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heats, and Sam Letcher represented my stable. Carolina 

 won the first heat by about a length. In the second heat I 

 instructed my jockey to take the lead and force the running- 

 all the way, as I felt I had the best horse and that Letcher 

 could win. Besides, I had a desire to bet a little money on 

 the race. 



Thomas Eans, a sporting- man from Nashville, bet me 

 $ioo to a cravat that Carolina would defeat Sam Letcher. I 

 took the bet and went on cooling out my horse. 



They went to the post for the second heat, and, accord- 

 ing to instructions, my boy g-ot off in front and pushed 

 the horse for all he would stand. The boy on Carolina 

 trailed along, thinking he had something in reserve in the 

 mare, but when he called upon her at the finish he found 

 that she had about exhausted herself, and she was five 

 lengths behind as my horse passed under the wire. Every- 

 body realized that the race was practically over. 



In the third heat my horse went to the front and took 

 the lead all the way. He won easily, and once more Old 

 Kentucky had scored a triumph. Thousands of dollars 

 changed hands on the result of the race, for the Kentuckians 

 had faith in me and my hors'e. 



At Fairfield I made a match for Adle Giser with Mc- 

 Daniels against Carolina for $5,000 a side. My horse took 

 the lead at the start and won handily. Then we made 

 another match for the same amount between the same horses, 

 for McDaniels was not yet satisfied. It resulted as before. 

 Still McDaniels thought he had the better animal and we 

 matched them for $2,500 a side, but the game little mare 

 had met her mistress in Adle Giser, and it was clearly estab- 

 lished that both my horses were her superiors. McDaniels 

 afterward became discouraged and forfeited the money in 

 the last match. 



At that time McDaniels could have won, for my horse 

 was badly chafed and in bad shape. But I pretended that 

 Adle Giser was all right and had her on the track at the 

 time the drum call was made. McDaniels had informed the 

 judges that if I came out with my horse he would forfeit his 

 money; and when they saw me ready, or apparently so, they 

 declared the race off. I won this race through a bluS, for 

 the chances are that I would have lost. 



