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in 2:18^; that is, I thought so, and an instantaneous photo- 

 graph, taken by Mr. Underhill of the New York Sportsman, 

 confirmed my opinion, but the judges did not see it in that 

 way and gave the heat to Balsora Wilkes. Mr. Underhill has 

 since published the photograph in the Sportsman, showing 

 the error of the judges. I am satisfied it was an error of judg- 

 ment and not intentional, as we often see a horse on the out- 

 side in a close finish getting from one to two feet the best of 

 the decision from the stand. As my horse had two stiff heats 

 I laid him up the fourth heat, letting Balsora Wilkes win it as 

 he pleased, and in the fifth heat the mare Jenny Lind tried 

 very hard to put me over in the woods, where they have the 

 clam-bakes, on the first turn, which let Balsora Wilkes get so 

 far away from me that I was unable to catch him and he won 

 the heat by about half a neck in 2:21. 



The next week at Island Park we had a hard battle, the 

 same horses starting except Jenney Lind. Dr. M. won the 

 first heat in 2:20|- ; Balsora Wilkes won the second in 2:17} ; 

 Elmonarch won the third heat in 2:19|-, the fourth heat in 

 2:17^ — pacing the last half in 1:05, the last quarter in thirty 

 seconds — Balsora Wilkes driving m^e out. In the fifth heat 

 Elmonarch made a break going away and I laid him up. Bal- 

 sora Wilkes won in 2:21. In the sixth heat I got the worst 

 of the send off, and when I moved for the heat at the three- 

 quarter pole I was interfered with by Dr. j\I. so I did not get 

 to Balsora Wilkes until well down into the stretch. If a man 

 don't think that Balsora Wilkes and Samuel Grabenstatter are 

 a hard pair to beat, I would like to have him go and try them 

 for himself, for they beat me by just an eyelash in 2:21, sufifi- 

 cient at least to get first money and a little of my hard earned 

 cash — more than I liked to give up. I gave the judges a 

 strong argument about Dr. M. interfering with me, but they 

 did not see it in that light, consequently I had to take my 

 medicine — the bitter without the sweet. It was no fault of 

 the horse my losing either of these races or at Hartford, as it 

 seemed simply that I was in hard luck. He is one of the 



