St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-27
The Dead Wizard.

Turf, Field and Farm.
He was christened Daniel, but to the
world he was known as Dan-Dan Mace.
He was born in Massachusetts,, and his first
lessons in hOrsemanship were gained in the
saddle. He early began the battle for place,
for bread and butter. and he had the reso-
luton to SurmOunt obstacles and achieve
success. His poise in the sulky was admir-
able, his touch light, but firm, and his judg-
ment quick and clear. The grand stand
was often thrilled by mastery finish, and
the applause which his nerve and skill called
forth was pleasant to him. He usually
recognized it by lifting his cap and bending
his head while smiles lighted up his keen
and swarthy face. He studied the tempera-
ments of his horses. and placed himself III
sympathy with them. He knew how to fill
them with confidence, how to arouse their
dying energies when the pace was hot and
the wire seemed far away. He also had
studied action. and he knew how to gauge
it and make it respond to his will. He was
considered an expert in this, and yet regard
for the truth cOmpels us to write that he
was but a humble student of the profound
science of foot balancing. The fundamental
laws had not been mastered by him when
the curtain fell Still. he was great trainer
and driver. and he well deserved in his
prime the title which was freely bestowed
upon him-'.Wizard of the Sulky."
He plotted many famous horses
in victory, and during his professional ca
reer he saw marvellous changes take place
in the trotting turf. He made money freely
and he spent it lavishly. He once expressed
regret to us that he had not gone to Ken
lucky when his powers were ripe and es-
tablished a breeding and training farm. But
loving as he did the
APPLAUSE OF THE QUARTER STRETCH,
he w2lld not have been happy away from
circuit tracks when mighty battles were be-
ing fought. 1t would require volumes to
tell of the races in which he played prom
inent part. His fame as skillful reinsman
was so general that his services were always
in demand. There was no occasion for him
to sit with idle hands. Possibly one of his
prOudeSt moments was at Minneapolis in
September. 1878. The whole Northwest
was aroused, and Hopeful was played as a
card by Col. W. s. King against Rarus. who
had been captured by the rival fair associa-
ton at st. Paul. Mace, of whom the peo-
pie of Minnesota, Dakota and Iowa had
read so much, was loyal to Minneapolis, and
he was an object of the deepest interest.
He was anxious for Hopeful to perform
well, and the gray made the best time of
his life. When 2:144 was hung out and
Dan. in his blue velvet jacket, walked the
horse back to the judges stand and saw so
many handkerchiefS flutter and heard
twenty-five thousand Threats roar approval,
he was the picture of sunshine and happi-
ness 1t was a scene which he often re-
called.
Age and suffering had left their marks
upon the wizard. but he was game to the
last Death did not cut him down as the
frost does the blossoms of May. The raw
ages of disease were slow but certain. and
the end was looked for even before it came
Mace died on Sunday afternoon, April 10,
and he was buried on Wednesday. The
trouble was Bright's disease. We shall not
attempt to number the years of the dead
reinsman. He was strangely sensitive
about his age. His hair was streaked with
gray. and we know of men who count them
selves as growing old who thirty years ago
regarded themselves as the juniors of the
celebrated driver. The healthy Drained
philosopher takes the correct view of life.
A man is no older than he looks and feels.
Judged by his standard. Daniel Mace was
Young. He sleeps. but the strife viii be as
earnest on the JrackS the coming summer
as it was when his blue cap flashed in the
field.
HIS FUNERAL.
A writer in the same paper says of the
funeral:
The funeral services Tuesday noon were
of very impressive character. and it is
seldom that the obSeQuies OF any man are
attended by such number of old friends.
The church was crowded. and among those
who came to pay the last tribute were Rob-
ert Bonner. 5. Foster Dewey. L. o. Ap-
pleby. Arthur Gillender. John Splan. Frank
l.. Herdic Michael Gooding. John Murphy.
Gabe Case. Hiram Howe. 5. W. Fullerton.
John J. Quinn. George W. Saunders. Isaac
Woodruff. James ID. MeNann. T. J. Coe.
Harry Hamilton. ". II. Snyder. G. n.
Barnard. James Doughrey and many others.
Among the floral offerings was horseshoe
of white roses and caIla-lilies, and from the
toe Of the shoe arose column of flowers
surmoUnted by a jockey cap made Of dark
blue violets. the color that Dan Mace al
WAYS wore in races This very appropriate
tribute attracted much attention The sol