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about three lengths, close to whom lay True 

 Blue, Joe Daniels a length behind the latter, 

 and all but Mamie were going under a steady 

 pull. At the quarter the second time True 

 Blue was sent forward, and Thad Stevens and 

 Joe Daniels were running easy. No change 

 occurred until the three-quarter pole was passed, 

 when it became apparent that Mamie Hall was 

 tiring and True Blue went by her like a flash. 

 The second mile was finished in 2.01. True 

 Blue was now in advance, and as he went along 

 his stride and easy way of going was much 

 admired. Before they had reached the quarter 

 for the third time, however, Palmer, on Joe 

 Daniels, moved up towards True Blue, and Thad 

 Stevens still lay away, his jockey apparently 

 having orders to let the Eastern horses fight 

 the heat out between them. The pace was now 

 a "cracker," and it became evident the heat 

 would be fast. Past the three-quarter pole and 

 into the home-stretch the gallant racers came. 

 True Blue leading Joe Daniels a length, with 

 Thad Stevens still under a pull forty yards 

 away. The mare was now hopelessly beaten. 

 The positions were unaltered at the finish of 

 the mile (the third), which was run in 1.47J. 



