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EGBERT VTAE BELL A GAIN A gathering of fully twenty thousand persons yesterdey witnessed one of the grestett days cf sport ever given by the Washirgton Park Club Bothtieis of the mammoth grand stand were filled to their utmost capacity and the betting ring was crowded to repletion with enthusiastic punters puntersThe The Oakwocd Handicap at one and oneeighth miles with 2500 added went to that grand young horse Robert Waddell who shouldered his impost cf 115 pounds like a veteran and under clever pilotage by Bnllman won in im ¬ pressive fashion He was luxuriant of speed and but for a moment when Martimas went up to him at the half was always in the van His backers got a decided scare in the last sixteenth when Tbe Conqueror II camo with a gallant rush causing Bullman to urge him cut at the end endThe The victor was greeted with a thunderous out burst of applause as he was brought back to tho stand Advance Guard camo fast in tho last eighth and got up just in time to put it on Yesuvian a bead for third money La y Elite ran a surprisingly good race holding a promi ¬ nent position to tbe last sixteenth where she began to tire tireAnna Anna Bain improved on her good performance of June 7 and bed little trouble disposing of a fair field in the fifth race a dash of six fur ¬ longs She easily assumed a commanding lead after the flag dip and running true as a plumb line won very handily by a length and a half from Bnrnie Bunton Livadia was an indiffer ¬ ent third but is capable of a better showing Specific ran as if short and is sure to improve on this showing showingThe The Lsdy one of the truest and most consist ¬ ent fillies that ever ran in a race took the days opecer a dash cf one mile and twenty yards in a handy fashion holding an easy lead for the entire rente and winning well within herself by a length frcm Mcnerka who beat Wila Pirate six lengths for second place Monarka was messed about some at the clubhouse turn but it hardly made any difference in the final result Wild Pirate get an indifferent riae end could not get to going to any advantage until in the last quarter where he closed considerable ground groundAn An irkscme delay cf twenty minutes at the post in the jonngeter race probably caused the defeat of Nellie Waddell who ran out promi ¬ nently in all tbe breakaways and was much used up before the barrier arose Even at that she led by a fair margin up to tbe last six ¬ teenth where The Rival who had been nursed cleverly in tbe scoring caught her end beat her out to tho wire by a length in a mild drive Jaubert was third two lengths back of the M arklein fiJly He was also used up at the post and ran a fair race 4 egi becked for a good thing thawed well for about a half mile and then failed perceptibly Belles Commoner acted like a crtzy horse at the post and was in ¬ strumental in causing many of tbe false starts The magnificent days racing ended with a victory for Tom Barretts good colt Barrack who after lying lengths out of the race to the heed Of tbe stretch camo like a whirlwind in tbe last quart er end got up just in time to nip the fainthearted Myth by a bead on the wire The latter was prt b bly the best having been almost hopelessl cut off at the club houso turn losing many lengths McJnerney had to pull tbe geld ¬ ing clear to tbe cuUide to get clear Bailing after which be peteed his f eld in lepid succes ¬ sion and assumed what seemed like a winning ie edjnst befi re the stretch turn was reached iMtAliefpted need to attain this position bad t T r r V A V r nothing left to stave off Barracks rush in the last fifty yards yardsEvelyn Evelyn Byrd captured the other selling race of the day in bandy fashion from Eoghurst and Grandon
