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think the public will then appreciate the products of your 

 farm, especially when taking into consideration Diablo, 

 Derby Princess, Agitato, Owyhee, etc. I hear of a fast 

 one East they call Sylvanway, three-year-old, that it is 

 claimed can go in 2:14." 



Glens Falls, August 25. — They can't keep a good horse 

 down. I wanted to be let loose to-day, and how I would 

 have stepped ; but a keen cut, thoroughbred, little fellow 

 with a light hand and a knowing look, kept taking me 

 back, saying: "Old fellow, not to-day, not to-day; but 

 when we get to Terre Haute we'll simply drown them." 

 I understand he is McHenry, "McHenry of Freeport," 

 they call him, or "Smooth Myron," as one swipe re- 

 marked. Well, all I have to say is that he knows how 

 to handle a horse, and he's a smart man. I know that, 

 for he remarked to a gentleman in my hearing that I 

 could "make a monkey of any pacer in the country and 

 do it, too, in his four-year-old form." When I got back 

 to my old friend and trainer he showed me this letter : 



"He won at Dubuque, driven by McHenry, in straight 

 heats. I was undecided whether to instruct him to give 

 the colt a fast record then, but concluded on waiting for 

 Terre Haute, where, if he proves himself king of all pac- 

 ers I shall not be surprised. McHenry wires that he 

 could easily have lowered his record at Dubuque. I 

 worked him the last half of a mile before he was shipped 

 in just one minute flat, and there's no telling where he 

 will step in a few weeks if nothing happens." 



Terre Haute, September 22. — I was rushed over here 

 from Independence, where I won easily, without having a 

 chance at my diary until now. It's raining pitchforks, 

 pointed ends down, and we feel blue, because I'm awfully 

 good, and the man from Freeport promised to turn me 

 loose here. My trainer wrote : 



