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Years following years, steal something every day 

 At last they steal us from ourselves away. — Pope. 



The other members of the Walnut Grove Farm 

 stable opened the season of 1874 the third week in 

 June, at Jackson, Mich., where Lady Morrison won 

 the 2 145 class and Ristori, after failing to save her 

 entrance in the 2 130 class, won the 2 134 class and made 

 a record of 2:30^. Lottie, another member of the 

 stable, started in the 2 140 class and was unplaced to 

 Kitty Wells, while Huntress was behind the money in 

 the free-for-all, which was won by Red Cloud, and 

 Rescue distanced by Norma. At Saginaw, the fol- 

 lowing week, Ristori won the 2 150 class without re- 

 ducing her record, and was beaten in the 2 150 class by 

 Charles Myers' gelding, Fox. Lottie saved her en- 

 trance in the 2 140 class, in which the big end of the 

 purse went to General Grant, and Rescue was un- 

 placed to Mambrino Star. The next start was at Co- 

 lumbus, Ohio, where Ristori broke down in a third 

 heat and was distanced by Granville. At Indianapolis, 

 the next stopping place, Lady Morrison was the only 

 starter. She won the 2 135 class, which was sand- 

 wiched with the event in which Goldsmith Maid de- 

 feated Red Cloud and Judge Fullerton in 2:26, 2:25^2, 

 2 123. This was the race from which Red Cloud had 

 been drawn, and the spectators refused to let it go on 

 without the Indiana bred gelding. A few bold spirits 

 procured a rope, and stretching it across the track, 

 made themselves hoarse shouting ".No Red Cloud, No 

 Race." When Red Cloud appeared, pandemonium 

 broke loose, and while the Maid was not very good 



