The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-03
EXPECT MINOR HEIR
To BEAT DAN PATCH
Young PAGER Rested Up and
Turfmen and Jockeys Think
He Will Break Record.

CHICAGO, July 2o.-Has any horse
| now IN training a chance of lowering
any of the seven world 5 pacing rec
ords held by Dan Patch, 1855?
This question has been asked many
times, and is of special interest now
that Dan Patch has been permanently
retired and at the beginning of a sea-
son that gives promise of some ex-
ceptionallv fast work by the country's
harness horses.
There are a large number of very
fast horses in training, and in one
stable alone. that of NJ. W. Savage.
there are five PAGERS that have al
ready shown ability to race around
two minutes, and many of them may be
expected to do something sensational
in the record breaking line before the
end of 1910.
In the discussion aroused by the
above question, however, one horse
stands out -eminently. That horse
, is Minor Heir, 1:59 IA. admitted by
most experts to have the greatest
fight of speed of any horse ever train
ed, with the possible exception of Dan
Patch Whether or not he will be
able TO win the world championships
this summer is, of course, problematl-
cal. but the chances seeem to favor his
doing so.
Two wears ago, Minor Heir was
practically unknown. With the open
ing Of the Grand Circuit races the hit
/ tle brown son of Heir at-Law paced
e himself into prominence. and before
+ the season was well advanced he oe'
: cnniad a similar position in the horse
> armament and was as much talked
t ahout as Hallev's comet is today.
a Minor Heirs terrific brush was the
n talk of the circuits, and his qualifica-
n tions as an all-around race horse put
|, him in class by himself.
often Raced in 1908.
From early until late during 1905
/. Minor Heir was raced, and started II
- speed exhibitions and altogether Went
e through one of the hardest campaigns
TO which a race horse was ever SUB
iected. He emerged from It with al
the world s records for green PAGERS
tie for the world $ pacing RECORD
and admittedly the fastest PAGER DE
veIoped for some years. He was her
n aided ana with some justice as th'
D successor to the champion Dan Patcn
By some people he was pronounce
snnerior to the unbeaten son OF Jo'
Patchen.
a Tn December, 1908, he was purchas
V ed bv NJ. w. Savage. and made tn
,s stablo mate and travelling companion
IF the cbamnion. During 1909 Mino
Heir was seen in exhibition races wit
91 Dan Patch in various parts OF tn
ne country. Unusually bad weather an
I'd track conditions made extreme spec
is impossible. Notwithstanding this rae
m Minor Heir continued to show lmproV
81 cd form. and gradually but complete
as " overcame the effects of the grne
he ing campaign of 1905. Thls wa
o. proved at Phoenix. Ariz.. where, l
iii snite Of cold weather, he tied tn
a world unpaced record of :59A.
large majority of the timer
canght the time of the mile as 10
Aa+ The official timers. howeve
+bonobt differently and 1:59 IA stand
I'd as his record and he shares the hone
Of this mark with Joe Patchen an
Audubon Boy.
- Dnrinc the past winter Minor He.
-es has rested. grown big and stron
nd He seems to be in absolutely perte,
condition. and both in looks and
Els shirt does not seem like the san
err horse that was taken to the farm
to vaar and half ago. What he will {
all in 1910 remains to be seen. but II
be, consensus of opinion is that with goo
he Iuck as to weather and track cohu
M +ions Minor Heir will win new laure
at and will carry home with HIM tn
The fall at least the world s unpaced re
tg- ord. and perhaps some OF the oth
IGN marks now held by his illustrious st
viii BILE mate.
at Drivers Opinions.
A short time ago a few questlo
along the line of the one at the .
ginning Of this story were sent 10
To few Of the prominent trainers u.
. drivers. Some of the answers recei
ed were in the negative, several OF |
:; trainers stating very emphat1cally III
there was no horse III sight at II
cen time that had a chance to lower u
to Patch's records. Among the III
ere holding this opinion are John DICK
,op son. James Hogan, Mike boWerm
and George Castle. Tom Murphy Sd
ar the questions We're too difficult tor
81 to hazard any guess. Nearly an
ten them state that Minor Heir Is the Ia
mes est horse now training and admit II
10 he. if any horse, has TINS cDahce'
ns1 There are a number OF traln'
oke whose Judgment is veLy highly C
siJered throughout the horse WoT
who believe there is one horse now
training that has a chance to lower u
patch ; record. Without eEcepti'
res +bav nick Minor Heir as this one nor
ere Hairy Hersey, who has trained a
hun driven Dan for the last seven yea
-. fa,,, conlDIa+plv won bv the d