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1885 ANTEEO. 



He was Scotch, you could tell by the burr. 

 With opinions as firm as poles, 

 That warm blood and tips make the trotter, 

 As shown by Columbine's foals. 



When the bell rang for the California Circuit in 

 1885, Guy Wilkes was in Orrin A. Hickok's hands, and 

 in the campaign that followed, Nelly R., Arab and the 

 George Wilkes stallion had too much speed for the 

 members of John Goldsmith's stable. He evaded 

 them at Santa Rosa and Petaluma, where he won 

 with Anteeo, and finally gave that horse this record 

 of 2\i6 l /2 in a $2,000 match race with Adair at San 

 Francisco on October 30. During the season Anteeo 

 also trotted second to Ruby at Oakland, and second to 

 Arab in two races at the Bay District, Guy Wilkes 

 and Adair being below him in the summary in one of 

 them. Manon won her first two races over Adair and 

 Albert W., these successes being followed by two de- 

 feats by Nelly R. and three by Guy Wilkes. Sister 

 took the word in five races, but failed to win, her score 

 being four seconds and a third, the big end of the 

 purse in three of the events going to Arab, and one 

 each to Adair and Albert W. 



The four-year-old colt, Dawn, by Nutwood, made 

 a very favorable showing, his best race being trotted 

 at Sacramento, where he defeated Pansy, Anteeo, 

 Voucher and Nona Y. in a five-heat race, and made a 

 record of 2 '.2^/4, while Maude made a clean score for 

 John Goldsmith by winning at Santa Rosa, Oakland, 

 Sacramento and Stockton, and equalled her record of 

 2 :2O in the deciding heat of her last race. While at 

 Santa Rosa, in August, John Goldsmith started the 



