286 RACEALONG 



All of the farm boys in North Randall and at the 

 Forest City Farm bet their summer savings on 

 Myrtle R. Joe Rhea was selected to drive her. In 

 her work she had shown fast enough to trim any 

 horses that were in the habit of starting at the 

 autumn meetings. 



The race proved a procession. Mollie A. won as 

 she pleased. There was mourning in North Randall 

 that evening. 



The next morning, L. H. Eckhart, who had a few 

 horses in a sale that was in progress that week in 

 Cleveland, remembered that Mollie A., owned by 

 H. Allen of Buffalo, was lame and turned out. This 

 was reported to W. B. Fasig. Upon looking up his 

 correspondence, Fasig found that while Mollie A. 

 was entered from Buffalo, the party making it wired 

 from Palmyria, N. Y., to learn if the entry had been 

 received. 



The driver of Mollie A. gave his name to the 

 clerk of the course as Hall. The next morning Dr. 

 Day met him near the track gate. After taking a 

 close look at him, he said, *'Why, Bill Wright, how 

 are you? I did not recognize you yesterday." 



Wright did not have much to say and when he 

 started to move off, the Doctor said : ''Hold on. How 

 do you come to be driving at this meeting when you 

 are expelled?" 



''I was," said Wright, "but I have been rein- 

 stated." 



"Strange that I did not hear of it," said the 

 Doctor and putting his horse in a stall, he walked 



