St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-09

In seven years the entire produce of
colts was ninety-Seven, and the knife
was used on more than half of these.
The ability to perpetuate line was de-
strOy ed in the bud. Albert w, the only
fOal OF 1878 left entire, obtained rec
ord of 2:20, and he has some very
promising colts at Rancho del PasO, the
oldest being yearlings. AnteeO, one of
the three colts of 1870 left entire. trotted
down to 2:l61S, albeit his second dam
was thoroughbred, and he is the sire of
Alfred G, 2:1O1s. and of Redwood, four
year-Old record 2:24115. Eros. another
entire son of 1876. has a record of 2:291sS,
and he is the sire of Wanda. 2:2l15.
Elector, dam Gilberta, the third entire
son of 1879. obtained record of 2:31,
and is the sire of j. R., 2:2415. There is
another EleetOr out of Lady Babeock, and
he has a record of 2:2l4, and is the sire
of Edwin c, PAGER, 2:15. Ansel. one of
the three entire colts of 1880, trained to
a record of 300, and he has number of
sons and daughters which will enter the
list before long. At least they show as
much trot as the get of Electioneer.
Whips, another entire colt of 1880, has a
record of 2:271155, and his dam. like that
of AnSel. is strictly thoroughbred. The
youngsters by Whips are also good
actors III harness. AntevolO. 2:l91<, was
one of eight entire colts of 1881, and st.
Just was another. Neither Is old
enough, considering opportunity, to
have anything in the 2:30 list. Con-
spicuous among the ten entire SONS of
1882 are PalO Alto, 2:124; Norval,
2:171z, sire of NOrlaine, one-year-old
record 2:911S; Woolsey, brother of
SunOl. and whose colts are going well III
harness; AZmOor, 2:243%, and st. Bel,
2:2415. Palo Alto and AZmoor are out of
thoroughbred mares, and neither has
any fOals. The St. Bells will soon be
heard from. The colts of 1888 and 1884,
it will readily be admitted, ale too
young to have 2:30 performers to their
credit. In 1885 there were 20 colts; in
1885, q colts: in 1887, II colts; in 1888,
Ii colts; and in 1889, 10 colts, and none
of these have been gelded. All told,
there are but 140 entire colts by
EieetiOneer. Many of the young STALL
ions are at Vina, where they are
neither trained nor bred. A prominent
breeder writes: "The direct issue of
ElectiOneer are on top and speak for
themselves, but the horse is being I'M
justly criticised for not having sous to
sire speed. when statistics show that a
CCnt VI Ecu kIllO OiIGS
that would tell in the matter OF sires of
speed, being the Oldest were
gelded. In this respect no great
sire of speed has suffered like
ElectiOneer. The George Wilkes
geldings can be counted on your
fingers. and we know that they were
much better bred for stations than the
get of Electioneer, the class of mares
he served being more fashionably bred
for producing stations, the large pro-
portion of breeders preferring their
stations out of trOtting-bred dams, such
as mares by MambrinO Chief, Mann
brine Patchen and Hambletonian. to
thorOughbreds, or by such horses as st.
Clair and the general run of California
Mares" When we contrast the oppor-
tunities of ElectiOneer with those of
other great stations, we are not sur
priSed at his having done so little, but
are amazed at his liza ving accomplished
SO much. The oldest son of Green
Mountain Maid has founded a trotting
line which will increase in strength as
the years go by, and which will not sue
cumb to the intense rivalry of other
powerful families.