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fine-grained ones often make up in quality what 

 they lack in substance, and stand drawn condi- 

 tion better than the grosser kind. Whatever 

 the fault, she certainly could not have been 

 anything like herself. Since the results of the 

 race she is likely to be underrated, but as long 

 as she ran she ran like a real good one ; and, if 

 I mistake not, will turn up as great a surprise 

 another day as she has been a disappointment 

 to-day. The story is soon told. 



" They got away at an even start, the mare in- 

 side, and ran evenly to the quarter in 28 seconds. 

 At the half-mile pole the mare had her head in 

 front, and bettered her position slightly two- 

 thirds around the turn. The race was obscured 

 from my sight until they entered the stretch, 

 when the mare held hijn at her girths, and in 

 this position they raced to the stand in i.49f, 

 both under a pull, the horse with his head 

 turned in toward the mare. The mare ran 

 with such a beautiful and apparently easy stroke, 

 and the horse seemingly at labor, but really 

 annoyed at restraint, that a shout went up that 

 she already had him beaten. But ' it is a far 

 cry to Lochawe,' and only one mile out of four 

 had been done. The mare now drew away and 



