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son and Sister were unplaced and Bateman won the 

 2:31 class. He also won again at Kingston, Lady 

 Morrison trotting third to Frank Munson, Alley 

 second to Judge Robertson and Effie Deans unplaced 

 the same week. Elmira was the next stand, the re- 

 turns for the meeting showing a first for Bateman and 

 Huntress second to Carrie in the free-for-all, while at 

 Owego the latter won the open event and Bateman 

 was second to Planter, a chestnut gelding by Red Bird. 

 After this meeting Bateman, Lottie and Alley were 

 taken to Point Breeze Park, Philadelphia, where Bate- 

 man was third to Frank Palmer, Alley fourth to Flora 

 Windsor and Lottie unplaced to Billy Ray. Their 

 next starts were at Woodbury, N. J., where Bateman 

 and Alley won and Lottie was again unplaced. Bate- 

 man also won a first and Alley a third at Pottstown. 

 This meeting was held the last week in October, after 

 which Bateman was started at Washington and Bal- 

 timore before going into winter quarters. The fol- 

 lowing table presents a synopsis of what the Walnut 

 Grove Farm stable did in 1875 : 



