SS CAKE AND TltAIXlXlJ OF TItOTTEKS AND I'ACEKS. 



General Watts, 2:06^. 

 General Watts was trained lightly as a two- 

 year-old by Harold Childs and given a time rec- 

 ord of 2\2'jy2. He was then the property of 

 Senator J. W. Bailey and Gen. C. C. Watts. 

 Shortly thereafter he became the exclusive prop- 

 erty of the latter gentleman, who placed him in 

 the hands of Mike Bowerman on March i8, 1907. 

 The colt was thin and weak, following a severe 

 illness, and was naturally small in size, so his 

 training was done carefully, yet he made speed 

 fast. He was jogged until May i, then was given 

 slow repeats from 2 40 to 2 130^ twice a week. 

 Around July i he showed a mile in 2:15^. At 

 Cleveland, Aug. i, in his first start, he was in- 

 terfered with in the first heat and was 5-4 in 

 2:i3>4 and 2:11^. At Readville, on Aug. 20, 

 in the Horse Breeder futurity, he won in 2 :09J4 

 (middle half in i:oi)4) and 2:09}^, lowering 

 the three-year-old stallion record of 2:10}^, held 

 by Arion. In the Stock Farm futurity at Co- 

 lumbus he led to the half in i \02y2, but was 

 beaten by Kentucky Todd in 2:0834, which 

 equaled the world's record held by Fantasy. Gen. 

 Watts seemed to tire and was only fifth the next 

 heat in 2'ii. Mr. Bowerman attributed his de- 

 feat to lack of work. Ihe race seemed to leg 

 him up and the next week, at Columbus, he won 

 the Review futurity in 2:11, 2 1095^ and 2:09^, 

 losing the third heat. At Lexington he won the 



