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SUMMARY. 



California State Fair, Sacramento, September 11, 1888. — Purse, $1,200; 2:20 class; mile 

 beats, best tbree in five. 



B.C. Holly's ch. s. Woodnut— Holly. . -- Ill 



N. Coombs' b. m. Lillie Stanley— Hickok - 2 2 3 



M. Salisbury's b. s. Mount Vernon— McDowell. .. - 3 3 2 



Time— 2:22-^; 2:22|; 2:22g. 



The 2:30 was just as great a moral certainty for Maggie E as the others 

 had been for Grandee and Woodnut. Pools sold on second place, and 

 for that Whipple was the favorite at $20, Ross S and Perihelion bringing 

 $6 each. The first heat Maggie E at once took the lead, followed by 

 Whipple, with Ross third and Perihelion last. These positions were main- 

 tained from start to finish, Maggie jogging home an easy winner of the 

 heat. Time, 2:26|. In the second heat on the third attempt they got the 

 word, and on the turn Whipple assumed the lead, with Perihelion second 

 and Maggie third, about ten lengths back. Whipple held the lead to the 

 head of the stretch, where Maggie began to close up, and down the stretch 

 she came away and won as she pleased; Whipple second, Perihelion third, 

 Ross fourth. Time, 2:23. In the last heat Maggie E at once opened a big 

 gap, and in trying to close it Whipple made a stand-still break and fell a 

 distance out. Down the stretch, however, Donathan slowed the mare up 

 and allowed him to save both his distance, second money, and the place 

 bets. Perihelion was second, and Ross S last. Time, 2:30. 



SUMMARY. 



California State Fair, Sacramento, September 11, 1888. — Purse, $1,000; 2:30 class; mile 

 heats, tbree in five. 



Maggie E, b. m. — Donathan 111 



Steve Whipple, b. s.— Parker.. -- 2 2 3 



Perihelion, b. s.— McDowell 4 3 2 



Ross S, b. s.— Ober .' 3 4 4 



Time— 2:26£; 2:23; 2:30. 



SIXTH DAY. 



The weather on Wednesday was a great improvement on that of former 

 days. It may have been that the time-honored clerk, who is popularly 

 supposed to apportion hot and cold, wet and dry, accordingly, as he wills, 

 has a fondness for racing, and led him to favor the third day of the gallop- 

 ers. None the less grateful were the recipients — those with trotting inclina- 

 tions hoping that the same courtesy would be extended to the harness 

 division when their innings were called. 



Four races to be decided, and, as will be learned from the report, capital 

 races they proved to be. Speculation was brisk on all of them, in some 

 the betting was heavy. 



The first was the Sunny Slope Stake, a dash of five eighths of a mile, for 

 two-year old fillies. The horses that had started and not won first or second 

 place in any race this year were allowed five pounds. 



The starters were Bessie Shannon, Picnic, and Libertifiibbet of Ship- 

 pee's stables, Palo Alto's Faustine, and Appleby's Futurity, by John A. 

 Although Haggin had three horses in the nominations, none of them 

 started. In the pools, Shippee's stable was the choice at $50, Faustine 

 selling nearly even, and the field at $13. The betting was very lively, and 

 the auctioneers were kept busy until the very moment the word was given. 



