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|ZARK, a brown colt, by Pat Malloy, was bred 

 by the popular Missouri turfman, Mr. J. J. 0. 

 Fallon, who owns both his sire and dam. He 

 was foaled in 1872. The breeding of Ozark is 

 excellent. His sire was got by Lexington out of Gloriana, 

 by American Eclipse, grandam the famous mare Trifle, by 

 Sir Charles. His dam was the imported mare Sunny South, 

 by Irish Birdcatcher out of Equal, by The Cure Equation 

 by Emilius Maria by Whisker, &c. She was bred by Mr. 

 John Osborne, and was brought over in 1860. As a two- 

 year-old he ran twice. At St. Joseph, Mo., September 7, 

 1874, he was second to Jennie Rowett, by Uncle Abe, in 

 a mile dash, three others being behind him. At St. Louis, 

 October 5, half-mile heats, he was again second to Jennie 

 Rowett, three others being again behind them. His first 

 race as a three-year-old was the Withers Stakes, at Jerome 

 Park, June 5, in which he was third ; Aristides winning, 

 with Rhadamanthus second and ten others unplaced. In 

 the Belmont Stakes, one week later, he was unplaced ; Mr. 

 McGrath's horses, Calvin and Aristides, being respectively 

 first and second. In these races he was quite green and 

 raw, and was besides not ridden in the most judicious man- 

 ner. But even under those circumstances he ran so well 

 that he made a very favorable impression upon good judges. 

 Still few were bold enough to predict his victory in his next 

 engagement the Ocean Hotel Stakes, at Long Branch. 

 July 13, a dash of one mile and three-quarters. This he 

 won cleverly, beating Aristides, Leader, and Tom Ochiltree, 

 in 3:10f ; and four days later he won the Robbins Stakes, 

 two miles, in 3:52 J-, defeating Chesapeake and Leader. 

 For the rich Travers Stakes, at Saratoga, July 24, one mile 

 and three-quarters, he was a leading favorite, and endea- 

 vored to cut down his opponents by forcing the pace from 

 the fall of the flag, but suffering somewhat from a cold, 

 he was unable to maintain the pace, was " pumped out " 

 after going a mile and a quarter, and was unplaced ; D' Ar- 



tagnan winning in the fast time of 3:06|, with Milner a 

 length behind him. On- the 12th of August, he started 

 for the Kenner Stakes, two miles. Of the fifty-six nomi- 

 nations only six appeared at the starting-post. These were 

 Milner, second in the Travers Stakes, Warwick, Chesa- 

 peake, St. Martin, Willie Burke, and Ozark. St. Martin 

 was the favorite, Milner being second in estimation, and 

 Ozark almost entirely ignored by the cognoscenti. St. 

 Martin was struck into and cut down while running very 

 strong and looking dangerous, and the issue was left to 

 Ozark and Milner, who finished so close together that the 

 judges were unable to separate them, and declared it a dead 

 heat. The Stakes, amounting to $4000, were divided. 

 Warwick was third, three lengths behind the dead-heaters. 

 In the Jerome Stakes, at Jerome Park, October 2, he was 

 unplaced, Aristides winning, with Calvin second ; and in 

 the Dixie Stakes, at Baltimore, October 19, he was again 

 unplaced, Tom Ochiltree winning, with Viator second. On 

 October 22, 1875, he ran second to Madge for a handicap 

 purse of $400, for all ages, at Baltimore. At Washington, 

 on the 27th of the same month, he won a purse of $325, 

 for all ages, beating Nettie Norton, Galway, and Kenneth. 

 On October 29, he won a purse of $1000, for all ages, at 

 Washington, beating Nettie Norton, Busy Bee, G-alway, 

 Fairy Queen, Caroline, and Gayo. On January 20, of this 

 year, he was beaten at Charleston in the Hampton Stake, 

 for four-year-olds, by Damon. At Savannah, on February 

 1, he won the Savannah Cup, for all ages, two miles, beat- 

 ing General Harney, Survivor, and Damon. The time was 

 3:45J. On the following day he won the Bonaventure 

 Stake, for four-year-olds, mile heats, beating General Har- 

 ney, Startle, Jack Trigg, and Springlet, in 1:48| 1:481; 

 and on the 3d of the same month, at the same meeting, he 

 won a purse of $300, two-mile heats, in two straights, beat- 

 ing Prussian, Tom O'Neil, Oxmore, and Busy Bee. He 

 has since broken down. His present owner is Ira Plainer. 



