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t- * CONDENSED HISTORY OF THE MICHAELMAS HANDICAP + * The Michaelmas Handicap has usually been contested hy useful two-year-olds and the majority of its wieners have in subsequent years played prominent parts in racing. Merry England was for several years the best Canadian sprinter, good enough to measure strides with the lust anywhere. Pirate Polly was an excellent illy and Stanley lay, when at his best, was a bigb-claSS race horse. Fllioott and Simcoe were both horses of great speed and. altogether, Michaelmas form has been such that it requires a youngster of more than average form to carry off its honors. The record of the race is as follows: Year. First. Jockeys. Wt. Second. Wt. Third. Wt. Val. Time. 1902 Merry England L. Jackson. .114 Begone Dir. George Perry ..in.". $ tilo 1:17 1903 Play Ball W. Daiy..KMi AnatraJbu li.t Spring . 117 J.N5 1:15 1 1904 Pirate Pally I. Walsh.. 131 Klttte Piatt 113 Royal Legend., lit; 080 1:101 1905 St. Joseph J. Daly.. lis ohiyesa 114 Peter Sterling. .110 080 1:141 1900 Kllleott Koerner. .114 Mainehanee ICO De Or.. 100 1.2N0 1:131 1007 Stanley Fay Dtggins..ll6 Terah 107 Petulant lot 1,110 1:141 1908 Simcoe Nieol.. 114 Sir Alv.scot 100 Wapottoca 103 1,330 1:131 1909 Amelia Jenks J. Howard. . 1 15 Detroit P44 Boh Co 108 1,090 1:14*
