BREEDING THE TROTTER 



A LIVERYMAN. 



In 1872 I sold out my hotel and purchased a 

 brick block in which were a store, billiard room 

 and livery stable. This business kept me busy 

 for the next three years when I sold out and 

 moved to St. Catherines. In the spring of 1875 

 I ran a billiard room of eight tables, but I did not 

 like the business. It was too confining. 



I might say right here that by this time I had 

 " gone broke." When the Canadian Southern 

 Railroad came through and spoiled my livery 

 trade I foolishly hung on till I had sunk a great 

 deal of money in the business. Four horses were 

 doing my work while formerly I needed twenty. 

 To cap it all I went on a bond for several thousand 

 dollars and had to make good. 



MY FIRST RACE. 



I might previously have described the first race 

 in which I ever drove. This was a match race 

 between a three-year-old by Grantham Chief, 

 which I had purchased for one hundred dollars, 

 and another local horse of the same age. The 

 match was for seventy-five dollars a side. I won 

 in one two three order, time about 3.15, 3.20, 

 3.25. The same party asked for a return match 

 in two weeks, for fifty dollars a side, and this I 

 also won in three straight heats. 



ROADING IT. 



One of my first campaigns was with Pelham 

 Tartar Jr. and a little running horse called Charles 



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