46 THE TWO-MINUTE TROTTERS 



and the way Uhlan came out of it, the fine fettle he was in, 

 caused me to have high hopes for his future. He was not 

 harnessed for a week, then was jogged two days. 



"He was to go at Readville the second week afterward, to 

 wagon, and I kept him ready for that performance by miles 

 as follows: August 18—2:32, 2:21, 2:16, 2:10; August 22 

 —2:31, 2:181/2, 2:101/4, 2:0iy2, the last mile to sulky, the 

 last half in a minute; August 28, at Readville — 2:31, 

 2:191/2, 2:16, last eighth in sixteen seconds. He started to 

 wagon, Mr. Billings driving, August 30, to beat 2:031/0, and 

 his mile, 2:021/2, was the best, in my opinion, that he ever 

 trotted. The track was dead and slow and there was a high 

 wind, and no owner except Mr. Billings would have per- 

 mitted a start. There was no chance to break records, but he 

 would not disappoint the large crowd, mostly New England 

 people, among whom Uhlan had grown up. I gave my charge 

 three miles in 2:31, 2:21, 2:13, and had him ready to start 

 early, but it was half past five when they got to us. The rac- 

 ing had made the track rough, and while they floated it, but 

 little was accomplished. Uhlan trotted in 2:02^, the first 

 quarter in 29'^ seconds, the half in a minute, the three-quar- 

 ters in 1 :30l/2. He was tired at the end, and that mile took 

 more out of him than any other he had ever gone while I had 

 been in charge of him, which makes me sure that it was his 

 greatest one. As he blew out all right and quickly I stepped 

 him another mile in 2:10, last half in 1:02. 



"The next week, after rain until everybody was rain sick 

 and I could give him no work except jogging and an occa- 

 sional brush where there was a dry spot, he started to wagon 

 at Hartford and drew Mr. Billings a great mile — 2:011/4- 

 He did that off' of miles in 2:23 to 2:15, and there was absol- 

 utely no life to the track. The last quarter was trotted in 29 

 seconds, and no other horse ever did that to wagon at the end 

 of a fast mile. To show how little that mile distressed him I 

 worked him a cooling-out trip in 2:06, last half in a minute, 

 last quarter in 29 seconds. 



"At Allentown, Pa., over the great and well-kept half- 

 mile track, Uhlan trotted a mile in 2:051/4, first quarter in 

 32, after making a short break dodging a deep shadow; sec- 



