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At age eight, Sir Walter returned to racing but was retired in early July 1898. However, before long he returned to the track and won three more races in
September and October. His career record stood as follows:
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victory, Sir Walter won numerous important races which are now all but forgotten as a result of those track's closure in the early 1900s. His racing career was such that on his retirement in 1898, the
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had lost much of its earlier importance and was often drawing a field of just three or four horses. Although there were important races in the state of
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709:"Sir Walter back in Kentucky"
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