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R0SEBEN TILE "BIG FREIGHT" NOW. New York. Mav 81. Ih-fore awl Kos.l.cu defeated Brack Male add McCarter at Belmont Park sum day. some one asked Davy John: on if the "Ki;: Train" was good. "Hes good." said Mr. John on. "but Wi cant Call him lie Big Train anv mole. We must dub him tlie Big Freight.* " After Boseben won, Mr. Johnson declared Mm: be bad put the reverse English on thai "l!ig 1 eight" line. Boseben got a lousing ovation when he i« tat and to the scales after landing the big end ut the purse. Evervb.Hlv seemed delighted that lie gaUant* old sprinter bad struggled out of his I. , sing nit. But the "Big Train" or the "Dig Freight." if vu prefer Mr. Johnsons amendment, is not what he used to be. He bad I • do his bet to beat 1:1. el. Mate sK and a half furlongs iu 1 :2H. ■ .. Irtoter to. 1888, it will be remembered, he took no 128 pounds and ran seven furlongs in 1:22.
