BREEDING THE TROTTER 



ing stable. It was in this year I first met Mr. 

 C. J. Hamlin, in whose employ I was afterwards 

 destined to be for some twenty-five years. He 

 was a regular visitor to the track. During 1877 

 I campaigned Monk Boy, Jim Ash, Black Bear, 

 Gray Salem, etc. 



In 1878 I campaigned Alexander and two others 

 through Canada, Michigan and Northern New 

 York. 



" DERRICKED." 



In 1878 occurred the first and only time I was 

 taken out of the sulky. On September 12, I was 

 racing Jim White (2.31) at Elmira, N. Y. In the 

 same race were Nell Parks, Monk Boy, Helen R., 

 Lady Wonder and Elliot. Elliot won the first 

 heat. Lady Wonder won the next heat and dis- 

 tanced Elliot. I had given the owner of Jim 

 White some of my money to play on the horse, 

 so after the second heat I went to him and said : 

 ' ' I think we stand a chance to win. " ' ' All right, ' ' 

 he replied, " your money is down.*' The "next 

 heat I won and Lady Wonder was distanced. 

 I won the fourth heat also. Then the owner came 

 to me and told me not to win another heat till 

 instructed. I was between the devil and deep 

 sea. My financial condition was such that I 

 could not afford to antagonize the owner. I had 

 no religious compunction against dropping a heat 

 now and then, if it would help my horse to win, 

 but in this instance the field had narrowed down. 

 My horse outclassed everything, and could win 



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