Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 110, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1904 — DAN PATCH NEARLY DEAD. [ARTICLE]

DAN PATCH NEARLY DEAD.

Topeka, Kane , Sept. 13.—Dan Patch, the famous bay pacing stallion, brought here to go against his reoord at the Kansas fair, is at the point of death tonight. He is suffering from strangulated hernia. The veterinary surgeons say the orisis will oome in the morning and that they have a chance to save the home’s life. M, W. Savage, owner of Dan Patch, arrived here from Minneapolis tonight.