62 TRAINING THE TRAINING HORSE. 



ment that marks his marvelous waste of muscular 

 action in front. ^N'ot far behind him Bodine jogged 

 into the stretch, with that low, straight, thoroughbred 

 knee-action for which the Volunteers have become 

 famous. Then Goklsmith Maid came skipping along, 

 with that artistic trick of hers that has enabled her to 

 3tire with the fastest record on the trotting-turf. 

 Behind them all came Smuggler, well-poised, with that 

 perfect balance that comes f»'om a symmetrical frame, 

 covered with a great wealtn of muscular power and 

 animated with a level brain, conscious of its unequaled 

 capacity. As he moved past us, with ease, with power 

 and with precision, he certainly looked like an emperor 

 among the throngs of celebrated horses, just as Aga- 

 memnon towered above the bands of Grecian heroes. 



"At the lunch given by President Edwards, later in 

 the day, the writer asked Budd Dobie, whether he 

 would permit Smuggler to win one fast heat for the 

 purposes of a stallion record. With grim determina- 

 tion he responded : ' Xo. If Smuggler scores a fast 

 record to-day he will have to beat the Maid, and that 

 will not be easy to do, in my judgment.' Then I 

 was convinced that the contest would prove a battle 

 among giants. 



" The lunch over we eagerly repaired to the race- 

 course. Already the grand-stand was overflowing with 

 a brilliant assemblage of elegantly dressed ladies and 

 gentlemen, that presented the appearance of the gor- 

 geous throngs of the elite that fill the boxes at the 

 opera on gala nights. The quarter-stretch was densely 

 crowded with men, and the field enclosed by the mile- 

 course was packed with vehicles of every description. 



