The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-15

the trotter or sister Of noted horse pub
licly branded as of little value, but it is
not unusual. The highest priced trotter
| in the world, Arion, who brought SIPS, 600
was bred on the same farm as Sunol On
the strength Of what Arion had done his
brother, Athol, brought big money at auc-
ton, but he has neither trotter fast nor
become famous as a sire.
But there are others. A Chicago man
many years ago owned two stations, full
brother. One was large and handsome,
the other small and plain. He sold the
plain one, which later became famous as
Harold, sire of Maud S., and many other
trotters. The handsome one was retained
He was Lakewood Abdullah, a good horse
but never to be compared with his broth
err. This same Chicagoan once owned an
other stallion, son of Rysdyk's Ham
bletonian, called Menelaus. A brother OF
Menelaus was named Hambletonian
Mambrino. He was taken in colthood to
the wilds Of Oregon, where. mostly from
common mares, he sired so much speed
that he was aptly called 'the Alexan-
der's Abdullah of the Pacific slope Men
claus staid in this part of the country,
was mated with many good mares, hut
he never compared with his exiled broth
It is the same in respect of speed. Palo
Alto. 2:0S24 was a wonder, a natural t OF
ter on tot a thoroughbred mare. His els
ter. Gertrude Russell, would strike trot
only after from one to three hours &c gall
Looping and jumping and her best perform
ance was about % In one case the her
oughbred mares foal took after It's sire,
in theother it resembled its dam.
Some years ago Luke BBlhe<ourn was
the undisDuted champion Of the Ameri-
san turf. Although rather on the small
order no impost was too heavy for him,
no route too long. And so when 1t came
about that a yearling brother to Luke
Blackburn was put up at sTction the
Dryers paid 5000 for him, only to find
that he was practically worthless as a
racehorse. and nobody has ever heard OF
him as a sire. Another instance of the
same sort was the brother to Kingston.
Every broader Of horses, trotters or
runners who has been in the business
long enough to count, has had this Bit
ter pill of a worthless brother or sister
to first-class nag administered to him.
and the worst of it is that he has to take
II willy nilly. 1t is human nature to look
for something from the mare that has
just produced a winner, but the disap-
pointments are many.
While number of horsemen who had
come to Chicago from various points TO
attend the session Of the Board of Re-
view of the American Trotting Associ-
alton were talking horse" in a hotel lob
by last week one of them mentioned that
AIr j. Malcolm Forbes of Boston, had
just been asked by the Russian Govern
ment to put price on the stallion Bing-
en-. 2:O6I4. and had set the figures at
$4,000.
We'll" said one of the group. that T.
not a cent more than the horse is worth
when you sonsider his youth. breeding,
size. wonderful speed. and his perfect
wav Of going He is worth $4,000 if any
horse is"
Mr.. Forbes deserves TO get a good
price for anything in the horse line he
sells" said another, because he IS the
most liberal buyer ever known. He paid
$4,000 for Arion. $4,000 for Nancy Hanks.
and sa0o00 for eter the Great That's bet
ter by long odds than any other mans
record
How about Robert Bonner" was
asked
We'll. Mr. Bonner bought more high
priced trotters than any one else. but the
most he ever paid was $4,000 for Maud
s He gave S25.ona for Dexter and SIS 30
for Rarus. That is slll.5eo for three trot-
tiers. while Mr.. Forbes has given $4,000
more than that for one. and his three
highest priced ones cost him SIS5G,o. Hes
the king among buyers. and Yet Nancy
Hanks was the only worlds champion
trotter he Sought"
Yes. and he never would have bought
her had he not been disappointed in get
ting another horse ne was after. Ever
know thai2 No? Wei. it was Ike this:
Back IN 1851 when Nancy Hanks. even
worlds record, was in Buad Dob,e's sta
Ole. there was also in the string stall
lion called Dslmarch- He was ownei BY
George Ingraham of Dixou. III. himself
a driver OF t7otters. but at thar s.rne
laid up BY sickness which terminated |
fatally