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turf ; he was resolute of purpose to the very end, 

 and I often was moved to applaud his determined 

 finishes. He retired to the stud with a record of 

 2.oiJ, where both trotters and pacers are coming 

 from his loins. His greatest triumph is Dan 

 Patch, a brown horse foaled in 1896; bred by 

 D. A. Messner of Oxford, Indiana ; dam Zelica, 

 a mare of great quality, by Wilkesberry; second 

 dam Abdallah Belle by Pacing Abdallah. Dan 

 Patch has the pacing lines with some pacing 

 blood, and at Providence, Rhode Island, August 

 29, 1902, he paced to a record of 1.59^. During 

 the season of 1903, Dan Patch, driven by the 

 master reinsman, M. H. Me Henry, paced 13 ex- 

 hibition miles in 2.04 or better, and dropped below 

 two minutes at Brighton Beach, 1.59; Colum- 

 bus, 1.59^; Lexington, 1.59^; Memphis, 1.56^; 

 and Memphis, 1.57^. The 1.5 6 \ is the best har- 

 ness record with shield, and the 1.5 7 J is the best 

 wagon record with shield. 



Prince Alert, bay gelding, foaled in 1892, by 

 Crown Prince (son of "Artemas); dam Till, a bay 

 trotting mare of 15 hands, of untraced blood, 

 was bred by G. W. Fort of Knightstown, Indi- 

 ana, and October 31, 1902, he paced to a record 

 of two minutes at Memphis. He wears hopples, 



