248 CANADIAN TURF RECOLLECTIONS 



''How fast? Well, you bet the man that leads me 

 under the wire will have to reel off three heats mighty 

 close to .28, or he won 't get a taste of the sugar. ' ' 



In answer to this declaration White declared it was no 

 good and if Pete wanted to save enough money to buy a 

 plug of tobacco, he had better hedge out the money he 

 had put in the box, for it would take a slicker gait than 

 .28 to secure the boodle. Old Pete, however, was dead set 

 on his ringer and was bound to sink or swim as he stood. 

 Next day at the track there was a big crowd of people and 

 seven horses scored for the first heat in the .45 class. 

 When the word was given four of the seven entries rushed 

 to the front and passed the quarter pole at less than a 

 twenty clip. The half was clocked in 1.11, and after a 

 fighting race of it from end to end, White's entry won 

 the heat in 2.261/2 over a slow half-mile track. He also 

 scored the second and third heats in .251/4 and .27. In 

 fact, when the boys got together after the race it ap- 

 peared that all four horses were raiders and each owner 

 had struck for this particular town looking for a soft 

 snap, and the above is the way they found it. 



