The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-03
The Linden Farm,

We take pride in presenting this
week the following compliment paid
to one "i the most important stock
farms in Blue Earth county. The ar
ticle was written by Il correspondent
of the st. Peter tribune, and will be
found especially interesting as Il
reference to the pedigrees of some of
our finest bred horses:
1T was my good fortune, not long
since To visit the home of our genial
friend. the well-known DR.. j. G. Cur
ryer. near Lake Crystal, Blue Earth
county. and the doctor with his usual
cnr!iality, welcomed and showed me
about among his colts with evident
pride. And he may well he proud
for il finer lot it has never been nv
fortune to see. The doctor is Il great
lover of the equine race. and believes
us much in the future of that noble
animal, the horse, rs in the progi esS
of the dental art, ~ which he is no
mean student: lie can pull your
teeth or the ribbons over Il trOtter
with equal tact and skill. and when
weary with tug ut your mOlars he
pulls the reinS over that beautiful
black stallion of his, with the fire and
nerve of generations of "blue blood"
coursing through his veins. | do not
wonder that he finds rest from bodily
and mental laborS, and that the cares
and perpleXities and the WEAKNESS
vanish-roll of us it were-as the
swift rolling wheels and the rapid
step of his dying charger bears him
nearer and nearer To the laughing babe
and the kiss of the fond mother and
that the love of his favorite wakes in
to enthusiasm, without which it
might be, were he the less devoted and
fond parent. That proud lofty car
:lage, that beautiful arched neck, that
pointed ear adjoining Il head of perfect
beauty, with an eye that speaks only
Of intelligence, akin to human that
coal black and wavy name and perfect
tail, that long sweeping measured
tread that LtlIgs YOU to the end OF
your journey'io soon that you are
hardly aware of the distance Travelled,
and the happy faces that crowd around
rs you alight at the farm door, all
make picture long to be remember
eel and never to be forgotten.
Security" the beautiful black, "
the pride of the farm and admired by
all, is rightly named. lie is Il lineal
descendent of the best blood of Ken
lucky, and cmbodies in IN unusual de-
gree II pleasant, fearless. kind and
ttactable disposition, which he i'm
parts to his get with regularity and
precision that is surprising. In his
veins courses the blood of the renown-
Ell "Mambrino Chief" of Kentucky,
and lie is as near the ideal horse, me
thinks. us man can We'll wish. He is
Il jet black stallion, fifteen and three.
fourthS hands high, with two white
feet and Il star and weighs / ,0G5
pounds, and a near relative To Il long
line of trotterS us will appear below.
He is the sire of the doctors colts
previously mentioned, and of II. j :.
Perry 5 fine two year old stallion, dam
lady VOORHEES, by Grey Tom son of
Sherman's Black Hawk, and also of
our "Nlinneopa Maid" whose advent
| was mentioned Il few weeks since in
these columns. ''Minneopa Maid" is
born trotter, and Jessie James"
the fond mother, is as proud of her
offspring us Il mother can be, and well
she may he for she is Il little beauty,
with four white stockings and Il white
face, and she sports Il beautiful sorrel
coat. a perfect picture of "Old Po-
cahOntas." It's said, whose greatest
feat upon the turf ] expect Mime
opa' to put to shame. Boys, she is Il
"stayer," and don't you forget it,"
Jessie" too, is of royal blood, her
sire being alexander, record 2:2s q /;
he by Goldsmiths Abdallah," 10y
"Volunteer," by Rysdyk's Handle
tonian." Her dam was by "Gov.
Wright" thoroughbred second dam
the dam of the ''Star of the West" re-
cord 2:26 by Eureka 10y "Long Island
Black Hawk" Jessie" is own sister
to ''Silas Wright" owned by Simmons
Il ClOugh, Rochester, Mimi, who won
the $500 purse at st. Paul State Fair
for best three year old trOtter, in 1878,
and has never since been trained, but
was entered in the races ut Rochester,
Mimi. on the 3rd and 4th instant.
diStancing two competitors in the stall
lion race over a heavy track, and the
following day winning the 2:4O in
2:3912. jay La Due of Rochester,
possesses an own sister to "Jessie"
which he says cannot be bought for
$1,000. She is the dam of Utopia"
three years old. recently sold for ST.
900. He has two year old lilley for
which he has refused $500, and Il
yOungster only few weeks old that
it will take long purse to buy. The
breeding of "Minneopa Maids" sire is
as follows Security" got by MAN.
brine Prince" by "Old MambrinO
Chief" of Kentucky, Mambrino
Princes" dam Miss Duncan" by
Scots Highlander he by drown
Highlander QIunts.) out of a
daughter of "Aratus' lO2, he, Aratus,
grand-sire of TON Rolf" he sire of
SLEEPY TOm," (pacer) record 2:12lt,
and Lady Rolf" tKittsOns) 2::22al.
Miss Ducans," grand-dam by Tim
sleOn," sire of Boston, sire of sally
Russell" grand-dam of "Maud S." re-
cord 2:l04 Securities" dam "Fash-
lon,' by Marco" 463l, son of "Sir
Leslie" dam Miss Lances,' by
Lance" out of Aurora. lie Iance)
by american Eclipse. securities,
grand-dam by Old Ky. PAGER "Cop.
perbOttcm," out of daughter of "Old
Bald Hornet" security" gets two
crosses to Imported Messenger" one
through "Mambrino Chief and one
through "Scott's Highlander The
following are some of his near rela-
tiOns in the 2:3O list, Sons and daugh-
tiers Of MambIino Chief" and their
get.