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Saratoga, July 12, he won the Travers Stakes, 

 one mile and three-quarters, beating Nellie Gray, 

 Alroy, Hampton, George Wallace, Eolus, and 

 By the Sea in 3.21 J. Same place, August 12, 

 won Kenner Stakes, two miles, beating Nellie 

 Ransom, Alroy, Winesap, Eolus, Nathan Oaks, 

 and Express in 3.35J. Jerome Park, October 7, 

 won Champion Stakes, two miles, beating Mon- 

 archist, Alroy, Mary Clark, Nellie Ransom, and 

 Stockwood in 3.54f. Same place, October 14, 

 won purse of $600, one mile and three-quarters, 

 beating Finesse, Judge Durrell, Morlacchi, and 

 Vespucius in 3.i6|-. Baltimore, October 24, 

 walked over for the Reunion Stakes, two miles. 

 Same place, October 25, beat Preakness and 

 Telegram, two miles and a half, for a purse of 

 $800, in 5.4 1 J. Same place, October 30, beat 

 Helmbold for the Bowie Stakes, four-mile heats, 

 over a course deep in mud, in 7.54J, 8.03!^. 



This closed his history as a three-year-old. 

 He ran nine times without losing a heat or 

 race. His winnings for the year amounted to 

 the sum of $33,350. Several of his races were 

 run over heavy tracks. This was the case in 

 the Travers at Saratoga, and also when he beat 

 Preakness and Telegram at Baltimore, and 



