Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-27

ter being thu sire OF Maud O.. 1osx- whsn
Harry c. came into tie hladB Of Mr..
ehngTue ave yeers ago he bad IN siiing
| leg and hts speed for PAGER wxs nothing
very remarkable. Even his gameness was
| questioned. Mr.. Shugrue worked wonders
with the horse. He nred the aaling LEG.
and when the horse was able to stand on
ton for racing. From that date his rise
was upward.
Mr. George p Zorhorst, the Capitol Hill
breeder and all Ground horseman. has sent
| to the writer two valuable publications.
| One Is a catalogue of the horses owned at
Palo Alto, Cal, in 1883, and the other a
catalogue of horses owned at Jewett stock
farm, Buffalo, N. Y. in 1886. There Is
| much food for thought In these publica-
lions. Both stock farms were owned by
men who had accumulated millions by rea-
son of their extraordinary business ability.
Neither Leland A. Stanford Henry &.
Jewett turned his attention to the problem
OF breeding until late in life. MIR. Stanford
made OF his breeding venture a great sue
cess; Mr. Jewett Of his a most dismal fail
ure. Senator Stanford in a large measure
owes his success to MS wise selection of
Electioneer as sire-a selection that ex-
cited the derision of some of his friends
when made.
When purchased Electioneer was without
record and without reputation as a sire.
| His pedigree read: BY Hambetonian 10.
| dam Green Mountain Maid, by Harry Clay,
ID, second dam Shanghai Mary. untraced.
| The purchase price was x12,5oO. Mr.. Jewett
about the same period placed at the head of
| his stud Jerome Eddy, 216Ls at seven
| years, the purchase price being S25 600 and
| he had every reason to believe that he
| owned one of the most valuable slres on the
| continent. He was race horse from noddle
! to tail and his lineage was patrician He
was of Louis Nonoleon he of
| Volunteer. sire of ST. Julien 211A and his
! dam was by the celebrated Abdallah, 15
sire of Goldsmith Maid. His second dam
| was by Burrs Napoleon. third dam by
Long Island Black Hawk. and his fourth
! dam by imp. Trustee sire of Revenue
| that In turn sired Planet The best mares
court He Is credited in the Year Book
with twenty-six trotters and twelve PAGERS
tne fastest Of his get being Volta. 2.10&.;
Mary Ann. 212A. at the pace, and Fanny
Wilcox, 2-10A, at the trot
In the same stable with this prince of
race stations was a horse named Patchin
Wilkes, son of George Wilkes. with a
mark of 2.29 at the trot In the course of
time he was banished to Mr. Jewett's stock
farm In Kansas, while another son of the
immortal George, named Homer was kent
at the home farm. Patchin Wilkes became
| the sire of the celebrated Joe Patchin 2OIH
"ich IN turn sired the fastest harness
morse IN the worid-Dan Patch, 1881 Joe
ratchln dam was by an obscure sire
named Joe Young. Such is fate such is
the lottery in horse breeding Electioneer
proved to be one of the greatest sires the
world has known. He has I7S I'm the 2 20
list, and his and daughters have held
all records from one to five wears His
sons and daughters are breeding on and
save Tor George Wilkes. he has no danger
Gus rival as sire of extreme speed and of
race-horse ability. The sons of Jerome
ftouy nave made a sorry showing in the
stuo, ana MS daughters. as matrons have
fafien below expectation. OF all the MANY
stations owned by Jewett farm none are
breeding on but the once despised Patchin
Wilkes. Perhaps If Jerome Eddy had gone
to Palo Alto instead of to western New
York he might have proved himself To he
one of the great sires. But as against
facts speculation is useless and hope an
frideScent dream.
The Nightingale. purchased by Henry
Copperthite of West Washington from w
Fl. Richardson of Baltimore early in the
spring. has foaled to Beausant. 2OsA a
filly that has an inheritance worth consid-
erlng. Rex Americas. the sire of her dam
has a race record of 211A at the trot
Her dam Is full sister to Chimes Girl. 226.
by chimes, while Beausant Is by Bow Bells
and he by Electioneer out of Beautiful
make great brood mare. Mr. Conner
thite, however, hoped the result would be a
horse colt. Mr.. Garges has stinted his
handsome four-year-old Onycha Wilkes
made no mistake. Miss Alice was foaIed
the property of George P. Zurhorst and
was by Cuyier Clay son OF Cuyler. by
Hambletonian, 10. The Cuyler CLAW blood
in Miss Alice always boiled over when she
faced the starter. but she was an extremely
fast mare for her day. She cost her breed
er many dollars and many disappotntments,
but he bravely hung on to Her until ali
nope was gone, when he presented her to
Mr.. Garages. Thomas Cannon left for Nor
folk early last week with the bay pacing
mare Ada D., 213A. for the purpose of
picking up few easy dollars The result
may be found in the summaries Mr. Can
non was the only local trainer who honored
the Norfolk meet with his presence.
Henry n. Reaves. who was recently set
down for ringing the bay mare Evadne at
Way Cross. Ga, last fall returned from
brief trip to New York last Tuesday. Mr.
Reaves has not settled what branch of
business he viii pursue In the future The
Speedway is practically deserted these DAYS
In spite of the fact that It's construction
was considered to fill long-felt want.
Now and then q solitary horseman may be
seen on the course. II local horsemen do
not SIlo" more interest IN the project In
the near future the superintendent of pub
lie grounds may decide to turn the course
over 20 the patrons of the automobile who
would be glad to get possession of so fine
a track for speed purposes. When the
speedway was opened to the public prom
ises of weekly speed contests were made.
but nothing of Importance has occurred
over it for months. 1t is high time for the
speedway committee to get together and
do something; failing in that, turn the
course over to some one who will do some
thing. Present conditions are intolerabe.