50 LIFE WITH THE TROTTERS. 



mistake, as he never liked tlie track, it seeming hard work 

 for him to go down and np the hill, the first half of Fleet- 

 wood being very mnch down grade, and the last half an 

 up-grade. The first half seemed to be the hardest for him. 

 I never saw any horse that could trot up the hill faster 

 than he could. The way I account for this was, that com- 

 ing up the hill took the weight oil from his forward feet, 

 and then he was naturally a game and good finisher. 



We trotted a race at Fleetwood against Hopeful and 

 Sensation, the Chief winning it in slow time, as all three 

 horses were out of condition, and the race set them all 

 back. I was unable to trot Kansas Chief again until Octo- 

 ber 9, and then he went to Prospect Park, and started 

 against what afterward became one of the most famous 

 horses in this country. I mean Rarus ; a horse that I have 

 more to thank for than any other one I ever drove. The only 

 other starter, besides Kansas Chief and Rarus, was Joker. 

 Earns won the race in three straight heats, I contenting 

 myself with second money. I made no effort with Kansas 

 Chief, as I knew he could not beat Rarus, and I was not 

 going to repeat the mistake I had made in the spring, by 

 giving him a hard race when he was out of condition. The 

 following week we went to Point Breeze Park, PhiladeliMa. 

 There we struck in with Rarus and Mace with Sensation. 

 There was a good deal of betting, with Rarus a strong favor- 

 ite, as he had been winning all his races. Sensation Avon the 

 race. I believe that Jimmie Page, a very clever gentleman, 

 who drove Rarus, comiolained that Mace and myself had not 

 given him any the best of it in some of the heats. At any 

 rate we got the money ; and right here I want to show what 

 a bright, smart fellow Dan Mace was in his business. In 

 talking over the race that night, at the hotel, in our rooms, 

 alone. Mace said to me: " Splan, that horse Rarus can 

 trot faster than any horse I ever saw, and some day will 

 make a mark." I said "Dan, how did you find that out V 

 He told me that, going around the upper turn in the last 

 heat, it was quite plain that Rarus was out-trotting Sensa- 



