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lowing week, where Tasberg was named to start at 

 Electric Park. 



Schaeff er was warming up the gelding for his race 

 when we arrived at the track. It only required a 

 glance to identify him as Dry Monopole. As soon as 

 his name was mentioned, Ben Walker and half a 

 dozen others recognized him instantly. 



Later it was learned that Schaeff er after reporting 

 Dry Monopole dead, shipped him to Coatesville, Pa. 

 He secured employment as night clerk in a hotel and 

 jogged the horse every afternoon. As soon as 

 Schaeff er was located, he called in a local veterinary 

 to castrate the horse. He refused and said if he 

 caught cold it would kill him. One was called from 

 Philadelphia. He performed the operation and the 

 horse recovered. 



As soon as Dry Monopole was in shape for road 

 work, Schaeffer sold him for $700 as a green horse 

 to E. P. Dickinson, a local contractor. Dickinson em- 

 ployed Schaeffer to drive him. They named him Tas- 

 berg and after training him for a few weeks on a 

 local track shipped him to the Gentlemen's Driving 

 Park at Baltimore, where he made his first start. 



After the exposure, Mrs. Fleming's attorney re- 

 plevined the horse. Dickinson re-replevined him. 

 Later on when he found that his driver's statements 

 could not be depended on, he surrendered the horse. 

 Schaeffer was expelled at Electric Park, when the 

 horse was identified. He enjoys the doubtful honor 

 of being the only driver penalized for racing a horse 

 six months after he wrote its obituary. 



