Star Pointer

Star Pointer, owned by James Murphy of Chicago, had been a big, clumsy-gaited, knee-knocking pacer, particularly when going slow.

But under McClary's careful tutelage Star Pointer in full flight traveled faster than any horse of his time.

Three days previous to the epochal mile by Star Pointer, he won a bitterly fought six-heat race with Guinette (2:02 1/4) at the Readville track.

On November 22, 1898, Star Pointer was sold in Madison Square Garden New York City for $15,000 to ex congressman White of Cleveland Ohio.

His remains were buried beneath the finish line of the Dean Racetrack in Palatine, Illinois but the exact location is now lost to history.