Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-04-07

having size, good looks, plenty of
knee and stife action, and good style.
Such a horse is
L!sburn, 120S6, Rec. 2:40l.
Lisburn, bay horse, foaled 1885,
Sired by Woodford Wilkes, sire of
Jennie Wilkes, 2:12; LaDue's Wood
ford, four years old, 2:lG; l.. l.. D.,
2:15; Senator Wilkinson, .year-oId,
2:l9; Kendotta, 3-year-old, 2:2S, and
fifteen more in the $50 list.
Lisburn's first dam, Flash, by Bay
mont, sire of Jordan, GIL; Mogul, 2:l6;
KATHLEEN, 2:18; and ten others in the
2:30 list, and both young sires.
In short, Lisburn has seven produ-
cling dams back of him. He is con-
sidered by horsemen the equal of any
horse in breeding, which his tabulat-
ed pedigree will show
He is 16i hands high, weighs 1875
lbs, we'll proportloned, the best of
legs and feet, and the best of DISPOSE
ton. 1t would be hard to find a
better horse for the financial interest
of breeders to patronize than Lis
burn, as his produce are large, sound,
great knee and stifie actors, and show
great natural speed. Tney are des-
tined to make such horses as the
markets demand and that sell at paw
ing. prices.
Butfew horses possess stronger
combination of speed producing
blood than Lisburn, and his perfor.
nance as a race horse, so far as he
has been tested, makes him as good
as his pedigree. He never had any
track work until slast July; he was
worked twenty-eight days and could
show a 2:25 gait. In his first and only
start in a race he got mark of 2:4O4l
and actually walked under the wire
We think he will trot in 2:20 with
sixty days handling. which we intend
giving him after q short season in the
stud.
Lisburn 1906 is grandson OF
George Wilkes. Sired by the great
Woodford Wilkes. Conceded. by
horsemen to be one of the best sons
of George Wilkes.
Note the following facts: A grand
son of George Wilkes sold for more
in America, 100000.
A half sister to Lisburn's sire sold
for more money than any brood mare
that ever passed under the Auc-
tioneer's hammer that was O breeder
at the time. She bringing $500 at
Kittson's Sale of trotters in 1888.
The highest fee ever put on the SER
vices of a trotting stallion was ST. 900
placed on Axtell grandson of
George Wilkes.
The fastest two, three, annd four
| year old Stallion records are all held
by grandson's of George Wilkes.
The fastest two horses ever bred by
one breeder are grandsons of George
| Wilkes.
Sternberg 1891 at two years the
largest winning two year old on the
trotting turf is a grandson of George
Wilkes.
And no grandson of George Wilkes
has any better guarantee by the laws
of Inheritance to sire extreme speed
and individuality than Lisburn.
We consider his chief value as q
sire lies in the fact that he has the
size and speed producing qualities
combined and is sireing a type of
horses that the markets most demand.
The demand for his services is very
encouraging, especially by those who
have some of his get who are already
using him. We have pair of his get
symmetrical and stylish in APP
pearance and either can show such a
gait as would throw credit to any sire
as producer of speed. We have al.
ready been offered $l25 for the 4-year-
old.
Considering the stringency Of the
times we have placed his services at
$15 to insure mare in foal, which is
extremely moderate for a horse of
his breeding and capacity. He has
the size, color, blood, lines, speed and
makeup desired in stock horse.
w. H. ALLEMAN 81 Son.
/ Cresco. Iowa.