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heats Tvere awaited by the vast concourse with intense 

 impatience. 



"AVhen the bell tapped for the fourth heat every 

 spectator sprung to his feet. On the second score the 

 horses were sent on their way, with Smuggler at the 

 pole, but fully two lengths behind when the word to 

 start was given. Again Goldsmith Maid took the lead, 

 rushino^ in front of Smuo:o:ler, while Lucille Golddust 

 forced her way to the outside of Smuggler, and Fuller- 

 ton trotted close up to Lucille's wheel. Then it be- 

 came evident that the three ablest trainers on the turf, 

 Doble, Mace and Green, and the three swiftest trot- 

 tino'-horses on the turf, Goldsmith Maid, Lucille Gold- 

 dust and Fullerton, were combined to beat the cham- 

 pion stallion Smuggler. These were fearful odds. 

 Nothing but the greatest speed, the most perfectly 

 balanced brain and the most indomitable courage 

 could overcome them. There they had Smuggler se- 

 curely held in a double pocket. Doble drove the 

 Maid just fast enough to enable his helpers to keep 

 up the pace and hold Smuggler in his disadvantageous 

 position. All around the course till they swung into 

 the home-stretch was he thus safely kept a prisoner. 

 They were then coming home better than a 2:20 gait. 

 Suddenly Mar^in pulled Smuggler back. The leaders, 

 not dreaming of this piece of strategy, rushed on to- 

 gether in a close group. After they had passed, Mar- 

 vin deliberately pulled Smuggler to the extreme out- 

 side and attempted to win the heat. His success 

 seemed to be impossible. With almost any other 

 horse, trotting at such a rate of speed, such a maneu- 

 ver would have soured his temper or discouraged his 



