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Mr. McMann declined to let me have her ; and I dare say 

 he knew, that, if I had got her, the Lancet party would not 

 have made the match. She went to the West, and trotted 

 with the chestnut gelding Prince, at Detroit, on the 2d of 

 October. He was under Mr. McMann's control, as much 

 as Flora was ; and, if he had not been, he would have been 

 no match for her. He was, indeed, a splendid horse for 

 bottom, when I drove him against Hero the pacer, and beat 

 him in two ten-mile races, as I have previously related ; but 

 he had not speed enough for Flora at mile heats. 



From Detroit, Flora passed on to Chicago, to trot for a 

 purse of $800, added to a stake of $500 each, half forfeit. 

 The others engaged were Frank Forrester (now called Ike 

 Cook), and the gelding Reindeer. It was mile heats, three 

 in five, in harness. Reindeer was withdrawn, and Flora 

 beat Ike Cook in three heats. The best time was 2m. 30|s., 

 and the last heat 2m. 42s. On the 15th, at Kalamazoo, 

 Flora and Prince appeared again, mile heats, and the result 

 was the same as at Detroit. On the 27th, they went mile 

 heats, three in five, at Sandusky, Ohio, same result. Best 

 time, 2m. 35s. On the 4th of November, she trotted for 

 a purse of $500 against the gelding Reindeer, and beat 

 him in three heats. Two of these, however, were in 

 2.28. 



On the 25th of that month, Flora trotted for a purse at 

 St. Louis, mile heats, three in five, in harness, against Rein- 

 deer, who had before paid forfeit to her, and who had been 

 beaten by her at Adrian. Still he had made the best race 

 with her that had been made that year, and had only been de- 

 feated by a throat-latch in the third heat in 2m. 28s. For 

 the race at St. Louis, his trainer, Otis Dimmock, brought 

 him out in excellent condition, while Flora was no doubt off. 

 She acted badly, and lost the first heat in 2m. 34s. She 

 was still backed at odds of 100 to 80. It can hardly be got 

 into the heads of some people that horses are not always at 



