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In that event probably sell for more than
the sl6.50o which Mr.. Murphy, his present
owner, paid for him. John r. Madden. who
had Hamburg as a 2-year-old, has not yet
lost his love for trotting h rses. and he has
been making some Inquiries about Star
Pointer. which have led some people to be-
iieve that he is after the PAGER. Mr.. Mad
den mas owned famous light harness horses
as well as thoroughbreds. and although he
has not won many stakes or purses this
year he has had a successful betting cam
paign. and he may be the next owner Of Star
Pointer. Andy Mcdowell, the California
trainer. will also bid on the great PAGER.
He thinks the horse will bring about $4,000.
and he will 20 that far at least.
The recent illness Of Hart Boswell. the
Kentuckian who bred the former trottins
:bampitn Nancy Hanks. calls to mind the
origin OF the name Of the famous mare.
When Nancy Hanks was foaled Boswell was
one OF the few republicans In his neighbor-
hood and. being great admrer OF Abraham
Lincoln's mother, he declared that he would
name the filly after her. He said the name
would attract the attention OF the public
and In the inquiry ss to its source new
interest would be created in the woman
whose son became a great president. Mr.
Boswell's prediction came true, particularly
after the mare won the championship.
In France substantially all the trotters
get q good chance to win some of the
money offered in purses. After the first few
weeks OF the season purses are offered for
beaten horses--horses that have not won so
much money, or so many stated positions in
races-and that gives all owners an oppor-
tunity to win some OF the large amounts con-
tributed regularly by the government, the
Societe, and the various associations. A
suggestion is made that this plan should be
introduced In our horse racing system.
st. Gatien, the famous thoroughbred stall
lion, which sired Meddler, the animal pur-
chased at fabulous price, recently, by w.
G. Whitney, is now an American resident.
J. B. Haggin. the we'll known western horse
man Of California, purchased the horse from
the Austrian government, which bought him
in England for $4,000. The price paid by
Mr. Haggin was $500. st. Gatien was
wondrous horse on the English turf, having
been defeated but three times in four years
racing. The performances Of his son, Med
dler, give promise that as a sire St. Gatien
Will stand as high in the horse world as he
did as q racer. He is II years old.
The thoroughbreds had fairly successful
season, the feature Of which was the even
distribution Of the money. John Daily heads
the list with winnings Of $4s,721, but there
are a dozen others who are we'll up. OF
Days winnings no less than $37,112 was
won by Jean Bereaud, the greatest colt of
the early season and the biggest individual
winner Of the year. After being sold to w.
G. Whitney. Jean Bereaud won $2S, ,245, or a
total Of $65,357 for the year. Marcus DAILY
Is we'll up In the list, having won $35, ,243.
Captain Ed Pyle OF Lincoln has full sis
ter to Mcfarland, the sire Of Askey, the
latter being the sensational Kansas horse
who made mark Of 2:0SA. Captain Pyle
has been breeding his mare to Conrad, full
brother to Anteo, Anteros, Antevolo, J. C.
Simpson and Coral, and has several foals
from that mating. The latest report re-
ceived from Mcfarland Is to the effect that
he was owned at or near Grand Island.
Pilatus, 2:09A, the well known Iowa
horse, who was reported sold to the Austrian
government, is still In America and an
IOwan. He reached Des Moines not long
ago and is looking we'll. His racing dur
ing the past season was remarkable.
Providence, Saratoga, New York City and