The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-26
1888 Stallion Season 1888
At Preston Stock Farm

HerOGi .o TIE Psos sire s. q R RsTdet,e
rial III Antpass 1ra ss MSnae I9Sr
year old, $40, and Washington Jr., three year
King Herod, the sire Of Herod, sired Foxie v.
cupid 2:35h. Little Queen, 2:s0; Little Mink.
$40; and many others with records. lie Is also
The grand sire OF Captain Herod Lass; Lady
sherman slack Hawk, tile sire OF King Herod.
sired Chicago Jack 2:3O, Panic 2::S, ana the fol-
lowing 2:so sires: Challenger. and Vermont He
Crow, 2:esh. He Is the grand sire OF Gen Knox
sire OF Lady Maud. 2:lss: Camors 2:l9a.; anu
nine others In the thirty list.
sired i Ethan Alien s:sss, Young - america s:ss
Lancet 2:27 X, Belle OF Saratoga 2.29, aud the
Jams OF Blanche 223k, Gent. Tweed 2:a6k,
and Tennessee ss. alse tne following gao sires
dawk Hel0, Ethan Allen -, Ethan Allen $50,
Flying Cloud ls4, Flying Cloud 4oa5, Gen.
Washington, Grey Eagle keoluk, Morgan
and Nergennes Black Hawk.
Black Hawk sired Green MountIin Boy. 1886,
who got the dam OF Frank, 2:l9h. and HtTod,
.:24A. Green Mountain Boy with good tracks
Ind modern handling would have trOtted close
60 twenty. IL will be seen from the above that
the speed inheritance OF HerOd Is unbrOken;
ciate Editor OF Wallaces Monthly on page DOS
of the February number says: "And here is
where the value OF development Is seen. Ii We
nave 9ed ~, hors ana ne
tainty that he will be equally successful In the
stud But no matter how well
ored horse may be II UNFRAMED we do not
know whether he is . trotter himself; and not
showing that have only probability that his
ol0Od Will carry him through"
The best authorities and the facts indicate
that the best way TO breed speedy and Salable
toadsters is TO breed to trotting bred stallion
that has 4 fast record. Now that HerOd is hay-
ing chance in the stud, he l. proving himself
youngsters that are in demand from almost
every state In the Union. When Geo. Wilkes
vas twenty years old he had no trOtterS, but
MS merit as a race horse brought him patron
age which proved him greater sire than a
trOtter. ! can show visitors this year that
Hcr0d Il getting trotters from farm mares OF
unknown blood.
|Tra1nD1ehlsacsov e apaare ino's
the effects OF kicI osi his stiie which disabled
nlm when SIX years Of age. He Is In training
further acciden. bafal him. 1t was wen known
that his i've year old record OF 81, NTH heat
/ IN the mud, was no measure OF his speed.
IIample y the ls. sire Of Taiisman. four year
Ill; sold for 500. Temptation. four year old
iuO; sold for $50. Tete, four year old. 304; big
price declined. Mande Arnold, sold Tor y.s5.
Token, 3.O7; sold Tor $3.50. Besides these, Don,
rula, Nopska and Ranks pair have shown
speed In public races and buyers have secured
/ the country for Trample's get because OF their
great beauty, style, good disposition and uni
Tranp, the sire Of Trample, sired Trampoline
| 2:23, Travilla 2:s4s.. Tramp s., four year Old
l .:2Sas, Lady Lucas 2;20a, Dick Carrot 2::29a ,
sunshine 2:29a., Tramp Jf, 2:32, Trampolier 2:3a
l (. Il. Hayes 2:33, Rietta 2,3i, Trapeze 2:3ls
Treat 2:3lS Capt. stewart x:35a, NlatOr lbs
/ |. j. -, four year old 2:36L, ben Bolt, three
year old 2;5l, and Emma Tramp. three year old
2.52,a. He Is the sire OF Tramp Dexter the sirt
l u Western 2:25 i , and sally. dam OF Mabel A.
/ 2:3A. Several other sons and daughters have
produced trUttefS with records from 2:33 10 $50
L Logan, the sire OF Tramp, sired Sktnkie's
| uambetOnian 2:.Sa., and the dams or Handle
tOnian BaShaw 2:2l u, DiatOnic. three year Ole
| 2:29 and Wayne wilkes 2:lS.. or kySdyks
uaMblet0nian, the sire OF Logan, II Is needles.
| TO speak. His sire Abdallah, got Tramps dam
/ the Elliot mare, ana she was tile dam OF Blacl
Diamond, another $50 sire.
i Trample'S dam traces to the ChaS. Kent MARI
dam OF kySdyk'S Hambletonian: and also pos
scsses gilt edged crosses OF Clay and Morgan
blood.
subscriptions for the Breeders Gazette re
ceived ut 81 50 a year. 1t constantly improve
and has recently been enlarged. No Othe
stock publication In the world compares witt
II.
Herod and Trample will make the season a
my Farm on the road between Fountain an,
Preston. For terms and further particulars I'D
dress
n. =. GRAFT An,
i Isinours, Minnesota.