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watch and he had it 2:1(!J. By that time several others had 

 got to me and said, "Jack, you are out of )'onr class unless 

 you have some friend in the stand." Then one of ni}- men, 

 Gus Smythe, stepped up and said, " Fred is right ; I have got 

 it 12:1(U, and you better get for the stand or you will get a 

 mark that \-ou will not like." So I started for the judges and 

 begged and pleaded, almost on my knees ; and I guess I would 

 have humbled nu'self in that manner if I could have got them 

 to have hung out !2:I8|, but the}- said -:17]- was the outside 

 watch, the others having it faster, and some did have it 2:10^. 

 They put it out 2:17]-. That did me much harm, as I wanted 

 to trot the marc through the big Circuit in the 2:H> class, and 

 as it was it put me in the free-for-all. h'rom this out I won 

 the race easy, as Thomas could not make me go a heat faster 

 than 2:21 and 2:23. 



The next week I brought her home and trotted her at 

 Phctnix July 4th for a little sure monc}' against Sally C, 

 2:17], pacer. That done her more harm than the mone}- done 

 me good, as the track was ver}- hard and rough. It seemed to 

 sore her, and it took me two or three weeks to get her over 

 it. It was a very poor half- mile track, and consequent!}' it 

 was slow time, she winning the race in 2:28, 2:27 and 2:25. 

 But 1 entered her down the line in the free-for-all class, com- 

 mencing at Cleveland Jul}- 2"^ and 2i), against Charles Hilton, 

 2:17], Arab, 2:15, INIaud Messenger, 2:1(1]. and J. O., 2:17]. 

 This was a hartl race. J. O. won the first heat in 2:17], the 

 third heat in 2:18, Arab winning the second heat in 2:18^, 

 fourth in 2:17j, and the fifth and race in 2:1()|-. Charles Hil- 

 ton got third monc}- and Kitefoot fourth. 



The next week, August 5th, we came to l^)uffalo, where I 

 met Arab, J. O., Charles Hilton, and Bhil. Thompson, 2:10^. 

 Arab again winning the race, this time in three straight heats 

 in 2:17]-, 2:L1> and 2:'i8^>. I just being able to beat Phil. 

 Thompson for fourth monc}-. 



The next week, August 21st, we again tried conclusions 

 with the same field of horses, except Bessie, 2:17, who joined 



