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+ + CONDENSED HISTORY OF THE ASTORIA STAKES + + The Astoria Stakes, for two year old fillies, is an old fashioned sweepstakes of which the value to the winner is mail, up of the preset ilied fee from each nominator. The sabscripttoa is #X for each nominator, hall forfeit. Bach IabstraWt names two lillies. |„it only one an start, ami the tilly starthaj must tie owned l.v the suliseriher from the time of entry until after the raee. A clause of the tirst conditions sets forth thai the owner af the winner must flee a dinner to the other sajhscrflM-rs. This provision is no lousier a pari of the eoiulitiois of tie raee. but as a well -established tastoaj it still holds geodL Beinirt has it that on more than om- oecasion the dinner cost more than the proceei!:- of the race, althouprh .71X1 is the smallest sum arbieb ever fell t» a winner of the Astoria. As a souvenir the cluh adds a paace af plate of the value of . The recoril of the race is as follows; iur. First. Jockeys. Wt. Second. Wt. Third. Wt. Val. Time. 1!K 2 Astarita Shaw. .114 Wild Tlivme 114 Credulity 114 .12". 1:003 1903 Ocean TMe Bullman. .114 Teepee 114 Julia M 114 4.00O 1 :03* 1904 Ghryaitis ONeill. .114 Incantntion 114 Schulamite 111 6.2.V1 1:011 1fK r. Sue Smith J. Martin. .1 14 Incorrijrihle 114 Hekate 114 «.noo 1 :• :!: llKXi Hynerbole W. KMBB...114 t;old°n West 114 Adoration Ill 0 125 1:03* 1!Kl7Be.kon Mountain. 114 Clara J 114 Whip Top 114 6.500 1:015 10O.S Melissa Nutter. .114 The Pippin 114 Wallflower 111 O.o2." 1:02* 1!*0» Ocean Bound Scoville. .114 Greenvale 114 Calvrile 114 1.700 1:01
