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missed an easy shot which if he had made it would 

 have taken Pancoast to Abdallah Park. Drops of 

 sweat popped out on his forehead as Mr. Shults ran 

 out the game. 



Nothing was said as the three of us walked out 

 of the billiard room to the farm office. Wilson moved 

 over toward the window that looked out on the track. 

 After a time he turned and said, ''Mr. Shults, will I 

 ship Simmons to Parkville or will you allow him to 

 remain for the balance of this season in Kentucky 

 where there are a number of mares booked to him T* 



As he spoke Mr. Shults was lighting a cigar. Turn- 

 ing toward him he said: "Wilson, let Simmons re- 

 main in Kentucky. Keep your horse, I do not want 

 him." His comment was as much a surprise to W. H. 

 Wilson as the loss of the game. Finally he started 

 for New York. Later on Pancoast was paralyzed by 

 a stroke of lightning and sold. As the years rolled 

 by a daughter of Simmons was brought to Parkville 

 Farm and bred to Axworthy. She produced the mare 

 Hamburg Belle which placed the race record of the 

 world at 2:0114 where it remained until Tilly Brooke 

 won at Toledo in 1:59. 



GRAND CIRCUIT OF 1919 



The forty-sixth renewal of the Grand Circuit 

 series closed at Atlanta after a run of fifteen weeks, 

 during which there were thirteen meetings at which 

 270 races were contested. Of that number, 166 were 

 for trotters and 104 for pacers. 



