374 The American Tboroiighbred 



had a length the best of it at the mile and a 

 quarter mark, in which she released to half a 

 length as they raced to the mile and a half pole 

 in 2.47. Around the turn, until I again lost 

 sight of them, she held him at her girths, and in 

 this position they a second time reached the 

 stand, in 345J. As they entered the second 

 mile, the horse drew up and bettered his posi- 

 tion, but Mollie still had her head in front as 

 they passed the two mile and a quarter mark in 

 4.i6|. 



" But from this point the horse showed his 

 superiority. He drew ahead, and took the pole 

 from her as they went down the back-stretch, 

 and as they passed the two mile and a half post, 

 in 448J, he led her an open length. From the 

 time he got his head in. front she was a beaten 

 mare ; and though she struggled gamely, the 

 horse continued to make distance, until at the 

 completion of the third mile he led her at least 

 twenty yards at the score, in 5.53, and held that 

 lead past the three mile and a quarter mark. 

 She continued a stern chase at this disadvantage 

 for another quarter of a mile, when she threw 

 up her tail and gave it up. The horse galloped 

 home leisurely when his jockey saw that he had 



