Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-04-16

The visit OF j. p. MU4t, Of Wunh-
'ington. 10 Leonardtown dsringr the
past week for the purposes Of
getsing horses Tor training pur.
poses Id svidsnOs Of the growing
importance OF Sc. Mssy's county -
. breeding center. Mr. Mcst tociir
s~ay With him Mr.. Frank Combs
Happy @. sna NJ. AbslrsN Eosseli
g., one a promlsing pnospset - the
peos sad the oshsr - she tros.
Frcm What Mr. Mott NV of thess
10 10<nre dufiuu bhoeoonon a 1901
- = q - op1niro, 16u& ui1k pxo4
80 c0n1I 1ItI0uln9 80 casefuls sfain-
ing they win take the coming SEA-
son low marks st their respective
ksesss
Mr.. Combs. who accompanied Mr..
Mott TO Washington early in tbs
week, brought back with him Wed
nesday. April /, thecelehrated Elec-
tioneer race mare Caricita, that show
Cd last season her capacity 10 race
around 2;l5. She is % present the
property OF Philip Steuboner, OF
BladensburG, Prince GeorRsie couu-
ty. and win bs bred to MIR. Combs
highly bred stallion Don CoGine.
2:1O. There 10 every indicasien that
the Dom will prove 10 be the most
popular and the, mast suceeasful
stock horse ever brought into Sc.
Mary's for light harness purposes.
The oldest Of his get In the county
are now year old, but their color.
size, soundness, docility, fine In.
divid uality and good way Of going
In tie field. oil indicate that the
speedy son Of the great Gambetta
wilkes 2:l9i. and Lady Yeixsr is dss-
tined not only to improve the native
stock of ST. Mary's and other coun-
ties. but will bring into them thou.
sands of dollars by so doing.
Gambesta Wilkes. sire. Of Don.
Cozine, is the greatest sire of 2:3O
speed that ever lived. He In the
first light harness sire to reach the
coveted two hundred mark. he hay
ing in the 2:30 list 200 tro.tses and
PAGERS. When one takes into consi-
derstion the fact that this country
can boast OF such sires Of extreme
speed as Elsetionssr, Ailerton. Rad
Wilkes. Onward, Strashmore. Baron
Wilks, krenlin, Prodigal, and
host OF others too numerous to men,
taon. Gamoetsa Wilkes position in the
stuo as . sire Is simply marvellous.
But grees ss he confessediy Is, there
is'every reason to believe that his
power to produce speed. extreme
aad race horse ability Is no greater
shan that OF his speedy SON. Don
Cozlne. z:lO. provided he hsve 'eae
same opportunities In the stud and
there Is anything in the theory, OF
progressive breeding.
Some farmers, who like size a
well @ speed, have criticised DON
Cozine bscezse he 10 not larger and
heavier. His sire and dam were
both good sissd, heavy animals, and
as the greater share OF his ancestors
were Of good siss, by, al the lsws OF
hsredity. and, Whist IL known as
breeding backward. breeders have
q good right 70 expect thas $heaver.
are Of his Gst will be Of the proper
weight and aim. Two Of the Don's
sisters are owned ss the Bussouwooa
Stock Farm. GETTYSBURG, Pa, Jacob
| l. Butt owner. have seen them
| Each of shese full sisters In foil six.
teen hands and each will weigh In
! condition upward OF LOO mounds.
W wbich pxovss-ths srusks uf chs. .zssr.
tion that size runs In the family.
Intelligent breeders. as a rule mar.
fer a stallion of moderass sixe for M
| he must necessarily be bred TO ali
kinds OF mares in the matter of mabe
uu.stbe produce In likelv N Ia nors
uniform ina sim than. n cous1it;eus
were other wise.
Il has heeu INV rood fortuna "a