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ford and Springfield, and was beaten by Harry Wilkes 

 at Rochester, Boston and New York. The race that 

 Gean Smith lost to Harry Wilkes -at Rochester was a 

 trifle off color, the deciding mile being won in 2:26, 

 while the Dauntless gelding trotted it in about 2:30. 

 The following week at Poughkeepsie he won in 

 2:18^4, 2:15%, 2:18, over the same horse and Mam- 

 brino Sparkle. 



Graylight was tried at Detroit and Cleveland, the 

 big gray saving his entrance in the events won by Kit 

 Curry and Jack. When Buffalo was reached he was on 

 his good behavior and won in 2:16^. At Rochester he 

 was second to Jack, and third to Mocking Bird in the 

 2 :2O class at Poughkeepsie. His last start for the sea- 

 son was made in the Charter Oak Stake at Hartford, 

 where he was distanced in the second heat by Alcryon. 

 Cleon and Arbutus were dropped from the stable after 

 being unplaced at Detroit, and Billy Stewart met with 

 the same fate after being beaten by Lillian at Cleve- 

 land and Ed Annan at Buffalo. 



After the chestnut mare, Star Lily, trotted second 

 to Veritas at Detroit, she was purchased by A. J. 

 Welch and placed in Goldsmith's stable. He started 

 her at Cleveland, where she finished second to Refer- 

 ence. The next start was at Buffalo, where she won 

 over Reference and Marksman Maid, after trotting 

 six heats. Star Lily's next engagement was the 

 $10,000 Flower City Stake, at Rochester. It was con- 

 sidered a gift for Veritas, driven by Budd Doble, who 

 won the event in 1888 with the Pilot Medium gelding, 

 Jack. The other starters were Sprague Golddust, 

 Tariff, Ketch, Gold Ring, Reference, Camille, Tippie 

 and Maud Muller. Veritas won the first heat in 



