The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-25
NEWSIOF HORSES
AND HORSEMEN
QUEEN OF ELhWOOD, OWNED
AERE. rs GRAND DAM OF
GHATTY DIRECT.
tBy W. ,. Carter.)

One OF the clasoiest four-year-old
trotters to make the trip down the
Grand Circuit was Chatty Direct,
2:0s y, the beautiful black daughter
OF The Director General. who for
awhile held the seasons record for
niles of her age. Chatty Brook, the
dam OF Chatty Direct, was sired by
Silent Brook, AIS ", dam the Chatter
she out OF Mag Patchen, by Mann
brino Patchen, 5S. Neither Chatty
Direct, Chatty Brook nor the Chatter
ton mare are recorded in the Trotting
Register, though Mag Patchen ap-
pears in Vol 8 as the dam OF the
Sultan mare, Zulieka. that bred to
Arion, 2:O7 y, produced Delicia Fox,
l2;2O. Chatty Direct trotted a trial
in 2;1o& at two years and made a
record of 2;16 y as three-year-old,
while at four she made a wonderfully
good campaign in the Grand Circuit
starting every week. but rom Kala-
Inazoo to Lexington. and going into
winter quarters sound.
Chatty Direct started in twelve
meets, OF which she won two, was
second in four, five times third and
once uRplaced, with a credit Of over
$4,000 in gross winnings. The black
filly was one OF the most attractive
trotters seen at Lexington. being pos
sessed OF exquisite quality and finish:
in fact, when conditioned for the show
ring she would be a premium win
ner in almost any company
Norman Tallman drove this ele-
lgant hlly and her showing must have
been most pleasing to c. II. Tappan,
fof Attleboro, Mass, who owns both
lChatty Direct and her dam. Chatty
Brook. While being handled for speed
penalty Brook could trot quarters
faround thirty seconds. but trained off
and was placed in the stud. her first
Ifoal being Chatty Direct, while later
mated with Cochato, 2:11A, and
simon kenton, the daughter Of ST.
lent Brok, produced two foals, by the
former, colt now two years old. and
last spring came a 6ne flIy by the
kenton horse. Both of these Young
sters are owned by Mr.. Tappan, who
thinks OF returning Chatty Brook to
the court OF the director general in
1912.
reer OF the Chatterton mare. now
known as Queen OF Elmwood, who
ngures as the grand dam OF Chatty
Direct. After producing Chatty
brook she passed through different
hanoS TO the noted Virginia horse
man, John T. Spratly, known in the
days of the old American Horse Ex-
tchange as the dean OF that famous
mart and from him to Messrs. H
fFrowbridge HOLSTER, OF New York.
II. d
/ Va, who entered her under the name
POI Queen Quality in the contest for
fthe waldorf cup at the New York
Horse Show, but while showing rare
form and action she was unpIaced
Later this glorious high actor was
shipped with the Spratly stable of
show horses to White Oak Farm. at
Elberon, Va, where, rigged with
dumb jockey, she reared and, fall
ing backward with force. struck her
mead and loss OF vision resulted al
most Instantly. This was observed bv
Jimmie, the colored groom, who re-
marked to Mr.. Spratly: Boss. her
sight am done gone" Experts OF note
IN treating eye troubles were hastily
summoned, but to no avail. This was
"a great disappointment TO Mr.. Branch,
as the chestnut mare was valued
high by the Virginia banker.
Afterward Queen Quality was ship
PED TO Kentucky and mated during
three seasons with Silent Brook. re-
sultlng first in a brown colt that was
gelded and sold, but even while handi-
capped by deformity, is fast at the
trot. In 1907 Queen Quality dropped
Day nlly and one year later a black
|nlly, which are now at Elmwood Farm
the country home of MIR. Branch, near
Pawling. in Duchess county, New
York. Both fllies are good individ-
ually and while unbroken show plenty
or speed turned loose in a paddock.
but Con Callahan. who directs Affairs
at ElmwOod. is partial to the black.
though possibly because she was foal-
ed on the farm and under his care
from the beginning. Another season
these nllies will be shipped to Ken
lucky for development and hopes are
entertained that they may develop that