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,1- w T CONDENSED HISTORY OF THE FLASH STAKES + * There are few older fixed events in American racing than the Flash Stakes. Its first running taking place as far back as in lSiiO. It has not been run continuously since then because G. Walbaum dropped it from the Saratoga program for four years of the time he had control of the track. It results that the Flash will lie run for the thirty-eighth time today instead of the forty-second, as it would be if there had been no interruption of its annual rnfiBtOg. Its record is embellished with the names of the greatest two-yea i olds of American turf history, such Barrels of speed as Remorseless. Tom Howling, Vandallte. Olitipa. Faithless. Zoo Zoo. Leonard. Duke of Magenta. Harold. Sensation, George Kinney. Miss Woodford. Volante. King Fish. Badge. Princess Bowling. Diablo. Protection, Sallle McClelland, Galilee. Cesarion. Hamburg. Goldsmith. Ormondes Right. Sysonby. Glonfier, Burgomaster. Peter Pan. Fair Play and Waldo being among the stars that have contested Its honors from year to year. The record of the Flash is as follows: Year First. Jockeys. Wt. Second. Wt. Third. Wt. Val. Time. 1888 Remorseless Layton.. 97 Nellie James 97 Lady Petry ... 97 ,450 41 j 1870 Uatan EuiilclOO Cyclone .filly 97 MeKInney 100 1,450 64 1871 Neaaa W. Miller.. 97 Victoria 97 Malita 97 1,500 53i 1872 Tom Bowling Harper.. 100 Silk Stockings 100 Cora Linn 97 1,900 50J 1873 Regardless Sparling.. 97 Vandallte 97 King Amadeiis.lOO 1.900 50* 1574 Olitipa Milllgan.. 97 Willie Burke 100 Australlno 97 1,950 471 1575 Faithless Sparling.. 97 Sister of Mercy 97 Pastor 100 1,930 49 1.870 Zoo Zoo Sparling. .107 Leonard 110 Palmetto 107 1,050 Mi 1S77 Duke of Magenta Barhec.tlO Perfection 107 Fawn 107 2.200 49j 1878 Harold Hughes.. 110 Idler 110 Lulu 107 2,350 491 1879 Sensation Hughes. .110 Grenada 110 Rosalie 107 1,950 49f 1880 By the Way Costello . . 1 10 Banter 110 Midgely 110 1.900 50| 1KS1 Memento Costello. .107 Flight 107 Nightcap 107 3.500 49 1883 George Kinney 3. McLaughlin. .110 Fmpress 107 Miss Woodford. 107 2,700 53 1883 Burton J. McLaughlin .. 110 Greystone 110 Loftin 110 2.500 49$ 1884 Volante Holloway. .110 Florio 107 Harrigan 110 2.150 494 1885 Priuiero Holloway .. 110 Waddell Bryant 110 Colera 107 2.050 494 1SS0 Agnes 3. McLaughlin . .107 Lizzie Krepps 107 Prodigal 110 2,350 50| 1S87 King Fish Garrison. .110 Badge 110 Van Leland ...110 2,800 50 188S Princess Bowling Barnes.. 107 Servia 102 Diablo 115 3,575 501 1889 Protection Allen.. 100 Prince Howard Ill Sam Doxey 100 3,505 50] 1888 Monterey TaraL.110 Sallie McClelland 118 Palestine 118 3.025 49 1591 Zorling Bergen.. 108 Promenade 110 Tom Tough Ill 3,545 49 1592 Nick Snedeker. .100 One 100 Postmaster 100 2,450 491 1893 Galilee F. Doane..lOO William T 100 Miss Lilly 100 2 425 49 1S94 Liza Griffin.. 95 Cesarion 118 Philomena 115 2,325 48 1888 Onaretto A. Clayton.. 99 Axiom 118 Mussulman 100 1,125 48 1897 Hamburg WIMifte. .129 Handball 129 Loiterer 122 1,425 88 1901 Goldsmith N. Turner.. 115 Lux Casta 112 Chilton 115 4,500 1:01 1902 Judith Campbell Bulltnan. .112 Charles Elwood 122 Sergeant 112 0.300 1:08 1903 Tippecanoe Hicks.. 117 Ormondes Right 125 Montreson 117 3.875 1:08 1904 Sysonby Redfern..l25 Glorifier 125 Trapper 117 4.875 1 :00ยป 1905 Burgomaster Hildebrand. .125 Gallavant 122 Vendor 125 4.850 laBH 1900 Peter Pan Radtke..l25 Electioneer 117 Arclte 117 4,850 1 :00* 1907 Fair Play Mountain. .122 Jim Gaffney 117 Sir Cleges 117 4.850$ 1 gB8f 1908 Fdward C. H. Shilling. .115 Torhellino 122 Practical 115 4.850 1 :07t 1!HJ9 Waldo D. McCarthy. .122 Fauntleroy 112 Amelia Jenks ..109 S05 1:07 Discontinued in 1890. 189S. 1899 and 1900.
