The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-05-28
MOODY. 4,7O6 RECORD, 2:234.

This horse was bred by Martin Tour
tellotte, Pleasant Prairie, Wis, and was
foaled in 1874. He was sired by Swigert,
$50, and out of Moll by the Ward horse
g. d. by Dragon G. G. d., black mare
brought from Vermont to Southeastern
Wisconsin about 1886 by Maj. Otis, and
represented by him to be high-bred
Morgan mare. The Ward horse, the
sire of Moody's dam, was grandson of
a horse that made seasons in Erie and
Cattaraugus counties, N. Y, from the
years 1920 to 1880, and was called Old
Messenger. This horse was unquestion-
ably son of imp. Messenger, which
would make the Ward horse great
grandson Of the original Messenger, from
which have originated our greatest trot-
ting celebrities.
Moody has never been pampered
aristocrat, his early colthood being spent
in the promiscuous association of a lot
of youngsters. At three years old he
was broken to harness, and the following
year Mr.. Tourtellotte gave him some de-
velopment of his trotting qualities by
fast work on the road. That fall he was
entered in the Four-year-old Glass at the
Kenosha County Fair and won the first
heat in 2:454. In 1881 he was placed in
G. G. Nelson's hands at GAINESVILLE, Wis,
to have ais speed developed. Under
Nelson's tuition he gave promise of be-
ing very fast, and showed some trials
better than 2:30. In 1882 Mr.. Tourtel-
lotte superintendent the management of
Moody, and was sanguine that he could
put him in form to make fast record.
In the early part of the season he was
very fast, and could in his trials handily
beat such ahorse as Phil Sheridan, 2:2633,
but he evidently lost his form, for al
though started in three races he only
won second position in one, third posi-
ton in another, and was distanced in the
other.
In February, 1885, Moody was placed
in Frank Browns hands for q final effort
to redeem his reputation, and to make
sale of the horse. After getting him
into shape Brown thought SO well of him
that he started him in nine races, in all
of which he was either first or second
horse, except at Washington Park,
where, owing to collision in the second
heat, he was distanced. He won first
money in the Free-for-all Stallion Class
at the Illinois State Fair, beating in that
race the grand and fast young stallion
Epaulet, and obtaining his present rec
ord, 2:234. Soon after this race D. G.
Brown, Union Stock Yards, ILL.,, bought
him for 5000.
Moody is dark iron-grey horse, stand
| ing 15a hands, and weighs over /, JOG
pounds. He approximates the Morgan
type in general conformation. He is q
smoothly-molded, closely-ribbed horse
and is remarkably deep through the
heart. He is q short-backcd, closely.
coupled, evenly-balanced horse, with
none of the angularities SO prominent
in many of the great trotters. His neck
is long and fine and his head is medium
sized, clean, and intelligent. He is very
| fine in the throttle, and his jowls arr
broad, thin, and set wide apart, giving
ample room for respiration, while hi
feet and legs look as though they would
stand the friction of fast work.
4 On flames eternal battle-ground, in tn,
field where merit becomes success
Moody has won his laurels of 2:23} ant
} become the strongest card in the grow
ing reputation of his popular sire, Swig
ert. His breeding embraces the fashion
able strains of Alexander's Norman AM
Mambrino Chief, commingled with tn
old-timc Morgan and Messenger blood
In his developments he has shown th
quality of continued improvement, an
he possesses all the requisite qualitie
!, not only for fast track-horse, but ais
for successful SIRE Heis a determine
trotter, q lightning scorer, with gait a
frictionless as Jay-Eye-See's, and if h
r edges up TO his trials of last fall it wi
b take tremendous horse to beat him
the wire this year. J. B. J.