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FEATURES OF HOLLY STAKES HISTORY : From 1S87 down to and Including last year the Holly was run annually as a handicap for two-year-oids. This vear it is still a race for two-year-olds, but lias been changed from a handicap to a selling race. Tills detracts somewhat from the dignity cf the event, but was done in the hope that it would secure more entries under Its new conditions than under its former ones. As a handicap it was -contested by many young horses subsequently famous in racing history. Its second winner, Diablo, in time won a Brooklyn Handicap. Its third winner, Tournament, was a great three-year-old and winner of the- Lawrence Realization of 1S90. Curt.Guun. the fifth winner, -was renanied-Lccohatrhpc- and under that name- liecaine a famous sire. One of his sons. Caiman, ran a straight mile at Lingtieid Park. England, July 13. 1900. in 1:33. with 12S pounds ui. Other horses of great note that won the Holly Handicap .were Ajax. Flirtation, Ben Brush, Conroy, Endurance by Right, Africander, Oiseau, Uncle and Trance and its record Is as follows: Year. First. Jockeys. Wt. Second. Wt. Third. Wt Val. Time. 1SS7 Omaha Church. .112 George Oyster .118 Specialty .......112 ,915 1:171 1SSS Diablo J. McLaughlin.. 110 Radiant 100 Madstone 112 1,945 1:10 1SS9 Tournament ...... .Covington. .10S Ballarat 10S Padishah 112 3,880 1:10 1590 Esperanza Barnes.. 100 Zenobia 90 Russell 118 2,990 1:151 1591 Curt Gunn R. Williams. .US Fred Lee 10S Charade ..108 3,520 1:15 1892 Ajax Bergen.. 112 Glenmoyne .....11G Spartan ........ 10S 2,500 1:15 1S93 Flirtation II. Taylor.. 100 Halton 90 Rubicon 92 2,300 1:141 18.04 Dolabra Hamilton. .104 Handspun 105 Sadie 101 2,500 1:14 1S95 Ben Brush R. Williams. .121 Margrave 115 .Crescendo 122 1,425 1:01 ISPli Storm King M. Hirsch.,102 Tragedian 102 Royal Rose ...113 1,430 l:01f 1S97 Bliss Rucker Thorpe. .104 Handball 122 Demagogue ....117 1,430 1:0S 1S9S Kentucky Colonel ..N. Turner.. 123 Prestidigltatrice ...i..l0S Ethclbert 123 1.740 1:08 1S99 Hammock Wilson.. 105 Montanlc 114 Mayor Gilroy ..105 2,005 1:081 1900 Conroy Spencer.. 115 Dublin 113 Bellario 125 2.0S5 1:071 1901 Endurance by Right-.T. Woods.. 130 Whiskey King 110 Chilton 115 1,980 1:07 1902 Africander ....J. Martin.. 120 River Pirate 110 Fire Eater 113 2,570 1:111 1903-Pulsus ONeill.. 120 Divination 10S Sweet Gretchen. 110 2,050 1:091 1904 Oiseau H. Cochran. .120 Broadcloth ...114 Glorifier 110 2.445 1:108 1905 Hooray Lyne..lll Kings Daughter .....115 Jacobite .117 2.G10 1:11J 1900 Frank Lord Garner.. 105 Eddie Ware 108 Sewcll 118 2,420 1:101 1907 Uncle Finn.. 121 Meelick 122 Spooner 109 2.325 1:11 1908 Trance D. McCarthy, .lis Fitz Herbert 124 nilarlous 122 1.400 1:004 Distance 3-4 mile from 18S7 to 1S.14 inclusive: 5-8 mile in 1895 and 1S90: 5 1-2 furlongs from 1897 to 1P0I Inclusive, and about 3-4 mile from 1902 to 1907 inclusive. Changed from a handicap to a selling race iii 1909.
