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made no difference to him wlietlier tlie horse was a good one 

 or a iDOor one; if he undertook to train liim andtool^ a man's 

 money for doing tliat worlv, the animal was fitted and driven 

 to the very best of his ability, which meant that he was 

 prepared as well as any man in America could do the job. 

 It was only by the exercise of unceasing industry that he 

 was enabled to supervise the care of his many horses as he 

 did for the best years of his life. He was the first man up 

 in the morning and the last to bed at night, and during 

 every moment of the time, except when he was eating, he 

 was doing something. I have never seen any man who 

 could accomx)lish as much in the way of training a stable of 

 horses as Dan Mace. He could give more orders, ride more 

 miles, look after more details, and give everything in general 

 better attention than two ordinary men. Mace' s treatment 

 of everybody he came in contact with was of the very best. 

 If a boy blacked his boots he was well treated and liberally 

 paid. If a boy rubbed a horse for him Mace treated liim 

 like a gentleman and paid him like a prince. Money was 

 never an object to him. 



When I introduced myself to Mr. Mace I told him I was 

 anxious to be a trainer and driver. He asked me if I thought 

 I fully understood the care of a trotter while in training. I 

 replied that I did not. He then advised me to first master 

 that x:)art of horse-training, saying that he considered it 

 of as much importance to have a horse x3roperly groomed 

 and cared for while in training as any other part of the 

 preparation. This was a golden rule with Mace, and my 

 experience of thirty years with the trotters has proven to 

 me that it is just as good to-day as it was when Mace told 

 it to me, and that the personal care that is given to a trotter 

 may make or mar the horse either for track or road use. I 

 then went to w^ork for Mace with that understanding, and 

 he placed me under a man by the name of " Lucy Jimmy," 

 who has since become as celebrated in his line of business, 

 the care of trotting horses, as Mace was in his. Tliis man's 

 right name is Jimmy Kenney, but like many another rub- 



