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Four Year Old Leaders of 1922 It was a smashing good band of racers that comprised the leaders of the fouryearold division of 1922 While Firebrand for which Jefferson Livingston paid 15000 early last year was the largest winner in that division he was not the best racer That honor belongs to the Rancocas Stables Grey Lag which won five of his six starts Had trainer Hildreth been able to get the Star Shoot colt to the post oftener there is every reason to believe that Grey Lag would have surpassed his brilliant record as a threeyearold when he finished the year 1921 as the second largest money winner with nine victories out of thirteen starts and 62596 in money won Trystcr Devastation Bunga Buck and Lady Madcap were other fouryearolds that figured prominently in the racing of 1922 In fact twentytwo of the thirty leaders of that division won over 16000 each strikingly illustrating their high standing among the horses of last year as the following tabulation discloses Horse Col Scr Pedigree PedigreeFirebrand Owner Sst 1st 2d 3dUnp Won Firebrand ch c JIcGee Subdue J Livingston 19 6328 39110 Grey Lag h c Star Shoot Miss Minnie Rancocas Stable 0 5 1 00 26937 Tryster blk c Peter Pan Tryst Westmont Stable S 61 10 24225 Devastation br g Wrack Treeless S Pcttit H 4232 23084 Ilunga Buck cu c Vulcain Maiy Orr H Dattner 34 34D 10 64 14 22311 Lady Madcap br f Dick Finnell Affable D Breckinridge23 Golden Sphere ch c Oliver Goldsmith Sphere of offlucnce In flucnce Seagram Stable 13 Billy Barton br c Huon Mary Lee Bus S Louis 19 Registrar ch c Friar Hock Star of Danube J K L Ross 13 United Verde b c Golden Maxim Yankee Tree C W Clark 23 Prince James blk g King Jarces Lacona C H Thieriot 8 8G Mulciber blk g Vulcain Tapiola G H Alien 14 Kxcdns ch g Peter Pan First Flight Greentree Stable 24 Knobbie b c Wrack Gold Rancocas Stable 14 Thimble b f Huon Sandspit It J Murphy 27 Eleanor S ch f Ivan the Terrible Atline P J Graham 33 33W Radio b g The Manager Clara Louise W Perkins 10 Bon Homme b c Sweep Sue Smith Xalapa Fni StblS StblST Planet blk c Zeus Black Silk T J Conway 28 Careful br f Wrack Mindful W J Salmon 14 Baby Grand b c Granite Babe J K L Ross 15 Muskallonge ch c Meelick Gay and Festive II C Fisher 22 3 10 3 1023b Perkiomcn ch g Haldeuian Nancy Grater R B StrassbgerU 214 9rr Blarney Stone b g Berrilldon Top Hock M Reiser 42 5 14 19 9405 Hildur blk c Star Shoot Shelby Belle J K L Ross 522 8479 Sister Flo br f Ogdcn Traditional J B Respess 30 5 2 21 8777 Auntie May ch f Uncle May Hempstead C T Worthgton32 3 7 13 8529 Halu br g King James Adelinette Allen Tryon 29 29II 708 8359 Croupier blk g Colinet Marie Hyde II C Keisel 25 Ararat br g Broomstick Dovelet M Goldblatt 24
