, 1880-02-29
THE TURF.
How Rarus Came Near Getting
"a Fast Record in 1877.
Important Changes That Recent Rule
; Makes in the Trotting Glasses.
No Free.for.All Flyers Worth Mention.
ing Left in the Field.
Some Cosby Notes from New York
The Washington Trotdng Meeting.
A FAST HEAT.


o+her evening in converse ton with a party Of
no,,..,nen - nn.y near came 70 turning narus
1,osa in cs1,Y,rnfa early in the spring OF 1877;
~ tf +htnos haf,r.. r,,rnt. ont fusras they did
ua- ,t o.,~ad ha-so ,.o,,,d bava co,n;.
East nat B1m,ner with III awfully fast record
better than 2:l1 anyhow
.4yo., aee t.,,1. a,frn IN tha Pacific Slope tie
fail before, after trs'tting and winning all my
races in the East, the iast one oe1ng a8a1nst
Great Eastern. Judge Fullerton, Lula, Snug
<r,or opd a 1or of other pc,d ones at Fleetwood
,.+.. T.. o,..,,,1,. s.r1,. u,,n,f,,, rha arm
14!A N.e ~ oeoooe' t.at 70 "1nns ~ A--e
and deciding heat in s::a', over track that was
slow; and, by the way, that was the fastest
nth heat he ever trotted. I then went
11;ro~,;. and rr,r+.d b3r, sava,,,1
.,s.a.nI ~ o.@ .-s,.se Ca,ssx,t.t Mi 80
e1olosuon faees against oo'ostnt'e ;"alo' .ue
1tr,ae m nf t,esc RAGS there was no betting. as it
,,..s ,s,,o.,., +no+ w.u,,,, M ~ ~ hear rhe
"ss Ano" t,t ~ % @,r.,, .ss ~ cI;.o end ,here
WAS some hust1ing before it was over. The
Chico people had just finished a new track, and
<r;w. ronr-,1ays. ,1,ru,no ,nd troftinp
meeting. wanting pig attracuon Tor tne pt,n-
c;pal cay- they made a contract TOR an exhibl-
,ha 'on aap IN ne health % lust 9u rnen
~. ,s.s.. - ~. r. +.,-a ~ hrrsas ts'
ano SO "neh II was ume 70 luxe tne nolses ~ -
in Sau Francisco 1t having been arranged that he
- s1 aa' ~ r.;o 70, r;,,,.. ~ sri,, rho
WIS W so"7 ~ e04>o - "''e ~
Tace When the Gay u the race appfoacaeo
took Rarlls out one morning and gave hi N b
quarter in IS seconds-which showed the that he
had spt.t.d enourh for auybJdy's money The
Maid was also il tip Top condition, and knew
@ Andy SIl Dsaiels "a Civ whom % ii g. yoS buys Know as
an old-ti1ne driver, wnk il; that time dealing in
stocks in San Frssncseor and went ulong with
me tO Chico. After we llud been there u day
or two he said to me:'+ These people want to
bet some money on your race
...What do they want to bctT said l.
.s.That .:l7 won't be beaten by the Maid or
...'hnt 1ooked tn me like finding the money.
and rnld 4nflr Tn start in and never stop bet
i'm ns ir,u.1 as the 1ne,nty held out. He went
.1,t non,E t1a 1.nnjt,,1isfS If rhe place and the
S:vt.d them ali. and Lei -. So even that 2:l7
,vm,,d i've hentan'
The NEXT morning Budd came down from
San Francisco, and told him that we had piled
all n1lr monty On time and considered him in
with it.
talked about the truck being q new one, and
ro?hor fuf3rrnt.4d that ,r,. md fhr,awn orr
1nuney Iway. But he took opg-third Of
1ha oamn a1tmn,ph 7 tsn,id s,.n hn was
,nnt "r;c.,,,ri,s chyr1nn1 VIII, Tho nr,s-
1oc+ noc PA: Tsha n:x+ e daw 1ra .xant o,,f n
4Irot 7g,a ,.r.ntfsr ,rns .r,r1n and niensant
c,G 1-,,n, ,nt tn,.s. nn,,d ~, .vai1 Mia and
GnI sone ,i11fn 1"iE "i',,,t s,finsr ~ n,r h..
~ AUNT .Tu, hp,-t. i,,st t,vn chances
r. v;in r. - rur sa, ~, hin un1 If VOL, fu;i
iusr saw rosr;- ~ ~ I've 1s1 me- When 1he word for
the third heat IS given. for iii show the bows u
tr11rrer.s So I,,,dd cherrcu up some and said ue
3gtnld s,,oyf t}1t. Old nre :l}e ms fast as possi-
bls. We'll. We. t11,tted the tirsT hrat, but LEX
was the best Goldsmith could do. When the
time was hung out Dudd looked sober
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