Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-04-22
KREMLuN 2:o7 "a.
III, no. VAN BoKKELr.l


issues of the EVENING JOURNAL, and
believing this, will occssionly give
what have been able to gather by re-
search or by personal knowledge o
some of the greatest trotting aud pac
ing horses that this world has seen. ]
take for my intiatory, "Kremlin 2O72,''
acknowledged by all to be the greatest
of all living stations; although STAN.
boul 2:071 is of second ahead; bis
record was made on kite track, W here
as Kremlin's effort was made on an
oval or regulation, and 1t Is conceded
by most all that the kite track Is from
one to two seconds faster than the reg
ulstion. Kremlin Is the youngest
horse that ever yet wore the stallion
crown, and although, it does not rest
on bis head at present, he is the most
probable contestant for this high honor
in the future.
Krenlin was foaled at the celebrated
Woodburn Farm on the 9Th day of
April 1887, and was therefore but O.
year.old horse. He was sired by Lord
Russell, brother to Maud 8, 2OSa. His
dam is Eventide (dam Of Erin c:2l3
and EvermOpd 2:28. and three SOILS of
speedy. by Woodford Mambrino, second
dam. Vara, dam Of Vatican 2:29il
by Hambletonian 10, aud third dam
Venus (grand dam of Six Sires) by
American Star IA.
On the side of the sire and the dam
Kremlin is bred in imperial lines.
Harold, his paternal grandsire is q
son of Hambletonian 10, and hes q
long list of trotters to his credit but
his GRO wing glory has heretofore been
that he gave the trotting turf the
mare that for six years held the cham
pionship of the world d-the mare that
IL the prime of her powers meyer had
an equa. ,uuch less a superior. Miss
Russell the paternal grand dam OF
Kremiiu was unquestionalby one of
the greatest brood~mares. She IS the.
dam of Maud S 2O88-Nutwood 2:l8a,
Cora Belmont 2:244 and Russia 223.
Through her son Nutwood alone she
has lO3 standard performers; through
Lord Russell the son of Kremlin she
has fourteen more and through other
SOURCES a considerable additional mum.
ber. No other mare has ever lived to
see as many of her descendants on the
trotting list or two such descendants rs
Kremliu 2:O7a aud Maud 8 &08a; one
in the first and the other in the second
generation. Miss Russell's sire was
Pilot Jr horse that gave great vigor,
vitality and stamina together. No
cross ever added more race horses of
qus'ity to theHambletonian blood than
did Pilot Jr. 1t seems to supply pre-
cisely the element needed to the Ham
bletonian disposition, and, in the case
of Miss Russell was backed up with
the blood of q remarkable game family
of thoroughbreds. Woodford Man,
brino, the sire of Eventide, Kremlin's
dam, was the best race horse son of
Mambrino Chief, IL, and his record of
2:2l4 was, with the exception of Lady
Thorn's 2:l84, the lowest of any of her
get. At the time Woodford Mambrino
made his record, some fifteen years ago,
it was considered a very sensational
one for trOtting stallion. This mark,
with his well earned reputation as a
campaigser, made him very distin-
guished horse and he prOved'to be the
best son among the sons of Mambrino
Chief, IL, with the exception of Mann
brino Patchen. In fact he got two
faster performers than Malnbrino
Patchen ever sired. His daughters
have proved to be great brood mares
and among their produce is Lakewood
Prince, 2:l6s, Superior, 2l7}, and
Mekagap. 2:l9l. 1t lie superfiuous to
speak of Hsmbletonian, 10. the son of
Vara, Kremlin's second dam. The
world knows his history thoroughly.
Vactican, 2:29a, by Belmont out OF
Vara, is the son of Belle Vara, the great
mare that as a yearling defeated great
field at Lexington, KY, in 2:3s. then
lac ycoihu8 tocC iccotos thot 90 u
year. old reduced her record 10 2:22i and
as 5-y ear-old to 2:O84. He is also the
sire of Brown Velvet, (3) 2:20s, Vsssar,
(3) 2:2la, and other good ones. Vssco.
by Harold out OF Vessar, daughter Of
Venus, is the sire of Valissa, (3) 2:l9,
the game campaigning filly. that
beat DIR. Sparks at Lexington In 1890.
1t will be seen from the foregoing
anal isis that Kremlin is bred to be not
only very fest horse, but he should
also make great campaIgner, his ped
igree being full of race horse blood and
blood that produces speed. Kremlln
was sold as two-year old to Mr.. VIII
liam Russell Allen of Pittsfeld, Mass.
He had been broken to harness and
was regarded as promising colt. Al
ter arriving al his new home Mr.. Al
len h.d him work ad ont in July in his