42 THE GENERAL. 



great effort was made at the finish of the fourth heat 

 which went to Turner in 2:18^4. All of the devices 

 that the former had studied in the sulky and with 

 which nature had endowed him were called into play, 

 while Turner sat erect driving one of his character- 

 istic finishes. Not a muscle of his face moved as he 

 approached the stand, as he knew he had the gelding 

 beaten, but he drove with all the skill that he possess- 

 ed and did not let a motion of his horse escape him. 

 Two miles in 2 127 and 2 123 finished the race in favor 

 of Hannis. 



Such an experience is not by any means as racy 

 as Gus Glidden had in the early seventies when trot- 

 ting through Illinois. He had a fair young horse that 

 few people knew anything about and as no one was 

 looking for fast records, he and three others, divided 

 the purses and trotted according to the humor of the 

 party. After three weeks of this kind of racing, during 

 which Glidden's horse was nearer the distance stand 

 than the wire, his confederates put their heads to- 

 gether and decided to save a quarter of the purse by 

 leaving Gus out and let him take a whirl with the flag- 

 man. Gus did not object. That was just what he 

 was waiting for. When the race day came the other 

 owners avoided Glidden as much as possible. Noth- 

 ing was said and Glidden did not show a disposition 

 to make any advances. When the betting began, an 

 unknown appeared and bought all of the tickets sold 

 on Glidden's horse. As for the race it was short and 

 sweet. Glidden knew it would be dangerous to pro- 

 long it, so he distanced the field in the first heat. The 

 combination did not tumble to the move until the flag 

 fell. They read Glidden the riot act, but it did no 

 good as he had the money. 



