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ALADDINS SHERIDAN STAKES. G. Ci Bennetts honest colt Aladdin won the Sheridan Stakes at Washington Park yesterday. The victory earned his owner ,160 and 25,000 people saw the race and cheered the result. To win, Aladdin had to beat Wyeth, the American Derby winner. He did it easily and was by far the best colt in the race. Lucien Appleby was sadly outrun. The track was slower than that on which J Wyeth won the Derby. It was softer, lumpy and treacherous in spots. Wyeth was the betting favorite and heavily played. The press of money drove Aladdins odds from 2i to 2 to 1 and made Lucien Appleby the outsider in the betting. Only the three carded went to the post. They got away in perfect style at the first break. Aladdin took the lead at once, with the pace slow. Around the club house turn, Lucien Appleby on the inside, carried Wyeth wide, but the pace was still so slow that the interference cut little or no figure in the result. As if to even matters up in the middle of the backstretch, as the pace smartened, and Buchanan, on Lucien Appleby, tried to move up, Lyne, on Wyeth, cut him sharply off. This was more serious. Still, Aladdin was showing the way, and coming to the half the drive was on. Aladdin and Wyeth moved away from Lucien Appleby, and, both hard ridden, fought it out to the eighth pole, four lengths before Lucien Appleby. But, drivo Wyeth as he would, Lyne could not get to Aladdin and with both hard ridden, the Bennett colt won by an open length, with Wyeth three more before Lucien Appleby. The tabled history of the Sheridan Stakes is shown below: Year. Horse. Wt. Stra. Value. Time. 1884 Kosciusko 115 7 ,070 2:124 1885 Alta 118 7 3,950 2:09k 1886 Ed Corrigan 118 5 3,740 2:09 1887 Terra Cotta 125 9 4,590 2:10and 1888 Emperor of Norfolk. .125 4 5,340 2:17k 1889 Proctor Knott 115 7 5,350 2:124 1890 Santiago 118 5 4,840 2:124 1891 Poet Scout 115 5 4,700 2:113S 1892 Newton ..127 4 4,290 2:32Ji 1893 Ingomar 122 9 10,870 2:10 1894 Key el Santa Anita.. ..127 5 10,400 2:08!4 1898 Bannockburn 122 5 1,990 2:06k 1900 Sam Phillips 127 3 1,870 2:U2 1901 Robert Waddell 126 6 3,555 2:12 1902 Aladdin 122 3 3,160 2:18 The days opener was delayed almost thirty minutes, caused by Blue Ridge running away a mile to a false break. She was excused and a new book made. When the field was at last sent away, Marion Lynch ran Guy H. into submission in tho first quarter and then assumed an easy command which she maintained to tho end, winning by two , lengths from George Whitney, which beat Lady Chorister six lengths for second place. Faquita ran well for five and a half furlongs. Guy H. fell away beaten in the early part of the race. Another long delay was caused at the post when tho horses lined up to the barrier in the second race. While scoriDg, Fitzkanet kicked Fake in the off forearm and the latter was so lame that he was excused by the judges and another delay of twenty minutes announced. When the field lined up without Fake, there was another irksome delay. After fifteen minutes of scoring, the flag dropped to a poor start, Fitzkanet being nearly two lengths in front of the field. He led by a fair margin up to the last eighth, where Jack Rattlin moved up fast and joined him, the two fighting it out strenuously to the wire, where the former, under hard punish-1 ment, passed under about a half length to the good. Hanover Queen finished an indifferent third. C. B. Campbell appeared to have an oxcollent chance to win a furlong out, but sprawled badly in the closing strides, losing third place in the last stride by a head to Hanover Quoon. Sigmund proved to be the best of an unwieldy bunch of thirteen two-year-olds in tho third race. First Maxette and then Agnes Mack showed the way to the final eighth, where Sigmund moved up fnst, and in a driving finish, beat the fast closing Gold Bell a head on the post. Claude finished third, two lengths back. Pageant showed sudden improvement, closed up ground fast in the final - juarter and was beaten only a head for third place. Agnes Mack tired fast in the final eighth. Maxette ran well for a half mile. ,3atiu Coat was the best at the weights in the 1 fifth race, a seven and a half furlongs dash. He began slowly and appeared to have little chance in tho first half, but in the last quarter he cloEed up ground fast and won easily by one and a half lengths from Peat, which stood a long last eighth drive and beat the tiring Lovable a neck on the post for second place. Peat showed much game-! ness in the last eighth struggle, but has probably had too much or it of late and is probably in need of a rest. Pyrrho ran a dull race and was well beaten turning into the last quarter. Semicolon was never a serious contender and run far below his best form. Pompino was much tho best in the sixth race, a dash of six and a half furlongs. He began slowly and appeared to have little chance after tho first quarter had been run, but in the last half mile he made up ground rapidly and won much as his rider pleased by one and a half lengths from Ciales, which beat True Blue five for second place. Ciales finished strongly and was much the best of the others. True Blue, as usual, showed a keen turn of speed, but tired fast when the pinch came. Lady Bramble was right there for five and a half furlongs and bears watching from now on. The closing race went to Lee King, which was tiring fast at tho end and wonld have been beaten in another stride or two. He won by a neck from the fast closing Tammany Chief, which beat Compass one for second,place.
