HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 2015-08-26, Page 7Harold H inducted into Canadian
horse racing hall of fame
Bill Johnston
Special to the News Record
Perhaps you remember see-
ing the full horse sized paint-
ings of two horses on the end
walls in the traveller's lounge in
the former Queens Hotel in
Wingham. Well, one of those
pictures was Harold H.
Or perhaps you saw that
huge horse picture that
adorned the wall in the office of
Bill Counter of former Counter
Building Supplies in Clitnon.
Well that horse was Harold
H who was owned by John
Swarts who was Counter's
grandfather. John Swarts
also owned the Queens
Hotel in Wingham.
The picture of Harold H
and his driver, Al Proctor, in
Counter's office was taken
on October 1, 1901 when
Harold H won a mile race at
Terre Haute, Indianna to set
a world record of 2:04. In
that race Harold H paced the
third quarter in 28 and three
quarters and came home in
30 seconds. Quite a mile.
After that Harold H returned
to Wingham from a very
successful tour of the United
States. Local sports organized a
fitting parade for Harold H, the
conquering hero.
The Lucknow Band
headed theprocession from
the Grand Trunk Station
down the main street and up
the Diagonal Road to his sta-
ble. The horse, Harold H
(Canada's fastest horse at
that time) wore a collar of
roses. Crowds lined the
streets a cheer the champion
ho had set the record of 2:04.
A big celebration was held
that night - what a party.
The following Sunday, Rev.
Hobbs of the Methodist
Church preached a fire and
brimstone sermon on the
evils of honouring a horse.
Harold H raced in 46
events during his career
including clashes with the
immortal Dan Patch. Most of
these events had three or
more races per day. These
events required a total of 145
heats and Harold H finished
in the first three in 126 of
them. That included 87 heats
he won, 27 seconds and 12
thirds, which translated to a
success of 86 per cent, no
worse than third.
He raced at 10 tracks in
Ontario and Manitoba and in
11 states in the USA stretching
from Brooklyn, New York to
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His
USA starts included Grand
Circuit events and appear-
ance at several metropolitan
tracks like Detroit, Cleveland,
Syracuse, Lexington and
Columbus, Ohio.
He was shipped from race
to race by rail so he collected
a lot of rail miles.
After a matched race at
Windsor against the great Dan
Patch, John Swartssold his
great pacer, Harold H, to the
McLaren boys of Winnipeg for
$8,000. Harold H went on to
reduce his lifetime record to
2:03 and three quarters at
Gatesburg, Illonois.
On August 5, more than
100 years after his career
ended, Harold H was finally
honoured with racing's top
accolade, a hall of fame
induction into the Canadian
Horse Racing Hall of Fame.
A long overdue honour -
well done Harold H.
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