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Show The Steppers. Budd Doble's horse exhibition at Agricultural park, yesterday afternoon, after-noon, attracted to the grounds many hundreds of ladies and gentlemen from this cityand neighboring towns, and we doubt if any were disappointed. disap-pointed. Few Salt Lakers had ever seen so many of the world's famous horses together, and still less had seen the mare who is acknowledged the fastest trotter on earth. For the entertainment en-tertainment of the crowd Mr. Doble sent "Goldemith Maid" around the course a couplo of times, the mile heats being made in 2.25J and 2.21. Her fastest time, made in '74, is 2.14. Considering that she has not yet fully recovered from an attack of the epizootic, that she is not acclimated, acclim-ated, and the Agricultural track is a slow ono, the time yesterday was per- haps as remarkable as her beat I record. It seemed to be the general : expectation that the mare would not do bolter than 2.25, and considerable money was put up on that time and even a wider range: hence, when the heat was announced as 2.21 j-, there was much astonishment as well aa admiration. Those who watched Mr. Doble handle the mare are also convinced con-vinced (here is more in driving Hum is usually accredited to that part of a trot. "St. James" was trotted areund to harness, and "Occident" and "Clementine" were led before the admiring spectators. After the exhibition of Doble'fi horsi s there was a trot for a purse of $50, which was won by "Chalkline." There were lour entries, but in the first heat "Bessie Turner" run against a man standing on the track and broke the sulky. She was withdrawn, with-drawn, and subsequently Saulshury's horse was ruled off for pacing. Nothing Noth-ing extraordinary in speed was exhibited, ex-hibited, unless running is "counted in." The trot appeared to cauot: general dissatisfaction, |