Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-12
SAVAGE HORSES
IN HOME STALLS
Quartet of Great Racers Enjoying
Well Earned Rest After Rec
ord Breaking Trip

MINNEAPOLIS. Dec. 11.-After the
tion season ever made in any stable
of horses, M. w. Savage's champions
have returned home for the winter.
They are now enjoying a we'll earned
and needed rest on the International
farm at Savage and will not leave it
again until next summer.
The racing season of 1910 was re-
markable in many ways. In no way,
however, was it so remarkable as in
the alteration of worlds records. The
American and National association
statisticians are authority for the
statement that never since harness
horse records We're first compiled have
there been so many changes in one
season. Several of these have been
made necessary by the performances
of one or two great trotters, but the
big majority of them are due to the
efforts of the PAGERS. The only PAGERS
that have captured worlds records
this year are those belonging to Saw
ages championship combination.
The tour of the horses was remark
able in more ways than one. All long
distance travelling records for harness
horses were broken. During the sea-
son, which began last July, these
horses travelled practically 10000 miles
Their Journey extended from Canada
to Mexico and from Pennsylvania to
Arizona. They showed in sixteen
states and in eighteen different towns
Notwithstanding some very bad luck
in the matter of weather the combi-
nation gave exhibitions before record
breaking crowds at a large majority
of the country state fairs and returned
to Minneapolis with profit as we'll as
glory for their seasons spoils. Incl
dentally Minneapolis and Minnesota,
as the home of these famous horses,
were advertised in every state in the
Union, and it is safe to say that more
people over the country know of the
North Star state as the home of Dan
Patch, Minor Heir and company than
for any other one reason,
The artistic success of the tour is
proved by the enthusiasm of fair
managers all over the United States
Already Savage is in receipt of a
large number of requests for eXhi-
bition dates next year. The plans for
1911 have not as yet beeen taken up
and will not be for some time. Every
effort will be made to give the great
PAGERS the most careful wintering and
on results of this largely depend their
chances for the breaking of more rec
ords next season.
1t Is i'm the matter of breaking rec
ords, however that the Savage stable
made an unprecedented campaign.
Never did Dan Patch in his palmiest
days shatter so many records or bring
home so many honors from one cam
paign as did Minor Heir this year.
Minor Heir was closely followed by
Lady Maud c. while Iedgewood Boy
and George Gano performed remark
able feats and Dan Patch drew the
crowds, held receptions and acted as
impresario for the younger horses.
Of course there never has been a
combination like the one that halls
from Minneapolis. This is admitted
by horsemen everywhere. Notwith-
standing the extraordinary class of
the quartet that were racing, their
performances during the season just
closed were a surprise to the experts
and form one of the most remarkable
chapters in American turf history.
Altogether the combination lowered
a state record nineteen times. They
lowered the worlds race record six
times and lowered the record of every
track over which they started. Minor
Heir holds two and Lady Maud c three
new worlds race records, and Minor
Heir during the season paced four
miles In a race faster than any other
harness horse ever went,