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He won it in straight heats, and was then shipped to 

 Buffalo, where, on August 6, after saving his entrance 

 in the $20,000 purse won by Sensation, he was started 

 two days later in a $10,000 purse for the 2 124 class, and 

 won in 2:24^, 2:23^, 2:24^4, after losing a heat to 

 Susie. This success was followed by two straight 

 heat victories at Utica in $5,000 purses the next week, 

 the fastest of the six heats being finished in 2:23^. 



Gloster's next appearance was at Point Breeze, Phil- 

 adelphia, where he trotted second to Goldsmith Maid 

 in 2:22, 2:25^/2, 2:24, Sensation and Camors finishing 

 behind him. During October he was also second to 

 Goldsmith Maid in two races at Dexter Park, Chicago, 

 in one of which she trotted a heat in 2:18 and in one at 

 Pittsburg. As soon as Gloster was on easy street, 

 Huntress was taken up again and started in two races 

 at Plainville, Conn., where she defeated St. James and 

 Longfellow in a class race, and two days later trotted 

 second to Judge Fullerton in the free-for-all. Her 

 returns for the balance of the season show a third to 

 Camors at Prospect Park, a second to Judge Fullerton 

 in the free-for-all at Sandy Hill, a first at Norwich, 

 Conn., where she defeated Susie, and a first at Rich- 

 mond, Va., where, on October 31, she won over Go- 

 shen Maid in 2 130, 2 125, 2 133. 



In 1874, Gloster was a member of Budd Doble's 

 stables and made his first start at Chicago, on July 25, 

 in the 2 :20 class, trotting second to Red Cloud. At 

 Cleveland, the following week, Gloster and Red Cloud 

 went at each other hammer and tongs, while Nettie 

 jogged along leisurely in the rear. When the two 

 geldings were deader than proverbial smelts, Turner 

 made his move and won, Gloster being awarded second 



