The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-11

ora IOT nalInlI6 tracks WHICH idISi
was displaced by William, another In
diana PAGER, in recent years a great
rival of her brother Single G. Halt
sisters of Single G have also shown
themselves fine animals, the number
including Ruth D., 2:o6H, and Effie
Powers, 2:0SA, Familiarity known to
all harness horse fans in the middle
west as "Old Aunt Effie"
Horsemen interested in pedigrees
and blood lines used to turn up their
noses at Single G, for they say his
breeding is only SO per cent orthodox
His sire, Anderson Wilkes, by On
ward, son of George Wilkes, rates
/ high, but his dam, Little Gyp, might
not pass muster in the register of the
I aristocracy. Mr. Barefoot's homely
old mare was a daughter of roam
/ pacing stallion called Shoofly Gyp.
which traced back to an old-fashioned
i Indiana PAGER named Tom Crowder,
4 famous in the days of old Blue Bull
and other Hoosier plowhorses that
sported down the pixies on Sundays
History is not overloaded with facts
about Tom CroWder, but it is of rec
ord that many fast PAGERS from In
diana trace back to him.
i Single G is Stallion.
i Single G is a stallion, but he has
|, never been placed in service Mr.
Barefoot is inclined to believe that he
would be very useful in the stud, be-
cause his extreme speed, good
; physique, and splendid disposition
should breed on"
!, 81 would rather he'd stay on the
J track as long as he can, and continue
J to improve. He has already passed
} the point where most horses are re-
j tired. Nowadays they are taken off
J the track after two or three hard rae
J ing years, but Single G is going TO
) keep on racing until he goes back
D Then III think of retiring him. IF
: racing is intended to improve the
. breed of horses, the thing to do is TO
2 ma Ike the horse as good as can be be-
/ fore he is withdrawn from the track"
q The horse is medium-sized, clean
3 legged bay with black name and tail,
/ and three black stockings. There is
o no hint of the roam color he might
{ have inherited from his dam At the
q start of spring training for the free
f for-alls on the grand circuit Single 6
a weighed $50 pounds. He is driven
this year by Ed Allen, who, as the
horsemen say, has the key to the ami
Il NAL Single G has raced for many
il great reinsmen, including Ed. Pop"
i Geers, the late Curt Gosnell, and 9TH
: ers, but Allen has handled him in the
s fastest races His best single feat
u for Allen was the victory over Sanardo
/. at Atlanta last year, but Allen likes
! Ill
= Take Hats Off.
g 1--WE won with him at; Springfield,
e H., on a Friday of last year. in 2:001s
t and 2:O1A. over mile track" Allen
says. Then we shipped to Des
{ Moines, and won on Monday in 2:06
!. 2:O3A and 2:o1, over a half-mile
! track. The 2:01 is a worlds record
n for a half-mile track. Then the next
!. Wednesday. week, we were back in
d Indianapolis for a match race with
l. William, and we won with the best
II time around, 2:01. | think no other
S PAGER or trotter ever went miles like
G those in less than two weeks
III The horsemen, watching for news
e of his performances in his ninth sea
son of racing, say that Single G is the
s most noteworthy for the long time
+ over which he has carried his speed
q, and sound physique To the layman,
i however probably the most interest
., ing fact in connection with his career
II is his humble origin. Mr.. Barefoot
l. does not maintain a racing establish
20 ment, and makes no ,pretense-of being
Of a great horseman or breeder of
70 horses. He owns the worlds greatest
Is harness horse simply because he hap
Id pened to own and be fond of an old
h pacing mare that he bought on a coun.
try road. Yet the owners of and train.
ers for the finest racing establish
or ments in America take off their hats
Of TO him and his bay horse with the
s. white G on his forehead.