Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-05-15
The Msmbrino Sock Farm. and the
Thoroughbred In the TrOtters-Dates and
Purses in the Northwestern Circuit
Miscellaneous
Ma,nbrin0 Stock Farm.


Among the gentlemen of means who be.
lieve that Minnesota Is well adapted to the
raising of fine stock, and are showing their
faith by their works, is Mr.. John Bradford Of
Big Lake, Sherburne county. Mr.. Bradford's
place, which he has named the Mambrino
Stock Farm, contains 5s4 acres of pleasantly
located land, well adapted to stock raising
purposes. The buildings are rOOmy and con-
veniently arranged, and everything about the
place denotes thrift and intelligent super
vision. A feature of the place is a splendid
mile track, where the youngsters, OF those
being fitted for campaigning, can be given
their preparatory work,
Mr. Bradford's breeding operations have,
so far, been confined to trotting strains, into
which he believes in infusing liberal amount
of the warm, impatient blood of the thor
ouphbred. This belief of Mr.. BradfOrd's is
not mere whim on his
part, but is the result of long
study and comparison OF results as shown by
actual performance, of the comparative mer-
its of what we may call the inbred and
outbred trotter-tbe latter an animal
sire or dam, OF thoroughbred
Indeed, one of The very best tabular compila-
lions, with logical deductions therefrom, that
has vet been published in support of this lat
ter theory of breeding, was by Mr.. Bradford,
In the April number Of Wallace's Monthly,
1881, under the title OF Thoroughbred blood
in the Trotter." 1t would be pleasure to
publish the entire article, but space forbids.
A few points, however, in illustration OF Mr..
Bradford's reasoning, results OF his compila.
lions and deductions therefrom-of interest
to every breeder, are given as q preparatory
mention, and proper appreciation OF his
breeding operations.
Commencing with the assertion that "of
all animals on earth, the thoroughbred horse
is the truest aristocrat''-a statement sup
ported by historical mentions at some length
Mr.. Bradford goes on to say: "Kussla and
America are the only countries which breed
trotters. In Russia, Smetanka-a Barb-is
the Adam OF the Orloff trotter. In America,
imp, Messenger, a Thoroughbred, Grand
Baehaw, q Barb, and Justin Morgan, prob
able descendant of the Lindsey Arabian, are
the heads of our three great trottlng families,
of which the Messenger Is immeasurably the
greatest and best. Messenger stood for several
years in America, receiving large patronage.
At that time the colonists were poor. Kun
ung races were luxury few could afford, so
of necessity tina great bulk OF mares sent to
him must have been native animals"
Commenting upon the breeding OF Messen-
ger, from whose loins, Mr.. Bradford says,
sspriug the Hambletonian, the Mambrino
Chief and the Champion families" he says:
"Now, Rysdyk's Hambletonian being half
bred, and Mambrino Chief being three eighths
bred, 1t will be interesting to note from what
kind of mares they produced their winners.
aambletoniau was the sire OF thirty.two
horses with records of $50 or better. OF
these he was the sire Of two with records
of 800 or better-Dexter, 2:17x, and Nettie,
AIS. These were both from daughters OF
Seely's Amereaa Star, a horse nearly II not
QUITE thoroughbred. This would make the
thoroughbred or running blood predominant
Ia the two 2:20 performers, and the five other
$50 performers got by Hambletonian. Now
let us look at the breeding Of the mares from
whom Mambrno Chief got his winners. We
flud that out of tie six to his credit In the
$50 list he has ole with record better than
2:2U-Lidy }horne's record, 2:15x. She is
out of Il daughter Of the thoroughbred horse
Gano; q. d., by son of the thoroughbred
horse Sir William. Mambrino Chiefs next
best, Woodford Mambrino, record 22lH, is
out of Woodbine, daughter of Woodford, a
thoroughbred. We thus see that the best of
both Rysdyk's Hambletonlans and Mambrino
Chiefs get were from mares rich in thor
oughbred blood"
Continuing his argument, Mr.. Bradford
alludes to the breeding of Volunteer aud
Sentinel, 1.-THE best sons OF Hambletonian) on the
dams side, showing them erich in pa
trician blood" Driver, Trinkst, Nutwood,
Wedgewood and other noted turf performers,
he presents his conclusions under five heads
as follows:
''First-Those got by thoroughbred slres.
Second-Those horses IN whom thoroughbred
blood Is predominant. Third-those horses in
whom thoroughbred blood is prominent.
Fourth-Those horses in whom there is no
thoroughbred cross visible, or near ct hand.
Tifth-Those horses whose pedipreeS are I'm.
known. Let us frst array all horses who are
got by thoroughbreds,, or whose Immediate
sires are gallopers, against all the rest,
whether high bred or low bred. We will
array against the sons OF thoroughbred sires,
even Dexter, Driver, Lady Thorne, Lucy, and
Grafton. AS Mr.. Wallace has affixed q. s. t. b.
to Venture, son of Belmont, and an interro.
cation mark after Bertrand, who Is claimed as
the sire of Woodpecker-siEe OF Prince-we
will omit these, and deal only with those
about whose pedigrees there is no doubt or
dispute, We have then nine left: