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DAN PATCH: a real horse

By Donald L. Siefker,

R.R. 13, Box 302, Muncie, Indiana 47302

The letter by Dave Kreitler of Libby, Montana in "Smoke Rings," GEM January-February, 1979, pg. 12, in which he inquires about a Dan Patch engine and asks if Dan Patch was a famous ficticious race horse prompted me to do this article.

Dan Patch, a real horse, and Dan Patch, a real engine, had one thing in common-M.W. Savage of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dan Patch was foaled in 1896 and became a world champion pacer with mile records in 1903-1905. In 1901 Dan Patch was purchased by M. E. Sturgis of Buffalo, New York for $20,000. In December, 1902 M. W. Savage of Minneapolis purchased Dan Patch for $60,000. M. W. Savage once refused a $180,000 offer for his great Dan Patch. In 1909 the undefeated Dan Patch was retired and was returned to Minnesota. Dan Patch and M. W. Savage both suffered heart conditions and o...

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