horses Hotspur, Flora Belle, Alice West and Tornado, 

 Alice West being my entry, and this same Mr. Brad- 

 ley was behind Hotspur. These horses all had records 

 ranging from 2.22 held by Hotspur, to 2.26 held by 

 Alice West. Hotspur drew the pole and was a very 

 fast scorer. Flora Belle and Tornado were slow in 

 scoring. I had by this time given Alice West suffi- 

 cient experience, so that she was a reliable race mare, 

 and very handy in catching after making a break. We 

 commenced scoring, and Mr. Bradley would rush Hot- 

 spur at the top of his speed regardless of where the 

 other horses were, and would not attempt to get a 

 fair even start. After several unsuccessful attempts 

 at starting I told the judges that Mr. Bradley was not 

 trying to score for a fair start, and that he should 

 come slow to the wire and allow the other horses that 

 could not score as fast as Hotspur to get on even 

 terms with him. But Bradley seemed to think he was 

 doing the proper thing. We went back to score again, 

 and, as usual, Bradley rushed Hotspur ahead of the 

 rest of us, and not wishing to be left entirely in the 

 rear, should the judges send us off, I clucked to Alice 

 West and she immediately broke into a run and over- 

 took Hotspur just before the wire was reached, when 

 I settled her in a trot, and she and Hotspur went un- 

 der the wire head and head, and the judges said "go," 

 both Flora Belle and Tornado being at least fifty 

 yards back. Alice West was at that time a new horse 

 to the race followers in that section, and every one, 

 knowing of the record and reputation of old Hotspur, 

 thought the race to be only a matter of form and that 

 Hotspur could not be beaten, but I did not share in 

 this opinion. We raced on about even terms until we 

 came to a part of the track that was very sandy, when 



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