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boys said, it looked as if it was for blood, and Jimmey and I 

 were both out for the money. 



That night there was nothing left undone as far as good 

 care and nursing was concerned in doing up my mare for the 

 night, and, as she was a little ailing in front I removed her 

 shoes, and after a thorough soaking out in hot water I put her 

 front feet into poultices made of scalded bran and raw onions 

 pounded up and mixed with it, and left them on her all night. 

 In the morning her feet looked like a piece of chicken meat, 

 and she walked out as limber as an eel. After breakfast" I 

 took her to the shop and got a new piece of Kersy, put un- 

 der her shoes, as I always used that on her to take off the blow, 

 did not let jt cover the sole of her foot, but just used it under 

 the shoes, and I knew it helped her a great deal, as it will any 

 horse that is a little touched in front. This mare could not 

 stand any sole pressure, she wanted all the bearing on the wall 

 of her foot, and could always go from two to three seconds 

 better with the Kersy under her shoes than she could without 

 it, and yet leave that cloth entirely over the sole of her foot 

 and she could not go a bit. 



A little after 11 o'clock I put the harness on her and went 

 out and jogged her two miles and moved her along a mile in 

 2:50 ; then I came in, and after cooling her out a few minutes 

 I put the boots on her and moved her along a mile in 2:30 ; 

 then I took her in and cooled her out, and when the bell rang 

 she and I were ready for any emergency that might arise. 



Jimmey Golden seemed to have perfect confidence in De 

 Barry, for as we went down onto the track to decide the mat- 

 ter, I said to Golden, "How do you feel?" He replied, 

 " Never better," and, " I think 1 will do you." And, by the 

 way, Jimmey is a man who don't need much telling — he looks 

 after matters and his horse about as closely as anyone can, 

 and when he gets through with an animal no one else need 

 expect to improve him much. We commenced and scored a 

 few times unsuccessfully. The judges tapped the bell and 

 called us all to the stand and ordered us to go up to the hun- 



