Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-02
PERFORMANCES or PRINCETON.

He came out in the spring OF 1855 when three.
year old, for the Citizens Stake Emile heats, 10 sub
scIibeTs at 500 each; started The was by
Laura spellman in four heats Princeton second. The
first heat q dead heat between Princeton aud Mr.
c. NJ JOhnstons Filly-time, ) 47A4-3,52-$4734. Ills
second was for purse of $500, Emile heats which
ne in thTea heats beating Helen Sweigat Bouquet
and Mamie bewis-tinae e, SIS les a q Princeton
winning second and thirds heats. -Four days after he
was beaten hg Mamie Lewis, inile heats. for purse
OF $3.50; Princeton being second and beating Ellen
Batenian and the celebrated horse Dick Doty that had
previously the course, in T,3T3S-time
T4l1 ,o73a. pinceton did not again make his appear
until the spriug Of 1856, when nc beat, for purse
Of $500, ) mile heats the celebrated horse Waxey
halfbTO ther 10 LexinZt9n .xey had previously
Iehn Aiken, Puss Fartis, Mary Taylor, and others
time 6,43 "a e5444.
His last race wes on the Fashion Course NJ " when
he was beaten by FLORIDA and by Wagner he beating
Gam Letchcr and Berry-time $685., 4e5 401s-prnce-
winning the first heat and eonending closely for
the other two.Ses Turf Register for 1850 and 1856.
Princeton did nor again ont until the spring Of
1858, when the pres mt offered purse free for
all horses to enter against him. wcie heats, to come
OF over the Bcloit purse. Princeton walked over
He took the rst pre- alium the Best Thorough Bred
Stallion THE Nation ~ Horse SHOW kaiamazOe Mich
in the n OF 1905, and in the fail of 1859 he award
ed the first premium as the Best Thorough Bred Stall
lion H the II inois State Fair held at Freepor ami
the second pre- MUM Thorough Bred Stallion ~ the
United States Fair hold At Chicago and IN the fall OF
1850 he awarded the first premium as the Rest
Thorough Bred nj the Wisconsin State Fair, held at
Madison ia competition with other very hno Thorough
Bred stait1ObS. The M0eA following, ~ t!3 Horse
Snow OF tne y iscc6sin Agricultural and Mechanical
Association. held at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he the
prize OF SlgOspeed being the test vi single mile
beating the celebrated horse Capt Buford AMI very
dne Glencoe Stallion, owned BY J. Robbins Of Madi-
son, Wisconsin--time minute and So secoads; track
very heavy, after spell Of very weather. from the
time the horse left Madison until the
In the tall Of 1861 he was again awarded tue First
Premi"m in competition with very line Thorough
Bred oLa44ons, the Illinois State Fair eld at Chca
go In the fall OF 1861 he put in train and
count Of the all racing abandoned in this
ton OF the country Ia the fall of 1868 he the first
premium the Scott county Fair held at Davenport
Iowa Speed being the test he his second halt mile
in 81 seconds, under hard pull from the time he
struck the home stretch 1t supposed, at the time
by sporting that he could have the half mile
in As seconds The next week following he the
first premium Mt the Iowa State Fair held at Dnbubue
speed being the test, one single dash OF a mile
Princeton awarded the first premium at the
,scoRsu State Fair, held at GAINESVILLE in the fall OF
1864, q number Of yry fine Thorough Bred Sta.
lions. At the State Fair held at GAINESVILLE in 1905
the FIRST premium Thorough Bred was awarded to
Of Prncetons colts, yaaT old, owned by $. II.
Ruble. 50w3