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to race him the next year it would not l^e wise to show him 

 the mile, and so it was not done. That ended his season 

 and I let him down in his work and wintered him nicely. 

 "In 1909 I started jogging him the first of Fehruary, 

 trained him along nicely during the Summer and entered 

 him in the $50,000 handicap and also in the $5,000 Blue 

 Hill. I was keeping the horse under cover so as to get a 

 position in the handicap as near the front line as possible. 

 But Mr. Sanders came out one day and wanted to see him 

 beat 2:10. Against my wishes I drove him the requested 

 mile; worked him six heats, the fifth in 2:0714), last quarter 

 in 29 seconds. His first start w^as in the handicap, and with 

 so many starters he was excited and was turned the wrong 

 way of the track when the gong sounded, and was out of the 

 money. Two days later I started him in the Blue Hill and 

 won easily, three heats around 2:10. 



"He was then shipped to Columbus, where he started in 

 the 2:10 trot and won from Teasel and a dozen more in 

 straight heats— 2:0714, 2:0714, 2:08. The second week 

 he won the 2:09 trot from Locust Jack and nine others. Jack 

 won the first heat in 2:09^4 ^^^^ Uhlan won the race, trot- 

 ting his miles in 2:08, 2:08l/o. At Lexington he won the 

 Walnut Hall Cup, defeating Spanish Queen and eight more 

 in 2:0914, 2:0714, 2:08, and that was his last start for that 

 year. 



"For 191wT gave him as nice a preparation as I knew 

 how and started him first at North Randall in the 2:07 trot, 

 beating San Francisco, Lady Jones and others in 2:06^, 

 2:03'^45 which is pretty good evidence that he was fairly 

 well prepared. At Fort Erie he beat practically the same 

 field in slower time. Then the North Randall contingent was 

 after me red hot to go back to that track and race Hamburg 

 Belle. I did not want to make that race until after the 

 Columbus meeting, but finally agreed to ship him back from 

 Buffalo and send my other horses on to Readville. The night 

 before the race I told the crowd at the club house that I would 

 make the mare beat her record, which was then 2:021/^, if 

 she defeated me. Some of them laughed at that. When I 

 warmed my trotter up for the race I thought I could win and 



