The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-13

ster. and a fast one.
Lua CD trial 2:e1. bay flly. by Red
Wilkes. 1919. dam Queen Amy. by
King Clay. 500: 2 dan Amy. 2:20js,
by Volunteer. So: 3 dam Belle Brandon
dam OF Amy. Gov. sprague. etc.) by
Hambletonian 10. Lua Is one Of n
best things in h consignment.
Armadilla. PAGER. CD trial 2:25, dark
bay hlly. by Exuberant. 23.333. dam
Annie jackson by Red Wilkes. 1919:
2 dam Miss Patchen by Mambrino
Patchen. IS. ETC.. etc.
Baronade. 30.504 60 trial lat - 2:2o.
last half in 1:c5h. last quarter in 30
Wilkes. Ass: dam. the famous Lem
onade, 2:27L dam of Bessie Wilton.
2:O9L. Lady Wilton. 2:1lis. Lemonee.
2:iS&) by Kentucky Prince. jr.. Si3e.
etc, etc. Baronade has more size and
substance thar most stations by Bar
on Wilkes and Ii a good stock horse.
Red Cherry 90 record 2:lih. bay
mare, by Red Wilkes. 11is. dam
Madam Herr dam Of p by Mambri-
OF % by Edwin Forrest, ~. etc, etc.
ct have been amused lately at stallion
owners trying TO bolster up their horses
by crying 'lack of opportunity in brood
mares for their own. or rather good
mares for another mans horse. Ger
tainly mares until this year have been
cheap enough since 1892. for men own-
ing good stations to have just n few
really good ones: hence ar excuse on
this point sounds like pleading the
baby act or barking to a tale OF Woe
Why. within n past month i have
had dozens of breeders admit TO me
that Prodigal is n of the greatest of
trotting sires, and then wind up by
sax,fnr tIat HE shAu~fn@ ne IN afra %
great race horses is due to h fact that
his get are out of great mares. Well,
on that point 1 have neither excuses to
make nor apologies to offer. In fact,
I am glad to admit that | believe the
mares at Bitter Root stock farm aver
age higher in quality and breeding than
those on any other stock farm. Mr..
DAILY Is aiming to produce the highest
class OF track horses. and is breeding
to sell i'm the open market. No man
knows better tina he that a 'jackass
can't get a horse colt n hat a COM
mon mare can't produce a first class
race horse: hence he breeds n first
class stallion to first class mares, rea-
scning in a common sense way that a
high-bred horse with speed will stay
longer than one of inferior breeding
with the same speed. l have seen
them out-trotted, but no man ever saw
a Prodigal quit. and | am certainly not
going on record as saying that any
horse could have gotten such average
courage and stamina from mares of
Indifferent breeding or quality. That
ant be done. and the man who
tries TO make the public be-
lieVe that In this day of high
speed rate a stallion can succeed ex-
on good mares, is too foolish for
his talk TO be considered. A small
breeder h uses Indifferent mares
will go broke and a rich one will get
tired. The buyers are men OF intelli-
gence. and who wants a youngster Ga
prospect) whose dam has neither speed
nor good family backing, no matter
what may be its sire? Yes, sir: Prodi-
gal has had good mares, never covered
a poor n n never will. When a
man buys one Of his get he can depend
on that youngster having a good
mother, for no man ever bred to Prod
igal. except Marcus DAILY, who would
rather have two good mares han 20
OF he ordinary. l have been buying
mares for him, of and on. for nine
years and come pretty near knowing
what IL takes to even satisfy him
speed, style. finish. s~oundness. and the
very best OF blood lines. With these
other good qualities the production of
two or three bad foals at Bitter Root
VIII transfer a mare from the harem
To the pillow, and neither her breeding
nor the amount cost will save her.
Many a one have / seen go down the
road And why not? Such a method
both reduces the quantity. improves
the quality, brings the farms product
so much closer to perfectlon-which
really means more money at a smaller
outlay. To-day 80 per cent. OF the
mares at Bitter Root are young and
either have records themselves or are
producers Of speed, or are out Of either
producers or mares with fast records.
Hence o can bet that 7 am not say
ing that Prodigal has not had a good
chance, even If he has but about 65
living colts older than yearllngs. I
had rather have those s. thar l65 by
the same horse and out OF Indifferent
mares, because as Ii Is the horse has
not been injured by over breeding and
every one Of his get has some value"
Speaking Of the Bitter Root stock
farm, a New York paper says: 1T
now looks like the Bitter Root stock
farm. owned by Marcus DAILY. at Ham
ilton, Mont, is destined to become the
leading nursery Of great race horses
amongst trotters. Though but a few
years In the business. Mr.. DAILY has bred
John Nolan "a. 2:0S; Dan NJ, 2:O9Ia:
India SILK, 2:10&: Querist, 1:12I; Cup
rum (3). 2:12%: Improvidence (). 2:13H:
Chris Petersen. 2:13h: DIR. Spelman CD,
2:13Z; Laurels go. 2:15h; china silk
(2). 2:16h. etc. At the head of the DAILY
stock is Prodigal. 2:1e. the leading sire
of many winners for 1898. and good
judges say that he has a better average
lot OF brood mares than al be found
on any stock farm In America. Most
OF these mares are young. and now they
have proved a nick with Prodigal. IL
is more than likely that Prodigal will
continue to stand among Americas
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