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SUMMARY. 



California State Fair, Sacramento, September 16, 1886. — Two-year-old trotting stake. 

 $50 entrance, of which $10 must accompany nomination, $15 payable July first, $25 paya- 

 ble August tenth ; $300 added. Nine nominations. 



Soudan, blk. s., by Saltan — L. J. Rose - 1 1 



Shamrock, br. s.— J. A. Goldsmith .-- 2 2 



Time— 2:35; 2:35|. 



The concluding event of the day was a pacing race, free for all, in which 

 started Killarney (pole), Lucy (second), Maude (third), Nevada (fourth), 

 Prince (fifth), and Pocahontas (sixth). Killarney brought $100, Maude 

 $60, and all the others grouped as the field $15. 



First Heat — A very good start was effected at the fourth score, Maude 

 having some advantage, which she made the most of by taking the pole, 

 with Prince in close company. The quarter was made in 35 seconds, the 

 head of Prince on the haunch of Maude, Killarney third, though several 

 lengths behind. There was little change at the half-mile, which was made 

 in 1:094. Prince closed on Maude coming around the turn, and when fairly 

 at work in the stretch was close to her. Killarney was also coming, but 

 the breach was a wide one for him to fill. Maude and Prince struggled 

 gamely for the heat. The mare broke when leading a length and only a 

 few yards from home, and she galloped across the line with Prince's head 

 on her shoulder, Killarney a length behind Prince, and then came Poca- 

 hontas and Lucy, Nevada outside the flag. Time, 2:22. There was a 

 great deal of excitement over the finish of the heat, there being a perfect 

 roar of cheering from the seven-furlong mark to the further end of the 

 seats. 



Second Heat — After the first heat the pools were : Killarney $60, Maude 

 $45, field $12. Before fifty yards were paced Maude broke, a very bad one 

 at that, Killarney taking the lead, with Prince in close company. The 

 pace was fast, 34f seconds being the mark at the quarter. There was a 

 perceptible slackening of the rate between the quarter and half, the latter 

 point being made in 1:10, Killarney and Prince being locked all the way 

 around the turn, and for a time it looked as though he had a chance for 

 the heat. Killarney, however, had a good deal left, and he came away as 

 he liked, and won the heat in 2:234. Pocahontas gradually drew on 

 Prince and beat him for second place by a head, Lucy fourth, Maude last. 

 There was a lively time among the pool buyers between the second and 

 third heats. A great deal of money went into the box at the rate of $240 

 on Killarney, $115 on Maude, and $22 on the field. 



Third Heat — The third heat was a singular heat in many respects. 

 Maude rushed away from the outside at a very fast rate, and had the pole 

 and a lead of two lengths before going 100 yards. She had gained quite 

 a gap at the quarter, Killarney second, in 0:34^. At the half, in 1:09^, he 

 had reduced it. He was on her when midway of the turn, when she 

 broke, and that so badly that she was passed by every horse in the race. 

 Killarney had a prominent lead when he swung into the stretch, and his 

 driver evidently thought he had the heat safe, but Maude had resumed 

 the lateral motion and used her legs so rapidly as to pass all the others, 

 and reduced the distance at every stride between her and the leader, 

 catching him as he went under the wire, and so evenly that there was no 

 perceptible difference from the best points of observation. A "dead heat" 

 was the fiat of the Judges, and if ever two horses came to the score on 

 exactly even terms it was Killarney and Maude in the third heat of the 

 free-for-all pacing. Lucy was third, Prince fourth, Pocahontas last. Time, 

 2:26. 



