The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-04-06
JEROME EDDY
VI MicHIcAN's GREATEST rRor
TING srLLIoN TO NEW YORK

"euhesday last Messrs Dewey g.
r"'' VI owosso, sold to Messrs. III. C.
"s.e " Co., Buffalo. N y the stall.
s,,,, .',o'sc Eddy. The sale was con-
,,n,s IN Chicago by Mr.. Dewey on be-
,,-,e :. 'ne owners. and Mr.. Jeweit on be-
~. 'ns purchasers. The price paid
"~ Sso, 900 cash, certified check for
NV amount being handed Mr.. Dewey by
'ewett ON conclusion of the negotia-
A Mr' Jewett shipped the horse to
AZ socA farm owned by the company at
'o'"' ~ T., where it is designed TO
pace him in the stud AS this is the first
Michlgan bred trotter that sold at any
Ming IKE the above figures, we give
sketch OF the horse, his breeding and per-
formances.
- JEROME EDDY.
was sired by Louis Napoleon, son of
volunteer and a grandson of Hambletoni
an. His dam was Fanny Mapes, daugh-
Ter OF Alexander's Abdallh, also son of
Hambletonian. Louis Napoleon's dam
was Hattie Wood, by Sayre's Harry Clay,
so That the blood of the two best sons of
Hambletonan and the best of the Clay
family are combined in this horse. He is
therefore, an inbred Hambletonian, an.
other proof that inbreeding is absolutely
necessary to produce the highest type,
whether OF cattle or horses. or any other
Of the domestic animals, and that it does
mt nItVnvo raor1t In or IN I, n1,,na
when judiciously followed, jerome Ed
dy's first appearance on the turf was in
1881, when he made record of 2:a7.
The horse that beat him was the stallion
j.. B. Thomas, but the showing that Eddy
then made convinced all the h0rsemen
who witnessed the race that he was the
coming horse. He appeared in various
unimportant events and was then put In
winter quarters. In 1882 Messrs. Dewey
u Stewart determined to give him sea
son on the turf, ande II was entered in the
Michigan Circuit. He won the races i'm
hich he was entered at East Saginaw,
Grand Rapids and Ionia. He went from
Ionia to Chicago, where he was entered
in the 2:27 class and defeated the field in
easiest manner, lowering his record to
2:21. He now began to be talked about
by the trotting men as II wonderful ami.
NAL, and we remember an old campaigner
stating to three or four parties who were
discussing his performances and future
prospects, that he regarded him as the
best stallion on the turf, and would pre-
fer to own him rather than any other he
knew of. From Chicago Eddy was taken
to Clevelrnd, and there trotted one of the
most exciting races on record. Here he
met Minnie r.. who had made a record
of 2:19 at Chicago, and beat her easily
Eddy won in three straight heats, time
2:19, 2:1S and $40 In the last heat he
y.rotted to the three-quarter pole at 2:14t
gait, when his driver slowed him down
almost to walk. 1t was asserted that
had he been driven up to his speed the
last quarter, he would have lowered the
best stallion lime, 2:154. At Buffalo, the
Following week. he made his best time,
trotting the first heat in race in themud
in 2:165. The story Of his race with
Black Cloud. also owned in this state, will
be fresh in the remembrance of our read
crs. 1t is sufficient to say that he lost the
race by q species of sharp practice that
would have done credit to lot of thimblc-
ringers.
Threre are six full brothers and sisters
10 Jerome Eddy in existence. of which
George Milo, foaled in 1880, is yet owned
by Messrs. Dewey & Stewart, and Dolly
Mapes, foaled in 1882, is also owned by
them.
II is nearly certainty that if Jerome
Eddy had appeared on the turf the COM
ing season, the best stallion trotting record
would have been lowered, as he is yet
comparatively young horse with plenty in
him. We congratulate Messrs Dewey &
Stewart upon the success they have met
with in their endcavors to improve the
horse stock of the state and predict that
the Owosso stable will again be heard
from in the near future.