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if no one else did so. In going to tlie first tnrii, after getting 

 the word in the first heat, May Queen made a break, and I 

 noticed that when Gfreen went to catch her she tore off one 

 of her forward shoes. She was a mare that had to have a 

 good deal of weight to keep her from pacing, and I made 

 up my mind that her chances for the heat were gone. At 

 this time I was in third position, Mace being in second 

 place, Avith Carrie, This mare led to the quarter-pole, where 

 Earns passed her, and going by the half-mile pole, I heard 

 Mace cry 'out, " Go on, Splan, May Queen is distanced." I 

 knew Mace was iDretty cute, and I did not take his word 

 for it, thinking he might be trying to get me to drive my 

 horse a hard heat and pump him, thereby giving him a 

 chance to come along with his mare and "do" me for the 

 money. In going through the last quarter I had a chance 

 to look over my shoulder, and satisfied myself that May 

 Queen was really distanced. I drove along at about 

 the same rate of speed, and finished the heat in 2:24^, with 

 May Queen behind the flag. 



To say that there was a hubbub on the track does not de- 

 scribe the scene. The pool-buyers rushed down to the quarter 

 stretch like a flock of sheep, and commenced to give the 

 judges a great deal of advice as to how to decide the heat. 

 The judges gave Rarus the heat, placed Carrie second, and 

 Garfield third, saying nothing about May Queen. Mr. 

 Crawford stepped over to the pool-box, and straightway 

 played his money on Rarus, and had the field sold against 

 him. A great many people, thinking that May Queen was 

 not and would not be distanced, played the field. When 

 we came out on the track for the second heat. May Queen 

 was there, with Doble in the sulky. I immediately went to 

 the judges' stand, and asked if they intended to allow May 

 Queen to start. They said they did, and I asked them on 

 what grounds or under what rule they were acting. These 

 were two questions that they seemed unable to answer. I 

 thereupon told them that if they allowed her to start and she 

 beat me I would certainly protest their decision, and I be- 



