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^o Gen. Duiiliam, and was a stylish, up-headed horse. 

 Miller's Damsel was a chestnut mare, with three white 

 legs and a blaze in the face. She belonged to Conkling 

 Carl. Her sire was Emmons's Jackson, a son of old 

 Andrew Jackson. Of these four. Flora and Frank Forrester 

 were the only ones that appeared on the 20th of September 

 I had no trouble in winning it with Flora in 5.15^, 5.17^. 

 On the 10th of October, Frank Forrester paid forfeit to 

 Flora in a match for $2,000, over the Union Course. On 

 the 17th, she went a match against Hero the pacer, for 

 $2,000, over the Centreville, two-mile heats, she in harness, 

 the pacer to wagon. The mare won this in three heats. 

 Hero got the first, and she the second and third. Time, 

 4.69, 4.57, 5.21^. This ended Flora's exploits in 1855, 



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