The sun., 1918-08-11
MABEL TRASK SOLD
LIKE Pig IN A POKE
Famous TrOtter "Thrown In"
When Walter Cox Bought
jeanette Speed.
NOW VALUED AT $25O,O0O

There she is," remarked Walter cox.
as ne stopped in front Of box .,ail in,
the canary coiored barn near the en-
trance to the Granite State Park at Do.
yer, N II. At the sound OF his voice
the occupant Of the stall walked toward
the half door. over which she stuck her
chestnut head with couple OF splashess
OF white In the face and whinnied softly
Tor sugar. As none was forthcoming
she took glance down the line At
fouis Todd, Frisco Worthy. Busy's
Lass and Lu Princeton. and turned
away. while the reinsman whose skill
mad made her name a household word
TOOK up the thread of the conversation
and said I'm my opinion and from what.
4 can learn. she is the greatest race mare
that ever wore a harness"
Later in the day in response to an In
quiry as to how he selected Mabel Trask
from the hundreds OF horses offered him
every year Cox said II owned her two
or three weeks before saw her and I
have always thought that some one
wished her on to me. because none Of the
western people that had seen her trained
and raced considered her worth bother
ing with. s-,...
Il never heard Of Mabel Trask until
one morning In April. 1915, when ! re-
ceived long night letter from Ed Allen
OF Marion. Iowa. He must have. been
saving up all winter to pay for that mes
sage, the substance OF which was that
there were two four-year -old Allies by
Peter the Great out In the corn country
that were for sale. lie piled the bouquets
on Jeanette Speed and wanted me to be.
lieve that she could win all the purses In
the Grand Circuk while her mate was
little side refining spitf,re with q
three-year-old record of 214H. made
over. mile track. Now, what do you
think OF that, with two year odds going
In 2:O4, while / had to take the two or
lose jeanette. For all OF this informa-
ton, with the two Allies thrown ia, Allen
only wanted $4,000. and In order to keep
him from sending any more messages /
sent him the money
James Hogan, Who had trained the
Miles and filled Allen. full to the lid, with
Jeanette Speed, was moving east 10
Rochester, n. Y, SO he md Allen packed
the two FLIES into a freight car. with
Hogan's household goods and kissed
them goodby. From Rochester to Do.
yer the pair put on few airs, and some
more expenses, by riding in an express
car.
When they arrived all of the big
events for the year had closed except at
Columbus and Lexington Like all of
my horses. / started Mabel Trask OF
with a loose checkrein and did not even
put the bit in her mouth l also SCOT
round that she was full of whims as .
schoolgirl. She would stop Whenever
she felt so disposed. and would only turn
one way on the track and sometimes she
would not even do that. She quit side
refining. which think was caused BY
being checked high; but 1t took soma
time TO have her go where and when I
wanted her. Frequently when was
jogging her on the sand roads outside
the park she would hear some one chop
ping In the bush or a squirrel rustling
In the leaves and stop for four or five
minutes. Then like flash she would
rush of at ten gait, One day de-
cided to try what stroke OF the whip
would do. | made the application. bu,
for the next five minutes | was so busy
lodging her heels and keeping her from
jumping the fence that never tried IL
again. Between times ! also found tina,
she had more speed for a brush than any
horse | ever sat behind but In order to
use II ! had TO get control and have her
respond when, ] touched the button.