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over to the Secretary's office. While they were talk- 

 ing, Wright dropped in and asked for the winnings 

 of Mollie A. Fasig told him he would have to wait 

 for Colonel Edwards to sign the check and that he 

 would not be at the track before noon. In the inter- 

 val the Glenville police were called in and Wright 

 was locked up in the village jail, charged with 

 getting money under false pretenses. 



That afternoon there was a guessing match at the 

 race track as to what was the true name of Mollie 

 A. No one could find a clue. Telegrams to different 

 points did not get any information. Hammond in 

 the interval rushed off to Cleveland and employed 

 J. P. Dawley to defend his driver. 



Like every one in Cleveland, he could not be 

 persuaded to do anything that would injure the race 

 meeting, or annoy Colonel Edwards, who is now 

 remembered as the father of Major-General Clarence 

 R. Edwards, leader of the twenty-sixth Division in 

 the World's War. Dawley had a session with the 

 Colonel after the day's racing. In the interval C. F. 

 Emery went on Wright's bond, taking the mare 

 as security. Wright was released. On advice of 

 council he stated that the proper name of Mollie A. 

 was Tempest by Hawthorne. That interested the 

 racing officials more than a case in court. 



Tempest was bred at Stockton, California and sold 

 to some one in Valparaiso, Chili. Another transfer 

 took her across the Andes Mountains to Beunos 

 Ayers. As there was no light harness races in the 

 Argentine Republic, an American buyer picked her 



