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hand, lift them to the finish, etc., but did nothing 

 of the sort, and believe if I had attempted it, I 

 would have made a great mistake. I carried no 

 whip, and did not urge them over three times during 

 the entire mile, and then simply by a chirrup. I 

 had to go very wide on the turns, because York Boy 

 is so big-gaited that it is difficult for him to get 

 around the first turn." 



The views of thoughtful gentlemen of experience, 

 who are credited with great achievements, are worth 

 more to the reader in search of information than 

 volumes of theory, and I regard myself as fortunate in 

 obtaining these views first hand. 



During the season of 1903 the double-harness 

 problem was earnestly wrestled with by a gentleman 

 able to buy the best in the market, whose aims are 

 high and whose ability as a reinsman has seldom been 

 matched Mr. C. K. G. Billings. In the autumn he 

 drove The Monk by Chimes, and Equity by Heir- 

 at-law, at Memphis, to a record of 2.08. October 

 21, 1904, at Memphis, the double-harness record 

 was reduced to 2.oyf by The Monk and Equity. 



Having opened this chapter with a quotation from 

 an eloquent preacher, I will close it by reproducing 

 the words of another great pulpit orator, Henry 

 Ward Beecher. In a letter to Robert Bonner he 

 wrote : 



" I drive fast on principle. I do it for the sake 

 of being at one with nature. To drive slow, only 



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