The sun., 1898-02-27
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
a TR0TTER THAT HAS SEEN BoTH
SIDES OF HORSE LIFE.
Sohn \. Madden Crossed the Atlantic to Ruy
Him Ten Wears Age. AFTER ne Had Been Ex-
ported to RnGiand ne a unckneJiSed Trot-
ter-Rrlca In ass. Q Q. OOOi On sos. G0aO.

Hin Ten Wears Age. After ne HAD Been Ex-
ported to Rusiand as a unckne5ized Trot-
tcr-Price in 1855. 81 o. OOOi In 4 sos. $3.50.
The ups and downs Of horse llfo lnd striking
illustration In tho story of the trotting stallion
Warlock that passed under tho auctioneer's
hammer at the big sale In Madison Square
Garden last Wednesday. Warlock was born
eighteen years ago next spring at A. j. Alex
ander's Woodburn Farm in tho blue grass re-
gion Of Kentucky. Woodburn then was in tho
hcyday OF its prestige and popularity as nur-
sory of trotters, having sent to the turf tho
gallant stallion wedgewood and the peerless
mare Maud s. In the campaign OF 1880
Wedgewood won every race in his class through
tho grand circuit, while Maud s. snatched the
worlds record from st. Julien, becoming tho
queen OF the turf Warlock was closely re.
lated to both Of these sensational trottors His
sire, Belmont, also the sire Of Wedgewood,
and his dam was by Pilot, Jr., the horse that
got the dam Of Maud s. Two months after
Maud S. had lowered tho worlds record to
2:lOA at Chicago. In September. 1880. tho
whole crop of Woodburn weanlings was sold In
lump to Robert Steel. the Philadelphia horse
breeder. who owned Happy Medium. tho siro
OF Nancy Hanks. Warlock was one Of the lot
In tho spring OF 1885, when Warlock was
five yenrs old, wealthy English horse breeder.
James Platt Of Cheadle, Cheshire. came to this
country in search OF n trotting. bred stallion OF
the hackney type. He selected the handsome,
biSh.steppng, substantial son OF Belmont as
the horse that best filed the bill, and Warlock
was purchased from Steel for round sum.
As soon rs he arrived in England they docked
the tail Of the Yankee trotter and trimmed him
UP in tho regulation hackney STYLE His new
owner exhibited him at tho leading horse shows
and Warlock won many prizes, defeating some
nf shol lnat h, hnra i, ,t tl,n
housekeeping game. The stations excessive
knee and hook action. which kept him from
gaining a fast record when trained tro,ter
in America, were tho very points which COM
nendcd him to English horsemen.
Soon after Warlock went abroad the boom in
tTotting stock got under way in tho country.
The family OF Warlock became ultra.fashionable
through tho wonderful performances OF Maud
S. and Jay-Eyc-See. Waterwitch. the dam OF
WarloCk, proved to bo one of tho best OF all the
daughters Of Pilot Jr She produced Nam
brno Gift, the first stallion to trot in 2:2O;
Scotland, 2:22I6, one of the best campaigners of
his day: Viking, 2:l9L; Waterloo. 2:I9i4;
Wavelet, 2:24k. and Warden. 2:29A. When
Viking was sold for 5000 to a Canadian
breeder. astute horsemen began to look about for
other. members Of the Wnterwitch family.
Among them were John s. Clark and John Il.
Of s9ss and b
speculative value Of Warlock. the handsomest
OF oil water,witch's foals. Clark was on the
expetrtated dock tailed trottcr when he learned
that Madden was already there on that errand
about the matter with rare diplomacy. Know.
ing that the English owner would put pro-
ybody wanted warock badly enough u1 TO- cross ross
tho Atlantic for him, tho swarthy Kcntuckian
concealed his American origin by getting him.
self up in the garb of a Scotchman before ven
turing TO open negotiations. Even then he
deemed it unsafe 10 come directly d9wn to bust
ness. but looked over nearly every horse in the
stud OF the English breeder before turning his
eyes toward the roomy box stall where War.
lock lock stood in state. At last Madden said to
What is that bay stallion over therei
Is an imported American trotter, and is ono Of
tho most valuable horses of his kind in Eng
land; 1t would take thousand guineas to
I'm take s,t him ,3s &, that price. Here's your
n snd said Msddsn @ b pulling out hi his bank
to withdraw his orfcr. After the bill of sale
Iatt said to Madden. suspecting by this time
that he waH dealing with an American:
must not leave the kingdom. i am solling him
on condition that he is to remain in England
too Siepdy sa the the
horse He belongs to me now. and am going
to take him back to America"
Madden arrived here with War'ock on tho
mail steamer City of Berlin while the blizzard
was raging in March, 1858. Two or three
United States senator stockbrldgo and samuel
A. Browne OF kalamaZoo Mich. where War
lock was placed in the stud. Fashion in the
rapidity Of millinery In those days; and before
craze for stations II Electionecr and Wilkes
blood reached high tide. The Two $50, 600 s,al.
lions Amtceo ard Ri Boy. @amc 70 The Mich;
Watcrwitch had TO take a back seat. He was
stud OF Col. Il. G. stoner at Paris. Here he
was Ovcrshadowed by the more fnshionably
bred horse Baron Wilkes, and after n year or
muzoo. where he remained In idleness until
Senator Stockbridgc and $: A. Browne died and
the stud was dispersed , Two years ogo Sen.
docile old allion, and ever since that time
Warlock has been jauntily pulling the Sen.
atorial broughams and park trans up and down
Senator Mcmillan consigned warlock to tho
GG% at rs side Ts When FEY oG on ss
lei out to be sold knew tho history or appro
clated the merits of Warlock.
ends H sns Gp much cp fson e eh
said another. Although the horse is well pre-.
get a bid and he was finally Knocked down down for T
the paltry sum OF S23O to G. 4. Thompson. who
had trained and driven two or three OF War
locks colts. On the following day the stallion
was sold at n big advance to Charlie. F: Bates.
The latter will send the horse to his farm in
Ohio. He will be shaped up for the sho" ring
horses. Warlock is the sre OF tho following
fast trottGrs; Anni9e' 2;llA; ~; Ackerapd.
Wnr1ltch. ha a:ispi: ST.; Molock, 3&ho; Teicrinee..
2:2O. Two of his get entered the 2:l5 list last
year.