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son — who was amiss on this occasion — to go South, and farther, 

 of him, deponent saith not. 



1883. Same course, Friday, Oct. 31— Jockey Club Purse, $300, conditions as before. Four-mile heats. 



Col. Wm. K. Johnson's ch. m. Trifle, by Sir Charles, dam by Cicero, 5 yrs 11 



Walter Livingston's gr. f. Alice Cray, by Henry, out of Sport's-mistress, 4 yrs. ... 22 

 John C. Stevens' bl. m. Black Maria, by Eclipse, out of Lady Lightfoot, 7 yrs. . . . dist. 



Bela Badger's b. c. Priam, by John Eichards, 4 yrs dist. 



Time, 7.49— T.56. 



The reputation of the three mares entered in this race, ex- 

 cited a great sensation in sporting circles, and immense sums 

 were haid out about them, Kelying upon the tried game of 

 Black Maria, Mr. Stevens ordered Gil. Crane, his jockey, not to 

 make a stroke for the first heat, but to drop just within the dis- 

 tance. Trifle and Alice made play from the score, and main- 

 tained it to the end ; in coming up tlie straight side home on 

 the last quarter. Crane carelessly pulled Maria back so far, that 

 she was shut out by the distance flag eighteen inches. He was 

 taken off the mare, and discharged on the spot. In the great 

 Twenty-Mile race, the dead heat made by Trifle was thought 

 to be entirely owing to his heedlessness. 



1834. Same course, Friday, May 9— Jockey Club Purse, $1000, conditions as before. Foor- 

 mile heats. 



Capt. E. F. Stockton's bl. c. Shark, own brother to Black Maria, 4 yrs 6 11 



John C. Stevens' bl. m. Black Maria, by Eclipse, out of Lady Lightfoot, 8 yrs. . . 3 2 2 

 Maj. James M. Sclden's b. c. Charles Kemble, by Sir Archy, dam by Gallatin, 4 yrs. .14 4 

 Walter Livingston's gr. m. Alice Gray, by Henry, out of Sport's-mistress, 5 yrs. . . 2 8 8 



Samuel Laird's b. h. Henry Archy, by Henry, dam by Eclipse, 6 yrs 4 5 5 



John M. Botts' b. h. EoUa, by Gohanna, out of Dairymaid, 5 yrs 5 * 



Time, 7.54—7.57—8.03. * Broke down. 



A stoutly contested and spirited race. The winner was sold 

 soon after, for the largest sum ever then paid in this country for 

 a race-horse, being $17,500. Some odd dozen of the celebrated 

 " Bingham " wine was also talked of, but Mr. Craig would not 

 sell. Failing to get hold of a few dozen in this way, Capt. 

 Stockton, at the Club Dinner, shortly after, offered to run his 

 colt Monmouth against Mr. Craig's Fanny Cline, a match of 

 two miles, laying $1,200 vs. 12 dozen of the Bingham. This, 

 too, was a failure, and in a double sense, for though Fanny won 

 the match and the $1,200, Mr. Craig, upon examination, found 

 that his vault had been entered, and that a great part of his 

 stock of favorite wine was missing ! Shark was withdrawn 

 from the turf after the Fall season of 1835, and made his first 



