The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-11-10
HORSE AND TRACK.

Rupee, by Guy Wilkes, has reduced
his pacing record to 2:143.
Bellfower, (2), 2:24R, is the S4th
80 performer for Electioneer.
Jessie Pepper has now six daugh-
ters that have produced 2:3O per-
formers.
Allerton has trotted more fast miles
this year than any other horse ever
did.
Henrietta, 2:1S4, by Mambrino
King, has been retired from the turf
and will be bred to Chimes.
Palo Alto is close to the stallion
record, as his record is now 2 :09i. If
he beats Allerton's mark. 2 :094, Elec-
tioneer will hold every record, as he
has all now but one, the stallion
record.
Monbars, 2:1S, the great two-year-
old by Eagle Bird, left last week for
California in charge of Geo. Starr.
He will go against the mark of Arlon,
2:14t, on the Stockton kite-shaped
track.
The oldest colts of Sable Wilkes are
two-year-olds, and of that crop there
are but ten. Yet two of them are
2 80 performers, and another foal of
the same crop has record of :298 at
one year. No other sire ever equalled
this record.
Eectioneer has well nigh "run
corner" on record breakers. His
yearling daughter Bell Bird, 2:269,
holds the yearling record; his son,
Arion, 2:143, the two-year-old record,
and his great daughter Sunol, the
three-year-old record q :109), the four
year-old q :104), and the worlds trot-
ting record for any age or SEX :OS4.
The present season shows most con-
clusively that the sons of Happy Me-
dunn are capable of perpetuating the
illustrious fame Of their family.
Seven sons of this horse, Pilot Me-
dunn, Brigadier, Happy Thought,
Make Cobb, Frank Ellis, Almont
Medium and Riley Medium have
added from one to nine each TO the
2 80 list this season.
With all the improved appliances in
the way of sulkies, hoppes. better
tracks, etc, and in spite of the fact /
that the number of trotting bred hor-
ses is increasing rapidly, there are
still thousands of horses that are put
through long course of training but
that are unable to beat . 80, although |
a 2 80 trotter cannot now win any |
money on the turf. Fast trottcrs are
becoming more plentiful but it is safe
to say that the demand for first-class
race horses will always exceed the
supply.
The Palo Alto colt, Advertiser, that
has been selected as the successor of
Electioneer ON the farm, and that
made record of 3 30 several months
ago, has been ailing all the summer,
but seems to have rounded to, as on
the kite at Stockton last week, he re-
duced his record to 2 :16. He is an
exceedingly well-bred fellow, being
by Electioneer, first dam by George
Wilkes, second dam Lulu, 2:148 by
Norman 25. He has been bred to the
best matrons on the farm this season,
and good results are anticipated.
An instance of how quickly the
dam of promising colt trotters is
bought up by breeders is shown in
the case of Nancy Lee, the dam of
Nancy Hanks, that was bought by w.
S. Hobart, of California, for $4,000
when Nancy Hanks trotted in 2:2k4.
Now $4,000 wouldn't temp Mr..
Hobart to part with her, and her
yearling filly by Stamboul, 2: IL, can
not be bought at any price. Besides
Nancy Lee, Mr.. Hobart owns and has
bred to Stamboul such mares as Alma
Mater, dam of Alcyone and Alcantara,
Prospect Maid, 2 :234, Trinket, 2:14,
Silverone, 2:l94, and Astrione by
out of Jessie Pepper.
1t is all the rage these days to breed
to horses with records, and while it is
the common sense view that that is
the proper way to breed trotters, it is
also true that horse may have
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