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FEATS OF FLABBERGAST DURING THE COURSE OF TWO YEARS OF RACING ►. + There were three-year-olds in racing last year against which Flabbergast stood no chance of whuiiag 1 xcept under big weight concessions. Nevertheless he was a useful colt and a good money w inner 1or his owners. The middle-class racer is a good thing to have in any Stable and it was to that ciass Flabbergast longed Ihii Ii as a two year-old and a three year old. In bolh years he figured respectably as a 111 y winner and in l!ll:: Balahcd among the thirty leaders of the year in that respect. flabbergast wa- I. red by J. I.. Holland and made his first start in Hollands colors at Charleston, lcb rnary 7. 1012, in a nee won by BtheJburg 11., in which he was not placed. He was unplaced in his next three races, but on March - finished second to Billy Holder at four and a half furlongs and won his nexl race. This was at the same distance. March l£t. in a selling race, for which he was second choice to Frank Hudson and. winning from the latter by two lengths in .r 7 over a muddy track, was bid up and bought by Gallauer Bras, for 80, evidence that Holland did mil value him highly. Although starling frequently for lie latter and several times placed, D was not until July 10. at Windsor, that he won a race for his new Then, at five and a half furlongs on a heavy track, he defeated Barbara Worth. I eeiiniseli and three more in 1:11%. July 10, al the same track and distance, be was beaten 1 no-e by Dorlon in 1:07%, With Marie T. third and five more unplaced. This was .1 good rare, and a1 loit I.iie tea daya afterwards Ik confirmed lis form by winning at the sane- distance in 1:07%, with Iaris Queen second, Obi Coin third ami nine others unplaced. Entered to be sold for 00, be was bid up to ,500 and pa— ed into the posses -i-ii of J. W. Bar ttse bell, in whose possession he remained to the close of the year. August ::. at Fori i:i.-. over a luavy Hack, be ran second to Coiitinetiial at three -quarters of a mile. Loocharis finishing third id Monocacy, l.aw-nit and Lace running unplaced. Al Hamilton. August lb. track again heavy, he carried Us pounds and won al five and a half turlongs, with Continental. 101 pounds, second; Frederick L.. 105%, third, and first Sii_ht. 100; Leoehares, 105; Scallywag. Mi . and Benanet, 101, anpfatced. Quality of oppo--inoii considered. Ihis was probably hi- In -t race a- a 1 wo -year old. He ran another good race at Windsor. XtiLU-t 2i. when be ran third to Calgary and The Widow Mesa, al live and a half furioaga in 1:00%. His last victory of the year was al Windsor. Aumi-t 29, when, at the -atne distance, be won from Tankard. ; ghtly Mis-. Loan Shark. Rnvoce and Swiftsure In 1:09% over I heavy track. He was especially good ii -oft going. Ilis lasi race as a two-year old was in the Grey Slakes, at Toronto. September US., in which hi ran second to l.eoehare- at a mile ill 1:40% and finished in front of Tankard. Oliver Lodge. Afterglow ::nd l-attorfoot. Win 11 a three-year-old the coM raced In Dartlue hells ownership until he won the Jacques Cartier Stakes at Montreal, June in. Thfai race is under selling conditions. Alter winning lie was bid up from his entered selling price ol ,580 to ,500, al which price lie was sold to W Martin, from wl A. Tiirney purchased kim. Ilis lii-l start as a three year old was in a live and a half furlongs dash, at Jamestown, April -. Ialaitqula wa- a 1 to :; favorite and won in 1:07%, but Flabbergast was a good Second, with Yorkville i id aad five other- unplaced. April 11. in a mile da-h. be was second choice lo Colonel Cook, but stumb ling on the first turn, lost bis rider. Colonel Cook winning. Five days later he svas stalled in the Montieello Hotel Handicap. :it a mile and a sixteenth, with Dm pound- up. and won easily, with John Furlong. 127 pounds, second, and Volthorpe, HO pounds, third. Republican. 1_2 pounds, and Tab-carrier. 9o. were the other Stsrters. Volthorpe at 2 to 1 was the post favorite, but the track was muddy and that suited Flab beigast so well that he won every fool of tin- way and coveted the distance in 1:48. which was capital time for tin- going. In the Susquehanna Handicap, a! Havre lie race. May 1. !n was called upon to meet high-Class opposition and. although he showed a tine linn Of Speed and raced in second place to the home--II nil. finally finished unplaced to Ten Point, Luskin and John Furlong. Ties race was at a mile and -vent., yard- and wa- rim in such fast time as 1:43, tin- first mile being covered in 1:38%. He carried - pounds lo 117 on Ten Point, 102 on Buskin and 124 on John Furlong, then a eapilal race horse. At Piuilice, May l.l. he carried 101 pounds in a purse race of a mile and a sixteenth and was beaten a half gth by the live year old Sandhill, carrying !!.". Dr. Dm-iincr was third and anionir the seven unplaci d v. in- such as Anialti. Klebune. tiny l-isher. Lochiel and Dandorina. the race being run in 1:47%. May 20 lie was unplaced in the Preakness Handicap, al a mile and an eighth, won by Buskin, with KlebuThe aee-■ ,t ii and Barnegat third. Hi ivjn given Ills pounds to 117 on Buskin. 111 on Kleburne and MM on Baracgat. In a mi.e dash it Toronto, May 27. be ran second to his future stabbinale. Ilorroa, iii 1:40% over a alow tuck. Buskin Onishlug third, with four others behind the three. At Montreal. June 4. he was unplaced to 1 plight. Sherwood and Hoffman al three-quarters in 1:14% and then, on June 10, sprung a surprise when I .- won the Jaeqiie- artier Stakes. This was a mile dash and the starters and weights were Flabbergast, no pounds; Blackford. MU: Cliff Edge. Hi: Honey Bee. 88; Merry Lad. fMi: lie Raaap, 107; Orlf, 104; Superstition, 1 lo. and Patoa, 102. K. F. Watkins pair, Blackford and Cliff FiK-e. coupled, si. mil al 7 I., io iii the betting ami it was 7 to 1 against Flabbergast, but he won from Blackford bj a head in 1:40%. with Cliff Edge third, and then gained a new owner, as ahead narrated. Klabbergasts lir-t start for Mr. Tiirney was in a three-quarters dash at Hamilton June 28. which rharrn won in 1:12%, with The Widow Moon second and Cogs third, nor .lid l.e do any bitter in bis ;ni attempt, running unplaced to First SiLrln. Calgary and Just Bed. al a mile and a sixteenth in 1:40%, bul giving considerable weight to the three placed horses, carrying 111 pounds to Hit each on l-ir-l Sight :.inl Calgary, which were of bis own age. Then, at Fort Lrie. July 7. he ran third lo Bmlolfo and Y:nir. at a mile ami a sixteenth, and won his next three race- in a row. The first of these was at a mile and seventy yards, at Fort Rrie. July !. in winning which by four lengths in 1:47 lie defeated Ymir. Fdda. Cliff I.dge. John Faisaag and Plate GMSS, Bdda being a "I to ."• favorite. Two day- later, at a mile and an eighth, he li ok up 107 pounds ami. over a good, but nor fast, track, won by a length from Rudolfo, 12! pounds, aad Hamilton, 108 pounds, Just Bed. 80. being unplaced. Time 124%, and Rudolf 0 was :,i ~ t., in. VI Windsor, Ju.y 17. he won at a mile in 1 :4i over a heavy track, defeating Barnegat, Ytnir. Zim. White Wool and General Hen Ledl and this time was himself an edds-on favorite at 1 to :!. Next followed a def.-at in the Hamilton Cup. at a mile and a quarter. Carrying 108 pounds, he was the top weight and by II. e scale of weight for age wa- undertaking lo give thirteen pounds to J. W. Schorrs four-year old colt. Hamilton, which bad up 105 pounds, and won easily in 2:04%, with Flabbergast second and Flora Fina third. Next lie finish. d a i-ood third lo Flora Fina and Donerail in the valuable Dominion Handicap, al a mile and a quarter iii 2:04%, with Haaailtoa, First Sight, Jenny Geddea, Leehiel and John Furlong behind bias. Two in defeat- followed and then, al Windsor. Auuitst 22. lie won the St. Clair Handicap of three-quarters of a mile in 1:17% on a heavy track and defeated Dan Zareta. Helen Barbae and Crisco. At l.ex ington, September 11. he won at a mile in 1:42 from Princess Callaway and Cream, with three more mi placed. His last victory last year was al Latonia. October 20, when, in heavy going, he won al a mile and :i sixteenth from Sleeth and Morristoura. In his last race Prince Dennis, carrying loo pounds to his 115, bear him by a length at a mile and a sixteenth, with Sleeth third. Then In was seat into winter quarters, but died early this year, with he following record and pedigree: -w. ■ Age. Sts. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Dap. 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