that the first defeat of her life was recorded. Azote 

 won the race in straight heats in 2.07}^, 2.12;^ and 



2.09, Fantasy finishing second in each heat. She was 

 a great mare in 1896. In the free-for-all at Columbus 

 she defeated Beuzetta, Onoqua, and Lord Clinton, in 

 straight heats, in 2.06^, 2.08, and 2.09^. In the 

 free-for-all at New York she vanquished a great field, 

 consisting of William Penn, Kentucky Union, Onoqua, 

 and Beuzetta, in straight heats, in 2.og}4, 2.08, and 



2.10. At Medford, Massachusetts, she made short 

 work of William Penn, Onoqua, and Kentucky Union, 

 by winning, in straight heats, in 2.1 1, 2.10, and 2.10^. 

 Perhaps the greatest race of her life was at Readville, 

 August 27th of that year, where in the free-for-all she 

 met her great rivals Kentucky Union, Onoqua, Beu- 

 zetta, and William Penn. This was at that time the 

 fastest four-heat race on record. Fantasy won the 

 first and second heats in 2.09 and 2.o8j^ ; Kentucky 

 Union won the third in 2.073^ ; and Fantasy ended the 

 agony by winning the fourth in 2.08. This was her 

 last racing season, as while being jogged on the road 

 at Selma, Ala., in the spring of 1897, she met with an 

 accident of so serious a nature that she could never be 

 trained again ; and thus passed from the race track one 

 of the greatest performers known in all its annals. 

 Fantasy is a very rangy, racy-looking mare, about six- 

 teen hands high, and in ordinary flesh will weigh 

 about 1,150 pounds. 



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