Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-06-13
HORSE GOSSIP.
MIR. Rose Shows why He Values Clay
Blood More Than any Other Cross.
[L.J. Rose in his "Trotting Catalogue

IL. j. Rose in his "Trotting Catalogue
have often asked myself the cause of
| this phenomenal success, the reason why
all the get of The Moor and his offspring
in the third generation uniformly show
good speed, even before training. This
uniformity seems to gain momentum with
each generation, and the great factor in
| this problem seems to be the Clay cross in
| The Moor. This fixes itself in my mind
more firmly with each succeeding year. In
| subsequent years | bought other stock in
Kentucky, and nearly all | bought were
yearlings, and all were trained up to three
years and older. First | trained three by
Bald Chief, two by Mambrino Pilot, two by
Woodford Mambrino, two by Peck's Idol,
two by Clark Chief, one by Mambrino
Patchen besides California-bred colts by
| Guy Wilkes, Whipple's Ham bletonian
| Speculation, Patchen and others. Yet out of
all these ! never found one that had rs
much natural speed and improved SO easily
and quickly as the average produce of The
Moor, Sultan or Stamboul, for Stamboul's
success is no longer II belief but a reality,
as can be seen by his oldest colts Nor am
| singular in such experience, as can be
easily seen by looking at the phenomenal
success of George Wilkes, out of Clay
mare, and also Electioneer again out of a
Clay dam. That these should be by the
records by far the best sons of Hambeto-
nian cannot be a mere accident. 1t may
be claimed that the majority of record
breaking youngsters have Clay crosses.
The produce of Beautiful Bells, by Flee
tioneer, have three crosses; Guy Wilkes
and Sable two crosses and even the sec
ond yearlng record Sadie D., has Clay
dam Then again, look at the great brood
mares, Green Mountain Maid, Minnehaha
Beautiful Bells. The greatest success of
The Moor was Minnehaha, whose dam was
by Cassius NJ. Clay, jr., and Fleetwing,
whose dam was by George NJ. Patchen,
2:231 the best of the Clays in his time
Does not this tell tale that cannot be con
troverted 1t is not my desire to claim
that all goood grows from Clay cross in a
pedigree, but must confess | value it more
than any other cross, and believe that the
produce of Sultan, or Stamboul, or Alca-
Ear, and all their progeny, will become n
very great factor in the future breeding Of
the trotter. And as far the future can
be predicted by the very short past this is
as sure it is that night follows day.
One Of the most promising three-year-
Odds in +. r. Braytons stable, Mt Alburgh
Centre, is the geldng, Z. K. b., sired by
Waikiki, second son of WAIKIKI Chief, dam
by Rows Black Hawk, he by Hills Black
Hawk Mr.. Brayton says that this colt
very much resembles the trotter Grand Isle,
23l, in form. Waikiki ID his sire, is the
sire of young Nermonter 23O this season.
Waikiki Chief only lived to be seven years
old and stood in New York and Vermont.
How many mares were bred to him, Mr..
Brayton does not know, but his 230 list
does not show that any Of them were fash
ionably bred. To get six 2:30 performers,
the dam of another, and three sires Of 2:30
: performers in seven years shows great
merit
William Vedder, a farmer living in Ms
kayuna, n. y, had Il terrible experience
last week with n stallion. When he enter
! ed the box stall to groom the animal il
turned upon him, and, selling his arm with
in its teeth, raised the farmer from his feet
and gave him vicious shaking. Nedder':
cries summoned ono of the employees, who
a beat the Infatuated stallion with a bale stick
q but at every blow the animal reared, car
, rying Vedder high into the air. Finally
= the brute loosenod its hold, and the in jurec
man staggered from the stall and tainted
The stations teeth penetrated deep into
Nedder's elbow joint, and his shoulder wa,
Q dislocated. The injured man, who is (
years of age, will probably lose his arm
and blood poisoning is feared.
Q c. A. Page OF Norrisvile has sold II
? horses in the past few weeks ranging il
! price from $500 to $1,000.
John Ttton of Norrisville has in trainin,
o a horse belonging to John r. Clark, TO
r which the owner has refused $4,000
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q very hansome Northern bred horse, won
capital race at Patterson, reducing hi
record to 2:234. lie Is five years old, ant
last year got record of 2:2St in tn
seventh heat of race, which he won. H
t was bred by Vermont gentleman an
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