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The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 



"One time Arloch Wentworth, one of the 

 wealthy men in those days, came up to my 

 house, as he often did, and went out to the 

 stables to look over the horses. 



" 'John,' said he, pointing to Reina, 'give 

 me that mare ; she's getting old, and y< m 

 won't want her much longer.' 



''No,' said I, 'I might sell her to yon for 

 $1,000.' 



"But Arloch wanted her as a gift, and 

 held out For her. 



tried to be a Christian, but driving Sundays 

 was one of my pet sins. Well, we arranged, 

 perfectly fairly, to have the horse turn about 

 one every second day, and I always tempted 

 the devil by taking her Sundays as well. 



"The second horse 1 bought turned out 

 better still for me. 



"There was a man living out Grove Hall 

 way who owned a fine bit of horseflesh. 

 This man, too, was a good Christian. He 

 went to church every Sunday, but he had no 



ETHEL'S PRIDE, 2:06 3-4 

 The Best Trotter Owned by John Shepard, the Dean of American Reinsmen 



"After a bit I said : 'Arloch, I'll give you 

 Reina on one condition. As you say, she 

 won't be much use to me after a time. Now, 

 you like money pretty well, but it won't be 

 of any use to you when you depart this life. 

 I'll tell you what; you make the Young 

 Men's Christian Association a present of 

 $100,000 and you can have Reina.' 



"And at last he took the offer. True, 

 he didn't do it right away, but after thinking 

 it over for quite a while he came up one day 

 and told me that he had arranged the en- 

 dowment, and when he died the association 

 got the money. 



"The first horse I ever bought was in 

 partnership with another man. I got the 

 better of the deal in one way. This other 

 chap was a good Christian, and couldn't be 

 induced to go driving on Sunday. I always 



compunctions about going and coming be- 

 hind his horse. Moreover he had no com- 

 punctions either about passing me on the 

 way without great difficulty. 



"He talked so much about this that I de- 

 termined finally I'd get a horse that would 

 beat him. I looked about, and after a bit I 

 bought a nice fellow called 'Old Trot.' I 

 paid $.";oo, and agreed to give $25 more if he 

 turned out well. 



"Well, sir, that horse did turn out excel- 

 lently well, especially on the Sabbath, I am 

 pleased to say, and the man got his $25. 



"Not long ago, my son, who is now 57 

 years old, was telling me that as long as he 

 could remember I was matching horses, and 

 he wondered that I never got a pair. As a 

 matter of fact, I had several good ones. I 

 used to give away many of my best horses to 



