The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-09-21

winning second money. At East
Saginaw much interest was felt in
this race Aldine, whom he had
beaten in the two previous races, was
his strongest competitor and she,
having previously won a race in the
mud, was backed as the winner. AS
it had rained hard the night before
and the track was very soft and in
such condition that those veterans,
Turner and Saunders, at the order of
the judges to start their horses, posi-
lively refused and said they would
take the consequences. Eddy, hav-
ing never trotted in the mud, the
Aldine party backed the mare to win
each heat. The trotting was confined
entirely to the extreme outside of the
track. The day was sultry, hot and
no air astir and it was after 3 P. NJ.
before they could start. Comments
were fully made as to the time likely
to be made; and such men as w.
w. Bair, and others, remarked that
1897 could not be beaten in this race.
AT about half past three the horses
were rung up and off for the first heat
in which Eddy won in a:3oH, to the
great surprise of all, and won the
second heat in 2:a7H, and third in
2:26A. The judges claimed the
track and circumstances fully 10
seconds slow, and declared it the
greatest race ever trotted over their
track, and we are inclined to think
this equal to any race he ever trotted.
AT Grand Rapids and Ionia he won
over Aldine easily, without beating
his a:a6A.
At Chicago he met such fast ones
as Catchhy, Naiad Queen, Matte
Graham, etc. We used the first
heat as feeler, not trying to win it.
1t was taken by Matte Graham in
2:2IA, Catchfly distanced. He won
the next three heats, making a record
Of a:aI, Naiad Queen distanced in
second heat. This was apparently
the easiest race he ever trotted, and
no one could think an hour after it,
by his appearance, that he had trot-
ted a race that week, and Mr.. Alb
bot said, after the second heat, he
truly believed he could have driven
it in 2:I5, as he did not urge him a
rod in the heat. AT Cleveland he
me: the renowned, and supposed to
be, invincible mare, Mime R., who
had won her race handily the pre-
vious week in 2:I9, and was booked
here as thee sure winner of the race.
This was very strong betting race,
Minnie r., selling at $50 to SO
against Eddy's $40, in pools Of SIPS,
and very large amount in the box.
So strong was the feeling in her ia
vor that a considerable number Of
Eddy's friends, who had placed a
hundred or two on him, hedged; and
placed more on the mare. No one
seemed to care to put much money
on him, as it was openly and strongly
talked that she would win in straight
heats. We were repeatedly asked
what we intended to do, and an
swered, win if we could and that she
must beat 2:IS to beat him. Re-
suit; he won in a:Io, 2:I8 and GIG,
Minnie R., carrying him in third
heat to the three-quarter POLE in I:4I,
2:I4 I-2 gait, where he shook her off,
and, had not gentleman called Mr..
Abbot to slow him up, unknown to
us, he would to-day have the fastest
stallion record in the world.
His race the following week at
Buffalo, is fresh in the memory of
those Witnessing it-he winning the
first heat in 2:161a, and last quarter in
% seconds, and we shall always
claim that he honorably won third
and fourth heats and race. This
track was not suited to him. Had
this race been on the Cleveland or
Rochester tracks, we believe the re-
cord would read as they properly
should At Rochester he won third
money, not being himself, caused
mainly by improper shoeing. At
Chicago we refused to start him, in
view of prospective sale.
He came home in September, safe,
sound, without a blemish, and was
turned into his paddock and there
remained until February, 1883, when
we placed him in Peter V. Johnson's
hands for turf purposes this season,
reserving the right of sale at any
time, and in March sold him to Hen
ry c. Jewett & Co., Of Buffalo, for
$4,000 Could he have remained
on the turf this season, we believe
under favorable circumstances he
would have closed it with record
of 2:I2. 1t will be noticed that he
finishes the last half or quarter the
fastest and we do not recollect an in
stance that he ever failed to do it in
any special trials we ever gave him
His disposition is exceedingly kind,