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Patti, Elwood, and Moonlight. Pools sold: Patti $100, Manzanita $90, 

 field $75. 



The horses were sent off very evenly on the first attempt. Dave Douglas 

 and Oro came under the wire so nearly together that it was called a dead 

 heat, in 1:5L§. Dave Douglas won the second heat in 1:5L§. The third 

 was a dead heat between Patti and Douglas in 1:51-|, Oro, Manzanita, and 

 Elwood distanced, Moonlight sent to the stable under the rule. Patti took 

 the fourth heat from Douglas by three lengths. It was now half-past six 

 o'clock, and the race was postponed until one o'clock p. m. the next day. 



NINTH DAY. 



The attendance at the track Saturday was not so large as that of the day 

 before. The first event was the postponed race, mile and a sixteenth, for 

 which Patti and Dave Douglas had each a heat and a dead heat to their 

 credit. The betting was very lively, with $100 to $45 on the mare, but an 

 offer to accept $250 on Patti against $100 made Douglas sell higher in the 

 pools. Once again did Dave take up the running, and he led by half a 

 length at the half-mile post, and thence a slashing race ensued, the horses 

 being neck and neck at the drawgate, but Dave Douglas outlasted the 

 mare, and won in 1:501- 



The talent made heavy losses on this race, as Patti's success was looked 

 upon as a foregone conclusion. 



SUMMARY. 



California State Fair, Sacramento, September 23-24, 1887. — Running; free purse, $250; 

 for all ages. One mile and one sixteenth and repeat. 



G. W.Trahern'sb.g. Dave Douglas.-. 3 2 11 



Laurel Wood Stable's b. f. Patti 10 2 2 



C. H.Eldred'sb.f. Moonlight.. 5 3 sta. 



J. Cabrera's ch. g. Manzanita.. 6 dis. 



James Garland's ch. c. Elwood 4 5 dis. 



Owens Bros', b. s. Oro 6 4 dis. 



Time— 1:51|; 1:51£; 1:51* ; 1:54; 1:50J. 



Next came a match race for $500, between Bryant W (130 pounds) and 

 Franklin (105 pounds), one mile. The betting was $50 to $20 on Bryant, 

 whose rider made a waiting race, and so allowed Franklin to open a big 

 gap, and when he tried to move up there was no response on the part of 

 Bryant W, so Franklin won in 1:47 — another fall for the talent. 



Sable Wilkes then walked over for the entries in the special three-year 

 old trotting stakes, making the mile in 2:27^. 



Then came the principal event of the day, a purse for $1,500, for which 

 Arab sold for $20, with $75 for Adair and $55 for Lot Slocum. Arab got 

 away first with his neat telling stride, with Slocum in close attendance, 

 and thus they passed the half-mile post in 1:09-$. Then Slocum moved 

 up, and when on even terms at the drawgate the pace was too hot for him, 

 carrying him to a break, so Arab won by four lengths in 2:18. 



After this heat there was a great revulsion in the betting. Arab was 

 taken first choice at $80, when Adair was run up to $160 as second choice, 

 with only $30 on Lot Slocum. In this heat Arab with Hickok, and Lot 

 Slocum with Lee Shaner, stubbornly contested for honors throughout the 

 entire mile, while Goldsmith with Adair was trailing. Arab and Slocum 

 trotted head and head for almost the entire distance, and finally Slocum 



