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I SAY MERELY ROMPS ♦ Albert Sabaths Illinois Oaks Candidate in Splendid Condition. " i Large Crowd at Washington Park Treated to All Sorts of Weather -Brooksie a Big Surprise. . I HOMEWOOD, 111., June 1.— I Say. Chicagos main hope in the 0,000 Illinois c Oaks, to be decided Saturday, carried the £ Albert Sabath colors to another easy vie- tory when she made a show of her opponents jn the Kensington Purse, feature race at Washington Park this afternoon. Racing in front most of the way, she won by five lengths, easing up before Sobieha, while i JPlucky Girl was third. Light Eagle was last „ in the four-horse field. The winning filly, one of the shortest ] priced favorites of the meeting, was clearly i best and ran as if she could beat a good i horse today. Plucky Girl outbroke the oth- ] ers, but it was not long before jockey C. E. Allen had I Say in front. Allen had I Say under slight restraint in the early stages, ] permitting Sobieha to remain close to her j to the stretch turn, but when Sobieha lost J ground on the turn. I Say was given her t head and opened up a long lead. Her rider i took hold of her a sixteenth from home, and she won easily. The race was run over seven furlongs, * and the time of 1:27% is not indicative of 1 the winning fillys performance, as she could l have run much faster if put under pressure. I SUNSHINE AND SHOWERS. The large crowd attending the races this I afternoon was treated to all sorts of weath- er. The skies were alternately clear and cloudy and a high wind was blowing during 1 part of the afternoon. Rain fell for a few minutes following the second race but did not affect the track, which remained fast I throughout the day. ] Polyphote, a shifty sort of maiden from the : stable of W. R. Coe, made her first appear- ance at Washington Park in the opener ! and defeated a large band of two-year-olds. The winner, which was coupled with After Dark, raced as if much the best and, after . ■wresting the lead from Oswego Princess in the stretch, scored in hand. Mintogee, well hacked, finished second and Primute was third. Jockey George Woolf, apprentice sen- ; sation of a few years back, but now a hefty sort of young man, was in the saddle on the ! winner and rode well. Polyphote paid 3.40. Black Comet won his second purse of the meeting when he made good for his many backers in the second race. Hustled to the front by apprentice W. Wright early in the contest, the Haughton colt had something left when Gay Past challenged in the stretch and drew out to a four lengths win. Gay Past tired after making a brief challenge at midstretch, but was easily best of the others. Fiddler finished third. Angry and Rusty met with interference during the running. Black Comet was the favorite. OUTSIDER IN FRONT. Red Roamer, an outsider, came charging through the stretch to beat Mr. Joe, one of the favorites, in the third race. Twelve two-year-olds started and Veruzza set the pace, closely followed by Mr. Joe. The ultimate winner was in third place some distance back. When Veruzza began to tire in the stretch Mr. Joe thrust his head in front, but jockey Pollard, hard at work on Red Roamer, got the gelding to the front approaching the finish and won by a neck. Hopulikit bested the tiring Veruzza for third place. Red Roamer paid 1.92. Brooksie, running in her best form, led throughout to win the fourth race, which was at one mile. The mare beat the others away from the barrier and, taking a good •lead at once, raced well in front to the end. Chokoloskee, one of the favorites, finished second after being off slowly, while Sophist, a forward contender from the start, was third. Durva, well backed, failed to live up to expectations, being badly outrun in the early part, but finished gamely to be fourth. Brooksie paid 6.51.
