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ANNECY S SECOND GREAT METROPOLITAN. At Epaom. Lnglaud. lasl year the I law llllUBU 4 il Great* Metropolitan Handicap at two miles and a a quarter was woa by the Iriah-nred four-year-old d i dt, Annecy, by Siuioatault stolen Armour. »n ■ that occasion be carried only 89 pound* and waa at t 7 to I in the betting. That was hia only victory . last year and he was not even placed la any oi his s a i other races. Yet. as an illnstrat ion of the fait "1 that honea freauaatly da naair heal racing over J. certain track. Annecy for the second time aroa — the i.rcit Metropolitan last Tuesday with the mater i, tally increased weight of 111 pounds on liis back. — He itarted at 100 to 8 in the betting ami defeated j i eighteen opponents, of which P. lloyboiirns four 13 year ..hi Lav gelding Vermouth, bj Baindaile dam II b Bushev Park. !:: pounds, was second and Sir I a v. Coakes four-year-old bay cot Grarelotte, bj . I Coinnion Javottc, 113 pounds waa third. The race |-» is of the van ..; ,000. of which the aerond bone ial.es 50 and tbe winner is the property of a news paper writer, C. Buna. Tbta race was won by the famous American borne Parole tn 1870, as also was p; its companion race, the City and Suburban llar.di- le. cap. an and
