Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-11
WONDERFUL STALLION.
HOE TEI BRILLIANT IS BRED AND WHAT HI
EAs DOM
An Interesting Lrtels flr Hurssns1 and Lovers If
The Hebls ANNA, Telling q Several
Of the lat IrosES Ct the
American Turf
An.r,saa Hor,s breeder.

trOtting and pacing. several important
records were reduced. That Of racing
stations was placed at 2.0SZ by Roy
Wilkes Nelson, lowered the trotting stall
lion record TO 2.1O5[. The PAGER Hal
Pointer reduced the record for trotting
70 2.23. Belle Hamlin and Justins low
cred the pole 10 1.13. Manager by Nut
wood (1.1S4) placed the two year-Old
pacing mark at 2.l655 and Freedom
dropped the yearling record to 2.29H.
Another OF the sensational perform
ers for 1890 was the stallion EgOn,
and though he did not break the three
year-old record, he attracted universal
attention by his brilliant success as a
game campaigner. Egon is a mahOg-
any bay stallion with black points, no
white, stands sixteen hands high, and
weighed 1l25 pounds last season as a
three-year-Old when in trotting condi-
ton, which indicates a well-propor-
toned animal with plenty OF bone and
good substance. he was bred by
Messrs. II. L. & F. D. Stout, Dubuque,
Ia, and fOaled April 9, 1857.
EgOn's ancestors were not only what
Is termed well bred, that is from fash
ionable trOttlng lines combined with
the stoutest OF winning thoroughbreds,
but were animals which had demon
strated by we'll authenticated trials or
actual contests upon the track that they
possessed speed, courage and endurance.
E9on's sire. Nutwood, as every
hOrsemen knows, has a record Of 2:15SZ
which is the fastest yet made by any
trotting son Of Belmont. The sire OF
NutWood though never started in races,
was developed enough so that he trott-
ed full mile in BPS.
Alexander's Abdaliah, sire Of Bel
mont, has a record Of 2:42, and his sire,
Rysdyk's HambletOnian, could show a
2:4O gait, as stated by such distinguish
ed hOrsemen as David Bonner and 9TH
ers who knew the horse well.
Alpha, the dam Of Kgon, got a rec
ord OF 1854, and showed a mile in 2:17
in 1855. She has since reduced her rec
ord 70 2:23<. Her sire, Alcantara, got
got q record Of 2:23 and trotted half in
l:O6 as a fOur-year-Old. He was by
George Wilkes (record 2:22) out OF Alma
Mater, which received something OF an
education In road work.
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handled some when young, and showed
her ability 70 trOt In about 2:40. Her
sire. Mambrino Chief, was a fast natural
trotter. he was never in the hands OF
trainer, yet good judges say he could
trot 10 2:32.
Mss Russell, dam OF Nutwo0d, was
slso a natural trOtser. She showed =
mile in PA as a three-year-old. Her
sire, Pilot, Jr., was a trOtter OF consid-
cradle speed. After MsmbrinO Chief
was taken 70 Kentucky there was con-
adorable rivalry between the TWO stall
lions. and at one tina there was 4
strong probability they would meet In
a match race. MambrinO Chief was
probably several seconds faster than
Pilot, Jr., though good judges say the
latter could trot IL 2:4O or better.
II will be difficult 20 ind another ami
NAL, unless full brother or sister,
which shows 3 pedigree so well balanced
as that OF Egon, and with three As ia
nous brood mares 40 close up. Miss
Russell, the dam OF his sire, is the most
famous Of al the daughters Of Pilot,
Jr. She is the dam OF Maud 5. (2:0s%),
Nutwood (2:1s%), Cora Belmont
l2:241S) and Russia (2:2S). Four Of her
IONS have sired and two Of her daught-
,rs produced 2:3O performers. Miss
Russell is still living.
Jesse Pepper, which produced Hgon'S
lam, was one Of the greatest daughters
bf MambrinO Chief. She produced sew
leen fOals and was twenty-seven years
Did when she raised the last. She was
the dam of Iona (2:1755) and Alpha
(2:231<). Four Of her daughters have
produced 300 performers, and daugh-
tiers OF two others have also produced
2:3O speed, one Of which brought Prince
Regent 2:161z. Her son, lie Grand, Is
the sire OF three In the 2:39 list.
Alma Mater, which produced the sire
Of Egon's dam, is the greatest brood
mare Of her age in the world. Five OF
her sons and daughters, including Al
cantara (2.23l and Aleyone cen are
already in the 2.30 list, and the two last
named are proving wonderfully success
full as sires Of speed. Alma Mater is
still living and likley to produce several
more fOals. These famous brood mares
were all from dams inbred TO the old
Diomed strain, those of Miss Russell
and Jessie Pepper being very strongly
so. Their dams, too, were all sired by
thoroughbred race horses which gained
great distinction upon the turf.
Egon was bought when few months
old by his present owner, Judge n. M.
Hubbard, Cedar Rapids, Ia, for 50, 500.
The colt was logged the winter he was
three, but no attempt was made TO de-
velop his speed until the spring after he
was three years old. II we are correct
" informed, be did not show phenom-
email speed as lot trotter.
In speaking Of Egon in his catalogue,
Judge Hubbard states that ''about June
10. 1890, he trotted his first trial mile in
9:42l$, and at intervals Of about ten
DAYS each he trotted other trial miles as
follows: 2:4O, 2:3s, 2:53, and on July
97 in 9:2915. Between August 81 and
. October 81, he started in five races, all
of which he won, and three Of them in
straight heats. He lost only two heats
in FIVE races, and those through acct
dents. His last race was trotted Oc-
tober o.. he won in straight heats
in 2:234, 2:214, pisa"
The weather and track were not
favorable for fast time. He trotted ten
heats better than 2:30 and one better
than 2:2O. He has never made break
either in his trials or races, and is as
sound as he was when foaledl
II was the intention Of Judge Hub
bard TO give Egon light season in the
stud this year and then give him fast
record. His idea was 10 limit him to
twenty patrons. The demand for his
services has been so great, that the pa
irons of so high a quality, that he has
already accommodated forty-seven, and
has turned away large number. Sew
eral New England horsemen have bred