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ABE FBAIiKS KENWOOD STAKE The fact that a big stake race was to be decided yesterday drew out a large gathering to Washington Part It witnessed a fair days sport The track was in a deceptive condition owirg to the splendid system of drainage which draws off the water fast The footing was cushionlike and while it favored madders na ¬ turally in the first two races was getting hard enough thereafter to Bait fast track animals This constant changing of its condition kept speculators on the edge of uncertainty although the card all told was run pretty well to form formThe The Kenwood Stakes lost a lot of its interest by the declaration of AllanaDale many of those present thinking he was certain to add the big prize to his list With the McDowell colt out of the way the contest looked to be a foregone conclusion for G C Bennetts great and con ¬ sistent colt Abe Frank who justified the confi ¬ dence placed in him by the public by carrying off the stake in a big gallop Only five went to the pest the absentees being Eddie Busch Ed Austin Memnon AllanaDale and Lucien Appleby Aba Frank with that big sweeping stride that has so often carried him to victory easily took command at fiagfall and was never afterward in trouble winning hands down by two lengths from Pentecost who beat Sir Oliver two lengths more for the place Pentecost when Winkfield went to the whip sweived and zigzagged all over the track but was clear enough all through the stretch not to interfere with the contestants behind Herodiade in going that was thought to favor him ran a dull race finishing outside of the money moneyStar Star Chamber and Monarka had a merry tilt of it for threesixteenths of a mile in the fourth race the latter getting the verdict by the short ¬ est of margins Wild Pirate was outrun the entire journey journeyThe The sprint race went to Martimas who had abont all he wanted to get the verdict from Vnlcain who closed on him with vim in the last sixteenth Anna Bain held a good lead to the run in where she tired badly and gave it up upThe The pikers were thrown into amazement amazementhen hen they saw Plum Tart breeze home in the first race at odds of 200 to 1 She laid back of Ishtar and Quality to the run in where she went to the front ia a jump and gradually increased her lead to the wire Only a few taking flyers had a bet down on the winner winnerThe The hottest finish of the day took place in the last race when Said Knot Leo Newell and Scotch Plaid passed under the wire on close terms The first named swerved badly in the last fifty yards toward the inside rail and this came near losing him the race Leo Newell fin ¬ ished stoutly and would have won in a few more jumps Scotch Plaid hung a little in the closing strides stridesAlthough Although the track is sure to be heavy this afternoon the card presents many attractive features main among which is the prospective meeting between the two American Derby win ¬ ners Fink Coat and Ssdney Lucas in the mile and a sixteenth handicap that comes fourth on tht days program If Bobert Waddell had been in also it would have proved a remarkably drawing feature but as it is the meeting of the two local celebrities will be viewed with great interest This is not saying that either will win for there are some other horses engaged at lighter weights that can run fast on a muddy track As to Bobert Waddell with both the Sheridan Stakes and Great Western Handicap before him this week owner Bradley no doubt thinks he has enough to do doGood Good horses are in all the well filled races to ¬ day and in yiew of the probable track condi tions it will not bo in the least surprising if long shots capture a share of the purses
