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his horse try to go to a pace. But after the second heat in 

 2:04'%^ he was smiles all over and from that day never lost 

 faith in his great pupil. 



In closing, the sad chapter written by fate in the lives of 

 this great man and horse at the New York State Fair may 

 be briefly mentioned. The day was one of sizzling heat and 

 Lee had an attack similar to blind staggers after winning the 

 first heat in 2:05^. Mr. Andrews tried to draw him but 

 failed to get the consent of the judges and it was with 

 extreme difficulty that the horse was brought on the track for 

 the second heat. But when he got out where the business in 

 hand was to be looked after he pointed his ears, scored up 

 like the real trotter he was and won the second heat. And 

 then his driver said: "No matter what happens to me I'm 

 going to let this little horse go where wants to go in this third 

 heat; I do not intend to drive him a step nor speak to him." 

 He kept his word and in spite of that was beaten but a short 

 neck. The loss of the heat made no material diff^erence for 

 it was a three-heat event and had been won in the first two 

 heats. 



Lee Axworthy recovered from the experiences of that 

 day but Mr. Andrews did not and they practically ended 

 his career as one of the greatest trainers ever identified with 

 the light-harness horse. 



Prince Loree, as already stated, passed to the hands of 

 Mike McDevitt and he, too, became a world's champion with 

 a trotting race record of 2:0314 ^i^d a pacing record of 

 2:00, making him the world's double-gaited champion. 



