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STAKE SUCCESSES OF THE LEADING AMERICAN STABLE I + _ _ _ 4. : The stake races which were captured by the splendid horses racing in the name of L. S. Thompson this year were exactly twenty in number and included such opulent prizes as the Futurity, Kentucky Derby. Kentucky Handicap and the Hopeful Stakes. That purse races play an important part in defraying the great exiieiiso of maintaining such a big stable is well shown in that the Thompson stable won over S22.0HO in these minor rewards ot racing. The story of its success in stake races liegins at Havre do Grace iu the spring aud terminates at Havre de Grace iu the fall. In lietween it covers victories at Churchill Downs. Douglas Park. Jamaica, Windsor. Saratoga. Fort Krie and Itelmout Park, showing an impartial distribution of its endeavors east, west and north, as well as a wisely planned and well carried out racing campaign. The stakes won were: Stake. Track. Date. Horse. Jockey. Value. Belair Handicap Havre de Grace April 20 Slumber II M. Buxton ,120 Lassie Stakes Havre de Grace April 21 Kegina M. Buxton 1,065 Germantown Selling Stakes. . .Havre de Grace April 23 Pesky p. Lowder ;7«"i hiladelphia Handicap Havre de Grace April 24 Slumber II J. Groth 1.045 Kentucky Derby Churchill Downs May S Regret J. Notter ll.aH Kentuckv Handicap Douglas Park May 21 iorrow J. Notter 11.700 Greenfield Selling Stakes Jamaica June 14 Kegina J. Morvs t!7." Frontier Handicap Windsor July 14 Slumber II P. Goldstein 3.4:10 Cnited States Hotel Stakes. .Saratoga Aug. 2 Dominant T. McTaggart 3.900 Dominion Handicap Fort Erie Aug. 4 Borrow J. Notter 3,450 Detroit and Windsor Ferry Co. Handicap Windsor Aug. 14 Borrow J. Notter 2.520 Saratoga Special Stakes Saratoga Aug. 14 Dominant T. McTaggart 5.125 Saranac Handicap Saratoga Aug. 17 Regret J. Notter 1,050 Grab Bag Handicap Saratoga Aug. IS Bromo T. McTaggart 2,S00 Hopeful Stakes Saratoga Aug. 2S Dominant J. Notter 9.150 Municipal Handicap Belmont Park Sept. 1 Borrow J. Notter 1..K75 Futurity Stakes Belmont Park Sept. 4 Thunderer J. Notter 10,590 Autumn Highweight Hdcap. Belmont Park Sept. 6 Harmonicon J. Notter 1.105 Champagne Stakes Belmont Park Sept. t Chicle T. McTaggart 1.0C.5 Eastern Shore Handicap Havre de Grace Sept. 21 Slipshod T. McTaggart UN Totals 201 ,S75
