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WILLIAMS GETS BEST COLT ON COAST. Pays Hildreth 0,000 for Firestone— Hil-dreths Success with Two-Year-Olds. A dispatch from San Francisco brings the information thai S. C. Hildreth lias sold the two-year old 1 ooM Fire hue. by Boyal Flusli in. Modreda, to 0 President Thomas. H. Williams, of the New California Jockey Ink for Slneim. Aside from training 5 expenses, thlaoSM.080 is ■ dear profit t. Hihireiii. Be paid 11,100 r. i the call al the sale of Hie ,, Kancbo del Paso yearlings at Shcepahead Bay last 1 June and in bis three Starts al OaUlaml Firestone won ,150. That he is the beat colt shown in i California thus tar this winter goes without saying. Mr. Williams may decide to hold Firestone over r un:ii his three year old year before racing him again, i.nt if be choaea to peratit him to fill his engage ■seats in the rant this year it is a safe prediction that the son of Boyal Hash III. win give an excellent BCCOBBl of himself in Hie hesl of company. Last siinuner HlMrett bought tweaty-twe yearlings ; at the auction tales T..r an aggregate of 814*248 and . picked ap two or three others privately, making I ■oatethlng like twenty -fire head in the lot he t..ok to CaUforaia laal fall. With the sale of ffcisliBM ami the winnings of the yoancstera thai have carried I his colors, tin remaining twenty one of tiiose Bought ■ "■ Mictions -land liim practically nothing. Hi] dreths aaceeas in two-year-old racing at Oakland this year baa been reaaarkahle. Al the same time "J ■ splendid te-timonial to liis judgment in ■electing racing material and to his knowledge of training. Of the tweaty races for two-year-olds thus far decided at Oakland HiMrelh has won eleven, .1. o. Keeae four. Barney ScJircibcr two, T. II. Williams two and F. W. Ilealey 1. Hildreth haa M:n led nine tWO year-olds and 1i:is won Willi aevea of them, as follows: —P0!*** Sts. 1st. 2d. 3d. Inp. Amt. ]."-"":,..• :; ,150 o.h-ge u„i,,w :; 2 1 0 O wo ;.,,,,f GoW * - 1 • 2 TOO HIaeko 1 l o o o :;• -, Lady Hiklretb 2 i ,, •",- Bill Myers r, , n :; i «• , Bllb Watklna 6 1 i i •• So Be Thankful 2 0 2 8 4 10° Ma Bath Taylor i o o ., J ~- T",:!l » n 4 1 fjuloo
