Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-04-22

Sam Whisker,'' "Hardie Duke and
Thurman King" Sam Whisker is a
dappled bay, weighs 1740 pounds, and
is as full of life and action as racer.
He was sired by Ironsides, imported
from France, and his dam was an inn
ported Cleveland Bay mare. Hardie
Duke Is bay, weighs 1900, is a French
Draft, and perfect picture of strength.
Thurman King, is new purchase, and
the very fact that Charlie Currie owns
him Is guarantee that he is good one.
He is a registered, imported Shire;
foaled in 1886; bright bay, with black
points; white stripe in face; sired by
Northern King, 2635.
VIM. Doles exhibited his handsome
sorrel, Billy Springer, 16 hands high,
and weighing 1900. This horse was
bred in Illinois; his sire was imported.
and his dam and grand dam were by
imported horses. He is making the
season six miles west of this city.
il .Hargis had a young dark, dapple
bay, with white points, named LA
Rue" His dam was a Hambletonlan
Messenger mare, and he was sired by
Electric. La Rue is beautiful ami
NAL, and the blood of Messenger and
Electric ought to make combination
for speed and endurance. He stands
eight miles north of Lake City.
c. w. Pease showed 9-months colt,
sired by Mr.. Doles' horse, out of
Clyde and Copperbottom mare.
G. J. Slunecker was on hand with
Empire beautiful dapple gray Nor
man, a horse weighing 1910 pound, be-
ing all bone and muscle.
w. B. Springer showed his handsome
PereherOn- Morgan stallion, Duke, a
chestnut sorrel, 16 hands high, and
weighing 400. Duke was sired by an
| imported French horse, and his dam
was by Morgan mare, of great speed,
having paced a mile in 2:30.
Jared Hoag exhibited his horse Turk,
| Hamhletonian and Morgan, 8 years
old, a bay with three white legs. He
was driven to town for exercise, and
not for exhibition, but he is able to
hold his own in any crowd of horses.
E. B. Peck showed five colts the off
spring of his celebrated horse, Grand
Secret, 1882. Grand Secret is from
long line of trotters, on both sides, and
he gives his mark to all his colts. Mr..
Peck has a good right to expect some
| speedy animals to be developed from
these colts. They were all young beau
ties, and showed good breeding in ey-
cry movement,
The Old familiar horse, Young jim,
owned and showed by Simon Lebrecht.
was not to be overlooked. He IS fine
dapple gray, very large, but full of life
( and action. He stands at Woodlands
stable.
Defender LII, registered Shire
horse, owned by John V. FarwelI and
Henry ives Cobb, of tie Rockdale
Farm, Lake Forest. Ill. Sired by Briton
1878. Foaled in 1887; brown, dappled,
white hind foot, white strip in face.
Royal Lincoln II, a registered Shire,
foaled in 1887; sired by Royal Albert,
1885; belongs to Farwell s. Cobb, of Ill
inois, brown horse with two white
! hind feet.
Western Kingstan, registered Shire;
dark mahogany bay. no white except
small star in face; sired by Franklin
1890; foaled in 1857, Owned =, Farwelt
! = Cobb.
Western Samson, registered Shire.
foaled in 1887; owned by Farwen &
Cobb; bay, white star and white hind
feet; sired by Orphan. 1862.
hampton Rockdale, a registered
Shire; foaled in 1883; owned by FarwelI
n Cobb; bay, white star; one white
mind foot; sired by Sutton Tom 4O7s;
dam hampton Martha. by Hector 1015.
The five horses last mentioned were all
imported.
In preparing the above article We
had 70 depend on notes taken during