 One of Dale's early clients in Guthrie was W. J. Gault, who was accused of "Soonerism" The charged accused of Gault of stationing relays of horses in the territory before the run began, so he could get to the site he wanted more quickly that other contestants who started at the legal hour.To pay the lawyer's fee for defending him, Gault gave Dale half of the 160 acres he had claimed.Dale had been a faithful Republican while living in Kansas, which normally favored that party.