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was represented as being owned by N. C. Snell and 

 Lilly Sligo by G. M. Madsen. All of the mail ad- 

 dressed to them at Hudson, N. Y., was delivered in 

 C. E. Metcalfe's box at the Spring Valley Fruit 

 Farm, No one could find either man. Later it was 

 learned that Metcalfe used the name N. C. Snell 

 when purchasing the mare Toddy Garner. It was 

 also set forth over the signature of G. M. Madsen 

 that he purchased Lilly Sligo from John McGuire 

 of New York. McGuire bought her at the Fasig Tip- 

 ton Co. Sale in 1905 and sold her in the summer of 

 that year. He died in 1910. 



On these and other representations the horse 

 called Jack Dempsey was registered as non-standard 

 in the American Trotting Register. A survey of the 

 application and papers that went with it showed 

 that the mythical person called N. C. Snell pur- 

 chased Hollyrood Dan from J. W. Clark of Grand 

 Rapids, Mich., April 21, 1915, the name of the 

 original buyer being erased on the receipt and the 

 name '*N. C. Snell" substituted. Further on under 

 date of August 25, 1924, N. C. Snell certified that 

 George M. Madsen bred Lilly Sligo 2:161/4 by SHgo 

 to his horse Hollyrood Dan on March 25, 1916, and 

 George M. Madsen certified under date of August 30, 

 1924, that the colt from the mating called Jack 

 Dempsey was foaled February 20, 1916. Further 

 comment is unnecessary as it was not possible to 

 purchase a horse at Grand Rapids, Mich., on April 

 21, 1915, and have him the sire of a' colt that was 

 dropped at Hudson, N. Y., February 20, 1916. 



