78 EVERY MAN HIS OWN TRAINER. 



2:24-|, and King Almont. When the day of the race arrived, 

 Deucalion, on account of his showing the week previous, was 

 a great favorite. When we commenced to warm up Deucal- 

 ion looked good, acted fine and bid fair to trot as fast as he 

 liked. In the pools it looked as though he was a foregone 

 winner sure. As I warmed up the King he acted dull and 

 groggy, as he often would when working him alone. But I 

 thought well of him and put the money on him pretty freely 

 for me, When we commenced to score for the first heat Deu- 

 calion was sharp and full of trot and John Goldsmith, who 

 was driving him that day, seemed confident that he could 

 win. I did not make much of an effort in scoring with the 

 big horse, as I did not intend to move for the first heat, sim- 

 ply came up when the rest did, and saved my horse all I 

 coul(i, as I did not consider the King in first-class order and 

 wanted to save all the strength and speed I could until later 

 on. The track was not very good, was heavy and full of 

 holes, as there was a good many horses working over it at 

 that time, and they kept it cut up badly. We finally got the 

 word. Deucalion shot to the front and won the heat very 

 easily in 2:25. I brought up the rear. I saw Goldsmith look- 

 ing back several times in the heat, and he told me after- 

 wards, he would have given me the heat if I had come along 

 anywhere near him, as he was so positive of winning the race. 

 After the heat was over and I had seen King partly cooled out, 

 I started to walk down towards the trade 1 met Gen. John 

 E. Turner. He said, "Jack, do you think you have any show 

 to win with that bay horse ? " I said, " Yes, John, I have got 

 about $650 on him." He replied, " For God's sake, is that 

 so?" 1 said, " Yes, that is so." He replied, " Well, I will 

 buy two or three tickets on him ; if you can stand it to be 

 drowned, ] can stand a little ducking." When the bell rang 

 we paraded again and I having the outside position it put me 

 out into the soft, bad part of the track, where the horses had 

 been jogged. It made me a very bad place to score. He was 

 a big heavy horse and big gaited and went very low behind. 



