The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-16
FAMOUS HORSE
ON MILK WAGON
W W P, Well Known Here, Is Nearly
Forgotten.
HAS HELD UTAH RECORD
PACED MILE HERE OVER HALF
MILE TRACK IN 2:14E.

Salt Lake race-goers who are familiar
with the game in the days it prOspered
at the old mile track southwest of the
city in the early '9Os viii probably re
member W w p the crack PAGER who
was one of the attractions at the meet
ings of those days. w w p later paced
a mile in a race in this city in
2:145. which stood the test for years,
and, in fact. was not beaten until Robert
] went the mile in 2:l4h4 at the state
fair grounds last summer
w W has recently been discovered
in Denver, where he is doing the mental
the city. Last week his former owner,
Frank Dubois, and his driver, FRANK
LOOMS. who drove him to his record of
2.0512. saw the horse. The record was
made eleven years ago. when Major Du-
Bots was a familiar figure on the era -
circuit, and the remembrance set Nj
it." he said but old w w P's best race
was against Star Pointer, and he beat
the great twO-minute horse and could
have done ii again. Anyone who tells
YOU the old horse was not game. does
not know him. He got his mark in Chi
cago in a One-heat race. when we drove
him out in 2-C5l2. and then we took him
TO Detroit and to Cleveland. L had
set OF shoes on him that seemed to fit
him right, so that he would not strike
his knees with mis- foot. That was his
great trouble. When he would get to
pacing ne would strike that knee ana
then he would go into the air Free
port. Ills. I gave him 81 trial mile in
2:O5lz. and that was good enough.
When w w p Beat Star Pointer.
But in coming down to the stable Ma
jor Dubois saw a blacksmith fitting a
shoe on another horse, and he made up
his mind that was the shoe for old w.
The shoes were put on. and in the next
race he cut his knee badly, so that when
he got into Buffalo he was in mighty bad
condition The major had his shoes taken
off and intended giving the horse a long
rest. When he asked the Buffalo judges
To let him off there they refused. So he
came over TO the stables mad. and told
me TO put on the old shoes and get the
horse ready His knee was so bad that
II looked as though he could not race,
about four miles, and then l started him
on a jog, just to work out that bad knee.
He was worked right up TO the time for
starting the race, for If he ever went TO
the barn he was gone that was sure.
''There We're six horses in the race, and
I drew the sixth position, and whe-- the
bell rang that horse came right up ready
10 race for all he had The track had
been half mile one and made into a
mile track, that making the first turn
almost square In taking that turn, if he
made il short, he was likely to hit his
bad knee and go into the air So, having
the sixth position, could take him wide.
and he went out there like a good fellow.
and clear around. ! beat Geers with Star
Pointer in 2.O65z. Flor the second heat I
had the pole. with Geers behind Star
Pointer. He got away about half a
length to the good, and you never knew
me 50 close around that turn, so the old
horse hit his knee and went W several
feet. l ran him out 10 the edge of the
track and got him on his feet again. and
all ! drove for then was to save my dis
tance.
Pulled For Second Place.
''In the third heat I chased Star Point
er in, and in the fourth 1 had the out
side position and came nicely. I found at
the seven-eighths pole that I could win
the heat but it was getting late in the
day. If / finished anywhere at all l had
second money, and if l won. the race
would go over to next day, as it was too
dark to finish that day. 1 knew the
OLD horse would have to have three men
10 help him out Of the barn in the morn
ing. so ] pulled him in and finished sec
ond. l got $50 of the purse by that
whereas II I had taken the heat. as I
could have done / would have been shut
out the next day
when we got old w to the barn his
leg was swelled up as big his head
ana there -aS a place that was raw
The major and ! worked with him until
/ o'clock in the morning that bad leg
and that's the leg that Is bowling out
with him now. But the horse was game
When We turned down the stretch he
didn't know anything about the pain or
about anything but just pacing. And
you know he could pace. Let him turn
into the stretch with any of them and no
horse could beat him