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speed and splendid racing qualities of his horse. 



The year that Temple Bar reached the crest of 

 his career Dr. Sayles and his sister started out early 

 in the season and made a trip through the middle 

 west before tapping the Grand Circuit. While in 

 Minnesota he had some differences with Tom Settle 

 who was driving his horse and took Temple Bar 

 away from him. • 



Being short of a driver someone recommended a 

 young man named George W. Spear. He had been 

 driving horses for Governor Merriam of Minnesota 

 and a number of people in St. Paul and MinneapoHs. 

 It proved a good choice so far as skill in the sulky 

 was concerned but in the end it dropped the doctor 

 and his rugged horse into a pit of sack cloth and 

 ashes. 



On the other hand the prominence which Spear 

 acquired while in the sulky behind Temple Bar 

 started him on the up grade. For a number of years 

 he ranked with the leaders as a skillful reinsman, 

 especially with horses which were irritable and diffi- 

 cult to control, but when the crash came he in turn 

 dropped into the pit so far as racing was concerned. 

 No trainer of note ever seemed to have a brighter 

 future or a stronger grip on men who were willing 

 to wager thousands on races and none ever passed 

 off the turf under a blacker cloud. 



Temple Bar arrived at Detroit with a nomination 

 in a $10,000 event. It was the first big fixture of the 

 year and the rivalry to win it had always been very 

 keen from the day that "Tink" Hills landed the first 



