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Flags Fly g at Washington J Park FFATSIRF IlJrilUliJLi FIlJrilUliJLi RAf llfiiJU F Crack Band to Start in Opening Day Attraction Brown Wisdom My Dandy Mis Misstep step and High Foot Among AmongProbable Probable Starters Washington Park surpassing in its pic ¬ turesque beauty is in readiness for Mondays inaugural The thirtyday meeting having attracted a majority of the stars in Ameri ¬ can thoroughbred racing C W Hay gen ¬ eral manager predicts the meeting will be the greatest in the history of the track When Col M J Winn Stuyvesant Pea body and their associates in the Washington Park Jockey Club rebuilt the plant they obeyed an impulse to measure up to Chicagos greatness Blending refinement with com ¬ fort the whole is a model of nearperfection in race track construction The clubhouse duplicating General Washingtons Mount Ver non home shrine of national interest is impressive It is one of Colonel Winns mas ¬ terpieces terpiecesChicagoans Chicagoans acclaimed the new Washington Park last year Society lured there by its magnificence will on the occasion of the opening of the second meeting of metro ¬ politan racing find it even more picturesque Architects and landscape artists have added finishing touches One of the most attrac ¬ tive features is the rustic garden and foun ¬ tain embellishing the grounds at the main entrance Within these walls of stone are plants and flowers All about are floral dec ¬ orations more profuse than before The center field adorned with walks lakes beds of flowers and plants presents a scene of charm Everywhere flags are floating floatingyo yo rimsE LESS TIIAX 1200 1200An An analysis of the condition book covering the first eight clays compiled by W H Shel ¬ ley secretary reveals that only the best over ¬ night handicap performers and topnotch platers Avill compete for purses these races ranging in value from 1200 to 2000 while the stakes range from 5000 to 10000 10000The The Washington Park track seems to have been vastly improved as the result of the cars bestowed upon it during the winter months by Thomas Young track superinten ¬ dent Horses are showing fast trials which naturally gratifies trainers Those horsemen who know say that the course is good enough to justify the prediction that the application of figures will foretell more accurate results than has ever been known on a Chicago race track trackThe The sale of seats for the American Derby the reservation of boxes in blocks as high as twentyfive to the Illinois Athletic Asso ciaition is proof of the awakening of Chi ¬ cagoans to the importance of the race that is a companion masterpiece of the Kentucky Derby C W Hay general manager asserts that he expects at least 75000 people will see the race Every railroad will run excursions on account of the Derby DerbyAMERICAN AMERICAN DERBY OUTLOOK OUTLOOKGeneral General manager Hay is hopeful that Harry Payne Whitneys Whichone will be brought from New York to meet the Ken ¬ tucky Derby winner Gallant Fox Irrespec ¬ tive of the makeup of the field he declares that the American Derby will be an open race with the winner in doubt until the official result in displayed displayedOpening Opening day at Washington Park will be featured of course by the fourth running the second under the present management of the Washington Park Handicap and al ¬ though this was a race of distinction last year the field which was announced in the overnight entries promises a contest that will especially if weather conditions remain settled set a new standard for the stake stakeThis This handicap which is a sprint over threequarters of a mile with a value of 5000 added has attracted seventeen prob ¬ able starters nearly every one of which ap paiently is fit to run his best race One of the possible exceptions to this condition is Misstep wnner of last years running of the event Misstep is entered but if he goes it will be his first start of the year and he will be competing against such fit sprinters as Brown Wisdom My Dandy Cayuga Leu cite and Pansy Walker WalkerIn In addition to those just named are High Foot which held favoritism for the Kentucky Derby at one time and was one of the win ¬ ters most sensational performers Bobashela Continued on twentyfirst page 5000 FEATURE RACE RACEContinued Continued from first page Martie Flynn Jack Howe and Listo the lat ¬ ter making his first start since the Agua Cahente meeting Tippy Toe is another that is named and she is the third member of the formidable Reichert Brothers entry Misstep entryMisstep which is coupled with Morsel as the Le Mar Stock Farm entry will have to S toS Br ° Wn islom lhree P ° u ds if he starts being assigned 12C pounds On the other hand Brown Wisdom will be dropp ng off nine pounds from his last start wh
