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, . . - 1 . J BEST OF THE THREE -YEAR-OLD FILLIES OF THE EASTERN TURF Among the three-year-old tallies of the eastern turf last year E. 15. Cassatts Flying Fairy was quite the q.ieen of her age and sex. She is a homebred, Mr. Cassatt owning loth her sire and dam. Her speed is of n high order and last year she demonstrated her ability to stay well over a considerable distance. When a two-year-old she was not started until the racing year was well advanced, making her debut at Flavre du race, Monday, September !, 1012, in a purse race for maiden iillies at five and a half furlongs, in which she finished third to Cadeau and Ilenpeek in 1:00. In a similar race, but at live-eighths of a mile, September 14, she ran second to Verdure and was only beaten by a nose in 1:005. Three days later she was unplaced at five-eighths to Flammarion, Henpeck and George Stoll in 1:00, but had been bumped and Knocked back in the early running so as to have no chance and was eased up. Her next essay resulted in her initial success. This was at Laurel, October 22, in a dash of five and a half furlongs for maiden two-, ear-olds. It was a slow track and, making the pace all the way, she won by a length from Phyllis Antoinette, favorite and making her first start, with -Ambrose third and nine more unplaced. Time, 1:10. October 24 at the same track and distance she won again, bur had some dillieulty in defeating Bingling by a neck, the two finishing five lengths in front of Sand Vale. It was heavy going and the time 1:10. At Pimlico. November 1, she ran third to Ten Point and Tarts at the same distance in 1 :00 over a heavy track. Oliver Lodge, Buskin, Grosvenor, Robert Bradley and Talecarrier finishing behind her. In her next and last tnree races of the year she was unplaced and, altogether, made no great impression as a two-year-old. although her owner was credited with slating she was the fastest horse ever bred by him. Whether he said this or not is of no Importance, but her racing as a three-year-old was good enough to have justified the assertion. She was not immediately successful and was not at her best until the hot weather of midsummer -arrived, but nevertheless ran well in good company. Her lirst start last year was in Hie Wilmington Stakes at Havre de Grace, April 10. This was a sprint of five and a half furlongs, for which Palanquin was a 4 to r favorite, but this somewhat uncertain customer ran unplaced and the good coll, Frederick L., with 120 pounds up, won by a length and a half in 1:07, with Hester Prymie. 00 pounds, second, and Flying Fairy. 100, third. The unplaced ones were Palanquin, 111: Chuckles, 10S; Grosvenor. 10S: Montresor. 10.", and Fifty Five. 104. Three days later she ran second to Phyllis Antoinette .it live-eghths of a mile in 1:00. She carried 110 iioiiiids to 100 on the winner. Triller, 101 ikhuhIs, was third. Lace and Silver Moon running unp.aced. April 24, at the same distance, she carried 100 pounds and san third to Palanquin, ill, and Fred Levy. 102. The track was fast and the time 1:00 Such good ones as I.arnegat, 307: Kloburne. jl2, and .Montresor, 100, formed the also-ran division. April .!0 she was unplaced in a sprint won by Boiling Stone, witli Penobscot second and Besom third. That race concluded her unsuccessful spring campaign at the .Maryland track and she was not started again until June 2 at Belmont Park. On this occasion she was asked to go the longer distance of seven-eighths of a mile with 105 pounds up and acquitted herself so we l that at the finish she was an easing tip winner in l:2o. Palanquin, 110 pounds, was second and Montresor. 100, was third. Six others started, of which Sir John Johnson was one. then she ran third three times in succession before scoring again. The first of these unsuccessful essays .was in the Belmont Stakes. June l.I. .Inly four started Prince Ihigene, 100 pounds; Bock View, 12S; Flying Fairy, 100. and Barnegat, 11. "i and the distance was one and three-eighths miles. Flying Fairy made the running at u fast pace, but did not quite stay home and at the finish Prince Eugene was first by a half .engtli better than Bock View, with Flying Fairy a good third only a length farther back. It was a capital race fcr a lilly not yet at her best, the time, 2:1S. being the best on record for the Belmont Park track. June 21. with 10S pounds up, she ran third to Meridian, 12., and Light O M Life, 117, at seven-eighths of a mile in l:2.j and was only beaten a length. Five other fast ones finished lchitid her. Cock o the Walk being one of them. Then in the Ladies Stakes, a handicap at a mile, she was given 117 pounds and ran third to Tlamnia, 101. and Hedge, 10S. in l:30, another excellent race at the weights. July 2, with 107 pounds up, she won at seven-eighths in 1:2.". Sprite, 118, finished second and Isirose, 90, was third. July S she ran poorly in the Excelsior Handicap at a mile and a sixteenth, Meridian winning, with Cock o Walk second mid Lahore third in 3:44. Four days later, with 100 pounds up, she won at the same .stance in 1:40, defeating Prince Eugene, 112: G. M. Miller. 115, and three more. In the Southariiptoh .Handicap, July 24. at the same distance, she linished first by a length, but had iiiterforefLwith Strenuous in the stretch and v:s disqualified. This unlucky occurrence was the finish of her campaign at Belmont Park and ft em there she was taken to Saratoga. There her lirst start was in the Alabama Stakes, for three-year-old fillies at a mi.e and an eighth. Be-!!ig only epposed by Cadeau and Lodosia. with all carrying 11." pounds, it was to be expected that she would be an edds-on lav rite and. going to the post at 2 to 7. she won in a canter in l:.-JJo. with Cadeau second. In her next race she w::s unplaced. This was a handicap for mares of all ages at three-quarters of a mile. She was top weight with !17 pounds and the iightly-weigbted four-year-old Bally ClifT, 05 pounds, won in 1:12. with Housemaid, 308. second, and Phyllis Antoinette. OS, third. She linished a close up fourth. She was also unplaced in the Saraliac Handicap, at a mile, which Ten Point won in 1 :.".!. with Nightstick second and Leochares third. She was unlucky, shut off and knocked alKiiit. August 25 she was again unplaced in a race at a mile and an eighth, which Jawljone won in 1:52. with Plate Glass second and Swannanoa third. Two days later she won at a mile in 1:40 over a slow track. She carried 107 jKjunds and won by a length. Sam Jackson. 120 pounds, was second, with Beybourn, 112. third, and six unplaced. Her next race also brought a victory, she carrying IB! pounds and defeating Leochares, 115; Spring Board. 112, and three others at seven-eighths over a slow track in 1:27. This was iier last race at Saratoga and her next start took place in the Havre dc Grace Handicap, at a mile and an eighth, run September 10. In his she carried IB! pounds and ran fourth to Nightstick, 100; Hedge, 103. and Flamma, 02. The race was run in 1:5:5 and Nightstick was the favorite. Next she ran third to Cock o the Walk and Nightstick in the Boyal Bine Handicap, at a mile and seventy yards. Only the three started and it was a great race, the three finishing a head and a nose apart in 1:45, the weights in the order of the finish being 120. 112 and 111 pounds. September 20 Cock o the Walk beat her again. This was in the Ciiesterbrook Handicap, at a l.iile and a sixteenth. The starters and weights were Cock o the Walk. 12S; Flying Fairv, 112: Nightstick. 115; Barnegat. M7; Hedge. 105. and ITatniua. 101. Cock o the Walls won by a length and a half in 1:40, with Flying Fairy second a length before Nightstick. Then her good and consistent racing bad its due fe-: ward when she won at her next three starts. September 27 she carried 115 pounds in the Old Bay cap. at a mile and seventy yards and, running the lirst mile in 1:3S and the distance in 1:4:!. won bv a nose. wiMi Shackleton, 10S pounds, second and Flamma, 00, third. Six more also ran. October IS. at "the Piping Bock meeting, she won the Piping Bock Oaks, at a mile and a quarter in 2:12. from Cherokee Hose." her only opponent. At Laurel. October 25, she carried IIS pounds and won at a mile and an eighth ever a shoppy track in 1:57, defeating Bob B., 0S,. pounds; Knight of Uneas, !!.!. and four more. Then. with 105 pounds to her 115.. G. M. Millf-r beat her in the American Grand National Handicap, at a mile and an eighth in 1 :52. Barnegat. 02 pounds, was third and Lahore, Buskin and Adams Express ran unplaced. At Pimlico. November 4. she was given 12.! pounds in the Chesapeake Handicap, at a mile and an eighth and won by a length in 1:54. BingMng. 10.! pounds, was second, and Barnegat. 100. third, live more running. In the Bowie Handicap, at two miles, she was given 121 pounds and at the distance it was too much lor her, Buskin, 110 pounds, winning, with Barnegat second and Star Gaze third, each carrying 105 pounds. That was her last race. The record and iedigree of this thoroughly good filly are: Year. Age. Sts. 1st. 2nd. ;5rd. Unp. Won. 1012 2 0 2 1 2 4 if 1,050 1 101.! 3 27 10 7 7 0.107 Totals 2 30 12 t 9 11 ? 10,2 17 r J Lord UUMl Clifden -n . . -J i Nowminster T Hampton ,rUs SIave f Ayrshire J Lady I.augden. . . . j ,, , . Galopln J Vedette I Atalanta J Flying Duchess Feronia J Thormanbv v Aeronaut Woodbine j- , Galopin i vne,1,ette . Donovan 3 I Flying Duchess gj- L.MisSEllie....;J MttWrl" Kandf a ; DEstournel J Parmesan Sj IMabolIa.. J 1 Chanticleer mare Jm v I Mirabel J Macaroni g - Gertrude 1 St rn Leamington J Faugh-a-B:dIagh fn f ,r, Longfellow J Dau. of Pantaloon H n, ... I f 1 Nmfnn nntnra J BrawuersEclipse J , j-PhiliptD.. j Quiz l fe I Glenel" J Citadel o . Sylph 3 j Bapta ; w,. . ; Squeeze-em i Lexington 1 5 Millie A "J Skedaddle ... Leamington J Faugh-a-Ballagh rliyder All "J Dau. of Pantaloon i Lady Duke I Lexington ; l Beba T "j Magdalen - Jim Brown j Foster l Bagatelle Flush Virginia j Revenue Corinne t
