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KENO F.
KENO F. In 1896 the famed troller owned by Mayor Peter OLINGER was sold by Charley Thompson of Independence to a New York man. Thompson was called by the man who thought Thompson owned the horse. Olinger closed the deal with Olinger.
Olinger heard of horse after Keno F. had posted a time of 2:37 at a mile track in Oelwein. The horse who owned by a man in Bremer County who was anxious to sell. The following spring, Keno posted a time of 2:30. The horse, trained by Charley Thompson, won all the western circuits and then was entered in the Flour City stakes in Rochester, New York winning $10,000 with a pace of 2:17.5.
At private trials in Independence, the horse posted a 2:12 pace.
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Source:
"Keno F. Sold," Dubuque Daily Herald, January 16, 1896, p. 8