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REPEATS AND COMEBACKS Kingstons Three Successive Vic ¬ tories in the First Special Brave Little Reamers Eemark Eemarkable able Feats Exterminators ExterminatorsGreat Great Cup Record BY SALVATOIU In a previous article a list of stake events of importance which had been won more than once by the same horse was given its roster comprising only those of former years whose winners are no longer listed in con temporary tables of statistics To supple inent and complete it this second tabulation is given including all events which are now carried regularly in the great table entitled Winners of Important Stakes one of the principal features of the American Racing Manual Taken in conjunction with the for iner list a complete accounting is made of achievements of this kind from 1865 to the present time The EThe number of instances is probably larger than the average turfman would suspect for repeats and comebacks seem unusual in stake racing But in the course of years more than a few horses have shown them selves able to do these feats Many interesting observations could be made upon the various items in the list below but space precludes more than a few lines of comment which may be used to call attention to the rare instances in which the same horse has won the same fixed event three different times The first instance on record of this sort was the winning of the Congress Hall Stakes an event discontinued years ago by1 Bonnie Lizzie in 1SS1 1882 and 18S3 con secutively this race having been at three ciuartermilc heats It might well have been imagined that this series of victories would never be duplicated but another mare Los Angeles turned the trick in 1SS9 1SDO and 1S91 1S91KIXGSTOXS KIXGSTOXS GREAT ACHIEVEMENT The Congress Hall was a stake of minor importance but the First Special inati gurated at Gravesend in 1S8C was from the beginning one of the feature events of the metropolitan racing season Kingstons achievement of winning this three times in succession from fields which comprised such cracks as Firenze Raceland Tenny Tourna ment etc etc stamped him a truly wonder ful horse It is true that in his first essay in 1888 he was opposed only by Firenze but she was queen of the turf at that period and a host in herself The next year when in the First Special Kingston ran the milef and a quarter in 2OG he established a new record for that distance As time went on and the number of his campaigns lengthened behind him Kingston came to be regarded as a sprinter but it must always be remem bered that in the day of his glory he placed to his credit this triple victory at the handi cap test distance whose premier exponent is the Suburban The First Special was not however a handicap but a weightforage race hence of the truth of its results there can be no cavil The next triple triumph was that scored by Ben Holladay in the Municipal Handicap at Morris Park This race then over the long route of a mile and threequarters was a more severe test than the First Special and 1 after the son of Hanover scored his first victory in 1897 then a fouryearold with l 118 pounds up he was loaded down with 130 in 1898 but brought it home safely and re peated the exploit again in 1899 It is true that he defeated no such fields as did Kings ton but as a matter of fact the cracks that t Kingston defeated with the sole exception of f Firenze would hardly have shone at a mile and threequarters brilliant as they may have been over less extended routes liOAMEIlS SARATOGA TRIPLE TRIPLERoamer Roamer that combination of whipcord whirlwind speed gameness and consistency was the next figure to appear The stake in which he won three victories was the i Saratoga Handicap and he departed from l the precedents previously established by win ¬ ning it not thrice in succession but by skip ¬ ping a year His first victory was in 1914 when he was four under 128 pounds In 1 1916 he came back under 122 pounds and completed his triple in 1918 with 129 pounds 13 in the saddle on which occasion he ran the e mile and a quarter in 2 02 establishing a 1 new track record Brave little Roamer may y you not soon be forgotten During 1921 Exterminator another im ¬ mortal gelding placed himself on record as the first American racer to achieve a double triple In 1919 and 1920 he had doubled In both the Saratoga Cup and the Pimlico o Cup the former our oldest weightforage e classic the latter a handicap event When n for the third time he came out for the Sara ¬ toga Cnp nothing could be found to oppose him and he walked over for the honors But at Pimlico it was different However he e was so good in 1921 that he gave the e sturdy Boniface five pounds and Lady Em meline which was third twentyfive pounds g under the scale and thirty pounds actual weight The Saratoga Cup races won by Ex ¬ terminator were over a mile and threequar ¬ tern and the Pimlico Cups over two miles S and a quarter His effort at Saratoga for the cup of 1920 in 26675 established a new worlds record that still stands standsBILLY BILLY KELLY AJfD THE HAKFORD HAKFORDBilly Billy Kelly was the other hero of 1921 to accomplish a triple This was in the Har ¬ ford Handicap at Havre de Grace an event entirely different from those effected by Ex ¬ terminator as a rule but in which a few weeks ago that surprising steed actually snatched from Billy Kelly the honor of being the first fourtime winner of a notable stake The Harford is only a sprint of threequar ¬ ters and Billy had reeled it off onetwo three In 1919 20 and 21 apparently indif ¬ ferent to the constantly Increasing loads that lie was being asked to carry But he readied tho limit then Unless like Roamer he can skip a year and then come back gloriously Ixjt us all hope that he does so in 1923 1923Helm Helm on t Autumn Handicap Belmont Park Btromboll 4 118 pounds 1015 and 5 122 pounds 1910 1 18 milet miletBrookdale Brookdale Handicap Gravcsend Go Between 4 110 pon ml 3 1905 and 5 110 pounds In 1900 1 1S miles Canadian Handicap Windsor OntI enlam 0 121 pounds 1010 nnd 7 12o pounds 1011 1 18 18m m Capital Handicap lanrrt MdBilly Kelly 3 123 pound 1019 and 5 129 i inds 1021 34 mile mileCarter Carter Handicap Aqncdnct L lAudndoiw 4 117 pounds 1020 nnd 5 126 pounds 1921 b bCentury Century Handicap Shrejishoad Bay 0 I Bnllot 3 115 pounds 1007 and 4 120 pounds 190S 1 l miles milesChamplaln Champlaln Handicap Saratoga N Y Dandelion 4 125 pounds 100C and 5 110 pounds 1907 1 1S miles milesClark Clark Handicap Louisville KT Hodge 4 10S pounds 1C15 and 5 120 pounds 1910 1 110 miles milesConnnupht Connnupht Cup Woodbine Park Toronto Ont Plate Glass 0 122 pounds 1012 and 7 129 pounds 1013 1 110 miles milesContinental Continental Handicap Jamaica X Y Star Mas ¬ ter 4 110 pounds 1918 and 5 122 pounds 1010 118 miles milesDelaware Delaware Handicap Saratoga N Y Molly Itrent 4 112 pounds 1001 and C 115 pounds IPO 1 mile mileDurham Durham Cup Woodbine Park Toronto Out Inferno 4 131 pounds 1COS and 0 120 pound 190S Seismic 4 119 pounds 1909 and 5 12C pounds 1010 1 31 miles milesFirst First Special Gravesend N Y Kingston 4 118 pounds 1SSS 5 122 pounds 18S9 and C 122 pounds 1SOO lamplighter 3 112 pounds 1802 and 4 122 pounds 1S03 1 14 miles milesGarden Garden City Soiling Stakes Jamaica N Y Wooden Shoe 5 110 pounds 1010 and C 1O3 pounds 1017 1 1 1C miles milesHarford Harford Handicap Havre de Grace Md Billy Kelly 3 110 pound 1919 4 127 pounds 1920 and 5 130 pounds 1J 21 34 mile mileHarlem Harlem Selling Stakes Belmont Park Grapple 5 111 pounds 1907 and fi 111 i oand 19US 1 mile In 1003 Juggler finished first but wus dis ¬ qualified qualifiedKing King Kdward Hotel Gold Cup Woodbine Park Toronto Ont Inferno 4 117 pounds 1903 5 128 pounds 1907 and i 120 pounds 190S Tactics 5 107 pounds 1914 and 0 109 pounds 1915 1 14 miles milesKings Kings County Handicap Jamaica X Y Strom boll 4 124 pounds in 1915 and G 124 pounds in 1017 1 110 mllev Continued on twelfth page REPEATS AND COMEBACKS Continued from eleventh page Latonia Autumn Inaugural Ilnndlcap Latonia Ky Cherryola 3 114 pounds 1910 and 1 103 pounds 1911 1 11C miles milesLatonia Latonia Cup Iatonia Ky Pif Jr 4 103 pounds 191fl and 5 100 pounds 1920 2 14 miles milesLions Lions IJcacli Handicap Jamaica If Y Kstcr minator 5 119 pounds 1920 and C ISO pounds 1921 1 18 miles milesManhattan Manhattan Handicap Ueltnont Park Firearm 4 120 pounds 1893 and 5 122 pounds 1900 31 mile Hosebcn 4 147 pounds 1905 and 5 117 pounds 1000 34 mile The Finn 3 113 pounds 1915 73 mile and 4 ISO pounds 191C 1 mile Naturalist 4 11G pounds 191S and G 129 pounds 1920 1 mile Him at Morris Park prior to 1905 1905Memorial Memorial Handicap Ijouisville Ky Leochares 4 120 pounds 1914 and 8 129 pounds 1918 31 mile mileMerchants Merchants and Citizens Handicap Saratoga N Y Herbert 4 114 pounds 1901 1 11C miles and 5 12a pounds 1902 1 18 milca Sir Join Johnson 4 109 pounds 1909 and 5 122 pounds 1910 1 310 milca milcaMerchants Merchants Selling Stakes Latonia Ky Free land 5 119 pounds 1SS4 1 18 miles and C 123 pounds 1885 1 14 miles Star Jasmine 0 99 pounds 1914 and C IOC pounds 1915 1 mile mileMinto Minto Stakes Woodbine Park Toronto Ont Tactics 5 102 pounds 1914 and 0 105 pounds 1915 1 110 miles milesMunicipal Municipal Handicap Morris Park Hen Holladny 4 113 pounds 1S97 5 130 pounds ISaS and 6 130 pounds 1S99 1 34 miles milesOntario Ontario Jockey Club Cup Woodbine Park To ¬ ronto Ont Sotcmia 4 99 pounds 1911 and 5 100 pound J 1912 2 11 miles milesPaumonok Paumonok Handicap Jamaica N Y Red RJyei 3 9S pounds 1907 and 4 113 pounds 1903 34 mile mileEXTEIlMI2fATOirS EXTEIlMI2fATOirS PIMLICO CUPS CUPS1imlico 1imlico Cup Handicap Pimlico Md Exter ¬ minator 4 121 pounds 1919 5 120 pounds 1920 and C 120 pounds 1921 2 14 mllen mllenPimlico Pimlico Fall Serial YeiglitforAge Race No 1 Pimlico Md Lcochares C 133 pounds 1916 and 7 127 pounds 1917 Billy Kelly 3 127 pounds 191D ami 4 130 pounds 1920 34 mile mileQueens Queens County Handicap Aqueduct N Y Roamer 4 127 pounds 1915 and 7 123 pounds 1018 1 mile mileQueens Queens Hotel Cup Woodbine Park Toronto Ont Cliff Kdge 5 93f pounds 1911 arid 5 IX pounds 1912 Runes 4 103 pounds 191C and 5 11G pounds 1917 1 mile and 70 ymls ymlsSaratoga Saratoga Cup Saratoga N Y Kentucky 4 104 pounds 18G5 and 5 114 pounds IStUJ 2 1t miles Springbok 4 108 pounds 1874 and S 114 pounds dead heat with Preakness 2 14 miles 1arole 4 115 iKJiinds 1877 and 5 121 pounds 1878 2 14 miles Jeneral Monroe 5 122 pounds 1S5 and 5 122 pounds 1SS1 2 14 miles Hsterminator 4 1UJ pounds 1919 5 120 pounds 1920 and 0rl2U pounds 1921 1 34 mile mileSaratoga Saratoga Handicap Saratoga N Y Jtoamer 4 128 pounds 1915 i 122 pouuds 1917 and 125 pounds 1918 1 14 miles milesJIECOHD JIECOHD OF THE SECOND SPECIAL SPECIALSecond Second Special GraTesend N Y Clifford 4 122 pounds 1S94 and 5 117 pounds 1S95 1 13 miles Imp 5 124 pounds 1899 and 15 118 pounds 1900 1 12 miles Plucs 3 110 pounds 1901 and 4 121 pounds 1902 1 12 miles milesSt St Leger Handicap Louisville Ky Embroidery 4 113 pounds 1916 and 5 113 pounds 1917 2 14 miles milesStony Stony Brook Selling Stakes i iiieduct N Y Pickwick 5 118 pounds 1919 aicl 0 116 pounds 1920 1 mile mileToboggan Toboggan Handicap Bclmont Park Octagon 3 107 pounds ISUT and 4 125 pound leas lianas tar 4 110 pouuds 1S99 and 0 130 pounds 1931 High Noon 3 10S pounds 1915 and 4 124 pounds 1915 34 mile Run at Morris Park prior to 190i 190iToronto Toronto Autumn Cup Woodbine Park Toronto Ont Bouquet 3 103 pounds 1908 and 4 114 pounds 1909 Great Britain 3 118 pounds 1913 and 4 124 pounds 1914 Rancher 3 111 pcutidH 1915 and 4 123 pounds 1916 Kxtenninator 5 13J pounds 1920 and 6 137 pounds 1921 1 11 miles milesToronto Toronto Cup Woodbine Park Toronto Ont Sara gossii 4 122 pounds IblM and 5 IM pound 1895 King James 4 129 pounds 1909 and 5 132 pounds 1910 Runes 4 113 pounds 1916 and 5 lit pounds 1017 1 18 miles Urevious ta ISOJ 1 14 miles milesWilliam William Mulock Cup Handicap Woodbine Park Toronto Ont Heart of Oak 4 12 pounds 1914 and 5 122 pounds 1915 1 116 miles milesYonkers Yonkers Handicap Umpire City Park N Y Spur 4 122 pounds 1917 and 5 117 pounds 1918 1 116 miles
