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The horse contracted a cold while in transit. On 

 sale day his temperature was one hundred and four. 

 A veterinary said he was threatened with pneu- 

 monia. As no one would purchase a horse in that 

 condition, he was withdrawn and arrangements 

 made to consign him in the next sale if he recovered. 



Schaeffer shipped Dry Monopole to Somerville, 

 N. J. He was placed in Opdyke's stable. No one saw 

 him while there with his hood, blanket or bandages 

 removed. 



In about a week, Schaeffer wrote Mrs. Fleming 

 that Dry Monopole was dead and that he was offered 

 $100 for his equipment. She instructed him to sell 

 and send her whatever was left after the bills were 

 paid. Schaeffer also sent a notice of the horse's death 

 to the press. As he was well known it was printed 

 everywhere. 



On May 30, 1905, Bert Schaeffer won a pacing race 

 at Prospect Park, Baltimore, with the brown gelding 

 Tasberg in 2:18%. The horse showed so much 

 speed in each of the heats that the other drivers 

 looked him over very closely. One of them wired me 

 for a description of Dry Monopole. I sent it to him 

 and added that the horse was reported dead. 



The following day a letter was received, giving a 

 description of Tasberg. It fitted Dry Monopole in 

 every particular except that he was a gelding and 

 Dry Monopole a stallion. At that time Jack Rom- 

 baugh was training at Charter Oak Park. He said 

 he would know Dry Monopole's hide -in a tan yard. 

 I requested him to go with me to Baltimore the fol- 



