TH E black stallion Heir-at-Law, sired by Mambrino 

 King, dam Estabella by Alcantara, and foaled 

 May 20, 1888, I first started in a race as a trotter 

 in 1 894, and during that season he started at Chicago, In- 

 dianapolis, Rochester, Terre Haute, Fort Wayne, Lex- 

 ington, and Nashville. He took his first record at In- 

 dianapolis, where he won the second heat in 2.14^. 

 His best trotting race was at Nashville, in the 2.21 class, 

 which he won, in straight heats, in 2.i3i<(, 2.14, and 

 2.12. This was the only season in which he ever trot- 

 ted, as my work with him that season convinced me 

 that he could pace much faster than he could trot, 

 and his subsequent record shows the correctness of 

 that conclusion. He was in the stud in 1895, and 

 not started at all. His early work in the season of 

 1896 gave evidence of a first-class pacing race horse 

 at no distant day. I first started him in a pacing 

 race at Peoria, 111., July i, 1896, in the 2.40 class, in 

 which he won two heats and took a record of 2.13. 

 I also started him that season at Saginaw, Detroit, 

 Cleveland, Buffalo, Fort Wayne, Providence, Med- 

 ford, Mass., Portland, and Lexington. His record 

 when the season was finished was six times first, three 

 times second, and unplaced once. In 1897 I started 

 him at Cleveland, Columbus, Fort Wayne, Glens 

 Falls, Providence, New York, Portland, Louisville, 

 and Lexington. At Lexington I gave him a race 

 record of 2.05 J^. This was his last racing season, as 

 when running in the paddock the next year he acci- 

 dentally broke one of his forelegs, and, of course, his 

 racing days were over. Heir-at-Law is a very rugged, 



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