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four seconds to a top wagon with two men in it, trotting all the way 

 I offered to match her to trot sixteen, seventeen and eighteen milei 

 an hour. She could then trot all clay at the rate of three minutei 

 five seconds." It appears that she could not trot at all, didn' 

 know what the gait was, until Mace got her. Old Ethan AUei 

 taught her the trick of it when they were heing jogged togethei 

 in double harness. This may be a useful hint to horsemen, hut ] 

 *hink they should not forget that whenever speed was called foi 

 the thoroughbred mare forthwith began to stride at the gallop 

 She knew Ethan thoroughly and he knew her. 



To return to the race at Fleetwood Park. After the second 

 heat it was found that Goldsmith Maid had split her hoof on the 

 quarter. An application was made to the judges, and with theii 

 permission she was withdrawn. Some seemed to think at the timei 

 that because the crack was small it could not have incommoded 

 her much. I cannot understand this. I should think that when 

 the horn has been rent, the narrower the fissure is the more 

 painful and troublesome it is. Opening out with the knife would 

 give relief for the time being. The crack was like Mercutio's 

 wound, " 'Tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door ! 

 but 'tis enough, 'twill serve." 



The third heat of this great race was won by American Girl 

 very easily in 2m. 24s. The second heat remains the best thai 

 ever was made on Fleetwood Park. 



The three mares which had been engaged in- the memorable 

 contest above noticed, proceeded to Cleveland, Ohio, and trotted 

 there ten days afterwards. Goldsmith Maid had qnickly recovered 

 from the effects as well as the causes of her defeat. She heal 

 Lucy and American Girl in three straight heats — 2.19, 2.18, 2.19 

 The three mares met again at Buffalo on the 9th of August and 

 Henry trotted with them. It was a very excellent race and twc 

 of the mares made their best time in it Lucy won the first heal 

 in 2m. \i\s. American Girl won the second in 2m. VJ\b. Luc^ 



