The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1906-03-15
TO THE BREEDERS OF HOLMES
AND ADJOINING COUNTIES.

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Mr., Quinby's suggestion when we met
recently, | wrote Mr. A. s. Bigelow
president of the Boston 4 Montana
Copper Co., with headquarters at Bos.
ton, to inquire of his sensational green
horse, purchased by his buyer recently,
with which he cleaned out everything
in Boston. / have just received let,
ter from Mr.. w. A. S. Chrimes, Boston,
who answered my letter to Mr. Bige,
low, and enclosed therein a letter re-
eardng his horse "Mapleson,' as fol.
lows:
Rutland, VT, March /, 1906.
"Mr. w. A. s. Chrimes, Boston, Mass
Dear Sir-I am in receipt of your
favor of the 2Sth of February, contain
ing letter from Progress Stud Farm,
asking about MIR. A. S. Bigelow's recent
purchase of the dark bay gelding
known as 'Mapleson' by Messenger
Wilkes.
'Mapleson' was bred at Maple
Grove Farm, Auburn, Me. His sire is
Messenger Wilkes, 2:23, by that good
sire Red Wilkes
Messenger Wilkes is not only the
sire of race horses, but his get have
been Blue Ribbon winners in the New
York Horse Show. | spent two days
at one time trying to buy Messenger
Wilkes, and offered Briggs & Son $751;
600 for him.
"The dam of Mapleson' was the
noted brood mare 'Modeska,' by Red
wood, son of Belmont No. GA.
Modieska' is the dam of 'Mordica,
2:2oA; 'Grenadier,' 2:26A, and four
Others with records right at 230 and
trials better than 2:20. Her produce
have been so fearless and valuable as
roadsters they have not been raced.
"The second dam of Mapleson is
Duchess, by Brown Harry, son of
"Thurston's Black Hawk
Duchess not only produced Mod
jeska' with two in the list and four
were that could go in, but she produced
Susie Prescott, dam of Topeka,
2:23H, and the dam of Gail 2:1sA,
and Friday 2:27A. She is also the
dam of two more producing daughters
and one producing son.
Mapleson' is fun brother to
Mordica,' a:20A, Grenadier, @:26A.
yours truly,
"R w. GOODRICH"
This communication is, of course,
most interesting to me, as | have al
ways had implicit faith in Messenger
Wilkes as a sire of big bodied, high
going show horse trotters that trot in
their heads, and have the best of dis
position and all that goes to make an
ideal show and genteman's road horse.
Than all that, they come to their
speed rapidly and did exceedingly we'll
for the limited opportunities of their
time in that Northern section.
Messenger Wilkes is now doing stud
duty in Mississippi, but he left high
class lot of brood mares in this sec
tion. In fact, some of his daughters
are now among the selected lot at the
government experiment station at Fort
Collins, Col, and they are looked upon
as just the type sought to breed high
going trotting bred coach horses from.
| am particularly interested in the get
of Messenger Wilkes out of Swigert
mares. Swigert was our old time
trotting coach horse sire, who made
light harness horse raising profitable in
this section. In fact, his daughters
proved wonderful lot, useful and or
namental, fast and fearless roadsters.
1t is of interest that the great brood
mare and dam of show horses, old Bel
dina, by Mambrino Chief, figures prom
inently in the pedigree of Messenger
Wilkes, as well as Swigert- the latter
being her son, while Abdallah Pilot, out
of Beldina, was the sire of Messenger
Chief, the noted Kentucky show horse
and show horse sire, who produced the
uraa+ brood p,opo Dana n {ho lo,,, ,f
Messenger Wilkes. The dam of Mess
enger Chief is also the second dam of
the great speed sire, Mckinney, 2:11A,
who now stands at $500 service fee,
and who reminds one in general con
formation of himself and get more
than little of the Messenger Wilkes
characteristics in appearance, gait and
disposition.
Too many sires of this type cannot
be secured for any breeding section,
and ] confidently expect that Messen-
ger Wilkes will leave his imprint in
unmistakable form upon the future
horse stock of the South, giving bone,
substance, gait, disposition and show
horse type, which makes breeding prof
table under all conditions.
While an offer of $4,000 looks high
for a sire in the State of Maine, with
but limited breeding opportunities, it
must be remembered that AIessenoer
Wilkes get always sold for the high
dollar. His invincible son, Dash, Mr..
D. Wiedmers champion Madison
Square Garden show horse, and the
great show team, Spray and Berkshire,
by Messenger Wilkes, kept the latter's
name nro,ninentIv in tho I;,no Eob, g.