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HISTORY OF BENVOLIO THE SELLING PLATER Benvollo an humble plodding selling plater is an example of the horse allowed to mature before being set to racing Some theorists have held that the thoroughbred would last much longer and race better if kept from competition on the track as Benvolio was As to that it is only guess work and there is little to prove or disprove the theory Benvolio is eight years old and able to race but out on the coast where Bonvolio now is there are any number of hardy veterans as old 6r older than he is which were raced a twoyearolds It may be that It was not design but accident or ailment that was the cause of Benvolio not being sent to tlie races as a twoyearold or a threeyearold However that may have been his first start in a race Was at Buffalo June I 1904 when he was a fouryea rohl Benvolio ran last in that Face but two days later lie won at a mile in 141 with 111 pounds up and allowing for difference in the speed of tracks that was almut as good as any ¬ thing he has done at any time since In all his labor on the track Jias produced the following re ¬ sultsBenvolio sults Benvolio b 1900 by Bend Or Sierra Madia Year Age Sts 1st 2d 3d Unp Won 1004 4 12 1 4 2 S 011 1905 31 7 7 S 9 3883 1900 0 40 4 S 5 21 2195 1907 7 35 1 o 18 152 1008 S 1C 1 1 3 11 780 780Totals Totals 5 134 1C 25 27 CG 9000
