Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-03-16
MINNEHAHA.
N. F. DUNsHEE.
From the New York sportman.

carries the mind back to the whispering
pines and arrowmaker's wigwam where
Hiawatha came to win his bride. 1t is a |
mingling of beautiful sounds, name of
music, and when applied to the famous
mare who for years roamed in freedom
over the rich pastures of Sunny Slope
became as enduring in horse literature as
Longfellow made it in verse.
Minnehaha is bay mare, with a blaze
in face, and was foaled in 1868. She was
got by Stevens Bald Chief, son of Bay
Chief and Dolly Spanller, by Hunts
Commodore. Her dam, Nettie Clay, was
sired by Cassius NJ. Clay, Jr., her gran
dam by Abdallah, and her great-gran-
dam by Engineer II. She was bred by
George G. Stevens of Milwaukee, Wis,
and sold to l.. j. Rose, Los Angeles, CAL,
who bred her in 1871 to The Moor. Her
first foal was the black filly, Beautiful
Bells, who, after making a record of
2 :299, was bred to Electioneer, by whom
she had six foals, three of which, Kinda
Rose, :l94 as three-year-old; st. Bell,
2:244 as four-vear-old; and Chimes,
1884 as a two-year-old, have become
prominent in trotting annals. Her sec
ond foal died, but in 1873 she produced,
to the cover of the same sire, the bay filly
Atalanta, who made record of 40 as
three-year-old. She is now broodmare
at w. Corbitt's farm, and has produced
Sunny Cline and Lady Rose, both of
which are by Sultan. This mare could
have trotted low in the POS. Paceola, by
Silver Thread, with two-year-old rec
ord of 2 80, was her next foal.
Minnehaha was bred for the first time
in 1877 to Sultan, who was then only two
years old. The union produced Sweet
heart, who trotted in :261 as two-year-
old, and reduced those figures to 2 :221 in
her two-year-old form. The great Eva
was foaled the following year. She made
a record of 2 ZIG when two years old and
as a four-year-old placed 2:253 opposite
her name. She trotted in 2:25 in her
five-year-od form, and showed that the
get of Sultan and Minnehaha could train
on by trotting in 2 :23t the following
year. The now famous mare was barren
in 1850 and 81, but in 1882 she produced
California, who is expected to place his
name in the = 80 list this season. Her
next fOal was the bay colt Alcazar, who
was the best racehorse that ever appeared
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four races between Aug. Is and Sept. %,
winning them all, and making record of
2 :295 in the third. His winning heats
he only lost two-show an average of
2 1921, which has never been beaten. His
three-year-old career was equally as bril-
liant, and his record, 2 :23, was only
quarter of a second behind the best of the
year, while his average was far in adj
vance of any in training during the sea-
son.
The bay colt San Gabriel was Mime
haha's foal in 1881. He was sold last
year to Budd Doble, by w. II. Wilson of
Abdallah Park, for $4,000. He could
trot in 2: 30 then, and will in a short time
add one more jewel to the crown of great
ness, which already encircles the brow
of his dam. The brown filly Daisy Rose,
foaled in 1885, was this great mares last
foal by Sultan. She is now owned at
Abdallah Park, Mr.. Wilson having pur-
chased her from Percy S. Talbot for
$4,000 Her last fOal was bay filly by
Sultan's son STEAMBOAT, who has a four
year-old record of 2 :23.
Great caution must be used in compar-
ing Minnehaha with the great matron
Green Mountain Maid. There are those
who claim that she is her equal if not her
superior, but the daughter of Harry Clay
FORCES to the front by force of numbers,
and the prepotency of her famous son
Electioneer. Still as there is difference
of six years in the ages of the pair, and
all of their foals are not developed, sat
isfactory conclusion cannot be arrived at.
Three of Minnehaha's daughters have
records better than 2 80 and one with a
mark of 2 40. One of her colts has
two-year-old mark of :55, and two that
have shown their ability to trot below
the standard limit. One of her daughters
produced Kinda Rose, 2:l93; st. Bell,
2:24t, and Chimes, 2 1884. 1t is a remark
able fact that the blood of Minnehaha
and Green Mountain Maid, the two great
rivals for productive greatness, are united
in the above trio.
The following is complete list of
Minnehaha's foals as furnished by l.. j.
Rose of Los Angeles, Cal, and which
was never before made public:
1s72-Blk. f., Beautiful Bells, 2 ;29A, by
The Moor.
ls73-B. f., (dead), by The Moor.
ls75-Br. f., ATLANTA, $40, by The
Moor.
1S77-B. f., Paceola, 255, by Silver
Thread.
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