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LAST RITES FOR MICKEY SHANNON Lexington Ky Novcmlxr 7 The funeral ser ¬ vices of Mickey Shannon who died yesterday wciv held here this afternoon and were largely attended liv horsemen and the local order of ICks ofjyhich hi was a life memlMr memlMrMickey Mickey Shannon was a native of Ireland ami was born in Limerick His mother died in his lutyhood and bis father came to this country en ¬ tering business at Chicago In 1851 he sent fr his three sons Mickey Tom and Jack and after their fathers second marriage the family lived at I itouia itouiaIt It was there in 1895 that Mickey became an ex orcis K y for John Huffman Ife had his first mount 011 John Cohen and his first win ¬ ning race was on First Deal His second employer wis Frank Itegau and later along he was with William Wallace WallaceAfter After he left the saddle Mickey became assist nil to trainer Henry McDaniel then training for Cenrge C Bennett and later he trained Dishabille and other horses for Bennett He spent atiout u year in Germany as an assistant in the stable of ilerr Weiiiberg Much of his time in recent ears had been leveled to activities in the offices of various niting associations associationsIli Ili had a genuine love for a horse and possessed the keen ready wit of the sympathetic Irishman be was Mickey was given to rhyme to such an extent that he became famous as The Celtic Bard of the American Turf
