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miles I would let him move after passing the wire if there 

 was no one looking, and I began to think he was about right. 

 One day Mr. Sanders phoned that there would be one more 

 matinee, that he would like to start the colt, and for me to 

 name him. The race was to come about the last of Septem- 

 ber and that gave me about three more weeks in which to 

 get ready, so I began to move along a little — to a mile in 

 2:25, last quarter in 33 seconds, and he was flying at the 

 finish. This showed me that he was 0. K., and one week 

 before he was to matinee I decided to show him to myself, 

 and say nothing to anyone. 



"I began to work him about ten o'clock in the morning, 

 working him five easy miles, the fastest in 2:19. That 

 brought me to noon, and as there were few people at the 

 track that time of year and the boys were all at dinner I said: 

 'Here is my chance.' I went out, scored twice, went to the 

 half in just 1:10, the third quarter in 34, and the mile in 

 2:14, which made the last quarter 30 seconds. I said noth- 

 ing about it, but was sure I had a great trotter. 



"Tlien came the race, but the horse that Uhlan was to 

 start against fell lame and the event was canceled. So I 

 suggested that he go to see if the judges would let him 

 start in the fast class with horses that could trot in 2:12 to 

 2:15. He thought I was crazy, for 1 had not told him what 

 I had done with the colt. But he finally went and the judges 

 were willing, but he was quite nervous about it all. I as- 

 sured him the horse would win if he would not grab hold of 

 him or hit him with the whip, but go right along with the 

 rest. He did as I wanted him to do and won the heat in 

 2:16^ easily. The other drivers told him they had allowed 

 him to win that heat but would beat him the next. That made 

 him nervous again and he came for further instructions. 

 I told him to go right off with them and he would win easily. 

 They went away fast, down to the half in 1:05, Uhlan off 

 by himself, and he won the heat by 100 yards in 2:13%. 

 After the race I told Mr. Sanders he had not yet seen Uhlan 

 trot, that if he would let me hook him to sulky I would show 

 him a mile in 2:08. 'Do you mean that?' he asked, and 

 added 'it can't be possible.' I then said that if he expected 



