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Show HARRY STOVER WAS ONE OF THE CRFAT HORSEMEN Harry Stover, who died In Salt Lake Thursday, was ono of tho character char-acter studies of the turf. He often said the two things in llfo ho liked best were his horses and his friends. Mr. Stover was born and rearered In Kansas, but some nineteen years ago went to Eureka, Cal. There he drifted drift-ed Into stock raising and soon became possessed of a very fast quarter horse. He won fifty-four match races with his horse about the county fairs and then organized a large stable for a campaign upon the eastern and California Cali-fornia courses. He understood a racehorse race-horse from the ground up and wa3 always a good money maker. He liked lik-ed all sorts of animals, and It was not a strange . thing to see two or three dogs, a couple of kittens, a goat and a horse following him about his stables. He was a chicken pltter of renown and m'an y is the battle his chickens have won. from Louisiana to California. On Wednesday Native Son won a race at the fair grounds under the colors of Stover's Kenllworth Farm stable, and he made his last bet on the winner. He had a nice stable, which includes Sevenfull and other fair performers. Mr. Stover was the principal promoter of the recent meeting meet-ing at Ogden. and at the time of his death he held the controlling Interest In the meeting at Butte, Mont., scheduled sched-uled to open late this month. He was a man of undying hope right to the end. He named his farm at Petaluma after Kenllworth, the best horse ho ever owned, and to whom he was much attached, and at one time he refused $30,000 for tho animal. Mr. Stover was unique In appearance, appear-ance, always wearing a slouch hat and high-water trousers, upon both state and ordinary occasions. He was known on every racing course In America. Mr. Stover Is survived by his wife, but no children. He has a brother, John Stover, In Kansas City, and a sister, sis-ter, Mrs. L: Dart, in San Francisco. |