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pacers, that time taking the place of the 2 :o6j4 which 

 Johnston made to the old-style sulky in 1889. Saladin 

 caught Robert J. napping in the second heat, and when 

 Geers came out for the third he had a blind bridle on the 

 Hartford gelding. From that time there was nothing in 

 the race but Robert J., his first winning heat being in 

 2 :05^4, a new track record. Cobwebs and Alar also won 

 races on that afternoon, while on the last day of the meet- 

 ing Moonstone and Azote went to the front, the latter 

 trotting the deciding heat in his race in 2 no. In the first 

 race at this meeting, Red Bud, a five to one favorite, was 

 distanced for fouling Expressive in the fourth heat of the 

 three-year-old stake, first money going to the Palo Alto 

 bred filly, and second to Limonero, who was foaled on the 

 same farm. The other winners on the opening days were 

 Sally Simmons, Miss Nelson, Mary Best, Clayhontas and 

 Eloise. There were twenty-one starters in the race won 

 by Clayhontas. He drew seventeenth position, started 

 favorite, and after three heats managed to work his way 

 into the front tier and win. In the Alary Best race, Rose 

 Leaf started at $25 to $15 over the field. She failed to con- 

 nect, as, after Mahogany had won two heats, Goldsmith 

 won in 2:1254, 2:13^, 2:15^, with but a trifle to spare. 

 Eloise, the winner of the 2 :20, trot, was owned by Wil- 

 liam B. Fasig. She was a black mare, by Kentucky Prince, 

 out of Camille, by Hambletonian. Charles Backman bred 

 her at Stony Ford. She was foaled in 1886, and sold to H. 

 M. Hanna, of Cleveland. In 1891 he placed her in Gus 

 Wilson's stable. At that time the black mare was referred 

 to as a sister to Stevie, 2 119, a tried and true trotter that 

 had been "down the line" in fast company. Wilson con- 

 ditioned Eloise, and after winning a first and second with 

 her at Lima, drove her to a record of 2 130 in a match 



