46o The American Thoroughbred 



long here, it was evident that no colt of the season 

 could give her a beating at even weights. She 

 gave an early evidence of her quality by winning 

 a number of high-class races in the West, and 

 when she came on here she was not unheralded. 

 She passed at a high figure into the hands of the 

 late William C. Whitney and went through, in his 

 colors, a remarkable career, winning for him no 

 less than nine races out of ten starts. She picked 

 up the Champagne Stakes at Morris Park, where 

 she beat Yankee, Caughnawaga, and others, and 

 the Great Eastern Handicap at Sheepshead. 

 Because she was not well engaged in the stakes 

 she had fewer opportunities than were given to 

 other two-year-olds of the year, else her winnings 

 would have footed up an enormous amount. She 

 was able, however, in overnight events and in 

 minor stakes to beat pretty well every youngster 

 we had in training. 



Blue Girl had better fortune because her en- 

 gagements were many, and she had every oppor- 

 tunity to show her class. She won the Great 

 American at Gravesend, beating Nasturtium, 

 Major Daingerfield, and others; she took the 

 Great Eclipse at Morris Park, defeating Satur- 

 day, Whiskey King, and a good field; she won 



