The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-12-12
Also Yarns About Those
Who Own Fast Mays
TALES OF RAGE TRACK
Walter Cox Reputed to Be the
Richest Man Who Sits
In Sulky
W.. H. SMoLLiNGER.
SECRETARY OF THE AMERICAN
TROTTING ASSnCI .rION

TROTTING ASSOCLaTIONl
The news that Walter Cox. fam
iliarly known as Long Shot" had
been engaged to train for Laurel Hall
FARM. Indianapolis, Ind, which is
among the latest pieces of news in
the trotting horse world, has aroused
more interest and comment than
anything similar that has happened
during many moons.
IL was whispered about during the
trots at Lexington, Ky, last month.
that Manager Greeley Winnings, OF
Laurel Hall, had made oyerturcs TO
Cox, but when this was mentioned on
the quiet TO friends of The lank, and
lively witted New England jehu, they
simply laughed al the idea
why" said they, there isn't an
owner in the world with enough
money to tempt Walter to leave his
home base of Granite State Park,
Dover, n. H. He is ideally situated
there, he has first pick of all the best
trotters and PAGERS owned, in New
England and on his staff are literally
scores of men of wealth, all willing
and anxious to have him buy and
campaign horses for them on his owr
terms and no questions asked" He
is his own boss and always has been
and it is late in the day for him 10
begin being anything else.
Cox Is Richest Man.
But that is not ALL" he said
walter Cox is the richest man that
sits in sulky today. He comes from
a family of position in New England
he has brothers and relatives thar
are high ups down that way. He
doesn't have to train horses for a
living. He does it just because it is
life to hinl-he'd rather do that
than anything else in the world
When you stop TO think all these
things over. you will see that there
isn't chance for him to go to In
diana" .-..t
So the wise men with the inside
dope handed it out to their ques-
tioning friends. But Cox has also the
reputation of being keen after the
coin not, only. out very capable o:
holding his tongue and counselias
with himself alone in emergencies.
He let his friends and followers
scout the idea of his taking on the
Laurel Hall proposition 10 the top OF
their bent. Then. a little bit later
ON. he took train and j0arneyed
out to indianapolis, ostensibiy to look
over some yearlings that Laurel Hall
was soon to sell at auction. And a
day or so afterward Che word went
out that he had signed up to train
g.. H. b;o oct, hliohnouf that il
owned by Stoughton A. Fletcher. who
is the leading banker and financier
of the Hoosier metropolis.
Fletcher Docs Things.
Fletcher is a man who does things
in a big way and being muitimilli-
onaire. when he found that Cox vas
really omen to suggestion from his
end OF the combination, he must have
simply put up n set of figures to him
that made the New Englander ac-
cent. in spite of everything else.
Curious people are debating about
lust what salary Cox viii get 1t
Laurel Hall. After thinking it over.
they incline to believe that it is
probably from $4,000 to $4,000 pei
Year.
me DIG 1edSOl WHY fioIShSt wan.
ed Cox, practically at any price, IS
because he is the owner OF Pete2
the Great, the king of trotting 5ires,
and wants to race only the get OF
that horse. With this family Cox has
had extraordinary success. AmorS
others he has can'paigned Mabel
Trask (2:01A,) McGregor the Great
(2:O3A.) Margaret Druien (2:e3,)
Bussy's Lassie (2:04h) and Peter
Scott (2:O5.) all by Peter and all
marvellous performers-beside lot
more. Fletcher wants TO have his
Peters get the. benefit of the Coxs
handling. ii the natural belief thar
with. ii they will win epopgh. to more
than make his engagement a proht-
able one, no matter how big his sal
ary