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Howland Russell the filly Sadie Mac, which he named 

 after his daughter, and won the Futurities at Hart- 

 ford and Lexington, and lease Early Dreams, the 

 leading money winner in 1917. 



The little man inside which twists so many of us 

 towards good or bad fortune gave McDonald a jab 

 and made him buy Miss Harris M. as a two-year-old. 

 She was then a trotter but the following year 

 upon his return from California, she was pacing. 

 General Todd trimmed her that season but after that 

 year it took a champion to catch her. McDonald sold 

 Miss Harris M. to S. A. Fletcher. Lon gave Miss 

 Harris M. a record of two minutes. She was then sent 

 to the auctions and in 1918 Murphy cut her record 

 to 1:5814. 



Murphy and Cox were opposites. While with the 

 trotters. Murphy was a fashion plate. His bright 

 green tie and smart tweed suit made a stranger think 

 that he was a visitor helping John Benyon out when 

 the horses are being aired during the morning hours, 

 while during the races his red, white, and blue colors 

 with tiny American flags on the collar and front of 

 the cap looked as though the tailor touched them up 

 between heats. 



On the other hand. Cox whirls out in the morning 

 wearing a shabby pair of trousers, an old coat, flannel 

 shirt, and a hat with a hundred holes in the crown. 

 A half smoked cigar at an angle of forty-five degrees 

 is usually seen in the corner of his mouth while on 

 a dusty day a little soap and water and an applica- 

 tion of the old razor, which he carries to cut the 



