40 LIFE WITH THE TROTTERS. 



caught him, Maloney was a very speedy horse, and led to 

 the half, but from there to the wire Kansas gave him a horse 

 race all the way, finally beating him out by a head, in 

 2:25-J, both horses finishing under the whip. Some of the 

 outsiders were disposed to complain about the judges giv- 

 ing me the heat, on account of i he run Kansas had made 

 in the first ])art of the mile, but we got the heat, and I think 

 were entitled to it. In taking the Chief to the stable after 

 this heat, it seemed to me that he would never come back 

 to the track. Sam McLaughlin came along and said that if 

 that horse won the race he would come down and take off 

 his hat to him. I jDut the Chief s forward feet in a tub of 

 hot water, and let him stand there the entire twenty minutes 

 between the heats, keejjing the water at the same tempera- 

 ture all the time. We gave his body and legs a thorough 

 rubbing, but when they called us for the second heat he went 

 on the track as lame ahorse as I ever saw in a race. It was 

 the same old story, more tedious scoring. Kansas got the 

 word on a break; Maloney led to the half, and finished 

 under the whip, Kansas gradually drawing up to him, and 

 finally winning by a neck in 2:24f. By this time the boys 

 made up their minds that they were to be beaten by a lame 

 horse. Again we soaked the Chief s feet in hot water, and 

 when a start was made in the third mile, Maloney was again 

 away in front, and led to the head of the home stretch, where 

 Kansas overhauled him and won by a head, in 2:26. I have 

 driven a good many horses, and some that I considered very 

 game, but I think that Kansas Chiefs, under the circum- 

 stances detailed, was as great an exhibition of courage as any 

 horse or human being ever made. As Mr. Simmons and 

 myself stood in front of the stable watching the boys cool 

 him out, McLaughlin came along with his hat in his hand, 

 and said to Mr. Simmons: "If that horse was a man he'd 

 be a hero," and I think all who have read the story of the 

 race will agree with Sam. 



We w^ere to go to Springfield the following week, but 

 the horse was in such horrible shajie that we decided to 



