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to say, *I can't trot over this and I won't run ; come 

 back.' 



"Katy did not race while carrying Abdallah, but 

 the next) year not being in foal, she won a race at 

 Goshen Fair. It was on the road, about three-quar- 

 ters of a mile straight away, and of course no time 

 was taken. Warming her up, she would not strike 

 a trot, seemed to have forgotten all about it; but 

 when they got the word she got along in the rear, 

 but about half way she struck a trot all at once. 

 She out-speeded the party after that and won right 

 off the reel. 



''Although her injured foot made her bob a little 

 she had an elegant gait, pure and straight, did not 

 spread much, but carried her legs well under her. 



"Coming back to Abdallah, though he didn't have 

 that name then, or any name at all, I began feeding 

 him and the dam when he was about four-months- 

 old. By spring when he had learned to feed I weaned 

 him. The mare by that time was a very different 

 looking animal from the run-down skeleton almost 

 that I had brought over from Westchester, and the 

 little colt too, had thrived and grown wonderfully. 



''He was a natural lot trotter. You could not scare 

 him into a run with a dog. I never saw him run, and 

 people would come from all round to look at Lew 

 Sutton's colt. When he was seven-months-old I be- 

 gan to lead him to halter, would run along with him, 

 and he would trot with just the same easy gait his 

 dam had. Men came to me and offered me money if 

 I could run him off a trot, but I never could. 



