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two lengths ahead at the quarter-pole ; and Patchen breakiug on 

 the back-stretch, her lead was three lengths at the half-mile. On 

 the lower turn he closed the daylight; and another very hard, 

 close struggle up the home-stretch ended in his defeat by only a 

 neck in 2 m. 2-i s. Tallman made an appeal after this heat, alleging 

 that McMann had driven foul, by swerving out, and compelling him 

 to go to the extreme outside. The judges disagreed; but the ma- 

 jority overruled the objection. In the third heat they g it off woU 

 together. On the turn she led slightly, being on the inside, and at 

 the quarter, in 3G s., she led him nearly a length. He now m ide 

 a wonderful effort, and trotted one of the best quarters that I have 

 ever seen. He was nearly a length behind at the quarter-pole, in 

 36 s.; at the half-mile pole, in 1 m. 10 s., he led. Therefore, he 

 trotted this, the second quarter in the third heat, in better than 

 34 s On the lower turn, he led two lengths. But the mare now 

 gathered herself up for one of her rushes, and closed with him. 

 Up the stretch it was again close and hot. But she had a little 

 the best of it, and at the very last pinch he broke. She won in 

 2 m. 21} s. I consider this the best race that Flora Temple ever 

 made ; and as the stallion was so little behind her that the diiTcr- 

 ence could not be appreciated by timing, it shows what a remarkable 

 and excellent horse he also was." On the 12th of June, they 

 trotted two-mile heats in harness, at the Union Course, and Patchen 

 won in two straight heats, in 4 m. 581 s. and 4 m. 57 i s. Two 

 matches were then made, to be trotted at Suffolk Park, Philadelphia, 

 the first, mile heats, three in five ; the second, two-mile heats. The 

 first of them was trotted on the 4th of July, and Flora won in 

 2 m. 22} s., 2 m. 21| s., and 2m. 371 s. On the 10th of July, they 

 trotted the two-mile heat. Patchen won the first heat, in 4 m. 51 } s., 

 and would have won the second but for the outrageous interference 

 of a mob, who threw clubs and hats in his face when he had the race 

 well in hand, and frightened him. He was then withdrawn, and 

 Flora declared the winner. At the Union Course, August 2, they 

 met again. Patchen won the first heat in 2 m. 23} s., which is 

 his best record, and Flora the last three, in 2 m. 22} s., 2 m. 23} s., 

 and 2 m. 25^ s. At Saugus, Mass., August 28, she beat him again, 

 and at the Centrcville Course, September 24, she beat him two-mile 

 heats, in 4 m. 551 s. and 5 m. After the failure of Flora to beat 

 Dutchman's time, they started out upon a hippodromiug tour 

 upon much the same principles as those which controlled in her 

 campaign with Princess, and with the same results : Flora taking 

 all the honors, and the gate-money being equally divided between 

 them. After the last of these exhibition trots at Corning, Octo- 

 ber 31, Patchen was sent to the stud, and though he alttrwards 

 came out and fought the famous series of battles with General 



