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Evidently the strenuous campaign he had made during 

 the year 1913 had no appreciahle ill effect on the Canadian 

 for he was never better than in 1914, and in the course of the 

 season, racing in the free-for-all division all the time he won 

 eight races out of his total of ten starts and lowered his 

 record to 1:59^4 i^^ ^^^^ second heat of his race at Detroit, 

 making him the world's champion pacing gelding, an honor 

 which has not yet been wrested from him. It took a pacer 

 of the calibre of Directum I to defeat him, and Flower 

 Direct, then in her prime, turned the trick once. But the 

 pair only succeeded in administering two defeats. 



All through the year he retained his good form and added 

 to his reputation though his winnings did not begin to com- 

 pare with those of the previous year, the purses offered by 

 more important tracks for free-for-all pacers not amounting 

 to any great sum. Yet Frank Bogash, Jr., was returned the 

 winner of nearly $9,000, which l^rought his total for the 

 two Grand Circuit campaigns to more than $32,000. Few 

 pacers have ever done better and it was with deep regret 

 that the regulars on the Grand Circuit received the announce- 

 ment that one of their greatest favorites had handed in his 

 resignation and would go to the "minors." He made but 

 one start in select society in 1915 and that was at the Mon- 

 treal Grand Circuit meeting, where he won the free-for-all. 

 That indeed was his only race of the year and he next ap- 

 peared among the free-for-all pacers on the half-mile tracks. 



That Mr. Murphy is right in his estimate of Frank Bo- 

 gash, Jr., is evidenced by the fact that the gelding in the 

 four seasons he was raced before being sent back to the minor 

 tracks, he started in forty races, of which he won thirty-two, 

 was second in seven and third in the other. It will thus 

 be seen that Frank Bogash, Jr., as already stated, was out 

 for business during his entire career and was never keyed 

 up for any sort of assault on the records. His world record 

 is a race record. While there is never any great amount of 

 enthusiasm over the hobbled pacer, it can be said for this 

 gelding that he had a great following, admirers who never 

 looked at his hobbles, but did take keen delight in seeing him 

 lead the field home in a series of heats in which the time 



