96 EVERY MAN HIS OWN TRAINER. 



time. Then Kitefoot sold up even with DeBarry. In the 

 third heat Kitefoot did not get away very well, so I made no 

 effort for the heat. DeBarry won in 2:23, and then the boom 

 came. The Bostonians had now become satisfied that De- 

 Barry would win, and they made him a great favorite ; he 

 would bring $50 to $15, and the field from $7 to $10. I then 

 told S W. that the time had arrived to put on the money. 

 That I thought I could do the horse, and we would take the 

 chance.'' Mac done so, and it was good. 



In scoring for the fourth heat we had some difficult)' in 

 getting off. Finally someone said go, but it did not come 

 from the judges' stand, and I knew it, but Golden did not. as 

 he kept his horse going, and that suited me, as my great 

 hopes in winning the race was in outlasting him. So I kept 

 going with him. The other two horses dropped back, but we 

 kept up a stiff clip down the backside. Golden asked me sev- 

 eral times if we had the word. I said I did not know, and we 

 kept going until we got into the stretch, and then some peo- 

 ple ran out and said we had not got the word, and Golden 

 pulled up. I jogged along on up and passed the stand in 

 about 2:26. When we came back to the stand and got out, 

 the judges ordered us " to mount, go up and score down.'' 

 Some of the drivers did not want to do so, asked for a recess, 

 and refused to start again ; but the judges would not allow it, 

 and considerable discussion took place. Finally we all got in 

 our sulkies, went up and came down for the word, and in this 

 heat De Barry got away a little the best of it, in fact. Pilot 

 Knox also got away a little ahead of me. This heat satisfied 

 me how J. J. Bowen, who was driving Pilot Knox, had played 

 his money. He got me in the pocket and kept me there about 

 to the three-quarter pole, where his horse broke and let me 

 out. When I got out of the pocket I moved up to De Barry 

 and carried him so fast that half \\'ay down the stretch he 

 broke and 1 won the heat in 2:22. It was then night and the 

 judges postponed the race until the next day at 12 o'clock. 

 By this time the race had got very interesting, and as the 



