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WASHINGTON PARK NOTES Wooster Sauce owned by H Eiker and trained by J Toth was vanned from Aurora AuroraSixtyfour Sixtyfour jockeys and apprentices have registered with William Owens who is in charge of the riders J Nachel who came from California was the latest to report He rode his first race of the meeting astride Tarwater in the third event today todayJ J Bollero and T P Martin were other riders in colors for the first time here this meet when they filled engagements this afternoon afternoonAfter After several weeks of very poor health Phil Reuter trainer of the William Sachsen maier Stable is up and around Just as soon as it is advisable he plans to enter a Chicago hospital for a sinus operation operationJohn John Zoeller wired Thomas Young for ac ¬ commodations for his string of ten horses and is expected to ship here from Detroit Young gave him one of the very desirable barns at Lincoln Fields FieldsTwo Two semifeatures wil Igrace the Ameri ¬ can Derby Day program the Patrick Henry Handicap for threeyearolds and upward with the six furlongs distance prevailing and the Matteson Purse an allowance affair also for the older division over the mile route The handicap will have a value of 1000 while the other event will be worth 800 Entries for the handicap will close on Thursday and weights and declarations are due the following day dayThe The first race of the season for Illinois owned horses scheduled for Wednesday at Washington Park drew seventeen entries so secretary William H Shelley split it one end to be run as the opening event on the program while the other will be carded as the third race This affair will be governed by the claiming clause its distance is three quarters of a mile and each end will have a purse of 800 hung on it itJohn John Marsch Chicago contractor and sportsman who has a large stable of horses at Washington Park in charge of trainer Jack McPherson is now Colonel Marsch He received his colonels commission from Gov Ruby Laffoon of Kentucky
