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he had bred him and raised him I desired very much that 

 he reap the benefit. He was not to be convinced, however, 

 as he felt that the horse was getting too valuable for him to 

 own. That fall I sold him for Mr. Ewing to Mr. P. C. Isaacs, 

 of Johnstown, Pa., one of my patrons, and that gentleman 

 owned him until he was sold to Mr. M. W. Savage. 



"The next spring after Mr. Isaacs bought him Minor 

 Heir suffered a severe attack of influenza from which he 

 did not fully recover until about the first of April. His 

 sickness left him poor and weak and for a time it looked 

 as though we could not possibly get him to the races that 

 year. His recovery, however, was unexpectedly rapid and 

 by the first of May he was working miles in three minutes. 

 Most of his work consisted of slow repeats with very little 

 brush work. I never jogged him more than three miles a 

 day, winter or summer. On the first of June he stepped his 

 first real mile of the training season, in 2:30 and I did not 

 beat 2:25 with him until June 15th, on which date he paced 

 a mile in 2:15. I did not go another good mile with him 

 until the latter part of June, just before shipping to Peoria, 

 111., for the opening of the Great Western Circuit and that 

 mile, still over our half mile track, was in 2:08-^, last half 

 in 1 :03 and with perfect ease. This was the only fast mile 

 he got during the entire training season. 



"When we left home he had regained all his flesh, was 

 big and strong and ready to race. He was quite fortunate 

 in one respect and that was in having a great caretaker in 

 Robert Bradley ('Old Bob') who came with him when Mr. 

 Ewing shipped him to me from Roseville. 'Old Bob' cared 

 for Minor Heir during the two seasons I had him and to his 

 faithful attention and capable work much of the success of 

 the horse should be credited. He was with him constantly 

 night and day and seemed to never tire of work or watching. 



"During the racing season. Minor Heir required very 

 little work between his engagements and was never worked 

 faster than 2:25. What he did during that season is history 

 and I do not think it is necessary for me to go into the details 

 regarding his races. He was a horse with a marvelous flight 

 of speed. While I never 'set him down' to see how fast he 



