RACEALONG 219 



gether his share of racing material and at the same 

 time laid away a roll for a rainy day. His list of win- 

 ners include Allen Winter with which he won the 

 $50,000 Handicap at Boston, Bob Douglas, Emily 

 Ellen, Star Winter, Billy Burke, Early Dreams, the 

 Kentucky Futurity winners Sadie Mac and Miss Ad- 

 bell, Zomrect, Jeannette Rankin, and The Senator. 



Harry Fleming started on his career as a driver 

 at Columbus in 1894 by taking a mount behind Bour- 

 bon Wilkes, Jr., when his owner and driver failed to 

 put in an appearance. Harry won and kept in the 

 king row for thirty years. His later day triumphs 

 were scored for Hillanddale Farm with Nedda, Fin- 

 varra, Escotillo, Sakura and the other trotters bred 

 by the late W. B. Dickerman. Ill health finally put 

 liim on the side line. 



Aubrey Rodney is the only graduate of the Walter 

 R. Cox training academy. Rodney joined the Cox 

 stable while it was located at Nashua, N. H. One 

 -day he and Walter were jogging a horse to a sleigh. 

 Rodney remarked "Walter, I think I will start out 

 training for myself. Walter stopped the horse and 

 -after looking him over said, ''What do you know 

 about training horses?" Rodney replied ''About as 

 much as you do." "Possibly you are right," said 

 Cox, and they parted. 



After a few rough bumps with all kinds of material 

 Rodney secured Baden and took him over the mile 

 tracks. He made him the largest money winning 

 trotter that appeared up to 1912. In 1923 Rodney 

 Ihad a clever pair in Watts-in-Bond and Commodore 



