CHAPTER IX. 



How Maud S. trotted in 3:08f, as seen by the man who drove a runner 

 alongside of the mare — What Splan knows of Guy, the sensational trotter 

 of 1888 — Driving him to a road-cart in 2:17i, the horse being barefoot — The 

 story of how Colonel West discovered Kentucky Prince, the sire of Guy- 

 Trotters are born, not made — Jay-Eye-See's good races down the circuit 

 in 1887, beating Arab, the crack trotter of the year — Clingstone's race 

 against the watch in 2:14 — His great victory over Harry Wilkes at Detroit — 

 How he was trained for this race and driven in it. 



To return to the history of Prince. In Mr, Fuller's 

 hands he obtained a record of about 2:26. I bought him 

 for a friend of mine, drove him on the road through the 

 winter, and in the summer of 1876 took him up and trotted 

 him a few races. The best race he ever went, for me was 

 one in which he beat Slow Go at Pliiladelx)hia. In that 

 race I had for a side-partner Gus Glidden, and as Phila- 

 delphians were not very well acquainted with Gus and my- 

 self they rated us just a little too cheap. Slow Go was in 

 Turner s stable, and as he had shown some fast trials in his 

 work his party backed him as thougli tlie money was won. 

 When the day of t!ie race came Turner was ill and confined 

 to his bed, and he intrusted Slow Go and the money of the 

 Philadelphians to his lieutenant, James Pettit. This was 

 Glidden' s first apxiearance on the Philadelphia turf, and 

 when he drove on the track attired in his Indiana costume 

 the boys were a little disposed to guy him, and when I 

 asked the pool-man whether he hadn't better get a ticlvet 

 on Prince, he said No, he did not want anJ^ Prince's 

 owner left a fair-sized check in Mr. Barker's pool -box to be 

 j)ut on his horse; told me if I won the race I could help 

 myself to whatever part I thought myself entitled to, and 



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