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with ease. The time to the half was about the same 

 as in the previous heats, 1:11 and a fraction, but I sent 

 him along in the last quarter fast, and won " away off" 

 in 2:20, thus equaling the fastest stallion record. 



The applause of the Boston ians after the first heat 

 was warm; after the second heat it was wild and 

 hilarious; but after the race was won and the last 

 heat trotted in 2:20 the enthusiasm of the crowd knew 

 no bounds. They hurrahed for Colonel Kussell, foi 

 Smuggler, for Mr. Blanchard, for Smuggler's driver 

 and everything else in general. Those who remember 

 that occasion will remember it as a red-letter day on 

 the Eastern trotting-turf , and in closing my reference to 

 it, a quotation from the Boston Herald may be par- 

 doned : " In they came upon the track as soon as the 

 deciding Ijeat was finished, rushing from the grand 

 stands before the horses had crossed the line, and filled 

 the space around and in front of the judges' stand, 

 cheering for Smuggler, his owner, his driver, Mr. 

 Blanchard, the track, etc., etc. Loud calls were made 

 for Marvin, the comparatively unknown driver of 

 Smuggler, who had thus suddenly stepped into fame 

 with his horse, but Marvin declined to appear, and 

 quietly and modestly went to the stable to look after 

 the animal over which he had handled the reins so suc- 

 cessfully, receiving cheer after cheer as he passed along. 

 Mr. Russell, the owner, made his appearance in the 

 stand and bowed his acknowledgments to the ovation 

 he received, and then Dr. George B. Loring was intro- 

 duced and made a pleasant little speech to his ' friends 

 and neighbors,' the theme of whicn was, of course, the 

 horse Travelers toward home talked of 



