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by his statement until the trial day. He then modi- 

 fied it so as to carry a doubt as to the identification 

 of Ononda Maid as Choral. The papers in the case 

 were filed away for future developments. These were 

 few and very vague. It was alleged the mare was 

 bred to Direct Hal which was then owned at Wells- 

 ville but the foals, if she ever had any, never ap- 

 peared on the turf or were offered for registration. 



Senator Bailey also offered $5,000 for Choral to 

 use as a brood mare. No one produced her. 



In 1894 John W. Tilden of Vancouver, Washing- 

 ton, came over the mountains with the three-year- 

 old gray filly Ella T. by Altamont. She was raced 

 on the mid western tracks, at times starting twice 

 a week against foals of her age or in class races. 

 Ella T. made a record of 2:12 at Galesburg, 111., the 

 day Alix reduced the world's record for trotters to 

 2:0334. 



As a four-year-old Ella T. cut this mark to 2:09 

 the day she defeated a field of thirteen at Lexing- 

 ton. In 1896 Tilden located at Red Oak, Iowa, where 

 Morris Jones had Alix and Pactolus. He gave Ella 

 T. a mark of 2:08^4 at that place. 



Finally in 1900 he bred Ella T. to Pactolus. Later 

 in the season he consigned her to the Chicago sale 

 without making any reference to it in the catalogue. 



At that time a man named Glynn in Clinton, Mass., 

 became imbued with the idea of having a white rac- 

 ing stable. He purchased half a dozen gray horses, 

 painted his sulkies white, selected white harness 

 and blankets and white colors for his driver. 



