Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 34
Marlin, Texas, Wednesday, September 18, 1907
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Monument For Horse.
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It Will Memorize Ike Cook, Who Was
a Famous Trotter.
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Chicago, Sept. 12.--A $50,000 monument for his horse is a feature that has
been incorporated in the will of Henry Graves, the oldest settler of Chicago,
who lies near death's door at his home. He came to the little settlement
about Fort Dearborn in 1821.
A pioneer racing man and ever a lover of
horses. Mr. Graves has provided that the costliest monument ever erected
for a horse will be placed in Washington park. It will memorize Ike Cook,
a famous trotter, which he owned fifty years ago.
Ike Cook had a record of 2:30, which in
those early days was remarkable time. In fact, Ike Cook was the first
horse to make that mark on a one-mile track in the state of Illinois. The
animal was famous throughout the country, and, with Mr. Graves driving him, won
many great victories.
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