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SUMMARY. 



c ilifobnia State Fair, Sacramento, September 19, 1887.— The La Hue Stake, handicap, 

 for all ages; $100 entrance; $50 forfeit; with $500 added; of which $150 to second; $100 to 

 third. Weights announced September tenth. Declaration, $20, to be made with the Secre- 

 tary by eight o'clock p. m., September twelfth. In no event will declaration be received 

 unless accompanied with the amount fixed. Two and one quarter miles. 



D. J. McCarty's ch.f. Adeline (3) by Enquirer 1 



M. Storns' b. "in. Narcola (5), by Norfolk 2 



D. J. .McCarty's ch.f. Laura Gardner (3), by Jim Brown 3 



C. H. Eldred'sb. m. Moonlight (4), by Thad Stevens 



G. W. Trahern's b. g. Dave Douglas (aged), by Leinster 



Laurel Wood Stable's b. m. Patti.by Wildidle 



II. Whiting's blk. h. John A (aged), by Monday 



Time— 3:59. 



The selling purse, one mile and a furlong, had eight starters, for which 

 pools sold at .$50 for May blossom, $32 for Sir Thad, $25 for Tom Daly, 

 and $47 for the field. They got off well together; at the half-mile Tom 

 Daly came out of the ruck and won as he liked in 1:57!, Bolero second, 

 the favorite third. 



SUMMARY. 



California State Fair, Sacramento, September 19, 1887. — Selling purse, $250, of which 

 $50 to second. Fixed valuation, $1,000; two pounds for each $100 below; two pounds 

 added for each $100 above fixed value. One mile and an eighth. 



Rancho del Paso's ch. g. Tom Daly -- 1 



Laurel Wood Stables b. c. Bolero 2 



W. P. Todhunter's b. m. Mayblossom - 3 



P. Riley's b.h. Sir Thad---- - --- 



W. P. Todhunter's ch. g. Rock.. 



James Garland's ch.c. Elwood - 



E. Flitner's b. s. Oscar Wilde -- 



Frank Dodge's b. g. Bay Rum -- 



Time— 1:57J. 



FIFTH DAY. 



There was an improved attendance over the four preceding days. The 

 weather was delightful, and the track, as usual, in excellent condition. The 

 first event on the day's card was the three-year old trotting stake, from 

 which Ella, Soudan," Sable Wilkes, and Shamrock were barred. The 

 entries announced were Dubec, Maiden, Flora M, and John C. Shelley, but 

 only the last named appeared and he had a walkover for the entrance and 

 forfeit moneys. 



SUMMARY. 



California State Fair, Sacramento, September 20, 1887. — Three-year old trotting stake. 

 For all colts except Ella, Soudan, Shamrock, and Sable Wilkes. $100 entrance, of which 

 $25 must accompany nomination; $25 payable July first, and remaining $50 payable August 

 10, 1887; $400 added by the society. Mile heats, three in five. 



John C. Shelley, b. c., by Hawthorne — H. Whiting -- w. o. 



The second number was a special pacing purse for named horses. The 

 starters were Charley Brown, Ella S, Billy Bunker, Bracelet, and Pocahon- 

 tas, for which the price in the pools was Ella S $100, Charley Brown $16, 

 field $10; the odds in favor of Ella S showing how strongly she was fancied 

 by the talent. She proved that the confidence of her backers was well* 

 founded, the fate of their money being never in doubt throughout the prog- 

 ress of the three heats. The mare had her field at her mercy from start 



