St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-10
AMONG THE HORSES.
Minnesota Breeders Preparing for the Sale
of Trotting Stock on the Second
Day of June,
On Which Occasion Will Be offered the
Best Stock Ever Bred in the State
of Minnesota.
Foals by Theseus Beginning to snow
Up--Mr. Conrad Gotham Pur-
chaseS One.
Mike Wilkes Showing. UP in Great
Form--Death of MaXey CobD-
NIankato Purses.
Sale of Trotting stock.

sale Oh IrOtt1hS SSOCAs
On Wednesday, June ,, at 10 a. M, on
the state fair grounds, will be held the
third annual public sale of trotting bred
horses bred by Minnesota breeders. Be
tween forty and fifty animals are being cat
alogued for the sale by Capt. j. ID. WOOD.
These horses are put into the sale by Com
modore Kittson, Isaac Staples, u. w.
Sherwood, II. G. Fmkle, w. l.. McGrath
and A. Carpenter Mr.. Staples Is the
largest contributor. He sends twenty-three
head One of the animals he offers Is
Shave 1243, son of Swigert 900, dam py
Kitty by Bellfounder IS. foaled 1873. An
other is Hambletonian chief. handsome ana
stylish, sixteen hands by Thorns Hameie-
tonian, son of Mambrino 10, dam Kitty by
Messenger chief. son of Mambrino Chief Il.
Besides these two he offers a 2:50 geldlng
a mare with a record of 2:42, and some line
brood mares, several roadSterS, thorough
bred stallion and a number OF well bred and
promising youngsters.
The second largest contributor IS Commo-
dore Kittson, the proprietor OF the Midway
breeding farm, st. Paul. He will of1er
seven head, four of the number being the
get of his celebrated trOtting sire Black
wood, Jr., 1921 made in his tve-year-old
form, son of Blackwood "A. record 2:31 as
three year-old, by Alex Norman 20, the
dams of the youngsters being such flne ored
trotting mares as Sister by Swigert. Lady
Logan by Wineman's Logan, and Empress
by Selkirk $50, record 2:2912. Another Is
by SpOttswood, son of Blachwood, Jr, out
of Lady MeSSler, by Grey Pilot, son Oh
Roscoe by Pilot, Jr.. unusually strong
breeding i'll proven speed lines. The next
is a tine trotting gelding, De Soto. just i'll
IL 4 q, rot n
Hambletonian 10, and sire of Catcbt1y,
2:1S11, and two Others in the list dam by
Jackson's Flying Cloud. De Soto is fine,
stylish and fast. and his record 1882, IS one
that can easily be improved upon.
MI George w. Sherwood, the proprietor
of the Sherwood stock farm, who has at the
head of his trotting steed Woodford Wilkes,
Baymont ana Memory, contributes six
head, three colts of his own breeding. two
) by Baymont and one by Memory, Year
ling colt by George Wilkes, jr., a three
year-old stallion by Lee Sprague, son of
\ Governor Sprague, and tive-year-old
gelding. The yearlings constitute fine
lot and will be certain to attract very
, great attention as well as competition, par
!, ticularly the Wilkes colt, the first of this
!, family ever offered at public sale in Min
nesota. The sire of this colt, Woodford
PAGER. His speed lines are unusually strong
and fashionable, and both are well Dolstered
up and strengthened in the colt by the
dam. Another noticeable thing in this
sale is the offer to sell the three-year-old
Sprague stallion by Lee Sprague son of
Governor Sprague, 2:2O15. dam by a son of
Bashaw Drury. This colt is grand look
ing one and is Enthusiastically of good trot-
ting blood. Those who seek to obtain a
good driving horse, with a probability of
developing high rate of seed will certainly
be much pleased by the fve-year-old geld
ing John l., who possesses many excellent
points.
Mr.. 81. G. Finkle of Moorhead puts three
into the sale. While the number is not
large. the quality is high and will attract
attention. These three animals are Of su-
perior breeding. One of the three to be
sold is half sister to the great Lord Mel
son, who trotted last year as a three-year-
old in 1864 at Chicago, in public race.
This animal is Pioneer, Bell, years old,
, registered and standard, by Pioneer, son of
~ olunteer 55, and out of Miss Mcleod, the
dam of Lord Nelson. Pioneer Bell is very
handsome and welcomed filly, and MI.
Finkle says that she has shown him more
speed at the. same age than did Lord Nell
son. Another offering by Mr.. Finkle is a
two-yearold colt, Pioneer Clay, an inbred
Hambletonian, with an American Clay out
cross, while his third is the brood mare
Twinkle, by the great Almont, dam Spe-
ranZa one of the noted dams of the coun-
try. by Mambrino Chief.
Mr.. A. Carpenter resides at GAINESVILLE
Mimi. near the celebrated Lake Elysian
stock farm of c. A. DeGraff, and where
for years the celebrated trotting sire Alex
ander, 2:2SM. has done duty. Alexander
has been withdrawn from public use. but Mr..
Carpenter will offer two of his get, brother
and sister. and ) years old respectively
The dam was fine Morgan mare. noted
for her fine trotting action, great endurance
and good disposition. MI. Carpenter states
that they are we'll mated, drive nicely to-
gether, are good movers, kind and gentle
and will most certainly make elegant road
sterS.
w. l.. McGrath puts in three head, a
brood mare and two of her foalS sucking
and Il yearling. both tillies. The mare is
Jenny Baker, Il good mover and kind
driver and a remarkably fine producer, all
her fOals being of good size, with good dis
positions and promising movers. But she
is not standard bred. For this reason he
has decided to dispose of her and her pro-
duce. While not standard bred, the mare
is by son of Mambrino Patchen, most
prepotent trotting sire, and all her instincts
F, are the trot. The sire of her foals is his
stallion Theseus. standard. very strongly
+ bred in the speed-producing trotting lines.
/, The sale will be absolute and each animal
I offered will be sold on his or her merits.
& the breeding in each case being correctly
|, given, and should there be any physical de-
s fects attention will be called to them bv
I the auctioneer. The offerings, while not
SO many as either of the previous sales uu-
der the same auspices, are many of them
very superior animals, and their general
excellence and promise is much above the
usual average of such sales. Catalogues
can be obtained by writing to Capt. j. D.
Wood or w. D. Woodmansee, st. Paul.
Mr. Reu,sarsS Sole