Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-10

Cor. Western Sporting Gazette.

Cor. Western Sporting Gazette.
Iowa has come to be regarded as
one of the places where trotters can
be found almost any day of sufficient
speed to satisfy the very critical
Years ago Harvey Clark and Nc.
Cluer bought young horse by
Young Priam, that showed them
moro than common speed, and
| through the ingenuity of Harvey he
very soon came to the front. That
horse was Silas Rich. In the same
locality Mr.. Trask found another
and even better than Silas Rich. l
once spent number of days in COM
pany with Clark McAllister to fer
ret out the pedigree of this horse
Sleepy John-all to no purpose, but
to learn that Johns dam was
brought from that indefinite region
"the east" when in foal, and gave
birth to little scrubby colt on the
farm of Mr.. Corbit, near Indepen-
dence. Nothing is or can be known
of his breeding. 1t was not until
John was six years old that he at
tracted the notice of anybody; then
Mr.. Trask bought him. The bal
ance of his history every horscman
is familiar with.
The name and fame of Bashaw,
Jr., and Kirkwood are familiar to
all; so that all that is needed in this
connection is to give their breeding
for the benefit Of such as may have
overlooked this important matter.
Mr.. J. \. Greene, Of Muscatine, in
1853 purchased of Mr.. Silas Hale,
of South Royalton, Mass, a son and
daughter of his horse Green Noun
tain Morgan. These two Mr..
Greene bred together (halt brother
and sister,, and the produce of that
cross was the dam Of Bashaw, Jr.
The sire of Bashaw, Jr., was Mr..
Greene's Bashaw, by Vernol's
Blackhawk, by Long Island Black
hawk, etc. Kirkwood was by the
sire of Bashaw, Jr., and their dam
was by the same horse young
Green Mountain), and this should
have taught men the mcking cross
with Bashaw. And then again this
family Of Bashaws promise even
greater excellence in the second
generation; for Mr.. J. L. Wilson's
chestnut colt General Grant, by
Wapsie, and he by Greene's Ba-
shaw, show that in the second gen.
Grafton their speed remains with
them. But there is another family
or two in Iowa that will not long re-
main in the background. Mr.. John
w. Stiles several years ago purchas-
ed little black horse, too small to
fill a mans purse, but large enough
to leave many good roadsters, and
some very excellent horses for track
purposes. The first to attract any
notice was Baretoot-a good one.
Barefoot's pedigree is as follows:
BY King Herod, by Shcrman's
Blackhawk; dam by Hale's Green
Mountain Morgan. King Herod's
dam was by Hills Blackhawk.
Barefoot is closely related to Cam
OFFS by Gen. Knox, Lady Maud by
same horse, :..d Galbraith Knox,
all of them with a record below
2:30.
l simply mention these names and
facts that horsmen may know how
things are done in Iowa. Barefoot
is seven years old. and though a
professional driver never held the
lines over him, has record of 2:3l,
and is improving rapidly. The
eastern flyers will have to look to
their laurels.
AS to the profits of horse breed
ing in Iowa, perhaps I cannot do
better than to copy the following
from the Des Moines Register:
"The statement that Chicago
horse-buyers have bought in Henry
county Of this State, this year, 375
head of horses at STA per head,
shows that Iowa farmers are begin
ming to see the profits Of this too
long neglected source of revenue.
Shipping horses to the Eastern
markets from this State has this
season grown to business of i'm
portance. We know of at least ten
counties that have shipped as much
as Henry. This would make 5000
horses. This would make, at 500
each, three hundred thousand dol
lars cash thus brought into the
State from that source, and it is
possible that twice that number
have been sent from the State this
year. Our revenue from that source
ought to amount to millions of dol
lars annually. This is the proper
time to say word to our horse
raising readers. Think sensibly
before you select, for breeding, a
poor scrub or a weak-blooded horse,
no matter how fine the form. In
times when money is scarce, men
are apt to economize in wrong
places, and hunt for days for a
cheap horse. Find stronghold
ed, thoroughbred animal, and liber-
al fees paid is good investment of
money. Many fine horses are idle,
while others that should be serving
in dray are deteriorating the stock
of the country"