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The special trot that was left unfinished on Thursday evening was 

 then called up. It was for a purse of $360, with Ed, Fred B, Twinkle, 

 Nellie Burns, and Ned engaged. Three heats were disposed of before 

 the postponement. 



First Heat — The start was given on the third score, Nellie Burns 

 and Ed evidently having the foot of the party. Nellie broke on the 

 backstretch, when Ed passed her, and she could not recover the lost 

 ground or get a better place than second. Fred B was third, Ned 

 fourth, and Twinkle last. Time, 2:32. Before the start Twinkle was 

 the favorite, at odds of $50 to $25 on Nellie Burns and $27 on the 

 field. After the heat the field sold for $50, Nellie Burns $50, and 

 Twinkle $22. 



Second Heat — There was a long delay to repair the harness of 

 Twinkle, and when the word was given Nellie Burns took the lead, 

 retaining it until half way of the homestretch, when she broke, and 

 Ed passed her. He came to the score first, Twinkle second, Nellie 

 Burns third, Ned fourth, Fred B last. Time, 2:32. After this heat 

 the pools sold: field, $60; Twinkle, $16; Nellie Burns, $13. 



Third Heat — Nellie Burns took the lead, but broke on the back- 

 stretch, when Twinkle went past her. On the further turn Burns 

 came up, but could not reach Twinkle, who won the heat, with Nellie 

 Burns second, Ed third, Ned fourth, Fred B last. Time, 2:30L 



Fourth Heat— When the field was called out on Friday the pools 

 sold: The field (Ed, Ned, and Fred B), $500; Twinkle, $50; Nellie 

 Burns, $27 50. Twinkle took the lead, Burns breaking when a hun- 

 dred yards, but Twinkle opened a gap, leading at the quarter and 

 half, with Nellie second. The latter broke on the upper turn, and 

 the heat seemed safe for Twinkle, but Ned came fast down the home- 

 stretch, overtook Twinkle, carried her to a break opposite the distance 

 post, but then broke himself, and the mare, catching quickly, won 

 the heat in 2:311, Ned second, Ed third, Fred B fourth, and Nellie 



Fifth Heat— In the betting Twinkle brought $200, the field $55, 

 Nellie Burns $20. The heat showed a change; Twinkle led past the 

 quarter, when she broke, and Ned went by her. He trotted very 

 steady, making the half mile in 1:15, and from the turn he had it all 

 to himself, winning in 2:31i; Ed second. Twinkle third, Fred B 

 fourth, Nellie Burns distanced. Under the rules only winners of 

 heats could start in the sixth heat, which put Nellie Burns and Fred 

 Bout of the race. In the pools Twinkle brought $200, the field $205, 

 with an anxious crowd around the pool stand eager to invest. 



The sixth heat was a very close thing between Ned and Twinkle 

 until a short distance beyond the quarter-pole. The mare broke and 

 lost a deal of ground, Ned winning by a long way, with Ed second. 

 Twinkle third. Time, 2:29i. 



Seventh Heat— The field now brought $240, Twinkle $95. Twinkle 

 was tired, and Ned appeared to be getting better as the race pro- 

 gressed. Ned made a bad break on the turn, and Twinkle took the 

 lead going down the backstretch, there being a long gap at the half 

 mile and three-quarters, and came home far in the lead in 2:35; Ed 

 second, Ned third. 



