CHAPTER VIII. 



Trotters with romantic histories that I have driven — The gray gelding Charlie 

 Ford, that was first a turf outlaw, then made a record of 3:16 J; was valued 

 at $15,000, and finally sold for $300— Ford's match with the stallion Bone- 

 setter, and how he was trained for it — He is the only horse that ever won 

 a heat from Maud S. ; the stoiy of the incident — The great race at Chicago 

 with Haunis, where "the talent" was on the wrong side — Adelaide, a. 

 little mare that had one remarkable peculiarity; no matter how hot the 

 day, or severe the race, she would not sweat — Drawing wood into Waler- 

 town, N. T., by the side of her dam, she is purchased by a horseman and 

 makes a record of 2:19S — A pony in size and weight, she beats some of the 

 best horses in the country, every ounce of her being race-horse material — 

 Planter and his good qualities^The wonderful affection of the trotter Say 

 for an old white horse. 



If ever a horse had a romantic history, the gray gelding 

 Charley Ford is the animal. Beginning his turf career by 

 trotting in classes where he was not entitled to start, being 

 for this offense expelled from all ISTational association 

 tracks, then found to have more speed than it was dreamed 

 he possessed, and for this reason reinstated after a great 

 effort; then sold for $2,500 to a noted Chicago sporting 

 man, he passed through the hands of several drivers, under 

 my management made a record of 2:16f ; was worth at one 

 time $15,000, that amount in cash having been refused for 

 him; is the only horse in the world that ever beat Maud S. 

 a heat; lost his speed, and was sold for $300 when still 

 comparatively young, and now jogs soberly along the streets 

 of Chicago, an animal that never would be taken for one 

 about whom at one time the trotting world was considerably 

 excited. 



Charley Ford was a light gray gelding, nearly white, 

 stood sixteen hands high, with as fine a head as you could 



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