Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-10-11
VARIOUS NOTES.
From the American Cultivator.

An Otsego, n. Y, subscriber writes as
follows; 81 have fine young mare by
Superb, son of Ethan Allen, out of a
mare by Hambletonian Bashaw, by Rys~
dyk's Hambletonian. She is very stylish,
good disposition, can show a 80 clip, is
said to be gated like Ethan Allen, She
is about l5t hands high and weighs about
1000. What horse would you advise me
to use? What would you think of
Thorndale, or Kentucky Wilkes, or vi
king? Which of the three horses named
would be liable to make the best cross
with this mare? l wonld like a colt of
good fair size, and one that can get there
first BY using Golden or Ben Franklin
would it he nbreeding too much. viii
you be so kind as to answer through
your very valuable paper?'
a mare like the above should throw a
valuable foal to either of the horses.
The first named, Kentucky Wilkes, is one
of the handsomest and gamest sons of
George Wilkes, and was remarkably fast.
His record g :2l4) does not indicate the
limit of his speed when in his best racing
condition. He began his trotting career
as two-year-old, and got record of
2 :304 in the fourth heat of race in his
three-year-old form. His record of ~
was made in the third heat of fighting
race, and he forced Wedgewood out the
next three in 2:2l4, 2:20, 2:204. His
dam, Minna. was by Red Jacket, a
strongly inbred Morgan. Now as the
dam of the mare in question was by son
of Ethan Allen, and the dam of George
it is possible that so strong cOncentra-
ton of Morgan strains might result in
something not quite up 10 the desired
standard in size. Superb was a large
horse, but the tendency might be to fol-
low the characteristics of the family to
which the produce is inbred. The Oldest
of Kentucky Wilkes get were foaled in
1885, so it is too early yet TO know for a
certainty whether they will get there
first or not, but judging from the gait and
quality of some of his get that we have
seen there is but little doubt that they
will prove credit to their sire. We
know of "A bay filly by Kentucky Wilkes,
from gray daughter OF Daniel Lambert
that is shaped and gated well enough to
This Lambert mare is the same remove
from Ethan Allen as the daughter OF
Superb.
Thorndale is the fastest son of Alex.
ander's Abdallah, and the latter, con,
sidering his opportunities, has proved
/ himself by the performances of his pro-
geny upon the turf to be the best son OF
Rysdyk's HambletOnian. The dam OF
Thorndale was Dolly, which also brought
Director (2:l7), as game horse as ever
faced starter, and Onward @ :25t)
Mambrino Chief has acquired great dis,
tinction through the wonderful speed
producing capacity shown by his daugh.
tiers, but Dolly is the only mare in the
world that has yet produced three stall.
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Thorndale has plenty of size, and his dam
is from a family noted for possessing that
desirable attribute. He has also shown
that he is endowed with the power &c
produce sons and daughters that get there
first, like Edwin Thorne (2:l6D and
Daisy Dale (2:l9i). If we remember
correctly, Senator Leland Stanford thinks
so highly of him as a sire that he has
suggested the possibility of sending a
carload of mares from California to be
bred to him.
Viking is very popular young horse
He is by Belmont, and he by Alexander
Abdallah, out of Belle, a producing
daughter of Mambrino Chief. Belle
is also the dam of Pancoast, with
a record of 2;2lt, and Pancoast
sired the wonderfully three-year-old