The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-10
ON BR0NCH0
Champion Pacing Mare Was
Trotting Bred-A Hard
Horse to Break.

Three pacers-the BrOnchO, Ardelle
and BlacklOck-have been doing all
the sensational work on the harness
turf this year, and the character. of
their performances have been of
character to place them high in the
race-horse ranks. while among the
trotters no animal of SURPRISING merit
has developed, writes the well-known
expert. Henry Tar Eyck White.
As for The Broncho and Ardelle,
they already are real champions in
their respective classes, and the story
that goes with each is of interest. The
Broncho has been long time coming
to her own in the matter of popular
appreciation, while Ardelle. before ev-
er she started in race for money,
was the favorite Of horsemen general
ly and OF the small section of the pub
lie that saw her perform at matinee
or two last summer. Both mares were
bred by men of moderate circum-
stances who did not make any preten-
sions in the way Of own brood mares
Down at Dixon. ILL.,, there is black
smith of the name of R. D. Adams.
and like many of his craft he has a
fancy for nags that can go along some
Owning mare by Autocrat, Jr., a
grandson of Volunteer, the earliest
noted son of Rysdyk's Hambletonian,
Mr.. Adams bred her to Stormcliffe, a
pacing stallion with record Of 2:13
Ia, and a little filly known as The
Broncho was the result.
And right here it may be said that
The Broncho strictly is trotting bred,
as indeed are most of the topnotch
PAGERS. Stormcliffe, her sire, was by
Wickcliffe. He was by George Wilkes,
dam by Mambrino Patchen; second
dam by Mambrino Chief. The best
sons of George Wilkes have been from
Mambrino Patchen mares, and when it
is noted that Wickliffe not only has
this distinction, but has for his second
dam a daughter of Mambrino Chief,
sire of Mambrino Patchen. it will be
seen that he is about the best bred of
his family. The dam of Stormcliffe
was Happy Princess ,(dam of Lutena,
1922 1-4), by Happy Medium; second
dam Black Bess (dam of Edith. 1928
1-4), by Black Oscar, son of George
N. Patchen, 1923 1-2. This material
line breeding contains nothing but trut
fast trotting mare with record of
=. 20 1T u ui6u WucSIo, siIcu ny nap
by Medium, the best colt trotter of his
lay, and that sired two worlds cham
pion trotters lin the Stallion Maxey
Cobb and the mare Nancy Hanks,
while one of his sons sired the dam
Of Lou Dillon, the present champion
trotter. Both the first and second dams
Of Stormcliffe produced speed, and
through them comes the blood of
George NJ. Patchen, the champion trot-
ting stallion of early days, which took
his best record in 1860.
Autocrat Jr., sire of the dam of The
Broncho, was grandson of Volunteer,
so the little mare traces direct to
Rysdyk's Hambletonian on both sides
of her pedigree, the lines running
through George Wilkes and Volunteer.
and it should not be forgotten that
Volunteer sired a champion trotter in
st. Julien. The second dam Of The
Broncho was by Lakeland Abdallah. a
full brother to Harold. the sire OF
Maud S., which brings another cham
pion into the pedigree of the great
PAGER, and incidentally third cross.
to Hambletonian, Lakeland Abdallah
being son of that horse.