St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-04
SOME FAMOUS NATIONS.
Dams That Have Excelled In
Speed Production.

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For many years it was commended by
breeders that alb ut all the speed at Il @
trotting gait came from the sire. and the
success of Hambletonian gave them
good grounds for the belief until such
famous matrons as Lady Patriot, Dolly
and Green Mountain Maid and their
contemporaries began to attract atten-
ton through the uniform success and
individual excellence Of their foals.
After time more attention was paid to
the selection of brood mares, great care
being taken in the tracing of the
speed-producing lines united In them.
and more especially those coming from
prominent matrons through their dams.
In this way the prOduclug-dam boom
was founded, and through it what will
be known as the thoroughbred trotter
will be produced. This line of breeding
has also reduced the production of
2:30 performer almost to a certainty,
and there are already several mares that
have, with Soundness guaranteed. not
fOal but could enter the 2:30 list at
maturity. 1t has also given buyers
better class of youngsters to select
from, as we'll as colts that show enough
promise at an early age to warrant the
AS the tide of speed producing lines in
creased in volume the famous matrons
began to be divided into families, each
of which was noted for some pecularity.
Each of them also contained a few great
individuals, which we will take up and
discuss during the next few weeks. AS
the Pilot Jr. tribe produced the
TWO FASTEST TROTTERS TO DATE,
they are the first to come to hand, al
though in point of numbers they stand
below several others. AS speed-pro-
ducers his daughters, however, rank
very high. as fifteen of them have
thrown thlrty-two $3.50 performers, as
wells as the Sires and dams CT much
daughter was Waterwitch, who was
foal in 1865. The following season
Mambrino Gift was dropped. He was
the first stallion to trOt In 2:20 and
sired six $50 performers and the dam
of Marquis, 1864. before he died in
1877. Peri and Siren, her next two
foals, are also dead, but each of them
are remembered through the records of
Alice Tyler, 800. and Wimbledon.
1924, while General Hancock promises
to rank among the successful sons Of
George Wilkes. The erratic Scotland
made a record of 2:2211S, and Fairy
Belle, Notwithstanding the fatality that
appeared to follow many OF her foals,
has one $50 performer and one son that
has sired speed.
Sprite promises to be Waterwitch's
most famous daughter, as three of her
five living foals have already entered
the 2:3O list. Wavelet made her record
when in foal, and Viking entered the
2:20 list after stud season. Waterloo
has also shown faster than his mark,
while both Warder and Warlock prom
Use to add more names to the famous
old mares list of performers. A list of
Waterwitch's descendants in the 2:30
list presents twenty names, and during
their respective turf career they have
trotted 100 heats between 2:30 and
2:19I.
Though being the dam of Maud S and
Nutwood, Miss Russell should have, in
all probability. been placed above
Waterwich, but the race between the
pair is of a friendly nature, as they
at WOODBURY.. NutwoOd was Miss Rus
sells first foal, and now, at
close of his nineteenth year,
he stands at the head of Bel
mont's greatest sons, with thirty-one
$50 performers to his credit, and both
sons and daughters that are producing
a high rate of speed. Miss RusseIFS
second fOal died as yearling and Cora
Belmont, 2:2411s, and Maud S., 2:OSsl,
followed In the order named. In 1875
she produced sister to Maud S. 1t
died the same year. Nutburne. which
has been credited with 2:30 performer
since he died, was her sixth foal, and
Mambrino Russell her seventh. Nu-
tulla, the dam OF Maudlen, 2:25sl, was
fOaled in 1879. Lord Russell in 1881 and
Russia in 1882. The latter made rec
ord of 1928 this year, while Lord Russell
scored his first 80 performer when
Redwald passed the stand in 2:2S15.
Forty-six of Miss RnsselPs descendants
have already entered the 2:30 list, and
nine of that number have records be-
tween 2:0SI and 800. Crop was foaled
in 1861, and produced her first foal in
1868, and while none of her immediate
descendants entered the 2:20 list,
those in
THE SECOND GENERATION
are moving rapidly in this direction.
Blanche Amory was Crops first $50
performer. and Cut her first foal. Both
of them appear in the above table.
Mary Mason, Ruth and Gauntlette pro-
duced $50 performers, the latter being
credited with as great pair of colt trot-
tiers as ever appeared among one mares
produce. Code was faster than his rec
ord indicates, and Counselor will in all
probability be given another 0pportu-
nifty to move into the 2:20 list. At the
sound of Tackey'S name our readers
will recall the famous old gray mare.
She was foaled in 1859 and not bred
until 1874, before which she had been
campaigned for four years and made
record of 1926. The records of Naiad
Queen, Pilot Boy and Glass Leader show
the classes they reached while in train
ing. and the successes of Jack and Lady