40 RACEALONG 



MADDEN EXIT 



A leader of the turf and a breeder of race horses 

 with a world wide reputation passed from the scenes 

 of his activities when John E. Madden died in New 

 York on November 2, 1929. The last time that I met 

 him was on October 19. At that time he was confined 

 to his room at the Hotel Pennsylvania with a cold 

 but expected to return to Kentucky the following 

 week. A heart attack followed by a relapse closed 

 his career. 



John E. Madden was born at Bethlehem, Pa., in 

 1856. He started to make his way in the world as a 

 foot runner and boxer. After a misstep at St. 

 Catherines, Ontario, where the men who Were behind 

 him gave a Sheffield handicap winner a yard in a 

 hundred dash. Madden went over to the horses. 

 Within fifty years he ran a shoe string into millions 

 and purchased a blue grass farm of over 2,000 acres. 



Madden appeared on the trotting turf in the early 

 eighties with Class Leader. He failed to make an 

 impression. Plodding along he soon made his presence 

 felt and in a short time controlled a stable of trotters. 

 When he located in Kentucky a few resented his 

 intrusion, but they were forced to recognize his 

 ability as a dealer. 



Early in life John E. Madden decided to never 

 sell a good horse to a poor man. That axiom brought 

 him thousands. The success of the horses sold by 

 him also put the mintmark of merit on his establish- 

 ment, while victory followed in his wake not only 



