306 TALES OF THE TURF. 



find in the doctor's books, including hiccoughs and worms ; 

 and now that he has run the gamut of diseases possibly 

 his luck will turn. It would just be my luck, but I don't 

 want to chance it. I'll agree to pray for the man who 

 buys him — he'll need it. 



I will say in conclusion that he is the best-gaited horse 

 I ever sat behind, and I think I have ridden faster behind 

 him than I ever did behind Eloise or Rifle. There are a 

 number of horsemen in Northern Ohio just waiting to bid 

 on Musket. I hope they won't get him, because it would 

 be my luck to have him beat something I had in the first 

 race, besides I never want to see him again. 



Do not forget stamina when breeding. What an awful 

 feeling it is to own a flash horse and see a game one close 

 to him at the head of the stretch. 



