English: FAMOUS PLATE GOES WITH TRIUMPH STAKES PHARSALIA CUP ONE OF THE MOST HISTORICAL RACING TROPHIES IN EXISTENCE. First Run for at Natchez in 1846, It Has Been Secured, by the Brighton Beach Association, and Will Be Awarded to the Owner of the Winner of the Triumph. Many notable races on the turf will be held this & season, but: it doubtful that any will result in a more interesting con1s, test than the Triumph Stakes, which has been framed by the Brighton Beach Racing Association. The race is for two-yearolds and will be decided at the autumn meeting. It is an innovation, being mile, a greater distance than horses generally are asked to traverse in the first year of the racing career.

With the Triumph Stakes goes by far the most historical trophy given by any racing association in this country. It is the Phar-| salia Plate, which was first run for at Natchez, Miss., on December 20, in 1846. The race was at two mile heats, so that in offering it as 1 an incentive to owners to race their two-year-olds over a distance of ground it is particularly fitting. It is, as will be seen by the accompanying engraving, a handsome piece of silver in the form of a cup, standing about eighteen inches high. On one panel is a racing scene while on the other is the inscription: Won December 20, 1846, at three heats, by J.

J. Hughes' ch. h. Warwick, five years oid, by Stockholder, out of Catherine, beating Col. A.

L. Bingaman's ch, m. Betsy Cccdy, by Levlathan, out of Charlotte Hamilton, by, Sir Charles. There is scarcely one of the seventy-eight nominators for the Triumph Stakes who does no: belleve and certainly hopes that he will have the p pleasure of winning this beautiful old prize. Many owners think that their candidates will have a much better opportunity to show their qualities at a mile than at any of the shorter distances which two year olds are generally raced.

The Triumph furnishes a line for three-year-old form. Secretary Boden has so nicely framed the conditions of the Triumph Stakes that no excesive penalty is incurred for winning any of the big stakes between now and September, while on the hand the allowances are so slight that a possible "sleeper" is taken care of. It. is certain to be one of the features of the year, full of good things in a racing way, and as it is the only mile stake for two years olds in the country, everybody will await the outcome of the contest with the greatest Interest. It should be worth between $12,000 and $15,- 000 exclusive of the Pharsalia, which is valued at $2,500.

It is safe to say, however, that the plate| will be more highly prized for its historic association than for its mere monetary value. It was secured from a member of an old Louislana family in whose possession it had been since 1850, and during the war it was burled for safekeeping on a sugar plantation near New Orleans..

United States New York Brooklyn The Brooklyn Daily Times 1905 Jun 12 Page 8

Famous Plate Goes with Triumph Stakes