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if no one else did so. In going to the lirst turn, after getting 

 the word in the first heat, May Queen made a bi*eak, and I 

 noticed tliat when Green went to catcli her she tore off one 

 of her forward shoes. She was a mare tliat had to have a 

 good deal of weight to keep her from pacing, and I made 

 U]) my mind that her chances for the heat were gone. At 

 this time I was in third position, Mace being in second 

 place, with Carrie, This mare led to the quarter- pole, where 

 Rarns passed her, and going by the half-mile pole, I heard 

 Mace cry out, '' Go on, Splan, May Queen is distanced." I 

 knew Mace was pretty cute, and I did not take his word 

 for it, thinking he might be trying to get me to di-ive my 

 horse a hard heat and pump liim, thereby giving him a 

 chance to come along with his mare and '"do" me for the 

 money. In going througli the last quarter I had a chance 

 to look over my shoidder, and satisfied myself that May 

 Queen was really distanced. I drove along at abont 

 the same rate of speed, and finished the heat in 2:24|, with 

 May Queen behind the flag. 



To say that there was a hubbub on the track does not de- 

 scribe the scene. The pool-buyers rushed down to the quarter 

 stretch like a flock of sheep, and commenced to give the 

 judges a great deal of advice as to how to decide the heat. 

 The judges gave Rarus the heat, placed Carrie second, and 

 Garfield third, saying nothing about May Queen. Mr. 

 Crawford stepped over to the pool -box, and straightway 

 played his money on Rarus, and had the held sold against 

 him. A great many people, thinking that May Queen was 

 not and would not, be distanced, played the field. When 

 we cauie out on the track for the second heat. May Queen 

 was there, Avitli Doble in the sulky. I immediately went to 

 the judges' stand, and asked if they intended to allow May 

 Queen to start. They said they did, and I asked them on 

 what grounds or nnder what rule they were acting. These 

 were two questions that they seemed unable to answer. I 

 thereupon told them that if they allowed her to start and she 

 beat me I would certainly protest their decision, and I be- 



