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MORE RECORD BREAKING. Three new records were established at "Washington Park yesterday. Glassfull broke the American record at a mile and a six-• teenth by covering the distance in l:44g, thus beating the track record two-fifths of a second, and Hyphens mark of 1:44|, made at Brighton Beach, July 2G, 1902. Track records were broken by the performances of Fred Leppert in the Quickstep Stakes and by Sylvia Talbot in the fifth race. Fred Lep-pert ran a half mile in 47, which is four-fifths of a second better than the former record, held by Memnon and made June 24, 1901. Sylvia Talbot took two-fifths of a second off the time of the best previous performance on the course at six and a half furlongs. She beat Golden Rule and wiped out his record of 1:191 by furnishing a mark of 1:19. The showers that fell during "Wednesday night and about noon yesterday only settled the surface of the track and probably made the footing about as good as it was possible to make it. It was great going for fast horses in racing order, nearly all the horses racing -at Washington -Park - appear - trained- to-the hour and are fast as well as fit. - The Quickstep Stakes was the feature of the card. There were nine starters. J. W. Newmans gray gelding Doii Domo, carrying 115 pounds, was a pronounced favorite, with R. K. Lewis and Co.s bay filly Silk Maid, 115, second choice, F. T. Woods bay gelding Patsy Brown third choice and Clay Bros. bay colt Paris and brown filly Memories, coupled, next in esteem. The winner proved to be Fred Cooks big chestnut colt Fred Leppert, by Victory— Bunch, which was liberally backed at 20 to L The favorite was beaten a nose and was two lengths in advance of Paris. When Fred Leppert was led into the paddock B. J. Johnson remarked: "I thought this was a race for two-year-olds. If that fellow is eligible for this stake, he is the biggest and best looking two-year-old I have seen since El Rio Rey came out." Fred Leppert had worked well but had shown an inclination to sulk and, in his initial start, last Saturday had run indifferently. Tester-day he got away next to last, worked up to fourth position when the race was half over, stood a gruelling drive through the length of the stretch and by an extraordinary display of speed and determination nipped the favorite in the deciding stride and not only secured the stakes but the credit of a record of 47. The best time in which the stake had previously been won was 48, scored by Galen in 1888, and Miss Bennett in 1900. The start was excellent. The field got away closely bunched and came around the turn into the stretch in dangerously compact order. Silk Maid, the first to show in front was quickly displaced by Touchstone and pinned against the rail. At the end of a furlong the favorite was in the middle of the flying squadron and struggling to get out. He came through swinging into the stretch and straightened out a neck ahead of Touchstone, the latter being a head behind Paris. Fred Leppert came around on the extreme outside and Straightened out almost on even terms with Silk Maid, which was an open length behind Paris on the rail. He was no sooner into the stretch than Dominick went at him vigorously if not viciously. Don Domo had no trouble disposing of Touchstone and Paris. Neither did Fred Leppert. In the last hundred yards the chestnut colt got dangerously close to the gray gelding. Then the, latter tired alittle, just enough to enable the chestnut to beat him. Some spectators were in clined to blame Ferrell, who rode the favorite, for losing the race. More conservative persons agreed that Don Domo ran his race and a great race at that. Trompeuse, the post favorite, captured the first race, four furlongs and a half, for maiden two-year-olds. She had to be the best of the field of fifteen, for she suffered from various kinds of interference and had to make a brilliant dash at the end in order to win. My Jane looked all over a winner after getting into the stretch. Had she finished first Sam Wagner would have taken a lot of money out of the boxes of his associates in the ring. Wm. Wright was third, beaten a neck by the "good thing." Miracle n. and Louisville were first and second choices for the second race, a mile and a sixteenth. The former got away well and led through the backstretch and around the upper turn. Louisville, rated along in third place until nearing the three-quarter post. Then she took second position. In the final quarter she closed with Miracle IT., easily wrested the lead from him and won cantering. Felix Bard was a poor third. Bragg is becoming a consistent" performer. In a handicap at a mile he demonstrated that he is capable of two good performances in succession. He won in a nose and head finish, in which Schwalbe, the pacemaker, was second, and Toah, the favorite, third. The three placed horses were the actual contenders from the head of the stretch, where they joined issue, with Bragg third. The mile was run in 1:38|. Barney Schreibers fleet filly Sylvia Talbot conquered a quartette of fast sprinters in the fifth race, six furlongs and a half. They were, Golden Rule, Cruzados, John Peters and Semper Vivum. After the start she took the track from John Peters and was not thereafter headed. Golden Rule and Cruzados were close to her when finishing the turn. Straightening into the stretch she shot away from them and placed a gap of two open lengths between herself and Golden Rulev The latter closed up in the run home only to be beaten a half length. Cruzados ran a good race for five furlongs. The sport terminated with Glassfulls record breaking performance. John B. left the paddock smoking hot and perspiring freely. He ran as if ready and led for nearly a mile, run in 1:39. Shortly after getting into the stretch Glassfull on the outside and Boaster on the iside, challenged him. He promptly backed out from between them. The finish was a stubborn one until near the end, when Boaster resigned the contest. Glassfull won by a length. Wonderly rode him admirably. When asked about McChesney yesterday evening Sam Hildreth said: "Oh, hes all right. But didnt he get a hard race yesterday?" The inference is that Sam believes, as do most other people who saw the Great Western Handicap run, that Dominick gave the horse a very hard race. Experienced trainers and race riders of former years are positive on that subject. Nearly every trainer quartered at Washington Park is in love with McChesney and takes his defeat to heart. Even those who bet on John McGurk express regret that the great horse was beaten. A report from New York to the effect that E. E. Smathers did not want to be "gold-! . bricked," and would not pay more than 0, 000 for Dick Welles, caused Rome Respess to remark: "I dont want to gold brick him. I never asked him to buy the horse. He asked for my price, and I named it, and he wont get him unless he pays it. Im not anxious to sell." T. J. Gallagher.
