Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-05-15
TUSCARORA STOCK FARM ..
The Home OF Maryland's Equine Kings,
Princes and Princesscs.
A PLEASANT DAY WITH
MR. CARLOS DE GAkMENDIA.

1t was our good fortune to receive an In
vitation along with Mr.. II. c. Root, to &C
company Dl. H. G. Anders and Mr.. II. U
johnson IN visit to Mr.. Carlos De Carmen
dia's Tuscarora stock farm, near Licksville
this county. 1t was accepted with alacrit.
and made under the favorable conditions o
good teams and better company on the way
while tho pleasures of the hoursat Tuscaror'
were as many and varied as genial and alta
bic Mr.. De Garmendla could devise.
The Tuscarora Stock Farm contains fou
hundred acres, the major part of which Ii
rolling land within two miles of Washing
ton Junction, and one mile of Tuscarora sta
ton 3. & o. Railroad. 1t is q paradise fol
horses, the grass being rich and luxuriant
shade and water plentiful, stables roomy, o
modern design and in charge of a corps o
ready ard wcll-schooled grooms under thu
eye of skilled trainer and the watchful carr
of proprietor who, haylng become thorough
master of the science 1or it is science, en-
bodying lines of intricate, beautiful theory)o
breeding the trotter, gives close and intel
ligent oversight to the entire establishment
At the head the stables stands Sea King
bay stallion, FIVE years old on the 2Sth OF
March. He is not only the "bluest bloodcd'
horse in Maryland but stands in the first
class and we'll up to the head thereof in this
country of great trotting srcs and sircs OF
trotters. We wi.lprobably surprise tho ma.
or part of our readers when we inform them
that our county is able to boast in Sea King
nephew to Maud s., the Queen of the Turf
Sea Kings sire being Lord Russell full
brother to Maud S. Sea Kings dam Fairy
Bell was the mother of two that llayc gone n
mile in less than $50 and he rcckons among
his cousins, grandsires and CANADIANS such
noted horses rs Jay-eyc.see, o:lO; Nutwood
2184; Waterwitch; Goldsmith Maid and
EIambctonan 10 the sire of the great Dexter.
1t follows therefore that our statement that
he Is bred in the line OF aud almost the least
possibly removed from the greatest trottcrs
the world has SEEM stands without props.
lie is beautiful horse and as kind as he Is
good looking: he Is powerfully built, the
muscles lying in folds, the lines and curves
of which make up the contour of a horse that
will strike any eye, but which reveals to that
of the intelligent horseman, the essential
points of the high class trottcr. Sea King
was purchased to replace hanxman, Mr.. De
Gs first purchase, but who died in 1888 OF
congestion ofthc bowels.
Monocacy. three years old in June, occupies
etcond place at Tuscarora but to our uned-
ucated eye he is the Adonis of Mr.. De Gar
mendia's galaxy of equine gods and goddess.
cs talk Of your pictures Rosa Bonhcur may
have painted something as pleasing to the
eye, but it could not layc been true to life Us
4 trot,cr and when you see MonOcscy, you
have the grace and action of trotter, ideal
lied in his every poac and movement: in q
word, we are gone on Monocacy and we
arc not called upon to apologize for our lik-
ing as he is the son of the great King Wilkes
217 in trial mile, and brother to Ol;ycr
X, 2:lG4 the winner Of the greatest tivehcat
race ever trottcd he is the grandson Of Geo.
Wilkes, 2:22, the sire Of SIX other Wilkes
with records from 2:lSi to 21S, besides GO
others that llaye beaten ESQ On his dams
side lie is nephew Of the famous st. Julien,
2l1l and goes back IN both stiles to the great
lIamblctonian 10, so it follows that while Sea
King wears the royaI purple of the rcignng
houses, the Eeart of Monocacy surges kingly
blood with every throb and we are his cour-
tier, protesting against the dictum. Aut Cde-
sar ait nuNus, whether it be Sea King, King
Wilkes, Harold or Belmont in word, We
see in this younsster, Monocacy, the individ
ual form and lineage that warrants us in ask
ing of hln that he justify our great liking by
making name for hlmselfand n pot ofsheck
els for his worthy owner. Tuscarora, year
old May Ia, is Sea Kings eldest progeny at
Tuscalora : there are eight others anging
from 6 to II months old and there will be be-
sides IA foals this spring.
it IS u marvel to the uninitirtcd to see these
youngsters, year old and less, trot the
trainer ridnga pony in II swift cantcr. hold
ing the rein on The colt; they show marvel.
Gus speed and do it US though they realized
fully that trotting was to be their business
il any one questions the theory of the impart.
ing of the trottins instinct, all doubt would
bc removed, once they saw these little colts
trot. Mr.. De Gamendia has upwards of
sixty horses and colts at Tuscarora among
whic- are some Of the best bred brood mares
in the country; Artillera, II Hambletonian
mare, trial mile in 1881; Duenna, a Mani
brine. Pilot mare; Estele, the dam of Escli.
ma, a three year.old that has Il record of
2:454 as two yearold and that Mr.. De e.
expects to give somebody shaking-up with
this season; Lucy Scott, 2:44; Lucy Belle,
2:42, Star Maid by Jupiter Abdallah and Il
number Of others.
There were three colts by Manxman, two
of which have been sold Manxman, Jr has
been retained he is bay with black points
no white, two years old last March and traces
his lineage to Hambetonian, Mambrino
Chief and Pilot Jr., and is therefore q young
ster of great promise, There are besides
four fillics by Manxman, all of which have
been kept at Tuscarora and which have lines
of blood that will form solid Foundations
upon which to build by the wise choice
which Mr.. De Garmcndia may be relied upon
to make. 1t is with no slight degree of pride
that we have thus IN our imperfect way, In a
measure described Frederick county's really
great and rising stock farm; we are gratitcd