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a visitor at Forbes Farm, and Mr. Forbes took 

 the affair very quietly. He was not one of the 

 kind to bubble over with enthusiasm. Forbes 

 Farm was at Blue Hill near Readville, Massa- 

 chusetts, and after her retirement from the track 

 Nancy Hanks enjoyed herself in grazing in the 

 pasture, and in obeying the laws of maternity. 

 Her foals have been by Arion, Bingen, imported 

 Meddler (thoroughbred), and Peter the Great. 

 She has produced a high rate of speed. 



Alix, 2.03! 



Alix, bay mare, foaled June 7, 1888, bred by 

 Samuel Hayes, Muscatine, Iowa; by Patronage, 

 dam Atlanta by Attorney, proved one of the 

 gamest of mares that ever advanced to the 

 throne. She trotted in 2.30 as a two-year-old 

 and in 2.i6f as a three-year-old. Her best time 

 in a race as a four-year-old was 2.12!, and as a 

 five-year-old she won great races and reduced 

 her record to 2.o7f. In 1894, driven by Andy 

 McDowell, her downward sweep was steady. At 

 Terre Haute, August 17, she won a race in 2.06, 

 2.o6j, 2.05 J; and September 12, she trotted in 

 2.04. At Galesburg, Illinois, September 19, she 

 chipped off a fraction, and was placed at the head 



