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feated Jersey Boy, Steve Maxwell and Neli at 

 Providence, while Scotland had too much speed for 

 him at the Mount Holly fair, and Charley Ford raced 

 away from him and Driver at Washington. 



The campaign of 1880 has been referred to. Be- 

 fore leaving Philadelphia that spring Hannis won a 

 race at Suffolk Park and was defeated by both Driver 

 and Ettie Jones at Point Breeze. After winning two 

 races in straight heats with Hannis at the Prospect 

 Park spring meeting, Turner shipped to Michigan, 

 where he met Charley Ford and lost to him at 

 Jackson, Toledo and Cincinnati. This, together with 

 the showing made by Hannis in his race with Monroe 

 Chief on the opening day of the Chicago meeting, 

 when he was beaten in 2:21^, 2:20^2, 2:20^, after 

 winning two heats in 2:24^, 2:21^, convinced the 

 Charley Ford people that they had nothing to fear 

 from Turner and his pony. They accordingly backed 

 their horse and, as has been related, lost their money. 

 On the trip east Hannis was defeated at Cleveland and 

 Buffalo by Maud S., was third to Driver at Rochester, 

 won his last race at Springfield and made his record 

 of 2:17^ m the fourth heat at Hartford, where after 

 winning two heats and making a dead heat he was 

 beaten by Charley Ford. 



In 1881 Hannis was one of the starters in the 

 $10,000 stallion race trotted at Rochester, N. Y., on 

 July 4. It was spun out for seven heats, France's 

 Alexander finally winning it, with Robert McGregor 

 second, Santa Claus third and Hannis a non-heat win- 

 ner, saving his entrance. Before going there he had 

 trotted fourth to Voltaire at Jackson, was defeated 

 by Robert McGregor at Detroit and Saginaw and dis- 



