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. ADVANCE STAKES WINNERS The Advance Stakes is now at weight for age, lint it was not always so. In its first two years 1899 and 1000 It was a dasli of a mile and three-quarters under special weights, with penalties and aliowances. It was in one of these two that one of the most popular racers ever known, the black mare Imp, ran a mile anil three-quarters in such fast time as 2:59Vf.. In 1001 the Advance was made a weiglit-for-age race at a mile and a half and at, that distance was won in successive years by Star Bright and Gold Heels. Then in 1903 the distance .was cut down to a mile and three-eighths and for the first time it was won by a Uirtv-year-ohrAfrIcander triumphing over Irish Lad. The latter had bis turn the nexfttyear-iwhtvlie: defeated Ort Wells and Bryn Mawr and set a record for the distance that has not since leen equaled. The race stood unchanged until 190S, When for the first time it was run at its present distance of a mile and live-sixteenths and was Won by Ballot in new record time. From 1904 on the Advance was of the guaranteed value of 5,000, a sum cut down to ,500 for this year. The record of the race Is as follows: Year. First. Age. Jockeys. Wt. Second. Age. Wt. Third. Age. Wt. Val. Time. 1S99 Thomas Cat 5 0Leary..ll3 Ben Holladay G 123 Candle Black4113 $ 3,320 3:02i tOOOMmp G 1 Odom.. 113 Maid of Harlem 4.. 103 Post Haste 3 95 4,540 2:59J 1901tStar Bright 4 N. Turrier..l2G Ethelbert 5 129 Pr.of Melbne412G 3,490 2:33i 1902 Gold Heels 4 Odom..l2G Advance Guard 5... 129 Goldsmith 3.. 109 3,800 2:33 1903tAfricander 3 Odom.. Ill Irish Lad 3 Ill His Emince 5128 7,525 2:19 1904 Irish Lad 4 Hildebrand. .126 Ort Wells 3 Ill Bryn Mawr 3 111 11,750 2:17i 1905 Agile 3 J. Martin.. Ill Beldame 4 121 Graziallo 4.. 126 11,750 2:20J 190G Flip Flap 3 W. Knapp. .100 Whimsical 3 106 The Quail 3. .111 11,750 2:17 1907 Peter Pan 3 ..Notter. .114 Salvidere 3 Ill Flip Flap 4... 121 11,750 2:20 lflOSSBallot 4 Notter. .126 Hessian 3 114 King James 3. 114 11.750 2:09J 1 3-4 miles to date. tReduced to 1 1-2 miles. tReduced to 1 3-S miles. SReduced to 1 5-1G miles.
