. The driving clubs of greater Boston . DAN MACE box on the little end. Gossip. Jr., was again first to the wire in 2:2/. This caused little betting before the third heat, bin Dan had field tickets knocked off to him in a way not to arouse suspicion. Scoring for the heat Gossip, began his antics; he would break, sulk, and behaved so badly that the judges had finally to send off the field without him. He caught the distance flag. Wow !!! How the crowd did yell and storm about, declaring at the top of their voices it was one of Mace's slick tricks. To satisfy the public, the judge
. The driving clubs of greater Boston . DAN MACE box on the little end. Gossip. Jr., was again first to the wire in 2:2/. This caused little betting before the third heat, bin Dan had field tickets knocked off to him in a way not to arouse suspicion. Scoring for the heat Gossip, began his antics; he would break, sulk, and behaved so badly that the judges had finally to send off the field without him. He caught the distance flag. Wow !!! How the crowd did yell and storm about, declaring at the top of their voices it was one of Mace's slick tricks. To satisfy the public, the judges called it no heat, and put up a prominent Western driver in Dan's place. It made no difference, however, as Gossip, Jr., was done for that day and made his standstill breaks, getting the flag again. That night when Mace went to town, the first thing he did was to go to the freight sta- tion to find out what it would cost to ship Gossip, Jr., to Trenton, N. J., where he was owned by Henry M. Smith, of the Fashion Farm. While making the arrangements to ship, a reporter slipped into the freight office and sat down on a barrel. He had both ears wide open to catch any news of the race of that afternoon for his paper; there had been so much talk over it. In some way Dan knew
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