The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-16

There is an Indian legend that the
spirit o. brave chief is permitted
to return to the scene Of his triumphs,
In time OF peril or rejoicing, and min
gle with the young warriors inspiring
them with his daring or eloquence
when recitng their deeds on the war
path. This is the red mans tribute
to the memory of those who are gone
or as L0ngfellow phrases It in the
Psalm OF Life
Lives OF great men all remind Us
We can make our lives sublime.
/ Ana, departing, leave behind us
Footprints in the sands of time"
BY applying the Indian version to
horses the wrath OF Princess must
-haKe lowered many times over Ameri-
can tracks whom the descendants Of
Happy Medium we're reducing worlds
records or winning stubbornly con
tested races.
Princess vas foaled in 1915. on a
farm tn Vermont, and was inbred to
imported Messenger through Andrus'
Hanbletonian and Burdick's Engineer,
/ As she was mixed gated. her owner
did not value her very highly. and
traded her for "a second hand wagon.
Drifting about from town 10 town un-
der the name Of Topsy, she in time
+ beca me the property of y. NJ. Gage,
/ OF Chicago She was also started in a
few races, bat falling to make good
was sold and taken across the plains
ito California.
In her new home. the Vermont mare
was called Princess. and started for
{ g. $4,000 purse at san Francisco
against New York Princess won in
ESQ, which was fast on the Pacific
coast In 1853 Tier success also at
! tracted the attention Of the driver,
james Eoff, who passed into history
as Dismal Jimmy" and It Ia almost
~ crime that Bret Hart never met him,
/ Oakhurst kentuck and the Heather
/ Chinee were cheruhs when compared
with Eofr While hts methods were
elusive no one ever questioned his
skill as trainer. II was also soon
demonstrated with Princess. as on
January 3 1889 he won with her at
two miles over I'm Barton in 5.17
and followed that success with a
match at ten niies 10 wagon for $35,-
! soc with Glencoe Chief They met
Ion March 2 and Princess won in
t29.10& Also when the Glencoe Chief
people were not satisfied with the re-
suit ne made another match to har-
ness for $1,000 at ten miles to be
raced the following day. Princess won
again at 29;16 IL.
I In these two races Princess made
THE greatest exhibition OF endurance
/ ever shown by trotter TO harness
and she also lived up To her reputa-
ton when EoT appeared with her on
the Long Island race coures. Her first
start In the vicinity OF New York was
against Flora Temple on June rs Al
three miles to wagon. Flora wen lr
1884 IS9 Is The following weeL
they were out again at two miles &c
! harness and Princess won in 500
is:05. This race was followed bS
eleven specials, all OF which were wor
by Flora Temple, although in q few
OF them il looked as though Eof
did not try very hard. while the money
was divided Afty-hfty. Towards the
end OF the season the long campaign
Including a trip across the continent
told on Princess. She became stale
while her feet also bothered her.
The star event or the season wa,
staged at Kalamazoo, October Is, 1859
during the horse fair II is also th'
first day at Kalamazoo and a mem
orable one in the history of the turf
Early In the week Magma Charta wor
and made 4 worlds record of 23;
for our-year-olds, That. however