Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-10

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purchase, ID proving to be model road
mare under Mr.. Thonfordt's skiliful man
agement. and that gentleman Is having a
great deal OF quiet satisfaction out OF her
on the speedway. She 10 quick to get
away. most valuable trait In speedway
animal. and she is bred to stay the route.
Benoni, 2;22. her sire. years ago won leu-
rels on track and road ct both gaits, trot
and pace, while Harold, jr., the sire OF her
dam, was not only horse OF great natural
speed, but was the sire of speed Up 10
1902 he was the sire of ten trotters and
three PAGERS. In Kitty Wells are blended
the blood OF the two greatest trotting
families-the families founded by Handle
tonian, TO- and MaInbrino Chief, IL Har-
old. the sire OF Harold. jr.. was by Ham
bletoniau and his dam was by Abdallah l,
the sire of Hambletonian. making him liz
bred to the great projenitor OF trotters
Il
Supremacy 229, by the $4,000 Bell Boy,
which was formerly owned by DR.. Carter
of Washington, has at last found home
at the Lewisiana stock farm. near Fred
ericksburg. Va Susan. the dam Of su-
premacy, was a daughter of Alcantara,
223, and as Susan claimed for her dam
Susie. by Happy Medium, out OF the County
House mare, by American Star, the pres
titled in the claim made that he is zone
of the best bred trotting stations In the
world" His sire, one of the best sons
of Electioneer and Beautiful Bells. met q
tragic death by fire In Kentucky. Only
two of the nine celebrated sons Of Elec-
tioneer and Beautiful Bells survive
Chimes and Belsire. Supremacy was bred
at the one-time great breeding plant OF
Brown & Stockbridge. kalamazoo, Mich.
of which the late Senator Stockbr1dge was
the junior partner. A number of breeding
plants are centering around Fredericks-
burg, and although the grasses OF the
county are not so succulent as those Of
her sister. Fauouier. the day was when
some of the greatest Of the foUr-mile
thoroughbreds were bred and owned in the
vicinity OF the ancient colonial town by the
Rappahannock.
Hamilton G. Busby. brother OF Speaker
Cannon's popular secretary, L. White Busby,
Is again in editorial harness, having recent.
iy accepted the editorship of The Horse
man, Chicago. Mr.. Busby. in conjunction
with the late Mr. Bruce. founded the Turf
Field and Farm, and for over quarter or
a century it was among the leading horse
journals of the world About three years
ago the publication was merged with Inc
Horseman and Mr.. Busby retired. While
Mr. Busby's knowledge of horses is purely
theoretical, he is one of the most polished
and best-informed writer's on horse topics
In this country as welfas one OF the most
close to the late Robert Bonner, Commo-
dore Vanderbilt, Charles Bachman, breed
err of Electioneer, and the late William
Rysdick, owner of Hambletonian, 10. At
ter the death Of Hambletonian Mr.. Busby
was selected to write the inscription on the
monument erected by the horsemen of the
country over the tomb of that great sire
of trotters, Mr. Busby is one of the few
persons now living who saw Hambletonian
and American Star In the flesh, and his
conversation Is replete with interesting
"reminiscences of great horses. Probably
no man now living is more thoroughly &C
quainted from personal knowledge with
the foundational American sires-runnfng
and trotting-as is Mr.. Busby.
y
Speaking of Mr.. Busby carries one back
to his distinguished contemporary, the late
John Wallace, founder of the Trotting
Register. and man who did more to make
the light-harness horse what he Is than
any other, living or dead. When Mr.. Wal
lace entered the field. over forty years ago,
pedigrees were in chaotic state, as far
as the American trotter and PAGER were
He gave his days and nights
freely for many years in his endeavor to
straighten them out. His monthly was for
many years valuable compendium Of in
formation to horsemen generally. His
sterling honesty commanded respect every
where, but his pen was SO surcharged with
vitriol that he made many unnecessary en-
emies. Where Busby poured oil in contro-
versies Wallace scared and burned AS a
controversiaiist Wallace had few equals
His logic was powerful; he went to the very
pith of things. Woe to the man who at
tempted to palm off on the public a faxed
pedigree; Wallace would surely find him
out and expose him most unpitiably. The
irascible old Scotchman has gone to his
reward. but the good he did was not In
TERED with his bones