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i r B hJV * B h V LB - Ls LV ■ ■ Hp * B wk - ■ ■■■"- 1 B aB B - ■ - , . .. -. ■ --.... ■ - ■-■ ■ .- .,„, — j MAD . HATTER NEAR 00,000 MARK IN WINNINGS i — -» Si— — » «; VETERANS GREAT RACING RECORD •- Eight-Year -Old Son of Fair Play-Madcap Has Started in Ninety-One Races, Finishing First in Thirty-Two and Accounting for 94,225 in Stakes and Purses . ■ ■ » Mad Hatter, winner of the Queens County Handicap at Aqueduct yesterday, has justly earned the right to a place in the equine hall of fame. The veteran son of Fair Play — Madcap ! | is fast nearing the coveted goal line in the thoroughbred world over which only three American horses have ever crossed, namely, winners of 00,000 or more. The select American trium-verate referred to are Zev, Man o War and Exterminator. On the threshold of this charmed kingdom stands Mad Hatter, an old rogue at times, but always a racer to be feared in any company. Mad Hatter has started in ninety one races during seven years of campaigning. He MAD HATTER has won thirty-two races, finished second twenty-one times, was third in fourteen and unplaced in twenty four. His total winnings amount to 94,225, representing victories in many of the most important of American stake races. Truly a wonderful record, as the following tabulation discloses : Year. Age. Sta. 1st. 2d. 3d. Unp. Won. 1918 2 10 2 1 2 5 ,478 1919 3 7 4 2 1 0 54,991 1920 4 20 9 3 4 4 23,834 1921 5 20 8 6 4 2 42,932 1922 6 21 5 9 2 5 44,250 1923 •. 7 7 1 0 0 6 8,150 1924 8 6 3 0 1 2 17,590 Totals 7 91 32 21 14 24 94,225
