The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-16
1000 ADMIRERS
MEET Nj /, Dan PATCH.
WORLDS HARNESS HORSE BRINGS
J: LAURELs HOME.
Pacing King Is Given Rousing Recep-
tion as He Steps from His Private
Car and Parades Up Nicollet Avenue
Before the Gaze Of Admiring Crowds
His Recent Records.

. Dan Patch, the: fastest harness horse
IN the world and holder Of two world IS
pacing records, arrived in Minneapolis
shortly before IL am, today. He will
spend the winter on the farm Of his
owner, M. "; Savage, preparatory to
summer, which Mr.. Savage declares will
result in shattering his present paced
record of 1866. .#,s'' - :.-f
Tho his train was nearly an hour:
late and many who had assembled to
greet him had, been forced to quit the
vigil, the mighty PAGER received a res
ception of Rooseveltian proportions as
a thousand persons were crowded about
the car at the union station, and hun
dreds were lined up on the bridge above
the tracks. Stepping from the car,
Dan Patch became the central figure OF
a procession which ~paraded up Nicollet
avenue before the admiring gaze OF
thousands who awaited his coming.
umphant @ homecoming was the absence
of Dan IS trainer and driver, II. D. Her
sey, whose praise Of his equine charge
is always an important item. Mr.. Her
sey left Dan at Memphis, going to New
York for the big horse sale that begins
there soOn. ,.s
MIR. Savage Greets Dam.
Mr.. Savage, who. boarded Dams car ca,1
stop and was the first to greet his
noble horse, offciated in Hersey's abb
sence. He declared that without doubt
Dan Patch was > in better condition
than when he left Minneapolis last fall
and would cut off the fraction now at
,tached to his paced record next year.
. WDan was treated we'll when he. was
Young and tho he, is years old he is
still perfect,' said Mr.. Savage. "He
will have no difficulty in clipping of
the fraction. have Hersey's assur
ance of that to back my own conv1c'
tion.' 49,. i H.:
During the long wait for the train
Mr.. Savage's- love for his horse was
shown. Every one of the half dozen
trains that arrived before the belated
one called him running from the sta
ton and the expression of disappoint
ment that clouded his face each time
showed the devotion that has caused
him to ignore two oers Of 100000 FOL
the stallion. ;,*,,r, ..
| I'LL ..... Some New Figures.
Since Dan Patch=reduced the world
paced pacing record from l:56 tt
I:55A,, at Lexington Oct. Il an an3 {
OIdSSou Gu0 VI .cc "a
down to 1853, Mr.. Savage has had rae
ing experts compile some new history
Of the great PAGER. Dan Patch ha:
paced more miles Of 200 and .unde7
than any other PAGER or trotter IN tht
world; he has made six miles, unpacet
at an average Of l:5S; has gone nin'
miles, paced, at an average Of l:57E
and during his life, has made thirty-si
miles under 2:0lh.1tx: ..t
I, oh
ed,'' said Mr.. Savage, "and you ca,
readily see. why | am SO proud Of Dan
I would as SOON enter negotiations t.
sell one Of ny ny children so as to part witt
T Dan Patch has, hlt been b Il Oh il the road sine
Tuesday night. He enjoyed a 1fey
days rest after his, wonderful mile a
Memphis, Saturday, when he broke tn
world IS unpaced record that had stoo
for seven years. Mr.. Savage regard
that triumph as the. most important i
the life of Dam, for, tho he. has mad
DIETER time paced, the unpaced recor
has beeen the most difficult to beat.
l. Dan Patch 8 winter in MinneapoG
will be like the others he has spen
here. He will be. permitted to strik
! his own gait and enjoy the climat
which both Mr.. Savage and Hersey b.
lieves does him great good.
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