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GALLANT KNIGHT LOWERS TRACK RECORD r WINS FINAL FEATURE Audley Farm Star Runs Mile and a Quarter in 2:02. Receives Ovation From Crowd at ! Washington Park Pulls Up Lame Meeting Ends. HOMEWOOD, 111., June 25. Gallant Knight, great five-year-old from the Audley Farm Stable, reached the heights today, .when he gave the gamest and one of the finest speed performances of this or any other year in winning the Francis S. Pea-body Memorial Handicap, feature race of the closing days program at Washington "Park. Leading all the way, the son of Bright Knight smashed the mile and a quarter track record by 2 seconds to defeat another gallant warrior, Spanish Play, by jnore than one length. Pittsburgher finished .third and Osculator, second in the American Derby, was fourth. Plucky Play was fifth and Canfli, the only filly in the race last in the field of six. Gallant Knight covered himself with glory as his was a true exhibition of thoroughbred courage and when he hobbled back to the judges stand, quite lame, he was accorded .the greatest ovation ever given an animal at this particular track. Gallant Knights time for the distance was 2:02 and was the second track mark that he had established at the meeting. He recently ran one mile in 1:35 to lower the record for that distance. He was well backed and paid only .14. Jockey Herman Schutte, stable rider, was in the saddle and the horses victory netted his owner ,080. LEADS ALL THE WAY. r. .From a good start Gallant Knight soon ;went to the front and, opening up a handy advantage around the first bend, was taken .under slight restraint, with Spanish Play yacing in second position and Plucky Play and Osculator running head and head back of the Knebelkamp and Morris star. They retained the same position all through the back stretch run, apparently awaiting the biff moment in the last quarter to display their best. Turning for home Gallant Knight hugged the rail and still had something left, .while Landolt began to sting Spanish Play IVvith the whip. Down the long home stretch jGallant Knight, running freely now, continued on his way, with Spanish Play making a gallant but vain attempt to catch him, and they passed the finishing line as they had raced the entire distance, about a length and a half apart. Pittsburgher came from last place to stage a strong finish and best the others. At the conclusion of the contest trainer Kay Spence of the Audley Farm Stable was presented with a silver trophy emblematic of victory by Stuyvesant Peabody, while Inany celebrities from Chicago, New York and other points looked on. It was a great ,Victory for Gallant Knight, and it is to be Regretted that he fell lame during the running of one of his outstanding races. SUCCESSFUL MEETING. The Washington Park meeting, which has been of thirty days duration, came to a jclose this afternoon and, despite present Economic conditions, the session is what jnight be termed successful. President Matt JWinn and general manager C. W. Hay expressed themselves as being pleased with Ahe patronage and business and the crowds that have witnessed some interesting racing during the period. Although a number of favorites that seemed to stand out above their rivals have been defeated in several Instances, finishing unplaced, the percentage of winning choices has been nearly nor-jnal, an indication that the racing was for the most part formful. Gift of Roses, a recent winner here, was almost completely overlooked by the talent in the first race and led all the way to win and pay 0.86. The filly opened up a long lead after leaving the back stretch, and although showing an inclination to tire during the run home, jockey T. P. Martin kept Continued on twenty-fourth page.X WINS FINAL FEATURE Continued from first page. her going to win by a half length from Thundertone. Third money went to Don Romiro. Meloy, a first-time starter from the stable of Stuyvesant Peabody, showed good form to win the second race under a well judged ride by Danny McAuliffe. The start wag poor, but the winner was off well and sprinting to the front in the early stages, was reserved enough to withstand the closing challenge of Old Judge. Meloy beat the Peconic Stable colt by a neck, while Rex Regent was third. Doramelia unseated jockey A. Richard at the start, but the boy was uninjured. The Peabody colors were carried to their second victory of the afternoon when Miss Melody, a previous winner at the meeting, scored again. Getting to the front early the daughter of Prince of Wales set a fast pace and jockey Jones had her under restraint at the end. Bertrano, backed down to near favoritism because of sensational workouts, finished in second place and Cousin Nora finished with her usual belated rush to be third. Miss Melody was somewhat neglected in the betting and paid 0.46.
