Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-09-09
RUNNERS, TROTTERS AND PAC
Frs. ALL FROM ONE STOCK.
JOSEPH BATTELL,


ERS, ALL FROM ONE STOCK.
The New York Herald, in an illustrat-
ed article on Nancy Hanks, says;
'She was bred by Col. Hart Boswell
of Poplar Hill stud farm, Lexington,
Ky, and when foaled her dam was eight
years old and her sire twenty-three. She
is by Happy Medium (sire of Make
Cobb, 2:l3i, and % others in , $50 Or
better; dam, Nancy Lee, by Dictator
(sire of Jay-Eye-See, 2;l0, Phallas,
2:l33, Director, 2:l7, etc. second dam,
Sophy, by AleXander's Edwin Forrest;
third dam, Saphrcnia, by Parker's
Brown Pilot; fourth dam, Bertrand (son
of Sir Archy) fifth dam by Lance (son
of American Eclipse sixth dam by Gray
Dungannon (son of imported Medley
seventh dam by Cupbearer (son of i'm
ported Bedford eighth dam by CGur
de Lion (son of lIighflyer). On the run
ming turf Kinney, Holland Buster, Kill
ney F., Referee, Jessie D., Clara \. and
Freida are some of the winners from
this family, while, outside of Nancy
Hanks, Sophy is the grandam of Mike
Wilkes, (2:l54), Ira Wilkes, 2:224), and
Adrian Wilkes (sire of Roy Wilkes,
2 :0Si, Lillian, 2;l4, and Waterloo Boy,
= :30). 1t is rare to find family that
produces runners, trotters and PAGERS Of
merit Sophy lived to he 30 years old,
and was bred and died the property of
Col Hart Boswell, the breeder of Nancy
Hanks. Like her granddaughter, she
was bay in color and was mare of
much substance and quality. Her gait
was frlctionless and she could travel all
day. Neither she nor Nancy Hanks
dam, Nancy Lee, were ever driv-
en- or handled for speed
Does it not look as though the best
physical organization tor speed at one
gait was also the best for speed at all
.other gats? Cats, we know, are differ
ent, and are special gift. No horse,
however well organized, can trot or pace
fast unless he has the natural gift of the
gait necessary to do it. But when a
horse has the required gait, is not the
best physical organization for speed at
the other gait practically the same that
would be best for speed at the other
gait.
Just now it is being claimed that Sal
vator is the greatest running horse that
America has ever produced. lie comes
of the great "Levity family" regarded
by many as the greatest American racing
family. Levity, bred to Glencoe, threw
Lightsome Lightsome, bred to LeXing.
ton, threw Salina, and bred to AleXan.
der's Abdallah, threw Fadette. Now il
turns out that of these two daughters OF
Lightsome, Salina proves to be the dam
of Salvador, the greatest of running
horses, and Fadette proves to be the dan
of Favonia, 2:l5. by far the creates
trotter her sire, Wedgewood. eyer got.
There are trotters and trotters. They
go in all shapes and come out of widely
diversified breeding. But some are bet
ter than others and advance to greater
achievements. Yet so many of those
that have risen to the height of nationa
fame within the last few years hav,
either been built up from "a thorough
bred foundation, or else have haC
thoroughbred blood so literally infused
through collateral lines that it seems a,
though, apart from the question of &C
ton the best physical material to max,
great runner of is also the best physic
al material to make great trotter of.
We cannot take the runner in his pur,
state for trotting purposes because h,
has not that abnormal development o
trotting action, which comes only o
several generations of systematic breed
ing. We.cannot take too great a shar,
of his blood at one infusion for Xix,
reasons. But in gradual approaches W.
may fortify our strongest trotters will
the Logger cultivated and higher organic
ed physical attributes of the thorough
bred horse to the Improvement of its ca
pacity.
Maud 5. first opened the question
The answer was that one swallow doe
not make summer. Jay-Eye-See tool
next position on the affirmative. Tim,
in trying to dislodge them has failed t.
do so. Finally Sunol assumes the thirt
position in order of merit, and she ais,
stands in the affirmative. These thre,
are alike the result of placing two trot
ting crosses on thoroughbred found
alton.
The horses which have most seriousl