Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-28
HORSES OF ALTOONA.
A Chapter of Equine Literature From the
Mountain City-Something About Joseph
Story's String-Stories of Well Bred
Animals and Their Records.

Mountain City-Someuhing AboutJoseph
Story's String-Stories of Well Bred
Animals and Their Records.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH!
ALTOONA, Dec. 27.-There is no one,
possibly, who has done so much to encour-
age the breeding of roadsters and trotters as
Joseph Story, of this city. He has always
owned well-bred horse. for he believes
that it pays to own the best In the end. He
remarked to THE DISPATCH reporter who
called on him the othe: day to inquire about
trotting matters, that he wished he was
younger, so that he might indulge his love
for the trotting horse-not particularly to
race, although he enjoyed a good, square
trial of speed-bu5 that he might gratiIy
longing for this pleasant pastinle. -
Mr.. Story's first purchase was Elsie
Medium Oui sister to Eddie G, 2:20),
uY Happy Medium, dam Boston Girl.
Elsie was very speedy mare, but she cams
on the scene when it was thought 10 be the
proper thing t., make $40 trottAr out of a
natural PAGER that had shown 2:1S clip.
He called to mind an incident when her
owner was giving her daily work, when
through an oversight of her groom the toe
weights were not put on. But Story did not
know that such was the case, and by the
time he had reached the hickory nut bottom
road he had the Boston blood warmed to the
speeding pitch. .,
He commenced to urge her on, when, like
flash, she left th. trotter, not being he'd
down by weight, and went to her natur Il
gait, the pace. By the time the bend in the
road was reached she was going at such
rate that her drive- became afraid of the
skeleton wagon goins t., pieces, so he was
forced to pull up.
"That is the fastest ride ever got behind
an animal, said Mr.. Story, "and / see nov,
when it is loo late, tina. PAGERS should pace
and not be mad to 20 out OF the way marked
out by nature Mr.. Story drove her to
record f2:47 over the old Altoona course.
The next trotting bred horse that Mr..
Story purchased was MambrIno Downing,
by Mambrin1 Patchen, the great blood mare
sire, dam Mollie Higgins. by Joe Downing.
This horse was a remarkably we'll bred
one, and was sold to a Western man. A
number of his progeny are still owned here,
and, characteristic of the Mambrino family,
they are horses of much grace and beauty.
Red Cloud, by Cloud, dam by 'Scott's
Hiatoga. is a strong and resolute fel-
low, and gives promise OF good going quail
tics. He shoufu make great sire of road
sters, but the one thar receives the most at
tention at Mr.. Story's hands. ard whose
virtue he delights to extol as he points out
to you the producing blood lines that
go to make up his pedigree, is Red Boy.
AS might be judgei by his name, he is by
Red Wilkes, who is one OF the leading sires
of the day, dam Ida, by Edwin Forrest (sire
of dam Of Sn So, 2:17).
Red Boy is representative of a family
that has won prominence by virtue of their
performance family of tried race horses.
He is the counterpart of his ha1f-brother,
Prince Wilkes, 2:14A. He is stylish and
resolute-going colt, who will, no doubt,
afford his owner much pleasure as he watches
his turf education, with the hope that he
may measure up to the racehorse standard
of Phil Thompson 2:16H; Red Bell, 2:17,
and many others that have won the APP
plau Sc of turimen from the Atlantic to the
Pacific.