Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-15
ED. pAeGETT ENDED HIS RACE
DRIVING CAREER IN BINDING
SNOW STORM
ottumWa Horsen,sn Submits to Inter
estlng Interview TO a Davenport
Times Representative During Re-
cent Visit IN Eastern City.


seven years ago, says the Davenport
Times. Mr.. Daggett while visiting in
Davenport last week submitted to the
following interesting interview, which
was contained in Saturdays issue Of
the Times:
ED Daggett, of Ottumwa, who has
been spending few days witt friends
in Davenport, returned home last
night.
This simple announcement In itself
will probably not attract much atten.
ton, but when 1t ID explained that the
Ed Daggett mentioned is the we'll
known horseman and driver Of races
horses in Iowa for thirty years. there
are many people in and aaround Daven-
port who viii remember Mr. Daggett
In very Favorable manner. For
few years ago, no better or more pop
ular figure appeared on the Iowa race
tracks than Ed Daggett. He always
had string of winners and was a
lover Of the clean racing sport who
keenly delighted in handling the rib
bons behind his own trotters and
PAGERS. There is no horseman in
Iowa, who has been one any length
of time, who does not know Ed Dag
gett and the many horses which he
has brought out as winners in his day
on the Iowa tracks. His reputation for
fairness and his honesty In racing, as
well as anything else, were his chief
characteristics, and while he always
fought every inch OF the way to the
wire in a race, he has never been .ac-
cused of any shady or Unfair race
track methods, SO common among a
certain class OF track followers.
do you know the last race ever
drove was in Davenport seven years
ago" said Mr.. Daggett to a Times
man yesterday, in reminiscent mood,
land 1t was in binding snow storm
1t was during your October meeting
at the mile track We had an early
winter that year, and 1t was cold and
windy that day. Almost every horse
man had fire out In front of his
stalls. had no overcoat with me
and after the first heat became SO
chilled and my fingers SO numb from
driving that / didn't know how was
going to finish the race. One OF my
stable boys, about twice as big as nss
self, loaned me his coat. The sleeve
were SO long that they came down
over my hands and | tied the ends
with rope, making improvised shelter
for my fingers in driving. must
have looked like a prize tramp make
up at a masquerade ball, but the
makeup kept me warm and / won
third money, driving the last heat in
a snow storm. And do you know that
i haven't even visited but one race
meeting since that time, seven years
ago. finally made up my mind that
there was nothing in 1t, and was get
ting too old to follow the game and
drive horses in snow storm"
Mr., Daggett liz now q prosperous
business man OF Ottunawa, conducting
with his sons, d large livery and trans.
fer business He still retains his love
OF horsemanship by driving q spank.
ing team about that city which is the
envy Of his many friends.
The horse named Ed Daggett is still
perpetuating the memory OF the good
old name, and making good on the
Western circuit Ed Daggett, the
horse, appeared in Davenport at the
August meeting last season, winning
the first two heats OF a fast race.