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CONDENSED HISTORY OF THE DOUBLE EVENT. First Half. The onlelnls of the Coney Island Jockey Club have always been singularly ingenious in devising peculiar conditions for their great stakes, yet conditions popular ami pleasing to owners, trainers and public patrons. The Double Event is an instance. It is really a 0,000 race, but by the expedient of dividing the sum two races are run for the Double Event, one on the opening day of the meeting at live ami a half furlongs and the other on the closing day at three-quarters of a mile. If one horse wins both halves it gains an extra ,000 for Its owners. Each half is of the guaranteed value of 0,000, ami the record of the race is as follows: Year. First. Jockeys. Wt. Second. Wt. Third. Wt, Val. Time. 18S9 Torso Anderson. .110 Flatbush 110 Onaway 11S ,900 1:09 1590 Russell Garrison.. 125 Bolero 115 .Miss Ransom ...115 3,900 1:10 1591 His Highness Bergen.. US Victory 11S Nomad 125 3.S00 1.0S 1592 Ajax Bergen.. US nammie 118 Lawless US 3,900 1:07? 1593 Hornpipe Taral.,115 Declare 125 Hurlingbam 118 3,900 1:07 1894 Keenan Griffiu..llS Harry Reed 115 The Commoner . .118 3,750 V.0SI 1895 Handspring Doggett.,125 Applegate 125 Hazlet 118 3,950 liOGit 1S9G Ornament Clayton . .125 Octagon 110 Scottish ChieftainllS 3,950 1:058 1S97 Bowling Brook Littlefield..l22 Laudeman 117 Hamburg 122 3.S00 1:09J 1S9S Kingdon T. Sloan.. 129 Armament 122 .Miller 122 3.S00 1:09 1S99 Prince of Melbourne... OLeary.. 122 Mesmerist 117 .Mark Cheek ...112 4,002 l:0Ss 1900 Tower of Candles Mitchell. .114 Tommy Atkins 129 Contend 117 3.S25 1:075 1901 Nasturtium OConnor. .122 Par Excellence 119 Flywheel 117 3.S0O 1:041 1902 Mexican T. Burns.. 129 Golden Maxim 117 Prediction 117 3,800 1:001 1903 Aristocracy Conuell. .117 Dimple 114 Toledo 122 5,110 1-.07J 1904 Song and Wine ONeill.. 120 Sparkling Star 117 Councilman 122 7,700 1:075 1905 George C. Bennett Nicol..l22 Ironsides 114 Bohemian 12G 7,700 1:07 190C Ballot Radtke.,122 AVater Pearl 129 Etlion 122 7.700 1:00 1907 Firestone Sandy.. 122 Chapultepec 117 Masque 117 7,700 1:07
