536 A SHORT HISTORY OF THE 



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 oif 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. 8he was 

 quickly caught, and Doble drove her carefully along the back- 

 stretch, followed by Fuller ton, who seemed to be content with the 

 position of body-guard to her queenship. After passing the half- 

 mile, Marvin urged Smuggler into a quicker pace, and the stallion 

 was observed to pass Lucille Golddust, tlien Fullerton, and to swing 

 into the home-stretch hard on the Maid's wheel. Doble used all 

 his art to keep his mare gning, but Marvin siit behind a locomotive 

 and could not be shaken oif. The stallion got on even terms with 

 the Maid, and then drew ahead of her in the midst of the most 

 tumultuous applause, beating her under the wire three-quarters of 

 a length. The scene which followed is indescribable. An elec- 

 trical wave swept over the vast assembly, and men swung their 

 hats and shouted themselves hoarse, while the ladies snapped fans 

 and parasols and bursted their kid gloves in the endeavor to get rid 

 of the storm of emotion. The police vainly tried to keep the 

 quarter-stretch clear. The multitude poured through the gates, 

 and Smuggler returned to the stand through a narrow lane of 

 humanity which closed as he advanced. Doble was ashy pale, and 

 the "great mare which had scored so many victories stood with 

 trembling flanks and head down. Her attitude seemed to say, 'I 

 have done my best, but am forced to resign the crown.' The 

 judges hung out the time, 2 m. IGl s., 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. Sp 

 great was the press that it was difficult to obtain breathing room. 

 He appeared i'resh, and ate eagerly of the small bunch of hay 

 which was presented to him by his trainer after he had cooled out. 

 It was manifest that the last work had not destroyed his appetite. 

 The betting now changed. It was seen that the Maid was tired, 

 and her eiiger backers of an hour ago were anxious to hedge. In 

 the second score of the fourth heat the judges observed that Smug- 

 gler was in 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 en(jugh to keep Marvin from slipping through with the 



