The Washington herald., 1912-02-04
by L. D. SALE.


have greatness thrust upon them
The evil men do live after them the
good is: often inferred with their bones :
The immortal Bard, as Shakespeare Is
called. penned immortal truths in concise
form And If one were inclined to SER
menIze; which the writer is not. the
quotations are fruitful of extended
thought and Illustration. To paraphrase
them we are led TO remark: Some
horses are born great, and others have
greatness thrust upon them. Again, the
evil Ares do live after them. the good
is often inferred with their bones.
We are led to make these remarks
owing to- the recent death OF the we'll
known race horse and race horse sire.
Kinster Is u. record. 2:l4 s-4 in hard
fought race, some twelve years ago. over
the Prospect Park half mile track. Bal
timore, he winning a heat in that time
from Lamp Girl 2:09 IA The bay son
Of Kinsman and Cress was then In his
flve-year-old form, and the record he
made that day stiII remains the record
for age of the track at the trot. His
doughty opponent, Lamp Girl, raced on
to a record OF 2:0s IL. and II is the con-
sensus Of opinion among horsemen cap
able Of Judging Kinster's speed, game
his underpinning the following year not
given way by injudicious training mot
Mr. Waters fault. he would have equaled,
II not surpassed. the record Of the mare.
When Kinster's left 'front.' leg finally
refused to respond to treatment, Mr.. c.
c. Waters, his owner, mercifully retired
him to the stud. and there he remained
until his death Wednesday morning. at
4 a. M, January a. The cause of death
was blood poisoning. He had previously
been afiicted with a slight attack OF
distemper; but there was nothing con-
nected with his case that caused Mr..
Waters to be alarmed until noon. jan
uary q. Although a nervous and highly
organized horse. Kinster was affection
ate, for a stallion, and was especially
attached to his groom. who had cared
for him almost from his colthood to
the hour of his death. In his last mo-
ments the noble animal appealed to his
groom In his dumb way for relief. and. II
his attendant left his box for any length
of time, he would call for him TO re-
turn
Much has been said and written about
the affection and loyalty Of the dog to
his master; while on the other hand,
It has been held that the horse is devoid
of these human qualities. This is a mis-
taken belief The ruling passion, how
ever, OF the horse is fear OF man. In
spite of the fact that he has been hts ser
want far beyond the time the human race
emerged from the stone age, the instinct
OF fear still remains Even the domes-
ticated horse OF the present century.
whether bred in the purple or descended
from coarse blooded ancestors, never goes
in the open to drink without pointing
one ear forward and the other backward
to catch sounds in front and rear. Such
were the habits OF his masterless ancss-
tors. in order that they might not be
surprised By savage beasts and become
their prey. One can only gain the con-
by kind treatment The blood horse
being Of a more highly organized, nerv-
Gus temperament. is quicker to resent
harsh treatment than his coarser bred
brother. Once his confidence is gained
he will show all the affection a. dumb
animal may. Columns might be written
in support of this contention, and not one
anecdote approach the boundary line OF
nature taking.
Kinster, 2:14 "a, foaIed in 1884, was in
color rich bay of silky coat. and stood
a trife over fifteen hands. In condition
he weighed about 1000 pounds. In con-
formation he was much on the order Of
his paternal great-grandsire. George
wilkes, 2:22. His only markings were
hind feet white to the fetlocks. The
late Paymaster General OF the Navy. J.
A. Smith, bred him. and he passed in his
yearling form to Mr.. C. c. Waters, who
DEVELOPED his speed on the Pleasant
Fields half-mile track. Kinster was one
of the biggest little horses ever foaled.
overfiowed with nervous energy. sensi-
tive as a child. and Of extraordinary in
tenigence. The writer knew him from
the time he ran by the side of his dam.
and noted every stage of his develop
ment from the day be was broken to
harness to the day he flashed meteor
like across the turf horizon at Rockville,
where he distanced hts field in the second
heat over a one-third OF a mile track.
The son of Kinsman and Cress was born
great; greatness was not thrust upon
him. His sire was a son Of that Harry
wilkes. 1886. that was the sire Of the
great race mare Rosalind Wilkes, 2:14 1-2,
of Billy J.. 2:15 IA. Sir Harry Wilkes,
2:i5 IA. and four others IN 2:3o or bet
George Wilkes. Cress, his dam. was a
daughter of Kentucky Prince, 2E7O. she
out of Adele by Hambletonian 10. Adele'S
dam being the late Robert Bonner's fa-
nous road mare, Lady Franklin. Adele
produced Monedel 2:25, and is the grand
dam of two. In the paternal line Kinster
was an inbred wilkes, as Kinsman's
dam was by Idol Wilkes. by George
Wilkes. His second dam was by Gaines
Denmark out Of Grey Eagle mare. Belle
Rice, 2:s2 H. dam Of Harry Wilkes, was
by whitehall, sire OF Rhode Island, from
which the Sprague family descends, and
to which Strathmore traces IN the ma
ternaI line. Through Cress, his dam,
Kinster traced TO Mambrino Chief II.