defeated Eagle Flannigan, Pilot Boy, Don Cupid, and 

 Rilma, in straight heats, in 2.08^, 2.091^, and 2.095^. 

 He won the second and third heats at Columbus in 

 2.08^ and 2.08^, and finished in second place in the 

 race. He won the first two heats at Glens Falls in 

 2.1214^ and 2.11^, and finished in second place. At 

 Hartford he won the first, fourth, and fifth heats, in 

 2.11%, 2.10%, and 2.09^. He won at Fort Erie, in 

 straight heats, in 2.1214;, 2.14^, and 2.13. At Port- 

 land he finished in third place. At the fall meeting, 

 at Readville, he won, in straight heats, in 2.08^, 

 2.091^, and 2.o8j^. He closed the season at Lexing. 

 ton, where he won, in straight heats, in 2.151^, 2.08, 

 and 2.085^. His record for the second racing season 

 being seven times first, twice second, and third once, and 

 retiring in his five-year-old form with a race record of 

 2.08. He improved all during the season. I raced him 

 that season shod with ten-and-a-half-ounce shoes in 

 front and five-ounce shoes behind, and since then he 

 has worn nine-ounce shoes in front. He developed 

 speed so rapidly and showed all the elements of a first- 

 class race horse so plainly that before this season was 

 through I was convinced he would be invincible in the 

 free-for-all class whenever I should deem it advisable 

 to introduce him to that select company. He started 

 the campaign of 1899 ^^ Detroit, July 20th, in the 

 2.08 class, where he won the first, third, and fourth 

 heats, in 2.07^, 2.09, and 2.10^. In the same class, 

 at Cleveland, the next week, he met and defeated 

 Eagle Flannigan, Kentucky Union, Mattie Patterson, 

 and John Nolan, in straight heats, in 2.08^, 2.08^, 

 and 2.08^. He won in the same class at Columbus, in 

 straight heats, in 2.09^, 2.oy}^, and 2.07;^. His first 

 start in the free-for-all class was at Fort Erie, August 



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