Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-04-13
Blooded Horses.

ID. NJ. Crowley arrived from Chicago Mon
day with five head of horses. He had
rather ii disagreeable trip in from the rail-
road. His purchases consist of one stall.
lion and four f%illies, and all are splendid
animals. Following is IA description and
pedigree OF the bunch:
DIVORCES 17996-Standarh rule 6. regu-
lar vol. Nj. Bay stallion foaled 1856,
bred by Col. r. L. Pepper Il Son, Frankfort,
Ky. BY Dispatch, son OF Onward, out of
Lucille. First dam Lady Lake, by Col.
Hambrick 5SO5, sire of Ciga 2:23h,
Daphne 2:1Oa, Galilee. 3-year-old record
2:27, Gov. Powell, 3-year-old record 2:25h,
Thalia, 2:24aa, and the dam of Red Brook
2:22; second dam Lena X, by ID. Monroe
SOS, 2:2SA; third dam by Duval's Nam
brine; fourth dam by Paddy Burns, son of
Gray Eagle, the great four-mile runner.
Col. Hambrick. the sire of DIVORCES dam is
by the great Dictator. sire OF Director, Jay
Eye See, Phallas, and forty %trotters and
i've PAGERS in the 2:3Olist. Col. Hambrick's
dam was ~Snowbird, by Snowstnrm, and
besides Col. Hambrick she produced the
dams OF Advance 2:24k, King Russell
-s-'4 oht Ahe o"e ~
roe was sired by Jim Monroe the sire Of
eight in the list, and the sires Of eight and
the dams of ten in the list. On the sire's
side Diverges is by Dispatch, sire of Carrie
NJ. 2:26; Dispatch is by Onward, the sire
of 90 trotters and eight PAGERS in the list,
and t~wenty-iour sires of forty trotters and
sixteen PAGERS aud of the dams of nine
~trotters and three PAGERS in the list. On
ward was sired by the great George Wilkes,
and is out oil Dolly, the dam of four in the
list, including Director 2:17. Geo. Wilkes
is the sire of seventy-one trotters and seven
PAGERS in the list, and OF SO sires OF 652
t~rotters and 40 PAGERS rnd of 81 dams of
53 trotters aud IL PAGERS and is by many
considered the greatest son of amb
tonian 10, the great trotting horse progen-
itor. Lucille, the dam of Dispatch, is the
second dam OF Matadon, the sire of Atha-
don, who now holds the yearling stallion
record 2:27. DIVORCES is bred to trot fast,
and should sire speed. He will lie a great
addition to the fine stock of the county.
Mr.. Crowley nd ~vertises to stand DIVORCES
at $40 for the season, with return privilege
if mare proves not to be in foal. Mr.. Crow
ley also brought with him the following
standard FLIES:
SERENA-Black 2-year-old filly by Lord
Wellington, first dam Miss Kirk wood, by
Kirkwood, sire of three in the list and of
Sam irkwo sire of two; second dam
Miss Ruder by Mambrino Abdallah; third
dam Nancy Van Zant, fourth dam The Low
Gampmore.
INA-Bay 2-year-old FLY by Lord Well
ington, first dam StelIetto by Sterling, sire
of j. b. Thomas 2:1SA; second dam by
Brougham, sire Of our in the list.
WAxIE D-Sorrei 3~-year-old FLY by Lord
Wellington, first dam Duchess oil Iowa, by
Rysdyk, sire of seven in the list, second
dam Josephine by Satellite; third dam by
Eclipse.
INoPIA-Sorrel 3-year-old filly by Young
Bashaw sire of Maj. Lynn 2:23h; first dam
Pocohontas by Poughkeepsie Chief; second
dam Belle. by Cody's Champion, sire of the
dam of Kate Smith 2:21A, and George
Mack 2:21h; third dam by Magma Charta,
sire of five in the list and OF twenty-four
dams of trotters in the 2:3O list.