CHAPTER V 



THE STRUGGLE TO HOLD THE THRONE 



MR. CASE, in the summer of 1884, professed anxiety 

 to test with Maud S. the speed of Jay-eye-see, and 

 I told him there could be no objection to starting 

 the gelding on the same track for a cup any day that 

 Maud S. elected to start against the watch. Com- 

 petition for cups was open to all, and even if it was 

 the wish to bar Jay-eye-see it could not be done. An 

 effort was made to get Jay-eye-see ready for the duel, 

 but he went wrong and there was great distress in the 

 Racine camp. 



It was on November 25, 1884, that W. H. Craw- 

 ford wrote me : 



" Mr. Case has stiffened up on price again, Tod- 

 hunter having written him he could sell, he thought, 

 to Mr. B. There is always some old blatherskite 

 ready to prevent others if they cannot accomplish 

 anything themselves. I have no reason to think 

 that the little horse is able to lower Maud S.'s present 

 record except his performance at Belmont Park. I 

 believe a grand event can be arranged for next 



summer." 



July u, 1885, William Edwards, President of 

 the Cleveland Driving Park, wrote me : 



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