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CHAPTER XI. 



MANZANITA AS A FOUR - YEAR - OLD — A RACE LOST BY 



LAYING UP HEATS SHE STARTS AGAINST A GREAT 



FIELD OF AGED HORSES AT CLEVELAND — LO AVERS THE 



FOUR - YEAR - OLD RECORD TO 2:16^ BEATS EAGLE 



BIRD EASILY AT MAYSVILLE DEFEATS GREENLANDER 



AT LEXINGTON THE FOUR - YEAR - OLD RECORD LOW- 

 ERED TO 2:16 WINNING FROM GREENLANDER AND 



HAVERSTICK IN A JOG THE GLORIOUS VICTORY AT THE 



ST. LOUIS FAIR OVER PATRON THE DEFEAT OF 1885 



WIPED OUT, AND MANZANITA's SUPERIORITY AS THE 



GREATEST OF FOUR - YEAR- OLDS ESTABLISHED HER 



RETIREMENT HER GREAT QUALITIES AS A RACE- 

 MARE. 



Manzanita's first start in her memorable campaign 

 as a four-year-old, was against a field of aged horses 

 in the 2:21: class at East Saginaw, Michigan. As else- 

 Avhere related, on my return from Xew York, where a 

 consignment of oar horses went for sale, I found 

 the trotting stable sick at Louisville, and, after the 

 horses rounded to and were well over the effects of the 

 long journey, we went to Kalamazoo. From there we 

 shipped to East Saginaw to take a hand in the meeting 

 at that place in July. Palo Alto began the campaign 

 for the stable bv beatino^ Wilton, Lucv Frv and a o-ood 

 field, in fast time, on the loth and 16th, and Man- 

 zanita's race was set for the ITth. The storv can be 



