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on Mr. Bonner's three-quarter track in 2.1 1^-; 



nevertheless he was a very dear horse. His new 



owner derived but little satisfaction from him. 



Rarus was a sporadic representative of a dead 



line. 



St, Julien, 2.1 ij 



Only a few months after the transfer of Rarus 

 to the Bonner stable, St. Julien took the crown 

 away from him. He was a bay gelding, foaled 

 in 1869, by Volunteer, dam Flora by Harry 

 Clay 45, and was purchased in the spring of 

 1875 by James Gal way of New York, w^ho started 

 him in the big circuit, and his achievements 

 were astonishing for a green horse. In his fourth 

 race, at Springfield, Massachusetts, August 27, 

 1875, he trotted to a record of 2.22^. Early in 

 the winter following he was sold to R. S. Morrow 

 and Orrin A. Hickok, and was taken to Cali- 

 fornia, where his speed was patiently developed. 

 He did not begin to show his form until in 

 September, 1879. Ex-President Grant was re- 

 turning from his triumphant tour of the world, 

 and stopped in San Francisco. October 25, 

 1879, St. Julien was started for his entertainment 

 at Oakland Park, to beat the record of Rarus, 

 and the time made was 2.1 2f. General Grant 



