Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-04-22
MANY HARNESS STARS
FROM BUCKEYE STATE

Ohio occupies = ln4Cue place :
Light harness racing IlroGg:. having
g.ven inc ,ur+ i've gha-nDions ne
fore very mich breeding vas done
IN TIE state. while a later date i,
placed me ACID stamp u inert On rs
products ny contributing C-esceus.
the only trort.nG stallion tha- be-
came worlds champion.
PocahUnIas broke the ice for the
Euckeye Stale n l>55 when she won
10 wagon N III i. she was fol-
lowed by Yankee Sam. 10 T., IN
1852. Sleepy George, IL, n 1873 and
her grandson Sleepy Tom. IL -.
in 1879. Sr-uggier also appeared n
lac Seventies. "ITeu .lI m,le n
rs IL AT Hartford gave rim and
Marvin a national reputation
Nothing IS known OF ne breeding
of Yankee sam or SLEEPY George
lut PocahontaS, Sleepy Tom and
SnugSle-. is We'll as SLa1gaa. Mar,
the TAP root of the Eiect.oceer IAN
ily, trace 10 Iron : Cadmus. whose
sire was one Of The horses which the
Virginia soldiers brought 20 south
ern Ohio after The revolution Eiato-
ga also anne from the same source.
witch Win The Nargans in the
Western RescrTe. were foundation
Stock Il he state.
Brown BeIiioUcGer. the onl. sol!
# imported Be!lfounder mat made 1
mark III the world. Moaawk. ant
Mornings Blue Bull we're me mex,
additions. The reputation u Bell
founder rests On he descendants o.
Belle Lupe. The g7andau OF Sell
mont. while the Mohawk rioters
spread al over cent-a! ONO from
Knox county Mer-lngs Blue Bui.
also known as OHIO Farmer, was To-
lated n Butler county. where he sol
P-uden's Eiue Bull. He was he sire
OF Wilson ; Blue Bull. the morse t.1a-
put The speed marx n The Indian
tr01terS.
TIE HambletonIan family contrib
uted New Ycrk. Hytsc.ys. and -A.e!'-.
While & F. Emery encouraged by
l!s success with Pa-ana. Went -
Kentucky and purchased King
Wilkes. Wedgewood, Monaco. Fer
mes Nugge, and Connaugt.t. Also a.
Z later date ne strengthened the For
EST City Farm STUD BY selecting
Brown Wilkes ana Patron. All VI
them vot speed but none II hem an
preached lie showing Of Ely!ja, Tie
son Of Man5r.no King TIA; put
Lorain county IN the map Of lie
ohrse world and proved The only cen
tury sire OF trotters that made MS
reputation II OHIO. Wilton. another
century sire. was located at Circle
vile during he Ia few years IF lis
career, . lille Bobby Burns. the nan
1er bearer Of Washington Court
House. By including PAGERS. runs ~
70 IA performers and Norval. Wno
was located IL LIMA, 70 -
The above are however, onl" 4 lew
Of the horses which made regulations
N Ohio. No survey Of the state
would ne complete without refer
ence 10 Robert McGregor. who got
Cresceas while lie was located al
Toledo. where ne died. or 0sEood' 5
Pa1chen. that stood near the Michi-
gan line. and got the splendid race
mare. Nightingale. who is low rep
resented on the turf by Miss Bertha
Dillon and Harvest Gale through neE'
son Barongaie. To these il IS also
necessary TO add the names OF Bay
ard. Atwood. Pilot Wilkes. St.llson,
Wilkie Collins. Tom Rolfe. Star
Pointer, Tom Rogers. Cold Leaf. Nut
wood Wilkes, HiEhwnod Edge!lill.
Ambassador. Olcot: Axworthr. and
Newton's Allie Wilkes. while VII
Iiamson's Belmont and Simpson :
Blackblrd. two Of the foundation
sires of California. were bred IN Ohio
and taken across the plains ny those
who followed the forty-niners
Racing has always kept pace with