144 TEAINIXa THE TROTTING HORSE. 



easily told. I laid Manzanita up in the first two heats 

 which Belle Hamlin won in 2:21i and 2:22J. This left 

 me in sixth place for the third heat and I drove for it. 

 From the first turn the two mares had it nip and tuck ; 

 it was head and head up the stretch, and Belle just 

 won in 2:1 SJ. Manzanita was separately timed in 

 2:18, and she went a long mile, trotting around the 

 field in the first quarter. I laid up the first two heats 

 according to an agreement which certain other parties 

 failed to respect, and, undoubtedly, the breach of faith 

 gave Belle Hamlin the race. The two mares far 

 outclassed the rest of the field. Had both gone for it 

 from the start, Belle Hamlin, with her advantage of 

 three 3^ears in age — she then being seven — would have 

 made a great race with Manzanita. From East Sagi- 

 naw the scene shifted to the Grand Circuit tracks, and, 

 in the 2:23 class, at Cleveland, July 28th, the two 

 mares met again, and again the diplomatic owner of 

 Belle Hamlin got the money. Besides the mares there 

 were in the field such hardened campaigners as Long- 

 fellow Whip, Lowland Girl, Spofford, Charles Hilton 

 and Kitefoot — rather formidable company for a four- 

 year-old filly to fight, especially in combination. In 

 scoring for the first heat Hilton upset Hickok out, 

 and ran away, and he, of course, was drawn. When 

 the word was given Belle Hamlin and Lowland 

 Girl had the best of it, and went away at a hot 

 pace, going to the quarter in 0:31-, and the half 

 in 1:08. I trailed about a length behind Lowland 

 Girl, and my mare was going easy enough to satisfy 

 me that Belle Hamlin would have to go another half 

 in 1:08 or I should have a word to sav about the finish. 



