BIRTH OF A CHAMPION';, ' ' *,":'%? 



IN the spring of 1894 there was foaled on the 

 Ketcham Farm, near Toledo, Ohio, an awkward 

 looking sorrel colt, which, during the past seven 

 years, has become one of the most famous horses the 

 world has ever known. Throughout the length and 

 breadth of the civilized world, the fame of this colt is 

 heralded. 



When the youngster came into the world, and stum- 

 bled awkwardly around the big box stall, in which he 

 first saw the light, in an effort to reach his dam, big 

 good-natured Tim Murnen, the superintendent of the 

 Ketcham Farm, looked at him with the critical eye of 

 the experienced horseman, and remarked to one of his 

 assistants, "Well, he is not very pretty, but he appears 

 to be a game little fellow and he may grow into a good 



