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Dan Patch Flask Bottle One side has the image of a horse with the words" DAN PATCH" underneath. The other side has the image of 3 crossed sheafs of wheat, a rake & scythe Green 9 1/4" height - Blown in mold with plain lip. Broad sloping collar - calabash pint - smooth irregular indentation on bottom. Heavy vertically ribbed edges (5), Good condition - no cracks, chips Origin unknown! At first glance this appears to be one of the many Wheaton historical reproductions, not upon closer inspection, Wheaton bottles were machine made by the thousands - they are plentiful, especially in South Jersey. All are marked "Wheaton or Nuline" with an obvious crisp fake pontil . This Dan Patch Flask is rarer, it is not marked and is blown rather than machine made Check out my other items ! & . Due to demands of time & space I will be selling off much of my collection of South Jersey Glass in the next few months. Whatever remains unsold will be put in storage and I will be closing my Ebay Store. Story Of Dan Patch Dan Patch was bred in Indiana by a country storekeeper named Dan Messner, Jr. The big, light bay colt was foaled in 1897. His sire was the noted Joe Patchen and his dam was a $225 mare. Dan Patch first raced on August 30, 1900, when he lost only one heat. In 1901, he was on the Grand Circuit and caught the eye of a sportsman from Buffalo, New York, named M. E. Sturgis, who bought him for $20,000. Driven by Myron McHenry, a famous driver of the day, Dan Patch created a brilliant record losing only two heats in 56 starts by July 1902. Again Dan Patch was sold, this time to M.W. Savage of Minneapolis for $60,000. Savage owned a large stock food company, and he restricted Dan Patch's schedule to public exhibitions in which the big pacer would pit his speed against the clock. In 1903 at Memphis, he paced a 1:56 1/4 mile to sulky and on the same day did 1:57 1/4 to wagon. In 1904, Dan Patch did a 1:56 mile, again at Memphis. At the Red Mile in Lexington, he went an incredible 1:55 1/4 mile. Dan Patch became a national celebrity. T was Dan Patch smoking and chewing tobacco, a Dan Patch washing machine, even a dance named the Dan Patch Two Step. He earned his owner $17,000 a year in stud fees, and as much as $21,500 for a single exhibition. In all, Savage's horse made him perhaps $3,000,000 richer. Dan Patch had his own private railway car to travel in, and at home he lived in a huge barn that was so grand it was called the "Taj Mahal." Savage, indeed, cherished his champion pacer. Dan Patch died on July 11, 1916, and the next day he was followed by his owner.
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