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THE HORSE, ASS, AND MULE 



the Excelsior Handicap, Jamaica, New York ; and the Saratoga 

 Handicap, Saratoga, New York. During the winter season running 

 races are conducted in the South, more especially at New Orleans. 

 The following are the more recent winning records of the 

 Suburban Handicap, over a course of one and one-fourth miles, 

 and of the Futurity, over a course of six furlongs. 



SUBURBAN HANDICAP 



THE FUTURITY 



Thoroughbred winnings in money, prior to the World War, 

 amounted to very large sums. This is brought out by Lieutenant 

 R. M. Danford in a striking way, in the following reference 2 to 

 the Castleton Stud of Kentucky, long owned by James R. Keene, 

 one of the greatest promoters of the Thoroughbred : 



1 Not run in 1914. 



2 Bit and Spur, February, 1912. 



