NAPLES 



a large board on his head on which were many 

 pies. Before I could yell to him, as the blue- 

 lipped colt came by he slapped the beast on 

 the rump, and almost instantaneously the colt 

 kicked the pie counter off his head. It was 

 done so quickly that the boy didn't realize 

 what had happened. As he looked behind him 

 to see who had knocked the pies off, they went 

 rolling in every direction, while the hundreds 

 of people roared with laughter. The pier 

 was reached without further mishap and the 

 horses were hoisted on the deck of the Italia 

 way up among the anchor chains. 



At the last minute Jack Thompson agreed 

 to go on the ship with the horses, permitting 

 Arthur and myself to take advantage of a 

 faster boat which w^ould get to New York a 

 week before the Italia. There w^as nothing 

 that could be done during the voyage, for any 

 of the horses, that Jack Thompson could not 

 do, so we left him, with the belief that Allah 

 was with him, and would see him safely 

 through. Allah was good and the horses ar- 

 rived safely. More than safely indeed. 

 Many of them had caught bad colds and 

 coughs in Naples, but when they reached the 

 dock in Hoboken they were in perfect condi- 



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