2

2/ Race track horses which are left high and dry without friends or much to keep them and Govt, of, [wonte?], allow them to be shipped home. Guess some of Race men are pretty hard up.

[Gae?], called up about 9 o'clock to Ray good bye and say she was taking plenty warm duds and they expected to be back by Sat evening and they might go as far as Atascadino.

Yes! We've got "Black Beauty" after Dad had breakfast. The, [Times"?,] come next when he begins to pull off specks and fold paper. Both dogs bounce two feet and, [hug?], close to Dad, so tight he can hardly walk, and they go out together or in, bunch, and Dad, he chuckles and laughs like a school boy. [Lantor?], insisted on sleeping with Dad, while Kingly, [illegible], slept by the fire. When Wash" got up at 2 o'clock, dogs must go out too.