St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-11
AMONG The HORSES.
Size of Noted Animals Con-
sidered in It's Relation to
Speed.
Small or Medium Horses in
the Lead, as Shown by
the Records.
interesting Facts Developed
by a Comparison Of Fa-
nous EquineS.
Some Facts About the Osh-
kosh "Ringers'- -Perti-
nent Piek-Ups

NLNLM n or medium in
j Z 49, size. writes Al
--7-saESs bemarle in the
New York Sportsman. This applies not
only to the SireS, but TO the performers,
and it might be added to the dams as
well. Imported Messenger was large
coarse horse, and so were his immediate
descendants, but the blood Of the dams
had a tendency to change the Messenger
characteristics. and III HamOletonian we
find marked change. Hambetonian
stood l5.lls hands at the witherS, so that
he represented about an equal compro-
mise between the sixteen hands coarse
Messenger and compact handsome
hackney.
The breeder should never lose sight
of the influence that the dam eXerts,
and which, in the matter OF size. is
much more potent than that eXerted by
the sire. 1t has been said by those who
believe that much of Hambletonian'S
greatness was derived from his dam.
that his greatest sons were those par.
taking more largely of her character
istics especially conformation. Elec-
tioneer was 15.l15 hanIS, or just the size
of his sire. He has now an even 100
trOtters in the 2:30 list George Wilkes
was small horse, so small and
insignificant in appearance that he
was often styled simmons pony" He
has now seventy-tive troIterS and PAGERS
In the list, but unfortunately too great
proportion of the latter. Harold, one
of the most noted sons of Hambletonan
and strongly inbred, is just ID hands
high, and in conformation the dam of
HamblctOnlan or her family type is
strongly represented. Dictator, equally
noted as 4 sire Of extreme speed, is 10
hands high. The great Volunteer was
under 49, hands by actual measure
ment, but he was very snowy, hand
some horse, and looked fully IL hands.
Happy Medium was 1515 hands, and
Aberdeen was not as large. Messen-
ger Duroc stands 16 hands, and Master
lede is Il mammoth, standing fully II
hands. A!pXander'S Abdallah, Edward
Everett Florida. Jay Gould. 2:2l5:
strathmore and Victor Won Bismarck
srs all of medium size, none exceeding
l515 hands in heighth.
The ret of Electioneer vary greatly in
size. Of his producing sons AnteeO and
AntevoIO are each 16 hands. while
Chimes stands at 1871 hands. Falls IS
not small horse, but st. Bel and Sphinx
are each 1919 hands.
Among the producing sons of George
Wilkes there is great variation of size
and conformation, beauty not being a
general characteristic. Alcantara, 2:23,
is 15& hands, while his brother Alcyone
was scarcely ID hands. Ambassador is
large horse. Bourbon Wilkes stands
16 hands, but ms brother Favorite
Wilkes is small horse, 1915 hands
high. Guy Wilkes is about l5sl hands.
Jay Bird is small horse, and Kentucky
Wilkes stands scarcely fifteen hands
high. King Wilkes is sixteen hands,
but LumpS presents the other extreme,
being under fourteen and a nalf hands.
Onward is large, coarse horse, his
dam, Old Dolly. being plainly apparent
in his conformation. Red Wilkes is a
large horse and his conformation par
takes more of the draught horse than
the trotter. Simmons is a small horse,
but 81. GOthard stands sixteen and
half hands. Wilkes Boy is also large,
while Wilton is only good-SiZed pony.
OF other prominentzsireS Amoht was
above the average, but his best son, AL
mont Jr.. 2:26. is a small horse. due
largely TO the Morgan blood in his dam.
American Star was small horse, about
- hands high. Blue Bull was small
horse and all his get are of medium
size. Kentucky Prince is 1881 hands.
but his get vary in size from Guy.2:1O3l,
u hands, to Stevie. 2:l9, over IL hands
high. Daniel Lambert was an elegant
little horse, like his sire, Ethan Allen,
neither exceeding ID hands in height.
Gen. Knox was small horse.
George NJ. Patchen, $685., was verv
large coarse horse, and many of his de-
scendants are the same. Mambrino
Patchen was large horse, but not
coarse like his sister, Lady Thorne,
2:1S14. His best son, Mambrno King,
has the size of the Mambrino family,
but his high finish is derived from Ed
win Forrest, the sire of his dam. Edwin
Forrest was the equal of Mambrino
King in beauty, and he was more potent
IN transmitting this quality, Robert
McGregOr, 2:l715. is not large horse.
Woodford Mambrino was not a large
horse, nor yet a handsome horse, and
the family resemblance is strong in his
best son. Princeps. and also Pancoast,
2:21$4, and again i'll his best son, Patron,
2:l414.
While the fountain head of the two
trotting families most prominent was a
large, course horse, the blood of the
dams bred in has changed the original
family characteristic greatly, this
change being more marked in the Ham
bletOnian line through the influence of
the Charles Kent Mare and the blood of
Imp. BellfOunder thus introduced.
Taking the most noted trotters we
again find the horse of moderate size in
the aseendancy. Sunol, 2:OS4, stands
15$4 hands high. Palo Alto, 2:OS94, is
not large horse; at least, when
l saw him in his four-year-old
form he was not over 1913 hands.
Allerton, 2:O94, is large, and Nelson,
2:10, is 1914 hands. SO is STEAMBOAT, 2:11,
and st. Julien, 2:l14, was 16 hands
high. AXtell is also about this size, and
Belle Hamlin, 2:123l; Make Cobb,
2:l3H, and Rarus, 2:134, ranged from
153l to 16 hands. Phallas, 2:13$l, was
l5$I hands, and he enjoys the distlnc-
ton of being the first one in the list
that got his record in race.
Of the other exhibition trotters with
cup attachments, Nancy Hanks, as fast
trotter as ever stood on shoes, and
probably able to defeat in race
any trotter today before the pub
lie, stands scarcely 10 hands Jay
Eye See, 2:10, and better race
horse never lived, is ID hands.
Guy. 2:1034, the fast but erratic son of
Kentucky Prince, is 10 hands. Jack,
2:124. is 1514 hands high. Margaret S,
2:1212, is small mare. Bonnie Nc
Gregor. 2:13I, is under 151l hands.
Harry Wilkes. 2:131@, the greatest cam
palgner that ever appeared, not except
Ing Goldsmith Maid, is scarcely 10 hands
high.
This brings US again to the race record
mark of Phallas, and race record is
the only real test of merit. Wealthy
men may pay fabulous prices for the
pleasure of seeing their name in print
as the owner of some performer that
with everything favorable can occa-
sionally trot sensational mile against
the watch. But what are such horses?
Simply toys to amuse men will
ing to pay for such amnse-
ment. The horse that breeders must
produce is the bread winner. the race
horse for the earning capacity will be