The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-06
TWO lO-YEAR-oLD sIRES.

To the Editor Of the Eagle.
Four miles from Cheney, Kan, is located
the Jewett stock farm, the home of
Patchen Wilkes, Kansas Wilkes, Erie
Wilkes and Damo. Mr.. Jewett has added
+ I'm his Buffalo farm the great jerome
Eddy 2:163 and Sherman, a son of George
Wilkes
Patchen Wilkes is 10-year-old horse
very fashionably bred of the Wilkes-Mam-
brine Patchen cross and has proved him
self sire of merit now having eight rep
resentatives in the 2:30 list, five taking
their records the present season. Erie
Wilkes, son of George Wilkes, out of d
daughter of Confederate Chief, has two in
the list; Sherman has five, two taking
their records this season; Jerome Eddy. by
Louis Napoleon, is 7-year-old horse and
has seventeen in the thirty list-seven new
ones this year-two of his get with $50
records are yearlings. Damo. young
horse by Jerome Eddy, has one in the list,
Blue Stem, 2a26 Mr.. Jewett owns more
stations by George Wilkes than any other
man in the United States.
Six miles from this city on the line OF
the Missouri Pacific is the Toler Stock
farm, the property of II. q. Toler. This
is the home of Ashland Wilkes, 2:l7I4, and
Myron McHenry, 2:25$t. Ashland Wilkes,
a 10 year-old horse by Red Wilkes, out of
Daisy B., daughter of Administrator,
has made a great showing this year He
has reduced his own record five seconds
and has put five sons into the list, now
having seven with records from 2I2$4 to
2:2S}5. His son, MaXey 3, holds the state
2-year-old race record, while another son
holds the worlds 3-year-old pacing record
in race This showing is remarkable
when it is known that he has himself been
campaigned every season.
SeventY-six stations have each sired
five or more standard performers which
have entered the list this season. Out OF
this list only four are 10-year-Old horses,
the balance being well along IN years. OF
these four ST. Bel, 2:.4 =. son OF Election
Ger comes first with seven; Stamboul,
2:O7i5, the champion of the world, comes
next with six; tied for third place are two
Kansas stations, PatChen Wilkes and
Ashland wilkes with five each. This is
something Kansas ought to be proud OF,
that she is fast coming TO the front As
"A breeder of fine stock. There
is not doubt and the
presence of high class sires of this kind
should be encouraged not only by breeders
of tiue stock, but by every man who likes
a good horse or has the advancement Of his
state at heart Ii Is not essential that
every man wants u trotting horse or should
own one. but the offspring OF blooded stock
are better by 80 per cent for drivers, car
riace horses, work horses or anything else
than broncos or plugs They have more
sense, more reasoning power. The aver
age colt is no trouble TO break as soon AS
he finds out you won't hurt him. and with
the assistance of few Jumps of sugar you
can make any colt follow you AL over
ten acre field. On stock farms tue colts
are being driven at six months old aioug-
side of another horse aud most Of them
walk of as staid a. any old horse you ever
SAW This is the kind of horses 10 raise.
They make good dispositioned rosdsSers
and drivers that anybody feels It safe aud
A Measure To ride behind HORSENAN