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for a day or two, for when a doctor did come up her 

 leg was as big or bigger than you see it now, and 

 he could not locate the injury. 



"That's what Young told me,'' said Sutton, ''We 

 didn't bother about pedigrees then and I was not 

 particular about a gift horse. Later when my mare 

 became famous as the dam of Abdallah and her 

 breeding was of importance, old man Young was 

 dead, even if he knew any more than he told me that 

 day in the barn. 



'That her breeding was 'way up none could doubt 

 who looked at her. She was rich blood bay with 

 black points well up and just a trifle of white on one 

 hind coronet. We called her 15:2, but she was really 

 15:11/2- She had the old-fashioned cock tail, the 

 ten-inch dock; and, by the way, the colt always 

 carried his tail well out, too. 



"However, to come back to my story," continued 

 Mr. Sutton, "Young's offer was this. He said: 'Get 

 the mare over to your place, patch her up and breed 

 her. If she has a living foal, when it stands up you 

 are richer $50, but no foal no money.' 



"So a day or two after I and another man drove 

 over to bring Katy back to Warwick. We hitched 

 the mare behind the wagon and she managed on 

 three legs, to hobble to Warwick. Right there her 

 gameness surprised me; she would come along for 

 half a mile or so^ then stop to rest, and then with- 

 out any urging start along again. You could see, 

 however, the pain she was in every step of the 

 way. 



