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b/b John B. Harper, KY. 30-23-3-1, $27,550 3yo: (NTR Lexington, KY, for 1-5/8mi in 2:49-1/4) Phoenix Hotel Stk (beat ARISTIDES), Post Stk, Merchants Post Stk (heat match), Maxwell House Stk (heat match) Only contemporary who consistently defeated him was Aristides, as in the 1st KY Derby Defeated Mollie McCarty in match race at Louisville, & ran 2nd to Parole in famous 3-way match race of 1877 at Pimlico, for which Congress adjourned early to go to Pimlico Set 4 ARs at distances ranging from 1 mile to 4 miles (inc. 2-5/8 mi @ Lex, KY as 4yo) 3yo: 2nd KY St. Leger Hall of Fame, 1982 He entered the stud in 1879; died June, 28, 1887 by paralysis, in the property of Frank B. Harper; buried Nantura Stock Farm, Woodford County,(one of oldest horse markers in KY). News Paper-info: KENTUCKY STOCK FARM, June 30, 1887, p.8
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