Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 201, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1913 — Another Fast Horse With A Benton County Owner. [ARTICLE]

Another Fast Horse With A Benton County Owner.

Fowler Republican-Leader. Benton county may again present to the sport kings another speed marvel in horseflesh in the form of a beautiful bay colt which Saturday paced the fastest mile that a three-year-old has ever covered a regulation mile dirt track. The horse referred £to goes under the good old-fashioned nomenclature of “William,” and the proud owner of this equine •phenom is Earl Vannatta, of Otterbein.i On the last day of the Great Western meet at Peoria, 111., this animal took first in the thred-year-old pacing race with a purse of S7OO. He was driven by W. W. Marvin, of this city, the well known horseman, and it was largely due to this pilots excellent handling that the youngster eame’under the wire in the un-_ precedented time of 2:05y 3 , which is within one-quarter second of the word’s record made by Miss De Forrest two years ago, and in the final circuit the colt did even better and now is heralded as one of the most promising “finds” in racing animals which the talent has experienced for years. It will be recalled that Benton county had the honor of furnishing to the world of harness horses the king of them all, Dan Patch, who Is without a doubt the fastest paeer that ever gazed between blinkers. This Oxford protege was sold,a few years ago for the unheard of sum of SIOO,OOO, and his race record has never been approached. “William” made his maiden bow to a racing course only a few weeks ago at Terre Haute, when he captured the three-year-old pace in straight heats, his best time being 2:11%. And so it is most probable that the same vicinity may produce the animal which will wrest from the former Bentonian, the honors he* has won and held so well*