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b ; BY FAR THE FLEETEST FILLY OF RECENT YEARS : : JAMES R. XEENES BR. F, 3, MASKETTE. BY DISGUISE BITURICA. Maskette is quite the queen of the turf and is a stately creature of heroic size and great speed. It is said that last vear, when she was a two-year-old, James It. Keene made the statement that, in his opinion, she is the fastest horse he ever bred. When the great number of magnificent racers bred at Castleton is considered, this was a remarkable statement. It is hard to conceive how faster two-year-olds than Sysonhy .r Domino could well lie produced. Yet. these were also the property of and bred by Mr. Keene, which makes his pronouncement concerning Maskette all the more weighty. She ran six races last vear. of which she won five and lost one. This year she has started in four races and won them all. Following the Keene fashion, her introduction to racing was in a purse race, which was run at Saratoga. Then she won the Spinaway Stakes. Futurity Stakes, Great Filly Stakes and fillies part of the Matron Stakes. She failed to give Sir Martin five pounds in the Flathush Stakes and was beaten by him in a grand contest. This year she has won in succession the Ladies Stakes at Belmont Park, Gazelle Stakes at Gravesend, Mermaid Stakes at Sheepshead Bay and Alabama Stakes at Saratoga. Her record and pedigree follow: Year Age. Sts. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Unp. "Won. ions 2 C 5 1 0 0 :5,140 1909 3 4 4 0 0 0 1S.425 Totals 10 0 1 0 0 S71.5G5 , . . J Eclipse J Ala"" .Maud - f Ilimyar " J Lexington 5 I Hira Hcgira r Domino....... J H I " . . .... Leamington re ... " Knl",r,r j Lida .2 I I Mannie Grey . J War Dance 3 I Lizzie G I Lccompte mare r rSlse - . , , . . Voltigiier j , . f Vedette j Mrs. Uidgway , . - f , , TheF.DiitcIiman S I Galopin Flying Duchess j Merope M I Bonnie Gal J 1 Y. Melbourne I e Rapid Rhone I M. liy Lanercost -pi i or Retriever w t. i i 1 W I. Bonnie Boon rjl-idliitor U i-J . C Qwcn .Mary...... j i.menipoteny W " VIr"il s. i rS . Hindoo . Florence 2 f Hanover , . j lion. Scotland I Bourbon Belle 5 v 1 Ilt-i l u- r Hamburg J I 1 Austral an . rvl,,wcraft J Aerolite L ITl-V Keel i 1 Enquirer c Mannie Grey i ir.. n I Bilurica J IT? w c Vedette I Oalopin J piy. Duchess J j" Donovan i " Mowerin-i i Scottish Chief Stockings 1 n-"1-1"" r.end Or jjoncaster f . llouge Rose I Caithness j Atalanta i Oalopin I Feronia
