THE TROTTING-nonSE OF AMERICA 3-13 



enough to win the match without much trouble. The race 

 came off at the appointed time ; but it was not much of aeon- 

 test, as the ba}' mare was not in good lix. 



We got the word. 1 took the lead; and the bay mare 

 never got alongside of me after we went a hundred yards : 

 in fact, the gait was nothing more than a good exercise for 

 the Widow. I think the time was 5.30. After the two- 

 mile race, the Widow was left in my charge. She had two 

 or three forfeits paid to her. I worked her moderately, and 

 she grew fleshy very quick; being at all times a good 

 feeder. 



In the fall following the race in August, I entered the 

 Widow Machree and Frank Temple in a double-team 

 trotting-race. The first time I hooked up the Widow and 

 Frank Temple together, I drove round the Union Course 

 inside of 2.40. I had entered the Widow for a purse that 

 was offered to be trotted the day after the race with the 

 double teams at Boston. The day before the race, I put 

 them on board the steamer. We had a stormy night; and 

 the horses got wet, and took cold. Frank Temple was a 

 little off his feed next day: not so with the Widow; she 

 was a little stitt', but took her feed eagerly. 



We took the cars early in the morning, and arrived at 

 Boston in good time. Three teams put in their appear- 

 ance, — A. Carpenter's, William Whelan's, and my own. I 

 took the lead, and kept it easily, and could have distanced 

 the other teams. 



1 noticed in this heat that Frank Temple did not act in 

 liis usual prompt and vigorous style ; and this I told to 

 Caj t. Kynders. Thereupon he cautioned his friends not to 

 bet long odds. They had been offering ten to one. In the 

 second heat I again took the lead without much trouble. 

 Frank, however, tired after going half a mile, and the 

 Widow had to do all the work herself in the last quarter : 

 but we won the heat. Frank Temple was evidently out of 

 fix, and showed distress. Still 1 thouglit we sliould munagp 



