RECOLLECTIONS OF MEN AND HORSES 



Clark Chief, became the champion stallion when he 

 trotted to a record of 2.13! at Chicago, July 14, 

 1884. Maxey Cobb succeeded him September 30, 

 1884, at Providence, with a record of 2.13^. 



Phallas was a very determined, but not a smooth- 

 gaited horse, and the campaign told upon him. 

 From Cleveland, Ohio, October 4, 1885, W. H. 

 Crawford wrote me : 



" Phallas pulled up very lame and will never start 

 again. He has had a weak tendon for over a year, 

 but Mr. Case was inclined to train him this year 

 in order to settle the stallion supremacy, knowing 

 that if he could be brought to start on anything short 

 of three legs, he would beat Maxey Cobb. There 

 never was another owner of a stallion who would 

 have had the nerve to do it. Every time he was 

 worked Either expected to see it come, and Friday 

 over a heavy track did the business. We made a 

 mistake in trotting Harry Wilkes, but there was so 

 much to be gained in beating the best representative 

 of the George Wilkes family, we risked it. You 

 know now why I was so timid about backing Phallas 

 on the 4th of July, and why I felt so nervous about 

 the result." 



Under date of September 20, 1884, Mr. Craw- 

 ford wrote from Cleveland : 



" I am glad to say there is nothing serious 

 the matter with Jay-eye-see; only a slight cold 

 brought on by a sudden change of temperature, from 

 1 00 to 55 in 24 hours, at a time when he was 



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