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ous from amofig the pieces of the broken heats. The third 

 heat Eipton won ; and, singularly enough, the time was 2m. 

 42s. again. The old horse was now a strong favorite at two 

 to one, but still the takers were rather abundant. They 

 started for the fourth heat, and there was much breaking 

 and running on both sides. At the outcome they were 

 both trotting, and crossed the score neck-and-neck, making 

 a dead heat of it in 2m. 44s. The drivers now charged 

 each other with foul driving, and a good deal of crimination 

 and recrimination ensued. The judges ordered them to get 

 ready, and trot the race out. The fifth heat was won by 

 Sorrel Ned in 2m. 46s., and it was nearly dark when they 

 finished it. 



By the time they were called up for the sixth heat, it was 

 so dark that the judges could hardly see a man across tha 

 course. Sorrel Ned's friends declared that Kipton was the 

 best runner of the two, and asked for the appointment of ■ 

 patrol judges. Thereupon, the judges sent out ten men,- 

 with instructions to post themselves at various points around 

 the course, and take notice whether the horses were trotting 

 or running when they passed them. This was the best that 

 could be done under the circumstances ; but it was pretty, 

 clear that there would be a variance and dispute in the re- 

 ports of these patrol judges, and how their differences were 

 to be reconciled might well bother everybody. From the 

 start the horses went away together, and soon disappeared 

 from the eyes of the judges, who saw no more of them until, 

 they came home. At the outcome, Ripton was a length 

 ahead on a trot, and Sorrel Ned ran over the score. The 

 time of the heat was 2m. 47s., and both drivers complained 

 of foul driving on the part of the opposer. 



The patrol judges came, and made their reports : some de- 

 clared that Eripton had passed them on a run, while Ned 

 was trotting. Others gave in the reverse as the fact when 

 the horses went by where they were stationed. The one at 



