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driver, " while being hitched to the sulky," — although 

 she had previously been kicking and plunging in her 

 stall, — " but she would shake and tremble until I 

 have heard her feet make the same noise against the 

 hard ground that a person's teeth will when the body 

 is suddenly chilled ; that is, her feet actually chattered 

 on the ground. The instant I would get into the sulky 

 all this would pass away, and she would start in a 

 walk for the track as sober as any old horse you ever 

 saw." Rarus was so nervous that he never could have 

 been driven with safety on the road, and his courage 

 was of the finest temper. St. Julien was exceedingly 

 high strung, and in hands less patient and discreet 

 than those of his trainer might never have been sub- 

 dued to the purposes of racing. Jay-Eye-See, though 

 I know less of his personal history, is notorious for 

 the pluck that he showed on the last quarters of his 

 hard miles ; and Maud S. is the most spirited, the 

 most determined, and at the same time the gentlest 

 of animals. 



Sunol is described by Governor Stanford, who bred 

 her, as " a bundle of nerves." Palo Alto 1 is a horse 

 of immense resolution, and Arion overflows with 

 energy. The groom who has been his constant com- 

 panion night and day for the past year or more says 

 that he never saw Arion stand quietly for a full 

 minute. " He is never at rest, and is always at play,- 

 except when the harness goes on, and he feels Mar- 

 vin's hand on the lines : then lie becomes at once an 

 old campaigner, not a frisky colt." 



In all these horses we find strength of will, fine- 

 ness of nerve, and a " do or die " quality that goes 



1 Palto Alto died of pneumonia after this chapter was in type. 



