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who knew her best. She improved with age, and was 

 of the kind that would go on improving. She was a 

 good feeder ; had pure action, carrying ten-ounce shoes 

 forward; had nerve-force enough without being fret- 

 ful or irritable ; improved under the wear-and-tear of a 

 campaign ; had a good, level head ; was a good actor 

 under all circumstances, and would go to her utmost 

 limit on her courage. She had, in short, all the essen- 

 tial qualities of a great race-mare. As to her game- 

 ness, all I have to say is that I knew her through and 

 through, and when she was fit and well she was game 

 enough to suit me, and I am not suited vfery easily in 

 that regard. I do not know of any mare I would 

 sooner trust for a brood-mare than Manzanita, and 

 with life and a fair chance in the stud she will be 

 pretty sure to produce something that will do credit to 

 so great a dam. She started eleven times, was victo- 

 rious eight times, and two of her defeats were by an 

 aged horse. She had not the cheap honor of being the 

 best racer of her age in a bad year. As a three-year- 

 old she met giants — met the best fields of three-year- 

 olds that had ever come out in one year, and captured 

 more than her share of honors ; and she did not stop 

 there, but came out as a four-year-old and demon- 

 strated in the most marked degree her unquestionable 

 superiority over the same champions with which she 

 battled as a three-year-old, and she lowered the four- 

 year-old record to a point which none have surpassed. 

 That is glory enough to retire upon and laurels bright 

 enough to remain forever fresh and green in the annals 

 of the trotting-turf. 



