The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-25
-TRIXEY B. GOES
TO WISCONSIN
J. B. Blazer Sells Little PAGER
TO [. LendenaW.
FER CASH PRICE WAS St65O
Romantic History of Horse
Owned by Cherokee Indian.

J. B. Blazer Of this city yesterday sold
his little pacing mare. Trixey B. 10
Mr.. L Lendenaw Of Maukauna. Wis.
fer 1885. The breeding of the little
mare is unknown and she has no record
as a PAGER. having never been in a race,
but she is a goer. all the same.
It is believed by many of the horse
men Of this city that Trixey viii yet
be heard from n some of the future races
OF this country. She is now about years
old and IS sort Of second addition to
Edith ". This little PAGER has a rather
romantic history and ii would be proper
u state that traits which made her
valuable was discovered by the Eagle.
J. b Blazer IS the agent Of the Amer
ican Book company. but that does not
prevent his knowing good horse when
he meets one in the road. His business
took him TO the Indian Territory and
on the 18th day Of May. 1901 he was sit
ting in front Of the hotel at Ardmore
when his attention was attracted to
little mare ridden by a Cherokee Indian.
Mr. Blazier followed the Indian and
when he stopped at a business house he
asked the red man if he wanted 10 sell
that mare. Of course he did. for an In
dian viii sell anything ne owns if he
gets his price. Blazer looked the little
mare over and bought her in less time
than il takes to tell it and shipped her
20 his home here at Wichita.
His business called him from home
and he left the mare in his stable to
be taken care Of. His daughter Bessie
found out that the little mare would work
single. and she frequently drove her
about the city. She drove her to South
Riverside, where the owners Of fine road
sters in the city love 10 congregate, and
when any OF them attempted to pass
Miss Bessie Blazer there was always
q lively brush
The Eagle contained several write-ups
about the little mare and called her the
great Unknown" All the horsemen in !
the city We're excited and it was two
weeks before they found out who owned
the little PAGER. Then Mr.. Blazer came /
home and found that the great Unknown
ne had been reading about was the little I
mare he had bought Of the Cherokee I
looked her over again.
Mr.. Blazer hitched the mare to the /
buggy ard drove down to the city and I
asked a reporter for the Eagle who had 1
been writing UP the unknown PAGER to I
ride out with him 10 Riverside park. He /
would chirp to her and then Trfxie /
would begin 10 throw the dirt into the /
buggy What do you think OF here
h would ask Of the reporter. The re
porter made the very profound remark /
that there was plenty OF speed in the .
little mare If he could manage to get /
It out
Blazer had heard how John I. We'd
sman developed Edith " until she had
become one of the greatest pacing mares
IN the world He said ne thought Of
getting Wiedeman to drive his mare
and he wanted to know whether the re-
porter thought N5edeman would mislead .
him in regard to the probability OF the 1
mares developing speed lie was told .
that Wiedeman was all right and would .
sell him what he thought about it.
air Blazer left the park and drove di-
rectiy to Mr. Wiedemaus house Vie
1eman was captivated with the mare
because she looked like Edith w He had
sold Edith " only a short time before
FOR big pile of money and had put
n all his time after that kicking himself
or selling her Mrs Wicdeman is some
What Of an authority in the Wiedeman
'amily and when Wiedeman started with
Blazers mare down TO the fair ground
rack to see how she moved. Mrs Vie
ieman said 10 him: John. there is speed
2 that mare ] can tell by the way she
Dicks up her feet when she walks" Vie
leman thought SO. too. when he had
iriven her. but he said she might not
ave bottom
Air Blazer left the mare and in less
than eleven months from that time she
had paced a mile on the Wichita track in
21fi+- When Mr. Lendenaw came here
yesterday morning 10 see the little mare
that was making such good time and
had nc record. he went directly 10 Mr.
Wiedemaus place and said he was from
Missouri and would have to De shown
Wiedeman took the mare down TO the
track CIfe lives near the fair grounds
and showed the stranger a mile in 2fs
By the time the little mare was safely
back in the barn the Wisconsin man
has bought her and he shipped her 10
his home last night
Mr.. Wiedeman believes that Trixie win
make her mile in 800 II she is properly
handled and If she does she Is worth
good deal mere money than the Wiscc nsin
man paid FOR her. J. 3. Blazer can az
ioFd 90 wish him success with his pur-
chase. for he made a clean S.25o on that
little mare he bought OF the Cherokee
Indian.