LIFE WITH THE TROTTERS. •*!! 



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lieve tliat by taking it to the board of appeals it would 

 be decided in my favor. They held a short consultation 

 and then distanced May Queen. Then the grand howl of 

 the day came from the people who had played the field 

 against Kansas, expecting May Queen to start for their 

 money. One enterprising individual went so far as to get 

 out an injunction against the pool-seller paying over his 

 money to Rarus in case he should win the race. Mr. J. 

 Gorman was selling the pools at this time, and before he 

 left the city a man got him piit in jail on a charge of turning 

 over to us the money we had won on Earns, but through 

 the political influence of some of our friends we got John 

 oiit of the sweat-box in time to go to Rochester with us. 

 The second heat Rarus won easUy in 2:25|, but in the third 

 he threw a boot and made a break. I laid him up, and Car- 

 rie won in 2:24^. Rarus won the deciding heat in 2:24^. In 

 this race he was not called on in any place to extend himself 

 or go at his highest rate of speed. With the exception of 

 the place where he threw his boot he acted very steadily, 

 and Mr. Conklin, Mr. Crawford, and myself felt we were 

 on the high road to prosperity. 



At Rochester, Garfield was the only starter against Rarus, 

 and the betting was all on our horse, he being a favorite at 

 $100 to $10. He won without an effort in straight heats, 

 the time being 2:27|, 2:22i, 2:24|. At Utica, the following 

 week, Clementine, General Garfield and Carrie started against 

 Rarus. This was Clementine' s first race in the circuit that 

 year, and as Budd Doble had her in charge, there was some 

 little money played on the field against our horse, Clemen- 

 tine having gone some good races the season before. Rarus 

 won without an effort in 2:22^, 2:21f, 2:23, the second mile 

 being the fastest that I had driven him up to this time in a 

 race, although in his work he had shown me 2:20. 



I had now driven Rarus four good races, and will tell 

 something about how I worked him. Up to this time I had 

 not made any changes in any way, simply having him shod, 

 booted, harnessed and driven about as the boy told me who 



