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f FEATURES OF CHAMPLAIN HANDICAP HISTORY . TIuMCiiampUin Handicap jillvjK-jJinXqrthc uiath time.thls.aXterhoon. r,It is oneof thr list of stake races established by the present administration in 1901 and hrfs;never falldd to furnish Tr Capital contest. In its first running it fell to the good Sanford horse, Rocktouflater-.thei sire of gCKd-.rarrs;hijnselfsiiri5, eluding the Hopeful Stakes winner, Mohawk 11. That rarely hardy campaigner. AdvanceGhard. knoWu .on al tracks from New York to San Francisco and having an enthusiastic following wherever he was taken, Wris Its "second winner. Xot only that, but he carried the highest weight and ran In the fastest time ever credited to a Champlain winner. Old Dandelion, still able to run a good race, won it in 190C. and repeated in 1907. being its only double winner. With its present guaranteed value of ,500, the Champlain ranks well enough in these days of diminished racing values to lie decidedly attractive to owners, as is attested by the list of capital racers named to fight out its finish today. The record of the race is: Year. First. Age. Jockeys. Wt. Second. Age. Wt. Third. Age. Wt. Val. Time. 1901 Rock ton 4 Shaw.. 124 Decanter 6 Ill Kinnikick 7. 106 ,300 1:54? 1902 Advance Guard 5 Odom.,129 Dublin 4 112 K. of Rhodes 5 109 2,300 1:51 1903 Africander 3 Fuller.. 116 Himself 5 9S Girdle 3 98 2,925 1:56 1904 Molly Brant 4 Odom..l22 Dolly Spanker 3 107 Claude 4 107 2,300 1:5G 1905 Dolly Spanker 4 Lyne-.lOO Molly Brant 5 119 Oxford 3 100 2,300 1:53 1900 Dandelion 4 Sewell..l2G Entree 3 112 Ravena 3 ...104 2,300 1:54 1907 Dandelion 5 Radtkc.llG Vails 3 112 Oxford 5 110 2,300 1:52 190S Angelns 3 C. H. Shilling. .111 Danoscara 4 103 Kennyetto 4 ..106 533 1:544
