104 ROAD, TRACK, AND STABLE. 
opportunities, and a single bad break would cause 
Smuggler’s defeat. Excitement subdued the specta- 
tors to perfect stillness, and not a sound was heard 
except the rhythmical tramp of the five horses, as 
they thundered down the stretch to the wire for 
the 
Fourth Heat. At the second attempt the judges 
gave the word “Go” as Smuggler was trotting stead- 
ily, although somewhat behind the others. The 
Maid, as usual, rushed off with the lead, and Lucille 
Golddust took the second place, being pulled out a 
little, so as to bring her near the centre of the track. 
This left Marvin in a very bad position, technically 
known as a “pocket.” He could not slip in be- 
tween the other two horses, for Doble kept the Maid 
back just far enough to prevent such a move; and 
if he should check his own horse sufficiently to get 
past Lucille Golddust, much distance would be lost. 
What he did was to remain in this helpless situation 
until the home stretch was reached, thinking that 
the driver of Golddust would finally get out of his 
way; but this did not happen, and when Smuggler 
was only three hundred yards from the wire, when 
Goldsmith Maid had a long lead, when “a smile of 
triumph lighted Doble’s face, and the crowd settled 
sullenly down to the belief that the race was over,” 
then at last the driver of Smuggler pulled him back 
and turned to the right, so as to get out of the 
pocket, and made desperate play for the heat. Con- 
trary to what every one expected, the horse did not 
break, despite this interference with his stride, but, 
keeping level and steady, came down the course, 
when he saw the way clear before him, with a 
