RECOLLECTIONS OF MEN AND HORSES 



reside In Philadelphia, either: Mr. Gordon, of 



Cleveland, O., owner of Guy (2.12) and Clingstone 



(2.14) ; Mr. Emery of Cleveland, owner of Patron 



(2.i4i); Mr. J. S. Clarke of New Brunswick, 



N. J., owner of Favonia (2.15); Messrs. Sire 



Bros., owner of Harry Wilkes (2. 13 J) and Rosaline 



Wilkes (2.14I), any of which horses can beat Belle 



Hamlin. After Mr. Hamlin's mare could no longer 



stay In a 3 in 5 race he came out with a challenge 



for a 2 In 3 race to suit her, and at Buffalo on August 



10, 1888, he gave a special purse of $3000 for her 



benefit. Mr. W. J. Gordon entered Clingstone, who 



beat her easily on her own track. In 2. 18 J, 2.17I, 



having dropped the first heat to the mare in 2.17!, 



which was half a second slower than the third heat. 



Since that easy race for Clingstone, Mr. Hamlin has 



dropped to mile and half-mile heats, and If he keeps 



on he will soon make a quarter mare of poor Belle. 



" Mr. Hamlin fails to say why the horses he has 



named as showing fast miles did not compete in 



races and split heats, etc. There was no class on 



the big circuit for Maud S., Jay-eye-see, and St. 



Jullen. They trotted only when a purse was given 



them to go against time. Guy trotted in class races 



and specials. Maxey Cobb went single miles to 



lower the stallion record for the purpose of making 



him more valuable in the stud. Harry Wilkes was, 



until he went lame, In the free-for-all. Rarus was 



retired owing to Mr. Bonner not being willing to 



trot his horses publicly. Neither Prince Wilkes nor 



Rosaline Wilkes stopped in the race at Buffalo, 



which Mr. Hamlin speaks of. Mr. H. fails to state 



in his article how he deliberately stood In the judges' 



stand and permitted the driver of Guy to score the 



other two horses for three-quarters of an hour amid 



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