BREEDING THE TROTTER 



than any one thing. This was the race of August 

 7, 1879, in which were entered Kate Hall, Daciana 

 Gloster, Lady Upton, Argonaut, Nigger Baby 

 and Lady B. I was second the first and second 

 heats with Lady Upton and thought I stood a 

 chance to win, but the owner did not want me to 

 so I asked him to drive. After the fifth heat my 

 mare was ruled out and the race postponed on 

 account of darkness. The judges had not been 

 satisfied with the way McLaughlin had driven 

 Kate Hall, which had two heats to her credit. 

 They took the mare away from him and placed 

 her in charge of the police, and brought her to 

 my stable where she remained under police pro- 

 tection all night. The judges asked me to drive 

 her the next day. After I had jogged Kate Hall 

 in the morning the judges, C. J. Hamlin, Chandler 

 J. Wells and Myron P. Bush, visited me and 

 looked over the mare. They asked about her 

 condition and I told them the mare seemed to be 

 all right and had taken her jog work nicely. They 

 cautioned me against having any of her harness 

 changed and told me to be sure to drive to win, 

 adding that if I did not the heat would be called 

 no heat and another driver put up. I told them 

 I would drive according to instructions. I re- 

 member Mr. Hamlin 's remark : " Bradburn will 

 win if he can ; I know he will." After it became 

 noised about that I would drive Kate Hall I was 

 offered fifteen hundred dollars to pull the mare 

 and lose the race. Of course I refused, although 

 I needed the money. Another party offered me 



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