Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-14
GREATEST
OF HARNESS SIRES
Death Deprives World of the
Most Famous Progenitors
of Trotters.

The death OF the trotting sire Bin
gen last Saturday in Kentucky de-
prives harness horse breeders Of the
greatest progenitor of trotters, his age
considered, the world has seen. AS a
sire Of speed, his fame is made secure
by his son, Uhlan, 1:5S, champion trot-
ter of the world in both single and
double harness. his record to the lat
ter hitch being 2.0Si4.
Bingen is the only stallion to sire
two trotters with records of 2:G5 or
better His daughter. The Leading
Lady, made herself champion S-year-
old trotting Ally with a record Of 2:0I.
The sons of BinEen have sired more
trotters with standard records as year
lings or 2-year-olds than the sons of
any other horse living or dead. His
blood has bred on in the production of
standard speed faster than that of any
other SIRE Bingen having speed string
grandsons at an age when most sires
were represented only by a son or
two
That the Bingeu blood Will thrive
and produce speed when put 10 the
test OF inbreeding is shown by Prin-
cess Todd. which in 1911 took a 2-year-
old record of 2:12h and at reduced
her mark TO 2:O9A. She is by Ken.
lucky Todd grandson of Bingen, and
her dam is a daughter of Bingen.
String Uhlan, first and unbeaten
grand circuit performer. then the first
trotter to beat two minutes lin the
Open" and finally a worlds champion
in both single and double harness,
would give any stallion high rank.
Bingen, himself a precocious trotter
Che showed 2:12@ as a 2-year-old).
and at maturity a 2:O6l. trotter, was
acclaimed a great sire before Uhlan
WAS foaled
Admiral Dewey, 2:14N as a 2-year-
old; Totara, 2:17A at 2, and others had
shown him to be capable Of string
creditable early speed, and the per-
centage OF 2:3O or better trotters
among his get evidently was larger
than that of any preceding sire.
! The sons Of Bingen soon made 1t
plain the family was more than a one
generation affair. Todd, which trot-
ted in p:21 as a 2-year-old, and in
I2:14% at maturity. was the first of
the sons of Bingen to call attention to
the carrying" power OF the strain.
! Then came Bingara, Kentucky Todd,
Admiral Dewey and at the close Of
1912 there were % represented sons
of Bingen in the list OF 2:30 sires and
| between them they had sired 265 per
formers in standard time. Todd was
credited with 81, Bingara with 40, Ad-
miral Dewey with 81. The Exponent
with 20, and Vice Commodore with IS.
The speed string grandsons of Bin
gen are IS in number, and they have
got 40 performers, COchato being cred
tied with "a, Kentucky Todd with 6,
and Commodore Ledyard with 6.
AS Todd died ceveral years ago, Bin
CARA now is the most important stall
lion representing the Bingen blood,
and his fame was greatly augmented
last season by the performance Of his
son, Baden, which beat all records for
winning tTotters in the grand circuit,
took a race record Of 2:05A, and was
sold to the Russians for $4,000.
Another Bingara stallion Of high
speed was Bergen Of the Geers string
He won a heat in 2:O6%, but rheuma-
tism made him unsteady in races. The
records show the Bingen blood TO be
unapprOa ched in the matter OF early
speed, % sons OF the old horse having
sired seven ycarlng performers, 81,
2-yearold performers, &c, 3-year-olds,
and A, 4-yearolds. His grandsons
have sired seven yearlings That took
trotting records under 2:3O, and ons
yearling PAGER in 2:24a.