136 MEMOIR. 



stant development of that sportsmanlike spirit among 

 horse owners who can take a defeat good-naturedly and 

 at the same time congratulate the winner. 



A short time after the Club was organized, it was de- 

 cided to purchase two championship cups, one of which 

 was to be awarded each year to the owner of the trotter 

 making the fastest time during the season, and the other 

 to the owner of the horse pacing the fastest mile. Incense 

 was the first trotter, and Doc Sperry the first pacer, to 

 have their names engraved on the cups. The following is 

 what appeared on the cups at the close of 1902 : 



THE CHAMPIONS. 



TROTTERS. 



1895 — Incense, b m, by Young Jim; O. G. 



Kent 2:\6y 2 



1896 — Eloise, bl m, by Kentucky Prince; W. 



B. Fa^ig 2:16% 



1897 — Elloree, ch m, by Axtell; C. Morris. . . .2:10 



1898— Temper, ch m, by Elyria; W. M. Cum- 

 mer 2:13^ 



1899 — Temper, ch m, by Elyria; W. M. Cum- 

 mer 2:og)4 



1900 — John A. McKerron, b s. by Nutwood 



Wilkes; H. K. Devereux 2:09 



1901 — John A. McKerron, b s, by Nutwood 



Wilkes; H. K. Devereux 2:06^ 



1902 — John A. McKerron, b s, by Nutwood 



Wilkes; H. K. Devereux 2:06^ 



PACERS. 



1895— Doc Sperry, br g, by Altamont; W. F. 



Dutton 2:17^ 



1896 — Prussia Girl, ch m, by Russia. W. J. 



White ^ 2:16^ 



1897 — Pine wood, b s, by Artemas; W. B. 



White ' 2:13^ 



1898— Ripper, blk s, by Texas Jack; H. K. 



Devereux 2:16% 



1899 — Sunland Belle, b m, by Bourbon Wilkes; 



J. H. Outhwaite 2:07^ 



1900 — Ananias, br s, by Patron; C. F. Emery. 2:06^ 

 1901 — Nicol B., br s, by Alcalus; J. Sherwin. .2:nX 

 1902 — Tiger, gr g, by McEwen: J. Ray 2:07^ 



