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a bad tendon and that he would be compelled to 

 send her to Fond du Lac to recover. A little later he 

 shipped Lucille R. to Windsor, Conn. She was entered 

 in the slow classes in the Bay State Circuit. 



A fast work out on the Connecticut track started 

 the rail birds talking. Oatman assured them that 

 Lucille R. was as represented and that they could 

 not expect him to come east with a pacer that would 

 not make good. 



For five weeks Oatman followed the Bay State 

 Circuit. He won $65. During the Worcester meeting 

 the man and horse disappeared. Hints that the mare 

 was Kewanee Ruth helped to start him west. 



In the latter part of August, Oatman appeared 

 at the Illinois State Fair at Springfield with Kewanee 

 Ruth. He said that she had recovered from her lame- 

 ness. She was started and could not win. 



By this time Graham became impatient. His racing 

 venture had put a dent in his bank account. He and 

 Oatman parted. The latter had had a pleasant outing 

 for the summer but when he substituted Kewanee 

 Ruth for Lucille R., he made a slip by overlooking 

 the fact that the latter had two white hind ankles 

 while Kewanee Ruth had only a slight white mark 

 on one hind coronet. In due time the usual penalty 

 was passed along to Oatman and Graham. 



Those who have brushed the dust of a thousand 

 race tracks off their clothes have learned in the hard 

 school of experience that in racing, like every other 

 iDusiness, honesty is the best policy. -Without it, a 

 man touches the zero mark in every walk of life. 



