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the shouting, the Guy Wilkes mare winning the next 

 two heats cleverly in 2:131/2, 2:15^. Of the stable's 

 other starters Alar won the 2:23 class in straight 

 heats, Oro Wilkes was second to Azote in 2:10, 

 while Burlingame, Muta Wilkes, Lesa Wilkes, 

 Paul and Judge Austin were unplaced. The last 

 two were turned over to W. H. McCarthy after the 

 Buffalo meeting, where they saved their entrance 

 in the races won by Hal Braden and J. M. D., 

 respectively. 



Mary Best and Alar won again at Buffalo, where 

 Arena picked up first money in the 2 124 class, a 

 record of 2:15^ going with it. Of the other starters 

 Whalebone won a 2:30 class for two-year-olds in 

 2:27^4? 2:27*^ and trotted second to Marie D. in 

 another event, Amelia was unplaced to Joe Patchen 

 and Ada, Oro Wilkes third to Azote and Muta 

 Wilkes unplaced to Pamlico. The following week 

 the stable was split, the Alcantara pair Alar and 

 Arena going to Rochester, where both of them were 

 beaten by Carldon. The balance of the stable was 

 at Terre Haute, where Venita Wilkes won in 

 2 126, Mary Best trotted second to Silicon in the Terre 

 Haute Purse, Oro Wilkes second to Trevillian, Lesa 

 Wilkes second to Ballona and Whalebone unplaced 

 to Boreal. 



After starting at Chicago, where Whalebone won 

 the Juvenile Stake in 2:24 and trotted third to Oak- 

 land Baron, Oro Wilkes second to Trevillian, Muta 

 Wilkes fourth to Pamlico and Amelia unplaced to 

 Star Pointer, the stable was shipped to Hartford for 

 the stake meeting at Charter Oak Park, during which 

 John Goldsmith drove in nine races and won $16,569 



