Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-02
Porter Martins Stock.

Meeting the well-known horseman and
breeder, Mr.. Porter Martin of Pennington.
in st. Paul a few days since, we asked him
about his stock. Being full of business at
the time, Mr.. Martin begged off, but prom
ised to write, promise he kept by send
ing the following:
Turf Editor of the Globe:
According to agreement will try and
give you few horse notes, relating es-
pecially to my own stock. l have written
to Mr.. Withers for an extended pedigree
of tbs horse called "Archer's Almont." ]
enclose pedigree of our other -Hambleton
ian horse, which will speak for itself. My
Morgan stallion Col. Vanauken was sired
by Young Green Mountain, he by Old
Green Mountain, sometimes called the ST.
las Hall horse, he by Clifford, he by Wood
bury, he by Justin. Dam of Col. Van
auken untraced, and still think she carries
aUith her every day one of the finest pedi-
grees ever saw. But more of her when l
speak of my brood mares. Col. V. has no
trotting record better than $3.50, still his
colts are all fine steppers. He
was foaled September IL, 1870, and for
form, style and action I challenge the
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if you think am giving the community
too big breeze on the Morgan, when the
weather gets good come down and see him
and all the rest of the stock.
And now few words about the brood
mares, and first on the list is the mare
Topsy, grey, supposed to have been fjaled
in 1856 or Z, could trot and pull buggy
in three minutes and run away about as
often as she got good chance, and since
she was thirteen years old she has produced
nine colts and missed three years, and is
good for another in April. And what is
more, everyone of her colts was from the
first, stout and strong and always ready
for fun or deviltry, and are all living save
one that was killed by the cars. Who can
beat the little gray mare, Lady Vanauken
Second on the list, bay mare Dawn.
foaled May 18th, 1875, sired by Green
Mountain, dam q big pacing
mare brought from the South. Nothing
known of her breeding. Dawn has pro-
duced one colt only.
Third on the list, gray mare Katy, foaled
May, 1868, has produced four colts. She
was sired by Green Mountain, dam pac-
ing marc bred in Indiana by Gray High
lander.
Fourth, bay mare Ninaa Ream, foaled
May, 1877, sired by Col. Vanauken, dam
the dam OF bay mare Dawn.
II addition I have couple of chestnut
mares of unknown breeding that are being
used Tor breeding purposes. Also some
young ones that will come in this spring,
and lastly, am wintering six weanlings,
four of them from Almont and Morgan
mares, one from Col. Vanauken, one from
half brother OF lis, and 1 only care to
say this to the breeders of trotters in the
Northwest, think it will be safe for you
to match out if nothing befalls the
four colts have bred from
Almont and Morgan mares, for if
l have not miscalculated you are liable to
hear ''suthin' DROP
And now, Mr.. Editor, I fear you will
make but poor fist in deciphering these
hastily scratched lines, but if you should
make total failure of it, why then you
will have to come down some fine morning
and look the thing all over-"I will pay
the shot," and make your own notes. Will
send the pedigree of the Almont horse as
soon as 1 receive it. Wishing you un.
bounded success in your effort to make the
Horse Department of the GLOBE useful
and interesting, I sign myself as ever,
yours very respectfully, P. MARTIN.