The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-10

parents 1t is small wonder that this royalty
bred youngster has made for himself j.
year-o!d record of 2:20H and gives every
promise OF training on to at least 2:15 this
summer. He combines about all the good
,rotsing strains in the country through his
mighty bred parents. receiving on the sire's
side the blood of George Wilkes, Hamble-
t0hian 10. Abdallah i, Mambrino. Henry
Clay, and score of other great ones, while
through his dam he is descended from an
equally royal line. the great Nutwood being
son OF Belmont GA, and of Miss Russell,
me famous dam of Maud S. she by Pilot
Jr., by Black Pilot. And on this side, too.
he lnherlts the double Hambletonian cross,
Belmont being son of AbGallah Is, by
Hambletonian 10, a pedigree which even
the INITIATED cannot mistake for anything
less than royal.
Nutwood Wilkes is closely connected In
Elf. Carriers mind with a certain awful
moment in his life, when he would gladly
nave sacrificed even his worshi ped stallion
for another little life that seemed in deadly
peru. The horse was loose in the home
naddoek one evening when MI. Carter
missed his little two-year-old son and name
sake, Martie. Going In search OF him, as he
neared the paddock he discovered the baby
gleeiuliy swinging by the stations tail
while the latter stood calmly surveying the
landscape.
Mr.. Carter was dumb with fright. He
dared not approach nearer lest the colt
should start to run. He dared not call aloud.
even could he have done so, for fear of
startling the nervous animal. That min
ute seemed like an hour" he said, in telling
the story. Finally he recovered his voice
sulnciently to gasp In hoarse whisper:
Martie, Martle, come here.
The colt turned his head and looked at
him. The baby Obediently loOsened his
grasp Of the animals tail and ran TO papa.
and then only did that sensible brute move
Nutwood Wilkes honored his high ancestry
then no less than when he distanced hard
ened old campaigners on the track when he
made his first record. Newton and Frank,
TWO handsome big yeariDgs, sons of Nut
wood Wilkes, are named after two of the
Carter boys and look as though they might
some day be record breakers. The dam of
one is daughter of Steinway, the other Is a
son of Lew q, daughter Of Albert II.
Mi. Carter was so unfortunate last winter
as to lose two great mares, lola, by Stein
way, and Cinderella, daughter OF Whip
pies Ham bletonian. Cinderella left behind
her noble son by California Nutwood,
who, because Of bis great muscles and ire
mendous strength. was nicknamed John l.
by one of the boys. John l. is now 2 years
old, and was being exercised on the track
when the reporter arrived. He is a speedy
youDgster. having shown an eighth mile in
20 seconds very handily. A handsome son
or lola, by MONDAY, is also one Of the
promising youngsters on the ranch. An
other representative Of MONDAY that may
yet be heard from Is pacing FLY, from
Director mare, that, with very little work,
has done an eighth in III seconds.
Maud c, with a record Of 2:I9 and Annie
Z, 2:25. are two worthy daughters of Cali
fornia NutwoOd, lola, who died only a
couple OF weeks since, having been the dam
of Maud.
Rapid Transit. splendidly built son OF
Director, Is another Of the valued horses on
:he ranch. and there are great many fine
brood mares Of nigh pedigree. and nearly
all having individual achievements to
their credit, whose sens and daughters must
yet do honor to California. Mr.. Carter is a
pioneer in the idea that is now pretty gen.
orally prevalent among horsemen, that the
breeding Of the dam is as important fac
tor as the breeding of the sire in the pro-
duetion Of sIeed. Rational as this theory
sounds to the uninitiated, it did not always
obtain among breeders, it long being held
that the breeding Of the mares was an alto
gether secondary consideration, making but
sma II difference in the speed qualities of
the offspring. To the explosion of this no.
ton. as much as to any other causes, the
ihenemeral Improvement the last twenty