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BUTTER BEANS TURF BARGAIN One of the most consistent and hardy racers on the turf is no other than the veteran mare Butter Beans. Like, good wine, j she improves with age. She is a rare bargain having been purchased as a yearling for 25, and in eight years of racing she has ! won 47 races out of 185 starts, and 1,215. Up to December 3 she had won ten races this year. The following is the pedigree and racing record of Butter Beans, which is a chestnut mare 1929, by St. Henry Ildicain, by Vulcain: Year. Age. Sts. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Unp. Won. 1931 2 23 10 4 3 6 5,170 1932 3 22 2 3 5 12 2,925 1933 4 10 2 2 1 5 1,555 1934 5 39 8 4 3 24 5,815 1935 6 6 0 0 1 5 75 1936 7 26 7 4 2 13 3,745 1937 8 28 8 4 6" 10 4,855 1938 ... ..9- 31 10 6 6 9 7,075 Totals 8 1 ... .185 47 27 27 84 1,215 Including racing of December 3.
