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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Old Man Curry, by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Old Man Curry Race Track Stories Author: Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan Release Date: June 10, 2009 [eBook #29093] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK OLD MAN CURRY*** E-text prepared by Sarah Sammis, Chuck Greif, KarenD, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) OLD MAN CURRY Race Track Stories by CHARLES E. VAN LOAN * * * * * THE BOOKS OF CHARLES E. VAN LOAN _Memorial Edition_ OLD MAN CURRY STORIES OF THE RACE TRACK WITH INTRODUCTION BY L. B. YATES * * * * * OLD MAN CURRY Race Track Stories by CHARLES E. VAN LOAN Introduction by L. B. Yates New York George H. Doran Company MCMXIX Copyright, 1917, by George H. Doran Company Copyright, 1915-6, by P. F. Collier & Son, Incorporated Printed in the United States of America My Dear "Purdue" McCormick:-- It is customary to dedicate a book, the author selecting a good natured person to stand sponsor for his work. There are 100,000,000 people in this country, and I have selected you as Old Man Curry's godfather. When you reflect upon this statistical statement, the size of the compliment should impress you. Then too, you love a good horse--I have often heard you say so. You love a good horse in spite of the fact that you once harnessed Colonel Jack Chinn's thoroughbred saddle animal to a trap, the subsequent events producing a better story than any you will find in these pages. Nevertheless, my dear sir, they are respectfully, even firmly dedicated to you. Yours very sincerely, CHARLES E. VAN LOAN To E. O. McCormick, San Francisco, Cal. INTRODUCTION BY L. B. YATES It is one of life's tragedies that as we go along we realize the changes that come upon almost everything with which we used to be associated. And this is noticeable not only in ordinary affairs, whether it be in business or in the home, but it obt
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