. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. January 18, 1902] ©he gveettev rtttir gpavtstxtatt The Abbot, Lord Derby and Boralma. Two match races were made in New York last Wed- nesday that will result in great races during the com- ing season. The matches were the outgrowth of the following banter made by Thos. W. Lawson of Boston and published in the American Horse Breeder of that city January 7th: "If there is any one who has an idea at the present time he owns a horse the equal of Boralma, and thinks so strongly enough to make a match now for anything from $5000 to $20,000, best three in five, t
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. January 18, 1902] ©he gveettev rtttir gpavtstxtatt The Abbot, Lord Derby and Boralma. Two match races were made in New York last Wed- nesday that will result in great races during the com- ing season. The matches were the outgrowth of the following banter made by Thos. W. Lawson of Boston and published in the American Horse Breeder of that city January 7th: "If there is any one who has an idea at the present time he owns a horse the equal of Boralma, and thinks so strongly enough to make a match now for anything from $5000 to $20,000, best three in five, twenty-five per cent forfeit to be deposited now, twenty-five per cent June 1, and the balance the night before the ri oe. Lord Derby, The Abbot or Cresceus preferred, let him speak up, and if his voice sounds pleasant, I think we can come to an interesting agreement; or oetter still, if the owners of Cresceus, Lord Derby and The Abbot will get together, I will race one at Hartford for $5000 a side, one at Readville for the same amount, and the third one at Lexington for the same amount, and if the three combined can win a majority of the three races I to pay them $10,000; if not, they to pay me $10,000, one half of the gate receipts of each of the three races to go to local charities to be named by the winner or the track ; When this defi of Mr. Lawson's was published, Mr. Scannell, owner of The Abbot 2:03}, and Mr. Smathers, owner of Lord Derby 2:06*, went to the office of the New York .Journal and deposited $5000 each, and on Tuesday night of this week Mr. Lawson telegraphed two checks of $5000 each to bind the matches. As Mr. Ketcham has repeatedly announced that Cresceus is to be retired permanently to the stud at the end of his exhibition tour, and has already booked many mares to him, it is not likely that he will pay any Shorter Races and Shorter Distance. When the Biennial Congress of the National and American Trotting Associations meets next month at
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