The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-05
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cross of thoroughbred blood when he comesf'
II don't know that he win carry a close cross,
thoroughbred blood either near or remote.
Tabulato the pedigree OF almost any one, of our
greatest trotters. and you will find within four
blood Of the race horse. Il gives the oneness
of nbro that wo call quality; in other words, tho
amount Of bulk, and It adds TO the nerve force
and increases tho size OF the blow pipes, thus
Of speed over a defiance OF ground. One OF the
best Illustrations ever saw OF the value OF thor
o oH9Es ES,oI 6l9 SSi v IN The b trottsr was vS out at the
ago. Maud 8. was started TO beat her record.
which was then 2;l1ha: Tho marc was badly
end Of the mile and she tired very badly in the
last quarter, her muscles not having been prop
orly toned up for such, an effort AZ she
turned and came back TO the judges stand after
see what condition she was in. I found her
trembling all over and about rs leg.wetry as any
horse l ovor saw, but she wasn't breathing hard
mo very rorcibly right then that IL a mare hay
ing SO much thoroughbred blood as Maud s.
dition, without distress to her lungs, then l wat
right in my belief that the blood OF the race
horse would give us the bind Of lungs we needed
after forty years of experience as a breeder l
am Hrper than ever in this belief.
possible percentage OF %trotters capable OF going
S SSou hsa f sas Would r rather q raise T;sV o Gr 'R RooS
campaigner Of 2:l0 speed than 100 lineup
my atm has always b been to produce a high
rate OF speed combined with beauty OF form.
II l got a %trotter, l wanted one good enough, TO
winner every time, as fail. of course, I must, I
wanted still to raise a horse that would DO
for park driving. / started out with this oh.
ject in view when l bought my first %trotters,
b %SES t fnH" m IUrss q sI the ri" Morgan an0E fam %Hgc 'f Tso
Of them, Tida and lie Blonde, were by Ethan
Allen, then the fastest stallion on tho turf, AID
gSther on the road. and Stterwa!Fd sold them to
brood mares whom he established the the Fashion
Stud Farm near Trenton. Two Of the best trot-
mares. Tida is the granddAm OF the California
stallion Doodle. 2:l21f; and LIE Blonde is the
to Alix In the fastest race on record.
mare" are few save sSHF as sL.ss NJ | o9 pS;ns. the ssS. % 6Oe on
Long Island. He was not only the fastest stall:
lion Of his day, but = s%plendid specimen Of
oughbrod horse Hsad'em, SON Of imported
Trustee. / liked him SO we'll that 1 bred my
inbred d Morgan %soI mare Mag & A aiiI. to him She
sherman BLACK HAWK, another son Of Hili!iS
time trotter Belle Of Saratoga. 2:2s. a dauGd.
ter Of Hil,s Black Hawk. From Mag Addison
looking fast horse, and his blood figures very
l1rEely throc or four generations back in nearly
~ Ti,, of the S,S best %tFC suM,s that have cOmo from
went to kentucky and bought Almont. Jr., by
A A,%Gnt; . G So1 Of Of HHS iIFs S sSi5ef H BY Bl00 Ss I sl1c5
~trottor, and because his dam before him had
bred the daughters Of Hamiin's Patohen to al.
mont, Jr.,- and when the hllies from this cross
came on l went down to Kentucky again to
hnY nnnfhAF Rtallinn
THAT was in 1852. Tho Wilkes boom was
at Its height then, and all nj, friends advised
s sHi eRsS arc w nGE @{ tro 5tn SEe al a0f Ethan Ai hsa
went S9G 0 to Kon HR hSF0 and md / diaan''s s' ike 6 oH1of' He fs
w WSs stT : rank and Quite s t a PSl Ri. RiGS IaaE he hcss : S Nth
swimming when he was AZ speed: He had just
trot under al circumstsnces as though he
ali shapes and skies. Well. / went out to DR..
Herr's place, near Lexington; saw Mambrino
Mambrino Patchen, a show horse, out OF a
mare BY By Edwin Forrest. another show horse,
eminent had called him the handsomest horse
IN t the SSerlSSii n and w I tthOgehhs Eth they NV were r. right, Sc, 50
has given $4,000 for a dude horse ten years sir
s ela eh tSa aeI TaGG Ss + t5C Kins had Ia T no t rsprs IS anSs
tives In the 2:90 list, but I had seen him show
q b bif Of CLIP ppe on = c9uT and iG 7 FsIf c ianH q %i'h 1Sns
his colt! Topld,trot fast in due time. Call
him a dude horse If Xou like. said to the
day, with, one Of his colts and beat ali your
Milkesss. And dia. The laugh was on nc
two races at tho Lexington meeting in 1895.
and didn't forget to remind them of what they
Let me tell you what l think OF the Wilkes
among them-sOme great race hor.os. But
blanks; horses that have no speed, and. being
without beauty of form, can only be sold At
Of what 1t costs to raise them. The craze for
the Wilkes family and other families like 1t has
S RsSn; III ny S%rs as a @h shs t fHiRa faiIsd Of To @T Est
Of. those KentuckianG who called Mambrino
the blood OF George Wilkes and other plain
Sires OF the Hamblotonian family have found It
years, and they have given up in disgust"
How did you, come to buy Rex Americas,
Mr. I hs%iin'h, r asked the the reporter cpCr ort5 5rowi 6SG that "a
a two-year.old colt of the Wilkes tribe. and q
rather plain one at that.
2:l54 at two years old and because he was one
OF the best Wilkes horses l ever saw. Having
of show horses, | thought / could afford to take
the risk OF preserving, beauty Of form in the of
spriPRE e. when a%. | bred red. them to Rex AmerispS to
same thing about, Chimes, the son Of Eleo-
tioneer.. lie trotted a quarter in 80 seconds to
an old-fashioned sulky when he was fourteen
months old. saw him omt at Saginaw when
he WAS two years old. Charles Marvin had
him there with other ~trotterS belonging to Son.
ator Stanford. / asked Marvin II he thought
! could buy him. and he said the best way to
find out was to wire Senator Stanford an
offer for him. Stanford was on the floor OF
the United states Senate in conversation with
Gov. ColmAn of Missouri when he received
year-old. He read the message and handed It
to Gov. ,Colman, saying: What shall dor
Better let Hamlin have him said ColmAn;
and that is how ! bought Chimes"
Mr.. HamIin; what is your opinion Of tho
paceri" inquired THE Sun man. How do you
account for the fact that SO many trottinE-bred
horses tako to the pacing gait nowadays; and do
ters In which no PAGERS will appeari'
u have no prejudice against the pacing gait, -
replied the Buffalo hOrseman. Tho modern
trottinE-bred PAGER is a good race horse and a
good road horse. ! don't know that | can say |
like the PAGER as well as the trotter, but that
IL q matter OF taste. am not using any
PAGERS with fast records for breeding purposes
and ! cant say that l would care to place a
pacing stallion at tho head OF nv stud although
haye bred some good mares to HeIr.at-Law who