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eral times to have o^iven him up to some of the many 

 men of great reputation who were only waiting for a 

 chance to electrify the world with Russell's misman- 

 aged horse. The people who criticized the Buifalo 

 race made no allowance for the fact that I had a green, 

 raw horse, untrained and uneducated, short of work 

 and but half prepared, one whose gait was artificial, 

 one that had never been in a race before, and knew 

 nothing about trotting in company. 



Well, that is all a matter of years ago ; ana if the 

 critics are satisfied with what they thought they knew, 

 I am satisfied with what I did ; and what is more 

 gratifying to me than all is the fact that Colonel Eus- 

 sell after all was over was, and is, glad that he refused 

 much kind advice, and stuck to the '' Western hoosier." 



