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repntation of being honest with the public, would bet his 

 money like a sailor on Lucy when it looked sometimes as 

 though she would not be able to win, and I think his horse 

 account has always been on the right side of the ledger, as 

 he is a good business man. He was always a great admirer 

 of Mace and whenever not able to drive bis ow^n horses 

 Mace was out behind them. 



Moore Floyd, another Pittsburgh man, came ]3rominently 

 to the front in connection with Slow^ Go and won some 

 grand races with him in the big circuit, making a record 

 of about 2:18 Of late years Moore has changed his busi- 

 ness and with the exception of an occasional visit to the 

 race-track, has severed his connection with the turf. The 

 name of Shank is familiar to all the people in Ohio, there 

 being a large family of them and all horsemen from the 

 youngest to the oldest. Their name was brought j)rominently 

 to the front in connection wdth Oliver K. They had a horse 

 called Rutherford Hayes, wdiich rumor said would some day 

 be a world-beater. These wonderful horse stories came to 

 the ears of Mr. Emery and he and a friend of his formed 

 a combination or trust, so to speak, and at a long price 

 bought of the Shank family this going-to-be beater of all 

 records. When Shank delivered the horse at Mr. Emery's 

 place he said he would like to invest a little of the money in a 

 colt, Mr. Emery at this time having begun to lay the 

 foundation of his now extensive breeding establishment. In 

 looking over the list of colts which came under his standard 

 of price, etc., he iDicked out one, a large awkward-looking 

 yearling, and paid for him $150 and wdtli the balance of his 

 money safely tucked in his boots started for the rural dis- 

 tricts. After Mr. Emery had given Hayes a thorough trial 

 and made u^d his mind that the horse he had bought from 

 Shank would never beat 2 :08| he concluded to try and sell his 

 interest. After some correspondence he induced his j)artner 

 to accept his half of the horse as a present. Not so with 

 our friend Shank. He broke his colt and after a short term 

 of education started for the pumpkin fairs, where the ani- 



