50 MEMOIR. 



Briggs as Secretary. At the first meeting under his man- 

 agement there was a shoal of turf champions, the entry 

 list presenting the names of Maud S., St. Julien, both of 

 which subsequently held world's records; Trinket, 

 Wedgewood, Black Cloud, and the "big four" pacers with 

 Sorrel Dan thrown in to make it interesting. To St. 

 Julien belongs the honor of trotting the fastest mile at this 

 meeting, his first heat in the free-for-all in 2:15^, being 

 his best performance in a race up to that date, and in that 

 heat Trinket was on even terms with him at the quarter 

 pole in 32^4 seconds, which was flying in the day of high- 

 wheel sulkies. Maud S., the peerless daughter of Harold, 

 that was destined to wrest the championship honors from 

 St. Julien and his sable successor Jay Eye See, trotted the 

 slowest mile at this meeting when she jogged under the 

 wire in 2 131, the deciding heat of the 2 119 class. Driver, 

 Charley Ford and Hannis were the other starters in that 

 race. The managers of the horses knew that they had not 

 enough speed to exercise Maud S., as at Chicago the pre- 

 ceding week, in her race with Trinket, she had reduced the 

 race record to 2 : 133/2, trotting the middle half of the mile 

 in 1 \o\Y\. On this account there was a strong play with 

 Aland S. barred. Hannis was the choice, while it is said 

 that those who were behind him had a few tickets on the 

 field, which included Charlev Ford and Driver. The 

 Charley Ford people were also reported to have bet their 

 money the other way. After the second heat Hannis stood 

 4-2 and Charley Ford 2-4. The third heat proved a 

 genuine mule race, or, in other words, both Splan and 

 Turner were determined to be last. Both of them 

 dawdled along, while Driver jogged with Maud S. As 

 Bair saw what was going on, he took back and won the 

 heat in 2 131, while Turner, who usually succeeds in what- 



