be met in these races were experienced campaigners, 

 and very fast, game, and reliable race horses. I also 

 knew that in Mattie Hunter I had as good-gaited a 

 pacer and as game a race horse as the turf had yet 

 seen. So I concluded to enter her in these great con- 

 tests. The first of these meetings was at Jackson, 

 Mich. And in that race, as near as I can remem- 

 ber, were Blind Tom, Lucy, Rowdy Boy, Sleepy 

 George, and Mattie Hunter. This race was won by 

 Blind Tom, I think, in about 2.14, Mattie Hunter 

 finishing a very close second. From there we went to 

 Grand Rapids, Louisville, Toledo, Cleveland, Chi- 

 cago and other places. While Sleepy George was a 

 contending factor in the first few of these races the 

 pace soon became too warm for him and he dropped 

 out, leaving the great quartet to continue the battle. 

 These races were the sensations of the racing world 

 that year. I won some of the races with Mattie 

 Hunter, but Blind Tom carried off a majority of the 

 victories. I think one of the best races I have ever 

 witnessed was in Chicago, which was won by Blind 

 Tom. In the fifth heat of that race, which was paced 

 in about 2.12^, and was won by Blind Tom, Mattie 

 Hunter finished second, and was only about a neck 

 behind the leader. As near as I can now remember, I 

 gave Mattie Hunter a record in these races of about 

 2.13 or 2.14. While at the meeting in Chicago, Mat- 

 tie Hunter was sold to Mr. R. C. Pate of St. Louis, 

 who finished that season's campaign with her, and 

 raced her some time afterwards. She afterwards re- 

 duced her record to 2.12^, and was finally purchased, 

 after her racing days were about over, by Mr. Emery 

 of Cleveland, where she was used as a brood mare 

 until she died some time ago. 



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