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1882— FLORA BELLE. 



She was a pacer, high-headed and gay, 

 Winning whenever they sent her away 

 On her stride, and wild for a whirl 

 With Lucy, Bay Billy, or Buffalo Girl. 



James H. Goldsmith began racing in 1882, at 

 Maysville, Ky., with Driver, Alley, who had been on 

 the retired list for two seasons, Unolala, Una, Belle 

 of Kings, Walnut and the Chester Chief horse, Bar- 

 rett. On the opening day Driver was fourth to Geers 

 with Annie W., Walnut finishing second to Florence 

 M. and Alley fourth to J. B. Thomas. The returns 

 for the next day show that Unolala won the 2 125 class 

 over Leontine, Big John and Middlesex, that Una was 

 third to Rosa Wilkes and Belle of Kings unplaced to 

 Red Cross. After being distanced by the same horse 

 at Columbus the following week, Belle of Kings was 

 dropped and Una disappeared, after being unplaced 

 to Phyllis at Bradford in June. Driver, in his fif- 

 teenth year, kept pegging away all season, the returns 

 for 1882 showing that he won his engagements at 

 Bradford, Erie, Albany, Mount Holly and Mystic 

 Park, Boston, the latter being a seven-heat contest, in 

 which J. P. Morris, Kentucky Wilkes, Forest 

 Patchen, Clemmie G. and Humboldt started ; that he 

 was second to Annie W. at Detroit, where he won 

 two heats in 2:24, 2:21^, and third to her at Colum- 

 bus, third to Clingstone at Chicago the week before 

 "the demon trotter" and Edwin Thorne met in their 

 memorable race at Cleveland, second to Early Rose at 

 Pittsburg, third to Von Arnim at Rochester, second 

 to Fancy Witherspoon at Poughkeepsie, fourth to 



