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winning by two lengths, in the magnificent time of 

 2:17. 



" Fourth heat : Again, at the third attempt, they re- 

 ceived the word. This time it was a tussle from the 

 word. Fiillerton did his best to take his usual lead, 

 but Smuggler never let go his hold, and at the quarter 

 they were neck and neck ; on they swept to the half, 

 both doing tremendous work. Reaching this point it 

 was a question of endurance. Smuggler's head only 

 showing in front — the time being 1:07. The Judge 

 now seemed to tire on the up grade ; Smuggler, fresh 

 as at the start, and held well in hand, drew ahead, and 

 as they rounded into the stretch he had two lengths 

 the best of it. From this point home he jogged in an 

 easy winner of the grandest contest ever seen on a 

 trotting course, winning by five lengths in 2:20." 



This race again brought Smuggler prominently be- 

 fore the world as a candidate for championship honors, 

 and surprised those who had contended that his cam- 

 paign of 1875 proved him unequal to the task of sur- 

 passing or even equaling his performances of 1871:. 

 At the very first attempt he had not only defeated 

 one of the most formidable campaigners of his day, 

 driven by the foremost reinsman of our time, but he 

 had chipped three seconds off the stallion record, and 

 between him and the proud title of King of the Turf 

 there only stood one stumbling-block — Goldsmith Maid, 

 2:14. But what an opponent he had to beat in her! 

 She was a mare of " blood and iron " at her best, and 

 her record as a campaigner stands to-day unequaled. 

 So, with the knowledge that there was "one more 

 river to cross" — and a wide one — Smuggler and his re- 

 tinue started for Cleveland to struggle for the crown. 



