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him in town that night and got his $500, and I was at the 

 track the next morning a little after daylight, and when I got 

 my eyes on Mr. Mac I did not lose sight of him until I had 

 my $500 in my pocket, and I assure you I was considerably 

 relieved when I saw him put his hand in his pocket and pull 

 out my $500 with a rubber strap around it just as I had given 

 it to him the day before, it being in his pocket instead of the 

 pool box, as he had said it was during the race. When I got 

 my hand on that little bundle I was probably never any hap- 

 pier in my life. 



We then sat down on the grass and he told me how the 

 job was put up and by whom. We had a good laugh over it 

 and parted friendly, Mac admitting it was a dirty job, but 

 said, '' We got the worst of it." The most laughable thing in 

 the whole transaction was on Doctor Appleby, who had been 

 let into the secret. He had put $450 on King, which was all 

 the money he had with him. A party standing near him at 

 the time we were trotting the third heat discovered the Doctor 

 was considerably interested in the race. The Doctor sat upon 

 the edge of the pool stand and every little while he would 

 call out to some one, " How are they now ? " meaning Ezra 

 L. and King, of course. They would say, " Side and side." 

 After another breath he would ask, "Who is ahead?" And as 

 they came around into the stretch the Doctor asked again, 

 " How are they now — who is ahead ? " Someone in the crowd 

 called out, " Ezra L. has broke," and the Doctor's countenance 

 brightened up and he smiled. Just then another man calls 

 out, " King Almont has broke." At that the Doctor fell over 

 backwards into the pool stand and exclaimed, " Then I am 

 broke.'" 



The last important event that King was engaged in was 

 at Hartford, Conn., August 28th, 1884; purse, $10,000; in 

 which there was Harry Wilkes, 2:13^ ; Maud Messenger, 

 2:10^; Captain Emmons, 2:19^; Phil. Thompson, 2:1G1 ; Ade- 

 laide, 2:19| ; Felix, 2:18|, and King Almont, 2:21^. In this 

 race I had no regular entry, and it required some sand to buy 



