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a new interest made itself felt. Leary, who all along had 

 exhibited rare patience watching his leaders fighting one 

 another, saw the critical moment had arrived, and, call- 

 ing upon the ' ' old slave, ' ' raced up to the favorites, went 

 by them as if they were anchored and at the three-quarter 

 pole had a lead of three open lengths. 



The race home was a cut and come struggle between 

 Mohawk and Belle Mahone ; both were dead beat. Nettie, 

 on the other hand, was fresh as paint, and raced home a 

 winner of the dash with six lengths to spare, which could 

 have been increased to twelve if Leary had wished to 

 make an exhibition of the foreigners. The drop was a 

 heavy one, the followers, both of Belle and Mohawk, were 

 clean scooped, and the night train took away many a sore 

 head that had swooped down on the pool box over night, 

 thinking he had but to stoop to pick it all up. 



