on the left front foot and the right hind foot, and 

 made the shoe on the left hind foot full at the toe 

 and a trifle longer than the shoe on the other hind 

 foot, and, shod in this way, he would trot square 

 after the preliminary amble in which he would usu- 

 ally indulge when first started — a habit he has not 

 yet entirely forsaken. His first start was at Detroit, 

 July 13, 1897, in the M. and M. stake, in which he won 

 the second heat in 2.1 Ij4, the fastest heat of the race, 

 and finished in fourth place. He started a week later 

 at the same meeting in the 2.20 class, and was unplaced. 

 But at Cleveland, the next week, he won the 2.18 class, 

 in straight heats, in 2.12^, 2.iij4, and 2.1414^. At 

 Fort Wayne he won the first two heats in 2.13^ and 

 2.13^, was third in the third heat, and distanced in 

 the fourth. At the August meeting, at Readville, he 

 won, in straight heats, in 2.14^, 2.13, and 2.14^^. He 

 also won at Hartford, in straight heats, in 2.15, 2.16'^, 

 and 2.16]^. At Louisville he won the first heat in 

 2.13, was second in the second and third heats, and 

 distanced in the fourth. At Lexington he won the 

 second, third, and fourth heats, in 2.13, 2.15^, and 

 2.15^. At the September meeting, at Readville, he 

 again won, in straight heats, in 2.15, 2.135^, and 2.1314. 

 At Portland he won the first, second, and fourth heats, 

 in 2.18%!, 2.131^, and 2.151^. Making for his first 

 season the following record : Six times first, fourth 

 once, and unplaced three times. His first start in 

 1898 was at Hartford, July 4th, where he won a three- 

 heat race to wagon in 2.14 and 2.123^. His record in 

 the second heat being the world's race record to wagon. 

 He next started at Detroit in the 2.10 class, which he 

 won, in straight heats, in 2.12^, 2.12, and 2.08^. In 

 the same class, at Cleveland, the next week, he met and 



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