Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-27


Esprit of the Times, detailing visit TO
MAplewood Stock Farm, from which We
make few extracts:
Maplewood. the home Of Maj. h P.
Wade is beautiful and retired place, two
and a half miles east of jefferson. The
place is rightly named, for finer naples
| are seldom seen than those skirting the
roadway the entire length of the farm; a
large stream Of water runs through the
| place, between bold bank on one side,
lined with maple, beech and chestnut trees,
while on the other is low land running
back in elevations to considerable hight.
The stream is fordable at nearly all points.
/ This is indeed a fitting place for breed
ing establishment; just far enough from
Lake Erie to temper the hot winds from
the south. and escape the chilling winds of
the north; there may be found, although
young in years, one Of the leading stock
| farms in the country.
MaplewoOd is under the immediate su-
peryisiOn of Major Wade, assisted in his
labors by Mr.. MeCafrey, who brings the
experience and Judgment of many years
passed in the stables of our most success
full breeders and trainers. He handles the
colts with tact and judgment, and IN ad-
dition brings the knowledge Of the strue-
ture Of the foot, and how it should be shod
to alleviate the most delicate portion OF
/ horse from the dangerous pans attendant
upon Ignorance.
At the head of the stud in this estab-
lishment is the fine horse, New York, OF
good action, dark brown, l54 hands, lO
wears. old, bred by Gabrut Seeley OF New
! York. sired by Rysdyks Hambletonlan,
dam, Lady Finch by Harry Clay, sire OF
the dams of Bodine, Gazelle, Prospero and
other good ones; grand-dsm by Prince
Duroc. 1t is seen at a glance that his
breeding is unquestionable for speed and
endurance. This he shows in himself, for
with little training, he goes below 2:30.
This being Satisfactory to breeders, the
next question is, can he impart his own
good action and fast movement to his pro-
geny?
That he puts his own royal stamp upon
the major portion of his get is unquestion-
ed, giving to them his strong constitution,
extra good feet and limbs and powerful
muscles.
A view of his get will give one better
idea Of this, and the following are few
instances:
The first to attract notice is the eldest
Mapleton brown, years, white feet,
small star. He is slashing, open gated
horse, and already knocks off the miles as
easily as an old stager. The boys all fancy
him, and they are pretty good judges of
an imitator.
Maplewood- black, years, one foot
white. rapid and natural trotter, for
which he deserves no credit-he inherits it
| from sire and dam.
Reville-bay, years, hind anele white.
Johnnie Hawkins-inbred, bay, 2 years,
8 white feet; dam, Lady Grey by Hamble-
tonian.
Now comes the pride of Maplewood-Ms-
pie Leaf-bay yearling white feet; dam,
| Starlight. If ever a natural trotJer was
foaled, this is one sure, it being her only
gait in the field; and should break occur,
she catches as quickly and handily as if
Dan Mace had handled her for years. You
may put mark on her, and if she has no
pull backs you will see q trotting wonder.
Mr.. Wilkinson had fine filly dropped
April Sd, bay.
L. Smith has two very fine colts, that at
tract much attention.
Amboy must wait until our track is in
condition ere we join issue.
Jas. McNutt, bay 2 year old, Is; and
black 1515 dams by old Dave Hill.
Albert Harmon has fine yearling which
he thinks is good enough to be seen by
any one.
Now, if the breeder would examine the
colts from these horses, he could well say,
''blood will tell"
At Saybrook, VIM. Hall has large
yearling, black. three white feet from
Blazing Star mare.
Henry Allcock's brown mare Fanny,
brought from Kentucky by DR.. Hubbard,
dropped an exceedingly fine colt to New
York, April 1st; brown, white feet.
Road and carriage horses always com
mand in market remunerative prices, and
why this section of the country should be
flooded with poor horses is unaccountsble.
The association at UnionVille, are to
have an early meeting for the boys to com
pete for prizes in the shape of cups, &c.
Field says to H. Jockey, that ''he will be
thar"
At Madison, Anson Hall has a yeaFling
from the well known mare Creole. Good
judges give this colt much praise; it is
large one, and an easy, rapid mover. Hall
refused $4OO for it.
The Savannah (Mo.) Reporter says that
W. F. Taylor had mare which gave birth
to two colts-one perfect horse colt, the
other perfect mule colt. Both died, he
thinks, from his neglect.
J. C. Thompson has brown FLY yearling
white feet. She is as gamy and bright
as kitten, and fine specimen of what
care and attention will do after the prere-
quisite in breed1ng-viz., good sire and
dam.
Every colt that New York gets is certain
TO have good, sound feet, and if he does
not succeed in getting to the very front
with some of his progeny, he can, from a
view of his colts, give to breeders that
disideratum-a good road horse,
At Kinsman, you can find Valiant and
Kinsman Boy; at jefferson, New York and
Mapleton; at Ashtabula, Dave Hill and
Young Cassius NJ Clay and Perew's Ham
bletonian; at Geneva, Ed. Keith has a
year old by C. NJ. Clay, dam, Creole.
o. Doty has bay colt, 2 years, 1511I in
height; dam by old Dave Hill: This is
rare one, and it is but Just to say that
Messrs. Doty, Squires and Smith have had
large offers for their colts from parties
who have had experience and Judgment in
raising young stock.
L. D. Sqqires has two year old bay
colt, 1874 hands in height measures
around knee 1s1S inches, forearm s04,
back 1811S, smallest point above Is inches.
He is fine, and carries his size as easy as a
IA hand colt. In his movements he imi-
tates trotter closely.
A trot between the Queen Of the Turf
and her most prominent rival, Raras, is to
take place at Oakland Park, San Francis
co, on the ssth, Extra purses viii be of
fered to induce the Maid or Rarus to beat
the best time in California-a, 1881 by
0ccident. The Maid equaled it at San Jose
only beating Rarus by length.
The breeding of this mare, viz, sired by
young Eclipse, he by Salsdin, he by Amer