The Washington herald., 1912-06-09
.TROTTER AND PAGER
Getting Ready forthe Glorious Fourth on Local
Tracks Gossip About Men and Horses
Fortunes in Brood Mares.

Win them before the leaves begin TO fa-l
and the howers cease to bloom. 1t now
looks as II none OF the washington
owned horses win stray very far away
from the Maryland, Southern Pennsyl-
vania and the Virginia circuits.
7. W. Dunworth has bred the dam Of
MISS Hobson. 2:171-4. back TO Bale Ak
worthy. In so doing Mr. Dunworth has
acted wisely purely as a business in
vestment, whether he keeps the foal and
develops II, or disposes Of Il and leaves
the necessary details OF development TO
some other person. The mare known
now as the Dunworth mare is already
a producer OF extreme speed Gor Miss
Hobson was better thSn 2.IO PAGER.
under favorable circumstances). and a
foal from her loins by Bale Axworthy
must possess high value. The Dunworth
mare has already running by her side
a very handsome hIly by Bale AxwOFthy
which Mr. Dunworth declares shall have
every opportunity TO become famous on
the turf and in the brood mare ranks.
Perchance the Dunworth mare may do
for her owner what the famous Betty
Brown did for Timothy Anglin. the Lex
ington. KY, milk peddIer Mr.. Anglin. an
Irish Celt, like Mr.. Dunworth. purchased
HaAAAI ENaAo eAEo q LNaEG Dl AldLlpEAnu
Patchin, S. and, after inspecting the
many sires then doing service in the vi
einity OF Lexington. decided to mate her
with George Wilkes. 2:22. This was over
a century ago, before the fame Of the
immortal son Of Hambletonian. 10. and
Dolly Spanker had entended TO two con-
tinents. The result Of the mating was
Wilkes Boy, 2:2Hz. sire Of several sons
who have sired speed and numerous
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TO the third and fourth generations.
Bette Brown, through her son wilkes
Boy, made Timothy Angiin. In the course
Of time, one OF the rich men Of LeNing-
ton.
The late Hon. Leland stanford. OF Cali
fornia, over a quarter OF a century
ago, took for a debt a medium sized
black mare by The Moor. a horse at that
period unknown to fame. the mare be-
ing none other than the celebrated
Beautiful Bells. 2:229ia. Before the death
OF Senator Stanford, this remarkable mare
produced eighteen living foals, eleven OF
which have bred on For these eleven
head CalI sold in comparative infancy,
the Senator received the sum total Of
s150.Oo0 cash. Some years ago, DR.. Tai
bert, pracdcing physician in a small
town in Kentucky, owned a medium sized
mare called SOphy. by Edwin Forest, IS.
which he drove in his practice for some
years. When she began 20 get along in
years the doctor bred her TO Dictator,
full brother OF Dexter. 2:7 IA.
The produce was a small and fiery
black mare, whom the doctor named
Nancy Lee. after the mother Of Abra-
ham Lincoln. When Nancy Lee became
Of sufficient age she was bred to Happy
Medium. The produce Of that union be-
came known as Nancy Hanks, 2-o4, one
OF the greatest OF race mares, and now
one Of the greatest Of brood mares Ut.
TaIbert sold from arst 10 last upward
OF $500 worth OF the descendants OF
shady side Of Easy Street, with big
brass knOcker on the front door OF his
house and with a negro in livery to
throw Il open TO callers.
We need not refer TO the weu-worn
story Of how c. W. Williams, Of Inds-
pendence. Iowa. bought two cast-on
mares, each nonstandard, for $50 and
$40. respectively: how he bred one to
the then unknown William L. by George
Wilkes, and got AXten. and the other
to the then unknown jay Bird, by
George Wilkes, and got AuertOn. Nor
how he drove AxteIl to a three-year-old
record OF 2:l2 and sold him the same
day for $4,000. Nor how he drove Aller-
ton to a five-year-old record OF 2:O9A
and was offered and refused $4,000 for
him. Nor how Williams finally went
broke. and, with the single horse. Aller-
ton. pitched his tent in Galesburg, Ill,
where AlIerton made a new fortune for
him. These things are now waySide
tales And Axtell, the SlO5.O09 stallion,
is the grandsire Of Bale AxwOrthy. Even
horses. as well as men. enter sometimes
into the realms OF romance.