The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-23
HOW He FOUND HER
Mr. Wiedman's Discovery of
His Famous Horse
BIG DOG WOKE HER UP
And Since That She's Been
Going Like Lightning


mare in race living. She has a marvel
Gus pacing gait and the way she discov-
cred that gait IS something worth tae
while.
ar Wiedeman IS keeping Edith W. 10
trim for the races next year. Her record
this year was enough and more tnah
enough TO induce him 30 race her. lie
said yesterday. "When man discovers
a race horse he is lucky. He can call IL
nothing else but luck, and II ne finds
Two be is favored Of The gods.
Edith VS. performances as winner
this year have been great Four tim s
She wen FIRST money; three times second
money and twice rhird money. She en-
tered no race in which she did not take
either first, second or third money, and
Ia all the races she drew the pole only
cnoe. Her record is 2.5 la. Her first
race this year was at Pekin, H., July g.
II was tho free-f0r-aM And she won it
one. TWO. three. I'm 209 -
Her next race was at Davenport Iowa
where she won in straight heats. best
time. 2.17 10, the track record there.
Her third race for The season was at
Aurora This was a half-mle track and
she took the frs. two heats, fastest
tine. 2.l0 ID. ah.ch was the track record
trere she was crowded in the following
heats and held by Fido, pos ID and Fido
took the race. Edith getting second
money.
AT Ottawa Edith w added another
laurel to he- crown. She took the world s
half-mue record for mares in POS. She
took first money here in the fastest six
heat race ever paced.
At Joliet She was beaten for first money
by William Mac. but took second money
ar. Wiedeman says that she was treated
unfairly. and if she had not been. would
have won first money The time was
2.JS
At Pontiac Tudor wilkes stuck his leg
through Ediths suIky wheel and she got
third money Ia 2-1S ga
At Decatur she had hard propositions
against her. The Maid 2:9l IA, and
Nickel B.. 2-1S 3-4 1t was rainy and dis
agreeable. but luck was on her side and
she drew the pole and won in one, two,
three heats. in 2.15 Ia
At Fort Wayne it was rainy and she
did nor dc s. wei getting third money.
Ar Lexington she closed her successful
season She had against her the fastest
mare flesh in the world The Flirt and
The Maid. She went like the wind and
wen the race and first money and fourth
money. in pos 10
Edith W. made her record Of 2:o6 IA at
Peoria in 1853 She is from Mambrino
Chief down through Woodbit Mambrino
Chief Tr jan. Ben I.oman. and Ben Lo-
man. Jr her sire. Trojan, one Of her
ances .0rz. was ridden by a Eenuclzan
the civil war
Yesterday Mr.. Wiedeman was asked
now and when he discovered Edith W.
This IS what he said. He was living up
Ia Montana. One day ne end Mrs.
Wiedeman were driving in the country
and they came upon some horses in a
corral 3Irs. Wiedemaa picked out a
very pretty lilly and said. Buy that
7Hv. she is beautiful little thlng-a
perfect little darling" 'I don't want
fer." said 2Ir Wiedeman." "But 7 do"
said Mrs. Wiedeman. He called the own
or and sad: "How much do you want
for that little 6lly?" give hundred dol
le-s
"In give you 800"
"lIake it $3.50"
'Tu come up after her IN the morning, DO
said AR Wi deman. you've sold her"
He g0t her the next day and drove her
s,o,,r town She was mystery. She
had everv SORT Of gait and she mixed
,ear, i'm fr the greatest confusion in the
Shortest possible time Alr. Wiedeman
didn't know -zacrIv what to make of her
Tie was running a laundry at Great l-aus.
He started down to- tho livery stable one
day and while Edith W. was loitaring
along sleeply tangung her salts. a big
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