40 HAY SEED, OR HOW TO 



Chicago, in 1883, where the Missouri pacer, Richball, 

 downed them all, when he had been bringing but ten 

 dollars in a hundred and twenty in the pools, is an 

 instance where the discovery was made too late, and the 

 *' posted division " met their " Waterloo." 



No business sharpens a man's perceptive faculties like 

 managing race horses, or awakens him to the fact that he 

 may be operatmg out of his proper sphere. I never 

 could see the odds that we often see one horse bring 

 over the "Jfield," when there is a large field of good 

 horses to start, and all of them good ones and known to 

 be by previous performances nearly matched in point of 

 speed and staying qualities. In a race wheie such a field 

 of starters show up, I want the short end to begin with, 

 for it verv frequently occurs that before the race is won, 

 the /w/ favorite is selling in the field, and you can get 

 both ends of the race and go out and set down and see 

 them fight it out, as you will be ahead whoever v/ins. A 

 man under these circumstances can view the race with a 

 calmness that is truly blissful. 



