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The hats announced by the Misses Brothers to be given away to 

 ladies who registered names at her millinery section in the up^er 

 hall, were awarded by lot Saturday night, and were won by Lizzie 

 Heary, No. 1,705; Miss Sue M. Li'ndsey, No. 1,693, and Miss Rosa 

 Fox, 1,587. The hat to be given away by Mrs. Katzenstein was won 

 by Mrs. C. Rose, Ninth street, between K and L. The number 

 was 652. 



THE RACES. 



The races Saturday were very fine. They eclipsed those of any day 

 of the week in real interest to the public and to horsemen alike. 

 The attendance was excellent. 



The first race was trotting, free for all, for one thousand dollars, 

 and the horses were Nutwood and Santa Claus. The pools sold 

 Santa Claus, fifty dollars; Nutwood, seventeen dollars. Nutwood 

 had the pole. He broke at the start, and also at the turn, running 

 clear round to the opening of the backstretch. Santa Claus broke 

 half way to the quarter post, and lost ground. Nutwood then pushed 

 to the front, and kept it by seventy yards, gaining the position by a 

 splendid burst of speed. He won the heat under a pull in 2:22. The 

 quarter was made in 37 and the half in 1:11. 



Before the next heat Brigadier and his colts Grenadier and Brigade 

 were speeded on the stretch. 



In the second heat Mr. Finigan gave the reins over Santa Claus 

 in charge of Budd Doble. 



The horses went about the turns steady, and at the quarter were 

 neck and neck, when Nutwood broke, and Santa Claus took the lead. 

 Nutwood ran again on the upper turns, and again just above the 

 drawgate, while Santa Claus jogged in in 2:191. The half was made 

 in 1:10, and the quarter in 33. 



Next came the speeding of the handsome two-year-old filly Sweet- 

 heart against the best time of her class, 2:31, for the society's gold 

 medal. She went alongside of Nimrod as a teaser, and made never 

 a skip, but trotted as handsomely and squarely as the most exacting 

 could desire. There was great cheering when President Larue 

 announced that she had made the best two-year-old time in the 

 world, 2:26*, and that in addition to the society's gold medal she was 

 to be given a gold cup worth three hundred dollars, for her wonderful 

 achievement, the gift of a private individual. Sweetheart made the 

 quarter in 37 seconds, and the half in 1:13. 



In the third heat, Santa Claus got a bad send-off, and near the 

 quarter broke and lost very badly. Nutwood flew off his feet also on 

 the backstretch, and the thermometer of his friends' hopes, so high 

 a moment before, suddenly indicated zero. However, on the home- 

 stretch, the chestnut stallion did some excellent work, and came in 

 winner of the heat by a neck, amidst wild cheering by the spectators. 

 Time, 2:24*. Just before this heat, the premium stock from Gov- 

 ernor Stanford's Palo Alto stables was paraded. 



Santa Claus won the fourth heat, in 2:211, without difficulty, Nut- 

 wood a poor second. In the fifth and last heat, Mr. Knox took the 

 reins in hand over Nutwood. Santa Claus led. Nutwood flew off his 

 feet just on the turn, and again on the upper turn, leaving Santa 

 Claus the heat and race in 2:21. The half mile was made in 1:09L 



