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straight and a ton of coal for a place, is as mncli as Jimmy 

 cares to risk. Jim and myself claim Cleve'and for our home, 

 and in the winter mornings as we wait for our butcher to 

 cut off our steak or chops, we talk over the prospects for the 

 coming year and wish we might find a way to always win 

 when we bet. 



Another character, and the only one in his class, is Leni 

 Ullman, the original and only American j^rogramme seller. 

 He made his bow to the x)ublic as an owner of trotters. He 

 and Herdic at this time own the celebrated bay gelding 

 Clothesline, but after one campaign, which was very dis- 

 astrous, Lem wended his way home sitting astride of Clothes- 

 line and looked about the same as a clothespin on a clothes- 

 line in the back yard. He, I believe, is tlie inventor of pro- 

 grammes on the trotting turf, and while he comes from the 

 race of X)eox3le who they say love money, Lem likes to make 

 it, but no man can spend it more freely or give it to a friend 

 in need with a more generous hand. After the busy season 

 is over, Lem and his first lieutenant Master Fred Johnson, 

 hie themselves to some beautiful climate and there live in 

 clover until the bell rings again. 



Harry Johnson and Johnny Green represent the French 

 pool interest on the turf, and while their age and general 

 appearance are very much different, their methods are about 

 the same. 



