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headed for home, and one of the finest struggles ever seen on a trotting 

 track was witnessed. Without a break or wobble Guy Wilkes kept crawl- 

 ing up. It was which-and-which one hundred and fifty yards from home; 

 fifty yards nearer Guy had a few inches the advantage; this he kept increas- 

 ing so as to gain the victory by a length, in 2:17^. 



Third Heat — There was no betting previous to the third heat. It was a 

 peculiar heat. When half way around the first turn Adair broke and ran 

 like a quarter-horse, his driver apparently having lost all control of him, 

 and ran to the quarter-pole. In stopping him so much ground was lost 

 that Guy led him six seconds, Guy going the distance in 1:09-J. The last 

 half furlong was driven in a jog, Guy crossing the score in 2:32. 



Fourth Heat — The concluding heat was one of, if not the most remark- 

 able ever trotted in California. The start was very even, and the horses 

 went head and head to the first furlong pole; then the head of Adair 

 showed in front, and he was nearly a neck in advance, when they were 

 hidden from the view of the reporters by the Judges' stand. The time was 

 a shade better than 35 seconds at the quarter, and when the tangent was 

 fairly began both horses were going at a tremendous pace. Guy was show- 

 ing the most speed, however, and surely drawing away from Adair, who 

 broke when about fifty yards of the half mile. Guy flew past it in 1:07, 

 or better, and around the second semicircle with undiminished speed. It 

 is difficult to tell the completion of the third quarter, though it was surely 

 inside of 1:40, and there was a good chance for him to lower the stallion 

 record. But the break had been a sad disaster to Adair, and there was 

 danger of him falling behind the flag. On came Guy with his rapid, 

 clean action until he was at the drawgate, when Goldsmith looked around, 

 and from that point he slackened his speed. So palpable was the abate- 

 ment that there was a general shout of" "Come on, Goldsmith," with the 

 variations from his friends, " Drive on, Johnhy." He did not give heed to 

 the cries, and came across the score not faster than a 2:30 gait, in 2:16^, 

 Adair inside. There can scarcely be a doubt of the capacity of Guy Wilkes 

 to lower the time of Maxey Cobb and Phallas, and it is still a greater cer- 

 tainty that he can beat any stallion in the country; more than that, there 

 is not a horse now trotting in public which, in the opinion of the best 

 judges here, can beat him; and should the flyers of the orient come to 

 this coast there will be plenty of backers at evens of the home horse. 



SUMMARY. 



California State Fair, Sacramento, September 14, 1886. — Purse, $1,200. Free for all. 



Guy Wilkes, b. s.— San Mateo Stock Farm • 2 111 



Adair, b. g.—E. H. Miller, Jr - 12 2 2 



Time— 2:19; 2:17|; 2:32; 2:16J. 



SIXTH DAY 



Rather warmer than yesterday, but not at all oppressive, was the charac- 

 ter of the weather this afternoon. There was quite an increase in the 

 attendance, all of the stands being well patronized. There was bicycling 

 in the forenoon, and very graceful were the evolutions. 



For the afternoon the regular programme was entirely racing, a special 

 purse being added for designated pacers. The first regular event was the 

 Sunny Slope Stake for two-year-old fillies. The starters were: Notidle, 



