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mals, because their bodies grow during the let-up, and 

 they are liable to get too much work when exercise 

 is renewed. My aim is to give the greatest possible 

 amount of exercise without fatigue, and never to al- 

 low it to reach the period of exhaustion. This is 

 secured by short-distance exercise. It is the supreme 

 effort that develops." 



As I was in the judge's stand at Lexington when 

 Hinda Rose made her best record, I could not be 

 otherwise than impressed with the performance. In 

 the spring of 1884 I was conversing with Governor 

 Stanford in his private room at the Windsor Hotel 

 in New York, when he asked me about the showing 

 of Hinda Rose at Lexington, and intimated that he 

 would like to see the mare enter the select stable 

 of Robert Bonner. The next day I saw Mr. Bonner, 

 and he said he would like to have the young mare 

 at the price suggested by her owner, $15,000, and 

 added: " I will make you a present of $1000 if you 

 secure her for me at this figure." 



I did not let grass grow under my feet, but the 

 same evening called on Governor Stanford and ex- 

 changed views with him. He began to hedge a little, 

 and said that he would like to control the racing 

 qualities of Hinda Rose for that season, so as to 

 improve her record, and asked if it would be satis- 

 factory to place her in control of Wm. H. Hum- 

 phreys. I expressed doubt on this point, but made a 

 memorandum to the effect that Mr. Bonner would 

 pay $15,000 for Hinda Rose when delivered at his 



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