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speed was leaving the blue grass country. No sire 

 that ever lived got as much early and extreme speed 

 as Peter the Great. The horse that Boston rejected 

 became the leading sire of the world. 



After the death of J. Malcolm Forbes, Bingen was 

 purchased by Arthur Parker. He got Uhlan 1:58 

 while located at his farm. Later on when Todd died 

 at the Bradley farm in New Jersey Bingen was pur- 

 chased to take his place. In a few years he was taken 

 to Kentucky where he died at Castleton Farm. 



BISHOPED TROTTERS 



To make an old horse seem younger by operating 

 on his teeth has been designated ''bishoping." The 

 term according to Youatt was taken ''from the name 

 of the scoundrel who first practiced it." Traders in 

 cheap horses have been bishoping them for years 

 but C. E. Metcalfe and those who were connected 

 with him in shipping horses to Denmark after the 

 close of the World War were the first who commer- 

 cialized it for the purpose of keeping trotters rac- 

 ing under the Danish rules. 



Metcalfe was born in Wisconsin. After being lo- 

 cated at Warren, III, he drifted to France. In 1896 

 he was in Paris. At that time he was associated with 

 H. 0. Heffner who was mixed up with Bob Kneebs 

 when he rung Bethel in Germany and C. W. Dobler. 



In September, 1896, Dobler, who was then at War- 

 ren, 111., purchased Bertie R. 2:12l^. He shipped her 

 to France where she was known as Adria. W. E. 



