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duties — to protect the pole-horse. Patron was sent 

 away in front, lapped by Silverone and Eagle Bird, 

 with Manzanita away back and shut in at the pole. 

 The start was so unfair that even the local reporters 

 noticed it, and the turf papers mentioned the fact in 

 their reports. In trying to rush the mare through to 

 the position that the starter deprived her of I forced 

 her to a break, and being shut off, eased her up and 

 did not drive for the heat, which Patron won from 

 Eagle Bird in 2:23^. The public, seeing that Man- 

 zanita was not beaten on her merits, still kept her 

 favorite in the betting. Patron was now the pole- 

 horse, and he was very carefully protected, getting 

 away in front, but I brought Manzanita up from 

 the rear and carried him to a break before the half 

 was reached, and led to the three-quarters, with. 

 Silverone and Patron close up. We were all driv- 

 ing for all we were worth in the home-stretch, but 

 Patron left his feet, the two mares fighting it out to 

 the finish, with Silverone just beating Manzanita in 

 2:24J. Both Silverone and Manzanita broke as the 

 word was given in the fifth heat, and I at once saw 

 that it was best to lay up that heat, wherein Silverone 

 went on and drove Patron out in 2:24f. The starter 

 ao^ain "took care" of Manzanita in the sixth heat, and 

 gave a start that can only be explained on the theory 

 that he was so much interested in the great race that 

 he failed to watch the field closely. Even yet so plain 

 Avas it that Manzanita with a fair start could win, that 

 she sold in the pools for $25 to $20 over the entire 

 field; but in this last heat, though it was only the first 

 score, and Manzanita ran all the way up the score, the 



