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. *- ■ ■ . , — m EXCELLENT RACING OF TWO ENGLISH-BRED FILLIES IN l BEHALF OF THE LATE OSCAR LEWISOHN l + — — + The now dead turfman. Oscar Lewisohn. raced an effective little stable of foreign-bred horses last year, of which two. Clematis II. and Bella Desmond, were dangerous competitors in good-class company. Clematis II. was the better of the pair aud in winning the Champlain Handicap aud Merchants and Citizens Handicap at Saratoga, then following with a victory in the Municipal Handicap at Belmont Park, proved herself about the best four-year-old filly of the year. Bella Desmond was pretty good herself, as a string of four consecutive victories at Aqueduct and Empire City attested. Of the other horses in the stable Lady Edwina was the only one able to win a race. Gyp. Benevolent and Roderic proving failures. The latter is a richly -bred young horse which brought a big price as a yearling in England. In all the record of the stable was: Home. Col. and Sex. A. Pedigree. 1st. 2d. 3d. Won. Clematis II cu. f. 4 By Kin;* Proctor — Bonny Creeper 4 2 1 $ s.oxo llella Desmond hr. f, 3 By Desmond — Bella trix B 0 2 3,." 10 Lady Edwina ch. m, 5 By Lochryan — Miss Bobs 1 1 4 .ViO tJyp b. c, 2 By Meddler or Fitz Herbert — Kamara 0 1 o 100 Benevolent b. g, 5 By Benvenuto — Linton Lily I 0 I Roderic ch. e, 4 By D?smond — Dodragh 0 | 0 Totals 6 ; 10 4 7 2,840
