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MISS CRAWFORDS CAREER ON THE TURF Tennys old daughter Miss Crawford that finished third to two rank outsiders at Shvepshead Bay yes ¬ terday has been a remarkably good breadwinner for W W Darden for the past five years and at times In her career almost deserved the appellation high class In the course of her three yearold rac ¬ ing here in Chicago she ran some capital races her defeat of McGee English Lad Jerry Lynch and Judge Himes in the valuable Northern Handicap at Hawthorne being a notable performance performanceAs As a twoyearold she won the Forecast Handicap for twoyearolds at St Louis and seven purses on va ¬ rious tracks and was but twice unplaced out of nine ¬ teen races When a threeyearold besides taking the Northern Handicap she also won the Liberty Handi ¬ cap at Worth at a mile and an eighth In which she defeated Fossil Brancas and six more good racers pr the day The abolition of racing at Chicago and St Louis led to her being raced mainly In the east since 1904 and while not ranking with the real stars she has held her own worthily In her class Her most important achievement down east was when she won the Russet Handicap last year Miss Crawfords racing history Is as follows followsMiss Miss Crawford 1901 ch m by Tenny Flo AV Age Sts 1st 2d 3d Unp 2 19 3 33 4 21 5 13
