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out of Elvira, the Cuyler filly that reduced the four-year- 

 old record to 2 :i8}4> but was, inside of three months, de- 

 prived of the honors by Sallie Benton, 2 '.17 $4, a gray filly 

 by General Benton, out of Sontag Mohawk, the dam of 

 Conductor, while Elvira was also a sister to Beatrice, the 

 dam of Patron. 



During the week Budd Doble won his engagement with 

 So Long, Veritas and Godilea, and finished behind the 

 money in the 2 :i6 class with Houri, this race proving only 

 a work-out for Alfred S., with Susie S. second, and Mary 

 Marshall third. C. F. Emery also won two races with 

 Tom Arden and sold him for about five times what he 

 paid for him at the Wellington, O., fair, a few weeks prior 

 to the meeting. Wyandot was the favorite for the second 

 division of the 2 125 class, and won it after being rather 

 gay in the first heat. In a team race Pickpania and Won- 

 der defeated Keokee and Five Points, driven by W. B. 

 Fasig, the last quarter of the third heat being trotted in 

 34^4 seconds. The pacing races on the programme were 

 won by Cousin Jim and Pickaway. On the third day oi 

 the meeting Marvin drove Palo Alto an exhibition mile in 

 2 :i6 and Sunol in 2 113^4. Guy was also started twice to 

 reduce his record, but failed, his time being 2:12^2, 

 2 :i23^. 



It was at this meeting that W. H. Crawford and Orrin 

 A. Hickok made their first move to put a damper on turf 

 writers, who had little hesitation in calling a spade a spade 

 when reporting a race or repeating tales of the past. The 

 writer of these notes was the first victim selected by this 

 noble band of intimidators and their allies. Tom Gal- 

 lagher, the only and original "let her go Gallagher," 

 wrote a very plain story about Crawford and Hickok for 

 a New York and a Chicago daily. They read it, and 



