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horse that would do to matinee and would also make a nice 

 road horse. The Boston Matinee Club was then in its hey- 

 dey, and Mr. Arthur Parker, of Bedford, the breeder of 

 Uhlan, had been at Readville two months, having the colts 

 he owned trained. Eddie McGrath was training for him, 

 and one day I noticed him driving a black colt that could 

 trot good but after going a short distance would break, go 

 into a pace and chop his quarters. I inquired what he was, 

 and they told me a three-year-old called Uhlan. I got the 

 price and said nothing about it except to Mr. Sanders. I 

 told him I thought he would be a good buy and that when 

 he was balanced would trot in 2:10, which was right good 

 in those days, as we were not thinking as much of two-minutes 

 as we do now. 



"I kept drumming at Mr. Sanders, until finally we ar- 

 ranged with Mr. Parker to show the colt. They were pre- 

 paring to move back to the farm from Readville, and the 

 day before they were to go they showed the colt and he went 

 a mile in 2:211/2. Mr. Sanders came by my stable and asked 

 how I liked the colt, and I told him he would make a nice 

 horse and one that would trot in 2:10 when balanced. He 

 said that he liked the looks of him very much but that they 

 wanted too much money for him — the price was around 

 $1,500 — and that he did not think he would buy. So I said, 

 'they are going home tomorrow and if you don't buy him 

 I will before they leave.' His answer to that was, 'if you 

 think that well of him I will see what I can do,' and he went 

 over to the Parker barn, bought the colt and had him sent 

 right over to me. 



"It was up to me then to make good. The Globe and 

 The Herald, leading dailies of Boston, began telling about 

 Bob Proctor buying a gold brick for Chas. Sanders. For 

 three days after he came to me I did not put a harness on 

 him, but poulticed his front heels, which were very sore 

 from chopping his quarters. Then I jogged him for three 

 days, shod him, and when I began to drive him, believe me, 

 I was very careful not to let him make a break. For about 

 three weeks I gave him miles from three minutes to 2:40, 

 five heats twice a week, but at times finishing those slow 



