In a message dated 2/24/2004 10:57:39 PM, [email protected] writes: << A story handed down to me, and still told in St Louis today is that Michael was so mean to horses that he once knocked one out cold! This is probably why he abruptly left for Chicago around 1907. I have a picture of him taken in 1891, you should see his shoulders! >> Thanks so much for a great story! Best, Linda in Boston