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four weeks, its members having engagements at the 

 Suffolk Park, Point Breeze, Belmont Park and Ambler 

 Park meetings. During the series Bateman was 

 awarded a second, a third and two fourths, being de- 

 feated in two races by the George Wilkes mare, May 

 Bird, in one by Joe Brown and one by the Magna 

 Charta mare, Hannah D. Trio made her first start 

 at Suffolk Park, where she finished second to Lady 

 Daniels. She won her engagements at Ambler and 

 Belmont, making a record of 2 129*4 over the latter. 

 Lady Morrison won the 2 130 class at Ambler, after 

 being unplaced to General Tweed at Belmont, while 

 Alley was third to Clifton Boy at Suffolk and second 

 to the Happy Medium horse, Fleetwood, at Belmont. 

 During the four weeks Effie Deans started in three 

 races, her slip showing a fourth to General Howard 

 at Suffolk Park, a second to Slow Go at Point Breeze 

 and unplaced to the same horse at Belmont. Hunt- 

 ress was started twice, being third to Adelaide at 

 Ambler and fourth to John H. at Belmont, where 

 Lottie was unplaced to Dora. 



After a trip to Pottstown, where Alley was de- 

 feated by George A. Ayers and Little May and Lottie 

 won a race in slow time, the stable shipped to Elmira, 

 N. Y., where, on June 15, Driver, the most successful 

 campaigner of the harness turf, took the word in his 

 first race and won in 2 136, defeating A. J. Feek with 

 Lysander Boy. Huntress and Alley also won their 

 engagements that week, while Lottie, after winning 

 the 2 130 class, was unplaced to Butcher Boy, and 

 Bateman saved his entrance in a race won by Jack 

 Draper. The next stop was at Poughkeepsie, where 



