VICTORY. 71 



They argued that the delay rested her, and that the 

 pulling of his shoes proved Smuggler was at least leg- 

 weary. She, therefore, sold in the pools about even 

 against the field, including Smuggler. But on that day 

 they counted without their host. Had they noticed 

 the grim resolution of the stallion during one of the 

 false starts, they would have saved much of their 

 wafj:ered o^old. On the fourth score so anxious was he 

 to get off, that, when Marvin took a strong pull to re- 

 strain him, he resolutely took the bit in his teeth, and, 

 stretching out the powerful muscles of his neck, he 

 bent over and straightened out the strong iron water- 

 hook on the saddle as if it had been only a bit of deli- 

 cate tinsel ornament. 



" On the sixtn trial the start was announced. From 

 the score it was evident the conspirators had changed 

 their tactics. 



"Goldsmith Maid was held back, trailing behind 

 Smuggler. At the turn Fuilerton was forced ahead to 

 set the pace. He rushed to the quarter in thirty-four 

 and one-half seconds, and sped on to the half-mile in 

 1:08^. Then he dropped back, giving way for the 

 mare; and the Maid, comparatively fresh, was sent 

 along to measure strides with the stallion, whose brush 

 wich Fuilerton was mtended to tire him. This is the 

 well-known jockey trick of 'two pluck one,' and in 

 nearly every mstance two horses can tire and vanquish 

 a third contestant, even though he has several seconds 

 the advantage in speed and endurance. But Smuggler 

 was more than a match against these fearful odds. 

 Goldsmith ^laid made a gallant brush for the lead ; 

 but the grand stallion had then attained to his greatest 



