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back before Edwin Thorne passed the quarter in 34^ 

 seconds. Piedmont had worked his way up to the lead- 

 er's wheel when the half was called in 1 109 and was at 

 his neck when they passed the three-quarter pole in 

 1 44^2, but not being legged up for such a prolonged 

 flight of speed so near his limit, Piedmont fell away on 

 the trip to the wire, Edwin Thorne winning in 2:18^2. 



The third heat was a scorcher. Piedmont lay at 

 Thome's wheel to the quarter in 35 seconds and half 

 in 1 :o8^. On the stable turn the gelding broke and 

 lost three lengths, but came so fast after he caught 

 that Piedmont had but a length to spare when he 

 passed the next quarter pole in 1 43%. At the dis- 

 tance Johnston drew his whip, which he had not used 

 on Piedmont from the race at Chicago in July. Down 

 it came on the stallion, who was straining every nerve. 

 As it stung him he faltered, while Turner tapped 

 Thorne lightly and landed him the winner by a neck 

 in 2:18^. Of this race the "Turf, Field and Farm" said: 

 "Piedmont's supporters were confident that he would 

 win in straight heats. They forgot that Edwin Thorne 

 had a general behind him — a general whose tactics are 

 always bewildering. Turner keeps his own counsel, 

 and when he hits the boys he doubles them up as if 

 they had been kicked by forty mules. He feels of his 

 own horse and those trotted against him and when he 

 is confident that he has a winner he does not babble to 

 the winds. He quietly pockets the good things and 

 goes about his business with the meekness of a lamb." 



Edwin Thorne and Clingstone were the stars of the 

 Grand Circuit in 1882. The Rysdyk gelding won at 

 Cleveland, where he trotted to a record of 2:14, and 

 again at Buffalo, where he drew outside position and 



