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fmsm -IL. ^ ■ G^bp^: IS NAMED . 1^ t '■ ;■ z' TEAR; WON GRAND NATIONAL % ' Br I tfflkr» Hm F«v Ym T«c^ WioBfaifs Of $1174m By Bmi HMth Aaong tke liaiidr«4s ot top-notch •tonplodiMfln which nritrod htr* this WMk to iHWln wintor training at th# Mg SprSngdaio training plant waa Kfnt MlUor'a Elkiidgo, roeanUy namad Btaaplaehaaa horaa of tha yaar on tha itrangth ot hia Imprea- aira Tictory in the corated Grand National which booeted him into tha charmed circle of $100,000 wln- nera. In addition to tha Grand Na tional, tha amooth-performtng aon of Mata alao ;aoo tha North Amerf- oan at Baratoga Springe, and waa in the rntmey ffre timea in aeren, tripa to Uie poat With theaa Tic. toriaa tha little fellow rah hia total aaralnga for the ybar to $S1,$S6, and hia grand total for fear yean to niT,«M. In breaking into the $100,000 catagory, Mlller’a pride and Joy be came the fourth member of one of Amariea’a moat excIoaiTe home etgba. Other 'chaaera which bare eoitiad more than $100,000, were Jolly Roger, Arc Light and the ill- fated Rough Dragon, which had to be daatroyed after a bad fall at Saratoga thta aammer. Jolly Roger attU topa the list with $14$,210, bat Mfller la confident that hia poltahed performer ia atili a atake winner and it ia poaaiMa that another year on the crcnit may pat him ia the hooka aa the greateat of them all. There la a lot color la the atory of thia champion. A aon of Mata who waa the winner of $S01,- 110 on the flat for Albert Boetwlck, he waa oae of fee fhw oolta aired by fela famooa horae who made good. Bred in Maryland by Joaeph F. Flanagan and purchaaed aa a yearling by fee late Thomaa Hitch cock. Ilkridfe la out of the dam Beat by Teat, an imported horee fealed la IfSl by Blaek Toney— Bettor Judgement And like no nmay great horaee which hare broeght tame and fortune to their ownera in thia country, he la the product of a mare impeded to the TJnItod Btatoe by the late John ■anferd, one of the greateat aporto- amn of aQ ttmm. Aofulred from Sanford by the late Bdwgrd R. Bradley aa a brood nutrCb aha fcwled BlkrMge in IIM. From fee Bradley farm, Blkrldge went to the Hitchcock bam aa the reeult af a prirate aale la lltl. Although the terma of thia lale are not on the records, it la estimated thiA fee purebaae price for thia fu ture champion waa probably around $l,00d, oa it waa apparently agalnat the Hneheoek priaelplae to pay much more tluiih that for a colt Ac cording to fee pld timera, the elder Httabeock waa a ohrewd trader, and the Hat ot Vinners which he boaght at low prices, dereloped into fine steeplechasers and later sold at fancy prices reads like a Who’s Who Ot the horse world. Miller and his famous horse be gan their Jumping careers almost tdmultaneouil^. During a winter ▼isit to Aiken in 1940, he met and became a good friend of Thomas Hitchcock. His respect and admira tion for the old gentleman was each that he decided to go into this buslnesi of racing steeple chasers, and furthermore, he made i^p his mind to begin with a Hitch- cock-trianeOorse. When Hitchcock passed away in 1141, his estate offered his horses for sale at Pimlico. Miller had seen a horse named Biidlespur training at Aiken the prerlona win ter, and decided to run orsr and bid on him. When be arrlred, how* erer, he learned that Brldleapur had suffered a bad fall recently and was far from the same horae he had seen working ont in Aiken. A carefal check of the other horses disclosed Elkiidge, and Miller's lore for the little fellow began at sight, and from the way Bferldge has performed for owner Miller during the past four years, many say that feeling must hare been mutual.. At any rate, he outbid the Brookmeade Stables, as well as an agent of John Hay Whitney, and acquired his ttrot Jumper for $T.OOO. The ’Ridge’s record since that date indicates he was well worth the purchase price: IMl—Age t—Won one allowance race, $1,000. 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