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him, along witJi his dam, to Kansas. He was a young horse of great 

 strength, and was early inducted into the pioneer service of a Kansas 

 farmer. His muscular form was rendered available in drawing the 

 plow and other farm work. The Cadmus family have all been noted 

 for their easy saddle gaits. It may be safe to say that all of the 

 descendants of Ii-on's Cadmus take readily to the pacing and racking 

 or single-foot manner of going. Many of them are natural jjacers. 

 Smuggler, at first, went in this way; and possessing an organism that 

 suggested speed, he soon became a favorite saddle horse. His inclina- 

 tion to go fast, and with a powerful open gait, persuaded his owner 

 that he was capable of being developed into a road horse of some dis- 

 tinction. Not being a trainer, he rode the stallion to Olathe, where 

 two young trainers, Messrs. Marvin and Mitchell, were engaged in 

 handling some trotters on a track. He suggested that his horse had 

 some talent for the business, and proposed to apprentice him to the 

 trainers. The proposition was finally acceded to by Mr. Marvin and 

 his associate, the price of the tuition agreed upon being a one-half 

 interest in the future trotter when developed. This was in the latter 

 half of August, 1872, when Smuggler was six years old. He proved 

 an apt scholar, and, in the early part of November following, he was 

 given a trial, in which it is stated he trotted a mile in 2:30. During 

 the second season's training, such was the proficiency of the pupil, 

 that, in the latter part of July, 1873, he trotted a mile, over the Olathe 

 track, in2:19f, and was soon thereafter sold by his schoolmasters and 

 breeder for the sum of $!l3,000. The purchaser soon after took him 

 to the city of New York, and the following, taken from the Spirit df 

 the Tirnes^ supplies the then current and subsequent account of the 

 horse : 



In a private trial, in July, 1873, on the Olathe (Kansas) track, he trotted one 

 mile in 2:19^;?^. This extraordinary performance created a great sensation in 

 trotting circles throughout the country, and Smuggler's name was in every 

 turfman's mouth. His owner, eager to realize his value, brought him East, 

 and on August 28, 1873, he was given a private trial, in the presence of a few 

 prominent owners of trotting stock, at Prospect Park, L. I. By accurate and 

 experienced timers, he was timed one mile in 2:19;^^, one mile in 2:21i^, and 

 one mile in 2 :21, having trotted the last half of the third mile in 1 :09. Imme- 

 diately after this performance, Col. Russell purchased him for the alleged 

 price of $40,000. Willing to give the public a chance of witnessing his speed, 

 he entered him the following summer iu the $10,000 purse for all stallions, at 

 the Bufialo meeting, and on August 5th, in this race, he made his public debut 

 on the trotting turf His opponents were the "Black Whirlwind" Thomas 

 Jefferson, the fleet stallion Mambrino Gift, Joe Bvown and Pilot Temple. 



