Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-03-09
ACQUISITION ON SIZE.
From the Horseman, Chicago !

hOneer perSuaSlNely, uhis h'"N J'e
mare is bred in producing lines, and
being individually so desirable she can
not fail toI make great brood mare
Just let her step down there again. my
boy"
"Buy her." urged the enthusiastic
Young horseman in an undertone.
"Don't want her, got too many now,
responded the well-versed breeder.
.sThat's so, too, but not of that pat
tern: she must be over l6 hands, and
what big roomy one!'
Eyes. too big, she would please me
better if she was smaller. What big
mare did you ever know that was
producer of noteY
"welI, you have just seen Lucia sold'
she is l6t hands. and the dam OF SIX
and producing daughter-whats the
matter with herr"
''That's all right. but she is the only
Dne. and the greatest of them all. Green
Mountain Maid was only 10 hands,
Alma Mater is 151 and Beautiful Bells
the same, while Minnehaha is but l4A
hands"
eyes. and Miss Russell is l6 hands, so
is Sontag Mohawk, and Dolly, the dam
of Director, was 16-hand mare-don't
overlook them"
"All right, my boy, but Directors
dam was of the little ones, and his
daughter, Nancy Lee, is only l5i hands
Arions dam, Manette, is the same
height. while Lotto and Atlanta, dams
of Pixley and Alix. are but 10 hands.
But look the matter up for yourself, and
see if the great producers have not been
medium sized"
Among the mares that have shown
extreme speed Lou, dam of Axtell, is
l6 hands; Waxana, Coumbine and
Stamboul's dam, Feetwing, measure
153 Dame Winnie was l54, as is Homora,
dam of the remarkable three-year
Fantasy. Lady Maud, 2:lS4, dam of
Monbars, 2 :ll4, is but l54 hands, while
another Knox mare, Myra, dam of
Myriad (3), 2 :2S4, who in turn is dam of
Eolne (3), 2:141, is l54 hands and yet
another daughter of the Maine-bred
horse is the 16-hand mare Aurania, dam
of Atlantic, 2:l9. Pilot Mediums dam,
the ola-time trotting mare Tackey, 1926;
was lob. and another Pilot, Jr., mare of
marked influence, Crop, was the same
height The famous old Waterwitch
was also 15i, and her prolific daughter
Sprite is l6 hands. Rebecca, by General
Edwin Forrest mare old Ned, was the
same, but Sontag Dixie, dam of Del
Mar, 2l63, and four more; Ritchilders,
dam of four and producing daughter,
and the old Maid of Clay are each l54
hands. Reina Victoria, whose four
performers are also sires of recorded
merit, was 10. hands, and her dam,
Hyacinth, was one inch taller. Lucille
Golddust, :lG4, the only member of the
2 80 list with the additional honor of
four performers to her credit, was l5i
hands. The American Star mare Dolly
Mills was l5s hands. Her daughter
Augusta, dam of Chanter, 2:204, is as
large, but Orange Girl, 2:20, dam of
Orangelander, 2 :224, is l54 hands. Lady
Bunker, dam of Guy Wilkes 2:l54 and
William L., is l54, and her dam, Lady
Dunn, was 15t hands. Maggie Keene,
whose roam coat reappears on her
daughter Spanish Maiden, ;293, and her
three-year-old grandson Margrave, , :l54,
is l53 hands high That concentration
of individual excellence Mrs, Caude
was l6 hands, and weighed llG0 pounds.
FavOrite, 2 1854, dam of three sires, was
16 hands. Another daughter of Alexan-
der's Abdallah, Laytham Lass. was the
same height, while Lady Abdallah and
Rosalnd, 2:2l3, dam of four producers,
were l54 hands. Piedmonts dam, Mag
Ferguson, and Lady Thorne, Jr,, dam OF
Santa Clause, were 10 hands, and an
other great mare of that size was Trus-
ty, dam of the geldng John Love, 2 :2S4
aid the producers peucalion, 2:22;
Maid, , :2S4, and Lucia, dam OF
Day Dream, 2 PA; Western Girl, 2;2l;
having the peculiar distinction of being
the only performer by the brood mare
sire Richards Bellfounder, was l6l
hands, and in three successive years
lSS0.l-2, threw to Jay Gould three
daughters, each of which has repre-
sentative in the list by Stranger. Dol
sey, by the Schaffer pony, dam of three
performers, one of them the great brood
mare Mill Girl, 2 :224, was l54 hands
and Belle Brandon, the first of Ham
bletonian's daughters to demonstrate
his value in the female line, was Il
hands. Emma Robson, dam of Roweni
(2), 2:l7, and two others; Susie, 2:264
dam of Susun, etc. the old PAGER Lucy
2:l4, dam of the game cripple, Chris
Smith, 2 :l44, measure l6 hands; Ken
lucky Central, 2:3l4, dam of Kentucky
Union (3), 2:l3b; Norma, 2 :331, dam o.