. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Bon Voyage (3) 2:12%. Axworthy caught Bon Voyage a little off, and beat him in 2:15% and 2:16%, but Bon Voyage wras second in both heats and close up at that. The next year as a three-year-old Bon Voyage was one of seven starters in the Hartford Futurity, worth $S500. He took the race in straight heats in 2:12% and 2:14% and showed himself a level-headed, game and speedy trotter. He was then shipped to Columbus where he was again one of a field of seven in a purse worth $6500. The great three-year-old Susie X. was in this race and won first money in straight he
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Bon Voyage (3) 2:12%. Axworthy caught Bon Voyage a little off, and beat him in 2:15% and 2:16%, but Bon Voyage wras second in both heats and close up at that. The next year as a three-year-old Bon Voyage was one of seven starters in the Hartford Futurity, worth $S500. He took the race in straight heats in 2:12% and 2:14% and showed himself a level-headed, game and speedy trotter. He was then shipped to Columbus where he was again one of a field of seven in a purse worth $6500. The great three-year-old Susie X. was in this race and won first money in straight heats in 2:10 and 2:09%, but Bon Voyage was the contended and won second money. At Cincinnati a week later he again met Susie N. and while he man- aged to win a heat from her in 2:15% he could not beat her though he was a close second in the other three heats, there being six starters in the race. He made two more starts getting fourth money in one and third in the other, Susie N. being the winner each time. As Susie N. closed the season with a three-year old record of 2:09%, Bon Voyage's show- ing in the races when he met her is all the more commendable. It is worthy of notice that in his two and three-year-old form he was never outside the money and won four out of seven starts. He was purchased by Mr. W. A. Clark Jr. as a two-year-old for $10,000 and his three-year-old races were trotted in Mr. Clark's colors. As he won $11,500 that year the investment was a good one financially and oth- erwise. Strange as it may seem in these days when the bloodof Geo. Wilkes is so predominant in the veins of race winners, Bon Voyage does not carry a drop of it. He is of the Electioneer male line, being a son of that wonderful speed sire Expedition 2:15% now considered the greatest of Electioneer's sons and a living proof of the old saying that "blood will tell" as he is undoubtedly the best bred son of the hero of Palo Alto farm. Expedition's dam was Lady Rus- sell, a full sister t
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