The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1903-12-23

Monday, had read before it several I'M
portant papers on matters closely con-
| nected with the development Of the
cattle raising business. Three papers
have already been published in this
paper and three more come this morn
| ing. Julian Monsarrat's on Horses is
as follows:
HORSES OF THE ISLANDS. PAST AND
PRESENT.
| When requested to write a paper on
| the above subject, I thought it would
| be an easy matter to collect data, but
after I started 1 had to say, 'this is
| no cinch."
| Such kalnaainas as Capt. Thomas
| Cummins, Capt. John Meek, Mr.. Moi
fit, ]. I. Dowsett, C. H. and A. F.
Judd, Sr.. Jules Richardson, James
| Campbell and few others, who We're
Interested in horses, and their breed
| ing, having passed away, it is a diff
cult matter to collect data on the early
horses of the Islands. Thanks are due
| to J. A. Cummins and H. G. Crabbe,
about the only "old time" horsemen
left, for some of the facts contained
| in this paper. Though it is far from
| being complete, still the writer has en-
deavored to make it interesting.
One of the first stations, of whose
breeding anything definite is known
and who was well known throughout
! the group, as sire Of some of the fin
| est saddle and cattle horses of his day
was Oregon" (thoroughbred) son of
'Diomed," imported from Oregon in
| 1S45, by the late Thomas Cummins and
Young" John Meek, oldest son Of
| Capt. Meek.
They had him at the big Tree" Lii
hue, Eva, Oahu. AT the death of John
Meek, Jr., Oregon passed into the
hands of Capt. Meek, and was turned
out with a flock of mares at Lihue
where he sired some fine horses.
Thomas Cummins had "Oregon' at
Wafmanalo, Oahu, for a time, and his
blood was probably the foundation and
making of that ranch, once famous for
good saddle horses. I remember as
boy when good, honest horse racing
took place in Honolulu on the Plains,
near the spot where the former base
ball grounds were, that the Waimanalo
horses captured a majority of the
prizes. Thomas Cummins and Capt.
Meek were great admirers of horses,
and took great interest in their
breeding. There was a great deal of
good natured rivalry between these
gentlemen, as to the respective
qualities of their horses, and both
maintained their racing strings"
trained on manienie grass and oats at
a fabulous price.
When Capt. Cummins retired, his son
j. A. Cummins took up the game and
continued at it, so long as it remained
clean and honest. Among the many
horses bred on these ranches, and raced
when the writer was boy, were "'Bos-
ton," Jack of Dimonds," Young jim
mie," "Cruper," "Charlotta" and Car
ry the News
Oregon sired General Butler"
dam, Lady Eleanor a three-quarter
thoroughbred mare. General Butler
was very dark brown in color, with
one white eye, most beautiful animal
under the saddle, but never a success
as a stallion. General Grant" the
finest of "Oregon's'' colts, was purchas-
ed by Kamehameha V and sent to the
Molokai Ranch. Jupiter" dam Lady
Eleanor" was sold to Mr.. Moffitt and
taken to Kahuku Ranch, on Oahu,
where he bred some useful animals.
"Capt. Carter" a son of General
Grant" bred by the Holt brothers, and
owned by the late Governor Dominis,
bred some of the finest saddle horses
seen on the streets of Honolulu. In
color most of "Oregon's" colts were sor
rels. The old horse died in the early
70's and his equal as producer of cat
tie horses has yet to be imported.
Thompson" an Arabian stallion i'm
ported by a gentleman OF that name,
produced some fine colts that were
priced as bullock horses, not so much
for their speed, as their staying quail
ties and powers of endurance, two very
essential things in the make up Of
"cow-pony."
There were a number of other stall
lions imported in early days, that
are worthy of passing mention, but as
the writer has been unable to procure
data in regard to the date of their inn
portation, begins them as they came
to mind.
"Waimanalo" ChoroughbredD import
ed by the late Capt. Cummins and used
as a private stallion in his stud was a
good one as the saying goes.
Laurel" thoroughbred) was anoth-
er imported horse, whose blood has
been. and is highly priced. In some OF
the finest mares the blood of Laurel
can be traced,
A pure black stallion, imported from