Good Luck Liniment

The GOOD LUCK Story Newkirk's Famous Pharmacist Just who was Charlie Adams? He was born near Albany, KS, on Aug. 31, 1875 and named Charles Francis Adams. He received a degree in pharmacy from the University of Kansas and opened a drug store in Newkirk, OK in 1899 at the ripe age of 24. At about the same time, Adams patented GOOD LUCK LINIMENT which consisted mainly of linseed oil. He always told his family that in addition to the ingredients listed on the label it also had a "secret" ingredient. At a very early age, Adams fell in love with horses, particularly harness race horses. He kept his horses in the barn behind his home and maintained a practice track in the neighboring block. Adams named his favorite trotter after the patent medicine and in 1941 Good Luck won more firsts than any trotter in the United States. He won every start he made over half mile tracks, winning 32 firsts, five seconds and two thirds. Good Luck was raised in the Kaw Country, eleven miles east and one and a half north of Newkirk in north central Oklahoma. Adams bought him there in 1937 when he was four years old. Good Luck had always paced in the pasture, but Adams shod him to trot and had him ready to start in 1940 but was rained out in almost every race meet that year. Good Luck Liniment is still made in Newkirk under the same name and by the same process and can be ordered from the GOOD LUCK LINIMENT Company.