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them when they least expect it. This is shown by the 

 career of Edna L., a nervy httle mare that made a 

 record of 2:091/4 over the half-mile track at Urbana, 

 111., in 1914. 



Edna L. was developed by Deed Tinkler. As he 

 was on the sick Hst at the close of 1914, he decided 

 to sell her. An advertisement brought a buyer at 

 $1,000. A young man named Paul took the mare to 

 Indianapolis. He delivered her to two men whose 

 names were unknown to him. Edna L. disappeared. 



On a stormy afternoon in March, 1915, three men 

 called on me. They said they lived in Waterbury, 

 Conn., and that their names were Delay, Russell and 

 Short. One of them produced a tabulated pedigree 

 of Sidney St. Clair, which was at one time owned by 

 Short. They were looking for information to register 

 a mare named Lady St. Clair by Sidney St. Clair out 

 of the dam of May Day, which had been raced over 

 the New England tracks and was then owned in 

 Portland, Maine. 



Short said that he bred Lady St. Clair. After telling 

 them what was required, I advised them that she 

 could be raced even if she was not registered. Both 

 Delay and Russell, however, wanted a certificate to 

 show that Lady St. Clair was as represented. Finally 

 they passed out into the storm and were forgotten. 



When Charter Oak Park was opened for spring 

 training. Lady St. Clair was shipped over from 

 Waterbury. Delay motored over twice a week to give 

 her fast work. Her groom did what was required on 

 other days. One morning she paced a quarter close 



