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and won at Hartford and Springfield, where he gave 

 her a record of 2 :2O% in a third heat. The following 

 week at Mystic Park, Boston, she was second to But- 

 terfly after winning two heats, but won again at 

 Albany, where she disposed of Onward, St. Cloud, 

 Billy Button and Zoe B. The records also show that 

 Goldsmith had a mount behind St. Albans in the race 

 Maxie Cobb won at Providence in September. 



After a let-up of a month, Walnut dropped into 

 line again at Mount Holly, N. J., where he was fourth 

 to Aclele Gould, Billy Button and Captain Emmons 

 being between him and the winner. His next starts 

 were on the Philadelphia tracks, where, after trotting 

 third to Captain Emmons at Belmont Park, he de- 

 feated the Continental gelding in the 2:20 class at Suf- 

 folk in time so slow that it could scarcely be considered 

 a contest. The following is a summary of the sea- 

 son's work : 



