Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-05-21
KENTUCKY rRorruNc HORSES.

KENTUCKY TRorrING HORSES.
The Enormous IncrcaSe i'm thctr
Number aud Value.
tChicaso Times.
IL Is q difficult matter TO get at the actual
magnitude of the trottIng horse interest In
Kentucky, or the revenue that Is derived from
mostly private. and no record is kept OF them.
Nearly every farmer has brood mare or two,
and the gross income that Is derived from
the actual sales Is something enormous Ii
would be Wild guessing to attempt 20 give even
an approximate estimate OF the sum thus added
TO the wealth OF the state, but It Is probable
Zoo GOO would not be extravagant There is
blood" In every horse bred In the blue grass
region, and buyers make yearly pilgrimages
from Ill quarters OF America to secure fancy.
To s at fancy prices, Thirty years ago.
ter for s., 500, and the people could scarcely
credit their senses when they heard OF # The
price seemed to them to be extravagant Now
BlackSood, the sire OF Proteine, Ri .ckwood,
Jr. and Rosewood, was sold By Andrew Steele
to Peter p Rn q ste New lorS for $1,000 and
Park stud farm near Philadelphia, bought
twenty-five weanllngs 0he entire producD
IRON IA. j. sss an N aTerae price OF
out OF Alma Mater by Mambfino Pafchen was
sold by DR.. A. s. Talbot Of Lexington to Euhu
Smith OF Lee: Mass for s., 600. when only four
and developed by j. 4. Shackleford OF Rich
mend, Ky, was sold by Z. b. Broadnead OF
milwaukee, to c. j. Patterson, OF Boston for
SS.oeo. Robert Bonner has also been an ad-
nlTer OF kentucky-bred horses a fact which
Is SHOWN by his purchase OF Grafton and Lady
STOUT, from X. Penistan, Tor $4,000 e a3h.
tnree-year.old. was sold by Col. Il. G. S-oaer
or Paris TO Californian, two years ago for
S S;,, ana not more than ten days ago. Isaac
three. year-old record OF 223L:, to Peter Schatz
OF Allegheny city for 81, 600. The same Smith
also raised and sold Allie West, Jewett's sire.
for a like amount. These are only few OF the
sales that are called to mind, but they will ex-
plain why 1t is that the Kentucky mind has
become familiar with big figures since the era
when Dr.. Hers 81, 500 horse paraiyzed the
popular Imagination.
In enumefating the prominent breeders OF
trotting horses, the name OF DR.. Herr comes
nrst 10y right There are others who do a
larger business than the Doctor, but as the
father OF the Kentucky trotter he Is entitled 10
preeedence. he has magnificent place about
mile from Lexington which he calls Forest
Park. On this park he has raised hundreds OF
noted tEotterS and sireS Of trotters and e
| would take column In the Times to give the
list He bred. owned, and developed Nam.
brfno Pilot, the sire OF Hannis; Lady Thorne,
Lady Stout, With a record OF 2:2S as a three.
year old; Bonner Boy (2:26), Mambrino Kate
l2'2if, and dozen more equally well know
| DE developed Proteine, and last year drove d.
] rector, now owned by Col. Coney OF Chicago
| He has at the head Of his stud at this time the
~,
Lady Thorne, and Mambrino King. the hand
soonest horse In the world, according to the
testimony OF every man, woman, and Child In
Fayette county.
Gen. w. T. Withers established himself on
| farm about two miles from Lexington, after
the war. and - now one OF the largest, II not
has on his place from eighty to one hundred
brood mares. He Is the owner OF Almont, the
sire OF Piedmont. He also owns Casslus NJ.
| Clay, jr., Happy Medium, and has lately added
Ahprinpn
| ward Sir Walter, &c. He does not train or
| trot, but sells his crops young. The General
| calls his farm Fairlawn.
| b. j. Treacy OF Ashland Park, a farm of 200
| acres, adjacent to the old Clay homestead
mas eighteen or twenty brood mares. He
trains and develops as Well as breeds trotters.
| and brought out ALE West, the sire OF Jewett,
| Glendale (2:20k), Puss Thompson (2:S0), John
E. 2:2ssll, ana many others
Col K. West OF Georgetown is one OF the
| pest known breeders In the state, but he is not
| SO extensively interested as formerly. He re-
| Gently sold bis farm, E1gewood, and is now
| looking for new location nearer Lexington.
| are In his stud. He has bred and raised great
| number of celebrated trotters and has &C the
| present writing fifty or sixty animals on his
place.
w. f. Simmons. the proprietor OF Ashland
| Stud Farm. situated four miles from Lextng-
| ton, on the old Frankfort turnpike, has thirty
George Wilkes In their day Mr.. Simmons and
/ his brother Phil, who is now the possessor of
| the Norwood Stud Farm, have owned Jim
lJ,0 Isa May6tr ,d, Iss Prospect Maid
Bryan Hurst OF the Bethel Church Farm,
few miles from Lexington, Is not a large
Caorister and her progeny. Proteine (2:ls,. Ad-
| mlratlon (2:30 as three-year old, private
| TRAY, and Homer.
Isaac, or Ike Smith, as he Is best known, Of
| Lexington, is breeder and trainer of twenty
| years experience. He lives on the Henderson
| farm, SIX miles from Lexington, and has four
teen or fifteen horses In training this season.
Hehas bred and handled many famous trotters,
and has made money by 1t. He got Sc 900 for
| Maggie Briggs Ger, 1000 for John E. [2:27).
He sold the trotI er Humboldt to w. h. Wilson
| ToT $1,000, and within thirty days after the
transfer Charlie Green paid Wilson q bonus OF
| S. coo for the animal
W. q. Wilson, Abdallah Park stud Farm.
near Cynthiana, Is quite celebrated. MT. VII
son is large bl eeder and ha nder OF ro tiers and
coach horses. He brought George Wilkes and
Smuggler to Kentucky, and now has the stal-
ZION lndianap0lis. Abdallah Park Is beauti-
full place, with track and fair grounds at
| tached.
Col. r. s. Strader OF the Lexington Fair
grounds was formerly large breeder, but OF
handling of stock. Col Strader has brought
out Putty ESQ., Crittenden with 3-year old
record OF 2:S0l, the Memento lilly urotted a
G antala, with a 4-year-old record OF 2:2S, made
last fall. he Is big dealer In property.
A. s. Mccain OF Ashland, farmer two miles
\
breeder. He Is the owner OF Red Wilkes. a son
OF George Wilkes and the sire o; Phil Thomp-
SOD, the colt that was to trot against Sweet
hearts 2year-old record OF 2:26k last fall but
was prevented from doing 1t by the weather.
Noodlake Farm, a large body OF land near
Frankfort, is the property OF Major H. c. Nc.
DoWell. he is very large breeder, and has
| In his stud Triton, brother to Trinket, KING
Rene, and young Belmont stallion. Major
Mcdowell developed 1 brought out Trinket
| with g four year-old record OF 2:19s,. Magenta
{2:24kl, Romano {2:29E as a four yearo Old, and
| others.
Col, r. g. Stoner's Hamiltonia Stock Farm,
I near Paris, is q fine place. The Colonel has
STathmore at the head OF his stud, and Nam.
brino Russell, q half brother to Maud S. for a
good sec5nd Among the trotters Col Stoner
is responsible for are Santa Claus (2:1Sl and
StelnWay, with two-year-old ralDrd OF 23l q
| and q thTee-y scar. old record OF 49,,
James Miller, OF the Sunnyside stud Fa m.
three miles from Paris, is the owner OF the
| stallion Joe Downing sire OF Dick Jameson
(2:26,. the young stallion Westwood, and q
humber of brood mares he bred Jim Monroe
the sire Of Monroe Chief t2:lsAl:
South Elkhorn Farm, near Frankfort; is the
property OF X. P. Pepper, very extensive
breeder, and the owner OF 40 or 15U horses He
brought out WoodfoN Chief (2:22h0. Catch
Fly. [2:3O), and Blanche Amofy (2:26), and
many others. he Is strictly breeder.
l j. G. McFerran Son own GlenvieW Stock
Farm, Elk miles out from Louisville. This Is q
fine body OF land OF about 500 acres kept In the
best possible condition. The stallion Cuyler