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AMERICANOS QUICKSTEP STAKES. "Lucky" Baldwins hammer-headed son of J Emperor of Norfolk, Americano, won the Quick- step Stakes at Washington Park yesterday, in a decisive way. He was the actual favorite at the post and heavily played by the public. There was j little class to the field of ten, from which Savable, i Mary Lavana and Watkins Overton were missing, though John Drake sent out his massive St. Simon colt, St. Dory, and the Schorr stable added John A. Scott. It took Mr. Dwyer twenty-five minutes to j get the field away in good array. Master Dominick and Stem Winder caused most of the trouble. There was little to the race. When well in full j motion on the turn, Stem Winder was leading and the Baldwin colt closiDg on him. Americano got the Texan as they came into the straight and from there home, Americano merely had to be hand j ridden to win with ease by four lengths. Sidney C. Love came like a giant n the outside in the last eighth and nailed Stem Winder at the finish. Captain Arnold would have beaten the Texan, too, but he had been used too much to get to his horses after a poor dispatch and hung so at the end that ; Joe Buckley, too, beat him. The latter ran a fair -race, but was lucky. Queen Elizabeth, thu hand- some filly from the Morris stable a full sister to Old England showed a lot of speed. So did Silver j Fringe, but, after chasing Americano and Stem Winder for three furlongs, she stopped and drifted back. The tabled history of the Quickstep Stakes is shown below : Year. Horse. Wt. Strs. Value. Time. 1884 Mission Belle 107 14 ,370 0:49 1885 King of Norfolk 115 19 1,820 0:50 1886 Faster 102 8 1,485 0:48 K 1887 Baceland 117 13 1,750 0:48 1888 Galen 110 16 2,165 0:48 1889 PennP 123 13 2,630 0:50 1890 Sister Linda 120 16 2,355 0:51i4 1891 Bashford 118 14 3,260 0:513 1892 G. W. Johnson 118 12 3,450 0:48 J 1893 Flirtation 120 17 4,340 0:49 1894 Frank K 118 9 3,270 0:48i 1898 W. Overton 125 8 2,320 0:48 1900 Miss Bennett 122 7 2,300 0:48 1901 Abe Frank 125 8 2,820 0:49 1902 Americano Ill 10 2,880 0:53 The days opener was taken by Albemarle, heavily played by a few wise punters, who got on at 12 to 1. Albemarle was much the best, displayed the most speed and won with plenty to spare by one and a half lengths from Lady Jocelyn, which beat Galba six lengths for second place. Ontonagon and Corsica ran prominently for three furlongs and then fell away badly beaten. Senor tired fast in the final eighth, losing third place by a head. Hunter Baine, showing much improvement over his last effort, closed up fast in the last quarter of the second race, and, catching the tiring Brulare in the last seventy-five yards, beat her to the wire by a length, with Last Knight a fair third. Brulare appeared to be the winner in the last eighth, but hung badly in the closing Tstrides. She hae evidently had toomuch ofit latelylagainst hordes of a little higher! class than thatr, which she posesses. Jessie Jarboe showed a likelyjturn of speed fornix furlongs and then tired rapidlyon account of being ridden too hard in the first partof;the!race. Wild Pirate was lucky to win the fourth race, the most stirring contest of thejday. He land Bar-rackhookedlup in a desperate and lexciting last eighth struggle, but Nutt, as usual, was of little helplto the willing Barrack, allowing J. Walsh to outride him inthe fuosing strides and shave Wild Pirate under the wire a short head to the good, with Bragg third, one and a half lengths back Bragg was a keen contender up to the last sixteenth, butjtiredrom there tothe wire. Alfred Vargrave appeared to haveja chance in the last eighth, but hadfenoughjwhen thejkeen actionfcame up between Barrack and Wild Pirate. Prowl fell away badly beaten turning for horn?. The fifth race proved anjeasy effort for C. B, Campbell, which began slowly, but, after the first J j i j j j quarter had been run, moved up on those in tront of him fast, and, after turning into the stretch, had things all his own way. He won easily by a length from Bose Tree, which threatened to give him an argument for a moment at the last eighth post, but sprawled badly in th closing strides. Inspector Shea finished third a length behind Bose Tree. He made up considerable ground in the last half mile and finished with a rush. Stuyve was well beaten turning for home. Colonel Ballantyne won the last race by a half length from Star Cotton, with Jerry Hunt a beaten off third. Star Cotton swerved badly in the closing strides toward the inside rail, or else he should have given the winner a hot argument at the end. The usual large crowd was on hand, but the betting was comparatively light. The track, although heavy and lumpy, was drying out fast, but at the best will be slow this afternoon, provided no more rain falls.
