The Washington herald., 1913-03-16
in Hagerstown.


| changes.
Kate Mckinney (2. 2:26 IA. was at
once a surprise and a reveiation-she is
so massive. She IL fully sixteen hands
and, we should judge, very close to LOO
pounds in weight The Alcyone family,
to which she traces on the side of her
! sire. are. as class, small and COM
| pact, rather on the pony order. Kate Is
| a dark bay and a powerfully made mare,
| coarse enough in makeup to be a
daughter of Mambrino Chief II. rather
| than a granddaughter Of Alcyone. or a
great granddaughter Of George Wilkes.
2:2e, and the famous blood mare. Alma
| Mater, who was half thoroughbred. II
, is true that Mckinney, 2:ll IL. Kate Nc
! Iiinney's sire. is horse built on heroic
lines. There Is nothing frail about him,
and he looks the part he is-the greatest
sire of race Horses that ever lived. by
the records. No horse that ever lived
\ has sired as many a:10 trotters as has
| Mckinney. and this at once invests Kate
| Mckinney. his daughter. with special in
terest, aside from the fact that she is
also a daughter of the now quite cels-
brated Lady Thisbe a., 2:l1 IA. by Mil
roi. e05s5. by Guy Wilkes. 2:l5 IA. Again,
Mckinney's sons and daughters have
won more money than the sons and
daughters OF any sire that ever lived,
he having four sons that have sired
2:l0 trotters.
| More than this. Mckinney has twenty
six 2:l0 trotters tracing to him in the di-
rect male line. He Is the leading living
sire, and he is the leading grandson of
George Wilkes. 2:222 He had more pro-
ducing sons in 1911 and 1872 than any other
living sire, and In his nine-year-old son,
| Wallace Mckinney. he had a represent
ative that has sired more race horses
at that age than any other horse that
ever lived. In view of these and other
facts. which We shall relate, We are
forced to the conclusion that in selecting
! Kate Mckinney. Mr.. Morris was impelled
by the the belief that II she failed him as
a race mare she would eventually land
| him on the shady side of Easy Street
when consigned to the brood mare rank.
And in this conclusion Mr.. Morris dis
placed the keen business acumcn for
which he has long been noted. rs to
whether Kate Mckinney will uphold the
honor of the family to which she belongs
on the turf is at this hour speculation.
Before many weeks have passed Mr.. Nor
ris proposes to ask her the question. for
she will be placed in competent hands
and given a chance to show her colors
| Kate Mckinney must have speed. or she
could not have trotted 10 a record of
: :2sI. as a tvo-year-old; and. while the
record is not a phenomenal one for fiilies
bred as is Kate. the fact that she was so
growthy may have had something to do
with that part of her history. We saw on
Tuesday a personal letter from the noted
trainer. William Andrews, the man who
| trained and drove Hamburg Belle. s:olL.
! to her record in her race with Uhlan, 1:5s.
! which she won. in which he states that
! he had Kate last season, but did not race
! her. and that he drove her a trial mile in
2:li. and that the last quarter was in o:sl.
Lady Thisbe, the dam OF Kate McKin-
ney is evidently pointed for the great
! broodmare list. along with other female
descendants of Guy Wilkes. els IA The
turf world has not forgotten what the
celebrated Thompson sisters have done
| in the stud. and they, too. carry the blood
, of this prepotent son of George Wilkes.
| In addition to Kate Mckinney. Lady
! Thishe is the dam of Directum Spier. jr.,
| l2:l3 1-2; King Spier (2). 2:2s IL. and she
! is also a half-sister Of Bessie Wilton
| %. 2:Oo1-4 Kate McKinney's second
! dam is Lady Wilton. ell L.. by Wilton.
2:l9 IA; her third dam, Lemonade. 2:e7 IL,
| by Kentucky Prince lemonade being
the dam of FOUR; her fourth dam. Susie
| Melbourne. dam of two, by Melbourne,
| jr: her fifth dam. Kate, by Abbott tkate
| being a great broodmare): her sixth
dam, by Brignoli. 2:29 3-i, and her sew
! enth dam, by Pilot. jr. u. mare bred
in these lines should not only race well,
but should produce well, for her blood
lines are replete with famous brood
mares. beginning mith Alma Mater. dam
of eight including Alcyone, 2:g7. thence
down through Kate Sprague, dam of
| Mckinney, and from thence all along
| the line of producing dams until the
Pilot, jr., mare is reached in tire sew
| enth generation on the maternal side.
| Who will he selected to condition and
! race the Morris Brothers stable OF trot-
! ters is still an open question. We can
| definitely state, however, that their ef-
! forts will be confined in 1913 to the half
\ mile rings. although it is the belief of
| the Morris brothers, John and Michael
that mile track would best suit Berka's
| way Of going. Some weeks ago Long
shot" Cox. of New Hampshire. wrote for
| a price on Berka, but the answer was
/ returned that she was not for sale. BY
at least April l the Morris horses will be
in the hands of some good man.
J. r. Crawford. formerly of Warren
| ton, where his merits as trainer,
driver. and conditioner are appreciated.
| was in the city on Wednesday. He is
now stationed at Arlington. Baltimore.
where he conducts a training and sale
| stable. On his return home, Mr.. Craw-
ford took with him the chestnut five-year-
old gelding, Boski. 2:2o1-4 by Bertini,
2:23 IA. son OF Bingen: dam -Komora,
by Kushan. 2:1S IA. Boski will be pre-
pared for his spring and summer en-
gagements by Mr.. Crawford. but he will
be raced by his owner. w. E. Miller,
Of this city. Crawford is getting to-
gether very slowly a stable for cam
paigning purposes. and he thinks he has
at least one promising stake candidate
in the three-year-old trotter. Bertram
Mckinney. by Mckinney: dam Bertha,
by Charles Derby. The youngster is
entered in a number of rich stakes, and
is owned by BENJAMIN Schleiner, of
Baltimore. Sid Axworthy, 2:12 1-2. also is
expected to be able to get some of the
money that will be floating about on
the half-mile rings during 1913 Mr..
Crawford reports that Miss Kushan,
PIG IA. has wintered well and that she
has been probably sold to Pittsburg
gentleman, who intends to race her.
Crawford claims that Miss Kushan is
sure 2:10 trotter on a mile track, and
that he expects to see her trot to that
mark the present season. w. E. Miller,
owner of Boski, 2:2o IA; Alice M, 2:l3 IA;
Mary Ellen, 2:16 IA. and Axis, 2:17 IA. is
back from Lower Virginia and reports
that all of his horses have wintered well.
All have been logged during good
weather and are being carefully prepared
for their seasons engagements. Boski
is to be heavily staked, and this Is one
of the reasons why Mr.. Miller has placed
him in the hands Of Crawford who is