Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-01-06
JoHN MADDEN OWNS MOST
HIGH PRICED RACE HORSES

During the past thirty-five years
mn one in America has bred, bought
or owned. so many high-priced race
horses as John +. Madden. He pays
the high dollar and gets it when he
sells. When adverse legislation
blehted the running meetings in
New York state, there was shrink
age in values Instead of reducing
his operations like most breeders,
Madden went in deeper until he had
over 400 mares on his farm in Ken
lucky.
When the tide turned, Madden had
horses to sell When the Hamburg
Place products began to win in all
kinds of company, more buyers ap-
peared. Madden supplied their wants
After they had culled the crop, Mad
den went to the races with what they
left and won. John f. Madden's
success has made him an authority
on race horses. What he knows has
stood the acid test and come through
clean. On account of this his re-
cent remarks that the sire is more
than three-fourths of the stable has
weight. He said: MARES are neces-
sary, but at the best they can give
4 YOU but one failure or winner each
wear. A stallion will get from fifty
TO seventy-five. If he is a blank, and
I. many are, two or three years will
put a large operator on the rocks.
"Patchen Wilkes, a fine individual
and a well-bred horse for his day,
failed absolutely. From the same
mares Peter the Great sent out a
shoal of stable, the brother and sis
ter stuff winners. Milton Young had
a leader in Hanover. When he died,
Lamplighter was selected, He was
a good race horse and just as well
bred. Lamplighter failed.
"Of the Hanover colts selected
Hamburg. He was a good. One day
at Sheephead Bay after Hamburg
had won a stake with 1873 punds up,
was holding him by the head in the
paddock. A thick-set man with a
stubby mustache came up and said,
"young man, do you own that colt?''
"That depends" l replied
a whether you want to buy or attach
i him."
4 would be pleased to buy him,
said my caller who was Marcus
DAILY"
"What is the price?"
II told him $45,000.
Rather Steep he remarked.
"' Not for this kind " replied
"Marcus DAILY gave me $4O,001 fol-
Hamburg. He handed me Wells
Fargo draft for $4,000 and silver
dollar.
Hamburg had brother named
Frankfurt. owned him. While
<was in New York the stable in which
he was kept was burned. The farm
superintendent wired me and added
Frankfort was rescued. replied
that so long as the brother of Ham
burg was saved. the loss of the barr
Y did not amount to anything. Soms
one heard of the dispatch and made
me a swell offer for Frankfort. He
q got him.
Brothers and sisters among race
horses do not amount to much. Wher
went to Kentucky back in the eight
les, if you went out to HameS
Treacy's farm you were shown int
a stable full of brothers and sisters
to harness with records. They were
all dolled up and for sale. If by an!
chance you drifted to the training
track, you were told how fast eacl
b one could go. Later on their broth
IN ers and sisters would be in the sal,
barn.
"The same thing was seen a
Woodbum. AS soon as visitor ar
rived Mr. Brodhead or one of hi
assistants would be calling for Mr.
Hull to bring out the brother or sis
3 ter of Maud S. or Nutwood If pur
chased their new owners did not ge
very rich racing them. AS for tn,
training stable it was the same a
4 Treacy's.