t home. at brekfast mother
asked me what made me smel so barny and i said i had been helping Fatty
curry his horse. at noon we fed her agen and tonite we got her up and
curred her other side. we dident drive her today.

May 3. rany as time. we cant drive lady Clara today. we curred her 2
times.

May 4. tonite we drove lady Clara. We went down Newmarket road. we took
tirns driving. one of the wheals come of and we had to get out and walk
home holding on the wheal.

May 5. Ed Adams give us a nut and we fixed the wheal. we had a ride
tonite. i tell you lady Clara can go. we beat Gim Lovering tonite. he
dident know who we was becaus it was two dark but we knowed him. we beat
him and then we waited for him to come up and then we beat him agen. we
did that 3 times, and Gim he was mad.

May 6. my hens dont lay enny now. i gess i dont give them enuf to eat.
it is prety hard to keep a horse and hens two. we dident drive tonite
becaus it raned. it was brite and fair yesterday.

May 7. today was sunday and we coodent drive lady Clara. tomorrow nite
we are going to lay for old man Churchil with his troter. i bet we can
beat him.

May 8. i have missed in my lesons most every day, and so has Fatty and
Beany. today i swaped a hen for a buchel of meal for lady Clara. we
drove her tonite but we dident find ennyone to race.

May 9. brite and fair. if Beany dont shell out more meal he wont drive
lady Clara agen.

May 10. Beany got a peck of meal today at old Si Smiths. he charged it
to his father.

May 11. we had a buly ride tonite we raced 4 fellers and beat them.

May 12. brite and fair. tonite we coodent get lady Clara up. we are
going to try agen tomorrow and drive her in the day time.

May 13. rany agen. we got lady Clara up this morning. Beany and Fatty
pulled in front and i licked behind. this afternoon one of our wheals
broak down. Ed Adams give us a nother wheal. it went on all rite only it
isent as big as the other wheals and it makes the wagon go one sided a
little. we had a good ride today. we have to be pretty careful in
tirning around a corner becaus the wagon is one sided.

May 14. today was sunday. father told me if i smelt so of the barn he
woodent let me go up to Fattys agen. i bet he wood be mad if he knowed i
oned a horse.

May 15. there was a fite in school today. i dont care mutch about fites
now. i had ruther race horses. tonite we raced with a big white horse
and beat him esy. we all had to pull on