Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-02
SON OF SMUGGLER.

Another Great Addition to the High. ed
and Speedy Trotters at Kittsondale-The
Most Promising Son of the Famous Snug
gler, the Fastest Entire Horse yet Pro-
duced Secured for $4,000
The GLOBE of Monday recorded the fact of
the presence of Mr.. D. w. Woodmansee in
Cleveland, Ohio, as the ageut of Commodore
N. W. Klttson, of this city, in negotiation for
couple of the get of the famous trotting
stallion Smuggler, whose record of 3:151 has
not yet been equaled by an entire horse. By
the Cleveland Voice received yesterday
the gratifying news is received
that the negotiations have been successful in
in part. Mr.. Woodmansee having purchased
for Mr.. Kittson the bay colt Pilgrim, 5-years
old for $4,000. For full description of the
colt, and tracing of his lineage, the reader is
referred to the extract attached from the Voice
which says:
"Barring the sale of Parana, the most i'm
portant sale of any Cleveland horse that ever
was made, took place here yesterday, Mr..
George Forbes selling the bay colt Pilgrim
for S13, 900 to Commodore KittsOn, the rail-
road king of st: Paul, Mimi, through his
agent, Mr.. Ben Woodmansee. Pilgrim is one
of the handsomest horses ever led out of a
stable. He is sixteen hands high, blood bay,
"Uncle Benz Wright, of Detroit: Mich, who
bred him, and Mr.. George Forbes, of this city,
who handled and developed him. Pilgrim is
by Smuggler, out of May Morning by Daniel
Lambert. Daniel Lambert is by Ethan Allen,
out of Fanny Cook by old Abdallah, and is
the sire of more trotters with
records of 2:30 and better than any
other horse in the world. May Morn
ing, the property of Mr.. John Huntington,
Of fI,. o;fxv 1,oa Is 0.Q0 -
2:20. She is out of May Queen by Ethan AL
len, and May Queen was out Of old Pocahon-
tas, by Cadmus, and this makes Pilgrim one
of the best bred stations In the world. Snug
glec, his sire, having the best stallion record,
2:15X, May Morning, his dam, being able to
beat 2:20, and by horse with more 2:30 trot-
ters to his credit than any other sire, living or
dead, and descended on the dams side from
Pocahontas, a mare sthat years and years ago
electrified the world by accomplishing feat
that has never yet been equaled, and stands to
this day at the top of the record, that of pac-
lug mile to wagon in 2:17K: and her owners
then offered 10 match her to pace in 2:09 to
saddle.
Both Smuggler and Pocahontas were phe-
nomenal horses, and it is some satisfaction to
think that both were bred in Ohio Poca-
hOntas was by Irons Cadmus, and Smuggler
was by Blanco, a son of Irons Cadmus. 1t
would be interesting, if space permitted, to
run the equine family further back, and to
trace the offspring of both ot them, particu-
larly Pocahontas, for smuggler is of such
recent date that his offspring have not had
time to be developed yet. But Pocahontas is
the dam of Tom Rolf (the sire of Blind Tom,
pacing record of 2:124; Lady Rolf, trotting
record 2:22; Gem, pacing record 2:2O, and
others) of Bonner's Pocahontas, 2:26X, land
for which Mr.. Bonner paid $4,000, she being
capable of beating 2:20) May Day, tdam Of
Nancy, 2:23Hj May Queen, dam of May
Morning, 2:3Ol and May Flower. All her off
spring, whether male or female, have de-
veloped great speed. Pilgrim has license,
therefore, to be the fast colt be is, and that, in
fix, he can beat 2:2O, is not doubted by horse
men; and it is, too, the almost universal opin-
ion that he is the best five-year- old living.