IVben Boston met Fashion 257 



second mile, when on passing the stand Fashion 

 changed places with Lady Canton, and in the 

 last three-quarter mile, finding Stockton falling 

 off and Blount winning too easy, she made up a 

 gap of forty yards, and brushed with him down 

 the quarter-stretch; Blount shook her off, and 

 finally won by a length. Lady Canton's saddle 

 slipped in the first mile. She and Stockton, who 

 could not run in the mud, were distanced. 



Second heat. They both cooled off well. 

 Fashion, now the " fielders' " only stay, was 

 scrutinized again and again, and pronounced 

 faultless; in the betting she advanced a point, 

 they relying on her undoubted gameness. 



Never was there a more even race ; from the 

 word " Go " they were locked, a la Siamese twins, 

 the whole three miles, no one being able for 

 one second to see daylight between the two 

 jockeys. In any part of this heat a blanket 

 would have covered both horses till they came 

 inside of the distance stand, where Fashion 

 gradually cleared herself. When within four 

 jumps of the stand John Farrell attempted to 

 steal a march on Fashion, but Joe Laird, ever 

 wakeful, was not caught napping this time, but 

 brought the filly home a gallant winner by a neck. 



