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leading nags made play, and during the whole of 

 it Maria held the lead, followed closely by Trifle, 

 while Relief and Slim were (and as we believe, 

 not willingly) at a most respectable distance in 

 the rear. 



" After passing the judges' stand and entering 

 upon the fourth mile, and after compassing the 

 turn upon the southerly side of the course, Trifle 

 'made a dash' at Maria and ran her so hard 

 down the descending ground upon the straight 

 side that her subtle antagonist (perhaps not un- 

 willingly) gave up the track, which was taken 

 by the Southern lady and kept with apparent 

 ease round the turn until they came to that 

 part of the course which looks up toward the 

 judges' stand. Here, at a moment when all 

 opinions had given Trifle the heat as a safe 

 thing that could not be missed, Maria went 

 at her, and before you could count one she 

 shot by Trifle like an arrow and won the heat 

 with ease, there being a considerable gap be- 

 tween herself and Trifle and a much greater 

 one between the latter and the hindmost horses." 



The description of that first heat in this won- 

 derful race practically describes all of them. 

 Black Maria, by virtue of a speed which she was 



