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HAMBURG IS THE STAR STARHamburg Hamburg is undoubtedly the best twoyearold toehold of 1897 He has proved his title clear The son of Hanover and Lady Reel is a fast sturdy courageous fellow well equipped physically and mentally to fight his own battles against all competitors On both the lines of speed as illustrated by time and ability to carry weight Hamburg has stood the test The East gushes over him now The East is annually and usually gushy It prefers to gush over its own though Hamburg is purely a Kentuck Kentucky ian Hes Hess a good colt without doubt But excellence is comparative What of his oppon opponent ¬ ents Lents A student of the twoyearolds toeholds of 1897 throwing out time might well opine that Ham ¬ burg is great but that the opposition isnt isn't Hamburg has a slight blot or two on his scut scout ¬ cheon chen He should not have been beaten in the four races he lost to Previous Requital Arch ¬ duke and Bowling Brook and Laudeman Laundryman There was however an excuse for him about every defeat y Hamburg has had a lot of racing this year He has performed fifteen times and his record is isHorse inshore Horse 123 nnp Ann Won WonHamburg Hamburg 11 3 1 0 36750 36750The The colt is likely to run some ten more races this season If he does he will have had a more than ordinary task taskSo taskS So far Hamburg baa won the Great Eastern Stakes Autumn Handicap Electric Handicap Bising Biasing Generation Stakes Congress Hall Stakes Flash Stakes Second Double Event Great Trial Stakes Prospect Stakes and two purse races racesHe races He is one of your resolute colts who wins in all kinds of going and under all kinds of weights His spaed spaced quality was best shown in the Great Eastern which he won under 135 pounds over the Futurity course in 1 10J the second Double Event 129 pounds over the Fu ¬ turity touristy course in 111 the Great Trial 122 pounds on a heavy track Futurity couree course in l12tf l12tfJohn John Madden who owns Hamburg isnt isn't a sentimentalist Yet the colt is not for sale No wonder From his racing one gathers the idea that Hamburg is of the sturdy cut andcome handsome again kind He is likely to train on and racing threatens to be healthier than it has been beenIt Benito It is to be deplored that there isnt isn't a Dobbins or a Senator Grady to try out the Domino of 1897 The absence of stanch opponents how ¬ ever does not take away the speed and general quality of Hamburg who is easily the star two yearold earl of the year
