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pair were on even terms as they swung- into the stretch, but 

 before the distance was reached Red Cloud gave it up and 

 Gloster won the heat by three open lengths in 2:20^2. 

 Camors made a break after getting the word and was dis- 

 tanced. Gazelle was also distanced while Sensation was 

 third, St. James fourth, and Nettie fifth. In the second 

 heat Red Cloud slipped by Gloster on the turn and took 

 the pole. When the half was passed in 1 109 Gloster was 

 on even terms with him and had half a length the best of 

 it until within two or three strides of the wire, when he 

 made a mistake and Red Cloud won in 2 :2c When the 

 word was given for the third heat Nettie dropped into the 

 pole behind Red Cloud and remained there until the half 

 was passed in 1 109^4 . In the third quarter Turner 

 moved up to second place, challenged Gloster in the 

 stretch and was a neck in front at the wire in 2:21*4. 

 Red Cloud finished fourth, dead tired. The fourth and 

 fifth heats were only play for Nettie, Gloster breaking in 

 the stretch in each, while Sensation had not enough speed 

 to be dangerous. There was no heat betting in those 

 days. The other winners at the meeting were 

 Monarch, Jr., James Howell, Jr., Nashville Girl, who af- 

 terwards became prominent as May Queen, and is now 

 remembered as the grandam of Bingen, Kansas Chief 

 and Goldsmith Maid. Doble won the free-for-all with 

 Goldsmith Maid. In the first heat of it, American Girl 

 carried her to the half in 1 \oj, but died away in the 

 stretch, second place going to Judge Fullerton. The run- 

 ning races were won by Spendthrift, Lady Washington 

 and Jack Frost. Spendthrift ran the second heat of his 

 race in 1 14334, while Jack Frost won at two miles in 

 3 : 33/^- The pacing record of the track was reduced to 

 2 :2oJ4 at the September meeting in 1874 by Sleepy 



