I08 EVERY MAN HIS OWN TRAINER. 



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 money, for they had no chance to get it off, as after the third 

 heat the Counselor and my friend McNally made Kitefoot 

 such a favorite that they could not hedge their money out. 



The next week we all went to Hartford, Conn., and the 

 same field started, except Bessie, 2:17^, took the place of As- 

 tral. We commenced to put some money on Spofford, think- 

 ing he could beat J. O., but he was not quite himself and the 

 betting was so bad we did not get but very little on him. 

 Kitefoot won the first heat in 2:20, Spofford the fourth in 

 2:21, and J. O. the second in 2:18, third in 2:17|, and the fifth 

 and race in 2.21J. Kitefoot second, Spofford third and Charles 

 Hilton fourth money. 



This virtually ended Kitefoot's career on the turf, as I 

 did not start her at Springfield the next week. She was in- 

 jured in a railroad accident on the way to New York the fol- 

 lowing week after the Springfield meeting, which ended her 

 career on the turf, and she has been retired for breeding 

 purposes. 



Mambrino Dudley came into my hands in 187T. If I 

 co-uld have had him before he had been through so many 

 hands and seen so much breeding service, I think I could have 

 driven him as fast a mile as any stallion ever went. I think if 

 there ever was a horse that could go a two-minute gait on a 

 trot he could. I think he will be the sire of a family of trot- 

 ters when his colts get age. The clay I gave him his record of 

 2:19f was a cold, raw day — the second of Novem.ber. I con- 

 sidered the day and slow track was at least against him three 

 or four seconds. His breeding is superb and the gentleman 

 that owns him, General B. F. Tracy, proprietor of Marshland 

 Stock Farm, may well be proud of him and his progeny, for 

 as surely as blood tells will he place his sons and daughters 

 high up in the temple of fame, successful competitors with 

 the best and bluest blooded animals in the land. 



The Lysander family, of which I have had considerable 

 experience, has carried me through many a hard-fought battle 

 successfully, as fast performers, and profitable campaigners 



