calumet chuck
Year of Birth:
1929
Immortal:
Yes
Elected as Immortal:
1959
Year of Death:
1943
Gait:
Trotter
Record:
t,2,2:04
Sire:
Truax
Dam:
Sumatra
Sire of Dam:
Belwin
Biography:
Calumet Chuck was foaled at Calumet Farm, Lexington, Kentucky in 1929. He was by Truax-Sumatra. He took his record, 2:04, as a two-year-old in a grueling four-heat race against top horses. Because of this race, a new ruling was made that two-year-olds may race only two out of three heats. Calumet Chuck did not return to form as a three-year-old and was sold to Hanover Shoe Farms, where he was retired to stud. His most famous offspring was the 1975 Immortal Nibble Hanover 1:58 3/4. Calumet Chuck remained a top sire at Hanover until his death in 1943.
Published in the Harness Racing Museum's 1994 book, The Immortals