The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-20

The recent death of the Director Gen.
! ersl, Of pneumonia Che being owned II
the Hood district of Ohio. following 81
soon upon the demise of Baron Wilkes
takes from the breeding ranks the best
living SON OF the mighty Director. 2:17
The Dictator family, of which the Di.
rector General was a member, is a long
lived one, as well as an illustrious rae
ing family. Dictator, full brother OF
Dexter, 2:I7A, died at the age of thirty.
The Director General was eighteen years
old at the time Of his death.
The writer first saw him In 1896 al
Cloverdell Stock Farm, near Philadel-
phia, when he was in his yearling form
led at speed by the side of gaIloping
pony. He showed speed even at that i'm
mature age. and 1t was during one of
these exhibitions that he attracted the
attention of George Starr the noted
trainer and one time owner.
Main Gallant CD. owned by Norman
Corbin, is a grandson of the Director
General, his sire, Mainsheet, 2:05. being
his son, and, doubtless. the last named
will now be called upon to perpetuate
the line. Another grandson of the Di-
rector General is Mainleaf, one of the
best racing three-year-olds that ever
faced a starter.
The Dictator-D Director family is not a
number of the family in the $50 list.
But what the family lacks In numbers, it
more than makes up in racing qualities
of the very highest class. 1t possesses
not only gameness, but extreme and
early speed and trains on. Mainleaf is
full brother of Main Gallant.
The vacancy made in the stallion ranks
made by the death of Baron Wilkes is
being filled by his sons. several Of whom
are already sires of futurity winners.
which fact accentuates the greatness Of
Baron Wilkes as a sire. The sons are
Moko. with IS standard performers;
Baron Dillon. with 65; Oakland Baron,
with IS: Margrave, with 81; The Bonds
man, with 40; Baron Posey, with IS;
Baronmore. with 46. and Prince OF India.
with 81.
Moko is far and away Baron Wilkes
leading son. and Nobel, 2:N IA, his
leading grandson. double honor, one
that does not usually fall to the credit
of sires of speed, Is due Baron Wilkes.
He is beginning to loom big as a sire
of speed-producing dams. He is. in fact.
the only sire of whom the boast can be
made that he is the sire of two daugh-
tiers. each of which has produced ten or
more standard performers. Only four
teen trotting-bred mares in all the world
are credited with ten or more per-
formers
We have in the immediate vicinity of
Washington quite good deal of the
blood of Baron Wilkes through his best
son, Moko. Hal Hardin, owned by f.
A. Robinson, of Brandywine. Nd, 10
son of Moko and the Field brothers. of
Rockville, Montgomery County, Md. also
own one of his sons. We have never
seen the Montgomery County stallion,
but we are assured that he is fine
individual.
As We have hitherto remarked in the
Sunday issue of The Herald. this Sec
ton of country in the matter of sires
Of fashionable blood will favorably COM
pare with other sections. The Dicta-
tor family, specially valued for its rae
ing qualities. is represented by the beau
tiful three-year-old colt Main Gallant.
the Baron Wilkes family by Hal Har-
din, and Fields brothers stallion. The
Happy Medium family by the son of
Peter the Great, recently purchased by
Javins & Hall at the Madison Square
Garden sale.
The Walnut Hall family, which is
and from which sprang The
Harvester. 2:01. is represented by Har-
vest Hall, owned by ]. A. Sansbury,
of Forestville. The McGregor family,
by Bourbon McGregor, the property OF
Ollie Suit OF Suitland. The Electioneer
family again by Alto Bell, a son of
Daybell, he by Palo Alto, 20S "a. Alto
Bell is owned by James Lumsden, of
Garrett Park, Md. The family founded
by Harold by Kushan, and the family
founded by woodford Mambrino by Hap
py Russell. jr.
The family founded by Gambetta
Wilkes is best represented here by the
lite game cock, Don Cozine, jr.. owned
by Charles Weaver. AS he has stout
breeding on the side Of his dam, with
he should show extreme
speed. At Hamilton, Va, stands for
service the grand young horse Solo
graph CD, 2:N Ia, J. NJ Corbin owner.
He represents the Allerton branch of the
lay Bird family, family noted for its
-acing qualities, and his dam is the dam
IF eight, by one of the greatest brood |
mare sires, Strathnore. Then, there are |
lear at hand Peter Ford and Axis, full !
brothers, owned. respectively, by Ed |
ward Markham and w. E. Miller. These |
young and speedy stations belong to the |
Slectioneer-Beautiful Bell family, famous |
he world over.
In any other section of country such |
! long list of fashionably bred sires |
would create a sensation, and one would |
rave a right to expect that even here |
'wners Of mares would literally fall over
me another in their efforts to get some /
# their blood But such is not the case.
Tor anything like it. AS matter of fact,
'wners of mares show a marked indiffer-
nee to the opportunities offered them;
Ind we regret to state that q larget
of the owners of these sires
how a marked indifference as to whether
heir stations are patronized or not.
Only q very few stallion owners in the
ong list quoted take the pains to in
orm the public through the newspapers,
r, through other forms of publicity,
hat they even own such valuable stock
orses. This~ would seem to prove that
hey have fallen into wrong hands; that
is not the fault of the stations that
hey are 50 feebly patronized. il evident;
ut rather the fault Of their owners who
eem to be unwilling to spend few dol
lrs to promote their own interests.
hese remarks, Of course, do not apply
} all stallion owners. They do, however,
pply to the mejor portion of them. Stall
on owners in other communities are
God business men in every live COM
lunity. spend money to make money.
The Anglo-Arab syndicate. it appears,
itends to confine its operations to West
irginia. AS we understand it, the syndi-
ate win farm out It's stations much the
anne as the government is now doing
ending them to localities where their
srvices are most In demand. We further
Understand that those interested In the
cheme hope to produce saddlers and
oadsters and create market for them.
he syndicate, We learn, owns some fine
amples of the Arab and Barb Morse,