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The first race was a two-year old stake, running, at one mile, open to the 

 Pacific Coast, which closed with seven entries, of which but one (Mr. L. U. 

 Shippee's sorrel filly Agnes B), was started. The filly cantered over the 

 course in 2:32, ridden by " Shrimp." A curious thing about Agnes B was 

 that neither her owner, the Clerk, nor any one else knew her breeding, 

 most opinions being that she was by Glenelg. 



SUMMARY. 



September 18, 1888. — Running — Pacific Coast two-year old stake. One mile. 

 L. U. Shippee's Agnes B -. - w. o. 



The second race was a well contested event, a four-year old trotting stake, 

 open to the district, in which three of the eight entries appeared. Of the 

 starters Steve Whipple had much the best of condition, the others (Leek 

 and Moses S) being a bit high in flesh. 



In the first heat, after much scoring, the horses were tapped from a fairly 

 good score, Leek being two lengths behind, Moses S having the pole, Leek 

 next, and Steve Whipple the outside. Whipple opened a lead to the quar- 

 ter in 0:37-2, and held it to the half in 1:13$, Moses S then pushing for a 

 place, but being squarely outtrotted by Whipple, who went the three quar- 

 ters in 1:514, and won the heat out in 2:27^, Moses S three lengths second, 

 Leek shut out. Pools: Steve Whipple $25, field $6. 



At the first scoring of the second heat Moses S a length to the good, led 

 to the quarter in 0:37-2, then lapped by Whipple, and beaten to the half in 

 l:14-g. At three quarters, in 1:52$, Moses was four lengths behind, and 

 when Whipple, under a pull, jogged under the wire in 2:29, Moses had not 

 bettered his place. 



No pools were sold on the heat. For the third heat interest could not be 

 excited, Whipple being so patently the better horse. He led easily, doing 

 the quarter in 0:36|; the half in 1:13; three quarters in 1:52^, and jogging 

 under the wire in 2:32. 



SUMMARY. 



September 18, 1888.— Trotting. District. Four-year old stake. 



Mr. Needham's Steve Whipple, by Chrisman's Hanibletonian-Twist — W. H. 

 Parker Ill 



L. U. Shippee's Moses S, by Hawthorne; dam, by Black Hawk— Whiting 2 2 2 



H. Nicewonger's Leek, by Elector-Amanda — Jackson dis. 



Time 2:271 • 2:29 • 2 - 32. 



Pools: Whipple, $25; field, $6. 



The third race regularly on the card was for a three-minute class, but as it 

 did not fill the Directors offered a special purse of $250, trotting, for California 

 Lambert, Ha Ha, Ed, and Ben Ali. The race was most unsatisfactory, as 

 Ben Ali was evidently the better horse; but the race was prolonged through 

 five heats without a decision until the famous John Goldsmith got up behind 

 Ben Ali, when that horse took the two succeeding heats right off the reel, 

 as he might have taken the preceding ones if he had had a driver. To 

 charge irregularity without reasonable proofs would be unjust, but it may 

 be said that a dozen or more men, familiar with trotting and the horses 

 under mention, coincided in thinking that the race in the five earlier heats 

 was not what it should have been. At one time Ben Ali sold choice for 

 $30, field $5. That heat was taken by Ha Ha, and considerable money 

 taken down. 



In the first heat Lambert and Ben Ali fought all the way around, doing 

 the quarters in 0:37|, 1:14, 1 .5H, and 2:30*, the former winning by a head. 

 Pools: Ben Ali $80, Ha Ha $6, field $17 50. 



