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I was not going to be horsing around and miss this one! At the end of the auction, I decided to pony up, and put a sweet little Handy Andy in the back of my truck. The following Saturday, my good friend Dennis and I saddled up and hoofed it to Duluth. Howard was eagerly awaiting us — or should I say, the Handy Andy. We unloaded it and in no time, it was off and running! Howard used his skidsteer with forks to easily load the Dan Patch onto the trailer.

We were both very happy with our trade. You might be wondering why I wanted a Dan Patch so badly. I recently started blacksmithing, and my mom came to my shop and saw my anvil. She told me that my great-grandpa, Emmett, was a blacksmith, and the highlight of his career was when he shoed the racehorse Dan Patch when he came to our hometown in the early s. I had no idea about Dan Patch or horses … I only know horsepower!

So I looked up Dan Patch on the internet and discovered that he was the greatest racehorse in the world, and was undefeated when he was retired in Then I found out that there was a gas engine named Dan Patch, and I knew I had to have it to power the blacksmith shop. A comparison with surviving Northwestern engines shows them to be identical, down to the threaded water hopper plug. Now this is where the story gets unbelievable. Siri gave me the exact answer later that evening —.

Use tactile senses. And could you please refer to me as Alex instead of Alexo? Drop the o. It is a request. Nevertheless, strange rivers flow. Now that my writing career was over, I had a few minutes and began to nose around for new pastimes.

For some reason, this previously unknown sport tweaked my interest. I spent a few hours digging around, watching YouTube videos of harness races, and reading articles. For a history buff like me, the book turned out to be an excellent read. My curiosity whetted, I am looking into this sport. I am considering searching for an online introductory class for novice harness race participants. Remember the Tinder reference. Feel free to backchannel if you are single, female, between , within miles of Ogden and know anything about harness horse racing.

Ruth and me and Dan Patch. Mondale Collection. Skip to main content. About Copyright Contact. Topics African Americans. Business and Industry. Cities and Towns. Crime and Punishment. Health and Medicine. Native Americans. Religion and Belief. Science and Technology. Sports and Recreation. War and Conflict. Category Event.

Era Before European Contact: Pre Colonization: Revolution and a New Nation: Expansion and Reform: Civil War and Reconstruction: Development of an Industrial United States: Home Index Topics African Americans. Back to top Dan Patch. Kate Roberts. Cite Roberts, Kate. Facebook Twitter. Dan Patch driven by M. McHenry, his first trainer, in Dan Patch's younger days, c.

Twitter Facebook. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3. First published: July 25, Last modified: March 1, Bibliography Related Resources Bibliography. El-Hai, Jack. Paul Pioneer Press, September 9, Secondary Ackerman, Willis. Morosco, Beatrice. The Racing Life of Dan Patch: The Dan Patch Story. Related Audio. Your browser does not support the audio tag. Download File.