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season, Smuggler carried a 32-ounce shoe on 

 each of his fore feet, but now he seems to be 

 steady under the reduced weight The scoring 

 in the second heat was a little more troublesome 

 than that in the first heat. Smuggler left his 

 feet several times, and it looked as if he was 

 going to disappoint his owner and trainer. On 

 the fourth attempt the horses got away, the Maid 

 in the lead. The stallion made one of his char- 

 acteristic bad breaks around the turn, and all 

 hope of his winning the heat was lost. Bodine 

 and Fullerton also were unsteady. Lucille Gold- 

 dust did good work, and she was second to the 

 Maid when the latter went over the score in 

 2.17^. Smuggler finished fifth, Marvin only 

 trying to save his distance. Goldsmith Maid 

 was distressed, but her friends were confident 

 that her speed and steadiness would carry her 

 safely through. It was almost dollars to cents 

 that she would win. The word was given to 

 a good send-off in the third heat. The Maid 

 had the pole, which advantage she did not sur- 

 render, although she went into the air around 

 the turn. She was quickly caught, and Doble 

 drove her carefully along the back-stretch, fol- 

 lowed by Fullerton, who seemed to be content 



