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carefully had I hidden the condition of my horse from the 

 outside world that he always went to the post a rank out- 

 sider. When Ozark met Aristides the first time any book- 

 maker would have permitted you to write your own ticket, 

 for he seemed to have so little chance. 



Ozark annexed the Kenner Stakes at Saratoga that year. 

 He ran in another stake against the famous d'Artignan and 

 clearly defeated the latter, but the judges prevailed upon me 

 to agree that it was a dead heat and divided the money with 

 McDonald, the owner of d'Artignan. They urged that he 

 was a poor man and that the loss of that stake would drive 

 him from the turf. That is the sole reason I consented. My 

 horse won the race, though, and I could have had it had I 

 insisted. However, I wished to give McDonald a chance. 

 Just now I would like to ask the question : " How many of 

 the men of to-day would have done as I did ?" 



Ozark lost a race at Baltimore, but when he went up to 

 Washington he redeemed himself, winning a novelty race of 

 four miles. The conditions were that the horse leading at 

 the half won $400 and the mile $800. These conditions pre- 

 vailed for each mile. My horse took the lead at the jump 

 and was never headed. The famous Nettie Norton, who had 

 just run four miles at Baltimore in 7:23, was the nearest to 

 him, and she was a quarter of a mile off at the finish. The 

 track was in frightful shape, but had the race been run over 

 a good course I am satisfied it would have been done in 7:10. 

 Ozark that day could have beaten every horse ever bred in 

 the world. Madge, Joe Cerns, First Chance, Jack Harkaway 

 and all the others had records, but they were never able to 

 get within hailing distance of the brown son of Pat Maloy 

 and imp. Sunny South. 



After this meeting I sold Ozark to an Omaha man for 

 $4,500. Such a horse to-day would bring $25,000. His new 

 owner took him to Charleston, S. C., where he was beaten 

 once. At Savannah he met the same horse under similar 

 conditions and won handily. He broke down at Nashville 

 and never ran a race afterward. 



I sold Gen. Harney to William Lakeland at New Or- 

 leans for $2,500, and this virtually broke up my string, as I 

 had but Athlene and Lilly Belle left. 



