94 EVERY MAN HIS OWN TRAINER. 



purses — one of them the 2:20 class. I have always liked the 

 bean eaters, they are good fellows and good betters. I de- 

 cided to go down and make them a visit, and thought I would 

 take Kitefoot along for expense money. So I entered her in 

 the 2:20 class, in which was De Barry, 2:19^ ; Onward, 2:20|-, 

 and Pilot Knox, 2.19|-. That was a race worthy of the gods. 

 I had made up my mind that De Barry would be the contend- 

 ing horse as Pilot Knox was not quite at himself, and On- 

 ward had not been going well enough to make his owners 

 have any confidence in him. 



The betting was a little quiet at the commencement, not 

 as good as I expected to see it, for De Barry had showed his 

 ability at Springfield the week before to trot in about 2:19, 

 while Kitefoot had never shown better than 2:20|-, and that in 

 only one heat. This led me to believe that De Barry would 

 be a strong favorite', and I had decided if he was, to play my 

 mare right well and werjt prepared, but- he was not, and as I 

 said before, the betting was quiet. So I decided to go easy 

 the first part of the race, thinking Pilot Knox would be able 

 to carry De Barry the first heat about as fast as he would want 

 to go. But when we got the word we all went up to the first 

 turn together and I thought I would go a piece with them 

 and feel De Barry out and satisfy myself whether I could beat 

 him or not, and then drop back and go easy. But as we got 

 to the turn Onward broke and a few strides farther on Pilot 

 Knox broke. Then I saw at once there was no one to go 

 with De Barry but myself, so I stepped right along with him, 

 in the meantime trying to decide whether I would win the 

 heat or lose ; but as we got along into the stretch nearing the 

 distance stand, I said to myself, I will go and win the heat ; I 

 can lose one later on. I moved up and won by about a neck 

 in 2.20|. But the judges did not see it in that way and gave 

 the heat to De Barry, which made me and a good many others 

 warm under the collar. I asked the judges why they gave 

 De Barry the heat. One of them replied, " Because De Barry 

 got there first," which I knew was not so, but was not going 



