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THE HORSE, ASS, AND MULE 



In 1905, at a sale at Madison Square Garden, Mr. M. W. Savage 

 of Minneapolis purchased Arion for ^2500. The trotting stallion 

 Axtell (2:12), by William L., was purchased by a company at 

 Terre Haute, Indiana, for $105,000. Dan Patch (1:55-4). ^^^ 

 great pacing horse, was purchased for $60,000 by Mr. M. W. 

 Savage, who later, it is reported, refused $180,000 for him. In 

 19 1 6 Peter the Great, at twenty-one years of age, was sold by 

 W. E. D. Stokes of New York to S. J. Fletcher of Indiana for 

 $50,000, the highest price ever paid for so old a horse. Among 



f IG. 18. The grandstand and race track at Lexington, Kentucky, one of the fastest 

 and best American tracks. From photograph by the author 



Other notable prices paid for standard-bred horses are the follow- 

 ing : Nancy Hanks, $45,000; Sunol, $41,000; Maud S., $40,000; 

 Mascot, $26,000. 



The drivers of race horses occupy very prominent positions in 

 the sporting world. If successful they receive much attention and 

 may win large sums of money during the season. Such men 

 should have exemplary habits, which unfortunately many of them 

 do not have, and should possess keen knowledge of the tempera- 

 ment and capacity of the horse. Among the early famous American 

 drivers were Hiram Woodruff, Budd Doble, John Splan, and 

 Charles Marvin, men who drove the greatest horses on the track 



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