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save his entrance money if nothing more, as I knew he could 

 not be much good. He was chapped under the ankles and a 

 little care worn from his yesterday's work and the day's jaunt, 

 and if I had not known he was a cast-iron horse, I would not 

 have started him. I had learned that he would stand most 

 anything. He would lie down, stretch out and get his rest at 

 any time when he had an opportunity. There is a great 

 difference in horses about that, some will lie down in the day 

 time and rest out, no matter who or how many is around. 

 Such horses, as a rule, are good campaigners, they will take 

 things easy and get all the rest and comfort they can when 

 you give them a chance. Many horses will not lie down in 

 the day time unless the stall is darkened and everything is 

 quiet about them. We went on with the others and got the 

 word. Deucalion got the first heat in 2:22^-; Modock won 

 the next heat in 2:20|, the third in 2:18i, the fourth in 2:20J-, 

 and that ended the race.* Deucalion got second money and 

 King got third. In the last heat King pulled a shoe and cut 

 his quarter very badly, so that the next morning he was very 

 sore. I removed his shoes, put poultices on his front feet 

 and he laid down the most of the time for the next twenty- 

 four hours. I did not disturb him, but let him rest for two 

 days. I would have let him gone another day only I had him 

 entered in the great Balch stallion race at Beacon Park the 

 next week, Sept. 20, 18So. It was a $2,000 purse and a good 

 field of horses. I was very anxious to start him in it. On 

 the third day I put on his shoes, jogged him two miles and 

 the boys and myself stayed right by him, nursed and done 

 ever)'thing we possibly could for his comfort, as his race come 

 off the next Wednesday. On Monday I moved him. two slow 

 miles — one in 2:45 and the other in 2:40. The star of the 

 coming race was Deucalion by Hambletonian 10 ; he won a 

 heat at Mystic Park the week before in 2:22|, and forced out 

 Modock, by Aberdeen, in 2:19-|-. 



The horses that started in the race were Deucalion 2:22, 

 Alleghany B©y 2:27^, Lem 2:27^, Hersey 2:25|, Almonarch 



