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Title: The American thoroughbred
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Trevathan, Charles E Fairman Rogers Collection (University of Pennsylvania) PU
Subjects: Horses Horse racing CHR 1905 PRO Pearson, Leonard (bookplate) (donor) (Fairman Rogers copy)
Publisher: New York : The Macmillian company
Contributing Library: University of Pennsylvania Libraries
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races in the West, andwhen she came on here she was not unheralded.She passed at a high figure into the hands of thelate William C. Whitney and went through, in hiscolors, a remarkable career, winning for him noless than nine races out of ten starts. She pickedup the Champagne Stakes at Morris Park, whereshe beat Yankee, Caughnawaga, and others, andthe Great Eastern Handicap at Sheepshead.Because she was not well engaged in the stakesshe had fewer opportunities than were given toother two-year-olds of the year, else her winningswould have footed up an enormous amount. Shewas able, however, in overnight events and inminor stakes to beat pretty well every youngsterwe had in training. Blue Girl had better fortune because her en-gagements were many, and she had every oppor-tunity to show her class. She won the GreatAmerican at Gravesend, beating Nasturtium,Major Daingerfield, and others; she took theGreat Eclipse at Morris Park, defeating Satur-day, Whiskey King, and a good field; she won
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WILLIAM C. WHITNEY Horses of To-day 461 the Great Trial at Sheepshead Bay, with Hyphenand Goldsmith behind her; she won the Juvenileat Morris Park, beating Hyphen and Hoyden andothers, and was second in the Tremont to Whis-key King, but had a good field chasing her.Other races of less importance she also put toher credit. She was a daughter of Sir Dixon,and probably the best thing that that fast horseever sired. It was also the year of Nasturtium. He wasa big chestnut colt by imported Watercress, bredin California by James B. Haggin and broughtto the races by A. L. Aste. Before the seasonwas over he passed into the hands of WilliamC. Whitney at the reported price of $50,000.Especially during the early part of the seasonwas he a hard nut for the youngsters to crack. That was The Paraders year in the Realiza-tion. It was also the season when Gold Heelsbegan to show his excellence. He ran a crackingrace in the Oriental Handicap at Gravesend, whenhe beat Blues, Terminus, and others, a mil

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