CHAPTER XVIII 



E. H. HARRIMAN AND OTHER BREEDERS 



WHEN I first met Edward H. Harriman he kept 

 one horse which he drove on the road, and now and 

 then stopped at Gabe Case's or John Barry's. Time 

 was more valuable to him than to other road riders, 

 such as Lawrence Kip and A. Newbold Morris, and 

 less and less he mingled with the circles of good 

 cheer. When he became one of the great railroad 

 powers of the country, he turned his attention to 

 breeding, and the Arden Farms establishment was 

 a positive recreation. He controlled the half-mile 

 track at Goshen, and it was his custom on pleasant 

 summer days to drive there with members of his 

 family and participate in a series of contests. He 

 would get up in the sulky behind Stamboul or John 

 R. Gentry, and forget perplexing questions of busi- 

 ness in a flight around the circle. Choosing from 

 the quartette of Elsie S., Helen Grace, Rival, and 

 Hilda S., all mares with fast records, he would match 

 his skill against that of his professional trainer, W. 

 J. Andrews, and the glow on his face, when he suc- 

 ceeded in first reaching the wire, was worth more 

 than all the drugs in Christendom. Driving in the 

 open air was a real tonic to a man whose nerves were 

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