XLI. 



Flora Temple and George M. Patchen on a Tour. Flora and Widow Ma- 

 chree. Description of Widow Machree. Flora and Princess again. 

 Flora and John Morgan. Breeding of John Morgan. Description of 

 him. 



A FTEB the failure of Flora to beat Dutchman's time, 

 ^LA_ she started out upon a tour with George M. Patchen, 

 upon much the same principles as those which controlled in 

 her campaign with Princess. They were at Elmira on the 

 3d of October, and, according to the published programme, 

 trotted for a purse of $2,000 ; but, if anybody paid it, a 

 fool and his money then parted, for the mare won in three 

 heats, and the best time was 2m. 30s. It seems probable 

 that Tallman and the owner of the stallion had come to 

 the conviction that he could not beat Flora that sea- 

 son, and had made up their minds to earn his share of 

 the gate-money as easily as might be. On the 17th, they 

 were at Watertown ; and here there was a good race between 

 them. The track was heavy. In the first heat, Flora led 

 all the way by two lengths, and won in 2m. 28s. In the 

 second heat they went away together, and she had a little 

 lead for three-quaters of a mile. But the stallion w T as close 

 to her ; and he made it so hot on the homestretch that she 

 broke, and he won in 2m. 26s. But the little mare was 

 not to be beaten in the race, for she won the third and 

 fourth heats in 2m. 26s., 2m. 25s. 



They passed on to Rochester, and there had another race 

 of four heats. The stallion won the first, and the mare se- 

 cured the other three. The time was 2m. 29s., 2m. 29s. 



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