out for the fifth heat, Brown Hal was so lame that 

 he could scarcely touch the foot of his injured leg 

 to the ground, and when we were sent away I could 

 hardly get him to pace at all, and during the first few 

 rods he could not pace a 2.30 gait, and before the 

 eighth of the mile pole was reached he broke, and 

 before I could get him settled all the horses, with Roy 

 Wilkes in the lead, were at least 100 yards ahead of 

 me at the first quarter ; but about this time I suc- 

 ceeded in getting Brown Hal on his stride, and he 

 seemed to be inspired with a determination to win that 

 heat, even if he had but three good legs and his cour- 

 age with which to make the effort, and he seemed to 

 fairly fly in pursuit of the leaders. I soon over- 

 took and passed the rear horses, but Roy Wilkes still 

 maintained his lead until near the draw gate, when I 

 came up to him and saw he was so tired that he was 

 reeling and had had about enough. Brown Hal was 

 also in about the same condition and both horses 

 showed signs of distress. When within a few feet of 

 the wire I took a strong hold on Brown Hal, so as to 

 steady him, then shook him up and applied the whip 

 once or twice, to which he gamely responded and 

 forged ahead of his rival and won the heat by a head. 

 While there is no means of knowing exactly how fast 

 Brown Hal paced that heat from the first quarter, I 

 believe he must have paced the middle half of the 

 mile in about one minute ; and thus ended what was, 

 everything considered, the most remarkable race in 

 which I ever participated. But the great effort of 

 Brown Hal in his crippled condition put a final veto 

 on his further racing that season, and I shipped him 

 home, this proving the last race he ever paced. In 

 1890 I again prepared him for the campaign and he 



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