Weekly journal-miner., 1910-10-26
CHAMPION PAGER ON FAREWELL
 TOUR
(Frcm Sundays Daily.)

Dan Patch IS making what wlIl probably he his farewell tour, this season. The opportunities of seeing the greatest harness horse that ever lived will be few. The fact that he is to be an attraction at the Arizona Territorial Fair on November Sth, is of interest to every lover of man 's noblest friend, the horse. His com ing, naturally, has aroused interest in this wonderful animal and on that account people are talking of and are anxious to know about his his tory.
 Dan Patch needs no introduction. His name and fame have been trump eted around the world. He is bet ter known than any prince or presi- dent, and of all the horses that ever held the center of the racing stage Dan Patch is the greatest favorite.
 Sired by that great race horse, Jce Patehen, Dan came into the world on April 29th, 1896, with a birth right of speed second to that of no other harness horse. He proved to have more than noble lineage. He was and is a perfect individual. He is the embodiment of suprem power, speed, gameness and intelligence.
 During his necessarily brief racing career Dan Patch met and defeated the best of the light harness horses He paced fifty-six contested heats, of which he lost but two and he never lost a race.
 Outclassed by his own speed, he was confined to racing running horses and Father Time. In this greatest of all competition, the struggle against the relentless and never-tiring watcn, Dan's performances have proved more than sensational.
 He stepped his first exhibition mile at Columbus in 2:00%, and since that time has lowered the worlds record fourteen times. Ap- parently unhampered by the laws governing other horses Dan Patch has gone on, year after year, making horse history, while norsemen all over the world have marvelled.
 Dams records are not equalled by the combined miles of all the trotters and paeers that ever lived. He not only holds seven world records but he has paced one mile three seconds and a quarter faster than any other harness horse and has paced seventy three miles averaging 1:59l%.
 At Lexington, the fall of 1908, Dan Patch paced the most sensational mile of his life, and one that is con ceded by experts everywhere to be the most marvellous ever known. He went to the three-quarter post two seconds faster than his own worlds record, made at the Minnesota State Fair, and would certainly have clip ped more than a second from the present record of 1:55 had not his running paeemaker suffered from a broken blood vessel and slowed up, throwing Dan off his stride. With this handicap the champion finished the mile in 1:56A, two seconds faster than any other harness horse ever negotiated a mile.
 During the summer of 1909 Dan Patch travelled over thirteen thous- and miles and with Miner Heir drew record breaking crowds at fairs in all parts of the United States. For the first time. however, the cham pion showed signs that even he can not go on forever. He did not fully recover from an injury early in the season and although he performed most creditably at Phoenix, he did not reach his old time record break ing form.
 MT. Savage believes that Dan Patch has earned a rest and the greatest of all harness horses will not be asked to break any more records. He will travel in royal style and act as master of ceremonies for the en- tertainment to be put on by the other members of the International Farms world championship stable.