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proved effective, and the second attempt after the infliction of the fines, 

 they were sent off to fair start with Ha Ha, who persisted in not coming up, 

 left at the wire. Franklin rushed off with the lead, but was fastened on to 

 by Rosie Mc at the quarter pole, and as he broke just before reaching the 

 half she took the lead, and trotting easily, came on home, winning the heat, 

 race, and first money by four lengths from Franklin, who got third money. 

 Victor was third, and got second money. Time, 2:25. 



SUMMARY. 



J. A. Goldsmith's b. m. Rosie Mc, bv Alex Button-Rosedale— Goldsmith .. 114 1 



G. A. Doherty's br.s. Victor, by Echo- Woodburn— Walsh. 3 2 12 



Charles Davis' br. g. Franklin — Donathan 2 3 2 3 



Houser & Soule's br. s. Ha Ha— Soule -.-- --- 4 4 3 4 



R. Havey's s. s. Bonanza — Havey dis. 



Time— 2:2Qf; 2:23|; 2:23^; 2:25. 



FOURTH DAY. 



Monday was the second racing day, and those who grumbled over the 

 sport of the afternoon could only be incited by losses which were larger 

 than the pleasure returned. The sun glowed with rather too much fervor, 

 and the air, heated to a glowing red, did its part in sweating biped and 

 quadruped; nevertheless by far the largest attendance ever witnessed on a 

 Monday of Fair week was present. Estimates ran as high as twelve thou- 

 sand, and none of the expert estimaters placed it lower than ten thousand. 

 The first race on the card was the Premium Stake, so named after a fast 

 mare which won it.a few years ago. It is a sort of compromise between 

 short stock and those with extended genealogies, though the blue-bloods 

 have had the best of it as a rule. 



High betting. The highest of the high rollers appear to prefer these 

 short dashes for an investment, and this was not an exception. When 

 ''sold out" the rank was Peregrine $100, Sleepy Dick $48, Extract .$48, 

 Daisy D $28, Idalene Cotton $20, Edelweiss $24, Al Farrow $20, Applause 

 $16, Notldle $12, Welcome $8. Too cumbersome, however, too many tickets 

 to write, too much time wasted, so that the regular business settled at the 

 course to $60 on Peregrine, Sleepy Dick $38, Extract $20, all the others 

 massed in the field $50. 



With so large a field it was to be expected that some trouble would be 

 had in getting a good start, Al Farrow going so far as to jump over the 

 inside fence with all the vim of a veteran steeplechaser, but when the flags 

 fell it was to a very fair start. Difficult to say which had the best of it; im- 

 possible in the jumble of horses and colors to place the leaders as they 

 dashed along the backstretch and swept around the turn. Coming home 

 it was seen that Daisy D had an advantage, and this she maintained to 

 the wire, though not far behind came Not Idle second, and Applause third. 



SUMMARY. 



California State Fair, Sacramento, September 10, 1888. — Premium Stake; $350 added; 

 .$100 to second, third to save stake. Three quarters of a mile. 



B. CockriU's b.m. Daisy D, by Wheatlv-Black Maria, — Hennessy, 115.. 1 



M. F. Tarpey's s. m. Not Idle, 4— Hitchcock, 115.. -- 2 



T. G. Jones' b. g. Applause, 4 — Ross, 115 3 



Peregrine, Idalene Cotton, Al Farrow, Edelweiss, Welcome, Extract, and Sleepy Dick 

 ran unplaced. 



Time— l:14f. 



Betting— Auction pools: Peregrine $00, field $50, Sleepy Dick $3S, Extract $20. Paris 

 mutuals paid, straight, $12 95; place, $32 50. 



