The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-11
ED ALIENS DEBUT
BY W. n. GocHER.

One evening after the cigars had
been lit andsa little party had gathered
round the stove, the Iowa trainer, Ed
Allen, who drove Single G. in the only
pile raced below two minutes in 1913,
Unmarked that times had changed a
'nifle since he broke into racing In the
Blneties
e:#Why, what happened to you?" asked
Ate man near the door.
Considerable, said Ed. II flew in
Nlien the erecord mill was running
M Independence, Iowa. Thirty or 40
tqrses were taking the grind each day
III SIS trip. C. w Williams kept
mem humming and paying. He had a
ystem, as 1 found out later. under
Which man was checked in and out
NJ his race track like an exhibit at a
sair. 1t took considerable clever work
N get in or out of that town without
#kttllng with everybody from the
Rfundry, if you had anything to wash,
u the blacksmith and feed man.
Il arrived at Independence as gay as
lark in the fall of 1891 with the gray
lbrse, Harry s., by Backman's Idol,
IA my opinion all that he required was
time record to make him famous.
Everybody was doing it. SO l fol-
Owed suit. After steady drill, !
damaged to scratch In mile with
barry S, in 2:2sA the first week in No
MEMBER OF course | was satisfied that
Ne could go 10 seconds faster. Begin
Hers and a few old ones always have
Mat idea, so l decided to remain until
;he flag was pulled down.
Almost all OF us were broke and
ould not get out II we wanted to. This
nade 1t cheaper to remain so long as
4 he feed man extended credit and you
fould get meal at the boarding house,
My ticket took me to a place near the
gate. The soup was not very thick OF
\ he meat very choice, but it was better
han none, while the man who kept tn.
place owned runner with which !
picked up a few dollars pacing the rec
prd hunters.
When the great day came for Harry
Il, to become champion I had him
Drained to the minute. The sun was
Shining and the track was fast. but
when | hitched him he reared up and
wrecked my sulky. AS no one woulc
end me one. l had to put him away.
Before going to independence / pur-
chased raincoat and a pair of patent
leather shoes. Both looked very gay
For time, but long wear in all kinds
1bf weather made the coat shiny, while
t also began to open at the seams. The
.shoes cracked across the tops, while
fhe soes were getting rather thin. The
climax was reached when Harry +
stepped on my left foot and tore the
upper off that shoe. The wreck of the
fHesperus was not a marker to my loss
THAT morning, but after considerable
work with an awl. | succeeded in fas.
fening the cracked bit of leather where
II belonged with four pieces Of balf
wire.
THE next morning it showed. Tha,
stopped the meeting and everyone WHIT
fhould pay their bills shipped home How
4 could get out without paying was a
SERIOUS problem, In few days it wa!
Father lonesome. while the feed mar
Rnd blacksmith began TO ask for a set.
Element
When it looked as If the sheriff
Mould be around and tack a slip Of
tbaper -on my stall, noticed that thu
logging gate near the half-mile pos
fwas not, locked. Taking the boardinf
house keeper, into my confidence, haC
him order a car and placed 1t where u
would go out on the night freight. A,
'husk hoisted the remains Of the sulkl
tpver the fence and when all was still
Harry s. and l disappeared through thu
logging gate. After a trip across The
fields I managed to get him into tn,
lcar, which was pulled out before day
hight.
"A couple of years later | returned t.
Independence and paid all OF the OLE
bills. Prior to that Harry S. and
parted. The glowing account of thu
fabulous prices paid for good horses a
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