CHAPTER VIII. 



Trotters with romantic histories tliat I have driven — Tlie gray gelding Charlie 

 Ford, that was first a turt outlaw, then made a record of 2 :16i; was valued 

 at $15,000, and finally sold for |oOO — Ford's match with the stallion Boue- 

 setter, and how he was trained for it — He is the only horse that ever won 

 a heat from Maud S. ; the story of the incident — The great race at Chicago 

 with Haunis, where "the talent" was on the wrong side — Adelaide, a 

 little mare that had one remarkable peculiarity; no matter how hot the 

 day, or severe the race, she would not sweat — Drawing wood into Water- 

 town, N. T., by the side of her dam, she is purchased by a horseman and 

 makes a record of 2:19| — A ponj'' in size and weight, she beats some of the 

 best horses in the country, eveiy ounce of her being race-horse material — 

 Planter and his good qualities — Tho wonderful affection of the trotter Bay 

 for an old white horse. 



If ever a horse had a romantic liistory, the gray gelding 

 Charley Ford is the animal. Beginning his tnrf career by 

 trotting in classes where he was not entitled to start, being 

 ■for this offense expelled from all National association 

 tracks, then found to have more speed than it was dreamed 

 he possessed, and for this reason reinstated after a great 

 effort; tlien sold for $2,500 to a noted Chicago sporting 

 man, lie passed through the hands of several drivers, under 

 my management made a record of 2:16f ; was worth at one 

 time $15,000, that amount in cash having been refused for 

 him; is the only horse in the Avoiid that ever beat Maud S. 

 a heat; lost his speed, and was sold for $300 when still 

 comparatively young, and now jogs soberly along the streets 

 of Chicago, an animal that never would be taken for one 

 about whom at one time the trotting'world was considerably 

 excited. 



Charley Ford was a light gray gelding, nearly white,- 

 stood sixteen hands high, with as fine a head as you could 



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