MR MCELWYN br. H, STANDARDBRED, 1921
| Color: br Height: 5,T1:59¼m
ATR 68461
5,T1:59¼m. Won 1924 Kentucky Futurity, 2.02. First 3YO trotter to break 2:00. 1939 stud fee at Hanover Shoe Farms was $200. Killed in in 1944 after a fight with another stallion at the farm. The other horse, Junior Hanover, was killed by Lawrence Sheppard. Mr McElwyn was one of Sheppard's all-time favorites and when he found that Junior Hanover had gotten into Mr McElwyn's paddock and killed him, it is reported Mr Sheppard walked into the house without saying a word, retrieved his shotgun, walked back to the paddock and shot Junior Hanover on the spot, no mercy.
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