41 8 The American Thoroughbred 



Miss Woodford, the winner of the EcHpse. At 

 the last moment, Troubadour was withdrawn, and 

 Barnum, the old Bonnie Scotland gelding, was 

 added. Eole, the ancient favorite, was the third 

 starter. In all the running of the Cup there had 

 been no such contest as this. There was ten to 

 one on Miss Woodford, and ten to one was laid 

 against Barnum, with fifteen against Eole. Eole 

 never counted in the race at all. Barnum, the old 

 reliable, went out and made the pace, and made 

 it so good that when Miss Woodford tried to 

 move up to him she found the utmost difficulty 

 in closing the gap; and in a wonderful finish, with 

 both horses showing remarkable gameness, they 

 flashed across the wire head and head, and the 

 judges announced it a dead heat. The track was 

 very heavy, and yet they ran the mile and three- 

 quarters to which the cup distance had been cut 

 in 3.07J. The owner of Barnum wanted to run 

 the stake off, but the Dwyer Brothers were 

 unwilling to send Miss Woodford for another 

 such gruelling, and they yielded the stake to old 

 Barnum. 



All in all, it was a year of brilliant racing in 

 both the East and the West, and not for many 

 seasons had so many good horses come to the 



