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Marathon Runner Shot Put Meets Death in Stable Fire FireThe The twelveyearbid Shot Put gelded son of Chance Shot Muzzle TJ who perished in a fire at a LaGrsmge riding stable last week was one of the busiest horses in the marathon class going postward 138 times He won 25 races was second 14 times and third on 26 other occasions for total winnings of 118370 The honest old campaigner who used to do his run ¬ ning when other horses in the field were inclined to call it a day gained fame in route events at Washington Park and then went on to account for the inaugural running of the 50000 New York Handi ¬ cap at Belmont Park over the two miles and a quarter distance He carried the colors of Mrs Don McEachern whose hus ¬ band trained and developed the distance runner through most of his campaign campaignShot Shot Put and nine other horses of whom only Out of the Sea was a thoroughbred were burned to death in a fire that swept the barn of the Stanley Luke riding sta ¬ bles Shot Put had been a pensioner at the Luke place for the past three years yearsIn In addition to the New York Handicap Shot Put also won the Exterminator Bryan and OHara Kentucky Handicap twice Lincoln Handicap LaSalle Handicap Isaac Murphy Snapper Garrison and Lucien Lyne at Washington Park and the Haw ¬ thorne Handicap
