The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 13, 1948, Image 6
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lENT MILLER’S
CAMDEN TRAINED HORSE, IS
“Old Elkie” T«k*s
Mono
Jolly
^LECHASER FOR 1948
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TO many of thOM wBo gathorod
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tho 119.000 added lal
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kiaous son tn the Mg
brought out the beat
lor, lie became the oaly horse to
hare won Che classic three times,
and mors Important tn
NOTICE
Dr, E. J. Bogen
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If Practicing In .
DR. T. W. KNIGHT’S OFFICE
at isos Lyttleton Street. Camden
Office Honrs: 9 to IS — 1 to 6
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Battleship’s 1
ZemWaTnaiitee.
pmms which
In
knew it was being done in
each Instance Just to give the ag
ing warrior one more chance u>
dip the aQdhne steeplechase
money winning record held by
Jolly Roger. Perhape he wna, for
undoubtedly War Battle could
hare won la several cases, but to
a lew who knew and understand
this great eomhtnatkm of man and
horse K, ^o* hardly that.
When Bkrldge romped across
the finish line two lengths tn front
Of Tourist List and a field of fins
steeplechasers many years his Jun- njumplnafti head and had a
In tmrttoSi’s hall of
fame hy taking over the . ,
spot held by Jolly Roger for J»
many year*. After ate yean of
running against the finest
that are asked to go over .
during which ho annexed the
ical title of “Steepleehaaer of the
Year" two tUaea, once In 1*41, and
again In 1944, the aged eon of
Mate, more affectionately referred
to of late a e"01d BUS” earned
over $169,999 and hie right to the
title which hie ever teithful owner-
trainer had wanted for him asest of
gll «
< BkrMge has * always been a
proud winadr and this was no ex
ception.He emitted to the win
ner's circle tor -Mm presentation,
as ostial, looked bewildered
frightened. But when he got
beck to the barn he mowed the
old man that he really meant it.
He put Ms arms around that hand-
darned
tor eld times
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YOUR
SAVINGS
ARE WELCOME
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Small anTkf nisnsmiti have often been
bigUmbif of MbctaatUl fortunes.
• S’ 6 Current Dhridend.
Wateree Building &
Loan Association
First Notional Bank Building
Camden, S. C. Telephone 62
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good
His ereHhithful stable hoy,
George, Miller treats him more like
s partner, leaned on Ms pitchfork
and dabbed at htt eyes a little too.
Very shortly the telephone nag
down tn Oooi Springe plantation,
near Camden, wlpre Theodora Mil
ler and tour little Mtllera anxious
ly awaited the nhura of the Indian
River.
When Kent Miller ftnlehed his
report to them, they too, sat down,
had a good cry, and fitt good all
The real story of Kent Miller
and Bkrldge Is one about which
many may know the ending but
not the beginning. Miller and his
During a
Miller was
man of
almost simultaneously.
■f. After watch
at his work for
he decided to team
something aboat R himself. He
fairly well tn the more
e, self-taught Jump-
deep in the woods
bat tt wasn’t until
the summer of 1941’ when he ea-
won a brush race out In
riding a friend’s horStt
by the way—that he gave serious
thoughts to the business of train
ing bin own Jumpers.
, He toyed with the idea consist
ently tor several weeks after that
race and got as far 1 aa Heckling
that if ha did go into R, it would
be with a Hitchcock horse. Then
came the sad news of old Tommy’s
of his horses at Pim
lico in October. 'Kfflhr made up
his mind M s hurry sad on his
way east he decided to Md on s
horse nsgtod Brfdieepur, which he
had seen training the
winter. When he arrived 9$ Pim
lico he learned that Bridles pur had
the victim of a bad ton and
longer the horse he had
given /promise of being.
8a H" wee that fate brought Mil
ler and Bkrldge together and the
unbeatable team was tn thl mak
ing. Bkrldge bad made his first
Start as a -chaser orrtyitwo months
before -the auction an* In spite‘of
the fact that he had run all’over
the track In that race, Miller felt
that he had the makings of a
and the little bay eon of
Mate went to work for the Ken
tuckian. ’a*’'
To those who follow atee piechas
ing the rest of the story Is an open
book. His first two starts were hr
stiff competttioo, the Jarvis Spen
cer at Pimlico and the
ol in New York;
In both. Miller decided the young
ster was being brought along fbo
tost, so his next was an nBowance
race at Belmont. He came through
tor the pink and lavender In grant
Style in this one end MIBer has
been s proud owner from that day
to thin A quick succession of wins
In the big stakes brought him the
Racing Pom’s "Best Steeplechas
er" award In his first year of the
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death antfthe announcement of the Mg time and he has been a con
sietently
performer ever
When asked If he would continue
tq nm the old fellow, Miller ta
quick to reply that Bkrldge can
run as tang as fie tells him he
wants to, but ten to ode says this
great performer, who has, never
as much as gone to hb knees in
over six yean of Jumping, will be
gin to have n soft life from now on.
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fa Seventh Place
The, Providence team /6f the New
Eng|snd league *htch did its spring
training in Camden is now in
seventh place in the league stand
ing. It has won $1 and lost 66
Scott Track ~ -
Is Reworked For
1949 Training
’ $
The Marion, duPoat Scott mile
race' track, located in the
west part of thii city and
as one of the finest tracks in this
part of the country ta being re
worked sad given s general recon
ditioning.
The wort ta being done by
Gene Moseley Conetruction
pany of this city and will n
several weeks more before .’bet
completed.
Contractor Moseley has motor
graders, pneumatic rollers, over
head leaders and s large fleet of
trucks In operation at the track.
The surface of the track, aft*
being reworked, is te be covered Ji ’
with new soil
nonce TO DSBTORS
AND CREDITORS
5,^
All pertiee indebted to the es
tate of B. B. Bowen are hereby
notified to make payment to the
undersigned, and all parties, ff any
having Malms against the said es4
fate will present them likewise,
duly ettsated, within the
scribed by law. '
THEODORE
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