BREEDING THE TROTTER 



Stewart. I traveled over the road from town to 

 town, as we all did in those days, racing at Ham- 

 ilton, Gait, Mitchell and Toronto. I had no suc- 

 cess : the horses took sick, the weather was hot, 

 and the runner lost his speed, so we came home, 

 making a very sorry-looking spectacle. 



In 1876 I had fair success with my public 

 stable. In my string were Lady Hill, Dominion 

 Boy, Brown Dick, Douglas, Quaker Boy and 

 Lady H. 



One of the noted races of those days in which I 

 drove was trotted on September 15, 1876, at 

 Woodbine Track, Toronto, Ontario. It was one 

 of the greatest betting races ever seen on any race 

 track in Ontario, before or since. There was in 

 the neighborhood of forty or fifty thousand dol- 

 lars in the box. St. Patrick and Lady Hill were 

 about equally well liked, the selling on them 

 switching from one hundred eighty to ninety 

 one hundred. The field Gray Eddy, William 

 W. and Stayer brought little. I won the first 

 heat with Lady Hill, the time hung out being 2.35. 

 In reality it was 2.29^. St. Patrick won the next 

 heat in 2.35^* really 2.29^, and the third heat 

 in 2.35, really 2.30. After this he tired and I won 

 the fourth heat in 2.40 (2.31). On account of 

 darkness the race was postponed. It commenced 

 raining that night and rained all the next day. 

 The following day was Sunday. On Monday we 

 trotted the race off. St. Patrick won in the 

 announced time of 2.35, which was 2.29^ to the 

 best of my recollection. 



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