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MADDEN S ESTIMATION OF SALVIDERE. It is not often that John E. Madden waxes so enthusiastic" over racehorses as to proclaim this or that one "the greatest horse of the century," .but just at the present time he Is bubbling over with praise regarding tiie prowess of Salvlderc, and says modestly that "Salvlderc is in the same class as Hamburg, and the latter, you know, was In a class to .himself-. . .... l Tills is high praise, coming from Madden"""Nb one who saw Hamburg race will ever forget that line thoroughbred. His effort In the Great Eastern Handicap, which he won in such commanding style, placed him high above all other champion two-year-olds. In that race lie carried 135 pounds aud beat his opponents by a city block, after forty-five minutes delay at the post, during which he ran three separate quarters In as many false breaks.
