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the race — predicting the result — that Jay-Eye-See's 

 hard work of late would ensure him a victory. If 

 Mr. Hickok had " sent St. Julien to the top of his 

 speed " frequently for weeks before this race, instead 

 of being content with fair work and " jogging," he 

 would have given the little Westerner a harder task. 



On the day after the race, viz., Sunday, September 

 30, 1883, Mr. Hickok seems to have thoroughly learned 

 the advantage of plenty of work " to stay up the mus- 

 cles," according to the following from the same paper : 



{The day after?) 



" ST. JULIEN AND JAY-EYE-SEE. 



" Mr. O. A. Hickok, part owner and driver of St. 

 Julien, said yesterday that his horse was short of 

 work to stay up his muscles. ' What I mean by that 

 is,' he said, ' that he hasn't had a hard, bruising race 

 this season, where he was put up to the top notch by 

 such a steady horse as Jay-Eye-See.' " 



What makes such horses as this? This is what 

 made Jay-Eye-See ; and the same combination will 

 •make others like him : To begin with, he was " born 

 so " ! Who was his father ? Who was his mother ? 

 Who were his grandparents, on both sides of the 

 house ? This is what makes the possibilities, the 

 probabilities, indeed, if not the guaranty, of kind, 

 handsome, vigorous and able men, women, horses, or 

 any other creatures. Inheritance of a high order — noth- 

 ing else is certain. Like produces like. Second : He 

 fortunately came into the possession, at an early age, 



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