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was got Ijy Harry Clay, but there was no tnith in it. lie 

 was foaled in 185S, and was not held in much favor for some 

 time. Kis white legs and the blaze set people against him. 

 I liave no doubt the old saw, — 



■ One white leg, inspect him ; 

 Two white legs, reject him ; 

 Three white legs, sell him to your foes ; 

 Four white legs, feed him to the crows ! " — 



was often quoted by people wdio saw this colt in the field at 

 Mr. Hawkins's. In the June of 1862, Mr. George Alley went 

 up to Orange County to look at him. That gentleman has 

 long been known as one of the best and most sagacious 

 judges of trotting-horses to be found among the merchants 

 and business men of New York. He had heard of this colt 

 from Mr James Jacks, another very good judge of a trotter 

 among our business men. At that time the colt was not 

 broken. They had had harness on him two or three times 

 the preceding winter ; but he had slipped on the ice, and hurt 

 one of his-hind legs, so that they did not persevere with 

 him. At that time, too, he had never had any grain fed to 

 him : his feed had been ha}' and grass from the time he 

 was weaned. 



Mr. Alley found him in one of Mr. Hawkins's fields ; and, 

 being full of grass, he did not show well when started up and 

 made to trot ; but afterwards they drove him out into the 

 road, and there sent him backwards and forwards, loose, 

 lilr. Alley, and Mr. Felter who was with him, then perceived 

 that the action of the four-year-old was of the sqnarest and 

 finest character. The former purchased him for $400, and 

 had him sent down to his place at New Rochelle. Here he 

 bitted and drove him, until he left home in the fall to go to 

 riiiladelphia for a short time. He then sent the colt to 

 John Mingo, the breaker, at Flushing; and with John he 

 remained about two muiiths. 



