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but am forced to resign the crown.' The judges 

 hung out the time 2.i6j, and got no further in 

 the announcement than that Smuggler had won 

 the heat. The shouts of the thousands of 

 frenzied people drowned all else. 



" During the intermission the stallion was the 

 object of the closest scrutiny. So great was the 

 press that it was difficult to obtain breathing 

 room. He appeared fresh, and ate eagerly of a 

 small bunch of hay which was presented to him 

 by his trainer after he had cooled out. It was 

 manifest that the fast work had not destroyed 

 his appetite. The betting now changed. It 

 was seen that the Maid was tired and her eager 

 backers of an hour ago were anxious to hedge. In 

 the second score of the fourth heat, the judges ob- 

 served that Smuggler was on his stride, although 

 behind, and so gave the word. In his anxiety to 

 secure the pole Doble forced Goldsmith Maid into 

 a run, and as Lucille Golddust quickly followed 

 her, the stallion found his progress barred unless 

 he pulled out and around them. Marvin decided 

 to trail, and he kept in close pursuit of the two 

 mares even after he had rounded into the home- 

 stretch. Green would not give way with Lucille, 

 and Doble pulled the Maid back just far enough 



