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WATNAMOINEN B F 2 BY THE COMMONEE MATILDA lOriS VIM y B GOOD EACE A mere tbsn usually large Friday gathering j was ont at Washington Park yesterday and although there was no star event on the pro ¬ gramme there were Eome cloEO and exciting contests to enliven the rather dull offerings The tract was drying ont nicely toward the lat ¬ ter end of the days sport and should no rain fall toduj will be in good shape for Saturdays star programme It was dead yesterdy but the footing vras fair fairWhat What might be termed the feature event of the day vent to Charley Mabonos good mare Lcuiivillr who beat Major Dixon and Obnet in ratbor jBrdy fashion It was in the fifth race a dash of seven and a hoJf furlongs The three ran in clcse corcpany for the first six and a half furlongs wbaro Louitville began to draw grad ¬ ually away under pressure and finally crossed the lino a length and a half in froct of Major Dizon with Ohnet the seme distance in front of the third Loree Dizon made bis first appear ¬ ance since last year and mado a favorable im ¬ pression Bo was probably a shade short and the effort should do him much good Ohnet propped badly in the last eighth eighthBarrack Barrack although ho won his race handily at the end gave bis backers a decided scare by lyitg far out cf it to the bead of the stretch After straightening for home however he picked up hit field and prevailed on the post by a neck with Q W W second a bead in front of Gcwaice on vthcm Leo Newell was lapped Gormley geve the last named a peer ride mak ¬ ing tct much use of the geldicg in the early part cf the race G W W was penned into the insido rail by Barrack and Gawaine in the last sixteenth but he could hardly have beaten the winner at that Gawaine ran the best race he has sbown hereabouts and was right there at the end endIf If Uontanic poeesed great speed bursts in California he surely must have failed to bring them over the Bockies with him judging frcm bis two races tince coming here Be ran a short quarter yesterdty in the final contest of the day and then recedfd until he was beaten off nearly seven lengths at the finish After Bevoy had exploited a marvelous turn of speed for five furlongs and bed cracked Toah tnd Lady Btrathmore closed and in a Lot tilt for nearly a sixteenth of a mile the former finally wen driven out to the last ounce by three quarters of a 1 ngth Eevoy finishing third two lengths back of the Bayes filly fillyBam Bam Bryants gelding Conundrum despite his sore bck bad no trouble in winning the first race to his credit He laid back in fifth position for the first threeeighths and then moved up fast getting to 4tmore easily in the last eighth after which he moved steadjlyaway from bis field Fleuron slow to get in his stride clcse d resolutely down the stretch tak ¬ ing second money from St Wood by a length Tie latter fleucdertd about in the early stages of the race far behind but in the last quarter he struck bis gait and closed with a flash Ha would have been second in a few more strides stridesHans Hans Wagner cleverly bandied by Woods came from for back in the second race and after picking up bis field was clear of it at the last sixteenth winning at the end by two and a half lengths with the fast closing Jordan a heed in front of Doreen The latter burg in tha clos ¬ ing strides A card that will hardly be excelled during the cocrte cf tte meeting has been pi oriel ed for this afterccon It includes two stakes fraught with memories of Washington Park racing freaa tie fmt meeting ever given by the club down to the present day I hirteen horses have j accepted their weights for the mile and a half ronto of The Great Western Handicap If all go to tho post it will be tho greatest field numerically that has contested it since 1S85 By gaining a five pounds penalty for winning the Sheridan Stakes Robert Waddells weight has been raised to 122 pounds whereby he gives two pounds actual weight to last years Ameri ¬ can Derby winner Sidney Lucas and five pounds to Pink Coat the winner in 1898 It is a heroic proposition and tho race will be one to be long remembered in all probability probabilityFor For the half mile scurry of the Quickstep Stakes Abo Frank Ed Austin Waioemoinen MemDon Eddie Bnscb Charles W Meyer and other flyers are down to start and no one can i doubt that a highly exciting struggle is in store for thcso fortunate to witness tho decision of this popular event The othor races cf the day have filled finely with the bust at the track The mile dash in which Vnlcain Andrisa and Duelitt figure should prove an interesting affair
