252 Making the American Thoroughbred 



Col. Elliott lost his temper, which he rarely did, and 

 abused Simon, saying, "not satisfied with making Paddy 

 run forty feet further than the mare on every turn, he 

 must ride foul all the way down the quarter stretch." 

 The Colonel repeated these charges until at length Simon 

 answered him with, "Well, Col. Elliott (as he always 

 called him), I've won many a race that way for you, and 

 it is the first time I ever heard you object to it." 



