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track being soft and slow. It was dollars to buttons that 

 Queen Wilkes would win. and I had quite a handful of the 

 buttons. There was in this race, Sept. 7th, Queen Wilkes, 

 2:23| ; Univeresy, Cuba and Micado. I done her up in four 

 heats ; time, 2:27, 2:27, 2:2G, 2.291. In the last heat I walked 

 home, as some of them would have appeared bad behind the 

 flag. 



The next week I trotted her another race at Mystic Park, 

 Boston, September 14, which she won very easily. This was 

 her last race in 18SG. 



In 1887 I won six races with her, reducing her record to 

 2:24^ without any assistance, except in one race, which was at 

 Springfield, in which my friend Ethel Robinson piloted the 

 little mare the deciding heat, and won it, reducing her record 

 from 2:24| to 2:24^. 



I have always kept the difference in weight on her for- 

 ward shoes, but have reduced the weight of each shoe about 

 an ounce, and she has always been as good gaited as a horse 

 could be. 



In 1SS8 her first race was at Albany, N. Y. She started 

 against Lotta, St. Elmo, Eiction, Silva M. and Gautier. I 

 was determined not to give her a hard race, as it ^\•as carh' in 

 the spring, and she was high in flesh. 1 did not put any 

 money on her. Mr. Alvord was there, and directed me to 

 win if possible, and win she did. It proved an easy race for 

 her, as the rest of the field was not in very good form. I'he 

 next week we went to Hartford. I had been informed that 

 we had a hard horse' to go against. Black Jack by Sweep- 

 stakes was reported very. fast, and if we beat him we would 

 have to go out of our class, which I objected to. I asked Mr. 

 Alvord to stay at home, which lie did, but I gave Black Jack 

 a good race, making him reduce his record from 2:24^ to 2:224-, 

 winning second money, which I was very well satisfied with. 

 4'()m King, the secretary, thought I might ha\e won the third 

 heal if the track had been a little wider on the uppci- turn. 



I started her another race o\er at Boston the next week 



