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that season we started her in the 2:30 class, against 

 Harry C, Endymion, and ten others. In the fourth 

 heat there was a collision in which I was thrown out, 

 and the mare ran away two miles, and was of course 

 distanced. Her only other start was on a muddy 

 track at St. Louis where she could do nothing in the 

 going. She had a big swinging gait, was slow and 

 awkward in getting away, and had a great deal of 

 speed, but required plenty of education in races. 



In drawing our historical portion of this book to a 

 close, I cannot refer to all the trotters I have trained 

 at Palo Alto that are entitled to consideration, but 

 there are two or three more that we cannot pass by 

 without some measure of just remark. One of the most 

 prominent and most meritorious of the horses to which 

 no special reference has yet been made is Sphinx, son 

 of Electioneer, out of Sprite, by Alexander's Belmont, 

 and next dam the famous AVater witch, by Pilot Jr. 

 He was foaled in 1SS3, was worked considerably as a 

 yearling, and went East as a two-year-old. He was 

 twice beaten by Xutbreaker and beat that good two- 

 year-old once. He took a two year-old record of 2:29^. 

 At St. Louis, where he met Xutbreaker for the last 

 time that year, he won the first heat, and I thought 

 the second too, but both colts broke just at the finish, 

 and the judges curiousl}^ gave the heat to Xutbreaker 

 because Sphinx made the best break. The next year, 

 in his three-year-old form, he started eight times, win- 

 ning four times. August 25th, at Covington, Ken- 

 tucky, he beat Geneva and Phythias in straight heats, 

 and at the same place, a few days later, he beat Cas- 

 talia in a four-heat race, taking a record of 2:2^^ in the 



