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TROTTING HORSES. 77 
famous part of his career, declared that he never 
drove a better broken horse. 
Rarus was a rangy bay, of high courage, with a plain 
though blood-like and intelligent head, a good neck, 
but rather poor feet. Excepting the tendency to in- 
flammation in his feet, he was a remarkably healthy 
horse, never losing his appetite despite the long jour- 
neys that he made and the hard races that he trotted. 
«ib one time Rarus served as a foil for Goldsmith 
Maid, just as in earlier days George M. Patchen, John 
Morgan, and other horses did for Flora Temple, and 
as the same Patchen and Princess did later for Dex- 
ter. But in this case there was a difference. Rarus 
was much younger than Goldsmith Maid, and he was 
controlled by a driver who had no notion of using him 
up in hopeless contests. 
Both horses spent the winter of 1876-77 in Cali- 
fornia, where they gave some “exhibition” races, no 
pools being sold, and it being understood that Rarus 
would not attempt to win. In the spring, a purse 
was offered in a “free-for-all” race, near San Fran- 
cisco, and both Goldsmith Maid and Rarus were 
entered. The betting men in general supposed that 
the Maid would have an easy victory, but Rarus de- 
feated her, Splan and his friends thus winning a 
great sum. This race marked the end of Goldsmith 
Maid’s public career. Rarus took her place as a 
‘“‘star” performer, and two years later he was sold to 
Mr. Robert Bonner for $36,000. 
No sketch of Rarus would be complete without 
some mention of his remarkable friendship for a dog. 
When the horse was in California, a fireman gave to 
Splan a wiry-haired Scotch terrier pup, who was then 
