7, i899> which he won, in straight heats, in 2.08, 2.09}^, 

 and 2.10^. In the free-for-all at Glen's Falls he de- 

 feated Bingen, Monterey, Kentucky Union, Directum 

 Kelly, and John Nolan, winning the first, third, and 

 fourth heats in 2.09, 2.093^, and 2.08^. He won in 

 the same class at Hartford, in straight heats, in 2.08 J^, 

 2.085^, and 2.07^. He repeated this performance at 

 Providence by winning two straight heats in a free-for- 

 all three-heat race in 2.08^ and 2.06)^. At New York 

 he started against John Nolan, in a free-for-all three- 

 heat race, and won in straight heats, in 2.09^ and 

 2.061^. He started at Providence in the free-for-all, 

 and had Bingen as his only competitor, whom he de- 

 feated, in straight heats, in 2.09^, 2.09^^, and 2.06}^. 

 He closed the season's campaign at Lexington, where 

 he defeated Bingen and Cresceus, winning the third, 

 fourth, and fifth heats in 2.oy}4, 2.08^, and 2.10%; — 

 Bingen winning the first two heats in 2.07^ and 2.09. 

 His record for the season being ten races won and not 

 meeting a single defeat. No other horse, living or 

 dead, ever made such a record as this. In a total of 

 thirty races, embracing all the races in which he has 

 ever started, he was first in twenty-three, second in 

 two, third in one, fourth in one, and unplaced in three. 

 In the thirty races in which he started he won seventy- 

 six heats, all below 2.20 ; sixty-nine of these heats 

 were better than 2.15, and thirty-eight were better 

 than 2.10. In 1900 there was no free-for-all class in 

 the Grand Circuit, and believing he had the ability to 

 trot a faster mile than any horse had ever yet done, I 

 took him along with my racing stable and gave exhi- 

 bitions at many of the large meetings. I first started 

 him at Detroit, and he trotted a mile in 2.07. Read- 

 ville next engaged his attention and he there trotted a 



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