Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-03-17
mbination
STOCK FARM

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A few short years ago breed
ing of the trotting horse on the
Eastern Shore of Virginia was
something that scarcely anyone
knew anything about, for the
breeders did not look into ped
igree as it should have been, but
bred to anything that was sent
to their houses that looked nice
with a trumped-up pedigree,
which after a while ran into
some famous horse, and they
expected to breed to the same
quarter-bred horse and get a
Maud S. or a Sunol, but time
proved to them that they were
mistaken, and then they were
discouraged and many would
not breed again; but such is not
the case in this day and time,
for now the average man on the
Eastern Shore can talk pedigrees
with you right along, and no
one can say there is any need to
send matrons abroad in order to
breed to a fashionable horse, for
there is not to be found at any
place in the broad States two
better bred colts than the two
Fashion Farm bred colts now
owned on the Combination Stock
Farm in Northampton county,
where they will stand for ser
vice at prices to suit the times.
These colts were bred in Ken
lucky by the famous Fashion
Stud Farm (of Trenton, N. j.,
and were sold by creditors of the
same farm under the hammer
in New York city on March 21st
and 22d, 1898, and fell to the
bid of H. F. James, who consld-
ers himself lucky to get two
such colts to grace his stables,
as he thinks they are born trot-
tiers, as their pedigrees show
they should be, as like produces
like. Bursar 1910, brown colt
foaled April 18th, 1891, sired by
Stranger 5000, the only son of
the unequaled Goldsmith Maid
ola, and queen of the turf in
her day with her 332 heats bet
ter than $50, and ia heats bet
Ter than 2:20, with 119 won
races to her credit. She was
sired by the best son of the re-
nowned Hambletonian 10,
chances considered), out of Old
Alb, a half-sister to Hambleton-
ian 10. Hence it can be seen
she had a right to trot as well as
to throw the great young sire
Stranger, who is thirteen years
old with II in the 2:30 list and 5
of these in the 2::20 list with
Broomal Ga full brother to Bur
sal), the fastest with four year
old mark of 2:171 and five
year old record of 2:15 in
a winning race Stranger,
brown horse, unframed
and was sired by General
Washington, who sired Poem
PHI and nine others in the list.
General Washington was sired
by General Knox 2:314 out of
Lady Thorne 2:lS4 "a trial of 2:10.
Lady Thorne was by Mambrino
Chief out of a thoroughbred
mare-this is good but Bursar
does not stop here-he is out of
Brooch, dam of Bromal 2:15,
winning race. Brooch by Jay
Gould 2:2l4, and the fastest en-
tire son of Hambletonian 10, out
of Lady Sanford by American
Star, Jay Gould cost Mr.. Smith
$35 ,000), and is the sire of the
best race mare in the United
States. Pixley 2:O9i, as shown
by her memorable race at Chi
cago, (the Columbian free-for-
alD 1898, Bursar is bred like
her, he being by son of Gener-
eral Washington out of a Jay
Gould mare, second dam Ruby
Allen dam of Opal 2:23, Blar-
ney 2:27}), she by Ethan Allen
2:25l out of Ruby Clay by Cas-
sins M. Clay out of Flora by
Revenue out of Isabella by Bos-
ton. AS shown above Pixley
by Jay Gould out of a daughter
of General Washington, second
dam by Ethan Allen 2:25!. A
book could be filled on this
grand young horse, but as we
find in his stable companion
Powell 1910, equally as well
bred, we will give his pedigree
in part as follows: Bay colt
bred in Kentucky by the Fash
ion Stud Farm and foaled May
18th, 1891, and was sired by
Wickliffe who was by the great
George Wilkes 2:22, he by Ham
bletonian 10. Wickliffe first
dam was Patchen Maid the dam
of Astral 2:1S. Patchen Maid
was by Mambrino Patchen full
brother to Lady Thorne 2:1S1, the
grand-dam of Stranger. Pow
ellis dam was Posie (untrained)
bv Jaw Gould 2:211. second dam