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wire hairs on his chin, would improve the portion of 

 his anatomy that the camera men aim at when snap- 

 ping a winner. 



Within this make up there is a man who has been 

 successful in the racing world. In Lu Princeton and 

 Mable Trask he had the two best trotters in their 

 day, while McGregor the Great and Mignola were 

 race horses of the highest calibre. They were in time 

 followed by Grayworthy, Hazleton, Walter Dear, 

 Volomite, Sir Guy Mac, Miss Woerner, Guy Day and 

 Fireglow rated the best of all until death closed his 

 career at Cleveland. 



Cox is a New Hampshire product. He drove his 

 first race in knickerbockers at a church picnic. His 

 mount was the gelding May Morning. He was owned 

 by a Manchester man, who told Cox to collect the $15 

 winnings so that he would not be asked to donate 

 a portion of it to the church. Cox did so and held 

 out five for his services. 



While preparing May Morning for this event, Cox 

 had a brush one afternoon with a local star. He had 

 his trotter hitched to a Concord wagon and his three 

 brothers were with him. As the town horse flashed 

 by, Walter pushed his brothers under the seat and 

 set May Morning going. Cox won after racing by his 

 home. His mother was on the porch and saw the con- 

 test, as well as the four boys in the wagon. Upon his 

 return the budding reinsman pulled his brothers, who 

 are now known to the world as Governor Channing 

 Cox of Massachusetts, Honorable Louis I. Cox, Judge 

 of the Supreme Court of the same state, and the 



