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in premiums. On the first two days he won with 

 Arena, Whalebone, Mary Best and Oro Wilkes. On 

 the third day, when the Charter Oak Stake was called, 

 he appeared behind Mahogany and won second 

 money, the ^honors going to Ralph Wilkes. Alar 

 also won her engagement in 2:11^4, 2:13, 2:14, after 

 losing two heats to Carldon, Muta Wilkes was third 

 to Belleflower, Amelia unplaced to Judge Sterling 

 and Burlingame behind the money in the stake won 

 by Nellie A. 



Alar was marked in 2:11 at Fleetwood Park, New 

 York, the first week in September. She was started 

 in the 2:11 class with Phoebe Wilkes, J. M. D., Cob- 

 webs and Aunt Delilah, the latter being distanced in 

 the first heat which Alar won in 2:11^ with J. M. D. 

 second. The next heat went to Phoebe Wilkes in 

 2:13, after which Alar scored again in 2:11. On the 

 next trip Phoebe Wilkes was first under the wire in 

 2:11^4, after which the race went over to the follow- 

 ing day, when Alar won in 2:13^. At this meeting 

 Amelia was second to G. O. Taylor, Oro Wilkes 

 third to Fanny Wilcox, Lesa Wilkes fourth to Ralph 

 Wilkes, Whalebone second to Miss Kate and Burlin- 

 game distanced by Red Bud. The following week 

 during the meeting of the New York State Trotting 

 Horse Breeder's Association, which was also held at 

 Fleetwood, John Goldsmith won with Whalebone 

 and Mountain Maid and was distanced with Venita 

 Wilkes after winning two heats. The other mem- 

 bers of the stable were on the same dates at Phila- 

 delphia, where Oro Wilkes gathered in a first, Lesa 

 Wilkes a second in the race won by Ralph Wilkes, 

 and Arena lost his entrance in the event awarded 



