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Rochester, Springfield and New York, while he was 

 beaten by Cut Glass at Providence, unplaced to 

 Nellie A. at Lexington and fourth to Axinite at 

 Nashville. Double Cross won at Buffalo, where she 

 made a record of 2:1834 and one of the races in which 

 she was started at New York, the record of her other 

 starts showing a second to Fantasy at Detroit, sec- 

 ond to Oriole at Cleveland, second to Fantasy at 

 Rochester, second to Margrave at New York, third to 

 Nemoline and fourth to Bellini at Providence, un- 

 placed to Bellini at Boston and third to Fantasy at 

 Nashville in the race in which the Chimes filly cut 

 the world's record for three-year-old trotters to 

 2:0834. 



Muta Wilkes cut her mark to 2:11 at Detroit, 

 where she won a heat from Hulda. At Cleveland 

 she was drawn after the second heat of the race won 

 by Little Albert. Hulda defeated her at Buffalo and 

 New York, and she was unplaced to Walter E. at 

 Rochester. These failures were followed by four 

 firsts at Philadelphia, Providence and Boston, where 

 she defeated Fanny Wilcox, Martha Wilkes and 

 Jean Valjean. Hazel Wilkes trotted the race of her 

 life at Cleveland, where she took the word with Pix- 

 ley, Dr. Sparks, Wardwell, Dandy, Miss Alice and 

 White Stockings. Dr. Sparks won the first two 

 heats in 2:1334, 2:13^2. Hazel Wilkes showed in 

 front in the third and made her record of 2:11*4. 

 Pixley was then awarded two firsts in 2:143/4, 2:1454* 

 after which the Guy Wilkes mare gathered in the 

 laurels with two miles in 2:13, 2:16%. After this 

 event she was defeated by Phoebe Wilkes at Buffalo, 

 Pixley at Rochester, and Directum at New York. 



