Word: eiderbard
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...Dike, five-year-old race horse owned by John J. Nesbitt: the Cooperstown Steeplechase, at Saratoga Springs. The favorite, The Ace II, fell at the second jump. Autumn Bells then got a long lead, seemed sure to win until he fell at the 13th fence. Eiderbard, ahead at the 16th jump, ran off the course and was brought back in time to finish second to Van Dike, by 50 lengths...
...When Eiderbard finished, the race appeared to be over until a spectator noticed another horse, Ortlieb, standing beside the 16th fence where he had fallen. The spectator suggested to his Negro jockey, I. Wren that he mount Ortlieb, hurry in to win the $100 third prize. I. Wren tried five times to make Ortlieb jump the last fence, finally got him to "creep" over it by walking him up to the jump and shouting "giddap." He then rode in, ten minutes behind Eiderbard, while the crowd cheered and the band played "The Jolly Blacksmith." The judges decreed that the time...
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