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CAPITAL LONGDISTANCE RUNNER The threeyearold filly Poor Butterfly proved herself to be a capital long distance runner at tlie rwent Bowie meeting where she won four straight rcs Her first two successes were in races at the distance of one mile and a sixteenth whil iu the other two the distance was a mile and a quarter In her last start she Ixat Puts and Calls Luther JSilwtte Amalgamator and Piedra over a slow track lading all thw way and running the mile and a quarter iu 212 In the other mile and a quarter raw she defeated Queen of the Sea Babette Do liMJi Wild Thyme and Baby Sister over a fast rk gamely outstaying Queen of the Sea in a ril fought finish Poor Butterfly seems peculiar ¬ ly suited by a muddy track and runs her best in such going She has proved herself a game filly a worthy daughter of that good racer and sire Celt
