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The second heat was in better time— 0:36f, 1:12^, 1:52*, and 2:28i- 

 The pools in the third heat sold: Ben Ali $30, field $5. Ben Ali led easily 

 to the quarter in 0:38, Ed then crowding into the lead to the half in 1:14^. 

 Along the backstretch Ha Ha and Ed were sent for the heat, the former 

 having a shade the best of it, and so into the straight, Ha Ha getting the 

 whip sharply and taking the heat in 2:291. Ben Ali lost his feet in the 

 last seventy yards, but was adjudged second, Ed being third, and California 

 Lambert a bad fourth. The latter was withdrawn for lameness. The 

 fourth was pronounced a dead heat, Ben Ali and Ha Ha finishing together 

 in 2:31. 



In the fifth Ed showed the way to the quarter in 0:38f, Ben Ali break- 

 ing badly from the wire. The latter settled, however, and at the half (in 

 1:14§) had the road, and held it to the third quarter, opening a lead of 

 five lengths, Ha Ha apparently being done. Down the stretch Ha Ha 

 recovered, and, trotting fast, caught Ben Ali and won the heat by a length 

 in 2:31, Ben Ali not being extended. For the sixth heat John Goldsmith 

 sat behind Ben Ali and drove the horse out regularly, the time at the quar- 

 ters being 0:37|, 1:14, 1:52 J, and for the mile 2:30f. Ha Ha went into the 

 air on the backstretch and lost ten lengths. 



The seventh was a repetition of the preceding, Goldsmith driving his 

 horse and winning the heat and race in 2:36. 



SUMMARY. 



September 18, 1888.— Trotting. Special purse, $250. 



J. A. Goldsmith's b. g. Ben Ali, by G. M. Patchen; dam, by Sportsman, 2 12 2 11 

 Houser & Soule's b. h. Ha Ha, by Nephew; dam, by Blackhawk — 



Houser - - - 3 2 10 12 2 



A. T. Jackson's b.g. Ed, by Irwin Davis.--- - 4 4 3 2 3 2dr. 



J. H. Whing's b. h. California Lambert, by Ben Franklin ; dam, by 



Lambert.-- - 1 3 4 dr. 



Time— 2:30-|; 2:28J; 2:29J; 2:31; 2:31; 2:30|; 2:36. 

 Betting— Auction pools : Ben Ali, $25 ; field, $14. 



The last race of the day was for roadsters, gentlemen owners to drive. 

 Eleven of the thirteen entries appeared, and the varieties of road carts, 

 together with the unprofessional appearance of the owners, created much 

 amusement, Director R. C. Sargent and G. W. Trahern being the especial 

 marks for the witticisms of the judges and spectators. The driving was 

 creditable and the horses of more than average merit, even if one inter- 

 ested spectator did remark, as he looked up the stretch and saw the mot- 

 ley flyers come pounding along at about a two-forty gait, " Be gob, I see 

 'em, and they'll be here inside of five minutes." The race was for a cart 

 presented by the H. C. Shaw Plow Works. 



In the first heat Mr. A. W. Robinson's Bess won, Mr. C. E. Thompson's 

 Sailor second, Mr. J. S. Dunham's Cleo third, Mr. G. W. Sampson's Roscoe 

 Conkling fourth, Mr. Percy Williams' Dixie fifth, and the rest all along 

 the road. Time, 2:52L The next heat brought Sailor in first, Bess next, 

 Cleo third, Mr. C. L. Ortman's Prince fourth, and Mr. P. T. Brown's 

 Catherine fifth. Time, 2:47. Sailor also took the third heat in 2:45, the 

 others placed being Cleo, Bess, Catherine, and Prince, in the order men- 

 tioned. The fourth heat also went to pacing Sailor, in 2:48f. 



