The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-21
WON BY PINK COAT
DERBY WINNER OF 1898 TAKES
WHEELER HANDICAP AT
WASHINGTON PARK
TIME BREAKS THE RECORD
Mile and a Quarter Was Made I'm
2:O4 1-5, the Fastest Previous ON
Circular Track Having
Reen 2:O4 LIZ.

CHICAGO, July 2O.-Wfth mighty
strides the giant Pink Coat took the LEAD
at the last furiong post in today's Wheel
er handicap, and, holding his advantage
to the end, finished a handy winner by
| half a length from the heavily weighted
| Advance Guard. The Conqueror II. was
a close third, being only a neck behind
| the second horse.
! The feature of the final days sport at
! Washington park quite came up TO the
| expectation, and furnished the perspir-
| ing crowd of 1900 spectators with
royal contest OF the fourteen horses
| carded to start three were scratched,
Sidney Lucas F'avonius and Marumas.
George Arnold, carrying III pounds, was
! added. so that a field Of twelve went
I to the post.
Five to one was offered against any
! horse in the race at almost all times
in the betting. John Bright finally set
tied down the sight favor-te. The
/ better at post time together with weights
/ and jockeys were as follows:
John Bright, IL, Van Duson, 9 to 2;
Advance Guard. 12S; ]. Woods, Il to 2;
! Robert Wadeel, III. Dominick, to !;
/ Pink Coat, 1lS, Dupee, to /; Vesuvian,
! lie, J. Mathews, s to l; The Conqueror
/ IL, 107 Knight, 10 to /; Star Chamber,
| 104, WINFIELD II to / Terminus, Ill,
| Gornley, IL to !; Lady Elite, So Ransch,
! 20 to /; The Unknown, 1912, pullman,
1 25 to /; The Lady, 107, Meade, 80 to !;
| George Arnold, Ill. Mitchell 80 to /.
They were at the post but a few min
utes and then broke away to a good
start. The Lady was taken to the front,
closely followed by Waddell, these two
4 being near the inside raj George Ar
| mold rushed across from the extreme
| outside position and took third place.
! Pink Coat and John Bright were the last
bn le1rt ns1c xUa ot
| once pulled back to last place by Little
! Gormley.
! The Lady was out in front to stay as
| long as she could, and Dominick evil
! IDENTIFY was determ ned not to lose his
! advantageous position next to her. Ac-
! cordingiy the pace was fast almost from
! the outset The pair in front at the
| start kept in the lead, closely attended
| by George Arnold, The Unknown and
| Nesuvian, with the entire field well
! punched beh nd AS The field turned
| Gown the back stretch WOODS cut loose
| with Advance Guard and the great
! chestnut moved up from the rear with
! a grand burst of speed. He was com
| IaratiVely c.ose TO the rail bat he man
| ag1d to get through and pass the trail
! ers until he was close to the leaders
| when the far turns was reached The
| hackers of Advance Guard We're jubi-
! liant, for he is seldom SO close up at this
! period in the race. AS the field swung
! around the far turn and the jockeys be-
] gan working for an advantageous posi-
| ton in the stretch, The Lady was lead
! ing with Robert Wadden second. In a
| close bunch was George Arnold, who was
! steadily losing ground Vesuvian, who
/ was about holding his own; Pink Coat,
who was running with great, powerful
strides, and the Conqueror on whom
Knight was just beginning to make his
run. The last named morse was close to.
the rail, and as the field turned into
the stretch Knight shot him to the
front and he was in the lead by the
| time the field was well Strengthened away
\ for home. The Lady had dropped back,
beaten. and Dominick was working on
Robert Waddell, who was game but
! tired Then out Of the struggling bunch
behind the tall form of Pink Coat came,
with mighty lunges, gaining at every
! stride This horse was moving faster
and more strongly han any other horse
! in the ace. and a fUrlong from home the
| result IS to first place was d fOregone
conclusion. Pink Coat moved surely into
the lead and Dupee was able to take
! him Slightly in hand and look over his
4 shoulder to see what the others were
I doing. Advance Guard was now making
his last effort, but it was too late. He
came with much of his usual determine
/ ton in the final run and gradually over
took and passed The Conqueror, who
hung on well, but was not able to catch
| Pink Coat, who won by a good half
length. +
Behind The Conqueror the horses fin
! fshed as follows:
Terminus. on whom Gormley waited
too long to make his run. length in
front of Robert Waddell. he a length be-
! fore Star Chamber and Vesuvian. who
finished head and head. then a gap Of
J three lengths before the traiiers, The
! Lady, John Bright, Lady Elite The I'm
/ known and George Arnold. John Bright
ran disappointirgly from start to finish
/ and was never prominent. 1t is supposed
his bad legs affected him.
1 The time was 2:O4 10 a new record
not only for the Washington park track,
| mer record for both being 2:041A.
! Pink Coat is the property Of Wood
| ford and Buckner, and won the Ame"l-
! can Derby in 1888. Last year. carrying
one pound less than he did TO-DAY ne
| was beaten a nose for the Wheeler nan
! dicap by The Roman. His betting price
! at that time was the same as it was
! today to 1.
/ The other stakes on today's pro
gramme. the Lake View handicap, 5or
/ IWc-year-olds, resulted in an easy VIC
tory for sthe California FLY, Rosewar.
! Only four started.
| Observation-Disclosures clear. track fast:
First race five turlongs, S600-Ed AUS
! tin, Ill, Bullman. to 10, won, by Two
! lengths; South Trimble, ILL knight, ~ 10
! ]. second: j. V. Kirby, Ia. WINFIELD z
to !, third Time, 1:00 3-5. Ishtar,
autumn Leaves, Bridge. Ladseer, Mol
| lie and Helen Print ran.
Second race six furlongs, S6Oe-Burnie
| Bunton. III, e. RobeI tson, s to l. won
! by d length and a half; Canmoore. .97
| j. Matthews, . to 2, second; Henry Bert
! lGl Conley, to !, third. Time, lib -
! Harry Herendeen, Eomir Introductor
Dalkeith, Princess Strathmore, Fred
Alderman and Brutal ran
Third race, the Lakeview handicap,
six furlopgs, $1,000 added. Rosewar. 100
Hansch 10 to l. won by five lengths;
Memnon, 1l6 Winfield. 2 to s. second; ;
Flora Pomona Jos. J. Woods. to ],
! third. Time l:iS SIS. South Elkhorn ran
Fourth race, the Wheeler handicap
mile and quarter, $500 adied-Ptnk
Coat, us, Dupee 8 to J. won by half 4
length; Advance Guard, 12S j. Woods,
| 80 to l, second; The Condueror II, l07
Terminus. Robert Waddeu, Star Chara-
Der, Vesuvian, The Lady. John Bright
Lady Elite. George Arnold and The IN
| known ran.
Fifth race Woodlawn course six fur
| longs and hfty-fiVe yards. $609-Montanic
| tO9, pullman. to l. won by half a
length; Yulcain, 1l2, J. Woods, to l,
second; Liyiula; le2, See, % 10 /. third
Balm, Sevoy and Money Muss ran,
Sixth race, mile and a hall, Seeo-
! Alaska Jos, Knight to !, won by a
! neck; Frangible, 100 Schwartz 5 tn
! second; Knight EanneT6t iG2 See 3 20
/ l, third. Time 2:24s!. Tammany Char
Joe Collins. Hosi and Evelyn Byrd ran