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ft + CONDENSED HISTORY OF THE SEAGATE STAKES + — * Another of tlie Brighton Beach stakes adopted by the Empire City Racing Association, the Seagate, is an event to be remembered by Chicago patrons of racing, for it was in this race that the last winner of the American Derby, the ill-fated Highball, broke down so Irretrievably that he had to lie destroyed. It is not a race of long history, hut its conditions sufficed to attract good horses and it lias been won by such first-magiiitude stars of racing as Bthelbert, Gold Heels, sir Huon ami Charles Edward. Tin1 latter in his year gave in the Seagate one of the most amazing displays of high class speed ever witnessed, covering its mile and an eighth in 1:50%, witii 126 pounds up. and winning in a canter by six lengths. Naturally Charles Edward was one of the fastest horses ever bred in America and but for being cursed with infirm forelegs would probably have done tilings in a racing way almost beyond belief. The record of the Seagate is as follows: Veer. First. Jockeys. Wt. Second. Wt. Third. Wt. Vat. Time. 1899 Etfarlbert Maher. .121 Sir Hubert 116 Brahmin 111 $ 2,450 2-OOS 1990 Prince Of MeHJOnme. ..Spencer. . 120 Brigadier 198 David Garrlek . .129 2 150 2 5J 1901 Gold Heels T. Burns.. I IO BSnnlbert 120 Vitellius 111 2,075 1:321 1902 OM England L. Jackson.. 125 Highlander 110 Leonid 114 2.050 1:541 10O3 Kigodou Gannon. .121 Pro|»cr n i r. Savior 121 3,015 1:531 1904 Knight Errant J. Martin. . 1 1O St. Valentine 110 HigblKtll 12G 3,035 l"52ji HMO Merry Lord Hildebrand . . 1 10 Coy Maid 105 Wild .Mint 110 2.800 1:521 IOOO Sir Huon Troxler. . 120 Albert F 100 Maxie Witt 114 3,455 1:54 1007 Charles Edward Knapp.,120 Dinna Ken 123 Monfort 110 3,315 1:50? llHis Not run this year. 1000 Not run this year. Run at 1 1-4 miles in 1800 and 1000 ami run at Brighton Beach until 1010.
