444 Tbe American Thoroughbred 



Mate, and Rey el Santa Anita were the conspicu- 

 ous performers of the season of 1895, and the 

 same condition existed as in 1894. The horses 

 beat each other with a striking regularity which 

 clearly demonstrated that there was not one 

 among them to be called a champion. 



Hastings, St. Maxim, Handspring, Ben Brush, 

 The Commoner, Cleophus, Don de Oro, Orna- 

 ment, The Friar, Harry Reed, Ben Holladay, 

 Voter, Ogden (winner of the Futurity), First 

 Mate, Belmar, Sir Walter, Requital (winner of 

 the Realization), and Henry of Navarre (the win- 

 ner of the Suburban), were the best performers to 

 show on the American turf in 1896. There was 

 the genesis of several very high-class animals 

 among the two-year-olds which came out that 

 year, notably in Ben Holladay. But still, another 

 great dominant one had not appeared. 



Scottish Chieftain, Octagon, Howard Mann 

 (winner of the Brooklyn), Don de Oro, Plaudit, 

 Ornament, Handball, L'Alouette, Henry of Na- 

 varre, Previous, Hamburg, Cleophus, Firearm, 

 Frohman, Voter (the great sprinter). The Friar, 

 Tillo, Ben Brush, Sir Walter, Rensselaer, and 

 Bowling Brook, were the conspicuous per- 

 formers of 1897. Voter had just begun to 



