The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-31
ouRHoIsIs AND rHI1R BREEDING.

PAPER NO II.
Twenty years ago there was not any
draft stock here. The mares were
small and were said to be well bred
Morgans. Many of these were bred to
that grand old horse, "Tobe," which j
believe ended his days on the farm OF
Frank Bray. "Old lobe" was a well
rred horse, being out of a well bred
Morgan mare and was sired by Bashaw
so, record 2:35; he by Vernol Black
Hawk, son of Long leland Black Hawk
"a (sire of Prince 2:24 and Of dams of
Effie Deans 2:25, Lottie Star 2:2S, Star
2:3O; dam, Belle. by Webber's Tom
Thumb, Canadian PAGER; second dam,
Charles Kent mare, dam of Hambel-
tonian 10Y. Long Island Black Hawk
is the founder Of the family called the
"Bashaws," and was out of Andrew
Jackson. he by Young Bashaw, he by
Grand Bashaw Arabian. The most of
these mares, fillies, were stinted to
Cly.COot ouu tuVii iuuAo Aoois w
Doc Cole. Sly-Foot Is bay horse. IL
hands high, weight 1900 pounds, four
white feet, star and snip. He has
paced q mile in Dot and trotted in 2:30
1 just received a letter from his own
sr's hired trainer, Mr.. James Liddell,
from which I quote the following:
am going to drive Sly-Foot
for record this fall, and I expect from
what now know, to give him a recOri
of 2, 30 or better, know there
Is not horse in Bourbon or Crawford
counties that can 60 out of the stable
barefooted, without any training, and
out-trOt him. This eaying great deal
but I know what am saying.
II they have any horses in Allen couD.
ty they want to jog against him when
we come over. we will jog Sly-FoOt
against them. What we say we mean
as business. This is not gas. We do
not effect to say anything but what We
can do.
When the above was written 1t was
the intention to visit this place with
SIy-Foot, but this will probably be
givenup.
PEDIGREE OF sLY-FOOT:
Sly-Foot was sired by GenI. Mitch.
ell; he by Sir George (; he by Lexing-
ton: he by Boston; he by Timolecn.
Sly. Foot's first dam was Lady Lewis,
she by King H erod No. 5ll, he by
Sherman Black Hawk, he by Yer
mont Black. Hawk No. s, he by Sher-
man Morgan, he by Justin Morgan,
he by True Britton, he by Traveller.
Sly.Foot's End dam was sired by
Mambrino Pachen No. IS, he by Nam.
brine Chief, he by Mambrino Pay
mater, he by Mambrino by Messen.
ger.
SPEED ELEMENTS.
General Mitchell is thoroughbred
and has half mile record of Al sec.
onds. Lexington (whose skeleton is
in the United States National Museum
as the grandest specimen of the race
horse in the world) is the central fig
ure of all running pedIgrees. His sis
ter is the granddam of Maud 8. 2:OSs44;
2:1Ss. Lexington contri.
butes one.fourth of the blood of Nora
Belmont, 2:273; Lady Prewitt, 2:3O and
Temple, 2:3O; one.eighth of the blood
of Jay-Eye.See, 2:l0; Sunol, 2:10;
Clingstone, 2.l4; Lizzie r., 2:23i. He
also raised the dams of Ansel, go;
Nora Temple, 2:27,; Lexington Gold
dust and Rysdyke sired Sir Rodger
2 23t and Clipgstone. 2.l4 and are out
of daughters of Lexington, Concord
and WOODBURY.. thoroughbred sons of
Lexing ton have sired 2:S0 performers.
dam, Lady Lewis, is a
great show mare. She has been shown
all over the western country and has
never been defeated. "Sly.foot's" foal
''Fanetta" has always taken sweep
stakes in Allen county.
King Herod, No. sill, sired Billy
Barefoot, 2:2s3; Foxie ". 2:23i; Harod
Jr., 2:244 at Is years of age, 2:27 at 20
years, and half mile in 100.
Mambrino Patchen 50 sired London,
go; Katie Middleton, 2:33; Mambrino
Kate, 2:24; George, 2:24a; and fifteen
others In the $50 list. Twenty-three
sons have produced 2:30 performers
daughters have produced
2:sO performers.
Thus it will be seen that "Sly-foc"
was bred in the purple. At 4 years he
was broken and driven at Topeka in
the Gentlemen's Driving Race, win.
ming first money and blue ribbon; time
800. Again al Lawrence winning |
first and blue ribbon, time 2:25. This
was done without any training, bare
footed and top buggy with two men |
in it.
CLARENCE NORTON.
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