other things he wrote is the following: 



"Now I will put you right about the ownership 

 of Morvich. 



"I did not own the horse. He was still owned 

 by the man who raced him, Benjamin Block. Mor- 

 vich had been for some time in the care of Miss 

 Elizabeth Daingerfield of Lexington, Ky. Miss 

 Daingerfield used to be in charge of Man-o'-War, 

 and as she knew my daughter, Justine, she asked her 

 if she would not like to bring Morvich to California 

 so he could end his days on his native heath. Justine 

 therefore went right back about Christmas, 7 years 

 ago, with a heavy trailer hitched to a light car and 

 hauled Morvich out here in the snow and ice, some- 

 times only making 40 miles a day, but unloading 

 the horse every night. 



"I took care of the old horse most of the time. 

 He was the sweetest stallion I ever saw. I could put 

 my arms around his head and my cheek on his fore- 

 head. He was very happy here, and when I took 

 him in and out with only a halter on him, he would 

 frisk around like a colt. 



"He did just that his last morning. He felt fine. 

 I could always tell that from the way he acted. 

 However, he used to roll in a certain spot every 

 morning, and it hurt him to do so. Made him groan. 

 I was sitting in the house one morning, after having 



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