"You've won a great race," exclaimed the Woman as she came forward with the Big Man, and grasped "Scotty's" hand warmly; "a great race, and against heavy odds."

But "Scotty," looking down on Baldy with gratitude and pride, replied simply:

"No, the credit all belongs to good old Baldy here; it is his race, not mine."

Then the Woman, kneeling in the snow beside the leader, with her arms about him, said softly, "It was wonderful, Baldy, simply wonderful, the way you saved the day."

And so the Solomon Derby was over, and Baldy had made good.


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