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and only started twice, defeating Great Eastern in a 

 four-heat race in June at Boston, and bein^ defeated 

 by Hopeful in Jul3\ 



It was Colonel Eussell's desire to give Smuggler a 

 faster record, and in November, ISTT, we started for 

 California, to give him the benefit of this genial climate. 

 But the most carefully designed plans do not always 

 succeed. Smuggler had a suspicious leg as early as 

 1ST6, and it interfered with his preparation in 1877. 

 "We arrived at Bay District track, San Francisco, Xo- 

 V ember 14th, and prepared winter quarters. Through 

 ,ne winter I worked Smuggler very "gingerly," but it 

 ^.oon became apparent that the great horse could never 

 race again, and in April, 1878, he finally broke down 

 and WcJ shipped home. Shortly afterward Colonel 

 Kussell sold him to AV. H. Wilson, of Cynthiana; and 

 after being denounced as a complete failure in the 

 stud and sold for a song, he has at last shown that he 

 can sire trotters, and I believe his services are now 

 sought at a high price at the stock-farm of F. G. Bab- 

 cock, Horn ells vi lie, Xew York. 



I make no apology for takmg up a good share of 

 space in giving a history of Smuggler. Whether he 

 owes much of his fame as a great turf-horse to me or 

 not we will let pass, but I certainly owe much to him, 

 and the cha])ter or two of which he is the hero is only 

 just acknowledgment from his old driver. In esti- 

 mating his merits as a race-horse the truthful histo- 

 rians of the future will always record that "there 

 were giants in those days," and that he battled with 

 the giants and more than held his own. 



Though he has yet no son or daughter as great as 



