The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-23

For a long lime many trotting met,
have been looking for a re,urn Of tn.
bs piicc- for trotting stock which S,rc
vailed twenty years ago. when the breed
,rg trius try, 80 FAR rs values were con
,,f:,I. WAS II it's zenith. The recent
si'c of t',icr the Great for $780, 900 bcars
ont their contentious, md then there I ,
ii, nirth,r and better evidence in the
refusal last week Of $50. 900 for Peter
inc treats unraccd son. Peter Nc.
a.OSt,. and in the refusal not long ago
e s.a.0ub for that same sirc's promis-
INK racing daughter Mabel Trask.
.lirt. Ncver before In so brief a Pc
ou have three such cases occurred. and
"a. particularly indicative Of the COM
fd.u-e which breeders hold for the flu
,irt. thus ~warTanting big prices, trot-
,ius men point to the fact that there is
NO instance on record where a stallion Of
Peter the Greats age-he Is now al
ever etched a price half so large.
Tire only near companion that al be
fouud is Dictator. that stood at the head
Of the stud at historic Ashland. near
Lexington. ny. After this brother to
Dexter had given to the turf the cham
p!ons jay Eye See and Phalas his
owner. Henry Clay Mcdowell. refused
$1,000 for Dictator NJ 80 years Of age.
Dictator lived long enough TO earn $780,
oop above expenses, and as Peter the
G,eat has for several years been in the
.riuy mcut Of the greatest reputation as
n sire and commands the highest service
g.. ri any stallion Of the last twenty
years he should he more profitable in his
declining wears thar was Dictator.
The history Of Peter the Great Is 90
unusual that no comparison or parallel
,an he found In any other trotting sire.
lie was bred by ~. n. Streeter Of kala-
razoo. Mich. and was foaled in 1895.
Tcter the Great was n good two-year-
old, hut WAS beaten in the Junior division
q the Kentucky Futurity The next
year lie was trained solely FOR the main
race ~ tile Kentucky classic, and he won
n 2:l.i?. proving himself the best three
yea!-old M 10 hts time. Then y. NAL
colin Forbes Of Boston bought the colt
FOR $50. GOO. with ten services included.
IN ia, Peter the Great won At Empire
,1.y Park in 2:0Iii, stamping himself
'ic fastest racing ~four-year-oli colt OF
d.. dtv. lie should have won the Tran
sylysr,a that fall. Peter the Great was
new. raced after his colt form. but he
rrO Oily MAS a = 10 trOttcT.
VI great rival as = family fou2der,
Eus,l. c.0G',. was Peter the C;rtats
,omptuion IN the stud AT Forbes Farm,
l' as VI. lo' be- admired the up-
head. !. '-tuny gated B.uecu and loo It
WOE. dislike 10 peter the Great Biugen
was SO favored ia the stud that Peter
tho Great was all hut neglected indeed
y" spcTt his laNs In such solitary con-
Nleiuert hat he got few foalS. but
among them was the sterling race mare
SADIE Nc. = o6it. whirh gave him a
standing. When the horses o: Forbes
Farm were sold ~ auction Bingen
foa'rl IN 1898. fetched 100000. but
$500" VAS all Peter puryca paid for
fs.rr the Great when he bought him
for W. y. l.. Stokcs's Patchen Wilkes
Fru Under the pleasant environments
o. % blue grass paddock Peter the Grea,
r-'tgo Il OF tn" most prolific s.rse
" TIE country. producing IS many as
Cro hundred folls TN q single year.
While a we'll bred stallion patcrnall,
le'e~ 'bc Great had nothing In his blood
rss fo indicate that he would within 2