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keepsie, Columbus, where he finished in front of 

 David Guy in one of the heats of the futurity which 

 was won by Peter June, and at Lexington, where 

 he won the Kentucky Stake from OHve Fant, Miss 

 Dewey Watts, The Divorcee and Hollyrood Bob in 

 2:061/2. 



The above engagements were followed by four 

 races at Atlanta and Macon, all of which Easton won 

 in straight heats. 



Easton was an inbred Wilkes, He was by The 

 Tramp, a brother to Jay Hawker, out of Ruth Bond 

 by The Bondsman, both his sire and the sire of his 

 dam being out of the Grand Sentinel mare Sorrento. 

 Beyond this pair, Easton traced to the Michigan 

 strains, which L. C. Webb took to Kentucky, his 

 grandam Quickstep in addition to having a record 

 of 2:17% being by Pilot Medium, out of Trixey by 

 Louis Napoleon, while his third dam Maggie Stone 

 was by Owosso Prince out of Dolly by General 

 Thomas. Easton was purchased as a yearling by W. 

 S. Harlan of Lockart, Ala. He gave him a two-year- 

 old record of 2:1314 at Nashville. This was reduced 

 to 2 :06i/2 in a race in 1918. It was also at that time 

 the world's record for a three-year-old gelding. 



