The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-23

would punish tn ~" lin n, nd glWayst . the
mint thps" Who r.. - 4 horso Ot OF III
class 'h'.' would l." grOlt ds i lSss II y
&c NJ. though ~ IustIc, b ti.o authuriti',.
since =" ~, 'Iry Gorhyr has tlken olgi rgs
"' Hartford fhrr.' has hs-h nothlng Ike
'h" amount "f ringing "a irpiiIng oIi ~
las that u.s. furm'rlN INDUCED ~ Nj
i'''l"r travels an over the count! IN
E-i'"iOgS Uis"t aud mas puf sOT.~' -
IN" r'uks uui - bu-iu'-Sr
Speaking II trpttinR uut IT class. =
'nt"rpu-",4 - l>teneI. ! remember belug
at the N.,biu.a stat" Fnir al Burning
ham 'naIN v~rr- ago stw 'h"r" what
! thought Wu- one Of th. test yoiInE tTut
t"rs ~ America and got pric, on him.
wiring q irieud ~ New ! ork IT, come
town and hIy hm
Wv iII"ud Wa hu-y aud conduit cu'u".
and h"ioT" IN" meeting wd~ over the
horse took q record 81 "a uu IT." half
ma" "ur.Tsr tud ls'it four 81 i've huhbls-i
paT'rS "a u Ii.IN'sl class n that II was q
T"tuIIkIli" Performance and ~tamIed
the Nouug morse h" va "a I've N,.IT Old
then I-d 'om"r IT IA" first water
l be-. Ti"" "a which the gyiiiug got has
uIdIN wa "a particularly hard fought uu"
and - ! started a." hurr-'- Wa ~ q
lu-.''uu o. ir duUhly impressed II has
h'''u inN habit t. ty~'p pretty we'll posted
uu Ga" 'ra't"r- and ia" following >prtug
when they commenced To- step | looked
us"r iu" ~uIuugr - every daN
il,r,-f tl" first Ia""~ T"puTt...i w"r"
n .,..' - I.tiDI. and Their" Wa nay prIlr
VH'kIg- IT IN" pr"NIuI- autumn 10 TN"
o 20 class. while b" Wis only ''llgIbl" To-
'n" 2.li class st M" outside remarked
To- myself thlt >nW'budV wa bound ~
get into trptIt,lr sooner or later and also
noticed that an" sam" man va driving
~ had been Ih" pIint ~ Birmingham
b." t4r" Ms won "a straight heats
At thea. and IA" following week there
-. IL toll "A h f.
Rae. after race followed all ont - the
horse lass. and lot 81 money was
picked up M PURSES alone. t. ~dv nothing
- what was Won IA wag"r-
Along IA July the newspapers pn-
morning announced IN" al" - IN" horse
Ia a we'll known trainer owu"~ At Cleve-
land Tor 81 80 Their" was nothing wrong
with IN" price either. Tor the sal" WAS 10y
auction and | couldn't help thinking
how cheap the horse would have been
the fan before IN Alabama at 81 .pn. the
sum asked for him then
4 couple II months later ~ Columbus
this trotter h-at one ~ the hest fields
of trotter- out that wear M long drawn
ont contest. and trottsd a seventh heat m
ia. worlds record time Il an, a mark
which - likely - endure Tor our time.
now that they have cut out the old three.
~ five style II racing | had made up
my mind 10 speak Of the horses Alabama
performances the first time | met any.
body "a authority, hut ~a= spared the
tr0uhl.
At Empire city thar falI Roy Miller
had Graftan Rov. the feet son II Grattan
owned 10y the late Henry Plant and he
asked me II | had not started the horses
AZ the Alabama state Fair the previous
autumn | assured him that | had and
he promptly asked me what mark the
horse am telling YOU about had taken
OF course | told him 49, and Miller
then aid that tins horse had beaten HIM
out Of several thousand dollars worth oi
stakes ia the - class and that II vas his
intention 10 bring the matter before the
Boa ri Of Review Il the National IrOt'lng
Horse Association The case created a
great deal ~ interest
Upward Of Si2sO was AZ stake amt
y hon the books ~ the Fair Associat ION
were produced u was evident that they
had been ttmper"d with They show Ell
thai the hOrse had trotted ia > 81 The
signatures Of the timers were there all
1T IA. race and the horse unusual
the result II the inquiry was the ruin 2
~ Of the horse and the man who had
driven him out ~ his class
The man who had bought the horse
apparently Ia good faith and raced him
a!t"rwari was the chief sufferer He
had TO refund the money won and found
himself with = splendid racehorse on hls
hands ard no plfo" 20 rae" him II DID
on" thing. however II YOU want - sol
that Cleveland man a hors" now yuI
HaN. GOT 10 show nm as "fe,tua.Iy a.
though ne hailed from Missouri instead
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