The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1905-07-20

The Single Brood Mare Owner.

We often hear some gentleman who
really does not pose as trotting
horse breeder, but who owns a good
brood mare or two, and who is really
and truly trotting horse fancier,
though engaged in some other line of
business, say, in substance, says the
Western Horseman":: ''Why. what
use is there of me breeding my single
brood mare to high-class speed
sire with the view of raising some
thing really meritorious? What show
have against the big breeder with
fields full of good mares, and his
millions to develop their produce"
Never could more erroneous conclu-
sion be drawn. Indeed, the Single
brood mare owner" is the man of all
men who can best afford to patronize
great sires, for it is he who stands
the best chance to realize handsomely
on his investment. 1t is the single
brood mare owner who nearly always
owns the really good mare, and it is
he who can, and does, nearly always
take the best care Of his mare, grows
his youngsters best, meets with the
fewest accidents, and really breeds
and turns out the real money winners.
1t is he who can give every well-bred
colt he raises a chance, and it is he
who, if he patronizes good sires and
cares for the produce, who makes the
largest per cent on his money invest
ed-and gains distinction as success
full trotting- horse breeder.
1t was the single brood mare own
er, DR.. Talbert, the Lexington, Ky.
dentist, who bred, raised and sold for
a neat fortune Alcantara, 2:23; Alcy-
one, 2:27; (sire of Mckinney; Al
landorf, :l9.1-4;Alphonso, 2:29.3-4;
Arbiter, 2:22.3-4; and others, all out
of the single brood mare, Alma Ma
ter. 1t was the single brood mare
owner, the dry goods merchant, Mr.
D. A. Messner, Jr, of Oxford, Ind,
who bred Dan Patch, SO; and sold
him for $4,000. 1t was the small
breeder and telegraph operator, c. W,
Williams, who bred Axtell and Aller-
ton. 1t was the single brood mare
owner, Mr.. Frank c. Schumacher, Los
Angeles, Cal, who bred Sweet Marie,
2O4,3-4, last years racing queen of
the trotting turf. 1t was the single
brood mare owner, Henry Plumb, Des
Moines, Ia, who bred Tiveton, 2:04.l-
4, the sensational trotting gelding of
last year. 1t was the single brood
mare owner, Mr.. Bedford Barnes,
Ladoga, Ind, who bred John Taylor,
2:O8.l-4, the NJ. and NJ. Stake winner
of 1903. 1t was the cattle raiser,
farmer and single brood mare owner,
Mr.. Jesse Turney, Paris, Ky. who
bred the blind champion rhythmic,
2:06.3-4, and it is the single brood
mare owner who has been the main
stay of trotting turf ever since the
first trotter, Lady Suffolk, entered
the charmed circle" of 2::30 away
back in 1845. No big breeder" can
so we'll afford to patronize high-ser-
vice fee and strictly high-quality sires
as can the single brood mare owner
nor does lightning so often strike him
in proportion to the number of mares
he breeds, in the way of sensational
i ly great performers, great sires and
great dams. The single brood mare
owner, and the small breeder, gen
orally has the good luck to get his
mare in foal; he lavishes his attention
and unless he is a truly care
less and Indifferent man entirely on
the one foal, or the few; he can grow
it well at a trifing expense. and
when it is old enough he can have it
trained at an expense which he hard
ly feels at all, and ere he realizes it
he has valuable piece of property
which he can turn off at a snug prof
it, or carry along while longer and
constantly increase his profit. So in
stead of being at a disadvantage, the
single brood mare owner has decid-
ed advantage over his big brother
breeder, and he is the man of all men
who can best afford to, and with the
surest chances of rich returns, pat
ronize the very best speed sires.
The above is copied from the Cole
mans Rural World, st. Louis. Alcan-
tara is the sire of my Black Vic
tor Horse, ,Alcyone. Allerton and Ak
tell, Dan Patch and Sweet Marie are