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of business because he didn’t have any coverage.”
Lonny said, "Yeah . . . that’s fine. Now if they’ll just
send someone over to ride my horses and handle the
breeding on BEAU GENTRY, I’ll be content to just
lay here and not worry.”
Dink was about to leave when Martin Luther came
in the room. "Hello, Mista Lonny!” he said with a big
grin. "How you feeling?” Lonny looked up and greeted
his number-one helper. "Hello, there, M. L. Good to
see you!” Turning to Dink, he said, "Wait a few min­
utes and let’s talk about some details.” Dink sat back
down. Helen had gone down to get a cup of coffee and
Lonny was busy going over his problems with the two
people he felt he could count on the most. Turning to
M. L., he said, "It looks as if we are going to have to
make some changes, M. L. I have made arrangements
for Dink to take three of our horses to his place. I
don’t think our Amateur or Juvenile horses will be
leaving, but you’ll have to work them by yourself. I
know you can do it and our customers won’t mind.
Oh yes . . . I’ve talked with Dr. Greely and he wants
you to have Tom Post take the shoes and pads off
BEAU JACK. He feels that the rest will do him good.”
The young colored boy was listening intently to every
word.
A week had passed and Lonny Barnes was amazed
at the number of people who had dropped by to see
him and at the number of cards and letters he had
received. He was in good spirits now and was feeling
almost too good. The nurses had to restrain his activ­
ity somewhat. It seemed that they didn’t mind his
having company but just couldn’t cope with a rowdy
bunch of horse enthusiasts having a party in room
321. Don Hill and several friends had dropped in, and
Dr. Greely was telling his version of the great "run­
away” of BEAU JACK. Someone had brought a bottle
in and they had just about killed it.
A big woman in her late forties came through the
door in a huff, and was astonished to see Dr. Greely.
He was saying, ". . . and that black stud headed for
the ring . . . and ol’ Lonny was full of confidence . . .
you know, like he was winning his first blue ribbon.”
Everybody laughed as he described the look on Lon-
ny’s face. "Man, you talk about going into orbit! He
was ten feet in the air before he knew what happened.
It took us an hour to catch that colt, and ...” The
big nurse interrupted, saying, "Ah . . . Dr. Greely. It’s
past visiting hours. Don’t you think our patient needs
some rest?”
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