The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-10-27
THE ADVOCATE.
HORSE AND TRACK.

Three of the races at the Rhod
Island state Fair were won by Alcry
on's get
Russia is the only stallion in Obi
that ever had a two-year-old recorC
better than 2 80 in race.
ED. Geers has finally decided t,
drive for j. G. Hamlin for three years
salary $1,000 per year.
Seven trotters by Young Wilkes
have entered the 2 80 list this year.
Don j. Leathers, one Of the owners
of Monbars, has refused an offer OF
s75, 900 for Monbars, :lS3.
Egbert has put three in the 2:2C
list this year; Egthorne, 2:l33, Tenn
pile Bar, 2:l7f, Illinois Egbert, 90.
Guy Wilkes has now two SONS that
have sired 2 80 performances. They
arc Guy X. and Sable Wilkes.
Abe Downing has now three of his
Get with records better than :16.
They are Pat Downing, 2 :13, Pennant,
2:l5, and Chronometer, > :l59.
Now is the time TO take up the colts
and see that they are carefully pre-
pared for the winter. See that they
are in good shape; that their feet are
trimed properly, and hatsthey get
enough strong food to keep in flesh.
All true lovers of trotting horses are
delighted with the willingness of the
owners of the 'cracks" this year to
meet and settle their horses merits in
8 race. This is as it ought to be. The
8 frotting king or queen should not be
hedged by any sort of divinity that
will keep them from meeting in race
those who have shown themselves
"worthy of their steel" This is
race year. We want race horses, and
race records are the ones that are
going to ''talk" with breeders in the
future.
The natural gated trotter that goes
without an armful of boots and box
Of weights always has his speed. He
trots as a sucker as yearling and Oh
up until he arrives at maturity.
While he may not always be fast
when called upon, he does what he
can in good style if he is not spoiled
by improper balancing or driven off
his gait. 1t is the rough gated trot-
ter that comes out late in life and
aided by mans ingenuity learns to 60
fast. Do not loook for the latter,
however, to prove glowing success
ia the stud, as they are the source of
foul gated youngsters and bills with
those that supply turf goods. A trot-
ling gated sire gets trotting gated
colts because he has no other way of
going to transmit.
No season has cclipsed the present
one in the matter of two-year-olds. |
iu fact, there has never been OH the
turf at one time three such youngers
as Monbars, 2:lS4, Arion, 2:2l, and
Ralph Wilkes, 2:2ll. They were
sired respectively by tag' Fra 8
fioneer and Red N.,rns lA.4 *.
these stations may properly be calloC
a developed sire, although Eagle Bird
with his record of 2:2l is the only
one of the three that is standard by
performance. 1t is an unquestioned
fact, however, that when Electioncer
was in his prime he could show a
quarter almost any time in 35 seconds
and Red Wilkes has a record Of 2 40,
made when he was Il big overgrown
four-year-old colt, and after that sea-
son he was not handled with Il view
10 reduce his record. Another thing
that should not escape attention is the
blood lines of the dams of these three
two-y car-old trotters.
hIOnbars is out of Lady Maud, 2:181,
she by General Knox, 2;314. The
dam Of Arion is a sister to Woodruff,
2:l6t, and Manon, 2 :2l, they being by
Nutwood, 2:lS4. Ralph Wilkes is
from mare by Mambrino Patchen,
aud that horse was brother to Lady
Thorn, 2:lS4. In the pedigrces of all
three of these wonderful young trot-
seVs the records cluster thickly and the
lesson taught by their blood lines is
apparent.
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