Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27

to damage his sulky and put him out
wheel salky that they used in those
days end 1t was a very easy matter
to break 1t up. In the third heat one
of the, drivers drove into Star Ham
hletoIfan's sulky and broke five
spokes, letting the vehicle down.
This 1t would seem would be enough
TO Put any horse out OF the race, and
would have done 30 for the presence
Of mind Of Phil Crockett, his driver,
who succeeded In grabbing the back
bard of the harness and springing on
his back, dragging the sulky along be-
lind on one wheel and winning that
heat of the race by a nose.
TOOK ALL PRIZES.
The same year. at a horse show in
Chicago, Star Hambletonian won a
blue ribbon over 16 Of the most IA
nous trotting horses in the United
States. The same day he won a blue
ribbon in the roadster class and after
that show Star entered the ring
against the hackney horses where Mr..
Crockett was told by the judges that
he had the best individual animal and
if he would dock its tail they would
give him a blue ribbon in the hackney
class, too.
Star Hambletonian was raced for
over Is years. During the racing sea
he mt t.
a week. He not only started in his
own class but if conditions were fav-
orable, in the freeforall trotting
class also and during these races new
er at any time was out OF the money.
His last race was at Aledo where he
failed to make his showing because of
a couple Of accidents.
He was a spirited horse but had a
kind and gentle disposition. Oft
times when Mr.. Crockett was getting
him ready for his fall races and was
busy at his farm work Mrs. Crockett
would hitch the horse, take him out to
the track on the farm and give him
his daily workout
In 1899 Star Hambietonian's groom
forgot to securely fasten the door and
sometime during the night the horse
got out of his stall and was kicked by
one of the other horses, breaking his
front leg. Mr.. Crockett, telling of
the accident said: when / went to
the barn that morning the poor old
fellow was Just as spirited as ever
and hobbled around on three legs to
Eleet me. ! saw that we could not save
him so called DR.. NJ. A Hollingsworth,
who ended the career of this remark.
able horse He is buried in the same
o. chard in which he was foaled and
four stately evergreen trees mark his
last resting place"
SOME GOOD PRICES.
Lizzie Crockett, half sister of Lula,
was sold to S. w. Wheelock of Mo
line for $4,000; Scintella, dam Kate
Crockett, was sold to a man from st.
Louis for $4,000. Kate Crockett when
an aged mare was sold to Joseph Har-
ker Of New York, for $4,000 on the
conditions that she prove with foal.
A short time after Mr.. Harker
bought her she foaled twin colts, both
OF which lived.
AT one time Mr.. Crockett advertised
four of the greatest horses in the
United States, namely Richmont, sire
Almont, 80, dam Minnie b. Simon
Kenton; Rockmont, by Richmont,
dam Maud West Wind; Hambletonian
c. by Star Hambletonian, and Golden
Crown. These horses were advertised
as Crockett's big four.
/ w. D. Crockett father of W. T.,
4 Crockett, owned by Judge Hays, sta
/ BILE mate Of Star Hambletonian. He
was considered by some but not by
Mr.. Crockett, to be a greater horse
/ than Star
Although Mr.. Crockett has lost his
interest in breeding great horses to
race he still keeps good animals
and it would do any horse Low.
er good to look over the herd in Mr.
Crockett's pasture, and have him tell
/ you Of their breeding and hear him
say, That little bay mare going there
has never had a days work but as
sure as am a horseman she can pace
! better than rs in two weeks training. .