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ond quarter in 3114? third quarter in 31%. The mile 

 lowered the record of 2:06'% set by George G. 



"I prepared him for a field day at North Randall and ex- 

 pected to give him a wagon record of two minutes or better, 

 but it was impossible for Mr. Billings to be present and the 

 mile was never trotted. In preparing him for the expected 

 engagement I set him down the last quarter of the last work 

 mile on October 1st, and he trotted it in exactly twenty-eight 

 seconds. That ended his work for the year and I let him 

 down with slow miles, 2:28, 2:28^4? covering a period of six 

 days, then jogged him daily until November 7th, and after 

 that let him run out in his paddock just as I had done the pre- 

 vious fall. 



"His work for his first two-minute year covered a period 

 of seven months. He had 217 miles the right way of the 

 track, exhibitions and work; 119 were in 2:30 or better; 68 

 in 2:20 or better; 44 in 2:15 or better; 27 in 2:10 or better; 

 11, only, in 2:05 or better. 



"If any one who is interested will glance back over the 

 miles as given by dates, he will see just how few fast work 

 miles he really had. He was never worked a mile to his limit. 

 It was so easy for him to trot a half in a minute that it meant 

 little to him. He showed that at Hartford, as I have already 

 stated. 



"He was worked to a long-shaft cart except in the miles 

 to wagon or sulky as noted in this narrative. I worked him in 

 company a great deal, taking him in and out among a lot of 

 horses. But his fast miles, even the one in 2:00^, he went 

 alone without a prompter. I never allowed the runner to turn 

 with him except when he was ready to start in a public mile. 

 My reason for that is that many horses grow cunning if 

 worked with a runner, and I wanted him to know that when 

 his runner came on the track it meant business. He was one 

 of the smartest horses that ever lived, and I did not propose 

 he should learn to cheat me. Also I taught him to finish fast, 

 and never allowed him to slow up at the wire. 



"His system of training may be called, properly, the 

 'mile on mile' system. True, he was given brush work, but 

 he gave most of that to himself. That was on the days he was 



