The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-29
july30-1y

COuiu Ue maue TO eat Cn9 amOunC OF IeeQ
| given him. When two and three years
two of bran, two of carrots and three or
four ears Of corn three times day and
| all the coarse feed he would eat.
He was and is q glutton for feed.
Williams says after driving him two or
three times he become disguised with
him and turned him over to his man to
| drive. One day the man was away and
Williams drove him, and not being
pleased with the way he moved-''he
wanted to have his own way too much"
and he went at him with tho whip
and gave him good licking. The
horse squared away and showed gait
that convinced Williams that Axtell
was trotter from the old house, and
from that day he commenced to develop
him in good earnest, and do the best he
could with him
| We think that the horse was inclined
to be cunning and had no ambition, and
that the free use of the whip at the
| right time woke him up and showed him
that business was required. of him. Mr..
Williams worked him very carefully
and watched him closely until he was
two years old, when he shipped him to
| keokuk, Iowa, and started him in his
| first race. All the other starters were
three-Year-olds In the third heat over
a poor half mile track he distanced the
field in 2:314 and the next morning
Axtell's name appeared in the daily
! papers for the first time. Since that
time none has appeared any oftener.
His next race was at Chicago, where he
was Started to beat the-two.year old
record of 2:26, made by Bell Boy, and
when the mile was finished the black
| board showed that the two year-old
record had been lowered to 2:24sl.
AT Minneapolis the next week he
knocked three quarters of a second Off
The next week at Des Moines, Iowa, he
defeated a field of three-year-ol ds. At
Lexington, Ky, the following week he
trotted mile in n second heat in 2:23.
He was then shipped home to Indepen-
| dence and his harness hung on the peg,
whore 1t remained until March 1. In
all Axtell's races he had made but
three breaks, and had lost two heats
from March to July. He was bred to
twenty-five mares and was given only
| slow work until about June Is, when he
was taken to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to re-
duce the three-year-o1d record He
trotted his mile in 2:219l.
The first week in July found Axtell
at Minneapolis, whore he was to start
against Sable Wilkes record of 2:1s.
He made his mile in 2:I515. His next
fast race was at Cleveland, where he
trotted his mile in 2:l49l. At Chicago
the following week he trotted in race
and won in 2:l9, 2:1i and 2:20L He
could have trotted that day three heats
in 2:l5 or better. He trotted a number
of races from that time until October IL,
when at Chicago he made the stallion
record blush, for he, then and there,
trotted a mile without skip or bobble
in 2:l2. That night Mr.. Williams sold
Axtell for Sl05,O0O. Some people said
fool and his money is soon parted. but
| those kind OF people were mistaken.
The next season AXtell earned $4,000
on the stud and the next season after
that $50, 600 and last season $50, 600.
| More was placed to his credit and, in
all probability, this season will give him
$50, 900 more on the right side OF the
ledger, and if nothing happens to pre-
vent, the 10th of August will find Axtell
and Allerton at their old home at indie
| pendence, Iowa, battling for the cham
pion stallion record and purse OF SIO,-
900. c. w. Williams bred and raised
both horses and there is only twelve
days difference in their ages. Mr.. Will
| liamS still owns Allerton and $4,000
has been offered for him.
A good pedigree with good horse
hung on to the end of it is the stuff to
have, but good pedigree with a poor
horse attached to it is like skim milk.
Roanoke has some good horses and they
are worthy OF notice, and should not be
| passed by, for instance the chestnut
stallion Hancock, who is now at DYER
Bros. stables. This horse is we'll known
| by most of the horse men in Roanoke,
| and /, OF the Bashaw and Black Hawk
| family and we would like to get an ex-
tended pedigree of him. He speaks for
himself in appearance, and any one to
slook at him AID examine his good points
| Gao see that he is all horse from hoof to
ear, and must breed tirstclass stock.
Another horse that will take the
eye of any horse man is the
the brown horse Frederick, Jr. This
horse is perfect in formation and style
He is very rapid and pure gated
trotter and ii developed must make a
irst class horse. He has pedigree
second to no horse in the country 1t
is straight and is vouched for in every
particular; and pedigree that every
holseman likes to peruse. Frederick,
Jr., is by 7. L. Green's "FrederIck OF
| Winchester" who was by Holdings
worth's Tom. out Of Doll. dam BY Rvs
dyk's Hambletonian; Hollingsworrh's
Tom by Rogers Telegraph; dam by
Licks of Loudan, by Industry, grand
dam by Cliftoe Thoroughbred Rogers
Telegraph was by Carter's Telegraph,
by Ovens Tom, by Woodbury. Morgan,
by Justin Morgan; first dam by Lafay-
cite (thoroughbred), second dam by
Hawkins Bay Eagle, he by GRAY Eagle:
Industry, by Sir Archy, first dam by
Balls Flori2el, second dam by
third dam. Lady Boiling, broke by i'm.
ported Pantaloon;f foruth dam, bv
| Warmly's King Herod: fifth dam, Prim.