96 CHARLIE SING. 



at home. In a few minutes they went away and I saw 

 no more of them until the following day. 



The story of the race is soon told. When the 

 horses were called half of them were "froze solid." 

 Lucille's Baby when scoring rolled about like a rock- 

 ing horse, while Graylight was so badly tied up that 

 Bowen could scarcely get him up in his position. On 

 the other hand the cold air appeared to have pumped 

 a little speed into Del Monte. He was up in his place 

 and kept Geers and Feek busy to come head and head 

 with him. When the word was given the seven of 

 them whirled away to the turn in a cloud of dust. 

 When they emerged in the second turn Feek was in 

 front with Lucille's Baby at his wheel. Company 

 made a break and was seen no more until the follow- 

 ing week at Hartford. Graylight was the next one to 

 stub his toe, and as Del Monte stepped up into second 

 place at the half Lucille's Baby was in the air. Com- 

 pany, Graylight and Lucille's Baby were still dancing 

 on the back stretch when Del Monte passed Kearney 

 near the three-quarter pole. For the next half minute 

 there was some thinking done on the Island, as Del 

 Monte came on and won the heat by three open 

 lengths in 2:21^2, while the red flag fell with the 

 favorite, Graylight, Lucille's Baby the only other 

 heat winner, and Company on the wrong side of it. 

 After the heat it was found, as I have stated, that 

 Graylight was tied up by the cold and that Lucille's 

 Baby had a case of temporary congestion. As for 

 what the betting fraternity had, you can guess. 



In the fifth heat Del Monte led from start to finish, 

 Jeremiah getting the place from William Kearney and 

 Eclipse fourth. When the non-heat winners were 



