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large field was difficult to manage, coming up again and again, not 

 only straggling, but some of them galloping. After scoring five times 

 an order was given to score by the pole horse, and then it took three 

 trials to get them off'. The start was very good for the number, all of 

 them trotting, though there was quite a difference between the lead- 

 ers and those behind. Adair pushed to the front at once, followed by 

 Olivette, and was at the quarter in 37 seconds, several lengths in front 

 of Olivette. The others were steering out, and when opposite the 

 half-mile mark in l:!!^, Adair was four lengths in front of Olivette, 

 Sister third, Scandinavian fourth, the balance far behind. Round- 

 ing the upper turn. Sister passed Olivette, but Adair was so far in the 

 lead that it was beyond expectation that he could lose the heat. 

 Goldsmith, too, appeared to be contented to obtain a good place for 

 the next heat, and wisely restrained his mare after he saw he could 

 not win. Adair was driven in leisurely, winning in 2:28; the others 

 in the order named — Sister, Olivette, Scandinavian, Tump Winston, 

 Huntress, B B, Anteeo, Adrian. 



The pools now ranged: Sister, $100; B B, $57; Adair, $55; the 

 field, $30. At the sixth score they were off, Adair leading, closely 

 pressed by Sister, and Olivette some lengths behind. The quarter 

 was passed in 37 seconds. At the half-mile in 1:10L Adair and Sis- 

 ter were locked, and with the disadvantage of the outside position, 

 she came within a neck of him. When they straightened into the 

 run home at the seven furlong, Adair broke, losing so much ground 

 that he was passed by Sister, B B, and Olivette, Sister winning with 

 something to spare in 2:231; BB second. Olivette third, Adair fourth, 

 Scandinavian fifth. Huntress sixth, Adrian seventh, Anteeo eighth, 

 and Tump Winston ninth. 



In the pools now Sister brought $100; B B, $60; the field, $35. At 

 the twelfth score the start was given, when Sister took the lead, fol- 

 lowed by B B, with Olivette close behind, the others straggling. 

 B B reached the quarter first in 36? seconds, and all the way down 

 the backstretch there was an animated struggle between B B and 

 Sister. He had taken the track, compelling her to pull to the out- 

 side and reaching the half-mile first in 1:11. From thence Sister 

 improved her position, and at the seven furlong post carried B B 

 to a break. This ended the fight, the positions at the finish being: 

 Sister first, B B second. Olivette third. Tump Winston fourth, Adrian 

 fifth. Huntress sixth, Adair seventh, Scandinavian eighth, Anteeo 

 distanced. 



With two heats to her credit Sister was still more of a favorite, and 

 unless she " came back," it was evident that the race was hers. Adair 

 had shot his bolt in the hrst and second heats; B B could not keep 

 up his rate as well as the mare, and none of the others had speed 

 enough, so the fourth heat brought the race to a close. Sister was too 

 much for B B, by the time the homestretch was gained, and though 

 Scandinavian came with a rush toward the finish, the pace carried 

 him off his feet, and though he was second under the wire he was 

 placed third. 



