The Washington herald., 1910-03-13

that he consents once again and at
greater length. 70 publish it in these col
umns. Edwin Forest, 4e. was a highly
finished bay horse ana was foaled in
Oneida County. n. Y. along in the ffties.
His sire was Bay Kentucky Hunter, whose
sire was old Kentucky Hunter, he by
Watkins Young Highlander. a son OF I'm
ported Highlander. Edwin Forests dam
was by Watkins Young Highlander. sec
ond dam by Duroc. a thoroughbred son
Of Imported Diomed. and third dam by
Imported Messenger. Duroc was also
from the sire Of the unbeaten American
Eclipse, whose dam. Miller's Damsel. was
also by Messenger.
So far as known. there was not one
drop Of trotting blood in the pedigree
OF Edwin Forest and yet, no horse car
rying as much thoroughbred blood as
did Edwin Forest has produced greater
or more lasting results when mated with
trotting bred mares. When matured. he
was purchased by A. J. Alexander. OF
the noted WOODBURY. Farm, Lexington.
Ky. Edwin Forest is the sire Of the dam
Of Mambrino King sire Of the second dam
Of Nancy Hanks 2c04 and the sire of the
dams or granddams of numerous other
animals thar now figure in the extreme
speed list When advanced In years. he
was taken 10 Illinois, where he died in
the late sixties. His blood may also he
found in many of the noted saddle
horses Of Kentucky. The plastic in
fluence Of his blood on the horse kind
OF the United States promises 10 be last
ms
The general demand among breeders is
for animals Of good size. A horse stand
ing all the way from l5.S to 16 hands wiz
demand a larger patronage, everything
else being equal. than viii a horse that
stands Isl or even 152 hands. What
breeder wants, and what he gets when
he breeds. are frequently two distinct
propositions. Speed is not affected by
the size of the animal, nor are the Iarg-
est horses the best weight pulIers at
speed. Flora Temple was only 142. and
yet she was one of the best weight puIIers
of her day.
George Wilkes stood 161 hands. Eiec-
toneer 15.215 hands. Harold Is hands. Die
tator 10 hands. Hambletonian 10 ISL
hands, Happy Medium l515 hands. Robert
McGregor 151z hands. Daniel Lambert
Is hands. Jay Eye See 143lk hands. Dexter
1914 hands. and Director 15iz hands.
Sonol was 16 hands, Lou Dillon 15.fIz
hands, Hamburg Belle 151la hands.
Sweet Marie Is hands, Alix Is hands and
half an inch Penisa Maid was not quite
Is hands. The Abbot was I5.lk hands
Creseus 1s hands and one-half inch,
Nancy Hanks Is hands and one-half an
inch, Admiral Dewey Is hands. Uhlau Is
hands, Native Belle C2. 10 hands, Gen.
Watts CD, 151 hands Trampfast I5.2
hands, Miss Stokes %. 49, hands while
The Brouche only stood 14si2 hands.
Louis c. Shuckers, secretary of the
Fairfax County Fair and Racing Asso-
citation. Burke, Va, was in the city Fri
day last. He reports that eleven stalls
are filed at the track and that the course
vas. until the recent snowfall, fit for
horses to make speed over. A record
breaking Decoration Day meet Is ex-
pected.
Javins Brothers, OF this city, had foaled
on their property at Brightview Stock
Farm. Colesville. Nd. February -, a fine
horse colt by Notchliffe, a son Of Nut
wood, 2:is&. The colts dam is a highly
pedigTeed mare. The youngster has been
named George Washington. in honor OF
the Father of His Country.
The noted road and pace mare. Adah
Wells. 2:23. and which is credited with
a half in 1905. viii go under the hammer
at Cabin John Post-office at p. m.
March 10. IN the old days of Brightwood.
and when Adah was the property Of Tim
Shugrue, the little sorrel mare was al
ways one Of the leading features OF the
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