RECOLLECTIONS OF MEN AND HORSES 



der-bolt disturbs repose. The first trotter to bring 

 Major McDowell into national prominence was 

 Trinket, bay mare foaled in 1875, ^ re< ^ by R S. 

 Veech, and by Princeps (son of Woodford Mam- 

 brino), dam Ouida by Rysdyk's Hambletonian ; sec- 

 ond dam Morning Glory by imp. Consternation. 

 During one of his numerous visits to Indian Hill, 

 McDowell purchased the bay filly and transferred 

 her to Woodlake. I was one of the judges at Louis- 

 ville July 10, 1879, when she started in a race against 

 Von Arnim, Effie G., and So So, and scored a victory 

 and trotted to a record of 2.19! in the fourth heat. 

 That evening we dined at the Club house of the Louis- 

 ville Jockey Club with Colonel M. Lewis Clark, the 

 President, and enthusiasm over the performance of 

 Trinket was pronounced. Major McDowell was 

 frequently congratulated on being the possessor of 

 a future record-breaker, and his eyes were aglow 

 with satisfaction. Early in the spring of 1880 I 

 began to agitate for a race between Trinket, then 

 five years old, and Maud S., six years old. Mc- 

 Dowell and his friends felt confident that the daugh- 

 ter of Princeps could concede to the daughter of 

 Harold a year and beat her. The race was trotted 

 at Chicago July 24, 1880, and I was named as one 

 of the judges. Trinket was outclassed, and, to the 

 bitter disappointment of her owner, was beaten in 

 straight heats in 2.19, 2.2iJ, 2.134. In the third 

 heat distance was waived and Maud S. was driven 

 for a record. The friends of Mr. W. H. Vanderbilt 



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