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weight that it was impossible for her to win. 

 Yet, in spite of all these difficulties, she was the 

 first mare to win the Suburban, and she beat 

 every good horse in training during the four 

 years that she was racing. Her Suburban was a 

 grand race. The mile and a quarter was run in 

 2.05^, and she had behind her Bannockburn, 

 Warrenton, and thirteen others. Had she been 

 in more careful hands. Imp would have been one 

 of the really wonderful performers of the turf and 

 would have put a large number of stakes to her 

 credit. The day that she won the Suburban she 

 received such an ovation from the crowd as had 

 not been seen on the Sheepshead Bay track since 

 the day that Salvator beat Tenny. Grand old 

 mare she was, and she is yet loved for those brill- 

 iant races that she used to run in simple over- 

 night purses. 



Kinley Mack was the Brooklyn Handicap 

 winner that year, on a heavy track. Ballyhoo 

 Bey was one of the several good youngsters that 

 cropped out during the season. Tommy Atkins 

 was another ; Olympian was still another. Bally- 

 hoo Bey took the Futurity, with Olympian second 

 and Tommy Atkins third. Beau Gallant was a 

 youngster of considerable class. Commando was 



