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DICK WELLES DEFEAT. Theres, an adage elderly as the hills about "luck caring for its own." There was a sharp illustration of its truth in the result of the Kenwood Stakes at Washington Park yesterday. S. C. Hil-dreths colt Tom Cogan won it. The race was worth ,370 to him. To win, Tom Cogan had to tip over a colt deep in the recent affections of the local racing public the badly named Dick Welles. Tom Cogan is best known to the turf as "Jako Markleins gold brick." The tale runs that one spring day at Memphis when Hildreth was full of money, etc., and sweet on a colt in Markleins stable named Dr. Walker, which, by the way, has since died, it is said, through grief about the deception ho looked over Tom Cogan, thought ho was Dr. Walker, offered ,000 for the goods in sight and got em. There was a roar at the end, but the trade stood and Tom Cogan had won one bad race up to yesterday. Bashfulness was his failing, hence the trade. But Hildreth isnt a quitter. He persevered with Tom Cogan with the ,000 in view. Yesterday Tom Cogan grew to boldness, after long submission, and beat Dick Welles. It was quoerly done. Not that Tom Cogan didnt run a good raco, but because he has much assistance from Jockey Dominick, a recent importation from St. Louis who was on Stem Winder. The track was a horror of stiff mud and only three of the seven colts on the card earae out to contest the stake. Starter Dwyor could not master Martin Dominick and Stem Winder. They were over and under the barrier for twelve minutes or so. When the flag fell Stem Winder was in his stride and Dick Welles wasnt. The Texas colt rushod away and Dick Welles after him. The pair run the first furlong in 13 seconds and the quarter in 26. Tom Cogan was a comfortable third, evading the trouble of the keen pace. Turning into the stretch, Dick Welles had got to Stem Winder, and a furlong and a half from home had nailed him. Then Stem Winder withdrew from the better going next the outside rail and Tom Cogan drew up in it. Knight on Dick Welles missed the advantage of the better ground, keeping straight on. Under Coburns fierce drive, Tom Cogan got to the favorite at the end of tho stand, and, beating him decisively both under the whip, though won rather handily at the end by a length. To make the incident sharper, it turns out that Hildreth hankered so much after Dick Welles, that Monday night he offored Rome Respess 4,000 for the colt and didnt get him. The fickle crowd roared its approbation at the pretty driver and its idols defeat. It had backed the field and tha long priced ones to beat the favorite at exclusive odds. Dick Welles was always 1 to 7 or so in the betting, with 10, 12 and 15 to 1 against the others. Outside the shade of the management, which caused Dick Welles fall, Tom Cogans race shone bright and clear. He is a colt of. great strength and courage. Jake Markleins gold brick was probably stuffed with the real metal. Yesterdays was the fifteenth race for the Kenwood Stakes, the tabled history of which follows : Year. Horse. Wt. Starters. Value. Time. 1884 Isaac Murphy ....110 9 ,505 1:01 1885 King of Norfolk... 110 20 3,310 l:022 1886 Jim Gore 113 11 2,650 1:02 1887 Emp. of Norfolk ..105 10 2,105 No time 1888 Proctor Knott 115 12 2,790 1:0614 1889 El Rio Rey 120 13 2,920 1:01 1890 Palestine 113 12 2,860 1:01 1891 CurtGunn 113 11 2,555 1:01 1892 Plutus 118 10 3,535 1:12 1893 Vassal 118 13 4,745 1:02 1894 Bellicoso 118 8 4,480, 1:015 1898 W. Overton 121 8 2,250 l:00?i 1900 Alard Scheck 118 4 1,940 1:04 1901 Abe Frank 125 5 2,400 1:01 1902 Tom Cogan 118 3 2,370 1:08 Hanover Queen proved to be much the best in the days opener, loading the field the entire distance and winning well in hand by two lengths from Stuyve, which beat C. B. Campbell a neck for second place. Ahola won the second race, a dash of five furlongs for two-year-olds, by six lengths from Eshorin on which Lady Jocelyn, Albemarle, Ontonagon and Jackfull finished lapped in the order named;. Ahola was much the best and simply ran away from the field. One of tho most exciting finishes of tho meeting occurred in the fourth race, when Barrack, Frangible and W ild Pirate passed under the wire heads apart, in the order named, in a driving finish. Barrack ran to his best form and finished strongly under a weak ride. When the horses were aligned at tho post in tho fifth raco Blessed Damozol throw her jockey and ran away two miles. She was excused by tho judges and adelay of twenty minutes announced. Jessie Jarboe led by a fair margin up to the final quarter, where she was easily passed by Colonel Ballantyno, which simply romped homo, boating her a length, with Ed Adack a good third. The finale wont to Pompino simply bc.use Lyue outrode Nutt, who had the mount on Delia Ostrand. In the closing stridos Nutt, in attempting to use his whip, lost control of his mount long enough to lose by a head on tho post. Boomorack, showing marked improvement, ran an indifferent third. One of the biggest crowds of tho meeting, bar Derby day, was present and witnessed a good days sport, despite the heavy condition of tho track, which was drying out fast.
