Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-01-08
ROSEWOOD PARK !!
KIOWA. BARBER COUNTY, KAS.

KIOWA. BARBER COUNTY, KAS.
Home OF GamDbelI's ElectiOneer, 2:22i,
Breastplate II 1892 and Alcolyte 7S49.
fKentucky Stock Farm. Dec. 10, 1885,
! Rosewood Park is located one mile from the
city OF Kiowa, Kansas, and consists of nearly
six thousand acres of the finest agricultural
land in Southern Kansas. The buildings and
! improvements of Rosewood are Of modern de-
sign and on every hand you are impressed
with the work of experienced hands, system
! attic arrangement and unmistakable evidences
of practical management by one thoroughly
posted in all details of breeding establishment
of such proportions. For many years Rose
wood has been noted as the home of superb
| herd Of Hereford cattle, as well as high and
choicely bred thoroughbred and draft horses
Not until 1886 did the proprietor, Mr.. w. E.
Campbell, decide to make the breeding of
trotters the leading feature OF this noted es-
Enlistment. In accordance with this decision,
selection of such animals as were considered
worthy. and capable of Immediately placing
Rosewood in line with the best breeding farms
L IL
| fermance OF this difficult task Mr.. Campbell
has acquitted himself in a manner that has
| made Rosewood the most popular and widely
known of any farm in the country of its age.
| The stations upon which the future of Rose
! wood should rest, were given the most careful
study and elaboration, aad a son OF each of
three sires. which were in the judgment Of the
proprietor to rank first speed producers in
the near future were chosen. The compliment
was bestowed upon Electioneer. Onward and
Hawthorn. son of Nutwood. Tho records OF
the past two years attest the wisdom of these
| selections. That each stallion should be the
son OF a great dam as well as a great sire was
| qualification considered equally essential
and a glance al their respective pedigrees will
show how closely this decision was adhered to.
In connection with the above requirements,
is another adjunct" the absence of which
would at once disqualify a representative of
the most aristocratic parentage for a position
at the head of Rosewood. Pure trotting action
and speed must come with every animal that
IS permitted to take up a residence on this
farm.
Camptells Electioneer, 11,67l, ltwo-year-old
record 2:34, three-year-old record 2:22K, by
Eectoneer (sire Of the wonderful Sunol, three
year-old record 2:1014; Palo Alto. 2:12A; Man.
zanita, four years old, 2:l6; Adair, 2:17k;
Bonita, 2:lsh; Bell Boy, three-year-old record
2:19k Kinda Rose, three-year-old record 2:19H
Auteeo, 2:l6A; Norval, 2;17X; Lot Slocum,
2:1Th; Antevolo, 2:19X; Ansel, 2:20, and thirty
six others, with records of 23O or better many
of which are yet in the years of their colthood)
The first dam of Campbells Electioneer was
Edith Carr. by Clark Chief, (sire OF Croxie
2:l91s, and SIX others in the 2:30 list, and the
dams of Phallas, 2:132l; Majolica, 2:15; Wilson,
2:l614, and others; second dam Easter Carr, by
Cars Edwin Forrest third dam Margrave
Mare by Margrave; fourth dam Kitty Muse
(grandam of Idol by Sweepstakes. The breed
ing of Electioneer needs no comment. That
he produces more speed, and that it manifests
itself at earlier age than any other sire, is
matter the records settle, as he is the sire of
the fastest yearling, twO-year-Old, three-year-
old and four-year-old to date. He is not only
the greatest sire of early speed, but he enjoys
the distinction of being the greatest action
controlling sire. No other horse has ever APP
preached the showing made by him in string
speed at the trot from mares bred to run, viz:
thoroughbred This positive speed-producing
strain is met in Campbelrs Electioneer by the
blood of Mambrino Chief II through one of his
best sons. Here again is a current but little
powers, and the source from which come the
dams of such sires as Belmont. Almont, On
ward, Red Wilkes, and others of renown.
Through the second dam we have still another
source from which has eliminated speed at the
trot the whole resting on a base of thorough
bred through imported Margrave, that is found
in no less than eight OF Electioneer's 2:30 per-
formers up to January /, 1859. among which
are Palo Alto, 2:12A.
Campbelrs Electioneer is a beautiful bay.
with size, style and substance; stands Is hands,
showing great length of body, and strong clean
limbs that do not display blemish or puff.
That he not only possesses extreme speed, but
campaigning and training-On qualities is
shown bv the fact that he trotted in his year.
ling form in 1858. AS twoyear-old he won
every heat for which he started, including the
two-year-old class at the Kansas State Fair,
and acquired record OF 2:34 On a half-mile
track. AS three-year-old he won all the races
in which he started save one in the mud. In
the Kansas Breeders Stallion Stakes he won
f1ve-heat race, every heat from 2:26 to 2:29, and
was out of condition, and suffering from very
severe cold at the time. He made record OF
2:221z. and repeatedly showed his ability to
trot in 2,20 or better His full brother is one
OF the fastest yearlings at Palo Alto, and that
Edith Carr is one of the greatest daughters of
Clark Chief there seems but little reason for
doubt. With long line of trotting ancestors
of such pronounced trottinR instinct and such
demonstrated ability to trot and train on the
only logical conclusion is that he must make
great sire.
One OF Eleotioneer's stable companions is
Breastplate II 1892, by Hawthorn, son of Nut
wood, 2:1SA; first dam Ryan Mare (dam of
Ha Ha. a:2211, and Moses s., two-year-old rec
ord 2:2914l, by McCrackens Black Hawk 767:
second dam Billings Mare by Royal Oak, q son
of Hills Black Hawk. Hawthorne sired Tenn
pest, 2:l9; Moses s., 2:29% as q two-yeaF-old,
and own brother 10 Breaetplate; J. c. Shelly,
2:29A. His dam was by Volunteer IS. Breast
plate is bright bay, 16 hands, foaled In 1884
He is a horse of exceptionally fine style ana
finish, with every point in his makeup fault
less in appearance He represents the Bel
mont-Pilot Jr cross through its best represent
alive, with line to that unparalleled sire OF
campaigners, Volunteer. an his sirese side, and
a double cross of the blood of Black Hawk
through his dam, that is already double pro-
Queer. and bids fair to become still further
noted.
There are few faster stations for his educa-
ton than Breastplate. He possesses extreme
speed, and could. trot In 2:20 this season. but
was not started. as he was shipped to Rose
wood from California in the spring. The
change of climate affected him for time, and
he was worked but little for speed, He ..ill he
given an opportun.tt.s5 to place himself in the
.ist with Hawthorn's 2:3O performers, which
promise to be very numerous Ia the near flu
ture.
Alcolyte 7s4s, by Onward, completes the
trio of stations at the head of this noted estab-
lishment. His first dam is Godiva by Egmont
1928 (sire of twelve in 9 40 and betterI by Bel
mont. Egmont's first dam was Minerva dam
of Meander, 2:26k, Nugget, 2:28I. both sIres of
2:3O performers) by Pilot Jr.; his second dam
was by Mambrino Chief IL; third dam by
Downings Bay Messenger. Alcolyte's second