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WASHINGTON PARK RACING. Yesterday wa- the last day but ODe of the Washington Park meeting of 1900. and this afternoon the greatest of all western handicaps, the Wheeler, will he run. Ever since this handicap wa first instituted in 1890 it has been looked upon and talked about as the principal event of the clubs twenty-five days meeting, with the exception, of course, of the American Derby. From all present indications the Wheeler will be decided over a fast track, as the soil was drying- out rapidly last evening, and a stiff breeze from the northeast, which was then blowing, is bound to put the course in record-breaking condition. Besides the Wheeler Handicap six other well-filled, evenly-balanced races are offered, and on paper it seems that the closing day will famish better sport, if possible, than did any other day during the meesing. Friday is alway» an off day on race tracks, and yesterday was no exception to the general rule. On account of a bad track one of the regular six events was declared off, but in its place a five-furlong two-year-old race was run. There was no special feature to the program and no dose finishes, still the racing was good and speculation in the ring was extremely lively. A two-year-old handicap run over the Wood-lawn course, which is fifty-five yards more than three-i|uarters of a mile and started out of a chute was the best race of the day. Seven youngsters -tarted in this event and so evenly were the weights distributed that each of the seven had ■ strong following and was well backed. Schoolmaster, with Bullman up. is the youngster that the majority pinned their faith to but he was none too well fancied and opening at 2 to 1 went back in the betting to 13 to 5. Rome Respass thought well of his Iroquois— Sif colt. Grandon. whose impost was but 97 pound-, and told all his friends so. incidentally putting a good bet on the colt himself. The Chute is an excellent place to start ■ field of horses from, and Mr. Dwyer sent the young-ters away on the journey well together, and the bunch came on to the main track head and head. Knight wasted no time with Grand-ou, and passing the half mile post he was in front by a head. Kid Cox being second and Bat-tis third. Around the far turn Grandon and Knight increased their lead to ■ half length and wentthis still better by the time the stretch was reached, where the Respass colt was two lengths in [front, but in the final quarter he tired a trifle, and at the wire he was only one length in front of Handy Man. and was out to the last ounce. The latter probably ran a better race than did the winner. He was jostled and knocked about at every turn, and never rpally got straightened out until the stretch was reached, then he made up a lot of ground and was catching the winner fast. Kid Cox, with top weight 115 pounds, finished third. P. Dunne seems to have a shifty colt in Scale-, which he recently purchasod from Albert Simons. He was made a 7 to 5 favorite in the mile three-year-old selling race and "delivered the goods" finely. Scale- i- a big. long-striding fellow that runs best on a hard, fast track, and as the soil cupped under him he naturally labored to keep within striking distance of his horses during the early part of the journey, but when be got fully on his stride and struck a streak of good[footing on the far turn he worked his way to the front quickly, and after an early-drive to overhaul Wax won rather handily by a half length. The Ryan horses have not been doing so very well at Washington Park, bat The Pride managed to get home in front of an ordinary lot of sprinters in the fourth event. Thi.s good-look ing gelding by Dundee — Beeswing was strongly backed at I to 1, and when he won the ring was hit hard. Bullman rode The Pride and, waiting on Georgie and Queen Esher until the stretch was reached, he went to the front at his leisure and at the wire was a length and a half in front of Heigh Ho. Green Morris won the first race with his three-year-old Pupil. This colt seems to be an in-and-outer and for this reason the public fought shy of him and even with Bullman up refused to back him at his opening price of 2 to 1. Consequently by post time his price had gone up to 16 to 5. Pupil broke sixth, and was never better than third until the stretch was reached where he went to the front without much urging and won handily by about two lengths. Our Nellie found the track to her liking and with Bullman up she won the fifth race, which was at nine furlongs, from end to end. Adme-tus, well ridden by Caywood, finished second and The Bobby third. Tappan. the 11 to 5 favorite for the race, got into a jam on the first turn and fell. Winkfield, who rode Tappan. lighted flat on bis back and was not hurt in the least. Prosper La Qai. at 5 to 1, won the substituted five furlong two-year-old race by two lengths from Anna Chamberlain. Owners at Washington Park may make their nominations to the Harlem summer stakes with James Loughman. who will be at the south side cour-e today and tomorrow, to receive entries. On Sunday and Monday Hart Dernham will be at Hawthorne for the same purpose. Sidney Lucas. 125. and Advance Guard. 120 pounds, have been matched for sjOO a side, at one and one-quarter mile9. as a special race to be run at Windsor next Tuesday. The Windsor Jockey Club will add . 00 for t lie race. Car-ruthers and Shields and Thompson Bros, will each deposit their side bet in Judge M. N. Macfar-lans hands today. The-track must be fast or the match is off. L. H. Ezell, J. J. Marklein, W. H. Robinson and Co.. S. S. Bender. Joe Bryan. E. J. Baldwin, Cherrington A Co. and apt. "Buck" Franklin will ship their horses to Windsor Sunday. It will be an open betting ring there.
