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the Great Trial at Sheepshead Bay, with Hyphen 

 and Goldsmith behind her ; she won the Juvenile 

 at Morris Park, beating Hyphen and Hoyden and 

 others, and was second in the Tremont to Whis- 

 key King, but had a good field chasing her. 

 Other races of less importance she also put to 

 her credit. She was a daughter of Sir Dixon, 

 and probably the best thing that that fast horse 

 ever sired. 



It was also the year of Nasturtium. He was 

 a big chestnut colt by imported Watercress, bred 

 in California by James B. Haggin and brought 

 to the races by A. L. Aste. Before the season 

 was over he passed into the hands of William 

 C. Whitney at the reported price of ^50,000. 

 Especially during the early part of the season 

 was he a hard nut for the youngsters to crack. 



That was The Parader's year in the Realiza- 

 tion. It was also the season when Gold Heels 

 began to show his excellence. He ran a cracking 

 race in the Oriental Handicap at Gravesend, when 

 he beat Blues, Terminus, and others, a mile and 

 a quarter, in 2.05f. Banistar was a good horse 

 then, and when he won the Metropolitan Handi- 

 cap it was a foregone conclusion that he would 

 be the favorite for the other big handicaps of the 



