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DOUBLE FOR R. GOOSE ♦ Lakeland and Symphorosa Score at Washington Park Course. ♦ Daughter of Light Brigade Finishes in Game Fashion to Win Feature by a Small Margin. ♦ HOMEWOOD. 111., May 31.— The orange and black silks of Roscoe Goose were prominent at Washington Park this afternoon, when members of his stable scored a double victory, Lakeland, a two-year-old, taking down the purse in the second race and his three-year-old filly Symphorosa accounted for the True Blue Purse, feature attraction. In winning the feature, Symphorosa raced in brilliant fashion, showing gameness at the end of the one miie, where she managed to get up, in a hard drive, to head and outfin-ish J. Spencers Willa, the early leader. After showing the way to her opponents to the final few yards, Willa was unable to withstand Symphorosa, tiring in the final strides but saving second place easily. It was Mrs. F. Farrars Nicodemus which landed in third place. Jack Hawksley, Flood Control and Aquaplane finished in the order named in the wake of the leaders. Only six started. A laige amount of the credit for the victory of Symphorosa was due to the ride given the filly by the apprentice P. Neal. This rider refrained from taking Symphorosa too close to the fast early pace set by Willa, restrained the winner a considerable distance back of the leader and saved ground. Willa went into a big lead on the back stretch, setting a fast pace, which was the undoing of Aquaplane and Flood Control, her closest pursuers. On the stretch turn P. Neal went to work on his mount and, making a well timed rush, succeeded in having Symphorosa catch Willa in the final eighth and, after a brief tilt inside the final seventy yards, the winner then finally headed and outfinished the Pataud filly as they reached the finish. Willa attracted much the most support here and ruled a big favorite, while Aquaplane was also well backed. "GOOD THING" FAILS. The Purse Race, for maiden two-year-olds, over five-eighths, resulted in the overthrow of the heavy favorite, Try Too, which carried the colors of the Warm Stable, of Mason and Hanger, making his first start. He was the intended medium of an extensive coup, judging from the activity about him. The winner turned up in Blue John, ridden by jockey H. Erickson. Tombereau showed a good effort, finishing second, with Hernan Cortes, an outsider, outgaming Try Too for third. Try Too set the pace and held the lead to the stretch turn, where, under poor riding, he ran out badly and continued to swerve in the final drive. Lakeland, from the Roscoe Goose Stable, ridden by R. Heigle, took the measure of a large band which started under claiming conditions in the second race over five-eighths. Lakeland reached the finish safely in advance of Port Gar, the favorite, with Miss Nobody third. Altavar and Helen King, well backed ones, were prominent to the stretch racing only to tire badiy. Lakeland was outrun until the last turn, but came fast and gamely under hard riding and, getting through between the leaders, outstayed Port Gar and was drawing away at the end. CONSIDERABLE INTERFERENCE. The overthrow of the favorites continued in the third race when Gossoon was beaten by Salona, Winifred and Governor Pratt. Governor Pratt, also well-backed, suffered much crowding and interference, moved up fast when clear in the stretch and outgamed Gossoon. Salona, hard ridden, was clear in the stretch and then moved into the lead and held sway in the drive to the finish. Winifred finished with a rush and Salona was lucky in lasting to win by a neck. Another race of three-quarters bringing out eight good platers was furnished as the fourth race under claiming conditions. In this. Black Flyer, ridden by E. Shropshire, made good with a hard-earned and popular victory over Ossie H., the latter racing for Miss I. L. Smith. Ossie H. was right in the wake of the winner throughout, and only failed by a neck. Voshell was an easy third. The winner was the shortest-priced winner of the meeting. Jockey R. Ayraud atoned for his recent poor showing astride the racer Architect. In his last race he was beaten by an overconfident ride, but today he got him home an easy winner of the sixth race, over one mile and seventy yards out of the chute. The winner was restrained back of the pace of Shasta Belle to the stretch turn, was sent up into the lead fast and, under good riding, drew away to win in a canter.
