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Show The Ten Mile RaGe. ' : Yesterday ? large number" of ladies j . and gentlemen gathered at Faust's 1 track to witness the ten mile trotting ' race which came off in the afternoon. I Shortly after 2 o'clock the horses were called and soon made their appearance, appear-ance, George W. Leihy behind "Granger" 'and William Bcnham drawing the reins over "General Lasher." Never did the noble animals ani-mals look better as they proudly walked up to tho stand, and a loud cheer arose from the crowd of admiring admir-ing spectators, as they were driven around for the start. They scored at the first trial, getting get-ting a good send off, "Granger" slightly ahead, which ad vantage ho i kept throughout the entire mile, coming m in 3:161. As each sue-1 cceding mile was made, the gap between bet-ween the horses grew wider, "Granger" "Grang-er" increasing his speed gradually, without being crowded, making the tenth mile in 3:36, the whole timo I aggregating thirty minutes four and a quarter seconds. "General Lasher" made 'a good second coming in but a short distance behind, but on the last two miles he showed fatigue. This we believe is the fastest) ten mile race ever trotted on the PacUic Guasl . and the fastest on record, the j light-climate being considered. , |