RECOLLECTIONS OF MEN AND HORSES 



der-bolt disturbs repose. The first trotter to bring 

 Major McDowell Into national prominence was 

 Trinket, bay mare foaled in 1875, ^^^^ by R. S. 

 Veech, and by Princeps (son of Woodford Mam- 

 brlno), dam Oulda by Rysdyk's Hambletonlan; sec- 

 ond dam Morning Glory by Imp. Consternation. 

 During one of his numerous visits to Indian Hill, 

 McDowell purchased the bay filly and transferred 

 her to Woodlake. I was one of the judges at Louis- 

 ville July 10, 1879, when she started In a race against 

 Von Arnim, Effie G., and So So, and scored a victory 

 and trotted to a record of 2.19! In the fourth heat. 

 That evening we dined at the Club house of the Louis- 

 ville Jockey Club with Colonel M. Lewis Clark, the 

 President, and enthusiasm over the performance of 

 Trinket was pronounced. Major McDowell was 

 frequently congratulated on being the possessor of 

 a future record-breaker, and his eyes were aglow 

 with satisfaction. Early In the spring of 1880 I 

 began to agitate for a race between Trinket, then 

 five years old, and Maud S., six years old. Mc- 

 Dowell and his friends felt confident that the daugh- 

 ter of Princeps could concede to the daughter of 

 Harold a year and beat her. The race was trotted 

 at Chicago July 24, 1880, and I was named as one 

 of the judges. Trinket was outclassed, and, to the 

 bitter disappointment of her owner, was beaten In 

 straight heats In 2.19, 2.21^, 2.13^. In the third 

 heat distance was waived and Maud S. was driven 

 for a record. The friends of Mr. W- H. Vanderbllt 



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