The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31
1888 Stallion Season 1888
At Preston Stock Farm.
HerO(ss % tie r,as sire q I naTde',s'


Wis the sire OF Burdettr.
"oE4D0ko4 40 Pedro s.ll. IIerod In
trial a.: Antipas trial. a.ls: Michael. Iorr
year Oil, 80 I. ana grand-ire OF NuDbins three
wear al ), IN and Il n ,hinufon II three wear
oaid Lii o' i'1 49, .oe 800
King lieroi. the sire OF Herod. sired Fexie Y.
,..3 8. i,iliy Harpfont 1ol6. LACK stiles a.3,..
lund .::.s,s. Little Queen. a:iu. Little Nink.
80: anu many others with records. lie is also
the GRAND sire vi Capt:in Herod aa5a,: Lady
Braze.l. q ~: Little Cupid s.3;: ana others.
sherman black Hawk tile sire Of King ierod,
sired Chicago Jack $50, Panic us, ana the fol-
70; also the dams OF Baron Luff .:.. ana Little
Crow, a2sA He Is the grand sire OF zen Knox
sire OF Lady Maud. 2:lsl.: Camors 2:I9a.; and
nine OF hers IN the thirty list.
Black iiawk, the Sire OF Sherman Black Hawk
sired Ethan Allen 2:a5,, Young America a.s,.
Lancet ar i, Belle OF Saratoga ..a9, and the
dams OF Blanche a:33ts. 1;eI'l. Tweed a:a6A
an a,k sns also ga as ns%i ESQ s ae
Hawk IleIo, Ethan Allen i3, Ethan Alien s53.
Flying cloud ~, Flying Cloud 1895, Gen.
Black Hawk, Patrick Henry, Rough and READY,
and iclgennes Black Hawk.
Black Hawk sired Grcen Mountlin Boy, .:36,
who got the dam oil Frank, a:laa and Ii, rod,
s:al1.. Green Mountain boy with god Ii acas
and modern handling would have trolted close
TO twenty. IL will be seen from the above that
tie speed Inheritance OF iierod Is unbroaen;
there IS no weak link in the cnaln. The Asso-
ciate Editor vi Wailace's Monthly on page 9us
VI the February number says: .And here Is
where the value Of development l. seen. II we
have a well bred horse and lie successfully
meets the tests Of the turf, 1t Is almost a Ger
tainty that he WIN Be equally successful in Tie
stud. But no matter how well
bred horse may be II UNFRAMED we do not
know whether he Ii a trOttcr himself; and not
knowing that have only probability that his
blood Will carry him through
The best authorities and the facts Indicate
that the best way TO breed speedy and salable
roadsters is TO breed to IA troIting bred stallion
that has a fast record. Now that Iierod is hav-
ing Il chance in the stud, he Is proving himself
no exception TO the rule, and Is string speedy
youngsters that are In demand from almost
every state In the Union. When Geo. Wilkes
was twenty years Old he had 10 trotterS, but
his merit as race horse brought him patron-
age which proved him a greater Sire than a
trottcr. ! can show visitors this year that
lcl0d Is getting trOttefS from farm mares or
unknown blood.
nrD@ has apparently
- Il ~ AAA kDA0fccoyered from
the effects Of kicn his stiiie which disabled
hun when six years OF age. lie Is In training
and Will be trotted It the Fairs this Iali ii no
further accident Dafall him. 1t was well known
that his tive year old record Of 81, fifth heat
ID the mud. was no measure OF his speed
lrample Il the sire or Talisman, four year
o.I. s" ray orI GUY, Sfu , sear Nh M
o,s,.. soI for "a nat, ya,. a o "a go, piu
nr,,., J..lineTT M,nda irna,a lo J ,nr 81.
pn..n ~. 49, sa,, .nr ny, soi N.Y. Hnp
TSia, s s and Ranks i par have sst shown
speeu IN pubic races anu buyers nave scouieo