A GREAT HORSE 



Tramp. Evidently it was the game of the man with 

 the red shirt to make the pace through the entire 

 course, having confidence in the speed and endurance 

 of his mount. The others were bunched and began 

 to close on the leaders. Mike The Tramp was under 

 a double wrap, and the bunch sped around the first 

 turn and into the back-stretch on even terms. Mike 

 The Tramp swung wide at the turns, a trick he had 

 learned in his romps with the champion. It was a 

 yelling, wdiooping crowd that saw them fight it out. 

 There wasn't anything to it as far as first money was 

 concerned. When the stretch was reached, Mike The 

 Tramp swung wide, and with nothing but the black 

 shouting crowd in front of him, ate up the distance like 

 Cresceus did the trotting record at Columbus. 



Mike The Tramp won. The man with the red shirt 

 came in second and the others also ran. The crowd 

 enjoyed the affair hugely when they learned of the 

 joke that had been played on them, and cheered Mike 

 The Tramp and Eddie Mitchell as they finished in 

 front of the bunch. It is reported that when Eddie 

 Mitchell was asked whence he and his nag came, he 

 replied : "We are from Texas, and I guess we have 

 showed you." 



Christmas day was spent at Albuquerque, New 

 Mexico, and the glad holiday was celebrated by a mile 

 trotted in 2:16, over the half-mile track at that place. 



Then came the champion's great mile at 2 -.oy^ on 

 Xew Year's day at Dallas, Texas. The attendance 

 exceeded five thousand, and both Cresceus and Ketch- 



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