LIFE WITH THE TROTTEKS. 39 



mons. This was on Monday, and the next day a telegram 

 came from Mr. Simmons, saying: "Dont draw the horse. 

 I will be there the day of the race and decide whether to 

 trot him or not.'' The Chief was so sore and lame that I 

 was snre Mr. Simmons would draw him, so I had his shoes 

 taken off, and did not work him at all— simj^ly had him 

 walked, his feet poulticed, and everything done to relieve 

 the pain. The morning of the race brought Mr. Simmons, 

 who concluded to start the horse. The shoes were put on, 

 and, as usual, there were plenty of touts around who saw 

 that Kansas was very lame, and had not been worked all the 

 week. When the betting on the race began, it was dollars 

 to apples against the Chief. Most of the money went on 

 Stewart Maloney, owned by Mr. Peters, a theatrical man, of 

 PhiladeliDhia; and Mike Goodin, one of the old school of 

 drivers, who has now retired from the turf and become the 

 proprietor of the Bingham House in Philadeli^hia, had the 

 mount behind him. In those days, a Philadelphia horse, if 

 he had any chance to win, was certain to be well backed. I 

 told Mr. Simmons that, to my notion, it was impossible for 

 any horse as lame as the Chief was to win the race, but he 

 said : " Go on, and give them the best fight you can. I am 

 going to bet some money on Kansas, and if I lose wont say 

 a word." 



I think we must have scored twenty times for the first 

 heat. Kansas came up on every gait except a trot, and 

 when I would go to sto}) him at the end of a score it seemed 

 as though he would fall down. At last the judges told me 

 that if I did not get the word the next time they would send 

 the others off without me. Mr. Simmons suggested that I 

 take the Chief well down the stretch, and let him come to 

 the stand on a run, and if the judges gave the word try and 

 catch him afterward. As I had tried every other plan I 

 could think of, this was agreed to. When we reached the 

 wire, Maloney was in front on a trot, Kansas next to him 

 and running. The judges said, "go," and I let my horse 

 gallo}) for about fifty yards, he striking a big trot when I 



