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per. His rump is steep, his hips are wide and ragged, and 

 he was always a very rapid goer. The race against Flora 

 was mile heats in harness. She beat him in two heats, over 

 a heavy track, in 2.37, 2.43. That was on the 26th of June. 

 When Flora came home, another match was made between 

 her and Sontag, to be trotted on the 6th of July, over the 

 Union Course. It was two-mile heats to wagons, for 

 $2,000. This was the first time of my driving Flora that 

 year. She won easily in two heats, — 5.07, 5.27. Flora's 

 next race was against Lady Franklin, who was then in my 

 hands. 



She was a roan mare from Maine, about fourteen three, 

 with a long tail. Her pedigree was not known. A man 

 named Haj^es brought her here, and offered to sell her to 

 Sim Hoagland for $1,200. Sim took her to the course, 

 drove her a mile in 2m. 36s., and repeated her at precisely 

 the same rate. He would of course have bought her ; but it 

 happened that Capt. Yeaton, who had an interest in her, 

 had come on the course during the trial with some others, 

 and had caught her time in the repeating-mile. Wlien Sim 

 learned this, he did not want her. Her match against Flora 

 was two-mile heats to wagons, for $2,000. They trotted 

 over the Centreville, Sept. 11. Flora won it in two heats, 

 — 5.12^, 5.11^. After her victory over Lady Franklin 

 on the 11th of September, Flora trotted mile heats in 

 harness, three in five, on the 17th, against Chicago Jack 

 and Mac, and won it easily in three heats. Time, 2.29^., 

 2.31i, 2.34. 



In the next race in which she was engaged, I had Flora 

 on my side again. It was two-mile heats to wagons, extra- 

 weight, — wagons and drivers 2751bs. There were four en- 

 gaged, — Flora herself, Frank Forrester, Chicago Jack, and 

 Miller's Damsel. The bay gelding Frank Forrester, who was 

 eince called Ike Cook, was got by Abdallah (the old horse) 

 wliile he stood in Kentuck3^ Chicago Jack was a bay 

 gelding, fifteen hands, two inches scant. He belonged 



