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the race — predicting the result — that Jay-Eye-See's 

 hard work of late would ensure him a victory. If 

 Mr. Hickok had " sent St. Julien to the top of his 

 speed " frequently for weeks before this race, instead 

 of being content with fair work and '' jogging," he 

 would have given the little Westerner a harder task. 



On the day after the race, viz., Sunday, September 

 30, 1883, Mr. Hickok seems to have thoroughly learned 

 the advantage of plenty of work " to stay up the mus- 

 cles," according to the following from the same paper : 



{The day after) 

 " ST. JULIEN AND JAY-EYE-SEE. 



" Mr. O. A. Hickok, part owner and driver of St. 

 Julien, said yesterday that his horse was short of 

 work to stay up his muscles. * What I mean by that 

 is,' he said, ' that he hasn't had a hard, bruising race 

 this season, where he was put up to the top notch by 

 such a steady horse as Jay-Eye-See.' " 



What makes such horses as this .^^ This is what 

 made Jay-Eye-See ; and the same combination will 

 make others like him : To begin with, he was " born 

 so " ! Who was his father ? Who was his mother ? 

 Who were his grandparents, on both sides of the 

 house? This is what makes the possibilities, the 

 probabilities, indeed, if not the guaranty, of kind, 

 handsome, vigorous and able men, women, horses, or 

 any other creatures. Inheritance of a high order — noth- 

 ing else is certain. Like produces like. Second : He 

 fortunately came into the possession, at an early age, 



