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Aral, had started. By an arrangemenl between the parties Arab was Left 

 out, Hickok driving Adair and Goldsmith Sister. Sister was the favorite, 

 bringing $50 to $30 on Adair, and at these rates a great deal of money was 

 d. With merely two to gel ^tl'. the usual annoyance of prolonged 

 scoring was wanting, and a very level start was given, Sister having the 

 inside. With this to aid her. she had a slight advantage in rounding the 

 turn, though Adair was tirst at the quarter, and at the half, in 1:114, he 

 had the hest of it by an open length. This Sister diminished somewhat, 

 hut a break when within one hundred and fifty yards of home destroyed 

 all her chances for the heat, which Adair won in 2:22J. Still Sister was 

 the favorite at about the same rates. The track was scraped between the 

 heats, which was an indication that an effort to make fast time was the 

 intention, though Adair won the heat in 2:20, with his competitor well up, 

 subtracting one second from his previous record. 'The north wind pre- 

 vented a lower mark. After the heat the pools were $50 on Adair to -$30 

 on Sister, and then from BOme queer cause there was a shift so that Sister 

 was the favorite at the same odds. Whatever the expectations were, they 

 were doomed to result in disappointment, as Adair won the third heat in 

 2:20f. Even the losers had to COnpede that it was a good race, in which 

 both struggled for supremacy. 



SUMMARY. 



California State Fair, Bacbamekto, Srpteinl.fr 12. 1885.— Purse, $1,500; 2:21 class. 

 ( Malum barred.) 



Adair, b. g., by Electioneer — W. P. Smith.. Ill 



Sister, b. m., by Admiral— J. A. Goldsmith - 2 2 2 



Time— 2:22J; 2:20; 2:20f. 



FOURTH DAY. 



The air was still hot when the bell rang to call the horses for the Matu- 

 rity Stake. It was not quite so bad as on Saturday, when the north wind 

 was laden with caloric, but yet so heated that the shade was welcome, and 

 muslin dresses far more appropriate than those of denser material. The 

 Maturity is a dash of three miles for four-year olds, and originally three 

 Avere named in it, but owing to a bad leg Prince of Norfolk was declared 

 out. This left John A and Glendair, the former so largely the favorite that 

 there was no betting, excepting a few pools in which John A brought $50 

 to $6 or $7 on Glendair. The race was a burlesque, or rather it would have 

 been had it not been that it was entailing cruelty on a poor animal so 

 totally unfit to gallop that it was painful to witness, especially when, to 

 make something of an appearance, Glendair essayed to make a run down 

 the homestretch, and after a hundred yards, even that at a slow pace, she 

 had to be pulled up, broken down. John A galloped at his leisure, the first 

 mile in 2:05, two miles in 4:09, three miles in 6:16^. Mr. La Rue voiced 

 the sentiments of the spectators when he told the manager of Glendair that 

 if he had the power he would severely punish him for the act. 



SUMMARY. 



California State Fair, Sacramento, September 14, 1885.— The Maturity Stake; for four- 

 year olds ; if 100 each ; $25 forfeit; $300 added. Second horse, $100 ; third, $50. Three miles. 

 Three nominations. 



H. C. Judson's blk. h. John A., by Monday; dam, Lady Clare; 118 lbs 1 



Kelly & Lynch's ch. m. Glendair, by Norfolk; dam, Glendew; 115 lbs 2 



Time — 6:16i. 



