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VAN NESS LONC RACING CAREER. One of the veterans of the turf today Is Van Ness, .1. B. Daaas sprlater, an eight year-old black geW ing by Loyalist Ada p.. Van Ness baa an later-rating history eo. -ling sj rears at the differ, ill tracks of the eonatry. Vaa n. i auMle bis m-t and oarj staii as a two real old al Brighton Beach, July 23, M01; be carried the colors bf W. M. Bar-rich in the race far the Atlaattc Stakes, where be hni-ned aaplaced. He raa ■ g I race. His Brst start the follow ing spring was at Sheepsbead Bay, June jr.. IMS, wb.-n be van second to Aug* t P-l monts L.-onid ami live days fatter won liL Brst race, loliowing it with a s.-r i victory at Saratoga August J1. and hv days lai.r finished second to I Stevedore. His flrsl appearance in IMS was at Grareaead June I, ruuuin [ se . mi to King Pepper. lie followed ibis race with three straight arias, then once aoplaced sad won uk last time out at i this tra.k Sept. 0. lie tame bach to the races at tin- Uraveeend meeting, ranulng two races, oacc aecoad lo King I. pp. r iint on. e unplaced. His last race tor Mi- Barrtek was bis next start si Brighton Beach Octeher it and he raa for n. T. GrBfln once two days later when be Balahcd second lo Boetl I J. V. Schorr iheu bought the coll at private sale and he ran for Mr. Schorr at Aqoedact ttctaher 27, linisiiing third, Mr. Beborr thd* shipped hlai .• N, a ml. an-- while lie ran sfX races before Hi. . I..-. • of the year ■alshlaaj second twice, third twice ind the other two races oatslde the money. Tl r end of the year mark.. I bis r.t in ni.nl for the winter far he was not raced until the opening of the Kiulo.li Park ineeiing at Si. Loals, where he ran three races .luring tbe last lea days of April. I.hiI. Intshing seeon.l otl.-e and third twice. Van Neaa was thea shipped to Worth, arhere he won May I. following it vviib three straight wins cm the i;;l . 10th and 12th, thea going to [he Milhlale COS M at Latouia. where he added two more wins hi his string of brackets. Making all la ill He ttea r is H oml to Qabl and bis la t at 1. abulia Was in third position, c. Ming ba k to Chicago, be won his three next start-, the Irsl at Harlem. June II. and the otter two at Hawthorne, lb- then finished second to peter J. Someis July 8, ami three days later was third t.« Corrigans Clifton Forge and SLIlfnI. He won his in -t. tut the in t day was beaten by Sam Hihbeths llui high and a we. 1. later again Balsbed second, ibis time to "Pa" Bradleys Abola. The e.it was thea sent to Saratoga, running un-placed Au-..iist i. and ids two other races at this track were seconds. Brat to Major Polham ami then to John A. Drakes lahlaaa. He was thea seal to Gravesead, where he ran two indifferent races. October :. found him winning a race at Kansas City. He ran s.-v.-n races more here, winning three, second twice, third and fourth oace each. Three i ices it New orb-. ins in December wound up his campaign for the year, winning tbe fir t. second to Tel.--, ope. and niiiT unplaced. lie scored i victory the lirsi time oat January 2. ami bis next three were seconds ; first to Massa and twice t.» Wild Irishman, *H three being run at Hot Springs, where be added four wins to bis credit before going to Memphis. March 2t». where lie scored. His remaining three starts al Montgomery Park were run in aecoad place, Brst to Nai ale Hodge, then The Cure and Hannibal Bey. Schorr then sent Van Ness to the Pair Or minis track at St. Louis, where he was raced eleven times and only won two races, the horse seeming !•• be in poor form. Mr. Schorr sold him jo i:. L. Snialbers during this im. ting. Who la turn sold him to S. . Ilil.li. th. winning his next and only start at Sara toga for his new owner. iiildreih then gave the celt ■ r. t shipping him to New Orleans, where he scored two SBCCesslve Victories before the close of the year. llihlr.th continued to campaign the roll at the Cresceal City track, winning nine out of sixteen sluts and finishing Secoad la live Of tte remaining seven, being only on. e unplaced. At Memphis Hildreth woa two oi three races with the Loyalist cart, the other being a secoad to Tom McGrath. Thirteen ra.es run in he east during the summer only found the coll oatslde the money four limes, meeting the b.-st of hi- age at tte different Nea York bracka. l_i-l fall ho was sent to Oakland far the opening of tte winter Seasoa at Emeryville, running sixteen races between November 20 and March 1, never finishing worse than secoad hut once, and ttea third to Prtaccss lit uria and Buby Mr. llildrelb tin -n sold him to J. P.. Dunn and the old fellow had beea showing poor farm all spring antil la-t Wedaes .lay. when be came ba. k to the races displaying all of bis old time form, winning easily from a big ti.-bl of sprinters. He eaaae back tbe following S. nut. lay and finished fourth la a race be should have won. Inning beea almost b-fi at the post. Herewith i- givea a tabulation of tte veteraaa races ami wiimii Year. A. St*. 1st. 2d. 3d. Pup Won. pml J: I l o i 1 .$ mn :: I 2 U 0 o 1,423 pi.,:; I 17 I .. 3 ■• I. lb". Paul :. 35 15 1 •". 5 7.o::i put. 8 :.l II II 1 II Lv" Pmh; 7 38 1". 1- 5 0 7.2U2 pu»7 B -- 8 6 0 1 » 2.273 Total- 151 .".:: lb II 38 ?-J7.olt;
