12S TRAINING THE TROTTING HORSE. 



ill the 2:35 class, and there were among others in 

 the field Baron Wilkes, Strathblane, Oriana and 

 Guitar, that are all performers of good reputation. 

 St. Bel won in straight heats, trotting the first heat in 

 2:2Sf, the time of the other heats being 2:30 and 2:31. 

 Two days later he started in the 2:27 class, the best 

 material in the field against him being iistral, that has 

 now a record of 2:18, and Olaf, present record 2:22. 

 St. Bel had not shown liking for trotting in compan3\ 

 He suffered all summer from the effects of his cold 

 and lacked education especialh^ in scoring. He would 

 break badly in starting, and as a temporary expedient 

 I put a little weight on him and it did steaih^ him, but 

 took away some of his speed. Olaf won the first and 

 second heats in 2:23, 2:21^, St. Bel second in each, and 

 in the third heat St. Bel beat Olaf to the wire in 2:2-11, 

 but the latter won the deciding heat in 2:22f . On the 

 25th, St. Bel easily beat a field of six in the 2:35 class 

 at Covington, in straight heats, in 2:27f, 2:29, 2:29. 

 Three days later he got third place in a field of ten, 

 the winner being the feay gelding Clipper. It was a 

 five-heat race, and St. Bel did better in the last heats 

 of the race than at the beginning for he was always 

 resolute. Greenlander won the first heats in 2:24^, 

 2:25, St. Bel being seventh and eighth. The third heat 

 Clipper won in 2:23^, Greenlander second, and St. Bel 

 fourth. In the fourth and fifth heats St. Bel beat 

 Greenlander out, finishing second in each. He did 

 himself credit, for though he had scarcely speed enough 

 that day, he showed great stamina. The horse that 

 fights a game and determined losing battle meets the 

 true race-horse test. In his next race St. Bel demon- 



