The Washington herald., 1912-05-26

I family, the remaining one 70 Aamhriuo
! Chief OF The forty-elshf descended from
Hambletonian. George Wilkes Is credited
with is. Electioneer with i6. Happy Ne
dium with 4 Abdallah, Is, with 4 and Die
tator with 2 The race for frst place is
evidently between the two soEs OF Ham
bletonian-Georg wilkes and Election
eer with the held trailing far behind
Happy Medium Is third. because OF the
extrems speed producing power Of Peter
1 the GAeat, his grandson, and Nancy
Hanks. his daughter By no possible
means can Happy Medium ever be dan
| gerous rivat 70 Electioneer or George
! Wilkes.
whether Electoneer win ever pass
George wilkes. as far a. his list Of 3:is
descendants Is concerned, Is an interest
ing question. The partisans Of Elso-
tioneer profess to believe that he win do
90 within the next ten years Certain Il
I Is that rivalry between the two families
has been fierce for upward Of twenty
years. Certain. also. Il is that II Elec-
tioneer had possessed equal opportunities
with Wilkes IN the matter Of brood mares
bred IN trotting Ilnes his place In the
roll Of 2:I0 trotters would be greatly im-
proved. In spite Of the fact that the late
Leland Stanford. Of California. was q
careful and conservative business man
and fnancier, as breeder he was the
most daring man who ever embarked In
the breeding Of trotters on a large scala
We have his last catalogue Of brood
mares before Us as we write, and while
we have been fairly familiar with the
blood lines IN use At Palo Alto and Yina
ranches almost from the very day the
output from those breeding places be-
ff1rF ne
prised at the lack OF fashionable blood
lines in use there. II Is conceded that
Mambrino Patchln mares have contrib
uted most to the fame George Wilkes
has achieved as q sire. Next in value
was the blood Of Pilot. jr. The blood Of
these remarkable brood mare sires was
almost entirely barred from the padt
docks OF Palo Alto. The California states
man. financier, and empire builder select
ed as basic blood lines for his stud with
daring that astonlshes those familiar
with his methods) such metenal sires as
ST. Crair (untraeed), Mohawk Chief
and General Benton-untried sires OF un-
fashionable blood, and, as II to crown
his folly, In the eyes Of many, completed
his brood mare outfit by the selection
OF full bred and part bred running mares.
Ever since the obscure Corsican, Ma
poleon, projected himself into the seeth-
ing csldron Of the French revolution,
ana changed the map OF Europe at win.
daring has borne q fresh Charm But
daring to succeed, must be allied with |
genius. In the case Of Stanford Il was |
genius allied with daring, and uncounted |
wealth lavishiy distributed that wrought |
the brilliant results that made Paio Alto |
a household name in two continents-
Probably no other breeder would have l
assumed the task; probably no other
breeder would have succeeded Certain
ly not unless In his stud he had a sire
Ike Electioneer to control gait and mem
tally.
An Of the sires located near washing
ton are standard and registered, and all. |
with the single exception Of Bale AK
worthy. trace either patenally or mater
naIIy to ElectIoneer. Guyman is Wilkes
and Electioneer-a most desirable blend
of blood lines. His sire e Red Medium
and his dam by Chimes. Kushan's dam
is by a son OF Electioneer; through
Rremlln, his sire, he traces 10 Belmont.
son Of Abdallah Is, and. Miss Russell,
by Pilot. jr. Alto Bll is by a grandson
OF Electioneer, DaybeIl, and his dam by
one OF George Wilkes best sons-Alcan-
tara Three great producing dams are In
his pedigree-BcautifuI Bells Alma
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Dame Winnie (the only
strictly thoroughbred mare that is the
dam Of as many as four in the lisD, and
Green Mountain Maid. Through his
dam, Kushan traces TO Beautiful Bells
and, through his sire, TO Green Mountain
Maid, the dam Of Eleetioneer.
Bale Axworthy Is a double wilkes,
with double Mambrino Patchin cross
through his sire and the sire Of his dam.
His sire was Axworthy, son OF Axtell CD,
ia and his dam a producing grand
daughter OF Guy wilkes, the latter being
3 full brother Of william L, sire Of Ak
tell, z:n. Producing dams are plentifuny
sprinlled throughout the bloodlines Of
this most splendid horse. Bale Axworthy
Is already the sire Of extreme speed.
Aatagorda is an Electioneer His sire,
Mazatlan, S2:26 "a, was q son Of Elec-
doneer. Mazatlan sired the dam Of Ku-
shan, and Mazatlan's dam was Rose
mont, a daughter OF Piedmont and Beau
.iful Bells. Matadorda's dam Is by
Rrumlin, sire OF Kushan. It will be
seen, then, that Matagorda and Kushan
carry the same blood, but reversed pa
ternally and materially. It Is well that
breeders should know all these
.hings herein wrltten--a compendium Of ,
valuable information compiled expressly !
for this paper. and to be found In no i
1ther daily Newspaper on this continent,
or any other, and. for the low price Of 5
cents per copy. ii
D. J. Mccarthy is the owner Of a ten ,
iay-oId brown hlIy by Alto Bell; dam ]
Virginia Lass, by QanvilIe Wilkes, sec !
nd dam Virginia Maid, by Sam Purday.
hird dam by Orange Blossom. that he
,rizes highly for broodmare purposes
rhe great brood mares in its pedigree
IRE Virginia Maid (dam OF Mosue,
soe IA. Green Mountain Maid, dam Of :
zlectioneer; Beautiful Bells dam OF :
.leven producing sons and daughters, ana
mother OF eighteen sons and daughters. | :
md. last Of ALL Dame Winnie, dam Of
'alo Alto. 2sosi Ia and three others
Dame Winnie is the one strictly run
ling bred mare that has as many as four
a the 2s3o or better list. In addition 10 ]
he above, Mr.. Mccarthy 70 the proud
,wner Of the yearling hlly Kathleen
Dewey. by Alto Dewey; dam Virginia
ass. This handsome miss Is a grand {
laughter Of Admiral Dewey, 2:os a. and I
great-granddaughter OF Bingen, 2.06 II q
nd also carries the blood Of Nancy J
Ianks. 2:0l. dam OF Admiral Dewey. III
his Is not going some. how fast would
ne choose 20 trayel3 No man In tbe c
District Is the possessor Of two such =
Iighly bred hllies; n fact, few men n /
be United States can boast OF two better :
red ones. 4
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