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CONDENSED HISTORY OF THE PROSPECT HANDICAP One of the first stakes for twoyearolds estab ¬ lished by the Brookly Jockey Club was the Pros ¬ pect Handicap Now omparing iu value with some of the chilis other c ents for horses of that ago it lias always been a favorite with owners and an event frequently earn d off by tlllies In its first four years it was wo i by three lillies of remark ¬ able speed Counemara Gerdldino and Hectare lie e aidii e was able to defeat such a star of the first n ig iltiiile as Kmperor of Norfolk expressing her g ea speed iu itself Such great colts as Counter Tliir lien lirtish The Friar Hamburg Waring I ai Gallant and Oiseau have also lent fame to the P os uct and its record is as follows Year First Jockeys Wt Second Second18SOConneuiara Third Wr WrMont 18SOConneuiara A McCarthy 112 Bessie June Mont rose 115 115Satisfaction 1887 Geraldine M lCelly112 Emperor of Norfolk Norfolk1SSS Satisfaction 112 112Fresno 1SSS Centaur Fitzpatrick 115 Diablo Fresno 115 115Tournament 1SS9 Beclare Barnes 115 Magnate Tournament 118 118Homer 1890 Russell F Littlefleld 118 Gascon Homer Ill IllSt 1891 Yorkville Belle 1 Murphy 115 Lamplighter St Fiorian US USLady 1892 Prince George Taral112 Ajax Lady Violet 115 115Queenlike 1693 Prig tr Penn 95 Galilee Queenlike 109 109Cromwell 1594 Counter Tenor Lamley105 Uolabra Cromwell t 95 1895 Ben Brush Shnms124 Crescendo Handspring 125 1890 The Friar Littlefleld 111 Cleophns George Rose 111 111Archduke 1S97 Hamburg Taral127 Handball Archduke 115 115Rhinelander 1595 Manuel Spencer 104 Autumn Rhinelander 107 107Sadducee 1899 Waring ClawsonllO Mr Jersey Sadducee 120 120Autolight 1900fBeau Gallant M Henry 110 Watercolor Autolight 100 100Chilton 1901 Pentecost T Burns 103 Flora Pomona Chilton 109 109Golden 1902 Astarita OConnor 107 Hurstbourne Golden Maxim 122 122Memories 1903 Sweet Gretchen Bullmaul07 Race King Memories 114 114Burnt 1904 Oiseau Odom 132 Chrysitis Burnt Hills 118 118Maxie 1905 Lady Navarre T Burns 107 Accountant Maxie Witt 98 98Fantastic 19WS Kentucky Beau W Miller 115 George S Davis Fantastic 104 104Nimbus 2470 lIOi 1907 Spoon er W Miller Ill Jim Gaffney Nimbus Ill IllFitz 3115 109J 1908 Joe Madden C H Shilling Trance Fitz Herbert 122 1400 l09g Seveneighths of a mile tFull threequarters previously