been sent up into Vennont for training and were supposed 

 to be ready — at any rate willing — to carry the cup back 

 to Kentucky. Of these only Moscowa, ridden by Sam 

 Velnor, was present at the finish, but in no condition to 

 win a place. Of the five grade thoroughbreds, only two 

 finished, Bunkie, of the United States Remount Service, 

 ridden by Lieutenant McCreery, and Mile. Denise, owned 

 and ridden by Major Stanley Koch, of Washington, D. C. 

 These two horses made the pace for the first three days 

 and caught the riders of the Arabian horses napping. 



They thought these horses were setting a pace that 

 could not be kept up and so, when it was too late, they 

 started to make up the lost time, but these grade 

 thoroughbreds, well ridden by Lieutenant McCreery and 

 Major Koch, stayed the entire route and made such good 

 time every day that they secured first and third places, 

 first going to Mile. Denise and third to Bunkie. 



Among the ten Arabs or Arab grades were such horses 

 as Rustem Bey, who finished first last year, but was dis- 

 qualified on account of developing a slight lameness the 

 last day; Ramla, who won the Contest last year; King- 

 fisher, owned and ridden by Colonel Frank Tompkins (he 

 carried Colonel Tompkins into Mexico with General 

 Pershing and won second place last year) ; and Crabbet, 

 one of last year's contestants. Two other Arabian entries 

 finished, namely, Noam and Kemali Prince. 



Of the standard bred horses there were only two entries 

 by John E. Madden, Lord of the Nursery and Avil Watts. 

 Neither of these horses finished. 



Among the six Morgans only two finished. They were 

 Castor, entered by the Morgan Horse Farm, which made 

 a very good showing last year, and Dolly, owned by Mr. 

 Stillman, president of the Morgan Horse Club. Dolly was 

 the only Morgan to get a place and that was the last, or 

 sixth. 



Major Koch, who won the cup and the Arabian Club 

 medal, and Lieutenant McCreery rode a splendid race, 

 but Rustem Bey, ridden by A. A. Langley, and Crabbet, 

 ridden by Jack Fretz, both Arabians, owned by W. R. 

 Brown, might easily have changed places with them if 

 they had been allowed to go faster the first three days. 

 As it was, Rustem Bey was awarded second place and was 

 the only horse to finish in perfect condition, and Crabbet 

 was awarded fifth place. Fourth place was awarded to the 

 Arabian horse. Kingfisher, and the last or sixth place went 

 to Dolly, Mr. Stillman's grey Morgan mare. The other 

 four horses which finished did so in the following order: 

 Kemah Prince, Castor, Moscowa, and Noam. 



The relative standing of the ten horses which finished, 

 as given by the judges, was as follows: 



Condition Speed Feed 



No. and Name of Horse (50 Pos.) (40 Pos.) (10 Pos.) Total 



1 Mile. Denise 40 36.10 6.92 83.02 



2 Rustem Bey 50 26.63 1.31 77.94 



3 Bunkie 35 36.17 .48 71.65 



4 Kingfisher 45 16.49 7.76 69.16 



5 Crabbet 30 24.90 6.10 61.00 



6 Castor 38 12.90 5.78 56.68 



7 Dolly 40 13.33 .58 53.91 



8 Noam 30 11.23 10.00 51.23 



9 Moscowa 25 25.50 .00 50.50 



10 Kemah Prince 25 14.00 1.76 40.76 



All of the horses lost weight during the race. Mile. 

 Denise lost the least, only 25 pounds, while Noam lost 

 the most, 65 pounds. The average loss was about 50 

 pounds per horse. 



The list of prizes was as follows: First, Mounted Service 

 Cup, Arabian Horse Club Medal, and $600; Second, $400; 

 Third, $300; Fourth, $200; Fifth, $150; Sixth, $100. 



These percentages are not as high as those made last 

 year, when Ramla won with a percentage of 92, but the 



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