THE (;\IK.\T F(MR-M1LK DAY. .".U 



wliich, l)y the help of such coaxing as was inherent in a 

 stout c;ine used by Jesse (tlic black boy who rode liim), 

 he maintained with wonderful preciNion. The crtirks 

 went otf at a slow gallop ; botii riders being ordered to 

 go gently along. In this way they ran the first mile. 

 The second mile was done in the same manner, and now 

 for the first time was heard the exhortation, "go it, 

 Boots,''^ as the little black kept closely up. Tiie pace 



did not improve the third mile, both Dr. IJ and J. 



n knowing that neither horse had more than a 



short brush in him. Upon the fourth mile the speed 

 did not quicken, until Jesse, taking heart from his close- 

 ness to the leading horses, actually challenged the hind- 

 ermost one for the front. Such a shout as went up upon 

 this rally, was never before heard upon tliat field. 



" Go it, i^oo/5," burst from every mouth, and even the 

 ladies moved their 'kerchiefs and murmured soft ap- 

 plause. But chivalrous as the efi'ort was, it came near 

 costing " Boots " the laurels that were wreathing for his 

 brow. The push was made too soon. The jockeys be- 

 came cognizant of the proximity of the unheralded 

 scrub, and went oflf at the top of the speed of their re- 

 spective horses. " Boots " was fast falling into the 

 roar ; but as good luck would have it, they could not 

 quite distance him, but in attempting to do so, they 

 completely used up the ^' cracks.^'' 



Epamiiiondas won this heat by a nock. The stable 

 boys again got around the descendants of (jodolphin. 



