The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-06
Nv ". II. GUdhc.

while PENNSYLVANIA has been one OF
The leading centers of light harness
facing since the Hunting Park Course
sAs opened at Philadelphia in ls.s.
.Robert j.. Make Cobb. and Miss
Hertha Dillon are the only champions
that were bred in the state. TINS mas
not come abou. on account OF a UNI
md supply OF horses as even IN lcsE
when william Penn arrived ne louno
plenty of them and reported horses
not very handsome bu good Ihese
horses were owned by the Svedes
puteh and English located on the
Delaware River.
rcrtv wears later the sous and
rrandsons OF these people were buy
inr Narragansett PAGERS to race on
ths circular track laid out on a Phiia-
delphia common near the Race street
~ today. These races were continued
ninth 1850, when they were prohioiteo
~ the Colonial legislature.
when this little ray OF Joy vas
snufed out. the Quakers crossed
T1emish cart and English dray horses
ana produced the Conestoga horses
nm hauled the freight wagons over
thA mountains to the point where the
AVER AZ the Allegheny and Monon-
~sheia united to form the Ohio river
4 rort Pitt. the Pittsburgh of today
Alsc IN the interval. Philadelphia be-
sams the port OF entry in 17s1 OF n
rnsihh horse Messenger and IN lS20
~ the African barb horse Grand Ba-
.ha~, from Trtpoli. The former became
~ tan root OF the Hambletonian.
Nambrino and Champion families
shiIe the latter bore h same reia-
ion TO the Clays.
Grand Bashaw got Young Bashaw.
he source OF two speed lines; one
AN through Doble's Black Bashaw
ma Tippoo Bashaw to DuQuesne,
a.17 3.4, owned and raced by Paul
dncke. OF Pittsburgh. The other line
.sr through Andrew Jackson. the best
rottcr in his day. to kemble Jackson,
o 3 race horse thai died before ne
vot many foals. as well as Long Island
aiack Hawk and Henry Clay. both OF
rhich made their regulations In New
Fork.
No organized effort was made TO
,recd trotters In Pennsylvania until
~ SIXTIES when C.. p. Relf purchased
W~an,brino Pilot and Lady Thorn In
Kcntucky. and Aristides WEIGH added
, few 10 the Erdenheim stud. WEIGH
,eran with the In 1869 he
,,rchased bennington. and bred
roouo the only American bred
,rse that won the English Derby.
rior to that date. he purchased
lora Temple. the first 1870 trotter,
md bred two foais from her. one be-
,nr Prince Imperial by William
Welch and the other Queens Daugh-
Ter by bennington. WEIGH also bred
ia Hambletonian stations Rysdyk,
st-e OF Clingstone and Strathmore, to
xhom Lou Dillon. the first W min
M trotter. traces in the male line
though sidney Dillon. sidney and
sante Claus. Hannis was the best
srctter got BY Mambrino Pilot In
e~:nnsylvania while he also sired the
shampion stallion Manabrino Gift be-
scrS ne vas shipped from Kentucky.
powell Bros. added = trotting de-
nartment to their farm at Shadsland
- ~ stxtieA Satellite was one OF
sSnfr nrst stations, and 81. Vincent
fnn Ne1k, Also q Z later date their
~sishbcr c, q. Dempsey began ming
ifnr frotting ana running strains when
go 80 not following the races
IN Tl6fl Robert Steel established
xsn1ar Park Farm near Philadelphia
3SSS plaoed Hapny Medium ut the. head
Willis thero NJ got Pilot Mod
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