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Farley demanded the identification of this new 

 trotter. His friends as well as a number of local 

 people also created such an uproar that all bets were 

 declared off and the winnings of the horse held up. 



When Roberts and his driver returned to Wor- 

 cester, they were minus their expenses. They also 

 had considerable trouble getting out of Canada on 

 account of the two names for the one horse, when 

 the time came to release the bond at the custom 

 house. 



A few weeks later Richardson appeared at Can- 

 ton, Ohio, with Professor Sphinx. Another plunge 

 was made on him. No one questioned his identity 

 as Ollie Iseman trimmed the pair to a frazzle with 

 Dolly S. 



From that meeting to the end of the season, Pro- 

 fessor Sphinx was raced at fairs. At Allentown and 

 Mineola he showed his ability to beat 2:10 over a 

 half-mile track. A few were satisfied with the evi- 

 dence which Richardson produced to identify the 

 horse. Others were not, as no one had in years seen 

 a horse race at such a high rate of speed on a half- 

 mile track. 



In October when the mile track trainers were busy 

 making a survey of the available racing material for 

 1913, both Cox and Murphy took the trail for Wor- 

 cester, where Professor Sphinx was located. Thomas 

 W. Murphy landed him for $5,000. The purchase 

 was made for C. W. Barnum of Lime Rock, Conn. 



During all of this time a still hunt was being made 

 to locate the history of this horse. While it was 



