Clark Cudmore

horses and he remembered more than their names. liach of them had a story to tell and (Ilark had memories for all of his horses, Some of his fayorites were Vic/(Minus [ii/l. rim/us [111m Going Time. Chery/’5 Time spur/mus Chip. [)Il_\‘l_1'/(III(’ (Jomntmuler. l/(H‘borz'ue .lmz. Doc’s Choice and Prime l’li/s Tim. None of these horses held any track records but they all held a special place in the hearts and records of this (Iudmore family.

Iiyeryhody in the game has a fayorite horse. Doc’s (j/Joice was the fayorite for Clark. yearling from Ralph _\[acl.ean of King's

This fellow was purchased as a

County. (Ilark remembered well the day Alliert Bernard won a three—year—old trot stake with Doc’s (Ibo/(be. This horse hecame almost a pet with the whole

(Iudmore family. Harbor/we xllll/ was

Behind the Gate

prohahly the best horse (Ilark eyer owned. l'it'imz’s lune seemed to race foreyer without winning a race hut when she finally liroke the drought. she won

fiye races in a row!

Clark remembered one cold winter morning when he was jogging Spartacus Chi/i at the (LIN). It seemed that he couldn't hold this fellow that morning. They eyentually hit a snow bank which. of course. was in full yiew of eyeryone in lid .-\tkinson‘s Horsemen's (lanteen. (llark pieked himself up from the snow. collected his steed and walked all the way around the track. There was no way he would face the onlookers Iiy walking past the (lanteen. That was the last horse he ever jogged. He was so emharrassed that Max and his soii (Buy did all the iog—

ging after that.

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