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$ $ Prominent Eastern Stables Represented at Washington Park and- $ Next to the desire to see the most prominent horses of the Washington Park Handicap field the crowd seemed most eager to get a glimpse of the Rancocas and W. R. Coe starters from the East. The effort to spot these racers led to the discovery that the colors of three of the most prominent stables that are to race here this summer are the same, only their arrangement being so different as to make identification possible. Rancocas, Coe and Bradley all race under the green and white. There were no Bradley starters today, the only one of this stable entered having been scratched, but thie were several representatives of Rancocas and Coe, one from each stable starting in the third race. The Coe jockey wears green, with polka dots, white sleeves and green cap. White predominates in the Rancocas colors, but the collar and cuffs are green. The cap is white. The Bradley colors are white, green hoops, white sleeves, green cap. Green and white also are the exterior color scheme in the finishing of new Washington Park. Jockey Frank Catrone, who was up on Donnay and Mowlee. and, in fact, has ridden the pair in nearly all of their races except Mowlees last at Jamaica, is practically a stranger to Chicago racegoers and much interest was taken in his Washington Park debut. He is said to be a lad of considerable personality and a story is told of aim that draws a laugh from any connected with the Rancocas Stable. It seems that he lost his temper one foggy morning at Belmont Park and decided that the veteran trainer, Sam Hildreth, wasnt "all he was cracked up to be." He expressed this opinion in a heated moment, unaware that Hildreth was within range of his voice. A sharp blow, given in fun, made him realize that he had spoken without a true regard for consequences and he quickly arrived at another decision, which was that Hildreth really was a great trainer. Ever since then they have gotten along well and so has Catrone with trainer John Lowe, who is in charge of the stables western division.
