St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-09
The Importance to the Minnesota Breeder
Of Getting the Best Stock to
Breed From.
Commodore Kittson, Messrs. De Graft, Fin
kle and Sherwood Have Splendid
Representatives.
for Racing in New Or
leans This Winter--The
WOODBURY. Stables.
Important Change In the Lor1llard
Stables--Sale Of Mike Wilkes
.-Onward.
The Horses 10 Breed From.

"A correspondent OF Inc lufI, ElelQ ana
Farm recently visited the breeding farm Of
the late j. O. McFerran, in Kentucky, and
has written an account of what he saw
there. From this account we take an ex-
tract. 1t is rather long, but to the breeder
of trotting horses in Minnesota it furnishes
a lesson of the greatest importance. If
the breeder begins wrong he will have
lot of poor stuff on his hands that can al
ways trOt fast enough to get beat, and
which will never command the best prices.
1t will take long time to get them off his
hands. Whereas, if he starts with repre-
sentatives from the best families, the pro-
duce will be more readily sold and will
command better prices. 1t is clear that the
breeder that starts with secOnd-class stock
with the expectation of establishing q first
class and successful stock farm will
surely be left. Breeding trotting horses
has been reduced almost to a science, and
it will not do for the breeders in Minnesota
to ignore this important fact. The past
season has, in some respects, been won
derful one for breeding trotters, and has
thrown flood of light on the breeding
problem, so that no breeder need have any
doubt as to where to go, or what to get for
his breeding stock. Hon. Daniel Hayes of
Muscatine, Ia, acting upon the suggestions
made here, has purchased Pretender, full
brother to the three year-old Patron, spoken
of in this extract. When the Minnesota
breeder sees the names Of such horses as
Cuyler, Pancoast, Patron, Pretender, Nut
wood, Nutbreaker, Princeps Dictator,
Blackwood, Jr., Won Arnim, Volunteer and
others like them he ought to have no doubt
as to where to go for his stock. AS Min
plSOta ic iucf in thic huc
of breeding trotting horses, it is of the
highest Importance that all who engage in
in it should start right. Life is too short
to experiment in this. It is much
better to start from the point
reached by those who have already gone
through the process of experimenting, and
thus get the advantage of their experience.
We have some of the first-class representa-
tives Of the best trotting stock in the coun-
try in the stables of Commodore Kittson,
Mr.. Finkle. Mr.. Sherwood and Mr.. De
Graft. and there is none better in the whole
country. 1t is to such sources as these that
those who propose to go into the business
OF breeding the trotting horse should go.
The Importance of this matter to the whole
state warrants the publication of the fol-
lowing extract:
When Cuyler was led from his box
every one present remarked upon his i'm
proved appearance.
HE BEARS HIS AGE WE'LL
and time seems to emphasize his striking
points. AS a sire of trotters his fame is
great. but his renown, Judging from this
seasons work, will grow through the
achievements of his daughters in the stud.
The Cuyler mares are making their mark
in breeding ranks. Nutwood is full of
rugged health. He seldom complains and
is a hearty feeder. His back is beginning
to sink little, but his eye is bright and his
temper buoyant. Five of his sons and
daughters have entered the $50 list this
year. Pancoast is horse which fills the
eye. He is refined type of the Mambrino
race. and no stallion has risen so rapidly in
the public estimation. His legs, feet, tenn
per and constitution stand the critical test,
and he is trotter of great power and swift
hess. He made his record of 2:21I as
seven-year-old. and he would have lowered
it this season had he not slightly
sprained his shoulder. Although but s
years old he has three in the 2:30 list, Issa-
quena, Aquarius and Patron. The latter
is the best three year-old that ever appeared,
and his record is 2:191l in the third heat of
a desperately fought race. Before leaving
home for the turf campaign Aquarius was
rated the better three -year-old, as he had
shown trial in 2:2411Ss, but he got off, much
to the regret of his owner, Mr. Bate,
neighbor of Mr.. McFerran. Patron was
wintered in Canada, and Fuller found him
very uncertain colt when he took charge
of him in the spring. He would break
without warning, and tried the patience of
his handler in many ways. Fuller watched
over him as gently as he would baby. and
when Patron scored for the word at Lex
ington better actor never challenged adj
miring eyes. Maud S herself could not have
been fuller of confidence.
Beatrice, the dam of Patron, is a bay
mare, 15.2, and 10 years old, by Cuyler. out
of Mary Manbrino, by Mambrino Patchen;
second dam Belle Wagner, by Embry's
Wagner; third dam Lady Belle, by Bell
founder, Jr.; fourth dam Multifora, by
Kosciusco. She is the sister of Elvira, but
was never trained. She has thrown six
foals, three of which were got by Pancoast.
The Oldest of these, Pretender, is said to be
good one.
THE YOUNGEST IS BAY FILLY,
weanling. by Nutwood. and it has fine
size and good action. The mare was bred
back to Pancoast last spring. Bonnie Doom,
the dam of the slashing twO-year-old, Nut
breaker, has just weaned a brown colt by
Nutwood, a large, wedge-shaped fellow,
and she has been bred back to the half
brother of Maud S. Latham Lass, the dam
OF Don Cossack and Issaquena, died in foal-
ing, and her little brown filly, by Nutwood,
has been raised on bottle. The young or
phan has plenty of size and quality. Orange
Girl (reeord 2:20) has been unfortunate In
the stud, losing her first foal and her second
one dying soon after birth; but she now re-
joices in handsome bay filly by Nutwood,
and has been stinted to the same stallion.
Reina Victoria. the dam of the great four
year-old, Princeton (2:23N, by Princeps,
has a weanling, a chestnut, with blaze and
three white feet, by Nutwood. 1t is SPLEEN
did colt, combining the blood of Dexter,
Volunteer and Maud S, and the mare has
received the embrace of PancOast. Elvira
is stone blind. and she felt for her footing
as she came from the stable with shining
coat. Fuller is confident that he would
have shown mile in 2:15 with her had not
misfortune overtaken her. She may yet
prove formidable on the turf, but as her
sister, Beatrice, has won so many laurels in
the stud, she will possibly be bred to Pan
coast herself. Issaquena doubtless would
have lowered her record at Lexington, had
she started there. The task assigned her
was a mile in 2:25. She has speedy form.
Among the wo-year-old fllies shown us
was Nemesis. black. by NutwoOd, out of
Four Lines. by Blackwood. She has a great
deal of finish, with power and action. The
bunch of yearling FLIES is good one.
Annie Bell, a bay, by Nutwood, out of
Lucia, dam of Day Dream, is not large, but
she has finish and style, with a swinging
gait. Artifce. by Nutweod, out of Artless,
sister of Orange Girl,
IS A HANDSOME BAY,
and Clara L, by Nutwood, out of Lady
Prewitt, by Clark Chief; second dam Lady
Wallenstein, by Lexington, is blood-like
bay. with level head and long stride. Cla-