CHAPTER VIII 



WHAT A THOROUGHBRED MARE MAY DO 



Black Maria's most memorable race was for 

 the Jockey Club Purse of $600, four-mile heats, 

 over the Union Course, Saturday, October 13, 

 1832. Four started — Lady Relief, Slim by Fly- 

 ing Childers, Black Maria, and the nonpareil 

 Trifle. Black Maria won the first heat; made a 

 dead heat with Trifle for the second ; the third 

 heat was taken by Trifle, the fourth by Lady 

 Relief, and the fifth and race by the dashing 

 daughter of Eclipse and Lady Lightfoot. The 

 track was heavy, and yet, to achieve a victory, 

 twenty miles had to be run. 



The race was such a one as had not been run 

 before on the turf of any country, and has never 

 been repeated. Racing courage has, in all story 

 of the turf, never been more magnificently demon- 

 strated than by three of these mares that afternoon. 



Several interesting stories of this remarkable 

 race have been published, but the most accurate 

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