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Show Old Racehorse Still Spry, Sleepy Tom, thirty-eight ears old, and believed to be tho oldest race-horso race-horso In' America, Is still full of tho lire of colt-hood and Is capable of limbering lim-bering up his erenking Joints for a speedy furlong or two. .Torn Is tho property of Peter Hceles, of Puyallup, and made his debut on tho turf ns early ns 1872. Tom Is a pacer, and Mr. Heeles declares the old fellow can work out n mllo r.t a three-minute clip without any apparent effort. An effort will be made some tlmo during the present racing season to have Sleepy Tom nt the Meadows to show the youngsters what kind of stuff tho talent at one time backed. Scattlo rosl-Intelligenccr. |