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to back his driving horse against horses with records 

 better than .45, J. P. straightway declared that it was a 

 * ' plant, ' ' and that the boys had rung in a trotter on him 

 on purpose, and no amount of future explanation was 

 sufficient to change his mind. When told that the gelding 

 had been loaned to Jack for a few weeks ' driving exercise, 

 he declared it was a conspiracy and vowed he'd get even 

 with the quartette before he quit. 



