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MUD RUNNING ABILITY ♦ Big Beau Proves Able Runner in Difficult Footing. • Washington Park Going Becomes Muddy After Third Race — Shaker Lady Returns With Victory. ♦ HOMEWOOD, 111., June 6.— Big Beau, an eligible for the American Derby, proved himself to be something of a mud runner when he won the Preparation Purse, best race on todays program at Washington Park, from the smallest field of the afternoon. The winner, which races for Hal Price Headley, was favored, and jockey C. Corbett, putting up a perfect ride, got him home over three lengths in advance of I Pass, a maiden. Yonkel, one of the stars of the Tanforan meeting, was third, and Rowdy Boy and Battering Ram, the only other starters, finished far back in the order named. I Pass, which is one of the best maidens on the grounds, showed that he liked the going by opening up a long lead in the early stages, but Big Beau was always within striking distance, and when Corbett called on him he steadily cut down the leaders advantage to get to the front in the stretch. Yonkel was well backed but ran as if he would prefer a different sort of track and could never catch the first two, although finishing fairly well. The race was over one mile, and the winner paid .72. Rain which fell Monday morning changed the track conditions, and the course was water covered for the first few races. As the moisture gradually soaked into the soil, the track became more difficult, and from the third race on was muddy. The day was cloudy and the attendance rather light. POLYGENY GOOD INVESTMENT. L. C. Young seems to have made a good investment when he purchased Polygeny from the stable of W. R. Coe previous to the running of the first race. The filly, a daughter of Polymelian — St. Rita, showed a decided liking for the sloppy going that prevailed and ran just like the short-priced favorite that she was, winning easily from a small field. Sizzling, a member of the Greentree Stable, was second and Glamorous third. Glamorous opened up a four lengths lead in the early running, but Polygeny easily passed her in the stretch. Jockey J. Pollard was the winning rider and the price was .48. Shaker Lady, making her first start since last fall, beat the gate a trifle in the second race and opening up a long lead, was never headed. The early advantage obtained by the filly benefited her in the stretch as she was tiring near the end and would have been beaten by Jessie Carey, an outsider, had the race been a short distance farther. As it was she won by two lengths. Fireflash was third. Mild was one of the big tips of the meeting and was backed into favoritism but could never get to the leaders and folded up in the stretch. PROJECTILE GRADUATES. Projectile graduated from the ranks of the maidens when he won the third race with ease. The winner was representing the Mereworth Stud in an eleven-horse field of two-year-olds and,, after beginning quickly, went to the front early and was not headed thereafter. Levaal, although showing good early speed, tired in the going but managed to last to be second, while Head Play finished third. Projectile paid 4.60. The Greentree Stable of Mrs. Payne Whitney scored its first victory of the meeting when Double Shuffle, a two-year-old filly by Sir Galahad III., won the fifth race. The race was a split of the original first, which was substituted when the original fifth race was declared off, due to numerous withdrawals. A field of six went postward. Terry Lass set the pace and led until well into the stretch, where she was passed by the winner. Dusky Lass came from last place on the stretch turn to be third. Double Shuffle was an outsider. A
