LIFE WITH THE TKOTTERS. 207 



tlie next heat, Adelaide was too much for the others, none of 

 them getting to her. This being the fifth heat all the horses 

 that had not won a heat Avere sent to the stable, which left 

 the Tace to be finished between Adelaide, Prospero and 

 Midnight. Prospero and Midnight had given up the battle, 

 for that diiy at least, and it looked then as though DeNoy- 

 elles had the boys sure. Midnight' s party held a council 

 of war, as a last resort put Turner up to drive the black fel- 

 low, but it was of no use, as they never headed her, she win- 

 ning the heat and race in 2:30, and could have shut out both 

 horses. 



Adelaide was a very mild, pleasant mare, both in the 

 stable and on the track. Her legs and feet were simply 

 perfection. She wore about a ten-once shoe in front, and 

 no boots with the exception of a light i^air behind. I drove 

 her with an open bridle, an overcheck, no martingales, and 

 she was as easy a mare to drive as I ever had. After her 

 turf career was finished, De Noyelles bred Adelaide to 

 JN'utwood, 2:18|, and her filly by him has lieen sent to Cali- 

 fornia to be mated with Sable Wilkes, 2:18. The result of 

 this union, according to the records in his family, ought to 

 be a x^rince of trotters, as his dam has a record of 2:1 9|, her 

 sire one of 2:2G^. The sire of the filly has a mark of 2:18|, 

 and the sire of Sable Wilkes one of 2: 15 J, while his sire, 

 George Wilkes, placed 2:22 many years ago. 



On one of my trix:)S to California, I went on a social visit 

 to a place called Marysville. While sitting in the hotel one 

 day a rather queer-cut looking little man came in and in- 

 troduced himself to me. He said his name was James B. 

 McDonald, by trade he was a bricklayer, a statement that I 

 judged was true from the brick and mortar dust that had 

 gathered on his clothing. I supiDOsed that he might want 

 to sell me a brick house, but was surprised that he came to 

 interview me on the horse question. McDonald told me 

 that he owned a bay stallion that he had bought in Ken- 

 tucky. He said that Gen. John E. Turner had bought the 

 horse at an auction sale in Kentucky, and the next day he 



