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five-heat battle with Flying Jib. Martha Wilkes and 

 Grant's Abdallah won their engagement on the second 

 day, while The Raven, after a postponement over night, 

 won the 2 \2j class in which Magnolia and H. C. T. each 

 had two heats to their credit. The 2:17 class proved the 

 best race of the meeting. The list of starters presented 

 the names of Walter E., Little Albert, Abbie V., Hazel 

 Wilkes, Honest George, J. B. Richardson, Sadie M., Min- 

 nie Wilkes, Lakewood Prince and Sprague Golddust. Of 

 the ten starters six had a strong individual following until 

 the weight of the Hamlin money made Honest George a 

 favorite. Geers had had him hitched to a bike sulky, 

 there being but two or three on the grounds, and the dif- 

 ference between it and the high wheels enabled the In- 

 diana bred gelding to pull off the race after losing a heat 

 on account of a break, and three very close finishes, there 

 being only "an eyelash/' as a local reporter remarked, 

 between him and Little Albert when they dashed under 

 the wire in the third heat in 2 :i55^. In the deciding mile 

 Abbie V. was at his shoulder in 2:15*4. Turner drove a 

 splendid heat, but the Aberdeen mare could not reach. 

 The race won by Honest George was sandwiched with the 

 2:19 pace, in which Flying Jib won as he pleased, after 

 an easy mile in the first heat which went to Expert Prince 

 in 2:13*4- The other winners for the week were Belle 

 Vara, Alvin and Merry Chimes, the last named going to 

 the front in the 2 123 pace in which Hal Dillard won the 

 first and second heats, and Walnut Boy the fourth and 

 fifth. In the line of specials there was a team race in 

 which Captain and Edith defeated Wonder and Blue 

 Charlie, the third heat in the event being trotted in 2 '.2^/2, 

 while Belle Hamlin and Globe stepped a mile to pole in 

 2:13^, and Nancy Hanks trotted in 2:13. 



