92 EVERY MAN HIS OWN TRAINER. 



I could not take her word for that and went and told Herdic 

 what I had done and that he had better play back a little of 

 that money. By this time Kitefoot had ^ot to be an immense 

 favorite. She would bring $50 and the whole field $6 or $7 

 against her. I think Frank played back $160. That covered 

 over $1,300 of the money. Then I thought we could afford 

 to lose the balance, if anything occurred and we got beat. To 

 my surprise she went out and won the third heat in 2:20;|, as 

 easy a mile as I ever saw her go in my life, and the fourth heat 

 in 2:21^. We then went into town and after supper settled 

 up our matters with Mr. Herdic. Mr. Cramer, Mr. Herdic 

 and myself went up in my room, and when Frank began to 

 throw those $100 dollar bills around to Mr. Cramer and my- 

 self, Cramer said, " Is this all mine? '' There was a little over 

 $600 for his share. I said to him, "Yes." He looked up to 

 me and smiled and said, " Well, Jack, there is a little money 

 after all in a horse race if it is rightly managed." I think we 

 all rested well that night. We awoke in the morning in good 

 health and after breakfast went to the track and found Kite- 

 foot was not feeling sorry for what she had done the day 

 before. 



I have omitted to say that after two races I left the 

 weights off, worked her a little and thought I liked her bet- 

 ter. I kept the old shoes on her, that is, re-set them until 

 they were well worn out, and this race showed the result of 

 my judgment. The less weight a horse can carry the further 

 they can go and will last longer. 



The next week, September 2d, I started her at Hartford, 

 Conn., in the 2:23 class, in which was Breeze Medium, Don 

 Carlos, Echo Chief, etc. This race was not of much interest, 

 with the exception of a little circumstance that took place in 

 the third heat. Don Carlos won the first heat in 2:23| ; Kite- 

 foot won the second in 2:21. Then I wanted a little money, 

 so I played the field against Kitefoot in the French pools and 

 the bookmakers for the heat. I supposed, of course, Don 

 Carlos, Breeze Medium, or some of them would go along a 



