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that there was some sportsmanship abroad in the 

 land when a race of this value could be made 

 between a couple of youngsters for a scramble. 



In 1882 Hindoo had his chance in the Coney 

 Island Cup, which was the big race of the year, 

 since it came after two other cups had been run. 

 And there was a smashing field of them on that 

 June afternoon. Hindoo was opposed to Fred 

 Gebhard's Eole and to Parole. Even with this 

 class against him, Hindoo had so stamped himself 

 upon the minds of the American people as a 

 great race-horse that he was at ten to three on. 

 After a contest that was exciting to the greatest 

 degree, Hindoo drew away from Eole, who had 

 been battling with him, and won the race gallop- 

 ing by three lengths. Parole was pulled up a 

 bad last. Hindoo's race was run in 3.58, three- 

 quarters of a second faster than Glenmore had 

 run it. Thora was one of the entries for the 

 Coney Island Cup, but she did not start for the 

 reason that that superb mare had won both 

 the Baltimore and Westchester Cups that spring 

 and was penalized in the Coney Island Cup 10 

 pounds for her remarkable accomplishment. 



Throughout that entire season of racing, the 

 crack horse of the year was Hindoo, and the great 



