422 The American Thoroughbred 



California filly in "Lucky" Baldwin's stable who 

 came afterward to be almost as clever a per- 

 former as Miss Woodford had been. 



Also Mr. Baldwin brought to us that year Los 

 Angeles, one that made herself felt upon the turf 

 for several seasons to come. 



At the end of the year, turfmen of different 

 sections were most earnest in their protestations 

 that the horse from their end of the country had 

 been the best horse. And think of what good 

 ones there were ! Firenzi had come into her 

 three-year-old form and had won eight smashing 

 races, most of them stakes, and had given us an 

 idea of what she was going to be. The Bard 

 was in the height of his glory and was almost an 

 unbeatable horse. Opposed to him was Trouba- 

 dour; and the only times when The Bard was 

 beaten that year Troubadour was the horse to 

 finish in front of him, once in the Ocean Stakes 

 at Monmouth Park, and then again in the Mon- 

 mouth Cup. Hanover was proving himself the 

 wonder that he was by winning such a succession 

 of races that he was considered almost an unbeat- 

 able horse among the three-year-olds. Kingston 

 was stacking up against Hanover and having his 

 heart broken trying to finish in front of the son 



