MOLLIE A. A RINGER 11" 



day before trotted a quarter in thirty-six seconds, brought 

 $6,000, and. Duchess, by Sidney, $3,000. Lea, a sister 

 to Adonis and Gold Leaf, sold for $1,750, and Willow, a 

 black colt by Simmocolon, $2,100. 



The fall meeting of the Cleveland Driving Park Com- 

 pany opened with a two-year-old stake, in which Monbars 

 distanced Roman, his only competitor, in 2:22^4, the last 

 half of the mile being trotted in 1 :o834. This event was 

 followed by a 2:40 class, in which an unknown mare 

 named Mollie A. defeated the favorite, Myrtle R. The 

 Mollie A. people made a good winning in the betting 

 ring, and had smooth sailing until the following morn- 

 ing, when L. H. Eckhart, a Buffalo breeder that had a 

 few horses in the sale, remembered that Mollie A., 

 owned bv H. Allen, of Buffalo, was lame and turned out. 

 This caused Secretary Fasig to look up his correspond- 

 ence, and he found that while the mare was entered from 

 Buffalo, the party making the entry telegraphed from 

 Palmyra. N. Y., to learn if it had been received. On the 

 dav of the race, Mollie A.'s driver had given his name to 

 the clerk of the course as Hall. On the following day. 

 when he arrived at the track, he was identified by at least 

 a dozen men as the expelled driver W. B. Wright. Look- 

 ing up Secretary Fasig, Wright asked for the winnings 

 of the mare, and was told that he would have to wait for 

 Colonel Edwards to sign the check, and that he would 

 not be out to the track before noon. In the interval, a 

 warrant was sworn out for Wright and he was arrested. 

 Mollie A. was placed under lock and key and everybody 

 in the city was busy guessing what mare Wright and his 

 confederates had. On the third day of the meeting, C. F. 

 Emery, taking the mare as security, went on Wright's 

 bond. As soon as he was free, Wright came forward and 



