The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-17
1888 Stallion Season. 1888
At Preston Stock Farm.

HerOd!s 10 ,h rsar sre q q I Gsrast,s r
year old, 2.5s 4, and grandsre OF Nubbins, three
year old, 2:iO, and Washington Jr.. three year
old, 2:31a.
King Herod, the sirs OF IIerod sired Foxie Y.
a;:s3s !; Billy Barefoot, ssi4; Jack stiles, s:35:
cupid a35a. Little Queen, 40; Little Mink.
2:iO; and many others with records. lie Is also
Brazen, s.42; Little cupid, s33; ana others.
sherman Black Hawk, the sire OF King iIerod,
sired Chicago Jack ~, Panic a::.S, and the fol-
lowing 2:3o sIres: challenger, and Vermont He
70; also the dams OF Baron l.uif 80, and Little
Crow, a:2sa. lie Is the grand sire OF Gen Knox
Sire or Lady Maud. .:ls.: Camors 2:l9a.; and
nine others In the thirty list.
sired Ethan Allen 2::25s, Young America 2:.I,
Lancet ..21 *, Belle OF Saratoga 2.29, and the
dams OF Blanche a:2as, Gent. Tweed s:s64,
Black Flying Cloud, Black Hawk .6i, Black
Hawk Iielo, Ethan Allen IS, Ethan Allen s5,,
Flying Cloud III, Flying Cloud 1905, Gen.
BACK Ha Hawk, pa,rek Henry. Rough and Keady.
and Nergennes Black Hawk.
Black Hawk sired Green M0untIin Boy, s:36,
who got the dam OF Frank, 2:l91s, and H,rOd,
2:2i,s. Green Mountain Boy with good tracks
and modern handling would have trotted close
TO twenty. It will be seen from the above that
the speed Inheritance OF Herod Is unbroken;
there Is no weak link in the chain. The Asso-
| ciate Editor OF Wallace's Monthly on page 1s
OF the February number says: .And here Is
| where the value OF development Is seen. II we
| have a well bred horse and he successfully
meets the tests OF the turf, IL Is almost 4 GER
| tainty that he VIII BE- equally successful IN the
stud. Eut no matter how well
| bred horse may be II UNFRAMED We do not
know whether he Is trotter himself; and not
| knowing that have only probability that his
blood viii carry him through
The best authorities and the facts indicate
that the best way TO breed speedy and salablc
roadsters is TO breed to troiting bred stallion
| that has a fast record Now that Ilerod Is hay-
| lug chance IN the stud, bel proving himself
no exception to the RUE, 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 no trotters, but
his merit rs race horse brought him patron
tFOtter. | can show visitors this year that
Hcrod Is getting trotters from farm mares OF
unknown blood.
ITra1nD1eh1sasso ve apRars i9oHi
the effects of kics ii his stiie which disabled
HIM when six years OF age. He Is In training
and Will be trotted It the Fairs this fall II NJ
i further accident bafall him. 1t was well KNOW
that his fiye year old record OF 2 52, a NTH heal
in the mud, was no measure OF hl56pecd.
Trample Is the sire OF Talisma1. four yea
3:ll; sold for 500. Temptation, four year ole
3:uO sold for $3.50. Tetc, four year old, 30i; bi.
price declined. Maude Arnold, sold Tor $50
| Token, 3.Os; sold for $25u. Besides these, Don
Tula, Nopska and Ranks pair have show
speed In public races and buyers have secured
the country for Trample's get because Of thei
great beauty, style, good disposition and uni
Tramp, The sire OF Trample, sired Trampolin
s:z3, Travilla 2:2is. Tramp s., four year Of,
2:2st., Lady Lucas 2;29a, Dick Carrot s::s9
{. G. Hasss sss Ris,sa ST lrapeze
Treat 2:3ia Capt stewart 2:35la, Niator a:3Ss
l. j. s., four year old s::;s,a, ben Bolt, tire
year old sl and I'm Emma 9; Lamp three year o.
, VI Western 2:25a and Sally. dam OF Mabel A