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and he ceased to plead for a special purse and permission 

 to withdraw. He thought that Goldsmith Maid would 

 have a comparatively easy time in capturing first money, 

 and his confidence made the old mare the favorite over 

 the field. Smuggler was deemed an uncertain horse, and 

 there was no eagerness to invest in pools on him. But 

 the stallion was cheered almost as warmly as the Maid, 

 when he jogged slowly past the stand. Lucille Golddust, 

 Judge Fullerton and Bodine were also received with ap- 

 plause. The great drivers of the country were behind the 

 great horses of the country. Budd Doble pulled the lines 

 over Goldsmith Maid ; Charley Green steadied Lucille 

 Golddust ; Peter Johnson controlled Bodine ; Charley 

 Marvin watched over the fortunes of Smuggler, and Dan 

 Mace was up behind Judge Fullerton, having come from 

 New York for the express purpose of driving him in the 

 race. Twice the horses came for the word, and twice they 

 failed to get it. They were then ordered to score with 

 Lucille Golddust, and succeeded in getting off. The 

 Maid had the best of the start, and, quickly taking the 

 pole from Judge Fullerton, gaily carried herself in the 

 lead. It was where she was accustomed to be, and so she 

 trotted in the best of spirits. Fullerton did not act well, 

 and he brought up the rear rank the entire length of the 

 course. Along the back-stretch Smuggler began to close 

 a gap, terrific as the pace was. After passing the half- 

 mile he drew dangerously near the Maid, but it was no- 

 ticed that he faltered a little. The cause was not then 

 understood, but it was made plain when the patrol judge 

 galloped up to the stand with a shoe in his hand which 

 had been cast from the near fore foot. Around the turn 

 the stallion pressed after the mare, and down the stretch 

 he drove her at the top of her speed, the thousands giving 



