33^ The American Tborotigbbred 



Barbarity filly, Mr. Withers' Leamington-Bapta 

 filly, Idaho, and Lilla Harness in 1.5 1 J. 

 Jerome Park, October 5, he won the Nursery 

 Stakes, beating O'Donnell's Lightning-Sove- 

 reign filly, Elsie, Fanchon, Mary Clark, Todd's 

 Harry Booth-Engineer colt. Frivolity, Aureola, 

 Girl of My Heart, Precedent, Mr. Jerome's 

 Kentucky-Mary Biddle filly, Mr. Hoxey's Engi- 

 neer-Planet filly, Ethel Sprague, Leme, and the 

 Kentucky- Ariel filly, time 149 J. Baltimore, 

 October 26, he won the Supper Stakes, beating 

 Madame Dudley, one mile, in 149 J. This closed 

 his two-year-old career, and it is safe to say that 

 but for his mishap in his first race he would 

 have won all of his engagements. His winnings 

 for the year amounted to ^7100. 



Harry Bassett began his third year in public 

 at Jerome Park, June 8, where he won the Bel- 

 mont Stakes, one mile and five furlongs, beating 

 Stockwood, By the Sea, John Merryman, New- 

 port, Mary Clark, Wanderer, Tubman, Mon- 

 archist, Nellie Gray, and Edwin in 2.56. Long 

 Branch, July 4, he won the Jersey Derby, one 

 mile and a half, beating Monarchist, Idaho, 

 Wanderer, Collodia, Rounder, Nathan Oaks, 

 Astronomer, and George Wallace in 2.5 2 J. 



