Show Followers of Horse World Are Mourning Death of Dan Patch s t Famous Pacer Worlds World's Champion for Many Years Who Died Last Week Was Known as Most Popular Horse i Old horsemen are mourning the death of Dan Patch The Tite short dispatch from front Minneapolis last laet Tuesday which told of ot the death of the worlds world's champion pacer meant little littleto to the casual reader of the sporting col col- col- col But the veteran follower of the horse harness-horse game feels that the great great- est eat link between the present and the old days when the sport aport o of kings flourished flour flour- U i. i is gone with the e ea passing a of Dan Dams Patch His ISis twenty years of life crowded with frith notable achievements this thin noble animal which had never met his master on the turf and which held more pacing records than an any other will be remembered al alwayn always always al- al ways wayn as one of ot the greatest figures In harness racing A remarkable coincidence of ot his Isis death is that his master M. M W. W Savage himself a prominent figure In the horse world succumbed to a II brief illness the da clay following his famous champions champion's death The accounts do not say so but it is not improbable that the loss of his bin p pot pt t and friend of many years hastened the end of the veteran horseman Bred by a Grocer Dan Dap Patch was a handsome substantially built dark gray horse He lie was oL bred by a lowly country grocer Dan Messner of Oxford Ind md foaled In 1896 and got by bythe bythe bythe the great iron-hearted iron pacer Joe oe Patchen out of Zelica by by Young I Jim by Geor George e second dam Abdullah Ab Ab- Ab- Ab dullah h B lIe by Pacing Abdallah As Joe Toe Patchen Is in by Patchen Wilkes son of George Wilkes Dan P Patch carried a dou- dou bIt ble Infusion of the famous Wilkes blood The famous animal showed great promIse promise promise prom prom- ise early in his career and hung some fast tast marks while a R. green colt But it tt was not until several years yeara later later August August 29 29 1002 1 1 he record hooks books give It It that that Pan Dan Patch leaped Into fame Under the guidance guidance guid guid- ance anee of the master M. M H. H McHenry McHenry Mc- Mc Hem Hem- Henry he paced pared to a record of 1 9 at Providence nce R. R I. I 1903 was his busiest season during which he pa paced ed many exhibition exhibition ex ex- miles dropping below 2 minutes on five occasions In 1906 Dan Patch made his supreme effort setting the mark marie which now stands as the fastest ever paced flat fiat over the St. St pam Par pa Paul track W M. M W. W Savage t the Minneapolis n sportsman sports m man wanted I t the e famous animal M worth and the deal was transacted and I Pa Dan Patch removed to the Savage farm farmin in Minnesota Savage and his horse were vere I friends and companions The horseman showed his Isis love for his pet f a railroad after him the Dan Data Patch railway railway rail rail- way running out of Minneapolis After Ia a season of ot competition Savage withdrew the animal from the tracks several years ears ago and has since been used for breeding purposes It H Is estimated that over animals have havo been sired by him Was Popular Horse Dan Patch has luau been called the country's most popular pacer The animal ani- ani ant ani mal mat filled every race course cours in which he be 5 performed When Whenever er ver he was billed to compete It H was a regular Dan ratch Patch day The fact that he never lost a a. race arid and d that h he was wa only omy beaten In one heat in ii his life explains his his' great popularity Da Dan pat patch's hs h's 8 record of for tor the mile me will wm Twit probably ab stand for a lon long time s Some ne think It will never be bell beaten ten If some greater pacer does doea leaP Into fame and wrest the honor from the present cham pion i m Boone of fw tew may ay forget the accomplishments the wonder horse which died ded last week eek but there are c man many of oC the H f old m veteran vetera followers of the game who will always alway believe that the worlds world's gran greatest pacer was Dan Fa Patch I |