Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-26
STAR PAGERS WILL
BEGIN TOUR TODAY
A Savage Combination of Crack
Harness Horses to Appear
at Dakota Fair
EXTENSIVE TRIP is PLANNED
Minneapolis Owner Intends Try
ing Novel StuptS All Over
the Country

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, July 25.--M.
w. Savage's combination of all star
racing and exhibition PAGERS will make
their first public appearance tomor-
row on the North Dakota state fair
track at Fargo
This will be the beginning OF the
most extensive tour ever attempted by
any stable of race horses in the United
States. The itinerary includes more
than a score of race meetings and state
fairs in the northwest, middle west,
east, far west and the sunny south.
1t is roughly estimated that the COM
bination will travel by rail in the
neighborhood of twenty thousand miles
and will give exhibitions of speed from
Pennsylvania to California and from
North Dakota to Louisiana. 1t is very
probable the season will be closed in
the West Indies with exhibitions at
Havana, Cuba.
Mr.. Savage started out to corner the
worlds fastest PAGERS. His success has
been attested by the enthusiasm
aroused among fair managers all over
the United States over the entertain
ment features he has to offer. The
dred requests for dates from fairs, race
meetings, large and small, in every
part of the United States. AS II would
be undesirable as well as impossible to
appear at all of these places, Mr.. Saw
age has been and still is choosing the
best dates in reference to time and
short jumps. He already has closed
contracts with a dozen associations
and there are a large number more
that will be closed within a short time.
The five stars of the Savage stable
are Dan Patch, 1855 champion harness
horse of the world; Minor Heir, 1:59h.
holder of several worlds records and
conceded to have the best opportunity
of lowering some of the seven records
now held by Dan Patch; Hedgewood
Boy, 2:02A, and Lady Maud c., '2:02h,
the worlds champion pole team and
individual race performers with two
minute possibilities; George Gano,
2:03 ga, champion money winner of
1909, and as great a race horse is ever
looked through bride.
In addition, the personnel of this
equine troupe will include the famous
running pacemakers, Cobweb and
Gabriel. and two or three of the most
promising of Dan Patch's colts that
will take part in races at the various
fairs. These famous PAGERS will travel
in a specially fitted up palace car by
express on the fastest trains all over
the United States They will have
every elegant appointment, every care
and comfort that brains can suggest or
money procure.
The entertainment that will be Of
fered by the combination includes a
race for the race championship of the
world between Minor Heir, George
Gano, Hedgewood Boy and Lady Maud
c., exhibitions by Minor Heir and the
other horses single in efforts to lower
the worlds unpaced record, and a
modernized chariot race between Lady
Maud c. and Hedgewood Boy and
George Gano and Minor Heir.
Fair managers generally are most
enthusiastic about the four horse race
since each one expects to give his
track a new record and the public
a contest that will furnish unusual
excitement Mr.. Savage is letting the
fair managers name the drivers in this
race, subject to his approval, and there
will probably be a purse hung up for
the driver that wins, and the horse
and driver that carries off the money
on any good track will have to nego-
tiate the mile very close to two min
utes.