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SUI1PUJSES AT WASHINGTON PARK For an off day at Washington Park some very attractive racing was Riven to the patrons of the track yesterday The largest Monday crowd of the meeting was on hand and it is estimated that at leaet ten thousand parsons enjoyed the afternoono sport sportThe The moet exciting contest of tho day turned up in tho fourth race in which WAS entered a large number of tho best sprinters in tho west Tho winner proved to bo that speedy May Sons colt Tho Bush who ran one of his best races Off in front ho was luxuriant of spesd leading all the way but had to ba driven to tho limit to stall off Tayons great bid at the end passing over the lino a nosa in tho laad Tayona finish was an impressive one and ha would have won in another stride Tho well thought of Headwater performed far balow expectations and was a well spent horse at the finish Seroy ran an excellent race but tirad slightly in the closing strides George Arnold was alow about getting to gijing on his stride but made up ground when down the last qutrter He is hardly at his best bestSpecific Specific ntidor a masterful ride by Bullman boat The Conqueror II in tho fifth race by the ehorteEt of margins On paper the Vincent colt appeared to have a mortgage on the race but Doiniuick apparently laid out of it too long and made his run just a shade too late The colt at that ran far below expectation and performed nowhere near to the showing be made in the Oakwood Handicap when he ran second to Bobert Waddell On tho way to the post Specific wore blinkers but they wore ordered off by thft judges as ho had not worn them in his previous race raceBcmo Bcmo Bespaes good colt Mr Brown was in a running mood yesterday and simply breezad awey with the puree in tho third race Henry Hurt was allowed on sufferance to lead for tho first three quarters when Enight turned tho eon of Bramble loose and he bounded to the front with a whirl Ho then won SB he pleased by three and a half lengths from John Bright who beat Favonius two ana a half lengths lor second place Favonius race was a disappoint ¬ ment ns ha was reported to bo at bis beet and had worked in fast time Fancy Wood must be a filly of moods as with her light impost oi ninetyflvo pounds she put up a shabby per ¬ formance quitting badly after running a short three quarters quartersThe The first split of the mile and a quarter race was taken by Egyptian Prince who went to the front in a leap of or the first seveneighths hac boon run and romped home the easiest of win ¬ ners Alaska was second and Tammany Chief third thirdMoses Moses took the second part of the long race in a somewhat handy fashion going into tho lead soon after tho first half had been run and remaining there to tho end Leo Newoll barely lasted long encngh to beat the fast closing G W W for second money moneyEvidently Evidently a number of owners at the track do not think that Bobert Waddell is an invincible threeyearold for ten others of his ago aro namfd to start against him in tho Drexel Stakes this afternoon By reason of penalties and allowances the weights range from 124 pounds on the American Derby winner down to 103 on Monograph and Admonition It is a dash of a mile and the presumption is that some o f the lighter weighted ones will essay tho task of f carrying Bobert Waddell along so fast that hi s high weights will toll when it cornea down to a i hard finish Aside from this main feature of f the day the other races have BO filled as to in V sure racing up to the high standard of about t the beet meeting ever held at Washington Park
