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Fifty-Eighth Street. Jack Bachelor turned up in the 

 border states soon after the Civil War in the com- 

 pany of Joe Udell. They were a picturesque pair. 

 Bachelor stood six feet two in his socks, if he had 

 any, and looked all of seven feet when you saw him 

 in that old linen duster he always wore on the race 

 tracks. 



''Udell's make-up was that of the professional 

 gambler of that period — long black Prince Albert 

 coat, white tie and tall plug hat, like a country 

 preacher. He was accounted a master hand at dealing 

 faro and they opened their bank to accommodate the 

 boys every night after the races. Udell, in the late 

 '70s, owned and drove the great pacer, Sleepy Tom, 

 one of the Big Four that brought the sidewheelers 

 into popularity in the Grand Circuit fifty years ago." 



PHILADELPHIA TRACKS 



The second mile track in the United States for 

 trotters was built in Philadelphia in 1827. It was 

 known as Hunting Park. All of the old time horses 

 raced over it under the saddle and a few to harness 

 as at that time when a race was made to sulky the 

 management of the track required three days notice. 



Hunting ParI^ passed out in 1855 when the Point 

 Breeze track was opened. It was built by General 

 George Cadwalader and associates for amateur races 

 and matches. The old time driver John Turner won a 

 race over it in 1857. Budd Doble also rode a winner 

 there the following year. 



