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Reserve" haven't been conspicuous in history for over- 

 looking a good thing, whether it be a fat political office or 

 something more reputable, and on the train that took 

 Sagwa back to his native heath there was a young man, 

 not of Pickwick's build, nor yet of that of Pickwick's 

 sleepy boy. Did you ever hear of a certain Doctor who 

 became celebrated by his endeavor to teach the world how 

 to live without eating? Well, around the Cleveland Driv- 

 ing Park trie people know of that fellow's namesake, and 

 he is a trainer of horses, but as far as known he was not 

 a follower of that precept sought to be demonstrated by 

 the pioneer of his name, for history fails to record a case 

 where he skipped one bite when there was a meal around 

 and anything left on the table. That was the young man 

 who in physical conformation was unlike Pickwick and 

 also unlike Pickwick's sleepy boy. 



Sagwa showed him four heats, 2:24, 2:13^, 2:123/2, 

 2\iiy 2 on a comparatively slow track, the same afternoon, 

 with regulation time between each mile. Sagwa went 

 back to Cleveland. It is presumed he was purchased. On 

 a recent visit to Cleveland the writer of this saw Sagwa 

 one day, and really did accept an invitation to see him per- 

 form on the morrow, but that night he received a telegram 

 that his yacht was to sail for the cup the next day, and 

 being compelled, out of courtesy to his opponent to be 

 present at the yacht event, he of course, missed Sagwa do 

 a great performance. But now, serously, joking aside, 

 this is one of the best formed, most evenly balanced, and 

 fastest horses on earth, one that has a chance to wear a 

 champion's crown. He is one of the best pole horses im- 

 aginable, and will impress all as an ideal trotter, good 

 headed, good gaited, the real thing. 



