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of her time. D. D. Withers, the genius of Mon- 

 mouth Park, had Invermoor, Report, Belinda, and 

 a host of those King Ernest two- and three-year- 

 olds that were to distinguish themselves so highly. 

 Ex-Governor Odin Bowie, of Baltimore, owned 

 Oriole, Belle, that great mare Tennessee, Sports- 

 man, Crickmore, and a band of highly bred 

 youngsters. Walter Jennings had a select stable, 

 of Glenmore, the cup winner and conqueror of 

 Luke Blackburn, Ballankeel, and others. James 

 R. Keene owned Spendthrift, Lord Murphy, Dan 

 Sparling, Miser, and a small band of young ones. 

 The Dwyer Brothers had begun to be a power, 

 and in their ownership was Bramble, Rhadaman- 

 thus, the horse which founded their fortunes, Luke 

 Blackburn, Elias Lawrence, and a few others. 



It was a propitious time for the opening of a 

 new track and for a new association to come into 

 the field, because the interest in the race-horse 

 had reached that stage where it seemed that not 

 enough racing was being given to satisfy the 

 appetite of the public. The lengthy meeting at 

 Brighton Beach of the year before showed the 

 possibilities of racing at one track for a longer 

 time than a week. 



It was on the 19th of June, 1880, that the 



