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the unfortunate shoe from the near fore foot, the hope 

 began to rise that the star of the stallion had set. The 

 shoe was put on, the delay giving the Maid time to get 

 her second wind, when the scoring again commenced. 

 Smuggler was repeatedly forced to break, and for the 

 third time in the race he grabbed off the near fore shoe. 

 Misfortunes seemed to be gathering thickly around him, 

 and the partisans of the Maid wore the old jaunty air of 

 confidence. Before replacing the shoe, Col. Russell had 

 it shortened at the heel. It was a new shoe, and one 

 adopted by Marvin against the judgment of Russell. 

 The shell of the foot was badly splintered by the triple 

 accident, but the stallion was not rendered lame. As much 

 as an hour was wasted by the scoring and the shoeing of 

 Smuggler, which brought all the horses to the post look- 

 ing fresh. Smuggler had the worst of it, as he was the 

 only one which had not enjoyed an unbroken rest. Finally 

 the word was given for the fifth heat. Fullerton went to 

 the front like a flash of light, trotting without skip to the 

 quarter pole in 33 seconds. Smuggler overhauled him 

 near the half-mile, and from there home was never 

 headed. The Maid worked up to second position down 

 the home-stretch, the stallion winning the heat in 2\ij l /+, 

 and the hardest-fought race ever seen in the world. The 

 evening shadows had now thickened, and as the great 

 crowd had shouted itself weak and hoarse, it passed 

 slowly through the gate and drove in a subdued manner 

 home. 



"It was a race which will live long in memory, one to 

 which thousands will date as the beginning of an epoch 

 in their lives. Think of it. A first heat in 2:15^ and a 

 fifth heat in 2 :i7/4, with the stallion record reduced to 

 2 11634 in the third heat ! A week ago no one would have 



