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track. In the other races on the program Hal Pointer 

 defeated Gossip Jr. and Jewett in 2:13%; Crawford 

 won from Jocko in 2:151/2; while the HamHn stable 

 won with Mocking Bird and Henrietta in 2:18i4 ^^^ 

 Emma disposed of Balsora Wilkes. 



During the next two years the only racing at 

 Poughkeepsie except at the fair was given under 

 the management of the New York State Trotting 

 Horse Breeders Association. Dr. Day and Theodore 

 Coleman were in charge. In 1890 the leading winners 

 were Belmont Prince, Benton Wilkes, Clay King and 

 Femme Sole. In 1892 Alonzo McDonald made his 

 debut as a winner of stakes by landing a two-year- 

 old event for the Village Farm with Princess Royal 

 in 2:20. 



After giving three meetings with small purses 

 in 1893 Jacob Ruppert decided in 1894 to back 

 another Grand Circuit meeting. It was held the third 

 week in August. The feature of the week was 

 Mascot's victory in 2:05% over Guy, Crawford, 

 Saladin and Paul. 



From that date until 1903 there were one or two 

 small meetings in addition to the fair held at 

 Poughkeepsie each year. At one of these John R. 

 Gentry paced in 2:02V2> Robert J. in 2:06, and 

 Vitello defeated Raven in 2:09. At another in 1899 

 Wickliff e by George Wilkes was given a time record 

 of 2:351/^. He was then seventeen years old and was 

 the last of his sire's get to take the word. In 1900 

 Democracy won at Poughkeepsie in 2:071/4. The fol- 

 lowing year Cresceus trotted an exhibition mile in 



