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now he surprised many people and delighted his owner and his 

 friends by winning the third in 2ra. 19i8. In this heat George 

 Palmer, Goldsmith Maid, and American Girl got oflF ahead of Thorn 

 and Lucy, and for a while these seemed to be out of the heat. At 

 the quarter Palmer led Goldsmith Maid a length, and American 

 Girl had fallen back to Lady Thorn by a break. On the back 

 stretch Thorn trotted very fast, and rapidly drew towards the 

 leaders. At the half-mile Palmer led Goldsmith Maid two lengths, 

 and the time was Im. 8s. On the turn Lady Thorn passed Gold- 

 smith Maid, and at the head of the stretch went for Palmer. But 

 the little horse was too swift and game to be overhauled, and 

 Thorn broke at the distance. He won in 2m. IQJs., and Goldsmith 

 Maid was second. After this heat the odds were still heavy upoE 

 Lady Thorn, and with good reason. She now got a much better 

 start than before, though George Palmer and Goldsmith Maid 

 were even this time a length ahead of her. Palmer led to the 

 quarter. On the back stretch Lady Thorn drew alongside of 

 Goldsmith Maid, and carried her to a break. She then set sail for 

 George Palmer. At the half-mile he still led, but on the lower 

 turn she passed him, and then the race was practically over. She 

 won as she pleased in 2m. 21s. Palmer was second, and Gold- 

 smith Maid third. Taken altogether this was as good a trot a? 

 ever was seen. Two minutes and twenty seconds was beaten in 

 three of the heats, and could have been beaten in the fourth. !<■ 

 is true that neither American Girl nor Lucy were quite up to the 

 mark of the other flyers that day, but George Palmer and Gold- 

 smith Maid were very fast and stout. Yet the big one-eyed mare 

 could and did out-trot them anywhere, and if she had got off on 

 even terms with them in the third heat I have no doubt that she 

 was able to trot that a,s fast as she did the second. That was the 

 last appearance of Lady Thorn in 1869. Before the trotting 

 season of 1870 began, she was sold by Messrs. Welch and 

 McMann, and went into the stable of Dan Mace. In his hands 



