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was as good as he was that day. He had been set 

 down so often by the clever men as " a duffer '- that 

 probably his driver half believed it. But he met 

 Robert McGregor, Santa Claus, Hannis, the resolute 

 Wedgewood, and the two-miler, Monroe Chief, fought 

 for every heat, and beat them in the fourth, fifth and 

 sixth heats in 2:lTi, 2:19^, 2:21. 



He is a rather large horse to exactly suit me as a 

 stock-horse, and his o'et are so g-rowthvthat thev don't 

 take kindly to early training. But like their sire, thej^ 

 are good race-horses wlien you get them trained. 

 They incline to be prompt and trappy-gaited, with 

 much of the Almont order of action. Piedmont is the 

 most intelligent horse I have ever known. I worked 

 him some and could drive him at any gait desired by 

 simpl}^ talking to him. He had far more speed than 

 his record shows. I drove him with the lines laying 

 on his back a quarter in 0:33, and I saw him driven a 

 quarter in 0:32. 



Nephew, the other aged Palo Alto stallion, will, I 

 think, prove successful, though I have hardlv had experi- 

 ence enough with his get as yet to speak fully. They 

 show well in the kindergarten, and act like colts that 

 will make early trotters. Such as have appeared on the 

 turf have proved good campaigners, as would be 

 expected from Xephew's breeding, he being by Ham- 

 brino, 2:21J (by Edward Everett), out of Trotting 

 Sister, by Alexander's Abdallah. 



Of the other more noted Calif ornian families, I need 

 only speak very briefly concerning their general 

 characteristics. 



The St. Clairs are compact, smooth horses, gaited 



