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Virgil 1 Vandal lHymeuin 7exington Weatherwitch Honnif Scotland la go lIfUrboii Hello I goI Queen Mary i No win hist or Seclusion SeclusionJ Lady Masliniu J Protber foStrafford arnntella 1 Maid of Masham Hlair Athol j Stockwell I Gentle 7ltolla Hlink Itoiiny Itoiinyi i Daniel ORonrke 1 Hirthday I Doncaster Stockwell f Henrt Or Marigold f Golden Gnrtor Ionge Rose 5 Thormanbr 7 Kllen Ilorno WenloeJ 5 Lord 01 i Men Mineral Sandal Stockwell I Iady ICvelyn Fit James j Kyrle Daly 5 Artillery f 7 Colleen Rliuo I The Gossip J 5 Iclipse Hennie Farrow j Hiniyar Hearsay VARIED RACING OF A VETERAN SPRINTER IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS Irover Hughes won the first race in which he started as a twoyearold and has done a lot of winning since then although he was oiitof form and singularly unlucky in llii not winning once in sixteen at ¬ tempts that year Ills lirst start was at Jacksonville Fla April 4 110 when in a halfmile dash he rnn away from twelve opponents and won off by himself in WTZ with Louis des Cognets second and Uose bsirg HI third After this auspicious debut lie did not win another race until at the Latoniit autumn meet ¬ ing November IS he defeated Detect Mary Day and four others at live and a half fnlrongs in 1 Then he was taken hack to his old stamping grounds at Jacksonville and there on December C won at the sane distance in 107 If with ilmprinf second White Wool third and five more unplaced He was at li to 1 in the liottiug that day while Imprint was a U to favorite December 12 he was again overlooked and at 12 to 1 ran threequarters of a mile in 112 defeating Via Octavia Jack Dcnman and live more of which Darling was the favorite at 11 to 1 With 111 pounds up this was a capital performance and gave a new view of his capability capabilityCrover Crover Hughes lirst race as n threeyearold took place January 11 1M1 at Jacksonville and was no Cedit tp him It was a thrc quarters sprint for threeyearolds Uunning like a horse that was not fit he led for a short distance then dropped back and was unplaced County Tax winning in I with An tenor second and The Nigger third How untrue this running was lie showed five days later when at the sinie distance lie carried 10 pounds and won in 1111 witli Lahore then a good race horse and carrying ili pounds second Aneuor was third and live fast ones ran unplaced irover Hughes was at 10 to 1 in tiie betting and Lahore a 7 to i favorite Then he was beaten in six races before winning again February 4 he was unplaced to Via Ociavia Ahlrian and AVrap at seveneighths of a mile run in 127 and was then taken to Kentucky There lie ran well but unsuccessfully until 7 line 1 on which day he won at three quarters of a mile over the Churchill Downs track in 11 and defeated Kthel I Kings Daughter Melis ande and four more g d sprinters June at a mile anil twenty yards the great filly Uoimd the World I Ieat eat him by a nose in 14 1 She carried 11 pounds to his 10S Pettie Sue 10 pounds was third only an iber nose hack and it was a lino race for all three June he ran threequarters in I1 and won by a length from Winning Widow witli Flying Footsteps third and six others unplaced Iteateii in his next rice he was then taken to Latcnla and then on Juno 17 won at threequarters in 112 with the speedy dams Kxpress second Princess Callaway third and live unplaced June 22 he won at the same distance in 112V from Nimbus Mary Davis and six mijre of which Adams Kxpress Harrigan and Cliapnltcpee were thiee Then while racing well as a rule he was beaten in live races and did not win again until he took a purse at Churchill Downs October K over liis favorite route of threequarters of a mile Coveriii the distance in 11 he won by a nosu with Jim Itasiy second and Little Father third while such cracks as Helmet liettie Sue Harrigan Follie Levy Irince al and Kalegh P 1 ran unplaced He paid ISliO lo 100 in the muluels Follie Levy being tin favorite at to Of his next and last eight races of the year hi only took one hilt was placed in live more The winning race was at Latonia November on a muddy track in which at threequarters rim in ll ii he won easily from Kalcigh P I Little Father liottie Sue and Housemaid HousemaidAs As a fouryearold in 1I12 he vyas quite successful being unplaced in hut four of liis thirty races and winning twelve of them He began his campaign by winning Ills lirst two races ami concluded it by win ¬ ning his lirst stake race the Monticello Handicap t the Jamestown fall meeting This race was at a mile Vim with 11 pounds on his hack Jrover Hughes went Jo the post at 7 to 1 in the iMioks Lahore at 11 to i being the favorite The other starters and tlkir weights were Tartar S pounds Sebaso Kill Lahore 121 His Majesty Carlton 112 Lochiel ION Cliff Fdge 10S and Kormak Iftli Tartar and His Majesty were twoyearolds it being a race for all ages This was a Held of good horses but Crover Hughes made short work of the nice by easily leading all he way and winning by a length and a halt in 1 with Tartar second and Sebngo thiiro This was about the limit of speed for the Jiimestown track Among the other gfod races he ran that year were threeqnnrters at Lexington in which lie defeated oih and Coppertown In 11 Worth being a 2 ti fflYtiHt i lhre rOH Hl ri llt Latouia in 112 with Isi dora second T M Ireen third and five good ones unplaced threequarters nt Douglas Park in 1Io on a slow track with Cangh Hill second and Itiickhorn third threequarters at the same track in 111 witli Caigh Hill second and Irish Gentleman third the time being then a new track record threequarter at the same track in l12 f with Jim llasey second and Three Links third live and a Imlf finlongs at Church Ill Downs in l0r witli Casey Jones second and Florence Roberts third liveeighths of a inUe at the same truck In witli Hawthorn second and Three Links third On this occasion he carried 122 pounds and Hawthorn with 101 up was a 17 to 20 favorite At Latonia he carried 12i pounds and ran threequarter in 112 with Hoyal Tea second Campeon third and rive others also ran Such examples serve to show that ho was then a remarkably fast sprinter and able to cope with any horse in the west westIf If 1 12 was a triumpluHit year for Crover Hughes 11 was one of unqualified disaster In liis sixteen races that year he was twice second and twice third and sffiuod to have gone to the bad utterly partly in speed and largely in bad luck Ver his two seconds were in fast races the lirst being at threequarters in nhich Jim liaspy beat him by a nose in llli and the other at I he same distance in which Caugh Hill earned li pounds to his 10i and beat hm a length and a half in 111 both races being rim at Douglas Park ParkLast Last year Crover Hughes turned over a new leaf anil returning to his good form of 1012 won thirteen races out of thirtyone attempts As in 1 12 he started out by winning his lirst two races both in heavy going At Lexington April 2 he easily l eat The Keacli Hobert Kay and three more at threequarters in 1NiMi and at the same track May won from liotler opponents when he defeated Itack Kay Hawthorn and live others in 1 leading IJack Hay by four lengths at the finish Lcochures took his measure at live and a half furlongs in 1 0i over the Churchill Downs track May ft but he linislud in front of Cangh Hill and Othello May 1 he ran the same route in 1 0 and won easily from Sun Queen with Lady Moonet a good third eight going to the post In the Frank Fehr Stakes at a mile he ran second to Winning Witch ii 1S Strong was third and seven ran unplaced May 2 he evened up affairs with Ieociiarcs bv defeat ¬ ing I ho latter at threequarters of a mile in 111 over the Douglas Park track but Lerchares carried 120 pounds to liis 111 Star Jasmine ran third with Othello and Helios unplaced Shortly afterwards he was taken east for a campaign over the Now York tracks tracksHis His lirst start there was in a purse race of threequarters of a mile at Iclmont Park May 0 in which he was unplaced to Helen IJarhee Meeting House and Tranid but on June 1 ho won a similar race with ease from Honey Iee Aitamaha and two more He was beaten in his next two races but on Juno 10 ran ilie straight threequarters course in l10f and won in n canter from Water Welles Pawhuska Ilesom llypatia and Hen Quince At the Aqueduct Hireling July 1 Tarts and Granite beat him in the Kockaway Stakes at throequarters of a mile in 1 lf for which Granite was a to Ift favorite but Tarts at 10 to 1 nosed him our July 0 he had belter luck in the Myrtle Selling Stakes at a mile for which only three started He carried K pounds to 110 on Moiiocacy and 111 on Guy Fisher and running the distance in won easily by three lengths with Monocacy second Inly 20 at Kmpire City he was third to Granite and Joe Hosentield in the Arrow Stakes at threequarters rnn in 112 but on July 27 won the Molrose Stakes at a mile and a sixteenth He carried Iflii iiouiids and the others were Cnv Fisher Ill pounds nine Thistle 101 Water Welles 101 and Kiln Hryson 4 Ilmming the distance in such fast time as i Mf he won by a length from Guy Fisher witli the 7 to r favorite Plue Thistle in third place His next success was achieved at Saratoga August 10 when lie won the Catskill Stakes at seveneighths of a mil1 Although the track was wet and sloppy he ran the distance in 12 and won easily by two lengths from Pomette Plen second and Hae third August i h won a purse at a mile in 1SHf with 117 pounds up fivni Ambrose Crossbnn and three others ami on August 27 won the Amsterdam Stakes at the same dst ame He carried 110 rounds the other starters being Montresor 10 iionnds Jawbone IS Wooden Shoos SIS and Leo Skclnv 107 Kunning the mile in 1B he won easily by a length with Montresor second and Jawbone third lie was a good horse at Saratoga and that race ended his eastern campaign He campaignHe was then taken hack to Kentucky At Lexington September 1C Helen Harbee beat him bv a half length at threequarters in 112 At Douglas Park September 2i at a mile he ran a dead heat witli Dorothy Dean in 13 and the money was divided His last success of the year came with the running of the Cherokee Stakes of a mile and a sixteenth at Churchill Downs October 14 He carried 10 pounds ami was opposed by Little Father JIS pounds Pelle of ISryn Mawr 110 Lady Panchita 10 Furlong 10SV and Morristown 100 The track was muddy but Jrover Hughes ran the distance in 1 4S and won front Little Father in a canter by six lengths with Hello of Hrvn Mawr a bad third After that he seemed to have trained off At any rate he did not win any of the seven races in which he subsequently started in 1JI14 His record and pedigree are
