230 LIFE WITH THE TIIOTTEKS. 



money in free-to-all races at every j)lace, and J. Q. was 

 left with what he could find. But at Rochester the i)ie was 

 cut in a different manner. In the betting Arab sold for 

 $100, and the held, including J. Q., Hilton, and otlier per- 

 formers, went for anything that you would bid. In the 

 previous races I had put in some of my si^are time Avatching 

 the peculiarities of the horses I had to contend with and 

 trying to see what my chances were for beating them. I 

 did not think it was $100 to $10 that Aral^ could out-trot 

 J. Q. , and when I imparted that information to Mr. Temple, 

 J. Q.'s owner, he quietly placed some of his money on the 

 black horse at those odds, and we went out for the money. 



I think there was hardly a man on the track who 

 expected to see the great race that took place betAveen Aiab 

 and J. Q. In the liYst heat I laid my horse up and Arab 

 won easily. In the .next heat in getting the Avord Arab 

 was a little back, and Jack Feek Avith Kitefoot cut him off 

 at the turn, Avhicli put him in a pocket and Ilickok, seeing 

 the disadvantage that he was at, immediately pulled his 

 horse up. I set sail with J. Q., and won the heat in about 

 2:19. This made no change in the betting; if anything Arab 

 Avas a bigger faA^orite than before, tlius enabling us to place 

 some more of our money at the same odds. When they 

 gave the Avord in the next heat Hickok rushed out Avith 

 Arab and took the lead. I contented myself by trailing 

 within a length of him. We reached the quarter pole in 

 that order, and there was no change at the half-mile pole, 

 where we turned up in about 1:10. Around the upper turn 

 I moved up so that my horse Avas as close to Ilickok as 

 was safe, and sat still until Ave got Avell into the stretch. 



Arab and J. Q. Avere tAvo very brushy horses. I had 

 often talked Avith Hickok about the tAvo horses, and he had 

 always said they were not to be mentioned the same day, 

 and rather lost patience Avith me as I undertook to argue 

 that J. Q, might be able to give Arab a very fair race. At 

 the seven-eighths-mile pole I pulled J. Q. out into the track 

 and took off the brakes. From there to the judges' stand 



