The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-12

ber ownslp uEsu nilsttess OF tbs. road, and while
nnss building, High Bridge over the Harlem,
River she used to pull his weight, $50 pounds
up ana down the road from that work and heat
everything she came across without any tponnss
BILE. Every old-tlms horseman who dates ibSs%dE
mare" and her wonderful speed and stamina.
When High Bridge was finished Capt. Roberts
young mare to seely's American Star and ms i,
iso2 she produced a gray Hlly. This nlly, LADY
Dunn y WAS IL time bred 70 George, Wilkes, the
son OF Dolly Spanker, and produced Joe Bunker
gilol4. one Of the best campaigners OF his dey'
she also had q flly, by Mnmbrino patchen that
ing two horse colts BY thai sire. One Of them
was sold for $1,000 to William Corbitt Of Cali.
he sire Of HulGa., n a.os,s e. Ieya N wifsss s: !. 90;
Muta wilkes 2:ll. and more %trotters Of cx.
W NHIne spec wa 6 snSn any other 9th son OF George
brother 70 Guy, Wilkes, got Axteii, s:1a, who
"A little later than the days Of Dolly spanker,
Msy pSliInE' and the Capt, Roberts mare"
across the bay occasionally with a little hot
sorrel ,%,rottqr and beat the brHs road horses Of
won many match races on the road with the
mare, that he named Shanghai Mary on account
driven her in .2;Sa to wagon. Though the
Sre'e fonsssrs 81 z groom the great mare
Weed then sold her to Samuel Conkiin
9t mluuletown, and In 1851 she WAS bred to
the hands OF Charles Backman, and her progeny
nas made more than one great breeding estab-
nshment Famous. The granite shaft which now
inscribed Green Mountain Maid, the great
2:go; Elaine, goo; Elisha, Eos: Dame fr"t,,
2:22; Mansfield. 2;26; Storm, 5:26ii: Elina.
2;?s; Antonio. 2:2sal. and the great Election
Ger, sire OF more 2:30 %trotters. moro ego trut-
tiers, more 2:lo ,%trotters, and more sensational
young %trottsrs than any horse that has yet mp.
nance about the early history Of Shanghai
Mary, and the readers OF TIM St'N are familiar
origin.
Another, Staten Island road mare of note at
ms period was known as Abor Lady Abda!lah.
Brighton, and, perhaps, in earlier years by Solo
mon ksipp Of the old New York stage firm Of
though not so prominent as some others Of her
DAY, she waI pretty we'll known to the old.time
Houston street, owned her for a time and let
her out to some of his patrons to drive on the
hands to John Ii. Decker " Deckertown e. j.
In 1883. the year that Dolly Spanker gave birth
to George Wilkes, Decker bred old Alb to Ed
and she produced Goldsmith Maid the queen rrn X
the turf in her day aud the most remarkable
kipp Is living he can probably tell all about The
early history OF old Ab and clear up the shallow
Gold mith Maid. 1t is generally believed that
me dam Of the great cHmpaigner was a dauch-
Ter OF lredwel \ bdailah, but hearsay evidence
alone supports this claim.
The dam OF George NJ. Patchon was one Of the
celebrities of the Bloominrdale road in hcr day.
imported Trustee. Richard f. Carman drove
this half-bred mare for many years on the road
between Carmanville and the city. After hay.
ing worn out two or three high-priced pole
mates she was finally retired and bred to Casslus
NJ. Clay. the produce being George NJ. Patchen.
the king of the turf in 1860 and the best OF ali
the Clays.
The Brooklyn horseman in whose honor George
NJ. Patrhan was named was a rpu1 riinr mud n
breeder or prominence. one OF his hobbies was
to breed a white peacock. and for years he kept
q great number OF these beautiful fowl in his
d~ooryard on Fulton street, selecting and mating
those that showed the much-.ought white in
was almost pure in color, IN the thirtie. Pa,c iMa
and vide for their speed and stamina on the
road. They were Surrey. Bet, and Rose.
w. III. Van Colt, whose recullectlunS of men
and horses cover a period of more than sixty
years. says he remembers when Surrey anu Rose
were driven out to, his fathers road house on
spring. and Surrey was bred to Andrew jackson.
the champion %trotting stallion of that day. The
dollar a pound TO Gen. Wadsworth OF Geneseo,
and for several years supposed TO be the sire OF
Another Of the Patchen mares. Bet, passed
through, the hands Of Jacob $. Pratt OF New
th .rN RAN ann" for pf the ne" South tn inc in the fsct So! hn goo f p,5,cH,
race OF 1923, and got Henry May Day, 80 called
was bred to George II. Patchen in 1850. tie
blood of Bet and Surrey was mingled in pro-
ducinE the great %trottinr marc Lucy, 2:lsri, a
Another old-time New York road mare that
loft her mark upon the trotting stock OF the
was Daisy. n fast, game. hard pulling
that was driven in the sixties by Peter
Moller. tho sugar %refner, and a~fterward by A.
Darling OF the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Darling
believed In the old gray mare, although her
blood was unknown. and when her driving days
were over he bred her to Strideaway. the son OF
old Pocahontas. and got Young Daisy. IA clinkcr
Ike her mother. Young Daisy produced Prince
OF Wellington. geo. aud her DAUGHTERS in turn
are the dams of Axworthy. 2:l5(i; Axtell old.
2:l6l4; King Darlington, 2:16. and other fast
Dnes.
Tida and lie Blonde. two full sisters by Ethan
Allen. that II. y. smith bought OF c. j. Ham
lin and used on the road In the seventies. are
well remembered by all the old-time drivers.
pairs In New York. and SmIth was very proud
IF them. After the Fashion stud Farm was es-
tablished Tida and le Blonde became brood
bred At the Trenton farm, trace back to the
OF Ethan Allen, lie Blonde being the
zrandam OF PixIey. 2;Osi4, while Tida's daugh-
Bride. when bred 10 Stranger. the son of
Goldsmith Maid, produced Booile. 2:l2LS, a
stallion that has been called the best campaign
n ever seen on the Pacific coast.
York that transmitted their speed and stamina
% tho turf winners and sires OF later days were
he Widow Machree, the dam OF Aberdeen and
me n the gamest and best daughters Of Secly's
many years By the picturesque old sporting and
POLITICAL character Capt. Isaiah Rynders: Annie
.aurie. the dam Of Dictator's fret 2:3O ~trotter.
Ind, driven by F.. Martense OF Long Island and
inown in the record books as the grandam of
tumor. 2:20. and the great-grandam Of Aroma,
on. 3:loh. that was formerly driven by Mr.
iriswold, and many other good ones.