Old Bellsnicker Passes Away., Daily Racing Form, 1917-01-19

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OLD 2ELLSNICKER PASSES AWAY. r.ellsnicker. the fourteen-year-old gelding by Mirthful — Fright, died op a ranch near Fallon. Nfv.. lecently. Harry W illhnuser and Mrs. Mcintyrc tinned the horse over to Y. E. Bowles at the Nevada tow a last summer, r.ellsnicker was being used a saddler by the Howies children. The horse. always a gentle beast, was bJm an intelligent thoroughbred. When hungry he would unlatch the ;. in nary door and eat his fill from the stores thereto. lie made on. too many trips to the store it grain on the Howies ranch. The last time he visited the wheat bins lie ate too much, dying in a lew hours from overfeeding. Hellsnic ker started his racing career in IMS as a two year-old. and his first season on the turf was the most siieeessful from a monetary standpoint. Hartal the three following years Hellsnicker was • -d bat little, only making ten starts during that period. Howiver. in 1909 the sou of Mirth fill began his strenuous campaign of racing that ■ ill id i ad until last year. Hellsnicker altogether started in 191 races, of which number he won twenty-six. His best season, as far as races won are con erned. was in 1911. when he won eight out of thirty eight starts. The following is the record of this old gelding, covering the eleven years of his participation on the various tracks in the . i inabjj : Bellsnicker, b. g, 1903, by Mirthful— Fright. Year. Age. Sts. 1st. 2d. 3d. in i. Won. IBM 1 19 2 « 4 7 $ 4. Kin UM 3 3 0 1 1 1 228 1917 4 6 1 3 2 0 1, H0 19iis r, 1 1 ii o I :ej.-, UN ii 16 B 0 3 h 1.010 1910 7 24 1 2 2 19 301 1911 S 3S X 4 9 17 1JM 1912 9 36 3 3 11 19 Mg 1913 10 18 3 2 1 12 tm 1914 11 18 2 3 2 11 Ot 191". 12 Did not race. IBM 13 11 0 1 1 9 Totals 11 MO 20" 20 30 103 1,933


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