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RECORD IN RACING OF LAST YEARS METROPOLITAN HANDICAP HANDICAPWINNER WINNER As winner of the AletroiMjlitwi Handicap and otlier good races in 11114 ISuskin maintained and added to the good reputation he had already acquired in two previous years of racing A stake race winner as a two yearold threeyearold and fouryearold he is a good handicap horse although not equal to liguring in the topweght division of that class of horses He is pcedy and a stayer hut at equal weight and in good racing form would have scant chance against such jis I tuck View Borrow and Itoamer With weight con ¬ cessions in his favor he is a dangerous antagonist to any horse His natural endowment with speed is illus ¬ trated by the fact that in winning the Metropolitan Handicap be inn its distance of a mile in 1 7 Is In its twentythree years of running this famous race had only once before been woii in as fast time This was when the fouryearold Fashion Plate won the event in 110 in the same time with 105 pounds up Of the weightAs two IJuskins was the butter performance for the reason that lie carried nine pounds more weight As a twoyearold in 1I12 Buskin lock part In thirteen races of which he won live He was one of a band bred by II P Whitney and turned over to Alljcrt Simons for training and to be sold as buyers might turn up It thus befell him that while his lirst start was in Mr Whitneys name his second was its the property of C II Itobbins and his third in the ownership of John Whalen and for whom he proved a profit ¬ able purchase His lirst start was in a purse race of liveeighths of a mile at Pimlico May i in which he ran unplaced to Horrcu Spring Maid and Hot Watcir Alay 10 he ran second to Spring Maid beaten a neck in 102 at the same distance He was then sold to Whalen and lost in three races for him before scoring his maiden victory This occurred at Alontrcal June S in a dasli of liveeighths in which carrying 100 pounds he won easily from Brawny 111 Kock View US and six others Kven though greatly favored in the weights it was no slight tiling to defeat two sjnch cracks as Brawny and Uock View so Buskin ad ¬ vanced in public esteem He won his next race also a sprint of live and a half furlongs at Fort Erie July 4 In which be defeated Monocacy Tartar ami Burnt Candle and won easily in 107 with Monocacy second and the to 20 favorite Tartar third After that 3ie seemed to train off and was unplaced in three races Lut late in the fall he was in good form again and xvou bis last three races Xovemlier 7 at Pimlico over a sloppy track with 100 pounds up he won at thrcjequarters of a mile in 114 from Tarts 107 Abdon 7 Hobnob and Virile 110 each Flying Fairy ami Phyllis Antoinette 107 each and Alonmouth 07 He was at 35 to 1 and Tarts was 7 to 5 At Jamestown Xovember 10 be won the Fairfax Hotel Handicap and carrying 10S pounds defeated Xash Cash 05 Martar lit Scallywag 101 Barnegat and Hosturtium lor His Alajesty 108 Pankhiirst lli and Batterj 07 at threequarters of a mile in 115 His next and last race of the year was better still for besides beating one of his own age in LAIglon carrying K pounds he took up 102 pounds and won at the gauio distance in 11 from such excellent older racers as faugh Hill 14 Minute Prince Ahmed IDS rover Hughes 118 Besom 115 and Hoyal Tea 101 101Buskin Buskin begaji his career as a threeyearold by running second to Ten Point in the Belair Handicap at Havre du Grace April 22 The distance was threequarters of a mile and Ten Point won by two lengths in lia Frederick L was third and Caugh Hill Guover Hughes and Iochiel ran unplaced He carried 102 pounds to 108 on Ten Point At the same track Alliy 1 lie again linishcd second to Ten Point This was n the Stisqiiehanna Handicap at a mile and seventy yards This time Ten Point carried 117 pounds to his 1C2 and only defeated him by a half length In a punishing finish Jobn Furlong 124 pounds was third iin l Lochlel 105 Ailauis Express 12U Flabbergast 102 and Mission 307 ran unplaced It was a fast run race the lirst mile being covered In 1158 and the full distance In l4j Alay 5 at Pimlico he won a purse at a mile in 1ISM5 from Dr Diienner Pandorina Mediator Tartar Kormak and St Joseph but n Alay 10 could only finish third to Kock View uid Lochiel at a mile in 140 eight others finishing be ¬ hind him He redeemed himself Alay 20 by winning the Preakness Handicap for threeyearolds ut a mile and an eighth Jn this he was given 117 pounds the other starters weights and order of finishing being Klehuruc ill pounds Barnegat 104 ScallyWiig 10 Cadeau JOS Cog 100 Flabbergast 108 and Lohen jfrjn 10 He only won from Klebiirne by ti neck In 155 but KlebtVlUJ 3hernient racing showed that It yas a highly meritorious performance at the weights Then be was tnkt nrtt Toronto and in a mile ptu o race Alay 27 ran third to llorrou and Flabbergast in 1401 but had stumbled and gone to his knees in the race and did well In finishing where he did In the Toronto Cup at a mile and an eighth llnrron gave him six pounds and beat him by a length In 152 but he linished in front of Plate Glas LoehleJ CiitT Edge John Furloig First Sight anil Ymir At Windsor June he again ran second to Horron This was in the Windsor IJotel Cup at a mile and an eighth run in 154 Horron carried 115 pounds to his JJQ and won by two Iijigtlis Mediator was the only other starter The fact is that Horitin was the bettor race horse of thy two and for all any one knows to the contrary he may have been the best threeyearold of 10i At any rate he won all of Ills races like a highclass one oneWhen When It came to the running of the Ilamillbii Derby at Hamilton June 25 Buskin did not have Horron to contend with A Turney concluding he eouhl lieat him with Klebiirne In tiiis assumption he proved to lie badly mistaken The distance was n mile niul a quarter and the three starters wore Buskin IV ixmnds Kioburne 122 and First Sight 115 Klebiirne made tin pact a hot one but Buskin went at him in the stretch and passing him swiftly won in a canter by three lengths in 205 At tin same track July 1 Kingly carrying 05 pounds to his ICO defeated him by a neck at a mile and an eighth in such fast time iH 151 f with Klolmrne 105 third Froglegs 125 and John Furlong 105 ran unplaced Then he went over to Fort Erie and won the Canadian Derby He only had First Sisht and Barnegat to beat and it was easv for him He was a 1 to 2 favorite and won under restraint from First Sight by two and a half lengths n 2USf At Windsor July 1C he ran third to First Sight and Hamilton in the Frontier Handicap at a mile and an eighth run in 151 ami was unplaced in his next two races At Saratoga August 15 lie on a purse at a mile and an eighth in 151 with J12 pounds up Slar Gaze with 8S finishing second iMid Colonel Holloivay with third Then lit was beaten in six consecutive races before ho won again in iiis last race of the year This was in the Itowie Stakes of two miles at Pimlico Xovember 12 He carried lit pounds and running the distance in 12i won by a nose from Barnegat 105 pounds Star Ge 105 was third and the unplaced ones were Top Hat 101 Pandorina 105 Cadeau 101 Hingling H5 Flving Fairy 121 and Brynllmah 07 07Last Last year Buskin made his lirst start at Havre de Grace April o and ran last in i purse race at threequarters won by Isidora in 1157 with Tarts second and Flying Fairy third At Pimlico Alay is be recorded a different performance when lie won a purse race at a mile in 140 with 110 ixiunds up Holiday 07 pounds was second and Star Gaze OS third live more miming unplaced His next race was lib best of the year and iwssibly of his career This was his race for the Metropolitan Handicap at Bel niont Park May 2i the starters and weights being Buskin 114 pounds Figlnny 07 Uock View 127 Ilorrow 125 Flying Fairy 115 Buckhorn 110 Kepiiblicau 108 Stromboli 102 Ambrose 08 Gainer 10t and Punch Bowl 100 certainly a grand Held worthy of the traditions of the race The Belmont pair Hock Vitw and Stromlioli went to the post at S to 5 but Buskin was well thought of and was only 4V to 1 in the be tin The 40 to 1 outsider Figiuny caused surprise by soon going into the lead and setting a great p ce but Buskin overhauled him In the last eighth and drawing away fast won by live lengths Figinny lnlding on so well that he defeated Itoek View by a length and a half for second money Borrow making his first start in tills country after a distinguished career in English racing was a close up fourth Taking up 12 pounds in a purse race at ii militant n sixteenth June 12 he then ran third to Pennant Ill pounds and Buckhorn 112 the nice being run In such fast time as 145 His next race was in the Brooklyn Ilaudi cip at Aqueduct June 2 Starters and weights were Bnekhorn 11 iKumls Buskin 110 Kock View 128 Thoinbill 102 Flying Fairy 11i Donald Alacdonald 105 and Lahore 112 In this also he ran an excellent race mid in an exciting finish was beaten a head by Bnekhorn while he defeated Kock View bv a half length Tin race was run In 208 which was a new track record for Aqueduct AqueductBuskin Buskin was not raced again until the Belmont Park fall meeting came on and was twice beaten there Then be was taken to Havre de Grace and there on September 2 won a purse at a mile and seventy yards In 144 with 118 pounds up in which be defeated Amalti 102 pounds Harry Shaw Of Kobert Brati lev 111 and four more Two defeats followed but at Laurel October 15 be won a handicap at a mile flritl an eighth in which he carried 110 pounds and defeated i AI Aliller in pounds Pandean 107 Holi ¬ day OS and Ivan Gardner 05 covering the dstanci in 152 but only winning by a neck in a sharp tussle with J AI Miller He raced four times after that without success and his record and pedigree are Year Age Sts 1st 2nd IJrtl Unp Won 1012 1 5 i 2515 101 22 o 4 i nr 1014 1 4 I I 7810 j Vandal Hindoo Hymenia Hymeniat t Lexington LexingtonI I Weathcrwitch Bonnie Scotland 5 lagoI lago I Queen Afary Ella D Vandal t fllanihurf I VandalI Falcon FalconSWest f Australian Australian f Fcllowcnift Emilia SWest Aerolite Florino Lexington Enquirer LeamingtonI Leamington Alunnie Graj I Luht Lizzy G j Win Dan co Lecompte mare mareJ IJotherhill or Tim f Rover J Blair Athol AtholI St Gatieu I Crlnon Crlnonj Meddler St Editha j Kingley Vali Lady Allen j Allenj Lord Clifdcn Busybody I Laura I Slippers Jipinaway j Macaroni I Queen licrtliii licrtliiij Blue Kuln r King Harkaway Tomahawk j Touij j Pocahontas I Mincemeat j Sweetmeat I Ilybla Ilyblaj Brown Bread j Weatherbit I illntwu Agnes 5 Binlcatcher Don John maro
