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JeiFerson having" been drawn after the second heat. In 1876, at 

 Belmont Park, Philadelphia, he trotted his first race against Judge 

 Fullerton, as follows: first heat he won, in 2:17^, the second was a 

 dead heat, in 2:18, the succeeding two were won by Smuggler, in 2:17 

 and 2:20 — not a single break by either horse in the entire race. Thus 

 he opened his brilliant campaign of 1876. 



At Cleveland, on the 27th of July, he encountered, for the first time, 

 the renowned Queen of the Trotting Turf, Goldsmith Maid; also 

 Lucille Golddust, Bodine and Judge Fullerton. Goldsmith Maid won 

 the first and second heats, in 2:15^ and 2:17^, and the next three were 

 won by Smuggler, in 2:16:^, 2:19f and 2:17^. A further reference to 

 this third heat is made further on. 



On the 3d day of August, at Buffalo, he encountered the same 

 list of opponents, and lost the race, being placed fifth in the first heat, 

 and distanced in the second. On the 10th of August, at Rochester, 

 he encountered Judge Fullerton, Bodine and Lucille Golddust, and 

 won in three heats, in 2:15f, 2:18 and 2:19|^. On the 25th of August, 

 he was distanced the first heat, owing, doubtless, to one of his charac- 

 teristic breaks. On the 1st of September, at Hartford, Conn., he 

 trotted a second race against Goldsmith Maid, Fullerton and Bodine 

 being in the race also. He won the first two heats in 2:15^ and 2:17, 

 and made a dead heat in 2:16f, and then lost the race to Goldsmith 

 Maid, in 2:17|^, 2:18 and 2:19, but trotted a close second all the way 

 through. He trotted against the same field at Springfield, Mass., 

 September 9th, but did not win a single heat. Jjater in the season, he 

 trotted two races against Great Eastern, but failed to equal his 

 previous time, and was beaten in each race. In the first of these, 

 Smuggler won the first heat in 2:23; and in consequence of what the 

 report called a " stereotyped standstill break," he was distanced in 

 the second heat in 2 :24^. In the second race he lost the first heat in 

 2:21, and broke badly in the second and third, and was beaten in 

 2:24i and 2:25. 



The features of his trotting exploits that are most noticeable are 

 the fact that he can at times display such most extraordinary speed 

 and endurance, equal to any demands that are made upon him, and 

 the readiness with which, at other times, he loses his balance and 

 footing, and in consequence of his uncontrollable tendency to break 

 into a gallop, can not be kept at a trotting gait. It is thus he loses 

 his races. He has had no opponent that could equal him in speed; but 

 if forced to a break, he can not be brought to a catoh again until the 

 race is lost. This is generally the result of his unsteadiness. 



