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4" T FIRST HALF OF THE DOUBLE EVENT THIS AFTERNOON 1 . i Among the many stake races with ingeniously devised conditions of the Coney Island Jockey Club the Double Bleat, for two-year-olds, has always ranked high in the esteem of owners and it has furnished many a stirring contisi. It is divided into two par:s. the firs* of which is always run on the first day of the Slue] isht ad Bay June meeting am! the second on the last day of the meeting. 1rior to last year each half was of the guaranteed value of KMMM0. This veal it is cut down to . KM! for each half. As things are now in a racing way. this is fairly liberal and worth sending the crack two-year olds after. In its earlier years both halves were won si vera 1 tiuus by the same horse. Torso. Russell. Hornpipe, Handspring and Ornament all succeeding in the feat, but since lS!Mi no other one has been able to triumph in mole than oue of the two part- of the race. One of Hamburgs lew detents came in the first half of the Doub!e Event when he succumbed to Bowling Brook and I. audi man. The record of the event is as follows: Year. First. Jockeys. Wt. Second. Wt. Third. Wt Val. Time. 1SS9 Torso Anderson. .110 Flatbush 110 Onaway 118 ,900 1:09 1890 Russell Garrison . .125 Bolero 115 Miss Ransom ...115 3,900 1:10 1S91 His mgunesa Bergen.. 118 Victory 118 Nomad 125 3,800 1.08 1892 Aiax Bergen. .118 Ilammie 118 Lawless 118 3.900 1:07 1 1893 Hornpipe TaraL.115 Declare 125 Hurlingham 118 3,900 1:07 1894 Keenan Griffin. .118 Harry Reed 115 The Commoner ..118 3,750 1:08 1895 Handspring Doggett..l25 Anplcgnte 125 Hazlet 118 3.950 1:06| MM Ornament Clayton. .125 Octagon 110 Scottish ChleftalullS 3,950 1:05| 1S97 Bowling Brook Littlefleld. 122 Lamb-man 117 Hamburg 122 3.800 1:09 1NIS Kingdou T. Sloan. .129 Armament 122 Miller 122 3,800 1:09 1899 Prince of Melbourne... OLeary. .122 Mesmerist 117 Mark Cheek ...112 4.062 1:08 1900 Tower of Caudles Mitchell. .114 Tommy Atkins 129 Contend 117 3,825 1:07| 1901 Nasturtium OConnor. .122 Par Excellence 119 Flywheel 117 3,800 1:04 1902 Mexican T. Burns. .129 Gulden Maxim 117 Prediction 117 3,800 1:00 1903 xrislocracv Council.. 117 Dimple 114 Toledo 122 5.110 1:07* 1904 Song and Wine ONeill. .12U Sparkling Star 117 Councilman 122 7,700 1:07| 1905 George C. Bennett NlcoL.122 Ironsides 114 Bohemian 126 7,700 1:07 1906 Ballot Radtke. .122 Water Pearl 129 Ethon 122 7,700 1:00 1907 Firestone Sandy. .122 Chapultepec 117 Masque 117 7,700 1:07 l«ms Fnvette W. Miller. .129 Sir Martin 1211 Esperanto 117 7.700 1:07 19119 Dalmatian V. Iowers..l22 I.ovetie 122 Firebox 122 1.230 1:08
