she was a winner. Before Burns victory over Bullman in the f take event he beat the same jockey by a narrow margin in the first race. It was Lady Schorr and Burns and Schoolmreter and Bull-man and it was hard for the talent to choose between the pair, but Burns mount closed favorite at 6 to 5. As in the stake the pair had the race between them all the way. Bullman was in front at the head of the Btretch but Burns beat him to the wire. Milwaukee, who sneaked into a handicap one day last week with only 100 pounds on his back and rolled home, picked up ten pounds from that race and won yesterdays nine furlongs handicap like a stake horse. Mathews rode Milwaukee and encountered all kinds of bad racing luck ; but the boy was on a good, game horse, and as he did not get rattled and kept his wits about him he managed to turn defeat into victory from the head of the stretch home. Alcedo is the colt Milwaukee defeated, and as the race was run Pat Dunnes colt should have won, but the dusky-hued Winkfield, with everything in his favor and victory in sight, turned in his saddle to give his fellow-riders the laugh, but before he knew what happened up came Milwaukee with a terrific rush, and in a rousing finish got to the wire first by a neck. Limerick, with Burns up, was third. Once around the ring, a mile, in 1 :39 Hat is a performance not to be scorned and this is just what George Arnold did in the fifth event. This chestnut son of Sir Dixon — Dione carried 109 pounds and Bullman. and was always as good as 1 to 1 in the betting. The Sprite with only 90 pounds was favorite over George Arnold and should have been. She ran her race and set a terrific pace, but when Bullman challenged her at the head of the stretch she was done and had to be hard driven to beat Mint Sauce for second place while George Arnold came home by himself. Vititoe had the mount on Mint Sauce and considering the instructions the owner claims to have given him, he rode a very bad race. The instructions were to go right to the front and stay there as long as possible. Instead of doing this, Vititoe choked the horse into weariness in an effort to place him. Croesus, long over due, and at a liberal price, won the closing mile and an eighth selling race without a struggle. This moody gelding was well handled by Harshberger and coming with a rush in the stretch made the others look cheap.
