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MIDWAY MUCH IMPROVED THIS YEAR His Kentucky Handicap Victory Shows Variance from His Former Trait of Being a Tall Horse After an unsuccessful essay in 1918 to win the richest handicap of the American turf the good and consistent Midway won the high honor this year of having his name enrolled in the list of winners of the Kentucky Handicap From his two yearold days this honest son of Ballot 1ms been characteristically better in autumn racing than in that of the spring although never a racer to be overlooked at any time But this year he trained into excellent form early and unless some mischance disables him seems iu line for the best year of his career careerMidway Midway was bred by Clay Bros who still own his dam Thirtythird He was a goodlooking baby horse and brought 3000 at auction He was well fancied for the Kentucky Derby of 1917 but third to Omar Khayyam and Ticket was the best he could do Last fall he was a capital race horse and twice vanquished the mighty Cudgel having how ¬ ever big weight concessions in his favor All tracks are alike to him and in part due to his often proved excellence as a mud runner may be at ¬ tributed SaturdayHe his shining triumph of last Saturday He is the best race horse Ballot has sent to the tracks as yet and he is distinctly an American His good record and his pedigree are as follows Year Age Sts 1st 2d 3d Unp Won 1910 2 15 5 2 3 5 3237 1917 3 20 4 4 8 4 8375 f Friars Balsam I Mavour Lowland Chief ChiefMerry Merry Dance Jaconet His High
