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up and took her to New York, where Mr. Potter 

 purchased her. 



Forfeiting all claims to the purse, Hammond, 

 Wright and Mollie A. faded from Cleveland. In a 

 few days they appeared at Port Huron, Mich. The 

 news of their exploit in northern Ohio preceded 

 them. As soon as they learned of it, they removed 

 the boards from the back of Tempest's stall and 

 disappeared in the night. They afterwards started 

 at two meetings in Arkansas and Texas, where they 

 called their trotter Lady Lightfoot. A pool seller 

 recognized the outfit. When he told the racing offi- 

 cials what they did in Ohio, the sheriff gave them 

 an hour to get on their way. 



Wright died expelled. No penalty was imposed 

 against Tempest, as when Mr. Potter recovered he 

 appeared before the governing board and proved that 

 he was at death's door when Hammond and Wright 

 were ringing his road mare. 



Dry Monopole 



Wright's trip with a sick man's horse recalls the 

 trick which Bert Schaeffer turned with one that 

 was reported dead. In 1903 George B. Fleming pur- 

 chased the pacer Dick Wilson, 2:08, and changed 

 his name to Dry Monopole. Fleming died the follow- 

 ing year. His wife lived in Pittsburgh. She con- 

 signed the horse to a New York sale. Bert Schaeffer 

 was employed to take charge of Dry Monopole and 

 see that he appeared in the sale ring in good condi- 

 tion. 



