St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-23
Speed Shown by the Promi-
nent Members of Brood
Mare Families.
Gretchen and Poeahontas
Challenged for the Crown
eff the Year.
Shoe-String Speculation and
It's Results--Donovan'S Vic
toPies--Hoof Beats.


meetings by 500 additions. his sanity
would probably have been questioned.
The fact remains. however. that since
Jan. l there have been nearly 100 addi-
tons to the list, the additions last week
alone Numbering fOTty-Seyen. If the
weather had been at all favorable. more
speed would have been shown.
As it is. the remarkable show
ing viii afford an incentive
10 breeders 10 put forth greater efforts
10 further improve their strains that
they may participate in the glory or
contributing TO the roll OF honor. The
production OF q 2:90 horse Is much more
difficult than one that can manage TO
finish a mile at the standard limit; but
the former are also becoming plentiful,
and the brood mare families are reaplng
q rich harvest in the field of excellence.
None has had such brilliant flight this
season as Gretchen. the brightest star
in Gideon crown, unless we penetrate
the misty shadows of the past TO that
famous old pacing queen POcahontas.
9:l9lS the first harness performer 10
enter the 2-20 list. as her blood
responds TO each thr0b OF GT6tchen'S in
the veins of Nelson. 2:14ll. aud
Aubine. 2:I91S, and Is also mingled
with that of Kentucky Prince and
Daisy in Graylight- 2:161z-the best big
horse that has appeared since the day
Of Great Eastern. The above pair are,
however. not the only prominent ma
irons. as others equally liluStrlouS are
adding to their laurels each week. and
even now challenge Gretchen and PO-
cahOntaS for the crown of the year.
Through her sons Lady Bunker finds
additional claims TO greatness in the
hTee-year-Old record of AXtell. ia. and
Lillian Wilkes. 2:175I. the latter having
also inherited a successful brood mare
line through Flora LangfOrd. dam OF
Joe Arthurton, 2:201S. Alma Mater
moves onward with the royal bearing
of one that is queen Of her tribe. She
Is closely related 70 Dame Winnie. dam
Of PalO Alto. 2:1S; Gertrude Russell,
2:23lI. and Big Jim. 2:29. their respect
i've dams having been out Of Fanny e..
by imported Margraye. which also sired
the dam of Edward Everett. and she
promises through the potent top-erOss
of MambTinO Patchen blood to be-
come a
PILLAR OF THE TROTTING TURF.
Her daughter AlmateT has already
made a record of 2:291z this season. and
promises 10 reduce it, while the races
won and TecOtds made by AlcTyOn.
2:161I; Golden Rod. 2:222l Miss Alice.
2:2015: Empress [. Gene. 2:i9: Auto
graph. 2:2S15 and Black Victor. 2:29sI.
in addition 10 those made in the past,
prove the success that ate nded Alley
one in the stud. and will continue 10
follow the get Of Alcantara, a. well as
Alfonso and Alexander. her promising
colts by Baron Wilkes.
1t is very doubtful If the blood OF anv
mare has been carried TO the wire in
2:20 OF better by her immediate de-
ScendantS often than that of Belle. dam
Of Belmont. king among stations:
McCardy's HambletOnian. cut down
upon the threshold of a successful stud
career: Lucas BrOdhead and Bicara.
dam OF PancoaSt, Monte Carlo and
Mayenne. which has a double cross of
her blood and has already pro
duced CrescendO. 2:24. From the
loins of Belmont came Nut,
wood. WedgewOOd. King Rene,
MI DespeTandum and fremont, all
SiTes Of 2:20 performers. NUtwOOd being
one OF the most prominent SIreS now be
fore the public. while WedgewOOd. in
addition 10 this. has race record that
has never been surpassed by a grand
Patron placed the seal of greatness
upon the name OF PancOaSt, and Nc
Ewen'S victory at Buffalo proves what
d great horse the Southern breeding in
TeTests lost when McCuTdy'S HANDLE
tOnian bTeathed his last at Gallatin.
Minna is rapidly becoming an important
factor in breeding interests. Kentucky
Wilkes. 2:21Z. her fastest son. is
already the sire Of Virginia Evans.
2:24. and Astoria. 2:301S the former
being the first fOal got by him. Ambition
has propUced Signal. sire of Red Light
and Jesse Hammond; Lola. dam of
Goshen. $50. and Combat. sire of Brown.
PISS. and Williams. 2:201z, her blood
lines in this pair OF colt trOtteTS being
united with those tracing TO Lady Pa
tTiOt. Clara and Crop. three of the great
est daughters OF their respective fami-
lies Laura. another daughter OF
Minna. has produced Lizzie Wilkes.
2:225z. and LauTabel. 2::3S. while Madi-
son Wilkes. brother 10 Kentucky
Wilkes, would. with careful prepara-
ton. make respectable record. DOIly's
greatness continues TO Increase in a
volume that Is almost startling. the get
OF Director and Onward being very sue
ceSSful. while CZaTina. the famous old
mares last TOal. made a record OF 2:27l.
this year. Both Emeline and Green
Mountain Maid have added 4 new 2:30
performer this year TO their already
long list. and ElectiOneer'S get
CONTINUE To REFLECT FAME
upon the mirrOr-like memory OF the
little brown mare that lies buried on
hillside al Stony Ford. near the mur-
muring waters of the Waikiki. To Miss
COOns' developed produce. Dinnie. 2:25,
and Clarkia- 2:27. has been added the
pair. together with Wilson. 2:16L. and
AbdalIah West. making her the most
successful daughter of Clark CHIEF. the
daughters Of which scored another tri-
umph BY MambTinO Startle's success in
the stud. Among the mares that have.
like PocahOntaS, made their influence
felt in the third and fourth generations.
NOOdbuTn'S pastures have contributed
Belle. Black Rose. Madam Dudley,
WaterWitch and Miss Russell. The
Black Rose family has. piOneer-like.
Travelled into almost every state
in the Union. her daughters HermOSa.
MalmaisOn and Primrose having pro-
dueed speed as well as sires and dams
of successful performers. while her son
Roscoe is represented on the turf to-
day by Pilot Knox, 2:I9sz. HermOsa
has produced HeptagOn, HermeS. Her
Scnei. all SlTeS OF 2:30 performers, and
MoSa- dam of 1nlaid. 2:261z, and Mos
kOya, 2:2S1z. AialmaiS0n produced
Manetta and Malice. both of which
have trOtted below 300, and Primrose.
her sister, Is the dam of Abdalbrino,
Maxim and Princeps, three sires
OF speed: Moss Rose and Rose
bud. two speed-prOducers, as
we'll as Iehi Ban. 2:29. and
Redwald, 2:2s1Z. Madam Dudley's
fOals contained four speed-pr0ducers.
Belle Dudley being the dam of Bedford,
2:261z. and bod Peet. 2:225%; Tulip,
dam Viva. 2:27: Sue Dudley. dam Of
MambrinO Dudley. 2:I91S, Gr0sjean,
2:30, and Sacramento and Dahlia, dam
OF Daireen, 2:2115; Dacia. 2:291z, dam
OF Daeiana, 2:275z; Davenport. 2:29sz,
and Dalphine. dam Of So Long. 2:24l4.
The two Pilot Jr. mares are
THE GREATEST OF THEIR TRIBE.
Each or them produced two go per-