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favorite and anyone with half an eye could see that 

 several of the other starters were not tearing their 

 harness off to get in the front row that trip. 



In the second heat Spear as soon as he could get 

 through the field laid his horse alongside of Prodigal 

 and raced him into the ground. From that time it 

 was plain sailing for the Egbert horse. He won as 

 he pleased. The next morning George W. Spear woke 

 up to find himself listed among the leading reins- 

 men and a bright future was mapped out for him 

 by those who backed the field against Prodigal. 



The Cleveland meeting followed Detroit. When 

 the racing caravan arrived at the old Glenville track 

 they found that Temple Bar was to start against 

 Aline, Leicester, Junemont and five others. 



It did not look Hke much of a field although 

 Leicester had never lost a race and Junemont was 

 always considered a stout battler when the heats 

 were split. Later it was learned that the race was 

 also the last one in which Spear would drive Temple 

 Bar on account of Monroe Salisbury having made 

 arrangements to add him to his stable at the close of 

 the Cleveland meeting. 



The race was programmed for the second day of 

 the meeting. When the betting started on the event 

 it was apparent that someone had an unlimited order 

 in the pool box on Leicester. His tickets were knocked 

 down in a flash as each pool was started and while 

 a few of the regulars played some money on Temple 

 Bar the bulk of it was scattered all over the ring. 



James Goldsmith, who had less than a month to 



