Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17
worlds record as we'll as going the fastest
of the season by a 2-year-old.
Among the SidewheeIers.
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Among the StdeWheelers,
Turning to the PAGERS, there is a confu-
sion between the wonders of achievement
and the marvels of chance. AS a rule when
a city or country business man yields to
his fondness for a horse and invests in a
speedy one he expects to lose money. He
knows that neither track nor turf is a
Tom Tiddler's ground in which money may
be picked up. and II a good sport the rich
owner is willing to pay the piper for the
luxury of racing horses. All precedents as
to losing on the first venture. as we'll as
all records by a green PAGER were broken,
however. last year by P. c. Isaacs, a Penn
sylvanian, and his horse Minor Heir. The
horse Is a 7-year-old by Heir at Law, one
Of the stations bred by the Hamlins in
their heyday. Having decided to take a
flyer by indulging in his hearts love and
feeling that he could afford II, Mr.. Isaacs
one day ordered Charles Dean. the Illi-
nois trainer, to buy him a s~take-winning
possibility. Dean bought Minor Heir for
$500 and Fleming Boy for $500. Trained
throughout 1907, the pair began their cam
paigning at Peoria on July 4 and both won
their races. The Pennsylvania awoke in
! the morning to find himself famous among
e~Quiphobiacs.
Fleming Boy, 2:07la, is a trotter and a
grandson of Expedition. The stallion
earned money. but the PAGER did the sensa-
tional act that placed the new owner on
velvet. Minor Heir made a record of 1904
and a race record OF 2:0Ok. He went thir-
teen heats in 2:O2 or better, nine of them
in ace or better, an unparalleled perform
ance for a green PAGER. Minor Heir won
81. 100 and recently was sold to M. w. Saw
age, owner of Dan Patch for $4,000, so
that for a newcomer Isaacs has been do
ing quite well.
Canadian n Big Winner.
The gray Canadian stallion, The Eel,
2:O21, led the money makers among the
PAGERS with SIS $3.50. He is by Gambolier and
was bred in Michigan. Next fastest were
Citation, 2:Ol%, winner OF 5,l5O; Cops De
Ora, 2:@h, earning s. 100, with Fred d. and
Jerry b., each marked at o:4H and win
ming as named $40 and s14,SO. Hedge
wood Boy, 2:O2k, won 1880 and cut his
mark by two seconds Another clipper was
Aileen Wilson, 2Oz1z.
With the champion PAGER, Dan Patch,
1:55A, and Minor Heir as a pair NJ. w. Saw
age will hold a great pair when the circuits
begin this season. Dan Patch, who is now
IS years old, opened his season last Angus
with a mile in 200 and at other times gave
exhibitions in 1:5s%, 1858, 1;57h, and at Lex.
ington. to close with, in 1854. II was the
only time Dan Patch began in 200 and re-
l duced the rating c~onsecutively on every
trial. A sale of last fall of particular i'm
p~ortance to breeders was OF the stallion
BinEen, 2:061a. by Frances Parker Of Bed
2 ford, Mass. The stallion is now 10 year,
. old ana is a famous producer Of speedy
p colts and fillies.s He will take the place a
E the Bradley farm in New Jersey OF Todd
who died soon after his purchase at auc
ton for $1,000. Another private sale TO re
E veal the demand for speedy stations bot
a here and abroad was Of Siliko. 2:llh, 70
!, $4,000 to an English buyer. Auction value
: we're also well sustained, At the last Madi
son Square Garden sale the green 2-year
old Toddington. by Moko, realized ESQ
the s-year-old Justo, 2;iOh and a star o
last season, brought $500. while Aquiu
2:is4. by Bingen, last years fastest 4-year
old trotting stallion. sold for $500.