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CONDENSED HISTORY Or THE METROPOLITAN HANDICAP 4. + From the date of its first running the Metropolitan Handicap has justly Iieen ranked as one of the chief features of American racing. It was at first a dash of a mile and an eighth and in its first year was con tested bv one of the greatest fields of grand race horses that ever met iu this country, the starters bring Tristan. 114 pounds; Tenny. 129; Clarendon. 107: Riley. 110: Senorita. 11.!: Ambulance. 10.",. and Tournament. 125. marvels of speed ami eourage every one of them. The event was made a mile dash in 1!I07 and for tlie first time was won by a three-year old. Voters success presaging the subsequent fame that was to .iccrue to him as a great race horse and a great sire of race horses of high class. Many famous racers have won the Metropolitan and it is a pleasure to observe that it is to be contested today bv horses worthy to rank witli those which have battled for its honois in previous years. The record of the race is: Year. First. Age. Jockeys. Wt. 1.891 Tristan 6 Taylor. .114 1S92 Pessara 4 Taral..ll7 1893 Charade 4 Doggett. .107* 1894 Ramapo 4 Taral..ll7 1895 No spring meeting held. 1896 Counter Tenor 4 . .Hamilton. .115 1897ยป Voter 3 Lamley . . 90 1898 Bowling Brook 3 ..P. Clay.. 102 1899 Filigrane 3 Clawson..l02 1900 Ethelnert 4 Maher. .120 1901 Banastar 0 Odom..l2.l 1902 Arsenal 3 J. Daly.. 90 1903 Gunfire 4 T. Burns. .109 1904 Irish Lad 4 Shaw..l2.t 1905tSvsonbv 3 Shaw.. 107 ino.lfRace King 4 L. Smith.. 97 1905 Grapple 4 Garner.. 106 1007 Clorifier 5 Garner. .119 1908 Jack Atkin 41..C. II. Shilling. .128 Second. Age. Wt. Tenny 5 129 Locohatchee 3 105 His Highness 4 ....125 Roche 4 105 St. Maxim 5 109 The Winner 4 115 George Keene 3 102 Ethelbert 3 100 Box 6 121 Contestor 4 112 Herbert 5 119 Old England 4 118 Toboggan 4 103 Dandelion 4 ........108 Okenite C! 99 Restigouche 3 98 Third. Age. Wt. Val. Time. Clarendon 4 ..107 $ 7,300 1:51J Sleipner 5 ...107 11200 1:54 Illume 4 98 LX740 1:62 H.of Navarre 3 106 6,145 1:52J Sir Walter 6. 112 3,850 1:53 Casseopia 3 ..99 3.S50 1:40J Octagon 4 ...116 4.280 1:44 Sanders 4 ...110 6.750 1:39 Imp 0 127 0.250 1:411 All Green *.. 102 6.810 1:42 Carbuncle 5 ..103 .8.920 1:42 Lux Casta 4.. 102 11.080 1:38J Beldame 3 .. 98 10.880 1:40 Colonial Girl 0111 5.655 1:41* Colonial Girl 6111 5.655 1:411 Oxford 4 100 10.850 1:39 Rosehen 6 . . . 124 10.6.10 1 :40* Don Creole 4.. 95 9.620 VMI Run at Morris Park prior to 1905. Distance reduced from 1 1-8 miles. tDead heat.
