LIFE WITH THE TROTTEES. 361 



summer meeting with a great deal of reputation and with as 

 much money to bacli him as often goes on one horse. Mr. 

 Dunn, his owner, always trots his horses to win. This the 

 public knew, and as Bunker liad not lost a race that season 

 they made up their minds he never would. In the work I 

 saw Bunker get before his race, I was satisfied he had trained 

 oflE, lacked speed and condition, and I was sure under those 

 circumstances the more he was worked the worse it would 

 be for him. 



It was known that Bunker would be the favorite over the 

 field in the betting, and Glidden suggested to me that I take 

 his place behind Wilson in the race on account of the dif- 

 ference in our weight, Glidden being much the heaviest man, 

 and that we should play our money on the field against Joe 

 Bunker and take the chances that if Wilson did not beat 

 him some other horse would. 



Before the race came off I found that Hickok thought 

 well of Overman. In the betting Bunker was favorite $100 

 to $60 over the field, and the public and Mr. Dunn's friends 

 put their money on as though they would never get enough. 

 While the public often gets the talent's money, here was a 

 race where I think the talent had the best of it, as Overman 

 won in three straight heats, thereby landing the fielder's 

 money for them. 



The next race that I drove Wilson was at Cleveland 

 against Director, where Wilson made his best record, and 

 although beaten he again proved that he was a fast race- 

 horse. I have often heard people say that a trotter does not 

 need much work to trot a race of mile heats, three in five; 

 also that old trainers work their horses altogether too much. 

 Owners frequently say: " Don't work my horse, he doesn't 

 need any work." I have often found that those horses are 

 bad feeders, with a delicate constitution and can not stand a 

 preparation for a campaign. That kind of a horse often 

 wins a race or two, but there never yet was one of them that 

 made anything like a successful campaign. And whenever 

 you have a trotter that does not need any work, do not enter 



