HENRY c. MCDOWELL AND ASHLAND 



sent to that gentleman in Europe a congratulatory 

 dispatch, and I was asked to add my name to the 

 telegram, because it was known that my sympathies, 

 previous to the contest, were with Trinket. Mc- 

 Dowell was easily elated or depressed, and, after an 

 hour of gloom, hope took fresh root. Later in the 

 season he sold the mare to John W. Shaw, and she 

 was campaigned for three years, beating some of 

 the best horses on the turf, and trotting at Fleetwood 

 Park, September 22, 1881, to a record of 2.14. 

 Trinket had an excess of action which kept her 

 from mounting to the throne over such horses as 

 St. Julien, Jay-eye-see, and Maud S. As a brood 

 mare she was only moderately successful, while her 

 sister Toto, three years younger, was an absolute 

 failure as a trotter, but brilliant as a producer of 

 speed. She ranks high among the great brood mares 

 of the Year Book. The breeder is often confronted 

 with a problem like that presented by Trinket and 

 Toto. One sister differs from another sister, owing 

 to environment, nutrition, and opportunity. One of 

 the great trotters bred by Major McDowell was 

 Phallas, bay horse foaled in 1877, and by Dictator, 

 dam Betsy Trotwood by Clark Chief, second dam 

 by Ericsson, and third dam by Sir William. He 

 was sold to Jerome I. Case, in whose stable he de- 

 veloped championship form. At Chicago July 14, 

 1884, he trotted to a record of 2.13!, which gave 

 him the place of honor among stallions. In the stud 

 Phallas was not quite equal to his opportunity, albeit 



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