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not supposed to possess, and a gameness which 

 has never since been surpassed by any horse on 

 the turf, went on, and by virtue of an error on 

 the part of her jockey, made a dead heat with 

 Trifle in the second four miles. In the third she 

 had Lady Relief to contend with, and the boy 

 on Black Maria, again losing his head, allowed 

 Trifle to dash at her in the last few strides and 

 snatch the third heat away. 



In the fourth round in this terrific battle Lady 

 Relief, who had taken it rather easily in the 

 previous efforts, came to and made a desperate 

 challenge through the last mile, beating Maria in 

 a whipping finish. Maria should have won either 

 of the last three heats. When she struck them 

 for the fifth time at going this four miles she took 

 hold of them in the twentieth mile of the race 

 and did just as Waterboy would do in this day — 

 carried them so fast that she stopped them dead 

 and came along home to pass the judges' stand 

 for the twentieth time, winning without the touch 

 of a whip or spur. 



Take a good look at this accomplishment. 

 Alternately battling with two other animals. 

 Black Maria won the first heat, dead-heated the 

 second, was second in the third, second in the 



