DOUBLE HARNESS RIVALRY 



driver who drove them, can beat it, and so does the 

 writer of this. In this behef and to stop all talk 

 about the speed of those horses, the writer has asked 

 Mr. Vanderbilt for the loan of his team for a few 

 days, and he has assented. I now offer to bet 

 $10,000 that the mare Aldlne, owned by Mr. Van- 

 derbilt, will beat either of Mr. Work's horses, best 

 3 in 5, on Monday of next week at Charter Oak 

 Park, Hartford, Conn.; $10,000 that Early Rose, 

 the other of Mr. Vanderbilt's horses, will beat the 

 other of Mr. V^^ork's horses, best 3 in 5, on Wednes- 

 day of next week at the same track, and $10,000 

 that Early Rose and Aldine, together, will beat Ed- 

 ward and Dick Swiveller, best 3 in 5, In double 

 harness, on Saturday of next week, Mr. Work to 

 have the choice of which of his horses he will trot 

 against Aldine on Monday; all of these bets to be 

 taken or none." 



The following day Mr. Frank Work published a 

 card in which he stated that his horses were not In 

 condition for 3 in 5 contests, but, *' to show my 

 confidence In the superior speed of my team, I am 

 willing to make a match with Edward and Swiveller 

 against Early Rose and Aldine to trot a competition 

 mile for $10,000 a side, or I will trot my team 

 against Mr. Vanderbilt's team a race of one mile, 

 owners to toss which team shall go first. Further, I 

 will wager T. C. Eastman $10,000 that the team 

 of Mr. Vanderbilt cannot equal or surpass the record 

 of Edward and Swiveller on the Fleetwood track, 

 carrying the same weight to road wagon." The time 

 of the Work team was 2.i6f. The heated contro- 



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