New-York tribune., 1905-12-24
GALAXY OF CHAMPIONS.
Dan Patch, Cresceus, Directum and
Arion a Famous Quartet.

M. W Savage. of indianapolis. is the owner to-
day of the greatest quartet of worlds chaihpoh
light harness stations ever brought together IN one
stud. He the fortunate possesSor OF AQloh z'VSt'
holder of the worlds two-year-old trottng record,
2:102l; Directum 2o5A. holder of the world lour-
year-oId trotting record 2:05; CTesceus 22l4, the
worlds champion trotting stallion; Dan Fatch'
1:551 Cvithout wind shield, 1:5S the worlds charn-
pon PAGER and the fastest harness horse ever
foaled
The first of these famous stations which Mr.. Saw
age bought was Directum, by Director, dam stem
winder for which he paid s12.100 at the "Old Glory
horse auction at Madison Square Garden in 1901.
Directum is black stallion, and was foaled IN
| California in 1883. From the standpoint OF olooo
! Directum Is clearly in the line of greatness, as
Director 2:17 his SIRE is by Dictator. which Is
brother Of Dexter 217A Drectum is thus of the
family of Jay-Eye-See. 2:1o; Phallas, 2lS9t; Nancy
Hanks, 2:O4 and Direct, 2:O5la, pacing ~,
AS a sire Drectum has been great success ne
has to-day twenty-nne sons and daushlers III ~ ~
list including Directum Miller. 2051a; Judge Green
2.O4 Directum Lass 2:09s4 Directum Sp1er' z:ll1a;
Consuelo S. 2:O7Rl; Ethers Pride, 2OSs4. ana Eiiira
Winter. g. 2I42. stemwinder. the dam OF III
rectum also produced Directina7 lila anu hioO-
trina, 2:2O ,
AS a racehorse, too. Directum was a cnatnploii, .
NJ +orted IN eleven races as three-year-old and
| won nine of them. 49,. NJ
| II wes as a four-year-old however. that Dl-
| rect,1rn made trotting history. He was Ihalen'U
against Alix 2OSs., the worlds champion lio''e-,
| and apa,nst Mascot 2:04 the champion PAGER ana
beat them both with ease Among the trotlefs VI
the highest class that raced against Dtrectuln as
| four-year-oId were Azote 2:O44; Ryland II z"'F'
| NIGHTINGALE 2:0S; Phoebe Wilkes. 2:OS1s; Marina
Wilkes 2:0S; Pixley 2:0SA; Lord Clinton zooT4
| MagnoIia 2.OsA: Walter E., 2:10; Panllco' z'l''
| Greenleaf 2IO1z, and Hazel Wilkes, 2Il14-
| Sipgly or in battaIions Directum was more theH
| g. match for ali. He started in seven races anu
! won all of them. and gave five exhibitions against
| time lowering the stallion record to 2O0@ Where
| Il stood until the advent of CresCeus. This marx
was made In the third heat of free-1or-aH AT
Nashville, Tenn. and has never been equalieu "
a four-year-old trotter. From 1888 TO ISVo LII
also held the title of worlds champion trottins
stallion. 49,,
In 1894 as q hve-year-oId, Directum won the
SIS 900 stallion stake, open to the world anu uo
| feated Nelson IN a 5000 match race III ms i
race with Ax-2:0344, the worlds champion 'Io'.
| he had to be drawn before tho third neat ana 50
| ended Directum's sensational track career 1Ai
told, he participated in twenty-ene races noL IN
cIudng exhibitions against time, and won elshleell
Of them. 1t is most remarkable record OF alhios
unbroken successes from start to hn1sh Horseien
have always deeply regretted that the track career
of Directum not prolonged TO the slHIn OF
seventh year, as was that of Cresceus
| This then. was the stallion which MI savage
chose to start the stud which now seems TO nave
corner on worlds champions in the llght harness
ranks. With such a beginning. therefore, IL was
not surprising that Mr. Savage's next purchase
NOS tho ,nbeaten Dan Patch. This greatest OF
| all harness horses Mr.. Savage bought from Nj. -
sturges in 19oS for $4,000 at private sale Dan
Patch at that time had n~-er oeen oedteh "a -
race and had lost only two heats since MT SaS
age acquired Dan Patch he has paced only exhloi-
ton miles. 49,.
HT,,ron r McHenry had driven Dan Patch before
be was sold 10 Mr. Savage, and in 1903 had given
him a record of 561l- Mr.. Savage III l''+ 'uI
Dan Patch over to H c. Hersey to or'Ve anu 80.
and all horsemen figured this move q nlistaAe
-{7Af
ever as in 1904 Hersey drove the son OF 1oe
Pa+cbAn number of creditable miles. and Dan
Patch wound up the season by lowering MS RECORD
to SO fat at Memphis
This wear of course. the sensational perre
o4 Dan Patch are too widely known to need COM
o+ ~ sI,aD mention here He did not start un-
I'll September but from then on to the close OF t0
season the wonderful black stallion was EsaoS
whenever called upon to pace mile IN oetIei '@
two minutes providing track ana weather "oAo
right At the famous Lexington track l-e tiIItou
the entire horse world by reeng of miles IN loo
a5 1551L figures to which no other harness morse
living or dead has even asplreo' VI !he
l,raadine and early history of Dan fatcn hothiAs
need be said here All this is morse iore' As
sire Dan Patch is practically uDtIiep ou' NJ
has everything in his favor ,s,
MI savages next purchase in the me Oh W."
cba1nnions was Arion 2:0744. which he bought from
the estate of J. Malcolm Forbes Tor $7o"' a' Inc
O1d Glory SALE in Madison Square Galuen' III Il
1901 Arion Is by Edectioneer, Dam N1aieO'e anu
ia of over twenty standard performers Eiec-
i stred 16s including sunol. 2OSA, and Palo
,1+o oss. both champions. Arion Is the Worlo
obanon,on two-year-old trotter. mark 2io%' winch
-, r,ode +o a high sulky. He was foaIeo IN L'o'
at +he PaIo Alto Farm, in California" ne 'ooA lA9
record Of 2:o7s. as four-year-old.
rbA late ] Malcolm Forbes OF Boston bought
,,o, as two-year-old and paid $126'OOo Tor MIN
This was the highest price ever paid FOR a trottei
- ,orv of this it caused universal surprise "neH
+t horse was sold to Mr.. Savage for S20Oo' Arioh
ms at this time fifteen years old. ana hao Deeh
or1y, a fair performer in the stud
| some Of the standard sons and daughters OF this
stallion are Ntco L. 2:OSA; Faneha, z:lS; Iona
o.1nb. San Telno 2l64; Masconomo, 2;16l4; Ehslon
o1- Car+ain Faf 2I7I; Nanita, 2:17%l; Elisha
2:2ol; AiItona 2:214; spera, s. 2:224; Bow Catcher
4 2:2S; Aryean 2:314; Akela, j, 2:26A; Crystallion
. 22S1L; Creansa s. 328l4; Idle Mac 2:2S24; L!vadia
3. 2:2914 and Metro. 2:29A Fanella is the dam OF
Sadie Mac
In these days of extreme speed, when record
after record goes by the board. it is most unusua
TO see a worlds record stand for fourteen years
GO is the case with Arion's 2:1Oaa which made
as a two-year-oid in 1891. What is more renarka-
bIe when some two-year-old trotter OF the future
does lower this mark, it will be to bike sulkY
and not to a high wheel sulky as was the world
record OF Arion
ord at 2102 he has been much before the public
His three-year-old mark of 21012 has never been
eoualled by a colt while few stations have bet
tered his four-year-old mark of 207&. Nlco. II
2sh one of Arion's get bade fair to be one of the
turfs great champions, when he met with an un-
timely death Not content with owning Directum,
Dan Patch and Arion, it remained for Mr.. Savage
to purchase Cresceus, 2O2A, at the "Old Glory
sale at Madison Square Garden last month. for
s21 COO The performance of Cresceus, the worlds
CHAMPION trotting stallion, are household words
all of horses. A brief review will suffice.