BREEDING THE TROTTER 



sation of that part of the country. My mare 

 foaled a gray colt, which I called Pelham Tartar 

 Jr. I trained him on " the straight road " which 

 ran past the farm and as a three-year-old showed 

 him at the fairs at Pelham and Grantham, in the 

 classes for style and speed, best three-year-olds 

 to harness. I won both. After this I matched 

 him against a three-year-old owned by Elias Pater- 

 son and Thomas Calbert for one hundred dol- 

 lars, so you see my sporting blood cropped out 

 young. The match was trotted over the St. Cath- 

 erines track, best three in five, pay or play. As 

 my opponents were all older men I secured " Pete " 

 Curran, a famous local driver, to drive my colt. 

 Later, when I took to the sulky myself, I often 

 drove races for him. Pelham Tartar Jr. won the 

 match in three straight heats, best time 3.03. 

 After the race I sold my colt to James Haney, 

 who had purchased Jane Brown, for fifteen hun- 

 dred dollars, and, of course, I thought I had more 

 money than any young man in the world. 



MY FIRST STALLION. 



After my mare had produced Pelham Tartar 

 Jr. I bred her to Tom Kimball, a chestnut stallion, 

 the sire of Lady Hill (2.35), and got a dark iron- 

 gray colt, which I called Tom Kimball Jr. I 

 afterwards purchased his sire for four hundred 

 dollars and made two seasons with him in Pelham 

 township. Tom Kimball Jr. made a nice colt. I 

 did not have time to train him, and as no other 

 trainer would do I gelded him as a four-year-old 



