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fifteen out of twenty races. That year he also made 

 his first start at Freehold, N. J., and closed at Green- 

 ville, N. C., where he was defeated by Alisal. Peter 

 Buskirk also made the usual trip through the Orange 

 County and Bay State Circuits, winning all of his 

 engagements except at Windsor where he was un- 

 placed to Penrod and at Northampton where he fin- 

 ished second to Watts-in-Bond. 



Of the other worth-while winners during the past 

 few years, Ribbon Cane won fourteen races in 1925 

 and Tilly Brooke twelve in 1924. In 1923 Junior Hal 

 and Merriman each won thirteen, Anoakia twelve, 

 Kate Hal and Watts-in-Bond each eleven, and Anna 

 Bradford's Girl ten. Margaret Dillon won ten races 

 in 1922. In 1926 Golden Direct won thirteen out of 

 fifteen starts and Ruth M. Chenault all of her ten 

 engagements. 



During the 1927 campaign the trotter Patsy Leaf 

 tied at fifteen victories with the pacers Hamsa Dil- 

 lon, King Direct and Bert Abbe. After winning at 

 all of the early sweepstake meetings except Tren- 

 ton, Patsy Leaf was shipped to northern New York 

 where he had almost everything his own way in the 

 Buffalo Road Drivers' stakes. 



Bert Abbe won all of his races in the Bay State 

 and Orange County Circuits except at Greenfield, 

 Sturbridge and Springfield where he was defeated by 

 Carolyn Logan. At Endicott he paced a third heat 

 in 2:03l^. Later on he clipped the fraction off in a 

 race at Malone. 



Hamsa Dillon began racing in 1927 at the sweep- 



