44 THE TWO-MINUTE TROTTERS 



June 28^2:5414, 2:36, 2:2514, 2:24. The public appear- 

 ance postponed, because Mr. Billings could not get to Cleve- 

 land on the date set I worked, July 1, in 2:28, 2:35, 2:23^/2, 

 2:16l/>. 2:081/2, first half in a minute; 2:061/2, last half in 

 59l/> seconds, the last two miles to wagon. 



"Jogged until July 6th he worked that day in 2:58, 

 2:351/2, 2:251/2, 2:221/2. On July 9th he was driven in pub- 

 lic by Mr. Billings to wagon a mile in 2:02')45 and his warm- 

 ing up miles for that effort were 2:35, 2:2114, 2:15. The 

 mile in 2\02!^/^ was a remarkable one, for in addition to a 

 strong wind the track was rough and Uhlan trotted in second 

 horse position the entire mile. The last half of that mile was 

 trotted in 59'%^ seconds. 



"Mr. Billings now felt that Uhlan could trot a mile in two 

 minutes, and so requested me to prepare him for an attempt 

 at the North Randall Grand Circuit meeting, then just four 

 weeks away. To be sure we had been working with that in 

 view, and I had so directed my work from the beginning. 

 Going on with the preparation for the North Randall mile, I 

 worked the horse, to cart, except occasionally to wagon, as I 

 note, these miles: 



July 13^3:00, 2:32l/>, 2:211/>; July 15—2:3414, 

 2:22l/>, 2: 121/7, 2:09, 2:05,last half in 59 seconds; last two 

 miles t'o wagon'^ July 19^3 :00, 2 :34, 2 :25, 2 :22. And now 

 we had reached the point for a regular test. Mr. Billings 

 felt the horse should be 'searched' before he started. So on 

 July 22 I worked him in 2:54, 2:321/2, 2:181/. to cart, then 

 hooked him to a sulky and drove him a mile in 2:09'%|., last 

 quarter in 29 seconds. And then the burning question was 

 put to him. He answered it with a first quarter in 30 seconds, 

 a second quarter in 30 seconds, a third quarter in 30 seconds, 

 and then we 'met up' with a float, right in at the pole and had 

 to take back in more than a hurry, slow down and go around 

 the obstruction, yet he trotted the final quarter in 30l/> sec- 

 onds, making the mile 2:001/), as I timed it. I had a man in 

 the stand to time the mile and he caught it in 2:0014- No 

 other watches were held. That mile was, for good and suf- 

 ficient reasons, to be my secret. That mile was trotted on 

 Friday. He was not harnessed again until July 26, when he 



