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with the whip and shouted, " Go on ! Go on ! " He 

 just won by a head, the time being 2 mins. 27 sees, 

 for one mile. It was a great finish, and showed what a 

 clever driver Mr. Winans really was. 



I was in the judges' box at the time with the late 

 Mr. Richard Bainbridge, the well-known trotting-horse 

 owner and breeder. The last time I saw Mr. Bainbridge 

 alive was at Richmond Horse Show, when he was judging 

 the trotter classes. In his younger days Mr. Bainbridge 

 took a great interest in road-racing. After racing his 

 trotters at Wembley Park with great success, he assisted 

 in forming the Essex Amateur Trotting Club. He was 

 known as the " Pony King," having a stable of very fast 

 and smart ponies. The 14-hand pony Cinderella trotted 

 the mile in 2 mins. 24 sees. His famous pony was 

 Maggie H., 12 hands, whose record was 2 mins. 37 

 sees, for one mile. A notable feat for a pony so 

 small. 



The trotting fraternity lost another good friend when 

 Dr. H. W . Darrell died. He was a vice-president of the 

 National Trotting- Horse Breeders' Association. Dr. 

 Darrell was bom in Bermuda and educated in Canada. 

 He bred some splendid trotters. His beautiful stallion. 

 Lord Bantam, record 2 mins. 20 sees., did a lot of 

 winning for him in pace and action classes. At the sale 



