The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-28
BEST FOALs FROM OLD SIRES.

Col Charles Gibbs ON Famous Flyers and
Their Offspring.
Col. Charles Gibbs, one Of the old-time
racing men of Tennessee, has been IN New
York Watching the horses run Whereabouts
for the past few weeks. Col. Gibbs is one
of the best posted horsemen on the CONT
nent. He is not now engaged either IN
racing or breeding; but he still keeps has
interest alive in the rise and fall OF the
thoroughbred. Some years ago he was
partner of Price McGrath, the famous
horseman and owner of Aristides and other
rulers of the equine world. met the col
onel at Monmouth Park yesterday, says a
writer in the New York Star. During our
conversation he referred to the sensational
horses of the year, Salvador and Tenny.
THAT colt Salvador" said Col. Gibbs, sis
one OF the grandest pieces of horsehesh l
ever laid my eyes on, and, by the way, 1t !
ever go into the business Of buying race
horses again, I think I shall let the other
fellows outbid me for the get of the young
stations. 1t is curious, but do you know !
believe it is q fact that stallion produces
the best results as sire after he has passed
his fourteenth year? Ihave been studying
this question for good while, and from the
results as have watched them am almost
urally suppose, of course, that sire pro-
duoed the best offspring when lie was young,
but such does not seem to be the fact. Look
at the records for the last ten or. dozen
years. for instance. What horses have been
the sensational ones during that time? In
1879 Sensation was the great colt of the
year. Then came Hindoo, Luke Black
burn, Miss Woodford, Freeland, Ban Fox,
fremont. King Fox, Hanover. The Bard.
Emperor of Norfolk and Ell Rio Rey. And
this year we have Salvador as the king and
Firenzi az the queen of the turf. Now let
was by imported bennington, who was old
enough to have gray hair when he sired him:
And vet Sensation has been in the stud
since 1880, and his offspring have hardly
been heard from. Hindoo and fremont
were both foaled after Virgil, their sire.
be named as one of the exceptions to the
rule have laid down, for he has gotten
two good ones in Hanover and Sallie Nc
Clelland But the rule holds, nevertheless.
Longfellow was 16 when The Bad was
foaled; Billet, Miss Woodford's sire, was
a w1n hi great st.. daughter of F,ens foa xs
II, and Norfolk was Is when
Emperor of Norfolk was foaled, and 26
when the great Ell Rio Rey first saw day
LIGHT; while Prince Charley, the sire of Sal
vator, was IL when his great son was foaled.
NOW, not one OF IneSo 6lIeS ever pEOoVco0
any remarkable children until they passed
their 18th year.
ION the other hand, Luke Blackburn was
q great racehorse. So was IroQuois, so was
the Duke of Magenta, so was Foxhsll and 80
was George Kinney. All of these are now
in the stud and have their get in training at
the race-tracks Of the country. Not one of
them has vet gotten a first-class colt. I tell
you my advice to those who contemplate
the purchase of yearlings is to buy the get
of old horses. The young stations named
will doubtless produce great runners, but
do not believe they will until they get sew
eral years older" ~