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passengers. When he joined him he saw that there 

 was something wrong and in his blunt, good 

 natured way, the big oysterman asked for an ex- 

 planation. After considerable questioning he learned 

 that James Butler, the owner of Hetty G., was so 

 well pleased with the manner in which Murphy had 

 raced his pacer that he told him if he could find 

 a trotter he would buy it and place it in his stable. 



Murphy was then returning from an interview 

 with Butler during which he had told him of a filly 

 that could in his opinion win nearly all of the 

 futurities. Mr. Butler, however, decided not to buy 

 her as he had just purchased The Phantom by Boreal 

 and shipped him to California to Monroe Salisbury 

 to prepare him for his engagements. 



Before leaving Murphy told him that the Moko 

 filly could distance The Phantom and when he re- 

 peated it to Edward Thompson, the latter said: '*Do 

 you really think she can?", and when Murphy as- 

 sured him that he was positive of it, he drew a check 

 book from his pocket, wrote his name on the bottom 

 of a blank check and handed it to Murphy with the 

 remark, ''Well, Tommy, go and buy her for me.'' 

 Murphy never got off the boat. He returned to New 

 York and he was not seen again on Long Island 

 until Edward Thompson owned Susie N. 



The following summer the Moko filly made good. 

 In her first race at Buffalo and in the first heat she 

 ever won she distanced The Phantom. She also won 

 her engagement at Poughkeepsie while at Cincinnati 

 she landed the Review Purse and at Columbus the 



