St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-14
Death of 4ALlllOnt.


Gen. Withers, the owner of Almont, sends
out the following letter announcing the man
ner Of the death Of the great stallion:
LEXINGTON, KY, July 5, 18S4-Almont
died yesterday morning at 9 o'clock from an
attack OF spasmodic collie. The attack was
sudden and violent, and resisted all efforts
to check it until it had continued so long that
it brought ON Inflammation of the bowels
He was sick only about twenty-four hours.
He was in high health and full of vigor when
attacked. In fact he was the best preserved
twenty-year-old stallion l ever saw. He
looked, moved and acted as if in the prime
of life
The usual custom was to feed and water
him early in the morning, and about
O'Clock to turn him out tie Craze and exer-
else in large blue grass paddock. AS it
was quite warm on the Sd, instead his groom
turned him out quite early in the morning,
and before he was fed and watered. AS us
ual he trotted rapidly around the paddock,
stopping only now and then to Craze a little,
and after being out about an hour was tax
en- up. While heated from the exercise he
was given bucket of water fresh from the
cistern. This no doubt brought on the at
tack Of collie.
The pecuniary loss to me is great, but
feel but little concerned about that / and
all of my family, however, were so much at
tached to him that we were deeply affected
by his sudden and untimely death. He was
so kind and docile, so intelligent and affec-
tionate, that all who knew him well became
greatly attached to him. If any stallion ever
merited the title of Equine King" l think
that Almontwas fairly entitled to the distinc-
ton. He was absolutely faultless in his dis
hob H.,
in his stall or paddock. stranger, lady,
or little child could enter his box stall with
entire safety. He never showed the slightest
luminosity to any person but one, and that
person had without cause or reason struck
him severely with whip. The kingly ma
ture of Almont resented the injury and in
suit and the party who gave him the cruel
blow was always in danger whenever he
afterwards entered Almont's box stall.
Descendants of Almont are owned in
almost every state and territory of the Union.
in the Dominion of Canada, in Europe and
the Sandwich islands, and are invariably
highly esteemed by their owners. The an
nouneement of his death will be deplored by
sympathizing friends and admirers from the
Atlantic to the Pacific, from the Gulf of
Mexico to the great lakes of the north, and
across the oceans.
10 provide for the emergency of Almont's
death had, most fortunately, reserved from
sale three of his sons, out of very highly bred
dams; each of these hope and believe viii
prove worthy successor of his illustrious
sire. But for this would be greatly discour-
Sged in my breeding enterprise.
l have an abiding confidence though the
Equine king is dead, that he viii become
more and more illustrious each successive
year, through his numerous sons and dau-h-
tiers and their descendants Very respeet.
fully, wM. T. WtrHEps
The Tart, Fed aud Farm, makes the fol-
towing comments upon the event:
No trotting sire has in the past ten or
twelve years filed more OF the public eve
saan Almont. In passing from Edge Hin
% Fairlawu he passed into the hands of s.
Gentleman who knows the value of printers
irk. But had greatness not been born in
he son OF Alexauder's Abdallah and Sally
Anderson, the persistent pen of Gen. With
srs could no. have thrust real greatness
upon him. In Almeut there was ha3nv
combination ot light harness blood. His sire
Acxauder's A5yiallah, wss the most prspo-
tent son of Rysiyk's Hambletonian. Gold
sEllsa Maid Rosslind. Thorndale and Bel
moat having eome from his loins, and his
Ga:ce sally Anderson, was by Membrane
bhl*i' i"Gc1er o. powerful trOttfug family,
out OF Kate. 10y Pilot, Jr., sire OF the
i&ias If Maud S. and Jav-Eye-See
lac u.:Si Gam was mare of high
!o-'G Hsj believed 10 DC thoroughbred. In
Ase.c..' Is = were united the three great
lar.o-'a.ag strains, Hamhlrt0niGn, Mann
tie"o h,et sud Pilot, Jr., grounded on the
rerNsaS s;G courageous thoroughbred. and
Is 80 sili.tiug power was strong aud even.
lie st0a@ i5.2's hands. was foals,i at Wood
eY,': in iS64, ,ruited as four-ear-old in
S;3fAs aa'i powerful quarters. 2 brain 10
ia~i..aa.S we'll balanced, aud the trg,tiag tfis-
ras.sfr IN him WAS intense. lie cuesd
ssarcely be forced into any other gait whea
,-kps dis exercise on the raaS ar il, tae
pN,'jss.'s. Il MAS sight "a Sc BIN swing
ing with bold and frae,loaless striGef around
to- playground al Fsiriarn, often movias
81 q cifss' ta ESQ sase. Tss.. sons as..,
dsueai'rs hos sgcsessss Src C1ast pro.
roGse-@ e. Sc tu.f were lss0s.>a GGlSr