396 LIFE WITH THE TKOTTERS. 



tLere was not some place wliere you could have improved 

 tlie training or driving of him. In driving against other 

 people, study their methods and ]olans as much as j)Ossible. 

 I do not wish to be understood as advising you to imitate 

 them at all times. What I mean is, to learn all you can by 

 close observation, j)ick out what you consider the best 

 i:)oints, and use them to make a trade-mark for yourself. 

 If you expect to shine in the xorofession to any great extent, 

 you will have to have methods that are recognized as j)urely 

 your own. In Mace' s style of driving, peojDle often thought 

 that his success was not the result of well-laid plans, but 

 a sort of inspiration of the moment as it were. Such, I am 

 sure, was not the case. While he had all the brilliancy and 

 dash of what would be termed in army circles a "raider," 

 he also appreciated the advantage obtained by having cor- 

 rect information as to the strength of the enemy, and a plan 

 of battle to attack him from. At the last critical moment 

 when a little thing would decide the battle, Mace would 

 come with a wild rush that looked as though it did not con- 

 tain much in its elements in the way of plans. This was 

 only the finish of his plan of attack, as I liave had i)roven 

 to me without a doubt. He has often told me in talking- 

 over some coming event, just what he v^ould do, where he 

 would make his drive, and w^hat the result would be. The 

 best driver in the world, with his nicely laid x^lans may make 

 mistakes. But the driver who is the best lawyer and does 

 everything after a j)lan, looks after the details the closest, 

 and is naturally a reinsman, will with the same quality of 

 horses obtain better results than any driver can who goes 

 about it in a haphazard manner. In my j^ounger days I 

 made the acquaintance of William Hay ward, the celebrated 

 jockey, and in him was demonstrated the correctness of this 

 rule more than any man I ever saw. I have seen him ride 

 all-distance races and that he rode them extremely well has 

 been proven over and over again w ithout any doubt. His 

 judgment of pace is something wonderful. If he w^as to 

 ride a horse a mile, he could tell you before he started how 



