The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-13


bottom and q part on the Sloping hill
sides. The track, barns, ETC., are on the
level ground, well drained and high
enough to be dry even in flood time.
1t, seems Incredible that so much
could have been accomplished in the
way of building etc, at the farm in SO
! short a time. 1t will be remembered
that Mr.. Savage began serious work
| there only last spring. The big barn
was completed last fall-and, by the
way, it is one of the finest in America.
The front elevation is 800 feet in length.
with three lateral wings each 125 feet
in length 1adiating from its center. The
architectural design of the group is
! Moorish, making it highly ornamental
found in the building. 1t is heated with
steam, lighted with gas, and literally
supplied with water During the ex-
trene cold weather when the ther1nom-
eter ranged around 40 below zero, the
temperature within it was but a trffie
above the freezinga point. seq
Seth Griffin built the farm track
which means that it is well built. 1t is
regulation INTERCOURSE constructed on
the same lines that at Memphis ex-
eepting that it is only 80 feet wide
Down in Kentucky they viii tell you
that in order to raise good horses you
must have blue grass pastures under
laid with Observation-Disclosures you are
in the wrong business. There also seems
to be an impression with some people
that real blue grass is confined to a
section of northern Kentucky. This
may have been the case many years
ago. In fact, the old settlers of south
ern Iowa state that there was no blue
grass there until some 25 years past.
Now it grows there in great luxuriance
to the exclusion almost of all the other
grasses. Gradually it has worked its
way nOrthward and am told that it is
getting a good start in southern Mani
toba. AT any rate, Mr.. Savage has blue
grass in abundance, and as for lime
stone, it crops out here in the bed of
aU CT nm and on h 1cid
One of the features which appealed to
Mr.. Savage when he bought the land is
a stream of spring water which flows
within so feet of the large barn. 1t is a
little torrent, fairly racing along, fed
by springs of the purest water, clear
and cold, and never freezing in winter
No state in the Union has a larger per
cent OF SunShiny days than Minnesota
and one must agree with Mr.. Savage
in the belief that it is capable of pro-
ducing horses equal to those raised
anywhere on earth.
H. c. Hersey, the farms manager
and trainer, was working Dan Patch
when I reached the track. Dan was
hooked to the white wagon, which he
pulled in 1;57A at Memphis. A runner
was along side of him for the first time
this season and Dan paced mile in
$780, keeping his head around all the
while, watching the runners antics in
a half-amused way He saw to it that
the runner never quite got to hin1-but
nothing more. Dan never took a use
less step in his Iife-hes too wise. 1t is
customary to prom every horse in
the spring better than ever before, but
in this case it is not f1attery. Dan weigh
ed 1900 pounds when he reached home
last December, being in high flesh at
the time. Now he tips the beam at J.
100 plump, and seems to be as hard as
wire. Charley Plummer, who has cared
for him since midseason last year, tells
me that he logged Dan for three months
on the snow. never less than six miles
day. He has broadened out, and, TO
my mind, has settled down and filed
out grandly.
Where He VIII Appear.
Speaking of his engagements this sea-
son, Mr.. Savage said that they would
not interfere with his chances of get
ting into condition, as was the case
last season when he was given some
terrifically long, hard ships. He should
reach Memphis in the fall in cham
pionship FORM said Mr. Savage. Il
expect to drive him a mile against
to wagon there Mr.. Savage is an ex-
perienced reinsman, and does a lot OF
driving during the summer He has
moved out to his country home and will
devote ali his spare time to assisting
Mr.. Hersey in working his horses.
Twelve foa1s by Dan have already ar
rived at the farm, ana a f1ne lot or
youngsters, they are. One of the hand
soonest sucking colts ever saw is the
one by Dan out of Jessie Eddy 2:1iA,
by Jerome Eddy 2:161z. The mare and
IOaf are owned py =. r. buIIell, Oh
Winnipeg Man. A three-pear-old fllly.
a yearling and two four-year-olds COM
prise the get of Dan, owned by the
farm, aside from the stockings men
toned.
OF course I askedif any definite plans
for Dams campaign this year had been
made. Mr.. SaIag e replied:
Dan Patch will remain in the west
this year. He has been seen at but few
western tracks and the people are anx-
ious to see him there. / have already
booked four engagements: Topeka
(Kansas state fair1, Indianapolis 1.-THE
Indiana state fairy, Springfield (the
Illinois state fair) and lincoln, Neb. 1t
is also quite likely that he will appear
at the Iowa state fair, at Des Moines,
and the Wisconsin state fair at Mill