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HANMBAL A SPEEDY THJiEE-YEARrOLD Son of Olambala Mexcana Well Up on the List of Leading Winners of the Year. Hannibal, the three-year-old son of Olambala Mexoana, owned and bred by K. T. Wilson, president of the Saratoga Racing Association, is well up on the list of the leading money winners of the year. A colt of remarkable speed and weight carrying ability, Hannibal did not early in the year measure up to the standard of his two-year-old form, but in the late summer and fall displayed those sterling qualities expected in a son of Olambala. a great racer himself. Altogether. Hannibal started in ten races, of which he won five, finished third in three and was unplaced twice. His victories over Naturalist, Star Master, Jock Scot, Audacious, Spur, Drummond and other good racers were achieved in the fashion of a truly high-class horse. At Saratoga he won the Watervliet Handicap and in so doing ran the mile in 1:37 while carrying 117 pounds. Probably his most notable feat of the year was his victory in the Travers Stakes when, with 120 pounds up. lie beat War Pennant and Thunderclap, running the mile and a quarter in 2:02. A brief summary of the races in which Hannibal took part is here presented: May 15 Paumonok Handicap, at Jamaica. Carried 110 pounds and. finished eleventh after getting away poorly. Flags was the winner. - Old Rosebud second and Lucullite third. Distance of race, three-quarters of a mile; time, 1:12. August 5 Delaware Handicap, atSaratoga. Carried 100 pounds and finished sixth after displaying fine early speed. Fairy Wand was the winner. Sun Briar second and Exterminator third. Distance of race, one mile; time. l:38Vf,. which equaled the American track record for that distance. August 13 Watervliet Handicap, at Saratoga. Carried 117 pounds and won, leading all the way by a wide margin. War Pennant was second and Thunderclap third. Distance of race, one mile; time, 1:37. August 1G Travers Stakes, at Saratoga. Carried 120 pounds and won, displaying grand speed throughout. War Pennant was second and Thunderclap third. Distance of race, one mile and a quarter; time, 2:02. August 25 Huron Handicap, at Saratoga. Carried 131 pounds and finished third after displaying his usual great speed, but seemingly quitting at the end. Purchase was the winner and Tetley second. Distance of race, one and three-sixteenths of a mile; time. 1:59. September 29 Mineola Handicap, at Jamaica. Carried 120 pounds and finished third, setting a fast early pace, but again quitting in the stretch. Mad Hatter was the winner and Audacious second. Distance of race, one and one-sixteenth miles; time. 1:45. October 4 Pierrepont Handicap, at Jamaica. Carried 10S pounds and won, pyactically a walk-over, as his only opponent, Naturalist, sulked and was pulled up after going a half mile. Distance of race, one and one-eighth miles; time, 2:00. October 8 Montague Handicap, at Jamaica. Carried 127 pounds anil finished third. Audacious was th! winner and Toto second. Distance of race, three-quarters of a mile; time, 1:12. October IS Westchester Handicap, at Empire City. Carried 113 pounds and won easily. Star Master was second and Jock Soot third. Distance of race, one mile; time. 1:40. October 21 New Bochelle Handicap, at Empire City. Carried 125 pounds and won. Driuninoiid was second and Blairgowrie third. Distance of race, one and one-sixteenth miles; time, 1:45.
