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of work was'kept up, and on June 15th, "on the repeat," he trotted 

 the two miles in 5:20 — the last mile in 2:38. On June 27th gave 

 him three heats of two miles, the last mile of each being 2:40, 2:39;^, 

 2:38|. The first mile of each heat I drove him as fast as I could, 

 but 2:41 was the fastest, and that in the third heat. Being so busy 

 on account of the work incidental to the publication of The Breeder 

 and Sportsman, I did not drive him again until the 17th of July, his 

 only work being jogging to the cart by the man who took care of 

 him. July 27th I put new tips on him, weighing six ounces each, 

 and on the 29th is the following entry in the journal : " Jogged 

 Anteeo three miles to cart, hitched him to sulky and then gave him 

 three miles at a good pace, moving in places fast. Scraped and 

 repeated him two miles in 5:25, moving through two stretches in 37 

 seconds each. After the work he played coming home." On the 1st 

 of August he finished a strong drive of three miles by trotting the 

 home stretch in 37 seconds, which proved that the work thi-ee days 

 before had not been detrimental. On the 3d of Auo-ust he was 

 attacked with the "pinkeye." This disease practically laid him up 

 until September 16th, although he was worked occasionally, which I 

 am satisfied was an error. The sickness prevented him trotting in the 

 Occident Stake at the State Fair. On the 26th of Sei)tember we 

 resumed the two-mile work, endeavoring to prepare him for the Stan- 

 ford Stake. The swelling between his jaws suppurated and broke a 

 few days before that race was trotted. 



In the race, when " wanning up," after going at a good pace, he 

 trotted half a mile in 1:1 6|-, and a quarter in 36^> seconds, and yet 

 he was beaten in 2:34i, 2:36|, 2:40, 2:38. The cause of this 

 I will endeavor to explain after a few more illustrations. The 

 Stanford Stake was trotted the 21st of October, on the Bay Dis- 

 trict Course ; on the 25th he was brought home, and on the Oakland 

 track I gave him three heats of two miles, in the last of which he 

 trotted the second mile in 2:36.^,. 



On the 30th I drove him three heats of a mile as fast as I could, 

 scraping him between the heats. After this I gave him a heat of 

 two miles, and he trotted the last mile in 2:30-|. The fastest first 

 mile I could drive him up to this time was 2:39^. He made a poor 



