BREEDING THE TROTTE 



mare and her produce. I did pretty well on the 

 farm and dabbled with horses once in a while. 

 One deal in particular I recall. I bought a green 

 colt by Prince of Wales, a dark bay, with strip in 

 face, for sixty dollars. His dam was by a runner 

 called Grant ham. I trained the colt on the 

 straight road and sold him after three months 

 to John Fralick for four hundred and fifty dollars. 

 This established for me a local reputation as 

 a great colt trainer and one of those "hurrah 

 boys." 



A HOTEL KEEPER AND PUBLIC TRAINER. 



In 1870 I tired of farming and, as I had eight 

 thousand dollars in the bank, I purchased a hotel 

 in Welland, Ontario. Shortly afterwards I entered 

 the state of matrimony and married Miss Sarah 

 Davis. 



In addition to running the hotel I trained a 

 public stable of horses. 



Pelham Tartar Jr. had not been going well for 

 James Haney and, as I thought I could get him 

 straightened out, I bought him back for six hun- 

 dred dollars. The horse had been overtrained and 

 was low in flesh. I built him up within six or eight 

 weeks and started training him over. In a work- 

 out shortly afterwards Pelham Tartar Jr. trotted 

 a mile for me in 2.40 and I sold him once more to 

 Mr. Haney for twelve hundred dollars. He did 

 not improve as he should and as he was a good- 

 sized horse and well liked locally Mr. Haney placed 

 him in the stud. 



