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to worry Smuggler in scoring, and he threw the shoe 

 that had gone in the first heat again. There was more 

 scoring and in a break Smuggler threw another shoe. 

 With the scoring and shoeing an hour was consumed, 

 and the delay, it was believed, would rest the mare and 

 thus favor her chances. When we got away Mace 

 rushed Fullerton out to set a killing pace, the idea 

 being for him to fight Smuggler in the early part of 

 the heat, while the Maid trailed, reserving her strength 

 for a fight in the stretch, when it was thought she 

 might outfoot the horse after Fullerton had done with 

 him. The scheme was a complete failure. I had Ful- 

 lerton beaten at the half-mile, and the Maid was 

 unable to give a serious challenge in the stretch, Smug- 

 gler winning eas}^ in 2:17i. This was conceded to have 

 been the hardest fought race up to that day, and the 

 heats were the fastest five consecutive miles on record. 

 The shadows of evenino^ were fallino- when the last 

 cheers were re echoing on " the change of dynasty." 

 The haught}^ queen that so proudly and imperiously 

 strode forth to sure and certain victory in the bright 

 sunlight of the afternoon that w^as to be her greatest 

 day of triumph had by dusk laid dowj the crown. 

 Here is the summaiw of the great race : 



Cleveland, Ohio, July 27, 1876.— Purse $4,000; free for all. 

 H. S. Russell's b, s. Smuggler, by Blanco. .25111 



Budd Doble's b. m. Goldsmith Maid 1 1 2 2 2 



C. S. Green's b. m. Lucille Golddust 4 2 3 3 3 



W. M. Humphrey's ch, g. Judge Fullerton. 5 3 4 4 4 



H. C. Goodrich's b. g. Bodine 3 4 5 5 5 



Time, 2:15i— 2:17^— 2:16i— 2:19|— 2:17^. 



In closing this description let me say that through 



