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front. Miss Woodford was the acknowledged 

 champion of all the mares of that time. Tre- 

 mont stood just as high above all the two-year- 

 olds. Among the horses there was no dominant 

 character, but there were not less than a dozen 

 racing in the East and in the West that might 

 have been called horses of exceeding high class. 



In 1887 the Brooklyn Jockey Club came into 

 existence, and gave its initial meeting on that 

 same Prospect Park track on which the Coney 

 Island Jockey Club had given its first racing. 

 That meeting witnessed the first running of the 

 Brooklyn Handicap, and furnished the finish in 

 which Hidalgo was mixed up. It was a rattling 

 good field which went to the post in that first 

 Brooklyn. The track was fast. The race, from 

 start to finish, was one of the exciting kind where 

 the field was closely packed all the way. At the 

 seven-furlong pole Dry Monopole and Blue Wing 

 were running head and head, with Hidalgo a 

 length back. The excitement at this point was 

 most intense and the shouting deafening. Ham- 

 ilton made his move on Hidalgo. Under Garri- 

 son's strong riding, Blue Wing gained a little. 

 McCarty went to work on Dry Monopole. Dry 

 Monopole hung on and Hidalgo was gaining at 



