300 RACi^ALONG 



purchased her at one of the New York sales, took 

 her to Rochester and as Root claimed handed her 

 over to him as payment for his wages. 



About ten days prior to the meeting at Wheeling, 

 W. Va., Root appeared at the track with a chestnut 

 mare. She was entered in a slow class as The 

 Princess. When the race was finished, she was third 

 to The Rascal, Arnold being between the pair with 

 Walter S. The fastest heat was paced in 2:13l^. 



The Princess won the next week at Dawson, Pa. 

 From there she was shipped to Waynesburg. Root 

 started her in two races and won both of them. Her 

 winnings were stopped under a demand for identifi- 

 cation. 



As Pennsylvania was no longer a fertile field, 

 Root billed his pacer to Winston-Salem, N. C. He 

 entered her as Lady Hermond by Hamlin's Almont 

 Jr. She won, but before the race was finished, a 

 man who had a few gallopers at the meeting went to 

 the stand and told the judges that he had seen the 

 same mare racing in Pennsylvania as The Princess. 

 Root heard of it and skipped. 



The groom drove the mare to a wayside station, 

 outside of the big tobacco town, and shipped her to 

 Rochester, N. Y. 



While looking about for another place to raid, the 

 chestnut mare Flora A. by Altoneer, which was 

 then owned in Rochester, was brought home with 

 a big knee. She had been starting in New York, 

 where she won at Mineola in 2:14l^, defeating 

 Lizzie March. Knowing that Flora A. would not be 



