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gone. But he was off and besides the runner that went with 

 him stopped up the stretch at the finish and the little fellow 

 did what he always did when he had no competition — just 

 loafed the rest of the way to the wire. 



"He won the Edwards Stake at North Randall in 1921, 

 and also won at Toledo, but he very soon showed that he 

 did not care for the new idea and that ended his career as 

 a pacer. It was just a matter of the gait, that is what he did 

 not like for he was always a very steady, reliable horse as 

 a trotter. And he is just like a big dog around the barn, he is 

 so good natured and a better feeder never lived. I will 

 always believe that the thing that made him cramp in the 

 stifle was a faulty operation when he was made a gelding and 

 that is all there is to it, and that little mishap is what even- 

 tually enabled me to get a stake trotter for $120." 



Mr. McDevitt's story, so graphically told, leaves nothing 

 to be added so far as the training of Prince Loree is con- 

 cerned. But — if this were a collection of tales of the turf, 

 page upon page could be filled with stories of the brilliant 

 doings of the little brown pony who added to the wonderful 

 history of the Capt. Shaw stable that had been made by 

 Lillian R., Joan and Grace as well as Peter Mac and others. 



One of those stories must not be omitted. It concerns 

 the foray of the little trotter into and out of the "bushes," 

 in 1918 his race in which he defeated a good field in the 

 mud and while the race was in such slow time as 2:181/4, 

 it took so much out of him that he was distanced the next 

 week at Canton. 



And then a feat unparalleled in the annals of the trotter. 

 Mr. McDevitt put him in a box car and ticketed him for 

 Syracuse, N. Y., and then told his owner what he had done. 

 Let us pass over the scene that ensued. The intent of the 

 box car journey was to meet an engagement in the Empire 

 State purse of $10,000 for trotters. The only apparent ex- 

 cuse for the venture was that the entry had been made and 

 was fully paid up. Evidently l)ox car and occupant reached 

 Syracuse in prime order, for the records tell that the "pas- 

 senger" won the big stake, beating a large field including 

 the redoubtable Ante Guy. It is said that Mr. McDevitt was 



