The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-03-02
OLD MARES AS PRODUCERS.
AT 90 GREEN MOUNTAIN MAID
, FOALED LANCELOT.
somc Mares Breed Only I'm Alternate Sea-
Flora Temple Had Foais Late
In Life Madeline. IN Years Old. Is
sun Prolific -T%hOrOuEhbred Ancestry.

INC idcb Nia NJ 50 NAe ain VI hS
famous road mare Nellie proved fruitful.
7. L. Milspaugh OF Walden, n. Y, writes
to THE Sun that at 20 Green Mountain
Maid produced Lancelot. by Messenger
Duroc, whom as a ~yearling the late Charles
! Backman sold TO William Russell Allen Of
| st. Louis TO place ut his Allen Farm, Pitts
field, Mass. Last November Mr.. Allen
sold Lancelot to A. Koenig. who represented
Austrian breeders, and the grand, young
half-brother Of Electioneer is now in for
| eign lands at the stud. He cost Mr.. Allen
II is said, sl2 500 aud took a record at ma
turity Of 223. Several of Lancelot's get
took standard records in America, and the
few that were exported heretofore raced
well in long-distauce races abroad.
At Mariposa Farm, near Pawtucket,
Frederick {. Sayles has the Old mare Made
line, 2:23i5, by Rysdyk's IIambletonian
mare from Robert McGregor's dam, now
2s years old and bearing a foal. She
has bred regularly the last few seasons
and seems as well preserved as though IN
her teens. Her eye Is bright, her back Is
yet unswayed 10y age, her limbs are sturdy
as during her track days and Few gray
patches are to be seen about her head.
There are few her age In the breeding ranks
and she may De productive at 30. Few
mares, however, produce after their TWEEN.
| tletn DlTIllOdN, Bfdulllll DfliHs @.SoT2s VI
the Palo Alto Stud. California, produced
eighteen foals in successive seasons, but
has been barren now five seasons. Ten Of
her produce have records ranging from
?l2a 10 2:3O and Chimes has a record OF
2:3O14 made as a three-year-old.
Lady Bunker, famous as the dam OF Guy
Wilkes, 2l5I, and William L., the latter
the sire Of Axtell, 2:l2, was barren ten sea-
sons and given up in despair. She was by
Mambrino Patchen from Joe Bunkers dam
..l a-1anItI tnlfgtHtral .A.naanNtnnfIu
all too valuable to allow 90 remain nom
productive. Mr.. Hamlin wanted 20 ex-
| pertinent with her so the late Gerhardt
Lang sent Lady Bunker to the court q the
noted National Horse Show winner, Nam
limo King. son Of her sire, and she pro-
duced two FLIES to him. One Of these is
a speed producer already.
Some mares there are that breed only
alternate seasons for some peculiar reason.
! At the Bates Farm, Watertown, Mass,
was kept a big mare, Pauline, 10y Shake
speare, a pacing sire. Every second foal
was stable, each intervening produce
rather small. She had about fifteen foals
and throughout her experience as n brood
was May Day, a daughter Of famous Poca-
hontas. 2:l71, and at IS she stopped
breeding. Il was hoped she would become
fertile again, but she never did: Her
daughter, Nancy, ?,?Sl3, by Daniel am
bert, never would breed, although in per-
feet state Of health and preservation. Others
of her family were ever uncertain. Her
noted half-sister, Mr.. Bonuer's Young
~Pocahontas, 2:26'4, was tried year after
wear at the Bonner Farm only TO die without
leaving one roal. Maud S, 2Os'.., was
never productive. Mr.. Bonner's noted
mare Molsey, ?2lh, produced her first
foal at q.
Sunol, 2Os1... had a foal last spring. but
IL lived only q dav, being laid low by dis
temper. Goldsmith Maid was not retired
till 30, yet produced two foals that
lived to produce speed, her daughter,
Rosebud, having two In the list and Stranger
living to sire 2:?O. speed. Flora Temple
had foals late in life.
Formerly il was fancicd that late foals
Of aged brood mares lacked tie vitality Of
those earlier to appear. yet Monbells, the
last foal Of Beautiful Bells, took a record Of
2.23is with very little work last season and
showed high form in brushes. Mr.. Sayles
regards Madclinc's late foals as among
the best al his farm. and secs no reason why
they should not take fast records n ma
turity. Green Mountain Maid was 50
| highstrung she was never safe TO hitch for
n drive. Her produce included Elaine. 220;
P-ospero, 220; Dame Trot, 222; Antonio,
22sl.; Mansfield, 226't; Lancelot, 2:23;
Storm, 23l. and E~leCtioneer, the greatest
sire that ever lived. Elaine is a rare pro-
Queer at Palo Alto. Prospero was, early
In life. much like his lam. One day,
Il is related, he started 20 run away with
the Stony Ford trainer, having taken
fright at some object on the road, and
struck a trot that was impressive, There
after he was ever a truc-going fast trottcr
and one Of tho first uf the 22O t%rottcrS.
Green Mountain Maids dam, the humble
Shanghai Mary. was a T"solutc MARI and
little did her owner expect 10 see her a
success az n speed progcnitor.
Everything tracing to Green Mountain
Maid Is golden in tho eyes Of the progress
sive breeder, vet the Clay family was re-
garded with suspicion, and not a fewto his
dav. seem to consider the flcctionecrs as
SUNDAY trotters." Gov. stanford gave
many OF them lineup records so as 10 secure
10 his horse and his matrons n . 80 list COM
posed in the main OF juveniles. But one
PAGER to take standard record did EloC-
| tioneer sire, Peruvian Bittcrs, 223i3, vet
many of his more noted trotters wanted
badly 10 pace, Bonita, 2ls't, whom Pierre
Lorillard paid SIS. coo for, paced after re-
firing and in her old age was never known
10 strike a trot. She brought fame 20
extreme speed but Marvin had lots 10 en-
counter converting her 70 a pure-gaited
reliable trottcr.
In the old mare Nell. by Fstill Eric, John
Il. Shuts owns one Of our best speed pro-
duccrs. She breeds regularly at Shuts
hurst Farm, Mr.. Shults's stud at Port
Chester, and has already contributed
Nassar, 2:07, trotting record, 22!;.; Belle
Nara, 2:0ss, who was shifted 10 the pace
and showed fast; Susie T., 2O9i5, "A PAGER,
and AmbideSter, 2:ll1+, pacing brother TO
SusicT. Nassar proved a failure az the stud,
Belle Nara has been bred 10y II, o.. Have
/ never to an uutried stallion. Susie I. has
refused pointblank to breed thus far, and
A" bidexter is a Speedway star. owned 10y
Patrick Kennedy.
II is not generally known that old Poca-
hontas died bearing a foal TO George Wilkes,
vet William II. Tourtclotte. twenty-five
years the Bates Farms superintendent,
has 30 stated. Every foal sho produced
accomplished something Of note. Young
Pocahontas, 226A, was cold 10 Mr.. Bonner
for $4,000. She was 10y Ethan Allen. 4
fun sister named MAY Queen went blind
| but produced MAY Morning. 2S0, the dam
| of Revenue. 222h. and others that are listed.
Tom Rolfe. g33, by Pugh's Aratus, sired
| Young Rolfe. 22lt, who dropped dead at
Mystic Park. lie gave the turf Nelson,
200, once our trottiuR stallion king and
| ,alahlc at 500. 600 had Mr.. Nelson 80 willed.
NJ the late :. A. Brown of Kalamazoo, Mich.
| offered that sum, NAV Day, 10y Miles
Standish, son Of Black Hawk, produced
Nancy, 223i,. Blanche jefferson, the dam
| Of Charles y Reilly's% beautiful black trotter
Mahlon, 2l3ls, ~ well a. his brother Arthur
| Cleveland, 223it. and others to produce
speed. Young Strideaway, by Black Hawk
Telegraph, from old POcahontas, showed
| a ,-ag -, 1,.A ,av1y IL, hfo l,avf,, tHa