as I continued to reside in Tennessee. Early in the 

 season of 1877, Major Brown placed in my hands the 

 mare Alice West, of whom I have spoken, to condition 

 and prepare for the season's campaign. She was then 

 four years old, very speedy, and a game race mare. 

 I think I left Tennessee with her that season in July 

 and started her in a number of races through the 

 North, and at New York I gave her a record of 2.26. 

 She was the first trotter I ever marked below 2.30, 

 and this was my first experience in conducting a 

 campaign for myself in the North. I won several 

 good races with her, and returned to Tennessee and 

 took some other horses in my stable, which had been 

 worked some during my absence, and started for the 

 fairs about to be held in Alabama and Georgia. 

 While at Montgomery on this trip a very peculiar 

 accident occurred, which might have resulted seriously, 

 but which fortunately did not, and only added excite- 

 ment to the race. A Mr. Beebe, the driver and part 

 owner of a horse called Fred Tyler, entered his horse 

 in a race one day, and in the first heat of the race his 

 horse acted badly, and came very near being shut out. 

 I had an entry in another race which was being sand- 

 wiched in with his race. As I was about leaving the 

 track after a heat in my race, I met Mr. Beebe with 

 Fred Tyler coming onto the track ready to start in the 

 second heat, and he requested me to drive his horse 

 the rest of his race, which I consented to do. I sent 

 my horse to the stable and when about to get up 

 behind Fred Tyler I noticed that the sulky looked 

 weak and unsafe. I took hold of one of the wheels 

 and it seemed loose and anything but solid. I told 

 Mr. Beebe I did not like the looks of his sulky, and 

 did not think it was safe. He said it was all right, 



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