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s Boomerang Winning 4th Race at Hollywood Park Nov. 17, 1956 Said the race summary: “Boomerang', never far out of it, came between horses on the stretch, tooK command Inside the final sixteenth and drew clear to win handily.” One mile pace, 2:02.1, purse, $1,800, mutuel pool on race, $131,187; two dollar mutuels paid $10.50, $6.90, $5.40. RIGHT OR WRONG ~ 7 (Continued irom Page l) him since the day he had been' the blistering pace down the back t n m f i d A t i l a « *£ k / % J J í U a a . . . 1 i t . » his dad had bred and raised pac- turned out. “ Wonder if he would ing horses as a hobby and be- ever break out and amount to cause they love those kind of anything,” said Ed’s dad, one day. horses. But they never developed I For now pacers and “ rotters were much of a winner and at that! coming back into style. There was Wednesday, December 5, 195& — DILLON EXAMINER 7 four per cent per year- on the un- i county office of the Farmers paid principal. Repayments will Home Administration located at be scheduled over periods up to Whitehall. 33 years. A housing loan will be secured by a mortgage, on the borrower’s farm. The agency expects applicants to obtain the building plans and specifications' for the improve ments to be financed with the loans. To help the borrower ob tain construction that meets'gen- i erally accepted s t a n d a r d s of owners soundness, the. Farmers ¡Home homes t Administration will review PRIZE CONTEST (Continued from Page 1)' cash prize in addition to becom ing an entry in a $5,000 nation wide contest.. Five other prizes in merchanr dise certificates worth from $5.00 to $15.00 will also be awarded. Mr. Swetich urged that all home ho plan to decorate their s Christmas time enter the this yearV contest. “It isn’t how plans and inspect the construction, much they spend on their dis- as it progresses. | plays thafi is important, he said, The local Farmers Home Ad-1 the origmality and ministration county committee; {With which they use will determine whether or not an^sur decorations. _ applicant is eligible for a hopsing ■ Entn^mlanks. are available at loan. To be eligible, an applicant i sevefal Dillon stores and a light- must be the, owner of a farm, be | ln2 center is being established unable to obtain' suitable credit! at the Dilmart, showing sample- for dwellings and other buildings I lighting and decorative displays, from other lenders, and have time there was no dependable outlet for such horses. In fact they were a drug on the market and many were headed for the inside of a can of dog meat. \ But Ed just couldn’t send \old “Bernice,” one of his brood mares, to the cannery. And be sides, there were a couple of long- legged colts, too young to bring a call from all the big tracks of the east and the west coast for horses of this type. And there was big money in sight if you happened to own one. So at last, at a time in a race horse’s life when ordinarily he is ready to retire, they rounded Boomerang up and brought him to Dillon. To their surprise, when any money and just too well bred i they put the halter on him, he led to forget about entirely. So even * right off. though they really didn’t have room to spare, they loaded up this precious “three” in one of their vans as they moved north. When they arrived in Dillon, there was still the problem of where to keep them. Ed was going to do some farming out on Les Staudenmeyer’s place so _ he tackled Les for a spot in the big pasture. “Why not,” said Les. “There are 150 horses out there on that range; one or two more won’t bother.\ So it was here that little “Boomerang” first found his baby legs in the big field on Spring Creek north and east of Dillon. And for four years no one ever gave him another thought except perhaps Ed and his wife, Blanche. Boomerang never saw an oat. He had to paw the snow like the And to their further surprise, within a week or tw-o, as Ed’s dad worked him out on the track at the Dillon Fairgrounds, hitched to their old sulkey, he took to train ing like a duck to water. But one thing old Jim Buck, Ed’s dad, didn’t know, _as he curried the and around the oval into the stretch. Watching their horse and wondering, but they didn’t have, long to wait. The pace was terri fic and horses with lesser hearts began to fade. But not Boomer ang. As the driver ‘pushed’ him now he pounded down the stretch mightily — just noses off the win ners, in time close to two minutes for the mile. He was up there among the five best in ail those 25 wonderful ’ horses. And Dad Buck saw the things he wanted to see. Here was his very last horse from that line of breeding, and a gelding at that. He had himself a champion. And the answer he had sought was plain as day. Under that once “bushy” hide dad had curried and cleaned was the heart of a champion. Boomerang didn’t win that day but he won the next four starts enough income from the farm or from the farm and other sources to meet’ family living and farm operating expenses and repay his debts. Further information -on the loans may be obtained at the! rence Walker. ST. JAMES’ GUILD WILL MEET AT HALL THURSDAY St. James’ Guild will meet on Thursday, Dec. 6,. at the Guild hall. Hostesseg will be Mrs. George M. Melton and Mrs. Law- H & S REFRIGERATION presents satisfaction as that long smooth stride whirled him along in the sulky as if it were nothing. One thing they never . forgot was that “Boomie’s” grandsire once held the world’s record for three-year old pacers. They knew other horses during the winter,! too, that it was a long ways from digging down for the bunch grass 1 the Fair Grounds at Dillon, Mon- that kept him alive. He was “bushy,” as Ed put it, and un kempt, but there was a flash now and then of his fine breeding as he always paced when the other horses ran and he made the cow boys “go their best” when they drove the herd, but Boomerang never broke into a gallop. The years rolled by and he turned five with never a halter on o n z e CONTROLLED NEAT c o o t a m long hairs off, was how much1 out of six races as they moved “heart” there was under that from one big race meet to ano- shaggy hide. ther. Now he began to pay back Here is where the elements of irreal money for the long months patience and good judgment come °* Patlent training and the long in. Daily and for months Dad ars ° f matching blood lines that Buck worked this horse and fed i. ^ad put in on him right. He watched with quiet'“ 1111- “ f 6,1* too'c a lot. of devo- satisfaction as that lon e smooth and love, as I said at the start, and good judgment and -real class. So maybe that’s why Old Lady Luck just had to go along for the ride. In 24 starts this year and. at seven years of age. Boomerang has been in the money 20 times. The picture accompanying this story shows him winning at Hol lywood Park last month, Nov. 17. The racing fans bet $131,000 on that race, so you can see that Boomie has really reached the “big time” tracks. And if you just happened to be passing Bay Meadows Track near San Fran-, cisco after December 29, you might stop in and see him do his stuff. Dad and Mother Buck will be there. And why not? Wasn’t Boomerang’s mother Mrs. Buck’s favorite horse. “Nellie Densmore” was her name and she always came at Mrs. Buck’s calling for a lump of sugar and to have her tana, to the big tracks around New York and Detroit, Holly wood and Santa Anita. As Ed Buck telis it: “Dan al ways took in the big pace meets wherever they were, and al though he was convinced that his own horse, “Butternut Bud” was the best of the two, still he didn’t know for sure. So he tucked my horse in with his am headed east. “Boomie trained pretty well, but dad and I both knew that there is only one way to test out the qualities a horse must have to win. That was to put him up G i v e , \ - m É G lF r im r A S E P s O M G M M G ! \ against the best. So that was w h y ! f ? rs rubbed. And finally she left CO N T R O L L E D H E A T ^ m F R Y P A I U Gives the perfect,'con trolled heat for more delicious food by sim ply setting the dial. - D . L - DILLON IMPLEMENT CO. dad decided to enter him in the Motor City Pace at Detroit, Mich igan. This is one of the big races for pacing horses in the entire country. Last year there were 25 entries from everywhere. So many in fact that they had to run the race in two sections-and then have a final “go” for the ten best.” As Boomerang trained he some how began to feel at home. It was here he was bred to be. And why not? Hadn’t his granddad cracked the world’s record as a three-year old? What difference did it make if he had spent the best part of his racing life pacing against range horses as the cowboys chased them at roundups. Here at last he seemed to catch the spirit of a real racer; to sense that his5cent job was. to catch the flying lead ers and to pass them. What differ ence did it make if other horses galloped and broke and lost their chances? He had always “paced” against the wild ones. No need for breaking his gait here. The big question was: How long can he hold that speed he is showing in his work-outs? Let’s shift the picture to the trainers section of the grandstand on that eventful day at Detroit, and join Dad and Mother Buck. “Mother was the biggest fan of the two,” Ed said. “Dan had trained Boomie long and faith fully; he knew he must give , the unseasoned horse every break, so he arranged for a professional driver ■— - one who would know the pace and how to rate him and when to ask him for his best. Nothing but the best would do in this kind of competition.” - Here the couple sat watching them a real present — a little leggy colt that Mrs. Ed Buck named “Boomerang.” And that’s Daddy Buck holding his bridle in the picture. The Infield« 261 u j.la.of viewable area. Mahogany grained, walnut groined or limed oak grained (extra) finishes. 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The Dillon Daily Tribune
(Dillon, Mont.), December 05, 1956
The Dillon Daily Tribune
(Dillon, Mont.), December 05, 1956
The Dillon Daily Tribune
(Dillon, Mont.), December 05, 1956
The Dillon Daily Tribune
(Dillon, Mont.), December 05, 1956
The Dillon Daily Tribune
(Dillon, Mont.), December 05, 1956
The Dillon Daily Tribune
(Dillon, Mont.), December 05, 1956
The Dillon Daily Tribune
(Dillon, Mont.), December 05, 1956
The Dillon Daily Tribune
(Dillon, Mont.), December 05, 1956
