The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-05-27
Colonel West, lO77.

Bay Horse. foaled s74; breu by lister With
f efSpoon y ky by 5eRt!ns neffe sre
dierr, 2:2I1; Yo ne sentinel. e-a6; L. A ? 20;
Grand sentinel 2:s74 MIgnon, 2:27A; Capoul,
3l5 Uiecord. 2:al&J sire of Abbottsford 2: w;
Manbrno Dudley, 2: 2u1s Convoy, 2:22h Ma
genta. a;s41; ka :hcl a6,s :a6s4; Lady nsFst at
anu grand-sire Of Trinket, >: IA; Patron. yr
old rscord, 2:lsh. &c, &c: I'd Dam. Mamd.
Maid 2: IA; Rosaland,9 9:2A; ThOrndal: a; 224;
Mercer, ,: :32x; MAJ EdsaIl, ? go; Saint Elmo,
e:39; Almont and Belmont, 3d Dam by Rob
erG Bruce. 4th Dam by Muckle John. 9th Dam
by Trumpeter 9Th Dam by Stamboul-
COLONEL WEST will make the Season Of
New Fair Grounds. in Ravenna. except Fri
days and aturdays, when he will be at Wells
Stable in Kent, at Sl5 the Season. with the full
privilege of returning In case the mare proves
WALTER FLETCHER,
Ravenna, Portjge Co., Ohio.
COLONEL WEST comes from the best rep
resentatives of the families OF Hambletonian
and Mambrino Chief. His sire and the sire OF
his dam both possessed speed and the ability
to transmit it TO their progeny in remarka
BILE degree. Breeders generally are seeking
sires with either speed or the ability to get it.
But where both elements are combined in one
animal, the blood is doubly valuable. sentinel,
Woodford Mambrino and Alex. Abdallah have
shown the capacity of not only getting sons
produce trotters. Sentinel was a SON of a great
sire, Rysdyck's Hambletonian. He was foaled
in 1868, and died in 'T3, hence was but 10 years
old. His stud service was limited to few sea-
sons, yet in this short time he got Van ArHim.
2:19h; Annette. 2:26x; T. A. 2:26; Young
sentinel 22S; Vjvs9disre ere 2M Gza1I
:27l4 His SON Capoul sired Omar, four year
old rec ,rJ of ,: 25K and one of his daughters
Sired Sentry 2:25, and Grace Darling. q s9s<
Many stalliens have lived a lifetime and not
sired as many trotters as Sentinel sired in iour
seasons. His full brother volunteer sired st
Julien. ANY; GloSter, IL; Ally. 2:19; Bo-
dine s;19k Driver. s:19H; Amy, 2:29k;
}: :2iI, and fourteen others with records below
=: 30. His sons have sired twenty two 2:3U
performers, and his daughters have produced
| six such. If the difference in their length of
life and their opportunity is taken into ac-
count, Sentinel is the equal if not the superior
OF his great brother. There are no two lull
equal showing. This shows that the warm
blood of Lady Patriot cOmmingled most kim
ly with that of the great founder of the Ham
The sire of Col. Vests dam. woodford NAM
| brinO. as a trOtter. campaigner and sire, has
| never had but one superior George Wilkes)
| His record of 2:9ih was obtained when fifteen
| years old. and when he was weak and wasted
by disease He is credited with larger per
| cent. of trOtters for the number of foals than
| any other sire He sired Abbottsford. a:19h
Pancoast. 2:21x; Mambrino Dudley. .: 2Uh
| Convoy 3: 22L; Magenta,2 24S Rachel, 2 :964
| Inca. 2:27; Lady McFatridge, 2:2s; Dacia.
,: 29h. and George A. Aver. 2: 80 He sired
| by Alexis Abdallah. a horse whose descendants
lead those Of any other sons of Hambictonian
| From his loins have come such great sires as
| Almont Belmont, Woods Hambletonian, &C
| SC. All this combination of the blood OF these
| greatest sires of these great families is built
| gpon a solid foundation of thoroughbred blood
| running back four generations
| Individually. Col West is all that his breed
ing would indirate-large. strong and smooth
| with the best of feet and limbs. He has never
been handled Tor speed. but was driven mile
over the Ravenna track in 2: a2. last half in
1:1< driven by his owner. One of his colts
owned in Oil City, trOtted in 8: Os as Il two year
| old, within six weeks after being broken, He
has never had access to any well bred mares
but from ordinary mares he has sil ed a class OF
| roadsters that will command the attention oI
buyers, His action is very fine, and he goes IN
that erand. majestic, commanding style that IL
| so attractive to horsemen.
| AS all the sires in his line have been positive
| potent sires we count on col West being an
impOr tant factor in the improvement OF the
road horse of this section.
| We submit these few facts. hoping 1t viii
cause our breeders to carefully weigh his mer-
its and analyZe the value of his blood lines, II
| will be seen that he is not depending upon the
| number of lines of Messenger blood. but Is Iul
| of the best lines on TOP CLOSE UP Nor is he
from a line that depends on accident thai
has cropped ouS and dependent on some ON
REPRksENTATIVE to bolster up line of success
ni FAILURES buJ he comes from POTENT LINES
OF THE MoSr PoTEST FAMILIES. 9l9