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and Bodine wero also received with applause. The great drivers 

 of the couutry were behind the great horses of the country. Budd 

 Doble pulled the lines over Goldsmith Maid ; Charley Green stead- 

 ied Lucille Golddust; Pete Johnson controlled Bodine ; Charley 

 Marvin watched over the fortunes of Smu^-glcr; and Dan Mace 

 was up behind Judge Fullerton, having come from New York for 

 the express purpose of driving him iu the race. Twice the horses 

 came for the word, and twice they failed to get it. They were 

 then ordered to score with Lucille Golddust, and succeeded in get- 

 ting off. The Maid had the best of the start, and, quickly taking 

 the pole from Judge Fullerton, gayly carried herself iu the lead. 

 It was where she was accustomed to be, and so she trotted iu the 

 best of spirits. Fullerton did not act well, and he brought up the 

 rear rank the entire length of the course. Alrmg the back-stretch 

 Smuggler began to close a gap, terrific as the pace was. After 

 passing the half mile he drew dangerously near the Maid, but it 

 was noticed that he faltered a little. The cause was not then 

 understood, but it was made plain when the patrol judge galloped 

 up to the stand with a shoe in his hand which had been cast from 

 the near fore foot. Around the turn the stallion pressed after the 

 mare, and down the stretch he drove her at the top of her speed, 

 the thousands giving vent to their enthusiasm by cheering and 

 clapping hands. Smuggler had his nose at the Maid's tail when 

 she went under the wire, in 2 m. 15 'r s. Bodine was a good third, 

 his time being about 2 m. 17 s., and Lucille Golddust was fourth, 

 Fullerton just inside of the flag. Smuggler's performance was an 

 extraordinary one. He trotted for something like three-eighths of 

 a mile with his equilibrium destroyed by the sudden withdrawal 

 from an extreme lever point of a shoe weighing twenty-five ounces. 

 Only once before had he cast a shoe in rapid work without break- 

 ing, and that was in his exercise at Belmont Park. Keen judges 

 are forced to admit that the stallion Wi)uld have won the first heat 

 in 2 m. 15 s. had no accident befallen him on Thursday. Prior to 

 this season Smuggler carried a thirty-two ounce shoe on each of 

 his fore feet, but now he seems to be steady under the reduced 

 weight. The scoring iu the second heat was a little more trouble- 

 some 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 gut away, the IMaid in 

 the lead. The stallion made one of his characteristic bad breaks 

 around the turn, and all hope of his winning the heat was lost. 

 Bodine and Fullerton also were unsteady. Lucille Golddust did 

 good work, and she was second to the Maid whju the latter went 

 over the score in 2 m. 17i s. Smuggler finished fifth, Marvin only 

 trying to save his distance. Goldsmith Maid was distresed, but 



