Democratic messenger., 1893-05-27
ANTEVIM, BY ANTEVOLO.
An Historical Sketch of the Sire
Of Geo. w. Purnell'S Colt.


to harness this week. Antevim, Mr.. Geo
w. Purnells standard bred and registered
colt. This colt has improved very much
since Mr.. Purnell brought him to SnOw
Hill, the first of the year II will probably
be interesting To lovers of well bred
horses to know something Of the pedigree
of Mr.. Purnelrs colt Wallaces monthly
published by the American TrOtting
Register Association contains the follow
ing history Of Antevim's sire, AntevOlO
7G4s. The premier stallion is Anteyolo,
76is, record 2:19i, horse that by breed
ing, individuality and merit in the stud
stands among the best sons Of Electioneer
His descriptive pedigree is as follows
Brown horse, sixteen hands high, fOalcd
May l2, 1881, by Electioneer. 12J; dam
Columbine, by A. w. Richmond. 1857 ;
Cd dam Columbia, by imp. Bonnie Scot
land 3d dam Young Fashion, by imp
Trustee from thence on thoroughbred to
the 18th DAM
Electioneer is known as the greatest
sire of trotters, living or dead at the
close of 1892 he has One-hundred and
twenty 2:30 performers; twenty-seyen
sons, sires of one hundred and six $50
performers and twenty two daughters :;
dams Of twenty-four 2:30 performers
The past season showed to an extent
greater than ever before that the Fleet
ioneer blood would certainly breed on.
that ultimately his greatest fame as a sire
would be perpetuated not by his imme-
diate 2;30 performers, but by the prepot-
ency Of his sons and daughters.
COlumbine, the dam of Antevolo and
the grand dam of Mr. Purnel's colt, is
one Of the greatest of trotiing brood
mares, she has produced Anteeo, 2:l6i.
sire of fourteen 2:3O performers: Ante
volo, 2:l9i. sire of two 2:30 performers :;
Coral, 2::25, and Anieros, sire of four 2:30
performers, total number of twenty
two standard performers, in the first and
second generations. Columbine Is full
sister to Lady Richmond, 2:35, and her
sire A. W. Richmond, 1857. is sire of ten
2:30 performers and grandsire of twelve
The pedigree of Antevolo is thus estab-
lished as first-class in every respect, and
his individuality is fully equal to his
breeding he is fully described as follows:
'Antevolo is a very beautiful seal brown
stallion, richly dappled. with star and a
little white on the right hind pastern
sixteen hands high and weighs 200
pounds. He was bred by Joseph Cairn
Simpson. Oakland. Cal, and was foalded
at Palo Alto, MenlO Park, Cal. The
Electioneers generally have very fine
this beauty aud superior finish is inheri-
ted to far greater degree from long
line of highly-bred ancestors on the
dams side. in not single one of which
was there the least degree Of coarseness ;
so il is not strange that he should be
highly finished and transmit beauty and
finish with such remarkable uniformity
He has prominent, clear, bright. yet
very pleasant eye-a true index To his
disposition. which could not be more
nearly perfect lie is really a large horse,
but he is so perfectly proportioned that
his size and form please every one vino
secs him. He has sloping shoulder,
strong back, superior coupling, is smooth
over the hips. with excellent quarters.
! and is elsewhere well muscled. His legs
are clean, cordy, and of exactly the right
shape, with plenty of substance. He has
well shaped feet of very superior texture
At no point is there the slightest un-
soundness"
AS a race horse his career, though
brief, was very creditable. lie won his
first race as a yearling in about three
minutes in straight heats. As a three
year old he won four out of five of his
races, and was second in the other, taking
three e-year- old record of 2:29f, and re-
ducing tnat the following year to 2:19t,
then the fastest four-year-old stallion
record AS five year-old q, in that famous
race against Harry Wilkes, 2:13!. Guy
Wilkes. 2:15t, Charles Hilton, 2:11t, and
Arab, 2:l5, Notwithstanding there were
serious thoughts of not starting Antevolo
on account of an injury received in
taking him TO the track, he gamely con-
tested every inch. and finished remarka.
bly, well each heat. His time was taken
for the four heats by competent timer
in o:16, 3:l6f, 2:l7 and 2:l5! The last
heat AntevolO's time was taken by quite
a number of accurate timers. and no one
made il slower than 2:16 or 2l6t
Antevolo's foals are all young. still one
Of them has a record of 2:2lf three have
entered and others have shown ability to
enter the 2::s0 list. A young colt by Ante
volo brought $1,000 at one of the New
York auction sales, and others hsye
brought good prices at both public and
private sales. Antevolo's full brother,
Anteeo, two years older, leads all the
sons OF Electioneer as sire of early and
extreme speed. Anteros. another full
brother, has four in the list, and all Col
umbne's foals are sure To prove famous
producers.
The $50 performers of Antevolo are
Maud Merrill (N, 2:2if, Antioch. 2:26!,
and Ivolo (pacer), 2:29i