PERIODICAL DEPARTME. BROOKS HALL VOLUME LXIV. No. 1 SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1914. Subscription — $3.00 Per Year 6 7* — 772Vio3 PER,-: MCAL THE BRlfffiD^ftt *'£&!> SPORTSMAN [Saturday, January 3, 1914. MT. DIABLO CEMENT b»st for foundations, dairy floors, fruit dryar floors, ato. stc. SANTA CRUZ LIME baat for bricklayi EC and plastering. MT. DIABLO beat for spraying and whitawashii LIME ■K- WRITE FOR INFORMATION AND PRICES ON ALL BUILDING MATERIAL. HENRY COWELL LIME & CEMENT COMPANY 9 MAIN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. $5,000 GUARANTEED THE State Fair Futurity Stakes No. 6 $5,000 GUARANTEED $2600 for Trotting Foals. Foais of Mares Covered in 1913 to Trot and Pace at Three Years Old. To Be Given Under The Direction $2000 for Pacing Foals. California State Agricultural Society, Sacramento, Cal. ENTRIES TO CLOSE FEBRUARY 1, 1914. MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS: TROTTING DIVISION. $100 to Owner of Stallion, when Mare was Bred, Sire of Colt Standing Highest in Summary of Race. $100 to Owner of Dam of Colt, at Time Mare was Bred, Standing Highest in Summary of Race. $2600 Three-Year-Old Trotters. PACING DIVISION. $100 to Owner of Stallion, when Mare was Bred, Sire of Colt Standing Highest in Summary of Race. $100 to Owner of Dam of Colt, at Time Mare was Bred, Standing Highest in Summary of Race. $2000 Three-Year-Old Pacers. on February 1, 1914, when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given: $5 July 1 19H- I on two-year-olds February 1, 191fi; $10 on three-year-olds February 1, 1917. * ' ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS.— $2 to nominate mare $5 December 1, 1914; §10 on yearlings February 1, 1915; $10 on two-ye. STARTING PAYMENTS. — $50 to start in the three-year-old pace; $75 to start in the three- year- old trot. All starting payments to be made ten days before the first day of the State Fair at which the race is to take place. Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the horse entered is a Trotter or Pacer. CONDITIONS. The race in each division will be for three heats, one-third of the money will be allotted for the division for each heat: every heat a race. Distance 100 yards. If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or if either the mare or the foal dies before February 1, 1914, her Nominator may sell or transfer his nomina- tion or substitute another mare or foal, regardless of ownership; but there will be no return of a payment, nor will any entry be liable for more than the amount paid in or contracted for. In entries, the name, color and pedigree of mare must be given; also the name of the hors^e to which she was bred in 1913. Fntries must be accompanied by the entrance fee. Nominators liable only for amounts paid in. Failure to make any payment forfeits all previous payments. This Association is liable for $5,000, the amount of the guaran- tee, only. Hobbles will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions. Right reserved to declare off or re-open these Stakes in case the number of entries received is not satisfactory to the Board of Dirctors. Money divided in each division of the Stake 50, 25, 15, and 10 per cent. There will be no more moneys in each division or heat tnan there are starters. Xo horse shall receive more than one money in each rase. Entries open to the world. Other than exceptions made in this entry blank, rules of National Trotting Association to govern. AVrite for entry blanks to A. L. SCOTT, President. J. i~. MCCARTHY, Secretary, Sacramento, Cal. a mm The FRAZIER carts and sulkies are standard the world over. 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Drivers Murphy, Cox, Geers, McDonald, Andrews and Snow are termed "the big six" of the Grand Circuit. 4* 4, 4. The Midwinter Sale to ue held by Fasig Tipton Co. will be held at Madison Square Garden, February ICth to 10th. 4. 4, 4, Dudie Archdale 2:03%, by Archdale, during her career of four years on the Grand Circuit has won $45,022 in purses and stakes. 4. 4, 4, The pacing mare Lovelock 2:05%, and Emmeline, the fastest pacer in Australasia, were to race at New Brighton, New Zealand, December 15th. The recent agitation in the east to the effect of forming a circuit of mile ring meetings for 1914 has elicited a cry from Philadelphia, Pa., for a consid- eration, too. 4, 4. 4. Maurice S., p. 2:06, who was not sent on for the Old Glory Sale by owner Ben Jagger, of Portland, Ore., will be raced on the North Pacific Circuit by Dick Wilson. 4* 4* 4* The members of the California Driving Club and the San Francisco Driving Club predict better racing at the Stadium, Golden Gate Park, in 1914 than was ever seen there. 4, 4, 4, Colorado Range, by Colorado E. 2:03%, touted to be a sensational two-year-old trotter next season, was bred at Nawbeek Farm, Paloi, Pa. His dam is Eiri- range 2:21, by Prodigal. 4, 4, 4, Send in a letter covering the news of your com- munity. It will not only tend toward stimulating interest in the locality referred to, but will be read with a considerable degree of pleasure by many "out- siders." 4. 4, 4, Capt. C. P. McCan sold the two-year-old filly, Lady Alation, by Alation 2:15% (son of Allerton 2:09%), to Weiss Bros., Portland; a few days later their trainer, Fred Woodcock, sold her to Merrill & Fiske, Cornelius, Ore. 4, 4, 4. Robert A. Smith, of Sweet Marie fame, is likely to branch out as a turf writer on his return to Los Angeles, after the New Year. What Bob doesn't know about a trotter is not worth knowing, says the Philadelphia Record. 4, 4, 4, Constantine 2:12%, aged 25 years, brought $240 at the closing out sale of the King Hill Farm, St. Joseph, Missouri. Elma S. 2:26%, by Nutwood Wilkes, an eleven-year-old mare bred by the late Martin Carter at Irvington, brought $65. 4. 4, 4, If non-winners of races can win heats without in- curring racing bars, it will take a corps of statis- ticians to keep up with them in the future; while second money, we fancy, will be far more attractive than first, oft-times, according to the new rules. 4. 4. 4, Three of the horses which Dick Wilson trained in the east this year have arrived at his new quarters, the Vancouver, Wash., track. These are the pacer, Maurice S. 2:06 and the trotter. Mack Fitzsimmons 2:23, owned by Ben Jagger, Portland, and the pacer, Little Lucille (3), 2:09, owned in California. Ruby- light (3), 2:11%, was sold at private sale in New York. 4» 4* 4* The long spell of wet weather in California has afforded all the trotters and pacers that were begin- ning to show "marvelous flights of speed in Novem- ber" a much needed and valuable rest. Very few of the racetracks are fit to be used, and this good long soaking they are receiving will make them better than they have ever been. 4, 4. 4> One of the curiosities of the French sport is a steeple-chase race for trotters. The French make a great feature of the trotter as a riding horse and some of the biggest prizes in Europe are given there for saddle races. The French trotter is the most regular to type in Europe and are big horses, well ribbed up and great stayers. 4, 4. 4. "Sandy" Smith has taken charge of A. Ottinger's Nogi, who has a trotting record of 2:10%. Smith has changed Nogi's gait to pacing and believes he will be. one of the fastest in the State if his hoof, which was injured, gets better. It has been the opin- ion of many horsemen, and especially Schuyler Wal- ton, his first trainer, that Nogi would prove a faster pa';er than a trotter and the experiment may prove successful for A. Ottinger. The army promises to be relieved of heavy expense in transporting hay from the Pacific Coast to the Philippines, owing to the successful experiments of Brigadier-General John J. Pershing in raising "guinea grass" in Mindanao. General Pershing has 40 acres under cultivation in "guinea grass," which costs 6.2 cents per hundred weight, as against 25 cents charged by contractors, and it is proposed to start the cultiva- tion of this grass in other parts of the Philippines. 4. 4. 4, Since the introduction of gasoline tractors on the sugar plantations in the Hawaiian Islands mules are beginning to be a "drug on the market." For over forty 3'ears there was a big demand for the long- eared tribe by plantation owners and thousands of tons of hay were shipped from California for their use (as hay is not harvested there) and this market being cut off, the mule breeders and hay dealers are beginning to feel the effects of the introduction of the new motors there. 4. 4. 4, Mr. I. L. Borden has secured the services of John Quinn of Sacramento as trainer and driver of his string of trotters and pacers for the next two years. He will be located at the Pleasanton Driving Park. Quinn is well known to the followers of the Califor- nia circuit. In 1912 he handled Borden's string, but last season piloted Expedio and Moko Hall for Frank Ruthstaller of Sacramento. He was successful with both trotters, giving the mare a mark of 2:09% and driving Moko Hall to a new record. 4, 4, 4. Hal B. 2:04% is again the leading sire of pacers! He put twelve new ones in the list in 1913: Direct Hal 2:04% has an equal number but the Hal B.'s average faster. Direct Hal had eight that reduced their records in 1913 but not one of them is in the 2:10 list, while Hal B. had six with reduced records and three of them are in the 2:10 list — one, Hal B. Jr., has a record of 2:02%. This is, perhaps, the only enviable record that Oregon gained in the past harness racing season and we are all mighty proud of our great horse. — Pacific Horse Review. 4, 4, 4, The news comes from Chicago that a yearling Clydesdale filly bred and raised by Robert A. Fair- bairn, of Westfield, N. J., has beaten everything in her class in the Futurity at the International Live Stock Show, which is the leading exhibition of its kind in the worid, and has been sold by Mr. Fairbairn to F. Lothrop Ames, of North Easton, Mass., for $1,500. To win at Chicago Fairholme Bonnie had to beat the pick of the yearlings raised on Western farms, together with others from Canada and Scot- land, and her victory stamps her as one of the best of the breed. 4> 41 4* The two-year-old Percheron stallion Londrecitos won the reserve junior championship at the recent International Live Stock Exposition, Chicago, and was considered by all of the importers and breeders to be the best Percheron stallion that was ever raised in France. His weight as a two-year-old is 2,240 pounds, and Louis Titus purchased him recently from the McLaughlin Percheron Company of Oakland for the sum of $7,000 and the stallion has been shipped to the Titus Ranch at Tracy, this state. Titus was in Europe the early part of this year and imported himself thirty of the best Percheron mares in France. 4. 4. 4. The secretary of a business concern in this city ran over a little seven-year-old girl on Christmas Day with his automobile, and she is dying with a frac- tured skull. The secretary was greatly surprised when arrested, although he knew he had run over her, and did not stop because, as he said, he had seen her picked up and supposed she was being taken care of. Apparently he considered it was none of his business what became of the child, whether she lived or died, just so long as somebody dragged her off the street so as not to impede traffic. Punishing the man will do the little girl no good, but just the same twenty years in the pen at San Quentin would be about right for him. 4, 4, 4-, Some writers seem to fear that the proposed rule allowing a horse to win a heat and not get a record will be an inducement for a large number of drivers to try for second money. Drivers of this class are getting second money without getting a record on their horses and the only remedy in either instance is competent judges. If a driver, after sizing up the judges' stand, thinks he can get away with anything he will try it. The new rule would make little differ- ence with this class of drivers. On the other hand there is reason to believe that it would lead to snap- pier and faster racing and that is what must be pro- vided if the gate receipts are to be increased. 4. 4. 4. Up to December 12th the New York State Auto- mobile Bureau had collected $1,275,000 for licenses and registration certificates. For the corresponding period of 1912 the receipts were $1,060,000, and in 1911 the total income was $905,000. There were reg- istered in the current year 133,000 owners and 57,000 chauffeurs, as compared with 105,000 owners and 45,000 chauffeurs in 1912, while the number of com- mercial auto-cars registered this year was 13,000 — an increase of 61 per cent. One might regard this 25 or more per cent, increase in the use of of a luxury, and the 61 per cent, greater employment of a con- venience, as evidence of growing and general pros- perity; but then there are people who insist that the road to the demnition bow-wows is plastered with automobile licenses — the thicker the road-plaster the nearer the goal. Boston, Planet, Fanny Wickham and many other celebrated thoroughbreds were foaled near the banks of the James river, near Richmond, Virginia. Now that C. K. G. Billings has purchased the historic Curl's Neck Farm in Henrico county, near Rich- mond, is it beyond the limit of possibility that he will not restore the breeding, not only of trotting stock but also of thoroughbreds, in the Old Dominion State whence so many Presidents came? 4, 4. 4, Baltimore, Dec. 21. — For a year or more the Mary- land Jockey Club officials have been ardent advo- cates of the pari-mutuel form of betting as against bookmaking. In order to make the change compul- sory a bill will be introduced when the Maryland legislature convenes in January to wipe out the optional clause in the betting law and to create a state-wide racing commission. The reason for the desire to establish pari-mutuels is made apparent in the statement of the club's earnings and expenses. The revenue from the pari-mutuels this year amount- ed to $176,020.20. In 1912 the "bookies" paid the Maryland Jockey Club $91,000 for the privilege of offering odds to the Pimlico tracks' patrons. 4. 4. 4, See that your horse is in show condition if you have advertised him for sale. Many a buyer judges by external appearances as does the business man when he advertises for a clerk and picks the neatest dressed man from many applicants, although some man in a "hand-me-down" may be a diamond in the rough. Men with money to spend, either for clerk hire or horses, want the finished article and have neither time nor inclination to do the polishing. Of course there will always be buyers looking for bar- gains, but this class, when they see a good one in the rough, will discount liberally, for the time needed to do the finishing and that discount will be all out of proportion to what the seller should get. If you want the extra money, slick up your horse. 4, 4, 4. John W. Considine, owner of the Woodland Stock Farm, is also the owner of a string of theatres ex- tending westerly from Chicago to Seattle and San Diego, and hearing that the inmates of the Fol- som prison above Sacramento had never had an opportunity of witnessing a vaudeville show ar- ranged with Warden Smith to send his company playing at the Empress Theatre (Sacramento) to this penitentiary on Christmas Day. It is needless to say that the unfortunates keenly enjoyed the show and deeply appreciated the kindly efforts of Mr. Con- sidine and Manager Alex Kaiser to let a little sun- shine into their darkened lives. It was pronounced the Happiest Christmas Day many of them had for years. 4, 4, 4. Good-bye to the 2:24 class for the great M. & M. Stake. Hereafter it will be for 2:14 trotters, the' change having been decided on by the directors of the Detroit Driving Club. The result, it is believed, will be to bring out greater speed in this classic event and besides will render it unnecessary for horsemen holding up speed for a year or more for the purpose of having their selections admitted to the 2:24 class. Clipping ten seconds from the restric- tions will stimulate horsemen to extend their horses earlier without endangering their chances of trying for the honors of winning the biggest event in har- ness racing, and it will also give the public a truer line on all of the entries. The change surely will be welcomed by both owners and race goers. 4, 4, 4, On Wednesday next the steamship Aorangi will carry to New Zealand four of the choicest and high- est priced trotters that ever were shipped to New Zealand. One is the four-year-old Carlokin colt El Carbine 2:27%, a horse that will undoubtedly capture the first prize in every show ring in which he is exhibited, and has a chance to win some races. He is to be shipped to John Porter of Oamaru, Otago. The other three belong to E. E. Lelievre of Akaroa; they were shipped here from Kentucky. Bertha Bell, in foal to The Harvester 2:01, her filly by Bingen 2:06%, and a Peter the Great colt, one of the best limbed and best proportioned youngsters of his age ever seen on this coast. All these have had to re- main here over a month because the steamship "Moano" had no deck room for horses. 4, 4. 4, John Splan has sold to Prince Yipsilanti, of Vien- na, Austria, the three-year-old black colt, Zombrono 2:27%, by Zombro 2:11, dam by a son of Alcantara 2:23. Zombrono was sent to James Snell late last summer, and in the fall trotted a mile for Snell in 2:10%, with the last quarter right close to 30 sec- onds. He was given a time record of 2:27% as a matter of precaution. The colt's work so impressed Splan that he selected him for his patron, Prince Yipsilanti, whose trainer is the former American trainer, Charley Lyons. Mr. Splan also figured in another important sale last week when he bought from James R. Magowan of Mt. Sterling the two mares, Ann Direct 2:10, and Neva Todd 2:13%. Both mares are in foal to J. Malcolm Forbes 2:08, and are certainly a pair of desirable mares for anyone to own, while the same can be said of their produce resulting from being mated to J. Malcolm Forbes. Mr. Splan purchased the mares for Leopold Hauser of Vienna, for whom he purchased among others Soprano 2:03%; Bob Douglas 2:04, and just recently Tenara 2:05%. Neva Todd, Ann Direct, Tenara and Zombrono were shipped from Lexington to New York in charge of Rudolph Max who will accompany the quartet on their long voyage across the Atlantic. Saturday, January 3, 1914,] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN .1 The Bondsman will be at the San Jose Driving Park next Monday. His book should be filled in a few weeks. 4* 4r 41 Remember, entries to the State Fair Futurity Stakes No. 5, value $5,000, will close February 1st, 1914. Do not overlook this important event. 4* -t* •%• R. S. Irvine has a very promising colt by Zoran- kin 2:29% out of The Bloom by Nushagak at his place near Modesto that is one of the fastest trot- ting yearlings seen in that part of the country. 4* •%• ■$* Some idea of the vast amount earned by trotters and pacers in the United States and Canada, the past year, may be gained by the fact that $1,624,092 was the gross amount raced for in purses of $1,000 or over. 4- 4" 4* Before you turn your horse out to pasture have his teeth floated and when you take your horse or colt in from pasture do the same — by so doing you will add to the animal's comfort and you will also add money to your bank roll. 4* 4* 4* If in looking over the list of California additions to the 2:30 list should any readers notice any errors or omissions we shall be pleased if a postal card be mailed us containing these, as we wish to have this table as correct as possible. 4* 4* 4- Horsemen have believed for many years that the term "green" was properly applied to horses that had not acquired a standard record, irrespective of whether or not they had started in a public race. Now the A. T. A. rules that "a green horse is one that has never trotted or paced in a public race or against time, either double or single." 4? 4* 4* The proposed new rule, to grant immunity from records to heat-winners that have failed to win races, is not a new idea, as Secretary Kline, of Cleveland, points out the fact t^at such a proposition was fav- ored as early' as 1894. J. L. McCarthy, now secretary of our California State Fair, then a starting judge, living in Chicago, outlined such a change, but it re- ceived scant consideration. 4- 4- 4- Now is the time for those seeking stallions to select good ones. The trotting stallion Stelwell (brother to Diablo 2:09^, Demonio 2:11^4, etc.) is advertised in this issue and as he has never been bred to but a few mares he should fall into the hands of someone who will "boom" him for he is the youngest son of his great sire and the world's greatest broodmare, and should get a chance. He is handsome as a picture and very kind and intelligent. 4* 4* 4* Dr. W. F. Egan, the well known veterinary sur- geon of this city, writes: "Through the advertise- ment in your interesting journal I have sold the Jack I had but I still have the Holstein bull and some ten or twelve Holstein cows. The latter are not pedi- greed hut they show they are well bred. They come under the heading Grade Holsteins. I will sell them at $05 each as my pasture lands were swept over by the fire last fall and all the seed destroyed, conse- quently the feed will be short this year. Another reason is, I do not care to engage in dairying, hence I am offering them very cheap." 4* 4r 4? Green food should enter freely into the diet of the ailing horse, as it is refreshing, digestible and whole- some, and makes a very strong apepal to the appe- tite. Carrots are important and play an important part as a corrective. They are not particularly nour- ishing to build up the system to any extent, nor are they to be used where other green feed is available, but their cooling, refreshing and palatable nature puts up a strong argument in their favor, as nothing will induce a horse to eat quicker than palatability of the food offered. They also form a most excellent appetizer to mix with dry foods, such as oats and bran. Oats are extremely nourishing and so com- prise an essential food in building up strength. Plump, thick-skin oats are the most suitable. The sick horse may be fed some corn, hut it should be supplied very sparingly until the animal is well on toward complete recovery. 4* 4? 41 R. S. Irvine has a beautiful farm of G40 acres about seven miles from Modesto. On this he has made a half-mile track, box stalls, barns, etc. He has a number of choice broodmares, among them Beretta 2:22% by Searchlight 2: 03%, out of Bertha (dam of 13). She has a Patchen Boy filly and a filly by Charley D. and is in foal to Jim Logan 2:03%. The Bloom by Nushagak out of Redflower (dam of Red Blossom 2:27%) by Alfred 532S; filly at foot by The Bondsman. Elizabeth Direct by Robert Di- rect out of Dewdrop Easier by Robert Basler, has a colt by Best Policy. Ida Stoneway by Stoneway out of Ida May (dam of 3 in 2:15); she has a filly by Guy McKinney and in foal to him again. Hulda by Guide out of Alice C. by Nau'uc has a colt by Vernon McKinney 2:01V2. Daisy Basler by Robert Basler, filly by Guy McKinney and in foal to Guy McKinney. Largo by Dexter Prince, Sonnatine by Stanford Mc- Kinney out of Sextette by Athablo, and A La Mosco- vita by Alconda Jay out of La Moscovita. A filly by Best Policy out of Ida Stoneway and a filly by Best Policy — Daisy Basler. The last four are in train- ing on the track there. Mr. Irvine has leased the inbred Nutwood Wilkes stallion Chestnut Tom 2:15 for the season of 1914. SOME OBJECTIONABLE RULES ADOPTED. The most important happening of the past week, so far as its effect on the trotting world is concerned, was the joint meeting of the rules committees of National and American Trotting Associations held at the Auditorium Hotel, Chicago, on Tuesday, Decem- ber lGth. The object of the meeting was to make the rules of the two associations uniform, or as nearly so as possible. The joint committee appointed went into executive session. After an informal discussion, John C. Welty and W. H. Smollinger were appointed as a committee to prepare an agreement in reference to rules and membership. They brought in the following report, which was adopted: That the committee go forward and agree upon uniform rules to govern racing in both associations; that the changes suggested in the rules be submitted to the con- gresses of the National and American Trotting Associa- tions and that both adopt the rules so as to make them uniform, that each congress also pass the following reso- lution: Resolved, That all fines and other penalties im- posed by the governing boards of either the National or American Trotting Associations shall be enforced by the other through its members and otherwise as though im- posed by itself: that we will make no effort to influence the fairs and racing associations of the country to join or not to join either one or the other of the parent asso- ciations. In the event of this being adopted there shall be appointed a committee of five of which the presidents of the National and American Trocting Associations shall be members to whom shall be referred all unfair compe- tition and the interpretation of the rules. The joint committees then went to work revising the rules. In our opinion, the three most important new rules adopted were the following: In determining the eligibility of horses to compete in public races only the records made by the winners of races shall be considered. Records made in performances against time and in public races by non-winners shall not be considered a bar to eligibility to races. A horse with a record shall be allowed one second for each year if raced, in which he fails to equal or reduce his record, or win a race if same is claimed by the nom- inator when making the entry. Other allowances may be granted if so stated in the published conditions. When a series of races are given for one entrance fee and a portion of the purse is given for each heat or race, the winner of each heat or race shall acquire a record or bar, which shall be considered in determining the eligibility of said horse to compete in public races. On the face of the first rule, it seems fair that only the winner of the race should be penalized with a record, but the proposal not to penalize the other heat winners opens the door for a lot of petty cheat- ing. We expect to see many races prolonged in 1914 at tracks where betting is allowed in the following way. A driver, who does not wish to mark his horse and who, therefore, is not out to win, will bet on his horse for a certain heat, and then let another win the race. This will mean a four-heat race instead of a three. If there are two drivers in the race who wish to win a heat, but not the race, it will be a five- heat race instead of three. We foresee a grand jum- ble all along the line. Here is another example of how the rule will work a hardship: There may be a field of horses late in the season (or at any other time for that matter) whose drivers (with one excep- tion) do not wish to mark their horses. The drivers who do not care to win can split the race up until the man who wishes to win will be obliged to settle with every driver in the race by agreeing to divide the purse equally among all starters. Again this rule will make it easy for drivers to combine to wear out and then defeat the best horse in the race. We predict a short life for this rule as it now stands. The second rule mentioned looks to us to be the least harmful of the three. There will be a number of horses that will be given undue advantage under this rule. Let us hope the rule will help enough other horses to make it worth while. We believe the phraseology could be improved. Consider the words "if he fails to equal or reduce his record." Can a horse equal or reduce his record, in the terms of this rule, in a non-winning race? If so, the matter should be more clearly stated; if not, the words quoted are superfluous. We particularly object to the third important rule because, in effect, it establishes an embargo against the every-heat-a-race plan. We can prove our con- tentions in no clearer way than to repeat the example we gave previously. Below will be found the sum- mary of a two-in-three race in which Miss B. wins $225 and gets no record. The same race, if decided under the every-heat-a-race plan, would give Miss B. only ?150 and a record of 2:05^4. 2:25 pace, $900, 2 in 3: I 2:25 pace, $900, every-heat- Ladv A 2 1 1 ?45^ifa-race: Miss P. 1 5 5 225|Ladv A 2 1 1 ?375 Time— 2:05i4, 2:06y2, 2:06%.lMiss E 1 5 5 150 I Time— 2:05^, 2:06^, 2:06%. In order not to mitigate against the every-heat-a- race plan, we believe the rule should be changed to read something like this: "When events are given for one entrance fee and a portion of the purse is given for each heat or race only, the heat winner receiving the largest share of the entire purse, or the heat winners that are tied for the largest share of the entire purse, shall acquire a record or bar to eligibility in a heat race." We are glad to be able to report that the atrocious suggestion to penalize hoppled horses three seconds, which, as we explained, would really penalize free- legged horse's, was not adopted. The American rule to permit a suspended man to continue racing and withhold 15 per cent, of his win- nings to apply to old suspensions went into the joint agreement although certain of the National repre- sentatives felt that this was not fair to the men whose skirts were clean. They further objected to giving entire power to the secretary to issue the permit as it left an opening for exercising favoritism. The American rule of three second allowance for mile track record horses on half-mile tracks went into the joint report. The time for drawing horses was changed from 7 o'clock to 5 o'clock of the day preceding the race. A rule was inserted that when a purse or class race was declared off the entrance money shall be re- turned to the nominators but when an installment plan purse is declared off the entrance money and forfeits shall be divided equally between the nom- inators eligible to start. Starters will have to pay an annual fee of $5. At all meetings where premiums do not exceed $3,000 the starter shall also act or judge. Hopples shall not be used in races or in perform- ances against time on three-year-olds or under. Any person permitting the violation of this rule shall be fined not less than $100, suspended or expelled. In three-in-five races a horse not standing for money at the finish of the third heat shall not start in the fourth, except when eight or more horses start in the first heat, then a horse not standing for money at the finish of the fourth heat shall not start in the fifth, after which only heat winners shall be permit- ted to start, but a horse ruled out shall be entitled to a share of the purse or premium, according to his rank at the close of the last heat. This rule will do much to shorten races and we approve of it. Distance rules will be GO yards on mile tracks, except when eight or more start it will be 80 yards. On half-mile tracks the distance will be SO and 100 yards. No performance against time shall be recognized and no. such performances shall be records unless there is present a representative of the parent asso- ciation. He shall be appointed by the president and entitled to his expenses and not to exceed $10 per day for his services. He shall be paid by the mem- ber giving the meeting and he shall jointly certify to the correctness or incorrectness of said meeting and all performances at same. All fines collected from drivers shall be deposited in a special fund for the benefit of disabled or needy drivers. Payments from same shall be made by order of the Board of Review, but in an emergency the president has the power to act, subject to its approval. Loafing part of the way shall be considered the same as laying up. We predict a lot of dissension over this rule as to what constitutes "loafing." Reviewing it as a whole, the work of the joint committee was good in that the meeting will result in a better feeling between the two bodies and there will be a cessation of the fight for membership. In our opinion, however, the adoption of the three farcical rules first mentioned in this article will do more harm than all the good things the meeting ac- complished. We believe the members of the joint committee should reconsider their recommendations on these three rules — it can be done by correspond- ence. We. further believe the joint committee over- looked a grand opportunity to help the game when it took no action on (1) compulsory registration, (2) prohibiting jockeying at the score and (3) prohib- iting two horses starting from the same stable. — The Horseman. ED. A. TIPTON IS SUPERINTENDENT OF C. K. G. BILLINGS' NEW STOCK FARM. The retirement of Dr. Charles Tanner from the management of C. K. G. Billings's stable of trotters and pacers removes from the light harness world one of its most notable figures. For the past two years Dr. Tanner has been in poor health and has repeatedly requested Mr. Billings to release him from the management of the former's trotting interests. When Mr. Billings purchased Curl's Neck Farm at Cotman, Va.. on the James river, from Charles A. Lempff, Dr. Tanner renewed his request to Mr. Bil- lings and the latter reluctantly consented, but asked Dr. Tanner to remain in charge until satisfactory arrangements could be made for his successor. Mr. Billings selected Edward A. Tipton, the head of the Fasig-Tipton Company, as general Superintendent of the stock farm, and Mr. Tipton will take charge of the horse department of the farm early in the new year. It is the intention of Mr. Billings to make Curl's Neck Farm the headquarters of the trotting breeding industry in the ITnited States. He removed all his stallions and broodmares from Lexington, Memphis, and New York and will begin breeding on an exten- sive scale. Among the famous horses stationed on the farm are "Uhlan. Lou Dillon, and The Harvester. Uhlan, the world's champion trotter, has been located at Curl's Neck for nearly two weeks. It was expected that Mr. Billings would use Uhlan as a saddle horse in New York, but the transfer of the champion to Virginia indicates that he will be kept on the farm. Curl's Neck Farm is to be improved and new sta- bles built. It will shortly be the greatest show place of its kind in the country. It contains five thousand acres and is located about fifteen miles from Rich- mond. The dock extending into the James river will be used by Mr. Billings for his yacht, as the water is twenty-four feet deep. The cost of the stock and farm is estimated to be worth $750,000. The Russian Government recently offered Mr. Bil- lings $100,000 for The Harvester, and Mr. Billings also refused large offers for Lou Dillon and Uhlan. Female jockeys promise to be a regular feature of races in France. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, January 3, 1914. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SEA FISHING THREATENED. I ROD, GUN AND KENNEL I 1 CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT. I "kickers" who cry out that the sinful destruction ot fishes is not only unprevented hy the Tuna Club, but that it is encouraged: that it draws sportsmen from all parts of the world to help clean up the waters. It is true that the Tuna Club has affiliations with three or four European clubs, and entertains their members. But be it remembered that these guests must adopt the Tuna Club methods, and are under Tuna Club restrictions in these regions, for it is the purpose of the club to conserve the sport, and to make the fish last for generations. Had it not been for this club the entire coast would be looted by the market fishermen, who have no thought beyond tomorrow. If ten tons of barra- cuda or yellowtail or white seabass are taken by an Italian boat, with the result of lowering the price of fish, they will be dumped overboard in the channel without the slightest compunction, and thus hundreds of tons are eventually wasted. All varieties of fish are growing scarcer in Southern California waters, it is claimed, as they are followed persistently in season and out. The white seabass is taken with long nets, often illegally placed, and the splendid angling that has made Southern California famous the world over is menaced. Almost unobserved by the masses of the people living in Southern California, the game fish — a most valuable asset — abalones, gulls, sea birds, kelp and other products of the shore, have been and are the objects of shameless looting and destruction. The Chinese, the Japanese, Finns, Slavonians, Italians and other aliens have discovered the laxness of our laws concerning these matters, and while ostensibly doffing their caps to Uncle Sam. they no doubt laugh in their sleeves because they have caught him nap- ping. John Davis Gordon, a member of the International Fishery Society, is quoted as stating that some years ago he found the Italian fishermen of San Pedro killing gulls to bait their lobster traps. No one need be told that the gull is a natural scavenger of the greatest value. Mr. Gordon avers that it ook him a long time to convict the raiders and to get a stop put to the slaughter. "The entire coast of California has been looted for the past twenty years," he claims, "and it is necessary to ask the people to wake up if they wish to save anything. The southern coast counties have been robbed in the most shameful manner. When I first visited San Clemente and Santa Catalina islands you could catch yellowtail from the beaches; aba- lones could be had by the ton for the picking, and crawfish, a State asset, were common under every rock. Where are they now? Well, their equivalent is in the banks of Japan and China. And they are not sand banks, either." During the eighties he visited San Clemente, and found three big camps of Chinese. They thought him a revenue officer. He let them think so, and exam- ined their tents. There were thirty or forty China- men who were collecting abalones, big and little, by the ton. He saw a mountain of shells, and hundreds of bags of meat It was a combination camp. Chi- namen were landed here, as was also, incidentally, opium from Mexico. The Chinamen were put to work in the abalone beds; their plunder, in a short time, being shipped to Los Angeles in an old junk. This gang absolutely looted the island of abalone, and then went to Santa Catalina and did the same, only with more caution; and so on through the other islands. The meat was sent to China, and the shells to China, Germany and England by the ton. When the Chinamen finished, the Japanese ap- peared with more modern apparatus. They came in organized bands, entering the zone of deep water, and cleaning up tens of thousands of pounds. Their purpose was to clean put the native fishermen, which they succeeded in doing. "I followed the gang all one day," asserts Mr. Gordon. "There were seven or eight of them — and they did not miss a shell, big or little, from the tide- water to a depth of twenty feet. At the same time these men had hundreds of traps out for crawfish — ■ lobsters. And so it went on, and has been going on. The State and Los Angeles, for instance, have their laws; but the trouble is that a deputy in Los Angeles cannot watch Santa Catalina or San Nicholas. And what is the result? Go into the Alexandria, the Van Nuys, or any other cafe, and ask for broiled lobster. You will fancy yourself at Sherry's in New York when the bill comes in. Crawfish is one of the most delicate of Southern California's sea luxuries, but it has long been beyond the enjoyment of the poor man, or the man of even moderate means. The Chinese, the Japanese, the Italians and Slavonians have looted the waters. At Santa Monica, beyond the canyon, is a village of Japanese. They make a living selling lobsters." Does it not look as if there were need of investi- gation? Does it not look as if we were in need of a restocking of our islands and a rigid law for the protection of the lobsters or crawfish? Southern California is an empire in itself, and when it is re- membered that we have over 1,000 miles of coast line in the entire State, it will be seen that our commissioners have a difficult proposition to handle. "Why not experiment here with Atlantic shell- fishes?" has been suggested by one authority. "Your beaches could be stocked with the eastern soft clam and others — including the clam-bake clam — oysters, and so on. The eastern edible crab could be im- ported from Virginia or Georgia." The Tuna Club, with its headquarters at Avalon, was formed to protect the game fishes of California, fresh or salt, and has the support of the world's greatest sportsmen. At the time of the founding of the club all of the game fishes of Santa Catalina and San Clemente were taken with hand lines. Splendid fish were brought in by the ton, and thrown away. The Tuna Club established its rules for rod fishing, t -ering valuable prizes for the best catches — that is, for the taking of the largest fish with the lightest tackle. Nothing was said directly about hand lines and fish hogs; but the fashion for using rods was set, and the result has been marvelous, for the custom is now followed throughout the world. As a result the wantjn waste of fishes has been stopped, and the higl-est standard of sport established. There are Several organizations, including the Tuna Club, have been working steadily to obtain proper legisla- tion that would protect the fisheries, and be just to all parties. San Clemente is government land: Santa Catalina is not. Their value to the numerous hotels, tackle- men, and others in Southern California and other parts of the world might be mentioned at a fabulous figure. These two islands attract thousands of peo- ple to our coast, and anglers spend a large amount of money here. The State of Maine values its angling and shooting at $5,000,000 per annum. Its sport at- tracts this sum to the State every year. And it is a vast sum that the sea islands attract to Southern California. The anglers and sportsmen who come here visit all sections, from Coronado to Portland. Thus it is that the boatmen of San Clemente, Santa Catalina. Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz islands, San Francisco and Monterey bays, have a direct relation to the State. At Avalon, for instance, these men have an investment of not far from $175,000. There is nothing like it in the world. This fleet of launches, yachts, glass-bottom boats, tackle, stores, etc., all depend upon anglers and their money. Nearly all of these boatmen are American citizens, and most of them have families. We have it, however, on very good authority that when the Tuna Club tried to regulate the sardine net hauling, it was claimed by net fishing interests that a party of "millionaire sports" was trying to ruin an American industry. The Tuna Club then demon- strated that the boatmen had, two to one, a greater investment. At the request of the directors an attor- ney went before the Los Angeles supervisors and explained that all that was wanted was to have the sardine men do as they are forced to do in France — protect their own business by having laws to protect the fisheries. They were, at the time, taking in ten to twenty tons of spawning sardines at a haul in Avalon bay, a spawning ground, and in the spawning season. In a short time they would have wiped the entire fishery out of existence. The anglers asked that the fish be protected during this season, so that they would be saved. But the sardine factory yielded under pressure. The nets are kept out of Avalon bay today by a sewer law — a law which pro- hibits seining fish near a sewer outlet — and Califor- nia is still the only locality in a civilized country where there are no laws for the protection of the valuable sardine industry. The anglers asked that Avalon bay, the spawning ground, be exempt from nets, that the sardines should be allowed to spawn, so that the young should reappear in the bay. Santa Catalina is sixty miles in circumference. The commercial net fishermen have fifty-five and one-half miles to haul in, but they claimed that the anglers who wanted protective laws were unreasonable in asking for half a mile. The anglers asked that the law be respected, but they experienced the greatest difficulty in having it en- forced. The law says that no net shall be attached to the shore, or to anything; yet miles of nets are placed about all the islands — San Clemente, Santa Catalina. Santa Barbara, etc. They are often at- tached to the kelp running out for hundreds of feet. This takes place especially in spring. The nets are set at night, and hauled in the morning. It is one of the sights of the coast to see this army of Italians and other aliens preying upon the fishes. No fish supply in the world could outlast such wholesale decimation, as the nets are hauled along the kelp, which is the highway of the fishes. The associated clubs have paid men to watch the coast, but the alien contingent is too numerous. Every year the white seabass fishing is ruined, and count- less fish are caught illegally. In but one instance have the associated angling clubs been able to con- vict market fishermen. A net was found at Clemente containing thousands of fish dead and ruined. The aliens had failed to haul it. When they did they were arrested. But, strangely enough, the authorities seem to side with the market men. One deputy stat- ed that he would not arrest a poor market man, despite the fact that the man was breaking the law. No reason, excepting that of ignorance, may be sur- mised for this attitude. It is folly to say that be- cause the sea is big the fish cannot be exhausted. Another menace is the kelp raker; and the destruc- tion of the kelp beds of the islands is within the range of probabilities. This is likely to eventuate also in the destruction of the fisheries, since the kelp forests are the homes and protection of millions of fishes. If the kelp banks were to be destroyed the white fish, white seabass, black seabass, rock bass, and all the small fishes that depend upon the kelp would be driven away. Darwin, in writing of the kelp beds of Patagonia, stated that if they were re- moved for agricultural dressing, or to be made into iodyne it would mean the extinction of the native, as the fisheries would be destroyed. "We are in need of intelligent laws, just and fair to all," states one prominent Southern California sportsman who is thoroughly in touch with the situ- ation: "fair to the men who angle, who come from all parts of the world, and spend large sums of money on our Coast; fair to the angling boatmen, with their invested capital: fair to the market fisher- men, who as a rule are ignorant, and have few con- scientious scruples. Liberty and license to stretch miles of net from the shore out iiiTO the sea means eventual extinction of the finny tribe here as surely as dynamite kills trout. "Two most forbidding and dangerous nets — whose use is prohibited in the Mediterranean — have been brought into our waters by the foreign fishermen : not similar nets alone, but the very nets condemned. One is the lompara or purse net; the other is the paranzella, drag or trawl net. They literally clean the sections of the sea in which they are used. "There is a general law prohibiting the use of set nets. But its enforcement has been found imprac- ticable. It was framed principally to prevent the impeding of waterways. When, some time since, it was thought advisable to place some restrictions upon the setting of nets in the waters about Catalina, the fact that the nets drift somewhat with the tide, and that their anchors are moved from time to time by the fishermen themselves, made it possible for the fishermen to raise tne question as to their being set nets. "Four years ago we succeeded in getting through a law forbidding the taking of the corbina, the yel- lowfin and the croaker except by angling. These species of fish are, in consequence, much more num- erous, larger and finer in every respect. "At the last meeting of the Legislature we suc- ceeded in getting through a measure prohibiting the use of nets within a distance of three miles of Cata- lina Island, or of the shore line in any waters over which the State has jurisdiction. As the shore line is very irregular, strict adherence is not always pos- sible. But we have made the distance such as to afford a safe margin. "We have also secured the passage of a law by which every rod and reel fisherman must pay $1 or $3 a year for his angling license. This became operative on January 1. The funds thus collected will be used for scientific research, the propagating of scientific and practical knowledge concerning fish, fishing and fisheries, the propagation, protection and preservation of the fish themselves, and the payment of patrol deputies to insure such protection. "As to how far the decrease or disappearance of certain species of fish from our waters is due to the market fishermen, it would be difficult to say, since fish are migratory. For instance, during one season the sardines disappeared from the shores of the Mediterranean, only to reappear as suddenly on the west coast of Brittany. They showed themselves again almost in a night in the Mediterranean the fol- lowing season. Similarly certain valuable market fish disappeared from the North Sea shores, to re- appear on the coast of Norway. "But all spawning grounds should be protected, and for this purpose and others pertaining to fish preservation the Southern California Rod and Reel Club was founded in 1906. We have been doing all in our power — not to interfere with the trade of the fisherman, but to make its continuation possible. The big market men understand, and are in sympathy with us. But unhappily, many of the fishermen are of a class that is unable to see beyond the immediate moment." The market men have the entire channels between all the islands where there are thousands of pelagic fishes. We do not mean to maintain that the fisher- men should not have them; but no nets should be set nearer than half a mile from the islands. To add to the danger of the present situation, the San Francisco fishermen have sent two large boats to Southern California, with nets that will take every living thing in the guise of an edible fish. In Italy everything from the sea — everything pertaining to a fish is eaten. Not a fin. a gill or a tail is wasted, and these skilled alien fishermen are combing the Los Angeles sea as with a fine-tooth comb. Without sufficient legal restriction they will — it is claimed by those who have studied the subjecT — turn the prolific bottom of our channels and bays into deserts. The bay of Avalon is the breeding-ground of hun- dreds of fishes and animals that naturalists know little about, and students are going to Europe to study when they would find a most attractive field of investigation here. The lees of Santa Catalina or San Clemente are ideal places for zoological study. The Tuna Club and allied organizations are trying to have San Clemente set aside as a fish and game preserve, so that it will receive adequate protection. There can be no logical argument against such a Saturday, January 3, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN suggestion. It is in line with the efforts of every civilized nation on the earth. Reasonable restric- tions will protect legitimate market fishing as well as sport — although it seems rather difficult to induce a realization in our people that there is an economic value to the sport of fishing. Legitimate sport — hunt- ing and fishing, with all of their appurtenances and attendant expenses — means $5,00(1,000 cash to Cali- fornia every year, according to the records and cal- culations of sporting authorities in this region. If this be true, or only half true, sport is an asset to California. It is reported that the Audubon Society, with its large membership, the Tuna Club, with 400 or 500 members, east and west, the Southern California Rod and Reel Club, and many more of the various conservation clubs and societies all over this State and others, are about to begin a concerted and active campaign to save the valuable resources of the State, and it is hoped that they will have the hearty co-operation of all citizens. DUCK PRESERVES FOR EVERYBODY. Since my recent outing at the Gridley Duck club I have given the matter of "fish and game preserves" much serious thought, knowing that in the very near future practically all the swamp and overflow lands of Northern California will be "reclaimed" and made subject to cultivation, by virtue of the "reclamation act" enacted into law at the last session of the legis- lature, writes B. F. Fly in the Sacramento Union. The more I study the question the more my eyes are opened — the more thoroughly am I convinced that the fish and game of the State is one of the State's principal assets, worth, in round numbers, upwards of $200,000,000 to the people of California. I realize that this is an exceedingly broad state- ment, that the figures are stupendous, acd if made by one who had not given the matter serious thought the reader would be justified in thinking it merely a "pipe dream." But here is the way I arrive at my figures: There are 1GO.00O persons in California who have taken out a license to hunt, which means practically one in every seventeen citizens of the State. Now rig yourself up to go duck shooting and see what it will cost; then acid to that your expenses while you are away from home, and then see what you have spent. I know I am not far in error when I say that every huntsman in the State will find that he is out of pocket at least $50 for a week's sport. Fifty times IGO.000 will make $S,000,000, which would be four per cent, on §1C0,000,000, to say nothing- of the wealthy gun club men who frequently spend as much as four or five thousand dollars per year in pursuit of game and fish, which makes my total run up to the original figures of $200,000,000, for if ten per cent, of that amount is spent each year it plainly shows that the principal is worth ten times as much. Under the recently enacted "reclamation act" the vast majority of the acres upon which ducks now f'jed and fatten will be converted into orchards and farms, thereby forcing the migratory birds to seek other pastures. It is this aspect of the case that has set me thinking. After having made a full and fair investigation of the matter I am convinced that the people will in no wise be robbed of the privilege of duck shooting after the "reclamation" act shall have been carried to its utmost conclusion; but on the other hand I am ready to say that it will help rather than hurt. The immense by-pass, through which all overflow waters are to flow, will extend from the neighborhood of Gridley to Collinsville, a distance of about eighty miles. This will be on an average of 2,000 feet wide, which means that the State will at once come into possession of approximately 25,000 acres of water, will be deep enough for even the canvasback to frolic around in, and ample at all seasons of the year for the propagation of every kind of fish known to our inland waters — and free as the air to all who provide themselves with the proper license to take or kill them. There are at the present time nearly 1,500,000 acres of water surface in California. When it is taken into consideration that this includes every river and lake in the State it will at once be seen that only a very small portion of this vast area of water is to be "dried up'' by the reclamation act| As a matter of fact only a very few acres, comparatively, will come under the scope of the immense project now contem- plated to be reclaimed. This will, therefore, leave the lakes and streams almost exactly as they are at present, the dream of the promoters of the "recla- mation act" being to curb the overflows so that lands embraced in the overflow districts can be success- fully cultivated year in and year out. Where these overflows furnish water for the ducks at present the immense by-pass already referred to, and many smaller ones, will furnish equally as much, and it will be water of such a character that it will at all times furnish water for fishing, whereas the overflow lands become so stagnant during the hot summer months that fish taken therefrom are not fit to eat. In computing the water area of California I am mindful of the fact that in addition to the area given we are blessed with nearly, or quite, 1,000 miles of ocean frontage, wrbere there will always be more or less fine duck shooting, though we all know that mallards, teal, spoon-bills, wridgeons, butter-balls and the like very much prefer fresh to salt water, and when the water is deep it is also well known that even the luscious canvasback prefers the fresh water, which means that after the by-passes are completed we should have equally as many ducks as we now have, for in order to carry off the overflow waters the by-passes must of necessity he at least deep enough to maintain a running stream all the year. Suppose, now for argument sake, that the by-pass was already completed and that it contained a body of water eighty miles long by upward of 2,000 feet wide, under absolute control of the State for fish and game purposes. Wouldn't that be a genuine paradise for the man who thinks he cannot afford to belong to a fish and game club? It would be as free for the citizens of the State as the very air they breathe, the only prerequisite being a license. Now divide this eighty miles of water in the big by-pass into alternate strips of one mile in length, permitting the shooting of ducks in each alternate strip, thereby giving the ducks a chance for their life, a haven of rest as it wrere, where hunting would not be permit- ted under any circumstances, which would naturally mean that there would be ducks in plenty all during the season, simply by the "process of protecting each alternate mile of the waters of the by-pass. But see to it that the fish and game commission proceed to thoroughly stock the by-pass, and all its tributaries, with all the various kinds of fish that it is known will multiply and thrive in water of that character, such as the black and striped bass, crap- pie, channel cats. Mississippi river catfish, which frequently grow to 200 pounds, sun perch, and such other fish as are known to be good table fish, and then so strictly enforce the law that the by-pass shall be forever free from the tise of seins or nets; in other words make this immense body of water the real paradise for any citizen who loves to hunt or fish. All this can and will be done in due time, but now is the time to begin thinking and talking about it. Now is the time for the fish and game commission to begin, or renew, its onslaught on the "market hunters" of San Francisco who have "held up" the law passed by the last legislature limiting the sale of ducks to the month of November. A few more years of slaughter such as this and last year and there will be no need to give the by-pass idea a thought, for there will be so few ducks left that they won't be worth trying to protect. The figures I gave in my Gridley Duck club article can now be doubled, for the "market hunter" certainly has been getting in his best licks since that time, not only killing the limit each day, but carrying "dummies" with him and killing enough to give each of them the '•limit," though they didn't even have a gun in their hands. It is difficult to prove these things in a court of law, but it is nevertheless a fact. Should any of them be detected their employers always come to the rescue and pay the fine, and in each instance when you dig into the facts you will find that the employer is closely allied to tne "hotel and restaurant trust" of San Francisco, and such will continue to be the case as long as the sale of ducks is permitted by those who slaughter them by wholesale for cash. In stating the facts as I do I am in no wise tread- ing on the rights of the masses, as they will readily see when they answer this question: "How many of you have been aole to buy a duck this season?" The question being a hard one, I venture to answer it myself, by making the assertion that not one man in 10,000, who earns his living by the sweat of his brow, has felt able to pay the market price of a wild duck this season, and why? Because such a fancy price is paid for them in San Francisco that all the ducks go there for the especial benefit of the nabobs and hobnobs of that city. I can well remember when buffalo and antelope were as plentiful in Texas as blackbirds now are in California. In those days the only stable industry in San Antonio was buffalo and antelope hides. The animals were killed by the tens of thousands each year, the skin taken off for the market and the car- cass left on the prairies for buzzards and wolves to fatten on. Naturally there was no law protecting them. That's wrhy they are practically extinct in that great state today. The stable door was locked after the horse had been stolen. The same story will be written in California about the ducks unless some method is adopted whereby the ducks can have bet- ter protection than they now have. The man who kills them for the market is looking only at his pocketbook. "The public be ," is his motto. Tf he could he would kill them all in one day at so much per. The present limit of 25 ducks per day has but little terror for him, because of his handy use of the "dummy." If he must be permitted to kill ducks for the market, however, why not take away his license after he has killed so many ducks during the season, say 100? That would give the other fel- low a much better chance than he has at the present time with the 25 per day limit. For it is a well known fact that half a dozen novices can accompany one "market hunter" to a duck pond and the latter will get more than all the balance combined. He knows how to lure the ducks; as a matter or fact the novice only acts as a blind for the professional; he helps rather than hurts. With the reclamation project in full operation and proper restrictions placed on the kiting of game and catching fish therefrom I repeat that it will prove to be the greatest boon to the real sportsman that has ever been dreamed of in the State. The masses, however, must be educated up to the idea of having the fish and game protected for their benefit, rather than for the benefit of the traveling millionaires who frequent San Francisco, and because of their unlimited wealth are willing to pay such prices for our clucks that it makes it imposscole for the poor man to even get near enough to see the color of its feathers. When the by-passes are completed we will have a much better chance to shoot ducks than we now have, for it will make a duck preserve, belonging to all the people; but let's keep the "market hunter" so far away from it that he will never know what it looks like. NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION NOTES. The indoor shooting season has opened with a rush and roar which presages an exceedingly busy season for the association. Four competitions, divid- ed into ten classes, will soon be under way. The interclub matches will include twenty-eight clubs from the District of Columbia to California and from Maine to Louisiana. Several clubs have already sent in their scores for the first match which is scheduled for this week. In the intercollegiate matches, thirty- four colleges and universities, divided into three classes, will keep things humming for the college boys. The public high school league will be repre- sented by thirty schools. In the military school championship eighteen of the most prominent schools and academies in the Ignited States will compete. Taking all this into consideration, it will be seen that the mail, express and telegraph companies will be doing a flourishing business in the office of the N. R. A. for the next two months. The amount of work entailed by these competitions is a feature that is not considered by the laymen but some idea of the magnitude of same can be ar- rived at when it is taken into consideration that 27,500 targets were numbered and stamped and 2,200 targets will have to be gone over each week to de- termine the official score, in addition to which four stories are going to the press associations each week. The interclub report will be published in the Sunday papers, the intercollegiate report in Monday's papers and the high and military school reports in Tuesday's papers. Everything points to a great gathering of those interested in rifle shooting and the National Guard, here in Washington during the second week in Jan- uary. A meeting of the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association is to be held at the new Willard Hotel on the evening of Wednesday, January 14. The following day the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice will assemble. That evening a convention of the Adjutants-General of the United States will be held at the Willard Hotel and the following day, the National Militia Board will hold its session. The ancient and honorable bill for the promotion of rifle practice which has been before every Con- gress for the last ten years will not be reintroduced at this session. A paragraph has been inserted in the army appropriation bill authorizing the Chief of Ordnance to issue arms and ammunition to rifle clubs free. This has been one of the principal fea- tures of the N. R. A. rifle practice bill. It was found that there was very little chance to get any appro- priation from the present Congress and that it was better to take a half loaf if a whole was not available. The issue of arms and ammunition will do a great deal to stimulate the organization of Jiew clubs. It is thought however that a great many clubs will prefer to purchase the new Krag rifle for $5.00 each rather than go through the necessary red tape which includes the giving of a bond for the loan of such rifles. The issue of the ammunition is a feature which would be of material benefit. No doubt proper regulations will be drawn up to insure to the Gov- ernment the proper use of this ammunition which will include a report of its expenditure in regulation range practice. There are still in the hands of the N. R. A. two prize checks of the late international matches at Camp Pern,- which have not yet been distributed owing to the fact that the addresses of the compet- itors are not on record. These checks are for non- military shooters who competed in the Grand Inter- national Match with the free rifle. They are C. Ur- ban, and A. Harring. If anyone knows who these men are and will send in their addresses, the checks will be forwarded at once to them. Announcement has just been made of the appoint- ment by the Secretary of War of Captain Henry C. Smither. General Staff, as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association, vice Col- onel Joseph Garrard. Arrangements have been completed between the N. R. A. and the Boy Scouts of America whereby the association may co-operate with the Boy Scouts throughout the country in the training in marksman- ship of boy scouts. All scouts who qualify as junior marksmen will receive a marksman's merit badge from that organization. The work is to be carried on under the auspices of the National Rifle Associa- tion and all targets are to be forwarded to the office in Washington to have the score determined. The N. R. A. will also lay down an examination in marks- manship for the Boy Scouts. In the larger cities, the N. R. A. will appoint examiners in marksmanship who will co-operate with the local Court of Honor in carrying on the work. o Trapper Has Good Luck. — That trapping is a lost art is a rather general opinion, but this week a trap- per from the northern part of the county, J. W. Cole, came to the county clerk's office in Klamath Falls, Ore., with fifteen coyote skins, five otter and one raccoon. This catch, made within six weeks, is val- ued, including the bounty, at $125. George W. Ellery and friends have enjoyed good duck and geese shooting recently about two miles above Rio Vista. lb THE BREEDER ANL SPORTSMAN [Saturday, January 3, 1914. RIFLE SHOOTING IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Rifle shooting as a sport in the public high schools throughout the country is rapidly on the increase. It has been greatly stimulated by a national trophy presented by the "War Department which represents the inter-high school shooting championship of the United States. The annual competition for this trophy will begin immediately after the Christmas holidays under the auspices of the National Rifle Association of America. Thirty high schools covering a territory extending from Portland, Maine to Tucson, Arizona and west to the Pacific Coast, have entered this competition. These thirty schools have been divided into three classes with ten teams in each class. Class "A" which is composed of teams that have made the best showing in previous annual competitions, consists of the following schools: Salt Lake City, Utah, High School; Deering High School, Portland, Me.: Morris High School, N. Y. City; Technical High School, Springfield, Mass.; Portland, Me., High School; McKinley Manual Training School, Wash- ington, D. C. : Baltimore, Md. Polytechnic Institute; DeWitt Clinton High School, N. Y. City; Stuyvesant High School, N. Y. City; Iowa City, Iowa, High School. In Class "B" are Eastern High School, D. C; Business High School, D. C. ; Western High School, D. C; Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Manual Training High School, Brooklyn; Commercial High School, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Tucson, Ariz. High School; High School of Commerce, N. Y. City; Stone- ham, Mass., High School, and Jamaica, N. Y., High School. The following schools compose Class "C": Manual Training School, St. Louis, Mo.; Utica, N. Y., Free Academy; Broken Bow, Nebraska, High School; Cedar Rapids, Iowa, High School; Crane Technical High School, Chicago, 111.; Central High School, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Houston, Texas, High School; Placer County High School, Auburn, California; Brookline, Mass., High School; and Warren, Pa., High School. Each one of these school teams will consist of ten boys, each firing ten shots standing and ten shots prone at fifty feet using 22-calibre rifles. All the matches are to be shot under the direct supervision of judges appointed by the National Rifle Associa- tion. The winning team in each class will receive medals from the War Department. The hold which this clean and manly sport has taken upon the school authorities in different cities is shown by the fact that many of the new schools under construction are being provided with gallery ranges and in some cities, as for instance the Dis- trict of Columbia, all of the public schools are pro- vided with gallery ranges and in two of these schools, the sport has been taken up by the girls as well as the boys. In addition to the training of the nerve and eye, this instruction has a tendency to eliminate accidents with firearms through instruction of their proper use as well as abuse. GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN. Fair weather following the rains of the week would make favorable conditions for the upland shooter and the salt water angler. As for the duck-shooting contingent of sportsmen, it looks as if the rains have pretty well scattered the marsh varieties of the web- feet, that is of course from most of the hunting resorts patronized by the bay counties sportsmen. The birds do not tarry here long when the downpour is as strenuous as it was during the past week. The recent rainstorm was general from Eureka and the Sacramento valley south along the coast and down to Tehachapi. Just what the prospects are for duck hunting at the different San Joaquin valley points is a bit of a puzzle. Following a storm like that which prevailed this week, the ducks and geese desert the San Joaquin valley sections for the more comfortable feeding grounds of the Imperial valley country. Incidentally enough birds take wing over to the Southern California shooting grounds and give the powder burners of Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties an inning. The deep-water ducks — canvasbacks, hluebills, goldeneyes, buffle heads and the balance of the im- mense flocks of aquatic birds that have been in evidence in our bays and at the coast indentations for the past few weeks — are made of sterner ma- terial and will not go south. When the surface of the bays and open water refuges are ruffled by a blow these birds work into sheltered spots on the lee shores round the bay and in the creeks and sloughs of the salt marshes. It is safe to suggest that good canvasback and blue- bill shooting can be had tomorrow along the western Marin shares from the Greenbrae marshes clear up to Vallejo. Such being the case, there should be quite a number of "cans" bagged on the Suisun marsh, Joyce and Grizzly Islands. The south- ern bay shore marshes, from Redwood City up to Hunter's point, can also be counted on for better shooting than last Sunday. A sou'easter will help shooting conditions all along the east bay shores and islands. * * * Although the duck season is about over, so far as the supply is concerned, many Stockton hunters will invade the island districts Sunday in search of the birds. As the ducks are both scarce and wild, having been hunted incessantly, it is not likely that many good bags will be secured. It is reported that there ave many quail in the foothills east of Stockton, md many hunters will go there. A recent report from Fresno states that ducks and geese are plentiful on the west side, and hunters are getting limit bags. The toothsome birds are said to be thick in the swamps and preserves, and the rains of the past few days have brought many birds down from the bay regions. Hunters coming in from Los Banos and Dos Palos report large flocks, and there will be no change in conditions by Sunday. * * * The unfortunate fact that half a dozen duck hunt- ers have been drowned since the beginning of the present season prompts the writer to criticize and condemn the general custom of venturing on the bays and in the broad creeks and sloughs in skiffs and hunting boat cockleshells entirely unsuited for the work. Some of the boats used round the bay shores are hardly better than coffins, many of them home- made affairs, cranky, shallow and unmanageable in a blow or strong tide. Another element of extreme danger for the hunter out in a flat-bottomed cranky skiff is to stand up and shoot at passing birds. More than one hunter has fallen overboard, after losing his balance from the recoil of the gun. When a man falls overboard en- cumbered with heavy gum boots and thick hunting clothes it is bad enough, but when he is loaded down with several boxes of shells the mishap takes on a serious phase. One missing hunter was recently found, near where he was supposed to have fallen overboard in Limantour bay; his pockets were weighted down with ISO shells. There is no reason whatever for any man to encumber himself with so much ammunition. A handy shell-bag or box is best, it is not necessary to have over a dozen shells in one's pockets. * * * The scatter-gunner who travels afield in all weath- ers naturally wears a type of boot suited to his requirements. Besides being comfortable and easy to the feet, such boots should turn water as much as possible. Leather, whether oil-tanned or not, without the asistance of rubber, will not prove abso- lutely waterproof. Rubber, however, retains per- spiration and body heat, and for this reason is not to be recommended for any form of hard exercise afield. Get your boots made of really good leather to begin with, and they will then turn sufficient wet to allow walking without discomfort. There are many styles of shooting or outing boots, most of them excellent, but for the sportsman who requires an absolutely waterproof shooting boot, a pair inter- lined with thin rubber is suggested. To keep boots soft and pliable as well as fairly waterproof, some "dubbin" or oil must be regularly applied to them. Various leather waterproofing oils are on the market, but some sportsmen prefer to make their own "dope," and here is given two old- time and tried recipes that have been found useful and effective; 1 — Tallow, % pound; hog's lard, 3 ounces: turpen- tine, 4 ounces; beeswax, 2 ounces; olive oil, 2 ounces. Melt over the fire and stir frequently. Apply warm and rub in well. 2 — Linseed oil, 1 pint; oil of turpentine, % pint; yellow wax, % pound; Burgundy pitch, % pound. Melt slowly over the fire and when required for use, warm and rub thoroughly into the leather while near the fire or exposed to the sun. When boots are wet, oil or grease them thor- oughly, for the pores of the leather are then open. If you put on a waterproofing mixture when dry, the oil does not penetrate so far. Always dry boots slowly. * * * The Fish and Game Commissioners estimate that a total revenue of $150,000 will be received for the sale of anglers' fishing licenses for 1914. The ang- lers' license will be required only for persons over 18 years of age who fish for designated game fishes and for pleasure or sport. The price of the angler's license is $1 to citizens resident of this State, $3 to citizens resident of other States, and $3 for aliens. Market or commercial fishermen must procure licens- es that cost $10 a year for each man, whether native or alien, resident or non-resident. The license, so far as the angler is concerned, is practically a voluntary measure promoted by the angling fraternity at large of this State, who are willing to contribute a dollar apiece for a fund to be used in the propagation and protection of fish in the lakes and streams of this State. This State will now have a better service and equipment for that purpose than any State in the Union, and all this without the expense of one dollar by State appropria- tion. The report that wharf and shore fishermen who fish for rockcod, smelt, capazoni, sea trout, etc., must have a license to fish is erroneous. A synopsis of the fishing law is printed upon the back of each fishing license issued. The list of fishes requiring a license to catch for sport or market, the open seasons and other conditions, are plainly stated. It is unlawful to carry or ship fish from one dis- trict to another when the season is not open in both districts, or to take fish in any way within fifty feet of a fishery or to fish through the ice for any fish. Steelhead trout can only be taken with hook and line; spearing or snagging these trout is illegal. The saltwater game fishes for which a license to catch is required are the following, principally vari- eties caught in Southern California waters: Huna, yellowtail, barracuda, bonita, rock bass, California whiting (also known as corbina and surf fish) and yellow-fin croaker. Fishing licenses can be procured in any of the sporting goods stores of this city, Oakland, Sacra- mento or San Jose. The steelhead season closes on January 1. The only fishing for which an angler's license is required between January 1 and April 1 is for taking salmon, striped bass and the saltwater fishes above enumerated. Judging from the good results at San Antone last Sunday, there will be a full gathering of striped-bass fishermen at that resort tomorrow. Wingo will also be worth a visit, with the added inducement that there may be a fine crop of mushrooms ready for the picking in the adjoining pasture lands. Steelhead anglers are advised to put away their rods for this season — until April 1st next year. Rockcod fishing has been most excellent off Stew- art's Point, Angel island. * * * Tons of lake trout, weighing five to twenty pounds each, are battering themselves against a stone dam erected across the lower Truckee river within the Pyramid lake Indian reservation. All the trout are prevented from reaching the spawning beds and hundreds are being killed in the effort to get over the dam. Superintendent Oliver of the Indian reser- vation takes the ground that the lake and lower river constitute a private preserve or hatchery. Brush and dirt dams, formerly thrown across the stream by the Indians, were washed away. The stone dam is six feet high and eight feet wide. o PACIFIC COAST TRIALS. The annual field trials of the Pacific Coast Field Trials Club will take place next month near Bakers- field, beginning Monday, January 20. Reports from the trial grounds state that birds are plentiful and cover conditions are good. The Derby Stake will have about twenty-five entries of high-class setters and pointers. There will also be three other events — the all-age, members' and champion stakes. There will be valuable cups for the winning dogs in each event. The club proposes to hold an open-to-the-world trials next year on the Bakersfield grounds, when cups and purses to the value of about $3,500 will be competed for. Jack Flynn, who has upon several occasions served as judge at the field trials of the Pacific Coast Field Trials Club, and his son left Wednesday for a week's shoot in the hills back of Lodi. To help them enjoy their outing they have taken with them Charles L. Thompson's setter El Rayo (Merry Duke-Blue Belle). William Dormer and Enos Valencia left this week for O'Neal's, in Madera county, where they will pre- pare a string of about fifteen shooting and field trial dogs. Mr. Dormer has a couple of very likely looking dogs for this year's trials. His setter bitch Dixie is a very snappy and stylish going animal. She will be prepared for the members' stake. Independence is a setter of good speed, plenty of dash and remark- able stamina. He is by that grand old field trial winner Mariposa and his dam is Norine, a bitch re- markable for her gameness. Roy Avery, once prominent in coursing circles and still owning some good "gazehounds," has four young Stockdale Derby prospects in charge down Taft way. If there is any virtue in care and attention on the part of an enthusiastic owner who knows how to do the trick, these pointers should be in the money. J. Walter Scott's good setter Western Boy is in Avery's hands, getting the finishing touches for the members' stake, a labor of love. UNDER THE SKY IN CALIFORNIA. If so much as one drop of the primitive remains in your blood, Mr. Charles Francis Saunders's charming account of camping out on the Pacific Coast will be likely to increase it until it courses in full tide through your veins and fills you with the longing to go and do likewise. The tourist who has seen Cali- fornia from car windows and rushed through the show places or spent a winter in a fashionable hotel, as he scans its pages will begin to think he ought to go again and really learn something about the coun- try. Mr. Saunders has had varied experience in finding out how easily and comfortably one can saunter about and live in regions remote from the tourist routes, and he tells all about where he and his wife went by carriage or by burro or by foot, what they took with them, how they lived, and what they did. Part of their journeying and camping was in and about the Yosemite valley and in the high Sierras, part of it in the mountains of Southern Cal- ifornia, and part of it was along the coast, in and out of the foothills and the back-country ranches, and even into the desert. "Under the Sky In California" is an entertaining chronicle of days full of varied interests and happen- ings. The author writes particularly well, with a mind alert for whatever interesting matter may come within eye range, from the wonderful flora of the desert — his account of which will delight botanists — to Indian legends and the nutritive value of the acorn. There is a chapter of advice on camp cook- ery, as he and his wife modified the usual brand to make it more palatable, and another recounts the privileges and pleasures of life in a bungalow in Southern California, while still another gives point- ers and explanations upon the characteristics of the coast's varied assortment of climates. Many excel- lent photographic reproductions, mainly of land- scapes, illustrate the book. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, January 3, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 END OF THE SEASON THOUGHTS. A FEW PLAIN FACTS. WANDERINGS OF THE FIRST DERBY WINNER. Conditions surrounding harness racing and the results of the race meetings held during the year just drawing to a close amply prove that the racing feature of the light harness horse industry has failed lamentahly to keep up with the progress which has marked the breeding branch of the business. Horses representing five or six or more generations of trot- ting sires and dams were racing this year under practically the same rules that governed the races of the trotters of forty years ago, the most of which had but a single generation of trotting blood in their veins, many of them having that much only on one side of their ancestry. It would seem as though the managers of the big harness racing meetings would see the desirability of progressing in the same ratio that marks the progress of the breeders, but until the recent meeting of the Board of Review of the National Trotting As- sociation no real move towards this end has been made and it cannot be said that this movement was the result of any pronounced demand for it on the part of the track managers. Not at any time during the 50 years in which har- ness racing has been one of the features of American sporting life have the men who breed horses and the men who race horses been allowed to take any noticeably active part in defining the methods by and the conditions under which their horses must race. Many of the men who have performed these duties never bred a trotter, while others have never owned or raced one. The absurdity of investing thousands of dollars in a breeding stud or in a racing stable and then being forced to race under rules and by methods evolved and administered almost solely by men whose only interest in racing is measured by the gate receipts and the betting privileges they can secure, is too apparent to need comment. No open-minded man will contend that racing should not be conducted on lines that will permit associations to realize a fair profit. What may be reasonably objected to, however, is the too evident disregard of the right of breeders, owners and train- ers to take any part in the formulation of the rules under which their horses must race, and then to go out and race for money which they contribute the major portion of. The average methods employed by racing associations have not taken into account the future welfare of either the breeding or racing inter- ests. The principal thought has been to make the purses offered pay for themselves and from the gate and speculative privileges derive as large a profit as possible, giving no heed to the upbuilding of either the breeding or racing interests in a way_ to make them parts of a permanent institution; one that will afford an incentive to men not now engaged in breed- ing trotters to engage in that pursuit, something which every thinking person knows is a consumma- tion greatly to be desired. While the progress made in breeding the trotter has been marked during the last two decades, it must be admitted that new recruits to the breeding ranks have been far fewer in number than ought to be the case. Many of the breeders who played a prominent part in bringing about the marvelous advance which has marked the trotter have passed away, and it must be admitted that a sufficient number of new breeders have not come forward to take their places. If the methods of racing and the rules governing it had been kept in step with the trend of public opin- ion so that the places where once it was easier to draw thousands to see the harness horse race than it is now to draw hundreds were now able, instead, to draw increased thousands, the future of harness horse breeding and its allied racing interests would be on a foundation so secure that there would be no need for worry on the part of those who are now so anxiously hoping that something may be done to enlist public support for a really great sport in a degree that will give it its proper place in American out-of-door recreations and guarantee to the breeder a healthy and continuous demand for the product of his mares. CHAS. JAMES TO LEAVE CALIFORNIA. On the steamship "Moano" which leaves for New Zealand next Wednesday, Charles James, the well known horseman, will be one of its passengers. He is taking charge of the stallion El Carbine 2:27%. the mare Berthabell, her filly by Bingen 2:00%, and a two-year-old by Peter the Great 2:07%. This is the most valuable consignment of trotters ever shipped to New Zealand. Mr. James came from that island in 1884 and was employed at Palo Alto with Mr. Marvin for four years; John A. Goldsmith, three years; Monroe Salisbury, as second trainer for two years, when this "King maker" had Flying Jib 2:04. Direct 2:05y2, Alix 2:03%, Azote 2:04%, Directum 2:05%, etc. Then he engaged with Millard Sanders and was with him for several years; then with W. J. Miller of Pittsburgh. Sanders again sent for him when he went to Memphis and was training Lou Dillon 1:58%, Tom Axworthy 2:07, Jack Axworthy. etc. James returned to Pittsburgh and was with Geo. Baum for several years, but the winters proving too severe he resigned and came to California, where he drove the following to their records: Prof. Heald 2:09%, Charley T. 2:09%, Bodaker 2:13, Reina Di- rectum 2:12%, Cresto 2:12%, Merrylina 2:12, The Fleet 2:12. Jib 2:15% (trial 2:09). and several others. He is a kind, careful, sober and capable horseman and will undoubtedly "make good" in his native land. He leaves scores of friends who wish him unbounded success. Frank S. Cooke, who writes the entertaining col- umn of harness horse news which marks the Detroit Free Press, agrees with the opinion recently ad- vanced by several well-wishers of this branch of sport, that changed conditions call for changed meth- ods. He says: "More than anything else, harness racing has been in need of something that would make the sport attractive to a greater number of people. For years the writer has been repeating this. Slowly the fact has been sinking into the men who make the rules and otherwise govern racing, and it is a pleasure to announce that efforts in, this direc- tion now are under way. The system under which trotters and pacers race is all right with the men who have the sport in their, blood. But they are not numerous enough. They are of middle age or on the other side of the half-century mark and their ranks are shrinking. Harness racing has not appealed to the younger set in the last decade as it did in times agone. Sons of men who patronized trotting either have leaned to the thoroughbred or the show horse, if they have had any inclination toward the horse. Their argument has been that harness racing is too slow, too complex; they hadn't the patience to sit through the afternoon. By making the sport more snappy and providing a greater number of contests, the turf authorities and associations doubtless can enlist the support of this younger set which will go in for anything which has a dash connected with it. So any efforts to bring about increased attractiveness are laudable, although some of them must fail, as did some very well-meant steps taken two years ago. In almost every branch of sport there has been an evolution. Baseball of today is much different from that of the time when Detroit boasted of its "big four." Boxing has changed from the unsavory af- fairs with the bare 'uns to snappy contests with padded gloves. Tnoroughbred racing has become a matter of short distance affairs in wrhich speed and dash are factors instead of the races in which en- durance told the tale. Meanwhile there has been but a slight change in harness racing. Back in the old days the three-in-five-heat system, with the survival of the fittest, was the vogue. Now it is three-in-five- mile heats, most of the racing ending with the fifth heat if not sooner, or for the fast classes the two-in- three-heat style prevails. The two-in-three style is about the only change of permanence." Why does it take so long for these facts to become apparent to the men who might make racing what is demand- ed, if they would? COMING CONVENTIONS. Our readers will please take notice that early in January two important conventions will take place in San Francisco, and that in order that the greatest good to the greatest number may be done thereby, it is very earnestly requested that they be largely attended so as to give a representative meeting of the livestock industries of the State. The California Wool Growers' Association will hold its sixth annual meeting at the Palace Hotel in this city on Friday. January 9, 1914, at 10 a. m. Very important matters are to be discussed, and the report of the delegate to the National Wool Growers' Asso- ciation will be received and officers elected. On Saturday, January 10th, the California Live- stock Breeders' Association will hold its annual con- vention, also at the Palace Hotel. It will commence at 11 a. m. with a business meeting and election of officers; the afternoon will be devoted to papers read by leading livestock men, and in the evening a banquet will be held and a number of addresses de- livered. It will be seen that these two important conven- tions fall on following days, the ninth and tenth of January, thus giving livestock men a fine chance to attend both. On the following Sunday, January 11th, there will be a personally conducted visit to the exposition grounds, to which all are invited. It would, therefore, appear that a better opportunity could not be found for a short visit to San Francisco, there to take part in important discussions, enjoy a banquet, and take an enjoyable trip to the palaces rising on the bay shore, with their wonderful archi- tectural beauty and commanding size. REGISTER YOUR HORSES NOW. We doubt if there are more than a few breeders who are unaware of the proposed withdrawal, by the Register Association, of all rules (excepting Rule I), governing admission to the standard list, yet we feel that it is timely to warn those who may have overlooked the fact. It is now but a short time be- fore the governing body meets, and from present appearances, the proposed change will become a re- ality at the February session. There has been much discussion regarding the advisability of the proposed change, and it may be added, in passing, that a great many breeders and turf writers are strongly opposed to the narrowing of entrance conditions which the elimination of these rules would impose. But, without regard to the jus- tice of the change, it behooves all owners of horses ineligible under Rule I, but that may be registered under other existing rules, to attend to their regis- tration at once. To comply with the conditions is not a complicated matter, in case an animal is entitled to registration, and, to be fully protected, owners should attend to such matters at once, that they may not miss the last chance of registering under the existing stand- ard. It was in 179S that Diomed, winner of the first Derby in 1780, left England for America. He had retired to the stud at Up Park, near Chicester, in 1785, and in 17S7 he was moved to Barton, the Suf- folk home of his owner. Sir Charles Bunbury. One of the earliest of his offspring did so well on the turf that his fee was raised from five guineas to ten guineas. Apparently, however, says an English paper, the breeders of those days resented extortion of that sort, because the subscriptions were quickly reduced to five guineas and in 1798 it had dwindled to two guineas. Nowadays we have stallions commencing their careers in the stud at a fee of 300 to 400 guin- eas. Well, Sir Charles Bunbury gave Diomed up as a hopeless proposition, and sold him to an American for fifty guineas. As prices ruled in those days this cannot have seemed a bad deal, for the horse was then twenty-one years old. A few years ago we saw the Derby winner, Sain- foin, sold by auction at Newmarket for 700 guineas, and he was then only nineteen years old, and the sire of Rock Sand, winner of the Two Thousand, Derby and St. Leger. The purchase of Diomed was, in fact, a bold transaction, and one fraught with tremendous consequences. When he reached America he was resold to a Virginian for a thousand guineas, lived until he was thirty-one years of age, and exer- cised an enormous influence on blood stock in the land of his adoption. His son, Sir Archy, begat Timoleon, the sire of Boston and the grandsire of Lexington, about which American horsemen are never tired of talking. We are told that when Diomed died there was almost as much mourning in Virginia as there was over the death of Washington. The event was regarded as a national catastrophe. If in these days you were to offer to a foreigner a Derby winner twenty-one years old he would lift up his noble nose in scorn, and ask you to talk business. Despised though he was in this country, Diomed left his impress on the Stud Book, for his daughter, Young Giantess, produced Eleanor (the first filly to win the Derby), whose son Mulev was the sire of Marnessa, dam of Poca- hontas, the mother of Stockwell. WHEN UNCLE BOB WON THE DERBY. No class of sport has ever been more popular iu any country with the general public than has been the different kinds of horse racing. Aside from the millions of dollars it brings into the country from the sale of good horses, enhancing the value of farm land by the equipment of up-to-date stock farms, and giving employment to a multitude of working people all over the country, as a sport and recreation it holds first place in the hearts of the people. The person who has not thrilled with excitement at wit- nessing a bunch of thoroughbred horses battle for supremacy down the homestretch, as head and head, stride for stride, they come on, valiantly contesting every inch of the ground, has missed some of the real joys of life, and, while watching would not become enthused, has something missing in his make-up and shows a lack of capacity to enjoy one of the most pleasant, sweet and joyous things of this world that makes life worth living. No one who has attended a popular race course on a big day can ever forget, and doesn't want to forget, the occasion, treasuring it up in the memory as a delightful, happy experi- ence to be told and retold to the children and grand- children of the day when some famous horse won the Derby. The employees that care for and work with the horses are just as loyal and sentimental about the horses under their charge. The day that Uncle Bob won the American Derby of 1890, at Wash- ington Park, Chicago, the news was immediately telegraphed to Nashville, Tenn., to the beautiful Belle Meade stock farm, where the colt was bred and raised, owned at that time by General Jackson. Uncle Bob. General Jackson's old colored head stud groom, for whom the horse was named, soon learned that his namesake had won the big race at Chicago. He at once took the great dinner bell rung in the negro quarters, sent out messengers and soon had all of the negroes assembled on the plantation. Then Uncle Bob made them a speech. He told them that one of his "chillun" had gone up to that big city, Chicago, and won the great Derby; beat the New York Wall street men's horses, beat the Chicago Board of Trade men's horses, beat the horses of all the rich northern white folks. Then they had a jolli- fication, the like of which they had not seen since "befo' de war." It was the same sporting spirit that prompted a prominent Kentucky breeder to have posted up at the entrance to his stock farm, the fol- lowing: "No book agents, sewing machine agents, peddlers or solicitors, allowed on this farm. Nothing required or wanted hut a good race horse." It has been the custom among some professional men to sneer and speak slightingly of a judge at the race track, and imagined that it required no special ability to satisfactorily fill such a position. They forget or are unaware that thousands of dollars per day depend upon the decisions of any judge upon a first-class race track, and there is scarcely ever a murmur as to the justness or fairness of a decision. Take them all in all, they will compare favorably as to ability, independent integrity, watchfulness and absolute fairness of decision with the judges on the bench in any minor court in the land, and the money value that follows such decisions far exceeds that that follows such decisions of most of the civil judg- es.— C. E. Brossman in Cincinauti Enquirer. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, January 3, 1914. WHY NOT ADVERTISE EARLY? It is surprising indeed when one visits among horsemen and breeders to find the number of brood- mare owners that have already selected the stallion to which they will mate their mares in the spring. This is becoming more noticeable each fall and win- ter. A great many broodmare owners who annually attend the races at prominent trotting courses are impressed with the performance of a certain trotter or pacer, and, perchance, if the owner of this partic- ular horse's sire is on the grounds it is almost an assured fact that he can secure a booking to his stallion. But the chances are that this stallion own- er is not in attendance and consequently he fails to secure this mare to his stallion's court. The owner of the mare is ready to sign his name if it were necessary to assure Mr. Stallion Owner that he will send his' mare to his stallion, but probably because of other business he does rot find time to communi- cate with Mr. Owner, who lives in another part of the country. The broodmare owner does not know what the terms, conditions, etc., of the stallion are, but no doubt if he did he would not hesitate one minute to book his mare. But he does not know and finally lets the thought slip from his mind. Over in another part of the country is a stallion owner who is a live wire. He is judiciously advertising his stallion by means of the turf papers and not in one instance does he let a prospective booking to his stallion get out of his reach. When he finds that a broodmare owner is ready he is right on the job to book his mare, at the same time presenting every detail to the broodmare owner. His stallion is bred similarly possibly, to the sire of that particular trotter or pacer with which the broodmare owner was favor- ably impressed, and he readily sees that he has a chance to induce the broodmare owner to book his mare. He has neat stationery and writes the brood- mare owner a clever letter, at the same time en- closing a well-arranged stallion folder. He receives an answer in due time," to which he promptly replies, and the result is he secures a booking to his stallion. This is about three months before the majority of the stallion owners entertain the idea that they can book mares. The writer has in mind a stallion owner who se- cured 112 mares to his stallion's court the past season, and the fee was $50, too. The same condi- tion exists with breeders who fail in the production of the American trotter. This more specifically applies to the man who is unable to dispose of the surplus produce of his farm at the right time. The successful business man appropriates a certain amount to be used in the selling department yearly. Breeders of trotters who have made a success have given much thought to this subject — how to reach the buyers at the last expense — which calls for a lot of thought. There are many men in the market look- ing for youngsters, futurity prospects, prospective stake winners, etc. Many are forced to make inqui- ries because not enough breeders place their adver- tisements in a publication which goes into the hands of men interested in this variety of live stock. An instance happened in Indiana a few years ago, when an importing firm interested in draft stock launched into business. They did not believe in ad- vertising and tried a new plan. This firm had a capital of more than $1,000,000 with which to carry on the business. Competent salesmen were employed and the very best of stock was purchased. It was heralded far and wide that the firm possessed pros- pects of a bright career. A lot of posters were printed in colors and sent broadcast into all parts of the country to solicit buyers, it was the intention of the firm to save the advertising expense. It was not going to advertise in publications devoted to its interests, and spent only a small amount of money for such purpose. After a period of two or three years the firm found that it possessed a lot of worth- less notes. Its salesmen had made misstatements and had secured buyers at a great expense that other firms did not attract, and consequently this firm went out of business. And it has never since been heard of, except through the courts. The intelligent buyers, when in the market, can be depended upon to answer the advertisements in a strictly reliable pub- lication. Only a few days ago a breeder of trotters stated that the business was not profitable. He had over forty high-class broodmares on his farm. He had not been able to dispose of their produce at a satisfac- tory price. He leased them to trainers and disposed of them by other means which did not make the business remunerative to him. Consequently he did not receive much benefit from his high-class mares which he was mating with good sires. No one ever saw his advertisement in a paper devoted to his interests, and undoubtedly half of the men in the market for his stock did not know he was in the breeding industry. Had he advertised at the proper time he could have disposed of his youngsters before they depreciated in value. The cheapest and best advertising for a breeder is to find a publication which reaches the particular class of people who buy and use the kind of stock that you are advertising, and continually keep before them the stallion you own or the kind of stock that you are selling. Through this method you will re- ceive more bookings to your stallion and your stock will be sold at the proper time. A good advertise- ment in this paper will get results for those who ex ject to offer a stallion for public service or expect to sell their stock at a fair market value. Those vwo have never advertised can easily be convinced that it is profitable. Men who are devoting their attention to the trotting industry, using their time and spending their money, can reach practically all horsemen interested in the industry for less money than they can make a single trip away from home. — Western Horseman. o WILL PETER THE GREAT ESTABLISH A FAMILY? There is much meat in Dr. McCoy's letter in the Christmas number of the "Horseman" on "Family Building." Dr. McCoy is one of the deepest and most practical thinkers writing on the trotting horse. What he says has more than an ordinary interest to all horsemen. His statement, in substance, that no really great family of trotters has been established except by crossing the Hambletonian with the Clay blood will not be disputed by any informed person. Much as personal interest might tend to bias the judgment of anyone, I think Peter the Great is no exception to the rule, writes Reese Blizzard in last week's "Horseman." But is it necessary that he be an exception to Dr. McCoy's rule in order for him to establish a great family? He is bountifully supplied with Hambletonian blood, not only in direct line from the "Hero of Chester," but his sire, Pilot Medi- um, through his dam traces to the real fountain head, Imported Messenger and Imported Bellfounder. His grandsire, Happy Medium, was possibly more in- tensely inbred to this foundation stock than any other son of Hambletonian 10. What, then, is neces- sary in order to comply with Dr. McCoy's formula for the breeding of a great sire, more than to cross Peter the Great on horses having a good infusion of Clay blood. In my humble opinion, this much, and only this much, will be necessary. Artillery was a failure until bred to a Clay dam, and produced Bellini 2:13%. The breeding of Director to a mare having a double Wilkes infusion produced the phenomenal sire Direc- tor General. Peter the Great, even in the first gen- eration, has done but little except when bred to Wilkes and Electioneer mares. Sadie Mack, Peter Volo, Lady Wanetka, and practically all of the great trotters by him are instances of what he can do when crossed on dams of this breeding (having the Clay infusion). What he has done in the second generation is a duplicate of what he has done in the first. Peter O'Donna, his son, out of a Wilkes dam, bred to another Wilkes dam, produced Don Chenault 2:05%. Gray Petrus, from a Wilkes dam, bred to another Wilkes dam, second dam an Electioneer, produced Peter Johnson 2:08%. Sir Marque, from both first and second Wilkes dams, bred to another Wilkes dam, produced Atlanta Peter, authentic trial 2:09%. Sure Mike 2:14%, and a 2:10 trotter as a three-year-old, another grandson of Peter the Great through a son, has a Wilkes bred dam both in first and second generations. Merely as a test of what Peter the Great's sons did in 1913, did any other sire have four sons, each to sire a three-year-old 2:10 trotter? This leaves age and opportunity out of consideration. Though, to accurately comprehend Peter the Great as a possible family builder, it should always be remembered that in 1909, four years ago, he had but three 2:10 trotters. Now he has 19, five more than any other stallion. It has only been three or four years since attention enough was attracted to Peter the Great's sons to have them placed at the head of stock farms, large or small. But again to the blood lines. A horse is only half a horse, as a breeder, unless he breeds on through both dams and sires. Hambletonian-Clay crosses are the only crosses so far known that can be depended upon to do this, and I think an error generally pre- vails in trying to distinguish the male from the female line, so far as the importance of this blood is concerned. It is just as potent, and has just as much influence, when it comes from the dam's side, as it has when it comes from the sire's side. To my mind, Dr. McCoy's great stallion, Lord Dewey, would be just as great a trotter, and just as likely to breed on, if his dam was his sire, and his sire was his dam, their sexes being changed. To be clear, Bingen has always been considered an Electioneer. I think it would be more in accordance with the truth to call him a Wilkes. He has two crosses of Wilkes, and one of Electioneer; and the Wilkes blood on his dam's side has just as much influence as if it was on his sire's side. Considering other crosses than the Hambletonian-Clay crosses, that is, blood which only produces from one side, this might not be true. Even if a few sons of Peter the Great; bred and mated as I have indicated, should be failures, this would by no means disprove my theory. Failures have been the rule, and successes the exception, in breeding the trotter, as it is in all efforts to help nature ad- vance. Hambletonian 10 produced 1,350 foals, yet if he had not been bred to the dams of George Wilkes, Electioneer, Happy Medium, Artillery, Director, and a few others, he would have been practically a fail- ure, especially as compared with what he did accom- plish. Only one colt in every three or four hundred accomplished anything out of the ordinary. The same can be said of. George Wilkes and Electioneer. What if George Wilkes had not been mated with the dams of Baron Wilkes, Onward, Red Wilkes, Wilkes Boy, Alcyone, and a few others? Estimating him to have produced 400 foals, he was only strikingly successful in about one in 100. Electioneer probably sired about an equal number of foals. If he had failed to sire four or five of these, what would he have accom- plished toward family building? The sire Baron Wilkes, generally believed to be one of the greatest family builders, had a full brother that was worth- less, judging by what he accomplished. All this is mentioned to show that even if a few sons of Peter the Great, when bred to Wilkes and Electioneer dams, should fail, they are doing nothing more than what the most perfect lines of blood have done before. The question as to whether, when Peter the Great is bred on Wilkes or Electioneer dams, the exact compound and elements prescribed by Dr. McCoy will not have been produced, may possibly have es- caped the notice of his highly active mind. At least, if it has not, I have not noticed any expression from him on the subject. AUTO TIRES DESTROY ROADS. F. L. Pitman, the district engineer under the Inter- state Commerce Comission, who has lately located in San Francisco in connection with the work of valua- tion of common carriers under the Act of March 1, 1913, offers the following as bearing upon the subject of public road construction: "Before the advent of the automobile it was con- sidered that highway building had, in the macadam road, approached perfection in both method and economy of construction. No complaint was heard until the apparently light tread of the pneumatic tire began to speed its course over the crowned surfaces of the macadam improved roads of the country. In the early progress of this new traffic its effect upon a 'permanent' macadam highway was considered almost nil. In fact it was inconceivable that the soft, yielding tire of the automobile could injure the hard surface of such a roadway. "However, a comparatively short period of use of the best improved roads by the automobile resulted in a cry which extended across the continent. At first there was a feeling that travel upon the public roads by automobile should in some way he restrict- ed, but that would have been difficult to accomplish. The only other alternative was to build better roads, and as the number of automobiles increased from year to year, in multiples rather than in sums, the whole country rushed to the panacea of 'Good Roads.' "As a matter of fact, the macadam road, properly constructed (say with a telford foundation and effec- tive drainage) is a good road; that is to say, it is good for the traffic for which it was formerly de- signed and used. Metal tired vehicles and the feet of horses operate to compact its surface and with a reasonable amount of maintenance its condition im- proves; in other words, it is a permanent road under such traffic. But the soft tread of the automobile at once ushered in an entirely different combination of forces. The action of the metal tire and the horse's hoof may be likened to that of a hammer upon the roadway surface, while the pneumatic wheel of the automobile in its effect upon the roadway is not un- like that tie vacuum sweeper upon the floor of your residence. Moreover, the suction increases rapidly with the speed of the automobile, and as a result the finer, or binding elements of the road surface are sucked up and cast to the winds in a cloud of dust. "The result is not materially different if asphalt or other bituminous compound is used with the gravel, sand or other earthy substances in forming a binder, instead of the natural materials alone, as in water-bound macadam. The bituminous oils, in a comparatively short time, volatilized, and the sur- face materials are then in practically the same con- dition as those of waterbound macadam. Both are rapidly disintegrated and scattered by the grinding, suction and fanning action of the pneumatic wheel. "We may go further and say that neither does it matter if the asphalt-bound crust is supported by a concrete foundation. The life of the roadway is measured by the life of the asphalt layer upon the surface, and this layer is wavering between a condi- tion of too much oil, causing it to roll into billows under the action of wheels (often the case when newly laid), or too little oil, resulting in disintegra- tion, a condition that begins to develop soon after the road is placed in service. "Notwithstanding the above apparent facts, road- building has proceeded along practically the lines and practically the same designs have been followed since, as were employed before the general use of the highways by automobiles. True, some changes of detail have been wrought, but the basic principles controlling the design remain about the same. In short, the roadway must withstand the effects of two widely differing kinds of traffic, namely, that employ- ing the metal tire and horse's hoof, upon the one hand, and that supported by the rubber tire and pro- pelled by the speedy gas or electric engine, upon the other hand. The one solidifies the roadway with its continual hammering of the surface, and the other disintegrates it by grinding and sucking up the fine particles as they become detached, casting them into the air. I do not wish to overlook the solid concrete roads that are being extensively adopted and built in some sections of the country, but they are comparatively new, and tests upon them, up to the present time, can hardly be regarded as conclusive, even by their most ardent supporters. Surely, they do not meet all re- quirements. The surface of a .concrete road cannot well be made perfectly uniform and even, nor do they wear uniformly because of the varying quality of the combined materials entering into their construction. Formed as they are of slabs of considerable area, these sometimes crack or break, caused by the set- tling of the foundation or the action of frost, and at the resulting checks the disintegration of the surface begins. Such checks cannot be successfully repaired, the only remedy being to replace the entire slab. Furthermore, a concrete surface is not suited to the traffic of metal tires or satisfactory for the feet of horses." Saturday, January 3, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 WAIFS OF THE NORTHERN SEA. If the boys and girls who ride and drive Shetland Ponies knew something of the history of these faith- ful little pets they would have a heightened affection for them. To their beautiful affection for these com- panionable animals this knowledge would add a new sense of wonder, mystery and fairyland, for the home of the "Shelties," which consists of a few tiny specks in the northern seas, is a more interesting and enchanting reality than the realm of myth from which Santa Claus and his reindeer make their an- nual pilgrimage in December. But the little folk in school know as much as most grownups about the location and natural fea- tures of the Shetland Islands, and probably in an -examination they could tell as many interesting things as their parents about the tiny horses that have come to America from those strange and silent hill-lands away up in the Northern Atlantic. It is the remoteness, the comparative obscurity, the geo- graphical loneliness, the physical smallness which in the youthful imagination endows these heathery isles with the retreats and charms of fairies and nymphs. If fairies have deserted the world, and in- tend to revisit it after man has restored something of its old loveliness and beauty, we may be sure that Shetland will be their first landing-place, whether they arrive upon the crests of the ocean waves, the golden beams shot down by the sun or swift winds from the arctic north. Could anything be more fit- ting than that the kings and queens and princes and princesses of fairyland should ride upon the soft backs of Shetland ponies or be carried by them in cosy chariots to their haunts and sanctuaries? There are even now fairies with blue eyes and rosy cheeks riding, playing with and talking to their beloved "Shelties*' in their quiet homeland over the sea. And hereby hangs a Shetland Pony tale. Once upon a time — let us suppose it to have been last summer — two Yankees, interested in agriculture and animal husbandry, spent several weeks in Great Britain. At the show of the Highland and Agricul- tural Society of Scotland, held at Paisley, near Glas- gow, they were especially impressed with the exhibit of Shetland Ponies. At the ringside they made the acquaintance of a well-known pony breeder from Shetland, who invited them to visit the country as his guests. Twenty-four hours later they sailed from Aberdeen. It was a wonderful afternoon of sunny calm. The small steamer was one or the best types afloat, doing probably fifteen knots an hour. The Shetlander had joined his new acquaintance at the wharf. As the vessel advanced upon her course, the granite buildings in the old gray city of Aberdeen lost their identity in smoke and mist, and the vaca- tionists, in their overcoats, sitting upon the deck with their host, heard and saw things as strange to them as the stories of fairyland. After dinner, at which the captain, with a strong man's reverence, gave thanks, the Yankees and their mentor resumed their talks and observations upon the deck, "'under the white and starry sky." The coming of night was like a dream. But for their watches the two foreigners should not have known when it was bedtime, for even at ten o'clock the sur- prising starlight was sufficient to make the reading of a newspaper comparatively easy, in July in north- ern latitudes the inky darkness of cornbelt nights is unknown. The ship landed at Lerwick, the capital of the Shetlands, early the next morning, while the Yankees were in restful sleep. At seven o'clock they walked out onto the landing-stage into a world of impressive novelty. The morning was gray and sunless. Doz- ens of men and women, with a hard strength in their faces, were clustered about the gangway to greet their kith and kin. A hodge-podge cargo was being hoisted from the hold of the vessel. Fishmongers were busy with their baskets and carts laden with the harvest of the German Ocean. Men in the slick and tough garb of their craft (they were herring fishers) stood looking on, most of them smoking with a subconscious relish. Women, with woolen shawls of their own making over their shoulders, gossipped and knit as they gazed at the confused activities aboard and upon the landing. In the breeziness and atmospheric blur of the morning, the harbor, bedecked with smacks and smaller boats, was not a mirror of the squatty, solid city of G,000 souls upon the shore. Gulls of lazy wing and besmirched plumage fussed and flew about the wharf, darting chaotically at every bit of refuse thrown into the water from the ship. Passing through the main street to the hotel, the Americans noticed that the women plied their knitting needles while they walked and talked. Knitting is as much a habit among the women as smoking among the men of Shetland. Early in the forenoon the Shetlander and his two guests re-embarked upon the steamer for Balta Sound, a town in the island of Unst, which is the northern extremity of the Shetland archipelago, and above the latitude of St. Petersburg, Russia. It was during the day's voyage of many landings in bays and sounds along the east coast that the spell of the country, the simple charm of its people and the prim- itiveness of its industries awakened feelings which the strangers never before had experienced. It is impossible to make effective words of the emotions that spring up in the core of a man. Tears, smiles and profound silences are the only authentic expres- sions of what is deep and fine. During the voyage to Unst and back to Lerwick ponies were taken on or unloaded at many places. At several ports of call the steamer dropped anchor at a considerable distance from shore, and waited to receive passengers and cargo from and transfer the same variety of freight to huge skiff-like open boats propelled by four men, each using a big oar. One of these heavy, cavernous boats, with its days of useful- ness in water gone, was put to good use by a crofter, as a stable for his ponies. Creeping up alongside the steamer, to which it was secured by two oarsmen holding onto ropes thrown to them, a boat of this type exposed to the passengers upon the deck of the steamer a motley cargo. In many instances its freight included five or six ponies, untied, and standing in a sort of inter- locked group; sacks of flour; canned and boxed goods in individual lots; bacon; perhaps a squealing lone pig in a box that one could carry under one's arm; a cheese; knots of tied-up bedding, a miscellany of baggage and sometimes a dozen men and women. A cranky sanitarian would have been shocked at the befouled condition of some of the things, including not infrequently the clothes of the passengers, to be seen in these "floating pony stables." But do not worry; the germs that kill the children of fortune in a fat country do not attack the human organism that has been immunized by outdoor life in Shetland. Returning to Lerwick, the visitors during the next few days made a number of trips to districts in which hands of ponies were seen. Long walks over the hills gave them opportunities for observation. The life and industries of the people and the hus- bandry and physical features of the country were uniquely interesting. Gaining in this inaqequate way some insight into and understanding of the past and present of Shetland's natives, animals and flora, the friendly invaders, who were accorded unvarying hos- pitality and courtesy, felt a wonder, an admiration and a good-will which to them made the country a land of pure delight. Draw near to the simple life of man where nature is austere and frugal; where there are no trees, no railroads and no electric lines; where the sun is not seen for months and sometimes years; where low- shifting clouds roll in from the sea and enfold the rock-ribbed summits; where agriculture is but a side- issue confined to small areas in a few favored spots; where a democracy of ancient hills and peaks lies bleak and barren; where the wild buffetings of the surrounding ocean are constant reminders of human littleness and impotence; where the struggle for sheer existence keeps man dependent upon and close to animals; where about 30,000 people occupy an area less than one-half the size of Rhode Island; where the future is made bright chiefly by the exag- geration of an adventurous, pagan past; where, by all the facts and tokens that we can understand, there is no place for what we call a modern civi- lization— get close, we say, to the life of man in this environment, which is Shetland, and if you are a man you will be a better one when you depart from the unforgettable scene. It was to this forbidding land that the stock from which the Shetland Poiy is descended found its way more than a thousand years ago from Iceland, Nor- way or Scotland. Nobody knows whence, how or when the ancient ancestors of the breed reached the islands. The Shetland pony has a longer traceable history than probably any other equine race. It has adapted itself through the centuries to its surround- ings, and most of the 7,000 ponies now in the islands live outdoors the entire year, just as their ancestors lived. They subsist upon the grasses that grow in strips and spots where heather has had its day or failed to catch. If, during periods of deep snows, which are not frequent, they are compelled to rely wholly upon their own efforts to find feed, a wise old instinct prompts them to the seashore, where salt- water plants are available. Most crofters are small farmers, each of whom oc- cupies three or four acres for his garden and crops ( oats, barley, ryegrass and possibly a little red clover), six to ten acres of outrun and perhaps 140 acres of commons for pasturage, keep a few mares. The larger bands are owned by a few extensive farmers, who for years have given much attention to their breeding and improvement. Since there is not much farming to do the chief work performed by the bulk of the ponies is the gaining of their own living. Some of the crofters use them as pack horses or for drawing small carts in which wool, peat and other things are transported. There are many larger horses in the islands, but the two types are rarely crossed, so that, although many of the native ponies are unregistered, either at home or in the authorita- tive stud book published in Scotland, the purity of their breeding can hardly be questioned. Compared with the Shetland Ponies we know in America, the native representatives of the breed are uniformly much smaller, have bushier tails and manes, thicker, longer coats, swifter and surer feet, larger middles and greater vitality, as evidenced by their high average longevity. Many of them attain to ages of fifteen to thirty years. In color they are bay, brown and dullish black or mouse, the latter predominating. A few white-marked ones and an occasional piebald are seen. In the hands of men who breed or buy ponies for the export trade, which has been comparatively small in recent years, blacks are the favorites, and their size exceeds that of the common run of unrecorded animals. Choice ponies are purchasable at $30 to $100 for matured mares and $50 to $200 for stallions, but hun- dreds of commoner specimens, ineligible to registry, can be bought at a much lower average. What is known as "breaking" is never attempted in the case of Shetlands. Some one has said that they are so intelligent that they can be put to any standard service without having passed through this usually cruel process. Few of them have ugly or vicious dis- positions. Transplanted to England, Scotland, American or Canada, and kept under artificial conditions, Shet- land Ponies tend at once to increase in size and de- crease in the wealth of their coats. At home the scantiness of their living, coupled with the effects of inclement weather, keep the bulk of them down to the diminutive stature fixed by the law of the survival of the fittest. Shetland, so far as its domes- tic animals are concerned, is a land of small things — of natural harmonies. The talkative affection which the children every- where show for Shetland Ponies, and the services and companionship of which they are capable in their hands, are so important in the life of the little folk that those two Yankees said when they departed from Lerwick, "Wouldn't it be a joy if we could make Christmas- presents of ponies to all the boys and girls we know in America?" Perhaps the idea may appeal to many a father, mother, brother or sister, and redound to the delight of appreciative children on Christmas morning. — Dewitt C. Wing, in the Breeders' Gazette. FASTEST TROTTING RECORDS OF 1913. Stallion (in race) — Anvil, b. h. by St. Valient Vincent 2:035£ Stallion (against time) — Lord Dewev, b. h. by Admiral Dewey 2:03% Mare — Diulie Archdale, b. m. by Archdale 2:03% Gelding- — Ross B., b. g. by Petfonius 2:04 |4 New Performers. Stallion — Don Chenault (3), ch. h. by Peter O'Donna . 2:05 3£ Mare — Tenara, b. m. by Moko 2:05% Gelding — Reusens, ch. g. by Prince of India 2:07% Four-Year-Old. Stallion — *Albaloma. br. h. by Almaden i^ 2:00 Mare — Rhythmell, blk. m. by Rhythmic 2:06% Three-Year-Old. Colt — Don Chenault, ch. c. by Peter O'Donna 2:05ai Filly — Hollyrood Kate, ro. f. by Joe Dodge 2:11*4 Filly (against time) — Minna Ward, b. f. by Prod- igal 2:10 Gelding — Pine Knot, b. g. by Tregantle 2:1114 Two-Year-Oid. Colt — Peter Volo, br. c. by Peter the Great (world's record) >04 y, Filly — Lady Wanetka, br. f. by Peter the Great..2:12i| Gelding — Judge Jones (against time) (world's record) 2:12% Yearling. Colt — U. Forbes, blk. c. by J. Malcolm Foi-bes (against time) 2-21 \\ Filly — Sparkle Watts, ch. f. by Gen. Watts (against time) 2:27 Half-Mile. Stallion — Harry J. S.. b. h. by Admiral Dewey. . 2:11% Mare — Aquill, b. m. by Aquilin 2:10% Gelding — *Bon Zolock, b. g. by Zolock 2:10% Gelding — (Against time) losing performance) Uhlan 2:033i 3-year-old colt — Etawah, b. c. by Al Stanley ....2:15% 2-year-old filly — Roberta Bin gen, b. f. by Bin- gen) 2:1S% 2-year-old Filly — Roberta Bingen, b. f. by Bin- gen 2:18% 2-year-old colt — Todd Forbes, b. c. by J. Mal- colm Forbes 2:18% Yearling colt — IT. Forbes, by J. Malcolm Forbes (world's record) 2:21% FASTEST PACING RECORDS OF 1913. Stallion — Braden Direct, blk. h. by Baron Direct.2:01% Mare — Flower Direct, b m. by Direct Star 2:01 Gelding — Frank Bogash Jr., b. g. by Frank Bogash 2:01% New Performers. Stallion — *Del Rey. b. h. by Nutwood Wilkes. . 2:04% M:*.re — *L.eata J., blk. m. by Royal McKinney (world's record) 2:03 Gelding — Great Scott, br. g. by San Mateo 2:06 Two-Year-Old. Gelding — *John Malcolm b. g. by Dan Logan (world's record) 2:11% Three- Year-Old. Colt — William, b. c. bv Abe J. (world's record). 2:05 Filly — *Little Bernice, b. f. by Del Coronado. ,2:0U% Four- Year-Old. Stallion — Director Jay, ro. h., by The Director General (% m. t.) 2:02% World's Record Holders. Stallion — Braden Direct, by Baron Direct (world's record) 2:01% Mare — Leata J., b. m. by Royal McKinney (world's record) 2:03 Half-Mile Track. Stallion — Directum I, ch. h. by Directum Kelly (world's record) 2:02% Mare — Pickles and Molly Darling (tied) 2:05% Gelding — Billv M-. ch. g. by Newton Boy 2:07% 3-year-old Colt — William, b. c. by Abe J (world's record) 2:Q9 •California bred. O Old Overland Park, at Denver, was formerly a great rendezvous for both the running and trotting horsemen, but Colorado, like many another state, went through a stormy period as far as racing was concerned, and it looked as though her people would never again have the pleasure of seeing the horses perform anywhere in the state. But Colorado, which is nothing if not progressive, has taken her place with a number of up-to-the-minute sister states, like Kentucky, Maryland, Montana, South Carolina and others, and has at last legalized racing and formed the state racing commission. This insures clean sport, protection for the public and horsemen as well, and undoubtedly will boom property and business interests throughout the entire state. It is a matter of the deepest regret that a dozen other states, whose people love horse racing, cannot legalize the sport also, with pari-mutuels only in use. 14 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, January 3, 1914. ! THE FARM 1 1 '@ WILL EXPERIMENT WITH NEW GRAIN. JIarysville (Tuba Co.), Dec. 13. — Experiments in the culture of "black emmer," a Russian variety of grain. will be made on the ranch of the Eich brothers in the Oregon House district of Yuba county. Through the depart- ment of agriculture, Harvey D. Eich of this city has received a quantity of seed direct from Russia and this was sent to the ranch today for plant- ing. The experiment in the growing of Russian grain will be tie first to be made in this district, it is said, and upon the result of the first crop will probably rest the future of that particular grain culture in Tuba county. Black emmer is a variety of cereal grain much used for food products in many places in Russia, the grains be- ing considerably softer than Califor- nia wheat. It is also claimed that it makes fine hay. One of the reasons why it is believed that it will flourish in the mountain sections is that it is said to be an excellent cold and mois- ture resister. The quantity of seed received here is not large, but sufficient to make a good experiment. MILK AND EGG SUPPLY RELATED. Probably a great many readers are unaware of the fact that there is a pretty direct connection between the milk supply and the egg supply, not- withstanding the fact that cows do not lay eggs nor do hens give milk. It is. of course, generally recognized that milk supplies what may be de- scribed as a greater number of units of nutritive value for the same amount of money than does practically any other article of food. The connection between the milk and the egg supply lies in the only re- maining solid ingredient of the milk, namely, albumen. We all know that the white of an egg is composed en- tirely of albumen and water. There- fore, it is not a far step to see how this albumen would be an especially valuable food for poultry. In each hundred pounds of skim milk there are from two to three pounds of al- bumen, and this is being marketed in the dry form, in a granular condition, and is being very widely sold in the principal egg-producing sections of the country, notably in the West, and especially in Petaluma, which is rec- ognized as being the biggest egg- producing section in the United States. Army-Navy Auction Bargains MAKL S\IPULt>S2.itOnp'SEWl"SIK0RMS$1.50up — ^S.,-. ,.r. 1.85 - A-1-.y !.„*.!..., 1X5- J&, TEAM HA K NESS 2l->5 " " HAVERSACKS -10" T Lesgios, Pair.... .IS " I " Swords .35 ** I TESTS 3.S5 " I " 7 Shot Carbines 2.95 ** 1 Colls CjL -15. Revolver. ?T..i0op. Car[r:JL'=ji lceo. ISp'fieldM.aserSp'L'e; Rifle sxSS Cartridges See*. ' AniivBrrccb-LooiliMsRine .3"> OOMBMTCTS CADSTIO BiLS.lM for „,„ I Jura W yam. Hi, iho bestblistcrl h.vo ever tried Ihav ■ asf .tin hundreds of came, with best results, ltisier Ifectlj- safe for tl.e tr.ost in ixperienetcl person toote Thi lis: . . . gestbrad.n|>esfe,blisluni nto! trottingliorscs it JthewoHl r.ndnse your 1 lister often -".H. NAYJHIND, ■ Imp. fcUlmunt l.rt Sltrfc Fsrm, Betmont P.,k. Jlout ^U.S.& CAKADASr /CLEVELAND, 0 T7SKD 10 YFAT.<5 SFrrt^SFiTT.T.Y. IlhtiToiised GOMiUULTS CAUSTIC BALSAM for ten I re^rs; have been very successful in curing curb .ringbone, ] capped hock and inee, bad ankles, rheumatism, and al- I must every cause of lameness in horses- Have a stable of I forty head, nifstly track and spcedwav horses, and c*r- I tainly cm recommend it.— C. C. tRAISKli, Training I Slnbles. 990 Jcaninga Street, Hew York City &ui c- Aysnts for the United States and Canada. The Lawrence-Williams Co. TORONTO, ONT, CLEVELAND, OHIO. SOUND As a Dollar All Signs of Lameness Gone. We absolutely guarantee Mack's $1,000 Spavin Remedy to cure Bone or Bog Spavin, Ringbone, Thoroughpin, Curb, Capped Hock, Shoe Boil, Sprung Knee, Lacerated and Ruptured Tendons, Sweeny and all other forms of lameness affecting a horse. It's a powerful remedy that goes right to the bottom of the trou- ble and cures the lameness in just a few days while the horse is being worked as usual. Contains nothing that can in- jure the horse and heals without leaving scar, blemish or loss of hair. We have de- posited §1,000 in a local bank which must be forefited if we fail to do as we say. If you are not absolutely sure what causes the lameness, mark with an "X" on horse above where lameness occurs, tell how it affects the gait and give age of horse, and send to us. Our expert graduate veterinarian will tell you what it is and how to cure it. Tour druggist will obtain Mack's $1000 Spavin Remedy for you if you ask him. If for any reason you can't get it, write us. We will see that you are supplied. Ask for instructive free book "Horse Sense." 55.00 Per Bottle sMInhk Its Worth . It McKALLOFS DRUG CO., Blnghamton, N. Y. W. Higgin bottom LIVE STOCK AUCTIONEER Weitem Hone Market SAVE-THE-HORSE (Trade Mark BeguteredJ _ What Happened To This Subscriber Is Taking Place With Thousands Letter No. 1. Orleans, Vermont, April 26, 1912. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, X. Y. Tour adv. has given me courage to try again. I have a valuable pacer. Two years ago he went lame. I have tried every remedy and doctors have blistered three times the spavin and twice hip. The symptoms are, etc., etc. I determined to see what you think. HALE MASON. Letter No. 2. Orleans. Vt„ May 2, 1912. I received your letter and book yester- day and believe you are right about its being a bone spavin. I was so encour- aged I drove eight miles and bought a bottle of Fred D. Pierce, druggist, at Barton, and will closely follow your spe- cial instructions. Thanking you for your Quick replv to mv first Wt<=v I remain, HALE MASOX. Letter No. 3. Orleans, Tt, Oct. 2, 1912. T»-*rhar,=: vnn expected to hear from me before, but I have been waiting to see if any trouDle would return after stopping the treatment. I am pleased to say the horse is well. I cannot thank you enough for your interest and the advice you gave. If I had known about it two years ago it would have saved me a lot of monev. Tours respectfully, HALE MASOX. Save-the-Horse has stood alone and unique among veterinary remedies for over seventeen years. $5.00 per bottle, with guarantee as binding to protect you as the best legal talent could make it. Send for copy and booklet. Druggists everywhere sell Druggists evervwhere sell Save-the-Horse WITH CON- TRACT, or we send by Parcel Post or Express paid. TROY CHEMICAL CO., Binghamton, N. Y. SPECIAL ADVERTISING. FOR SALE OR TRADE. (2:14%) HIGH CLASS GREEX PACER (trial 2:15 — half in 1:05), by Alta Genoa 2:14*4, dam by Reliance; seven years old, sound and kind in every way; has 2:00 speed any time; can go all day; fine con- formation; bay. Am using him in my buggy, and have no time to train a race horse as I am in the furniture business. He is also the best saddle horse in this county; goes all the gaits, and is thor- oughly broken; nothing better in Califor- nia for the money. Stepped a mile this year in 2:15, last half in 1:05, with less than two months' training. What have you to trade that don't eat? J. H. NICKERSON, 332 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz, Cal. Dividend Notice THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY (The German Bank) 526 California Street. Mission Branch, corner Mission and 21st St. Richmond District Branch, corner Clem- ent St. and 7th Ave. Haight Street Branch, corner Haight and Belvedere Sts. For the half year ending December 31, 1913. a dividend has been declared at the rate of four (4) per cent, per annum on all deposits, payable on and after Friday. January 2, 1914. Dividends not called for are added to the deposit account and earn dividends from January 1, 1914. GEORGE TOURNEY, Manager. WANTED — Position as trainer on stock farm with racing stable or private stable. Twenty years experience. References ex- changed. JOHN O'ROURKE, Columbia, Mo. FOR SALE. STELLWELL 51289 (Sire of Hamberg Belle 2:12^) Bay stallion, foaled 1901, sired bv Chas. Derby 2:20, dam Bertha (dam of 13 in 2:3(i) by Alcantara 2:23, etc. Full brother to Diablo 2:09%, Demonio -ill1.,. Don Derby 2:04^, etc. Stellwell 512S9 is a fine individual with the best of legs and feet; he has a most excellent disposition, is a sure foal getter and, if given the opportunity, would un- doubtedly prove as great a sire as his brothers. 1 will guarantee him in every way. His price will be very reasonable. Address, JOHN OTT, Concord, Cal- FOR SALE. The thoroughbred Holstein bull Wn- some Lad of El Sur, calved March 2S, 1912, registered 102,943, by Sir Mecthildus Zara 82,611 out of Winsome Lass of El Sur 157,177, etc. He has three crosses of the world's champion milk record holders. Xo one has a finer indvidual. Price $250. I have also 12 Holstein cows which I have decided to sell for $65 each. They are well bred and my reasons for selling are I have no pasture neither do I intend to engage in dairying. For further particu- lars address WM. F. EGAN, Veterinary Surgeon, 1155 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco. Stock Ranch For Sale 7,000 Acres, Humboldt Co., at $9 Per Acre 7,000 acres, southern Humboldt county, lying directly on the railroad. Well fenced, and subdivided, with good im- provements in the way of dwelling house, barns and outbuildings. Has a large num- ber of slopes and comparatively level places which would be good for general farming and for fruits, particularly ap- ples, pears and prunes. At the present time, at least until the railroad is com- pleted from Ukiah to Eureka, this ranch is best adapted to raising cattle and hogs. President of a large commercial bank declares this 7,000 acres to be a magnificent cattle ranch, and to have on it the best feed of any place in this section. There were thousands of acres of it where the grass was from one to two feet high all summer, much of it be- ing wild oats. This ranch has 300 to 400 cattle and other personal property now on the premises, which can be bought at a very reasonable price. Beef cattle are being sold this season at 13^c right on the property. After the railroad is completed this ranch will rapidly ad- vance. Price, ?9 per acre. For further particulars, address, F. W. KELLET, Breeder and Sportsman, San Fiancisco, Cal WM. F. EGAN, M.R.C.V.S Veterinary Surgeon. 1155 Goldon Cat* «>• Branch Hospital, corner Webster ana chestnn Streets. San Francisco, Cal. Saturday, January 3, 1914.] THE BEEEIlEE 4.ND SPORTSMAN 15 IF YOU SHOOT aiill aliMWIIH WE BOTH WIN THERE ARE REASONS ASK DU PONT POWDER CO. Established 1802 WILMINGTON, DEL. Branches: San Francisco: C. A. Haight, Mgr., Chronicle Bldg. Seattle: J. H. Willman, Mgr., Maynard Bldg. Denver: W. C. Howard, Mgr., Central Sav. Bank Bldg. in Your Gun Knows that there is a difference in powders. So does the veteran sports- man— he makes it his business to know as much about powders as he does about game, dogs and guns. He knows that shells loaded with HERCULES SMOKELESS SHOTGUN POWDER give uniformly good results. Don't let chance or the dealer decide what powder goes into your shells. Study your requirements. Order the powder that suits your needs. "Infallible" is a smokeless powder that is not injured by the wettest weather or extremes of temperature. Its high velocity means a longer shot when needed and not so much of a lead on your bird at other times. Other "Infallible" characteristics . are — even patterns, light recoil and breech pressure always within safety limits. Send for beautiful picture in col- ors — "The Game Bird of the Future." Suitable for framing. Address Dept. R. HERCULES POWDER CO. Wilmington, Delaware J. B. Rice, Mgr., Chronicle Bldg., San Francisco. F. J. McGanney, Mgr., Newhouse Bldg. Salt Lake City, "Utah. FjyI. VICTORIOUS PARKER GUNS VICTORIES AT HOME: Messrs. Clarence Nauman and Toney Prior, shooting at extreme distance handicap, during the season of 1913 at the Golden Gate Gun Club of San Francisco, captured the two best prizes, both shooting their 34-IIVCII-BARREI, PARKER GUNS. NATIONAL VICTORIES! The highest National official averages at single and double targets in 1912 were made with S4-INCH-BARREI, PARKER GUNS. THE WORLD'S RECORD: Mr. W. R. Crosby established the World's Record at Denver, Colo., scoring 9S targets out of 100 at 23 yards rise, using his »4-IiVCH BARREL PARKER GUN. The greater the distance at which it is shot in competition with other guns the more THE OLD RELIABLE PARKER shines. The faultless balance, extreme simplicity and durability of the PARKER, combined with its superior shooting qualities, make it the ideal game gun, the pioneer forerunner of small bores, having popularized them and put them per- manently on the map. For full information regarding guns in gauges from S to 28, addresi PARKER BROS., Merlden, Conn., New York Salesroom, 32 Warren Street, or A. W. du Bray, P. O. Box 102, San Francisco, Cal. GOLCHER BROS, (Wholesale and Retail) All Makes of Guns All Shotgun Loads HUNTING SUITS, DECOYS, FOLDING BOATS, OIL SKINS AND SWEATERS Send for Price Catalogue. Telephone Kearny 1883. 510 Market St., San Francisco, Cal. MANUFACTURERS •w oiitfitters'j . ' j FOR THE ':\ : SPORTSMAN-, • ' CAMPER"0 i .. ATHLETE. ." (prnpam /EQUIPMENT , ""APPARATUS PHOTOGRAPHIC - i SUPPLIES. SAN: FRANCISCO, CAL. LEAR Y TWIN PORT ENGINE owing to its. two independent fuel supplies has the most perfect control ever obtained with a two cycle engine. One carburetor isset for slow and medium speed and the other for full speed an high power. Once regulated they require no further attention. Distillate is used with results equal to gasolene. One to Six Cylinders 5 to 30 h. p. Catalog Leary Gasolene Engine Co. 1557 Dewey Ave. Rochester, N. Y., U. S. A 5 *X3eXS3ttttattC3CX3$£SX3«3^^ 3 Easy Winners | No. I Spelterene Hoof Packing No. 2 C. & S. Axle Grease No. J Dustless Floor Oil The Goods With a Pedigree Aok Your Nearest Dealer Manufactured by WHITTIE^-COBURN CO SAN FRANCISCO and Used on Hemet Stock Farm LOS ANGELES Conference Invited Pott and Montfomtry ■an Franofto The First Federal Trust Company invites conference and correspondence relative to invest- ments and the care of estates. Also acts as Executor, Administrator, Guardian, and Trustee of real and personal property. Interest paid on deposits. First Federal Trust Company Capital $1,500,000 JOS. G. HOOPER, Manager. THE BREEDER AND SPOHTSMAN [Saturday, January 3, 1914. HORSE CLOTHING. HORSE MEDICINES BLANKETS ROBES AND WHIPS. Polo Saddles, Bridles, Boots, etc. a Specialty Phone Park 6141 The Best Horse Boots 'fwE Harness nORSE BOOTS The only Manufacturer of Horse Boots on the Pacific Coast. I VICTORY FOR 1 AMMUNITION U. S. R. A. Outdoor Championships { MATCH C — Military Revolver Championship MATCH D — Military Record Won by Dr. J. H. Snook, Score 625 — A New World's Record. Best previous score 621 also made by Dr. Snook. Won by C. M. McCutcheon, Score 217 — A New World's Record Best previous score 215. MATCH E — Revolver Team Championship Won by Denver Team, Score 776 — A New World's Record Teams composed of A. M. Foindexter, C. M. McCutcheon, Dr. O. A. Burgeson, Frank '. Best previous score 774, made by Denver Team in 1912 MATCH A — Revolver Championship Mr. Poindexter's record o£ 4C7 in 1912 still unbeaten. » All scores given above were made with PETERS Factory Loaded Cartridges. Special attention is directed to the fact that THREE ^ RECORDS were made in these matches by users of the /R\ brand. I THE PETERS CARTRIDGE CO., Pacific Coast Brancb : 583-85 Howard St., San Francisco, Cal. § NEW * VNV. WINCHESTER Factory Loaded Smokeless Powder Shells "REPEATER" When it comes to getting a high grade shell at a moderate price, the Winchester Loaded "Repeater" has the call among sportsmen who have tried all makes. Although low-priced, the " Repeater " is loaded with the best quality of powder and shot. The list of loads furnished in this shell covers most shooters' require- ments, and all of them give a full measure of shooting satisfaction. Ask for Winchester Factory Loaded "Repeater," and look for the red W on the box. They, are The Yellow Shell With The Corrugated Head. SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO. San Francisco and Seattle ow About Your Next Shoot? This is just the weather to keep birds moving and you surety should get a good hag. When planning your trip don't forget that SELBY LOADS put good fast patterns where you point your gun, because they are loaded right and they are fresh. Get SELBY Loads From Your Dealer SPECIAL LOADS AT SHORT NOTICE VOLUME LXIV. No. 2 SAN FRANCISCO. SATURDAY, JANUARY. 10, 1914. Subscription — ?3.00 Per Year > \M\7 ^m<,K .i ^mjFTTjv^^ THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, January 10, 1914. bast for foundations, dairy floors, fruit drysr f loora, ate. ate MT. DIABLO CEMENT t dryer floors. »tc. otc SANTA CRUZ LIME MT. DIABLO LIME best for brieklayicg and plastering. boat for spraying and whitewashing. WRITE FOR INFORMATION AND PRICES ON ALL BUILDING MATERIAL. HENRY COWELL LIME fc CEMENT COMPANY 9 MAIN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. $5,000 GUARANTEED THE State Fair Futurity Stakes No. 6 $5,000 GUARANTEED $2600 for Trotting Foals. Fosls of Mares Covered in 1913 to Trot and Pace at Three Years Old. To Be Given Under The Direction $2000 for Pacing Foals. California State Agricultural Society* Sacramento, Cal. ENTRIES TO CLOSE FEBRUARY 1, 1914. MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS: TROTTING DIVISION. $100 to Owner of Stallion, when Mare was Bred, Sire of Colt Standing Highest in Summary of Race. $100 to Owner of Dam of Colt, at Time Mare was Bred, Standing Highest in Summary of Race. $2600 Three-Year-Old Trotters. PACING DIVISION. $100 to Owner of Stallion, when Mare was Bred, Sire of Colt Standing Highest in Summary of Race. $100 to Owner of Dam of Colt, at Time Mare was Bred, Standing Highest in Summary of Race. $2000 Three-Year-Old Pacers. ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS. — $2 to nominate mare on February 1, 1914, when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 July 1 1914- $5 December 1, 1914; $10 on yearlings February 1, 1915; $10 on two-year-olds February 1, 1916; $10 on three-year-olds February 1, 1917. STARTING PAYMENTS. — $50 to start in the three-year-old pace; $75 to start in the three-year-old trot. All starting payments to be made ten days before the first day of the State Fair at which the race is to take place. , Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the horse entered is a Trotter or Pacer. CONDITIONS. The race in each division will be for three heats, one-third of the money will be allotted for the division for each heat; every heat a race. Distance 100 yards. If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or If either the mare or the foal dies before February 1, 1914, her Nominator may sell or transfer his nomina- tion or substitute another mare or foal, regardless of ownership; but there will be no return of a payment, nor will any entry be liable for more than the amount paid In or contracted for. In entries, the name, color and pedigree of mare must be given; also the name of the horse to which she was bred in 1913. Entries must be accompanied by the entrance fee. Nominators liable only for amounts paid in. Failure to make any payment forfeits all previous payments. This Association is liable for $5,000, the amount of the guaran- tee, only. Hobbles will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions. Right reserved to declare off or re-open these Stakes in case the number of entries received is not satisfactory to the Board of Dirctors. Money divided in each division of the Stake 50, 25, 15, and 10 per cent. There will be no more moneys in each division or heat than there are starters. No horse shall receive more than one money in each rase. Entries open to the world. Other than exceptions made in this entry blank, rules of National Trotting Association to govern. "Write for entry blanks to A. L. SCOTT, President. J. u. MCCARTHY, Secretary, Sacramento, Cal. i^a BEAR BEAVER ROSE CITY PORTLAND SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES The San Francisco 6 Portland S. S. COMPANY 722 Market St. San Francisco Telephone Sutter 2344 RMACE HOTEL ENT1RXLY RXBUILT JINCE THE FIRE Far famed and first named wherever good hotels are mentioned. Recognized as the headquarters of the businessmen of the world. The place where you always find your friends European Plan Only. Management PALACE HOTEL COMPANY SM FKANCI5C0 The FRAZIER, carts and sulkies are standard the world over. They have an international reputation for great durability and unequaled riding qual- ities, which is based upon thirty years of experience. There is none better. W. S. FRAZIER & CO., Aurora, 111. COAST REPRESENTATIVES. ..The Studebaker Company. San Fran- cisco. Angeles. The Poison Implement Company, Port- land, Seattle and Spokane. The E. P. Bosbyshell Company, Los CALIFORNIA PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY, High-Class Art in HALFTONES AND LINE ENGRAVING Artistic Designing 12 Second St. San Francisco Don't Cut Out Mi » SHOE BOIL, CAPPED T HOCK OR BURSITIS FOR ABSORBINE *v TRADE MARK REG.U.S.PAT. OFF. will remove them and leave no blemishes.. Reduces any puff or swelling. Does not blister or remove the hair, and horse can be worked. $2 a bottle delivered. Book 6 K free. ABSORBINE, JR., the antiseptic liniment for man. kind. For Boils. Braises. Old Sores, Swelling Varicose Veins, Varicosities. Allays Pain. Price $1 and 82 > bottle at druggists or delivered. Will tell more if you write. W. F. YOUNG, P. 0. F., 54 Temple St, Springfield, Mas* For tale by Langlev & Michaels, San Francisco, Calif.; Woodward, Clark & Co , Portland, Ore ; Cal. Drag & Cham. Co., Brunswig Peng Co., Western Wholesale Drug Co., Los Angeles, Call. Kirk, Clear? & Co., Sacramento, Calif.; Pacific Drug. Co., Seattle, Wash.; Spokane Drag Co., Spo- . kane, Wash. ; Coffin. Redington Co., San Francisco, CaL /" Blake, Moffit & Towns Outer. In PAPER 37-1st St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake, McFall & Co., Portland, Ore. Blake, Moffit and Towne. Lob Angelei Saturday, January 10, 1914,] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Turf and Sportinf Authority of the Pacific Coast. (Established 1882.) Published every Saturday. P. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. OFFICES: 363-365-366 PACIFIC BUILDING Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. National Newspaper Bureau Agent, 219 East 23rd St., New York City. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco Post-OfSce. Terms — One Year, $3; Six Months, $1.75; Three Months, $1. Foreign postage $1 per year additional; Canadian postage 50c per year additional. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or registered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley, P. 0. Drewer 447, San Francisco, Calif. Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee of good faith. THE time is rapidly approaching when a conven- tion of county fair and racing associations must he held in California to formulate plans, arrange dates, fix premium lists and attend to sundry matters which are of great importance to our fairs and race meet- ings in 1914. The knowledge that in the following year we are to have the greatest fair and the best race meetings ever seen in America should stimulate all interested and create an enthusiasm which will in- crease every day until the gates of the fair close. But we must begin now. We must be up and doing. Several of the big organizations in the cities where there are race tracks intend to hold fairs and meet- ings, such as Santa Rosa, Salinas, Woodland, Ala- meda, Fresno, Marysville, Eureka, Hanford and Los Angeles, and perhaps Stockton and San Jose. These, with the big State Fair at Sacramento and several fairs in minor places, will keep horsemen, stockmen and exhibitors of farm, orchard and vineyard pro- ducts busy for several months. There is only one drawback noticeable so far: No one seems to want to take the initiative. Perhaps those interested hardly realize the importance of calling this meet- ing so soon, but now that this is brought to their notice something will surely be accomplished. We must arouse everybody interested in these fairs and race meetings to action; the only way to accomplish this is to keep after them. We must create an enthusiasm and awaken that sentiment in regard to the light harness horse industry which has so long lain dormant, and see if those who are seeking fame and wealth in the breeding and developing of horses are alive to their best interests. There is only one avenue leading to this, and the only one to induce buyers to patronize owners, and that is by displaying horses which have merit on our race tracks. It is the same all over the world and Californians should comprehend it more fully than they do. So, let some one call this meeting soon. "TIME WORKETH WONDERS." This is exem- plified in every calling. A few years ago it looked as if thoroughbred racing was doomed to destruction in America. From the Atlantic to the Pacific a strong current of disapproval set in against it and despite the efforts of its richest, most influential and powerful adherents it seemed that nothing could be done to stem the onflowing current. So, carried along on the crest of its highest waves, laws prohib- iting wagering on races were passed in almost all the States in the Union once noted for the extent and power wielded by the big racing associations. Racing was stopped and race tracks closed. Stock farms were broken up as the royally-bred "children of the winds" were shipped to the big cities and sold at auction; in many instances owners felt it a shame to even give the pedigrees of these horses and sold them as untraced. The fleet-footed animals were picked up by buyers and shipped to farms where the mares were bred to Jacks and the geldings used for saddle and for driving. Dozens of men who owned scores of thoroughbreds for which they paid hundreds of thousands of dollars were bankrupted and the men who made their living with them had to find new vocations. A large number of these, we regret to say, deserved just such a fate and for the good of the sport, and for their benefit, it was well that they were thrown on their own resources instead of mak- ing a living on the resources of others; and, instead of posing as rich men who had no use for those who were making an honest living (unless they brought their hard-earned money over to the track and let them handle it for them), they had to work to keep from starving. The racing situation became an exceedingly crit- ical one and needed just such treatment, and as "time worketh wonders" we notice now a desire on the part of a large number of men to see the sport re- vived. And while the introduction of the pari-mutuels or totalisators which has made racing so popular in France and Australasia may yet give employment to as many men, it will not be the means of creat- ing so many parasites. It is also believed that if this system of wagering was tried fairly it would be adopted and everybody would be happy. The Cincin- nati Enquirer gives the following optimistic view of the racing situation as it is today: "The holiday spirit should surely be prevalent in the ranks of the horsemen, for, after several lean and hungry years, they are once again coming into their own. Not only should they be happy for what they got during the last year, but the coming year has much in store for them, despite the rumors of panics and financial depres- sion. For several years they have barely been able to eke out an existence, but last year the worm turned and they had a glorious good season. The re-establishment of racing in the East, its firm footing in Kentucky and Canada, and the unusually good winter meetings, are what put cheer into the hearts of those who make their living by breeding and racing the noblest of all animals. The good times coming were reflected in the yearling sales held during the past couple of months. At every one of them the rosy prospects of racing for the coming year glowed like a mirror in the sunlight. New Tork is bound to have better meetings during the coming year than it had last year. They are going to have some run- ning races at Syracuse. Another point they are consider- ing is Rochester. That is a good sign. Establish a friendly feeling toward racing throughout the entire State instead of letting the New York and Saratoga people carry the whole burden. If they could put on short meet- ings at other points and get the people interested, it might mean a whole lot when some favorable legislation comes up, and many a vote which in former years was against anything pertaining to the good of racing may be on the right side when they try to put through some law recognizing the sport. No arrangements have as yet been perfected for a reopening of the popular courses like Sheepshead Bay and Gravesend, but it is more than probable that efforts will be made to hold some sort of racing at these tracks, though it can be definitely stated that it will be many years ere the scenes of old will be revived. In fact, they are neither contemplated nor de- sired. Racing has undergone a complete change. Neither will there be the continuous run of the sport that existed heretofore. All things considered, the outlook for a con- tinuation of the sport in this state is bright. It also is possible that short meetings may be arranged in smaller cities similar to that held in Syracuse last year. There is no reason why a smaller circuit could not be arranged in towns like Albany, Troy, Utica, Rochester and other places where state fairs are held annually. Horse racing is popular, and when properly conducted, minus its ob- jectionable accompaniments, it would do much to smother the feeling that has existed upstate that meetings were arranged for no other purpose but gambling. "Although the Kentucky tracks have not as yet de- cided upon their spring racing season, it will no doubt be modeled after that of last year. Lexington will open up for an eleven or thirteen day race meeting about the last Saturday in April, followed by short meetings at Churchill Downs and Douglas Park, and then Latonia will probably have twenty-four days, which will make racing come to a close here about July 4th. General Manager "Winn, of the Louisville track, is now in Louis- ville spending the holidays, and will probably have a conference with John Hachmeister and the Lexington management. As soon as the dates have been agreed upon and the Kentucky Racing Commission has sanc- tioned them, the stake blanks for all three tracks will be issued. The offerings will surely be as good as they were last spring." THE convention of the California Live Stock Breeders' Association will be held at the Palace Hotel today (Saturday), January 10th. It is hoped there will be a large attendance, as matters of great importance are to be considered. REMEMBER, entries for the State Fair Futurity Stakes No. 6 will close Monday, February 1st. Read the advertisement and act accordingly. You cannot afford to overlook this important engagement. FUTURITY SUBSTITUTIONS. Sacramento, January 7, 1914. Editor Breeder and Sportsman: We have several applications for substitutions in our Futurity No. 5 for foals of 1913. The conditions of this Stake gives owners the privilege of substitut- ing up to February 1, 1914. The conditions whereby they can substitute are: "If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or if either the mare or the foal dies before' February 1, 1914, her nominator may Bell or transfer his nomination or substitute another mare or foal, regardless of ownership; but there will be no return of a payment, nor will any entry be liable for more than the amount paid in or contracted for. In entries, the name, color, and pedigree of mare must be given; also the name of the horse to which she was bred in 1912." If there are any that wish to sell their nomina- tions I shall be pleased to hear from them and in this way we will be able to dispose of a number of substitutions. Yours very truly, J. L. MCCARTHY, Secretary State Agricultural Society. CORRECT BREEDING OF STEMWINDER 2:30/2. Editor Breeder and Sportsman: I wish, in the beginning, to congratulate you on your interesting and very complete article in the Christmas number of the Breeder and Sportsman headed "Williamson's Belmont." A good many years ago I became fully impressed with the importance of this blood in our trotting horses, for the natural inclination to trot was deeply imprinted in the nature of all the get of this wonderful horse, as well as the produce of his sons and daughters. As your article proves, the results of this blood mingled with our best trotting strains has proven very satisfactory. There, was a slight error crept into the breeding of Directum 2:05%. I write this in no sense of criticism but to set at rest forever the full and correct breed- ing of Directum 2:05% on his dam's side, and the other descendants of Stem winder 2:30%; and as there are no other trotting horses so intensely bred in Williamson's Belmont blood as are the produce of this famous broodmare, her breeding, which is as follows, becomes interesting: First dam, Stemwinder 2:30%, by Venture 2:27H (Bel- mont). Second dam by St. Lawrence. Third dam, Quien Sabe, by Bell Alta (Belmont). Fourth dam. Shang, by Langford (Belmont). Fifth dam, daughter of Duroc (Murphy's). I was in a position to know all these facts, as I was well acquainted and closely associated with my uncle, the late Martin Mendenhall or Livermore, who owned Bell Alta, and the late George Johnston of Pleasanton, to whom he sold Quien Sabe, who after- wards disposed of her to the late John Green of Dublin, Alameda county, who bred Directum 2:05%, etc. My uncle, Martin Mendenhall, bred Quien Sabe and Shang, the third and fourth dams of Directum 2:05%, and secured the fifth dam from the Murphy s of Santa Clara county, who owned the horse known as Duroc. While I wish to stir up no controversy, yet from what knowledge I have on the subject I fully endorse all you wrote in regard to the breeding of Venus, dam of Sidney Dillon. Each succeeding generation sees a new speed record hung up, and I fully believe that in some world record beater will also flow the blood of Stemwinder 2:30%, that was so liberally en- dowed with the blood of Williamson's Belmont. Yours truly, W. W. MENDENHALL. . MATINEE AT HEMET. The Hemet Driving Club gave a successful mat- inee New Year's Day in spite of the fact that it rained at noon the previous day, which proves that the Hemet Stock Farm track is about the best win- ter track in the State of California. There was a large crowd there and there would have been many more present had it been thought possible to race here. The track was safe but about two or three seconds slow. The officials were as follows: W. L. Scott of Riverside, Al. McCrea, San Bernar- dino and H. G. Stanley, acting as judges; Mr. H. G. Stanley also acted as starter. The timers were C. H. Thomas and D. D. Whitten of Hemet. Among the features was the showing of the Hemet Stock Farm's filly (now yearling) Fiesta Lou, sired by Wilbur Lou, dam Fiesta Queen (2) 2:22%. This filly, like her dam, is a pacer and can step a 40 gait right now but is not asked to do much of that. The races were well contested. A feature was the win- ning of the Broad well cup; the conditions for win- ning the same were that it was to be won three times, which was done by Bolock 2:16%, formerly owned by the late Joseph Kelly of San Bernardino. The summary is as follows: First event — Broadwell Cup for trotters: Bolock, ch. h., Mrs. Cowell (Donahue) 1 1 Caponacca, br. h., Clark (Sebastian) 2 3 Mazella, b. m., Mesfelt (Mesfelt) 3 2 Time— 2:24, 2:23%. Second event — 2:30 pace: Dee Sherril, b. m., Orme, (Shoemacker) 1 1 Short Nut, br. h., Clark (Sebastian) 2 2 Beatrice B., b. m., Bunnell (Bunnell & Donahue)... 3 3 Time— 2:2314, 2:23%. Third event — Free-for-all trot and pace: Tena G., ch. m. (t), Hemet Stock Farm (Rees)..2 1 1 Halo, blk. m. (p), Bunnell (Donahue) 1 3 2 Walter C, ch. h. (p.), Reno 4 2 4 A. M. Bonnell, b. g (p.), Talmage 3 4 3 Time— 2:17%, 2:18, 2:18. Fourth event — Exhibition: Fiesta Lou, b. f. (9 months), Hemet Stock Farm (Rees). DR. G. H. McFARLAND, Sec'y. 0 A gentleman who has lived for over twenty years in Honolulu says there are some of the finest, hand- somest, gamest and most intelligent saddle horses in the world on the Hawaiian Islands. These are de- scended from choice thoroughbred stallions and trot- ting bred mares which were shipped there regularly from America and Australia, but the United States rejects these for the cavalry because they may be an inch below the standard. Cavalry officers there de- plore this and say that if the officials in Washington could use a little better judgment and have compe- tent men select horses for this branch of the serv- ice the handsome, sound made, close-coupled horses there would, if selected, surpass in every way the long-backed, ewe-necked, long-legged variety that is sent there, a disgrace to the equine family. Here is a chance for a reform. We need all the cavalry horses we can raise here; why not fit out all cavalry regi- ments there with these Hawaiian horses, even if they are an inch or two under the standard? Big horses are useless in a tropical climate anyway. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, JanuaTy 10, 1914. UNKNOWN PACING BLOOD IN THE PRODUCTION OF COLT TROTTERS. This chronicle has to do with an ever present fact in the annals of the American trotting horse, and more particularly the fastest colt trotters the turf has seen during the last thirty years, in which period, beginning with the first four-year-old trotter to beat 2:20 a full second (and in that day a four-year-old was more of a colt in the matter of track education than is nmny a yearling and all two-year-olds of natural speed today), we of the silvered locks and gouty gait have seen 2:15% by a yearling and 2:04% by a two-year-old put on the scrolls of horse history. What I am going to show — at least, to my own satisfaction — is that, in the ease of enough of the absolutely top-notch colts and, especially, two-year- old trotters, since 2:30 was beaten by a performer of that age, there is to be found a strain of what may be properly called "unknown pacing blood," and its influence, if not the dominant one in the animals named, is at least of such apparent potency that no thoughtful man may disregard it or laugh it out of court. — But, before assembling my pregnant facts regard- ing the champion colt trotters since 2:30 was left in the dust of progress by the two-year-olds, I want to call attention to a pair of trotters, each one being known bv indisputable evidence to have been incom- parably the best of his time as an aged performer, and which, by very reason of this eminence at matu- rity, are now never thought of as world beating colt trotters. And the pair are Maud S. and Jay-Eye-See, world's champions in their day and generation and champion colt trotters as well. In 187S, the record for four-year-old trotters was the 2:24% of Elaine, daughter of Messenger Duroe ami Green Mountain Maid, later famous-as-the dam of Electioneer. In the fall of that year, William Blair, unknown to the public at large as a trainer or driver, took to the track at Nashville, Tenn.. a four- year-old chestnut filly, called "Maud S.," owned by Capt. Stone of Cincinnati and named for his daugh- ter. The chestnut filly trotted a trial mile in 2:17%, numerous people witnessing the performance, and the fact, heralded from one end of the country to the other, brought about her immediate sale to Wil- liam H. Vanderbilt for $21,000. Maud S. never lost a race against other horses and retired with the world's record, 2:08%. Jay-Eye-See. trained over the Case half-mile track at Racine, Wis., by Ed. Bither, now a resident of Boston, was foaled four years later than Maud S. As a three-year-old, in 1881, he could show more speed than any trotter of that age was credited with, the record then being the 2:21 of Phil Thompson, made the fall of that year at Chicago. The follow- ing season, he set the four-year-old record at 2:19. He also became a world's champion by his 2:10 mile at Providence, in 1884, and lost but one race against other horses, that defeat being a monstrous fluke. Both Maud S. and Jay-Eye-See had, for their dams, mares by Pilot Jr., a pacer of unknown blood, his sire being Canadian Pilot, of whose ancestry no facts ever were developed. Every horseman of today knows how potent that Pilot Jr. strain is right now, thirty-nine years after Maud S. was foaled. Remem- ber, it is unknown blood, absolutely, in the male line, and disputed thoroughbred blood in the female line. Putting the matter in concrete form, we have the following array of facts, which, to me, seem conclu- sive as to the point made and of vital interest in their bearing on the use or non-use of pacing blood (or perhaps it were better to say the blood of pacers) in the work of trying to breed fast trotters — and present day breeders must strive for early speed, and get it, or fall behind in the race. Here is the roster: Jay-Eye-See, champion four-year-old (1882), 2:19, was from a mare by Pilot Jr., pacer of unknown breeding. Maud S., the first four-year-old trotter to beat 2:20 (authentic trial of 2:17% in 1878), was from a Pilot Jr. mare. Sweetheart 2:26% (1880), the first two-year-old trot- ter to beat 2:30, gets the unknown Pilot Jr. blood through the second dam of her 'great grandsire. Clay Pilot. This mare, Kate, by Pilot Jr., also was the grandam of Almont 33, a family founder, and it might be mentioned, in pass- ing, that the champion pacer of 1913, Frank Bogash Jr. 2:01%, is inbred in a remarkable degree to Almont. Fred Crocker 2:25*4, the first two-year-old gelding to beat 2:30 (1880), had, for his dam, a daughter of the pacer St. Clair, whose blood lines are wholly unknown. Wildflower 2:21, champion two-year-old (1881), had for her dam another daughter of St. Clair. Manzanita 2:16, champion four-year-old (1S86), was from the dam of Wildflower, as above. Bonita 2:24%, the first two-year-old filly to beat 2:25, her record, when made, being second only to that of Wildflower, also held the four-year-old record, 2:18%, in 1883. Her dam was a daughter of St. Clair. Arion 2:10%, champion two-year-old in 1891, was from a Nutwood mare. The dam of Nutwood was the Pilot Jr. mare that produced Maud S. Peter Volo 2:04% (1913), is by Peter the Great, inbred to Pilot Jr., the dam of his sire being by Pilot Jr., while Grand Sentinel (sire of the dam of Peter the Great) is from a mare bv Mambrino Pilot, whose dam was by Pilot Jr. The dam of Peter Volo is by Nervolo 2:04%, a pacer; he, by Colbert 2:07%, a pacer, and he, by Onward 2:25*4. whose second dam was by the pacer, Hazarack. A point to be borne in mind right here is that Peter Volo, the two-year-old trotter, whose record is better than that of any three or four-year-old, carries more unknown pacing blood than any of the colt champions mentioned above — and he is the greatest trotter of them all. Peter the Great is the only sire to have more than one two-year-old trotter in the 2:10 list, which fact is significant when considered in connection with his much larger proportion of Pilot Jr. blood than is carried by any other prominent sire of the present d ly. Of still greater import is the fact that one of his 2:10 two-year-old trotters, Miss Stokes, descends in the female line from a family which carries the Pilot Jr. blood, her dam, Tillie Thompson, being a daughter of Eva 2:23%, by Sultan, a full sister to Sweetheart, the first two-year-old to beat 2:30, and whose tracing to Pilot Jr. appears above. Lydia Thompson, sister of Tillie, produced Peter Thompson 2:07%, the best record by a three-year-old gelding, and a third sister, Madame Thompson, produced Eva Tanguay, two-year-old record 2:1G%. These mares by Guy Wilkes and from Eva, by Sultan, are top class in the production of early speed. But do they get their excellence from Guy Wilkes or Sultan? The Sultan strain practically has run out, and the Guy Wilkes family certainly has gone well to the rear in the male line in the last decade. To some, it may seem absurd, but I must attribute the excellence of those Guy Wilkes mares as pro- ducers to the fact that, in being mated with Peter the Great, they added to their own Pilot Jr. strain two more through a horse which, in addition to being a proven sire of colt speed, was the best possible outcross for mares bred as they are, since he carries none of the blood of Wilkes or Electioneer, but does carry, in the male line, that of Happy Medium — a much greater sire than he generally is rated — com- bined with that of Jilot Jr., while in the female line there is another cross to Pilot Medium. I cannot figure the Sultan end of the pedigree of Tillie Thomp- son, Madame Thompson and Lydia Thompson as amounting to much in the production of colt speed, since the Sultan blood, in the male line, has com- pletely run out. For instance, Alcazar and California, brothers to Sweetheart, were given fine opportunities in the stud, one by the Pabsts, of Milwaukee, and the other by the late Frank Waters, also of Wisconsin, hut neither of them, so far as the male line is concerned, would qualify today for a list of really good sires. Alcazar, at the close -of 1912, had but three repre: sented sons, their total speed output being seven trot- ters and three pacers — a beggarly array in these days of prolific speed. -On the other hand, eleven of his daughters have produced speed, their contribu- tion being ten trotters and three pacers, and such a tremendously better showing, when it is considered that a mare can have but one foal a year, while a stallion, used as were Alcazar and California, should average twenty-five or more per annum. Only one of the get of Alcazar beat 2:20, and the average record of the thirteen trotters credited to him is 2:27, while the average record of the ten trotters and three pacers produced by his daughters is 2:21%, the advantage again being in favor of the female side of the house. California, the other brother of Sweetheart, had sired but nine trotters and one pacer to the close of 1912, three of his sons had sired one trotter and three pacers, while twelve of his daughters had pro- duced eight trotters and seven pacers. Again, the female line! One further important point bearing on the matter, and I will have done with Sweetheart. Beautiful Bells, nearly a full sister to Sweetheart (she being by The Moor, sire of Sultan and from Sweetheart's dam), produced three champion year- ling trotters in Hinda Rose 2:3G1/2, Bell Bird 2:26%, and Abdell 2:23. We are aware that Eva, sister to Sweetheart, is grandam, in the female line, of Miss Stokes, champion yearling trotter when 2:19% was the mark; of Peter Thompson, champion three-year- old gelding, and of Eva Tanguay 2:16%, as a two- year-old, each from a different daughter of Eva, but all sired by a stallion with two crosses to Pilot Jr. When another mare from Sweetheart's dam, and sired by the grandsire of Sweetheart, produces, among other champion colt trotters, three champion yearlings, one of which, Hinda Rose, also was a champion three-year-old, the facts are too strong to be explained away, especially as Sweetheart was a champion two-year-old in 1880, and her blood lines produced, in 1909, the first yearling to beat 2:20. There's a reason for the persistence of the strain, and my contention is that the above facts indicate pretty plainly what it is. Following Sweetheart, as champion two-year-old trotter, came the gelding, Fred Crocker, now forgot- ten or unheard of by all but students of ancient turf history, and, in the minds of the latter class, will always hold his place in turf lore as the first of the Electioneer champion colt trotters. He was the same age as Sweetheart, and as both were California pro- ducts, they came together in a stake for two-year-olds in September 1880, the filly winning in 2:31%, 2:32%, the finish of the second heat being very close. It will be noted that the first mile of this race was within half a second of the then existing two-year-old rec- ord, the 2:31 of So So, by George Wilkes, made in 1887, and at the time considered far more of a "freak" performance than is the 2:04% of Peter Volo today. And here is a good place to correct an important error regarding Sweetheart's record, which appears in Charles Marvin's book. He says that the Sultan filly took her record the day following the race with Fred Crocker, and gives the date of the latter per- formance as September 15th, whereas, in the official records, the stake race is given as having been trot- ted September 21st, and the successful trial against time on September 25th. But the big fact is that Sweetheart's champion record did not long remain at the top, and that, of all the two-year-olds in train- ing, it took one with a big percentage of unknown pacing blood to beat it. Fred Crocker was the horse. He was by Elec- tioneer, and his dam was Melinche, of whose blood lines absolutely nothing is known save the fact that she was sired by a pacer called "St. Clair," her dam being of unknown breeding. St. Clair, like Pilot Jr., may have been a well-bred horse, but all that is known about him is that he came to California in 1849 from the East, being what was called "an over- land horse." He worked as a dray horse in the streets of San Francisco, and later as leader in a stage team, and it was not until he was foundered and of no possible other use that he was permitted to serve mares, and, like Pilot Jr., his fame comes through the trotting speed produced by his daughters. In these days of bike sulkies and other things that make for early speed, either Sweetheart or Fred Crocker would unquestionably have been better than a 2 : 20 trotter, as the filly had gone in 3 : 07 as a year- ling and the gelding was troubled with a "filled" leg, which made training him, even for a mile dash against the watch, a delicate job. However, he put the two-year-old record at 2:25%, and that day the fame of the St. Clair blood, as a producer of early trotting speed, began. Had not Fred Crocker's bad leg given way entirely after his 2:25% mile, he prob- ably would also have been the champion three-year- old trotter, and, incidentally, it may be said that misfortune pursued the wonderful young trotters from St. Clair mares to an extent and with apparent results that forces the belief that, despite the fact that they were champions" at two and four years, (Manzanita and Bonita holding the last mentioned age mark), bad luck, in the form of accidents, which left them almost cripples, and sickness of the most virulent type, conspired to rob them of far greater glories. We have seen that "a leg" prevented Fred Crocker from being adequately prepared as a two-year-old, in spite of which fact he got the record for the age, his mark being five and three-quarters seconds faster than the best previous two-year-old record We now come to another hard luck champion trotter of the same breeding. This is Wildflower. She was from a St. Clair mare, another whose blood lines are unknown, "dam untraced" being the entire female side of her pedigree as it stands today. Wild- flower simply was a trotting wonder and, as a two- year-old, in 1881, a year after her full brother in blood Fred Crocker had brought the championship for that age into the family with his 2:25% mile, Wildflower, under circumstances not at all favorable to record breaking, reduced the two-year-old record to 2:21. It doesn't seem so wonderful in these days, but remember that this little filly, Wildflower, not only was champion of her day, but that, the very season she trotted in 2:21, the three-year-old record had been set at exactly the same figure by Phil Thomp- son. She was a double champion, beating all two- year-old marks by four and a quarter seconds and tying the three-year-old championship mile. When Peter Volo, a two-year-old, beat the three-year-old record by a quarter of a second, he was rightly acclaimed a phenomenon. But how about the little filly of 1881. the daughter of the mare by the pacer of unknown breeding? And what Wildflower did, was accomplished the first time she turned around to go a mile for a mark. Moreover, if the testimony of Marvin is taken as that of an unprejudiced witness, Wildflower was handi- capped by the way in which she was trained. In his book, page 118, Marvin says: "Wildflower had, perhaps, as much natural speed as any animal bred at Palo Alto, and, great as was her two-year-old achievement, it was hardly made under the most favorable auspices. Wildflower was not judi- ciously worked in her two-year-old form — indeed, she was greatly overworked." Still, thus handicapped, Wildflower put up a two- year-old mark that stood unapproached for seven years, and equalled the three-year-old record. But that was not all this unknown pacing blood did in the making of champion two-year-old trotters. Not by any means! A few days after Wildflower had trotted in 2:21, there was brought out a blood sister to both Fred Crocker and Wildflower. Her name was Bonita. She was a two-year-old and by Election- eer, out of another of those St. Clair mares whose dams' pedigrees, as well as the blood of their sires, were wholly unknown. Bonita took a record of 2:24%, second only to the 2:21 of Wildflower, so that, right then, the fastest three two-year-old trotters the world had seen were bred in the female line, as follows: Wildflower 2:21; dam, Mayflower 2:30%, trotting, by St. Clair, pacer of unknown blood: dam's pedigree un- known. Bonita 2:24%; dam, May Fly 2:30%, trotting, by St. Clair, pacer of unknown blood: dam's pedigree unknown. Fred Crocker 2:25%: dam, Melinche, by St. Clair, pacer of unknown blood: dam's pedigree unknown . But this, by no means, is all the story, because while Wildflower was making herself a double cham- pion by the 2:21 mile, her dam was carrying a filly foal, afterwards known as Manzanita. And she, like the rest of the trotters from St. Clair mares, became a champion in spite of accidents, sickness and other forms of ill fortune. Manzanita's troubles began early in life and they handicapped her seriously until her racing days were over. As a yearling, her hind parts practically were paralyzed from trying to crawl under the upper door of her box stall, and it was months before she even could "jog well. All through her turf career the filly — a born champion, if ever there was one — was attacked by spells of partial paralysis. Then, still as a yearling, she was pro- nounced "foundered" by the men on the farm. As a two-year-old she threw out a curb at a critical point in her training, but in spite of all this she was driven a mile, at two. in 2:25. As a three-year-old the filly raced well, winning her share of her engagements, and at four she not only was far the best of her age, but at Lexington, in the third heat of a winning race against Greenlander, she lowered the four-year-old Saturday, January 10, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN record to 2:16, the best previous performance at the age being the 2:17% of Sally Benton, made two years before. Still, what Manzanita had done was as nothing to what her trainer thought she could do. He believed her to be the best trotter in the world, and in the spring of her five-year-old form her training was be- gun, with the sole idea of starting her against the best California record, the 2:12% of St. Julien. One day, before the mare was ready for anything of the sort, Gov. Stanford visited Palo Alto with a party of friends, and practically ordered Marvin to drive Man- zanita a quarter "as fast as she could go." She did the distance in :30% — to high wheels, remember, and over a track by no means of the billiard table order — and broke down for good. Marvin trained and drove to their records all the champions sent out from Palo Alto, Wildftower alone excepted, and years afterward, when he could survey the whole field calmly and not feel that it was best to respect other people's ideas by keeping silent on certain points, he told me that it was his deliberate judgment that Manzanita was the fastest trotter of the Electioneer family. So, taking the facts as we find them in the books, taking the series of accidents and misfortunes that pursued the mare, taking the champion four-year-old record she made — it stood unbeaten for four years, until Sunol came along — I cannot see any way of dodging the conclusion that, had Manzanita been for- tunate, instead of unfortunate, she would have been a champion at two and three, as well as at four years, just as Wildflower unquestionably would have been a champion four-year-old had she not been at- tacked by malignant distemper, which so affected her breathing that it was impossible to train her. Bonita, like practically all the foals of St. Clair mares sired by Electioneer, became a world's cham- pion, as at four (1883) she lowered, by a quarter of a second, tne 2:19 mark for that age, set the previous season by Jay-Eye-See. And aside from what their foals accomplished in the colt trotting line, these mares should not be compared with the daughters of Pilot Jr., next to which they certainly rank. Except in the case of the few mated with Electioneer, the St. Clair mares had no chance, but what they accom- plished, with so little opportunity, is enough to for- ever preserve their names in harness horse annals. Pilot Jr., on the other hand, was a strictly first class sire of trotters for his day (he died in 1865), getting eight trotters in from 2:24 to 2:30, and breeding on in the male line as well as the female, six of his sons being credited with twenty-six trotters and eight pacers. Aside from the Pilot Jr. and St. Clair strains, no- pacing blood has persisted to a noticeable degree^ that of Blue Bull alone excepted, and again, in his case, we have the female line in the lead, since but forty-nine of his sons were sires of standard speed, their total being fifty-six trotters and eighty-three pacers, with no less than one hundred and twenty of his daughters as producers, their contribution being eightj--nine trotters and ninety-three pacers, or an average of 1.51 per mare, while the sires average 2.41. Blue Bull at one time was a close rival of Hambletonian 10 in the matter of begetting 2:30 trotters, but the strain not only was inferior to that of the great progenitor of trotters in carrying power, but did not equal that of Pilot Jr., whose sons and daughters, to say the least, were afforded no better opportunities than those of Blue Bull. The Pilot Jr. and St. Clair strains outrank all others which had their origin in a pacer. Considering the potency of the blood of pacers from another angle, it is well to remember that both Jay-Eye-See and Maud S. were double gaited, the former taking a pacing record of 2:06% eight years after he became a champion trotter, while Maud S. required a total weight of shoe and toe weight of about eighteen ounces to "balance" her as a record breaker on the trot. The only son of Happy Medium which attained real eminence as a sire is Pilot Medi- um, dam a Pilot Jr. mare, and his only son to reach the front ranks of sires is Peter the Great, who gets more Pilot Jr. blood through his dam; and Peter Volo, greatest of the Peter the Great family, adds to this pacing blood that of the pacers Nervolo and Colbert, sire and grandBire of his dam, as well as the blood of the pacer HajaracJvsire of the second dam of Onward. And if'-was from the Onward mare Orianna that Peter the Great got two of his greatest colt trotters, Czarevna 2:12% at two and 2:07% at three; and Grace 2:08 in the third heat of a winning race at three. That was the fastest third heat by a three-year-old when made, and the race, the Ken- tucky Futurity of 1910, was the best five-heat one of the three-year-olds, the average of the five miles being 2:0819-20. I am aware that it is the creed of many breeders to abhor the pacer on general principles, but it will not do to ignore facts like those presented in this article, because, cavil as they may, the opponents of pacing blood — or the blood of pacers — cannot get away from, or overthrow, the big truth that the blood of pacers has been a mighty factor in making trotting champions, young and old. In the above presentation I said nothing of Native Belle, which set the two-year-old record at 2:07% in 1909, but it might be well to point to the fact that Moko, her sire, has for his dam a Strathmore mare, and that not only was Strathmore a natural pacer of extreme speed, but also that one of the brothers of Moko. Bumps, has a pacing record of 2:03%, and another, Baron D., one of 2:10. The blood of pacers is right there in the pedigrees of Native Belle, which was a double champion, her three-year-old record of 2:06% being the best for a filly of that age. Neither have I made capital for my contention out of the fact that George Wilkes, Hambletonian's great- est son, was a double gaited horse, faster at the pace than the trot. Does any thinking man, in the light of present day developments, believe George Wilkes would have overshadowed all other sires of his time had he been strictly a trotter, as was Electioneer, especially when wuat Electioneer owes to the mares by the pacer, St. Clair, is considered? Baron Wilkes generally is conceded to be the best son of George Wilkes as a sire, and especially in the matter of colt trotters is his blood more potent than that of almost any other stallion, second and third generations considered. The sire of Baron Wilkes was a fast pacer as well as a fast trotter, and Moko, the best son of Baron Wilkes, is from a mare by the pacer Strathmore, that produced two pacers with records of 2:03% and 2:10 respectively. Moko's position as a sire of futurity winners long has been established, among them being Native Belle, the first 2:10 two-year-old; Fereno, first winner of both sec- tions of the Kentucky Futurity; Manrieo, winner of the same event and holder of the world's sixth heat record for his age. I wish some of our real hefty diggers into the statistical end of any proposition concerning harness horses would do the deep delving act in connection with this matter of the blood of pacing horses as a factor in the production of champion trotters. I have shown that — whatever theorists may say — the facts . about the matter are too big and portentous to be turned down or ignored. Any blood which produces pacers also produces fast trotters, as a rule, and more champion trotters than any blood which does not produce pacers. — Henry Ten Eyck White in American Horse Breeder. THE COMING OF RULE ONE. E. A. TIPTON'S MEW POSITION. Mr. Tipton, in his connection with the Billings stud will not be a successor to Tanner. He has been asked and agreed to act in an advisory capacity so far as the trotting department of the Curl's Neck Farm is concerned, just as he acted for the late Marcus Daly several years ago and which was productive of such favorable results to the Montana breeder. In an interview with the New York Telegraph rep- resentative Mr. Tipton said: "The advance report sent out from Richmond yes- terday that I shall move to Curl's Neck Farm and live there, has no truth in it. I shall still be a resi- dent of New York, head of our sale firm and manage the Lexington track as president of the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders' Association. "I shall look after the trotters owned by Mr. Bil- lings and used exclusively for breeding purposes, the same position I held at Bitter RoofcFarm, and beyond that will have practically no c^pnection with the management of his magnificent farm, except what concerns its trotting horse breeding department. Dur- ing my connection with Mr. Daly, I managed several race meetings for him in Montana, but now the Lex- ington track will be the only one under my manage- ment. "I regret very much that Dr. Tanner was forced to give up his charge and as this was inevitable ac- cepted the position more for the reason that I believe Mr. Billings' horse breeding operations, as started, will prove a great blessing to our trotting horse in- dustry in a few short years, if managed properly." In speaking of Mr. Tanner's retirement, the same paper said that the sudden and unexpected severance of the long and friendly connection between the two gentlemen was due solely to the strict orders of Tan- ner's physician, who has forbidden him to have any- thing to do with horses, or participate in active exer- tions for at least two years, and maybe longer, on account of the present state of his health. The tender and acceptance of the resignation was of mutual regret and under circumstances against which both were powerless. After attending the Old Glory sale in this city last month and buying several mares for Mr. Billings, Tanner went to Cleveland and from there to Lexington, where he gathered together all the trotters owned by his employer and moved them to Virginia, including The Harvester, Lou Dillon and nearly thirty more, all mares for breeding purposes. Uhlan and several others, including the four Mor- gan mares bought during the National Horse Show, were shipped from this city, and Tanner was just getting ready for work when the doctor's order came, demanding that he quit active work of any kind immediately. Tanner returned to New York from Virginia two days ago, personally reported to Mr. Billings the order of his physician and handed him his resigna- tion, much to the surprise and regret of the latter. After a long consultation it was said that on the ad- vice of Tanner the position of manager of the trotting department of the Billings farm was offered to Mr. Tipton, who accepted it. Dr. Tanner at once returned to Curls Neck Farm to have everything ready to be turned over to the new manager. In making the announcement it was stated that Mr. Tipton had not accepted the position to superin- tend the big farm as extensively as was planned for Mr. Tanner. He will only and exclusively look after the trotting horse breeding operatioKJ and nothing else in connection with the, big estate. The selection of mares for breeding, their mating, care of all trot- ters and improvements on the farm for the trotting bred horses alone, will be under his personal super- vision exclusively. It cannot be said that the American Trotting Reg- ister Association has not given all breeders and horsemen fair warning of a proposed change in their registration rules to be made at their next annual meeting, and it must be admitted that few have so far publicly expressed their views relative to this important bit of legislation — for it is the most im- portant question respecting registration that has as yet been put before' our breeders. If this change in rules is to be made, it forever closes the door to any animal whose sire and dam were not registered, unless they be eligible by rule One and could be registered by that rule. The result of this is to bar from registration hundreds of living standard bred horses and thousands that will be their product in years to come. What is to be gained by closing this door, other than a possible increase in value of those animals already registered, and what is the loss if not a decided loss in value of many of our horses? Also none of our horses are available for sale abroad unless registered, hence, the foreign markets are closed to any animal now living or produced in the future, whose sire and dam have not been registered prior to 1913, unless they in turn are from registered sires and dams, and can be registered. Go further than this — the Register contemplates a thoroughbred trotter, and when we get him we have one intensely inbred, while to maintain the integrity of Rule 1 we must inbreed further and further, until we may lose that which we started out to create. The present registration rules are tight enough, for by them a progressive breeder could out-cross or introduce foreign blood and, within a couple of gen- erations, regain standard rank for his produce by performance. It seems to me that this is the safety valve of the machine, i. e.. that horses can become standard by performance. It is beyond me to under- stand the reason or demand for any change in present registration rules. To the breeder who has always kept his stock registered, such a change might appeal as being good in that it might add some value to his animals and their produce, but if it adds value to his, while detracting from the value of many others, is not the general loss more than the individual gain? It is true that the standard from its inception by the late J. H. Wallace has been looked upon as a joke by some of our breeders, and there are many today who will argue the fact that its adoption did great injury to our breeding interests generally. That harm was done at the beginning there can be no doubt. The words "Standard and Registered" covered a multi- tude of sins and the answer to the question, "What's his Number?" resulted in thousands upon thousands of services by stallions and the use of mares whose sole recommendation for anything other than abso- lute worthlessness was "Standard and Registered." While registration did work harm in this way, it was all the time steadily advancing our breeding in- terests, so that today the number and certificate of registration is of value simply as a badge of good faith and not as a guarantee of virtue. We have ceased to rely on pedigree alone, and the first thought of the breeder now is selection and individual excel- lence. With these thoughts in mind, why not leave the registration rules as they are? When one con- siders the indifference there has been shown by our breeders generally to the Register, and this not alone confined to the little breeders, it would seem wiser to keep the rules as they are and confine all efforts to expounding the importance of universal registra- tion, standard and non-standard alike. Up to a very few years ago, no less an important breeding estab- lishment than Patchen Wilkes Farm did not register its stock, and many, many head were sold from farm which never have been registered. There have been other large breeding establishments just as careless of or indifferent to the good or necessity of registra- tion, and as for the small breeders it is safe to say that at least half of them have no conception of what registration is or how to proceed to register a horse. I hope the Register Association, instead of simply asking proxies from its stockholders for its annual meeting, will include with the proxy blank, a blank vote to be used on this proposed change in registra- tion rules. But should they fail to do this, every stockholder when he signs his proxy should register his vote upon it on this important matter — "I do not, or, I do, favor the elimination of all registration rules with the exception of Rule 1." — H. K. Devereux. Were John H. Wallace still in the land of the liv- ing, hiPneart would be rejoiced by the apparent veri- fiMtion of his favorite aphorism, the "oneness of the t^pting and pacing gaits," asjexemplified in the*case of the trotting-bred sire Di|blo, p, 2:09%. Diablo died last July, aged twenty-four years, after a sojourn of two years or more in Kansas. Diablo was sired by Q(>arles Derby 2:20, dam Bertha, by Alcantara 2:23; grandam Barcena, by Bayard, and the Bayard cross is more than likely the source of the pacing proclivity in this performer and sire. The addition of the pacers Senator H. 2:10% and Lolo 2:12% brings Diablo's speed quota to fifty-three, of which forty-five made their records at the lateral gait. His 2:10 list performers are the pacers Sir Albert S. 2:03%, Sir John S. 2:04%, Clipper 2:06, John R. Con- way 2:07, Daedalion 2:08%, Diablito 2:08%, Tom Carneal 2:08% and Chiquita 2:10, with a dozen eg more at the 2:10 threshold. Not an insignificant roll for a horse whose services were desultory, and every one of the fifty-three made its record in an actual contest. — Horse Review. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, January 10, 1914. J NOTES AND NEWS | «ffiKffi«ffi«©«©*©>Kffi«®KS»©^©>K©«ffi^©»©*©)K©*ffi Dillon Axworthy (2), 2:11%, by Axworthy, at three years cut his record to 2:10%. 4. 4 4 Race secretaries will be kept busy doping out the changes in the trotting rules the coming season. + + * Budd Doble. looking hale and hearty, 71 years voung, was visiting friends in San Jose last week. * * * Gray horses are the longest lived. Creams are usually delicate, and are seriously affected by very warm weather. 4 ■$! 4, Attention is called to the advertisement of the sale of Lord Alwin, one of the best bred stallions on the Pacific Coast. 4. 4, 4, Buyers of cavalry horses for the U. S. govern- ment announce an alarming scarcity of animals suitable for that purpose. 4> 4 4? Sixty-three of this season's 2:10 pacers were sired by stallions in the 2:10 list. Eighty-seven new 2:10 pacers were added this vear. 4 4, 4. The "Scientific American" reports that an auto- matic photograph apparatus for judging races has proved successful in France. 4 4, 4, Joe L. Serrill of Paoli, Penn., has hopes that Peter Thompson 2:07%, by Peter the Great, will win the Transylvania stakes next season. 4, 4 4 Bingara, by Bingen, is the sire of fifteen of the new performers in 1913. He has eleven others in the list that reduced their former marks. 4 4. 4 Al Schwartz expects to have at least seven trotters and pacers ready to start when the bell rings. He has several very promising youngsters. 444. Lady Wanetka (2), by Peter the Great, purchased at $12,500 by John L. Dodge last summer, won $4,000 in stakes, and may capture the Kentucky Futurity next season. 444 It is said the California Driving Club is to hold its annual feast some time during the latter part of January, while the San Francisco Club will hold its big festival in February. 444 The race tracks in California have been having a protracted resting spell, and the trotters and pacers are having what they have not had in years, a four weeks' rest in the winter. 444 Some one will secure a bargain in buying Lord Alwin whose advertisement appears in this issue. If rightly advertised and handled his book would be filled in less than a month. 444 The Seer 2:15%, by General Benton, dam Odette by Electioneer, died on Dec. 1, the property of Ed- ward N. Hutchins, Auburn, Me. He was twenty-eight years old and the sire of six trotters. 4> 4. 4 Hermis, a few years ago one of the idols of race- goers in America, and later sent to France, was re- cently sold at auction in Paris for a paltry sum. He was once sold in New York to Mr. E. R. Thomas for $60,000. 444 Throw away your old A. T. A. and N. T. A. rule books. The editions for 1914 are radically different from their predecessors. Might as well study them as early as possible, as some of the rules require close analysis. 444 Ringing horses is becoming one of the lost arts. Only two horses were caught masquerading in 1913 over A. T. A. tracks, the bay gelding Phil King, alias B. M., and the brown pacing gelding Hellenes Jr. 2:14%, alias Joe Umbra. 444 There is a marked increase in the number of horse- drawn vehicles to be seen in Golden Gate Park every pleasant day, and liverymen say that the demand for nice horses and buggies on Sundays is better than it has been for several years. 444. Present indications are that Seattle will furntffr a number of new perfoteers for 1914. Some of tro stock now there will go to Canada in the early spring, and others will remain to participate in the early meetings along the Pacific Coast. 4. 4 4 The Department of Agriculture finds there is a profit of about 40 per cent, in a three-year-old above the cost of raising. The net cost of raising a colt to three years of age averages $96.54. This estimate is based on the reports of over 10,000 horse breeders. 444, A fine looking brown colt, presumably by Dan Patch 1:55, was shipped to Dunedin, New Zealand, with the other horses in charge of Chas. James last Wednes- day. This colt came by Wells Fargo Express direct from the famous M. W. Savage Stock Farm, Minne- apolis. Starting judges in the East hereafter will not provide the timers with stop watches. The National Association expects the starter to keep his watch and thereby have a knowledge as to whether or not one or more seconds are being bestowed on favored horses. 444 The Secretary of Agriculture recommends the granting by Congress of an appropriation of $250,- 860 for extending the work of eradicating animal diseases, feeding and breeding livestock and for dairying, and for the enforcement of the meat in- spection law. 4, 4 4 Among the boys wintering at Spokane is 'Duke" McManus, with the Professor Schmidt stable of good ones. McManus is originally from Kentucky and is exerlastingly at it. He has entered for some of the big money to be distributed at the Panama-Pacific Exhibition in 1915. 4 4 4* A. B. Kenney, formerly employed at Woodland Farm, Woodland, Cal., is handling a number of green pacers by Hal B., p, 2:04% at Spanaway, Wash., for G. W. Davis, an enthusiast of Tacoma. Mr. Kenney is a capable trainer and expects to have some of his charges out for the money the coming season. 4. 4 4 Detroit, Mich., Jan. 8. — The Merchants' and Manu- facturers' stake of $10,000, generally considered the most famous classic of the trotting turf, was changed from the 2:24 to the 2:14 class. The announcement was made this afternoon by officials of the Detroit Driving Club. 444. The attention of our readers is called to Henry Van Eyck White's able article on "Unknown Pacing Blood in Our Trotters" which appears elsewhere in this issue. He only touches this subject lightly, for if it were to receive the recognition it deserves pages would be filled with the most convincing and surpris- ing statistics. 444 Trainers find that the three-quarter track on the Santa Rosa Stock Farm is one of the best to work horses on during the winter of any in California. Its sandy surface and even slope do not retain the water when very heavy rains fall, and in one hour after the heaviest storm this course is in readiness to be driven over. 444 From present indications it looks as if more horses will be trained on the Pacific Coast this year than ever. The large number of futurity stakes which will be decided is one contributing cause; the other is there are more better bred trotters and pacers ready to be developed than were ever heard of on this Coast at at anjr time. 4, 4. 4> There will be no scarcity of hay in 1914. Those dealers who bought hundreds of tons at $20 per ton last summer will get financially squeezed this year. They were thinking of the seven years of drouth which Holy Writ speaks of, but no such long dry spell ever struck good old California as far back as the memory of mankind goeth. 444, Jack Adkin, the successful manager of R. J. Mac- Kenzie's thoroughbred stable, has located in business in San Francisco, but will continue in the racing game. He is figuring on taking up the runners at Lexington, where they have been wintering, on Feb- ruary 15th and looks for a busy time of it this summer. 444, If you have a stallion and want to book mares to him the quicker you advertise him the better. Re- member the adage, "The early bird gets the worm." Write to this office for terms, and by the way, do not overlook the fact that neatly gotten up stallion cards are an absolute necessity and that we have facilities for doing this work second to no others on this Coast. 444 S. H. Cowell's good colt Panama, by Kinney Lou out of Dione 2:07%, is doing well at Sacramento under Mr. Tryon's care, and so is Dione II by Cupid 2:18 out of Dione 2:07%. Both of these will be added to the list of 2:10 performers that carry the blood of Williamson's Belmont. Panama has been quoted as being by Cupid 2:18; this was a typographical error. 444 L. B. Daniels, the horse trainer and race driver at Chico, received this week from Keefer & Spencer of San Diego an addition to his racing stable at the Speedway. This horse is Zorankin 2:29%, by Zom- bro, a trotting stallion, who has worked a mile in 2:09. He will be trained here and taken by Daniels on his trip over the northern circuit, leaving Chico in April. Zorankin is six years old. 4, 4 4 Lulu Lumine 2:09%, the unbeaten trotter of the Great Western Circuit, has joined the syndicate sta- ble of Thomas W. Murphy at Poughkeepsie. Murphy purchased her recently from W. H. Smollinger of Iron Mountain, Mo., paying upward of $10,000 for her, it is said. The mare opened the campaign of 1913 with a record of 2:19%, won six consecutive races, including two purses of $5,000 each, and went into winter quarters' with a mark of 2:09%, which prob- ably she could have beaten two seconds or more when at her best. She was bred by L. I. Rumsay, of Bound Brook, N. J., and was got by Orator 2:23 out of Lumine 2:17%, by the pacer Stately 2:11%. There are said to be over 150 conventions of vari- ous kinds to be held here during the Panama-Pacific International Fair in 1915, outside of the two greatest attractions, the light harness horse race meetings in the summer and fall. These will attract thousands of people from all parts of the world and the horse- men in California should be taking steps to see that these visitors are royally entertained. 4 4, 4 The National Society of Record Associations, an organization of live stock breeders, will have a hear- ing by the Interstate Commerce Commission regard- ing the reduction of and equalizing of shipping rates. There is a prospect of the railroads being compelled to relieve shippers of live stock from the exorbitant rates they have been forced to pay. Reduction of rates will apply to horses, as a matter of course. 444 Harry Dowling, manager of the Woodland Stock Farm, was taken to the Woodland sanitarium on the afternoon of December 31st and an immediate opera- tion was decided upon by his physician. Mr. Dowling has been a sufferer from chronic appendicitis and that in addition to other functional troubles brought on a severe illness which required heroic treatment. — Woodland Mail. [Mr. Dowling, we are pleased to say, is rapidly recovering. — Ed. B. and S.] 4 4, 4 Stockton, December 30. — Harry Lutz. alias James Dunlap, wanted in Chicago on a charge of stealing a trainload of horses, has been arrested. Lutz, Frank Nichols and John Gordon are said to have stolen 300 head of horses in Chicago about six weeks ago, sold a portion of them in an Illinois city and shipped the remainder to California. Nichols was arrested in Chicago and Gordon was caught in San Francisco about ten davs ago. 4 4. 4 A. C. Mendenhall of Oakland recently purchased from P. W. Hodges at sheriff's sale the bay stallion Rapallo by Greco B. out of the dam of San Francisco 2:07%, price $2,800, and has placed him in charge of Al. McDonald who will start a public stable at Pleas- anton. Al has been promised a number of others and will undoubtedly be seen riding in front at the races this year. 4 4, 4 It is the opinion of John E. Madden that Dr. Charles Tanner will be equally as successful a trainer of thoroughbreds as he has been with the trotters. According to frequent reports, Dr. Tanner will have charge of the stable of thoroughbreds which will be campaigned this season by Frederick Johnson and C. K. G. Billings, and as Mr. Billings is for the first time interested in this branch of the sport, Dr. Tan- ner's debut among thoroughbred trainers will likely be most auspicious. 4, 4 4 A new organization has recently been formed in Canada and given a charter under the name of Cana- dian National Trotting and Pacing Horse Association. O. B. Shepherd, Geo. Pepper, John Dawson and Jo- seph H. Smith, all of Toronto, Ont, and W. J. Cowan of Cannington, Ont., are provisional directors in the new association. The purpose of the association is to supervise racing and harness horse exhibitions, to keep correct records of each horse shown throughout Canada, and to prevent misrepresentation and fraud in exhibitions and contests. 4, 4 4 The campaigning stable of W. R. and T. R. McGirr, of Moose Jaw, won a total of $13,802 in 1913. This is apportioned as follows, among the horses in their stable, driven mostly by W. R. McGirr, though at times when the stable was split, R. T. McGirr, a brother, did the driving: Copius, 4, 2:19%, $3,245; Clara Paul, p., 2:10%, $3,125; Star Point, p., 2:19%, $2,205; Friday, p., 2:14%, $1,955: Prince F., p., 2:14%, $1,000; Pat Linton 2:29%, $660; While Acyfras, p., 2:03%; Fern Hal, p., 2:06%; Nellie G., p., 2:08%; Topsey M., p., 2:14%, and Lon McDonald 2:21% each won a trifle under $500. The good dark chestnut stallion Diablo, p. 2:09%, by Chas. Derby 2:20, that died in Kansas last sum- mer in the ownership of J. H. Conard, Ottawa, added two new performers to his credit the last racing season, both pacers, Lola 2:12% and Senator H. 2:10%. This brings his total credit of standard per- formers up to fifty-one, one over the half century mark, an excellent showing for a horse whose get were not picked up by persons interested in the sire and rushed into the list any way to get a mark, as is being done in the case of some in an extreme manner, and some by rather doubtful manipulation, if all re- ports are not misleading. Better no records than crooked ones, and far better real race records than scores of starred time counts. 444 Last week W. B. Taylor, the well-known Missouri trainer, purchased from Luther Lindauer, Kaukauna, Wis., the fast and handsome trotting stallion Ernest Axtell 2:08% for $5,000. The purchase was made for George Bodimer, Vienna, Austria, to whom Taylor also sold the trotting stallion Royal Reaper 2:11%, who has been one of the best winners in Austria the past two seasons. Ernest Axtell should make a good successor to Royal Reaper, for he is a high-class horse in every way. His record was secured the past season, and he is individually, and from the stand- point of breeding, the best son of the great Axtell, 3, 2:12, as well as the fastest by the records. Luther Lindauer is a brother to Gus Lindauer, one of the leading horse owners in California. He has between 560 and 600 horses working for him daily in San Francisco. Saturday, January 10, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Reports from Larbert, West Maitland, Australia, where Cesarion is now standing, are to the effect that that stallion's first crop of foals in the Antipodes are an even lot, typical of their sire. The following are the foalings to Cesarion which have occurred at Mr. John Hart's stud, Bolwara, West Maitland, this season: Lilymea, bay filly; Buddah, brown colt; Orinda, bay filly; The Wheedler, brown filly (dead); Elspeth, bay colt; Ida Mclvor, bay colt. 4, 4. 4. C. P. Hembree, Monmouth, Ore., a well known breeder of Jersey cattle, is becoming actively inter- ested in the harness race horse. He bought a good colt at the Bonaday dispersal sale, in the coming three-year-old trotting gelding Bon-jourect, by Bona- day 2:11%, dam Maud Stambourect, by Stamboul, t., 2:07%; second dam by Direct, p., 2:05%; third dam by Joe Daniels, thoroughbred. Mr. Hembree is keep- ing this fellow paid up in the Oregon Futurity and will probably start him in it. 4* 4, 4. It now develops that the threatened loss of mem- bership and power was the direct cause of the effort that is being made by the National and American Trotting Associations to get together on trotting rules. The Grand Circuit tracks long since requested that something be done to bring about a uniform set of rules, and had even contemplated a governing body of its own — a sort of national commission. Re- cently, the State Fair men placed themselves on rec- ord as favoring attending to their own affairs inde- pendently unless something was done.' As a result of this pressure, the two associations met at Chicago and went over the rules, the outcome of which is the recommendation for a number of changes more or less radical that will be acted upon at the biennial congresses of the two associations next February. 4, 4, 4, Seventy-five trotters and pacers, bred and sold by W. R. Allen of Pittsfield. Mass., with thirty-two of their descendants in the first generation, started last season in 474 races, of 1,583 heats, and won $52,179. Fifty-one of these winners were descendants of Bin- gara, son of Bingen 2:06%. In the last three cam- paigns the descendants of Bingara have won $101,784. Mr. Allen makes a practice of disposing of his young trotters at private sale, and buyers have sometimes picked up some rare bargains. Baden 2:05%, for example, was bought for $500. He won $35,775 in one campaign, last year, and was then sold for $30,000 to go to Russia. Belvasia 2:06%, was picked up for $300; Aquin 2:08 for $100; Aquill 2:08% for $300; Bistan 2:12% for $500; Baring 2:12% for $500, and Battle 2:13% for $550. 4. 4. 4* No less a sum than $616,610 was invested in the totalisators during the three days of the New Zealand Cup meeting. This quite eclipsed the records at the New Zealand Galloping Cup meeting. The figures for" each day are: 1913 — First day $212,790, second day $181,540, third day $227,380, total $621,610. 1912— First day $164,845, second day $141,860, third day $189,180, total $495,865. This gives an increase for this year of $125,925. As usual, the Government was the biggest winner. Its checque representing the 2% per cent, tax on the gross revenue amounted to ' $16,380. With all this revenue the New Zealand Met- ropolitan Club is in a bright way to become one of the most wealthy trotting bodies in the world. Yet it is so badly governed that the principal race was spoiled through an obsolete system of starting and want of management. It is worthy of note, too, that this was foretold by the press critics. 4. 4, 4, It is evident that "Salinas Big Week" will go into the discard. There can be better crowds, more real enthusiasm and more profitable enjoyment (without such terrible risks and exhibitions of cruelty) at a real old-fashioned county fair and race meeting such as the ones given at Santa Rosa, Woodland, Fresno, Hanford and Pleasanton last year. Realizing this and believing that the novelty of a "cowboy exhibit" has worn out, the people of Monterey county intend to start right in and prepare to give a regular fair and race meeting this fall The crop prospects of this and adjoining counties never looked better than they do at present and with this as an asset it will not take much persuasion to induce the citizens in that rich portion of California to get together and formulate plans for a "whopping" big fair; then in 1915 they can repeat it and draw thousands from San Francisco to see what can be produced in that vicin- ity We understand a meeting of prominent agricul- turists and stock breeders will be called soon to take this subject up. 4, 4. 4. This is a good time of the year to look after the physical condition of the stallions, brood mares and colts. If they need a dose of physic, and their coats will generally indicate the fact as will also their eyes, give it to them. Then they will relish their food and will not waste it and feeding will be both pleasurable and profitable. Feed will be saved and the oats, hay and mashes they do eat will make flesh, and if you should wish to sell any of them remember that fat always brings a big price on the market. Now that the ground is frozen and water freezes quickly in the barnyard and paddock, see that their feet are in good condition, square and level. They will not be so liable to slip and fall and a horse or colt with a broken leg is not a money maker for the farm. There will also be less liability of splints and curbs, blemishes that do not add to the reputation of the sire or add to their selling qualities. These may seem like little things but they do not take much time to attend to properly and will often make the difference between profit and loss at the end of the year. H. B. Smith, the well known horseman of Ukiah, writes: "I have just sold the black mare Ayeress, by Linwood W., dam May Ayers (full sister to Jasper Ayers), to Chas. A. Spencer of National City. Am now working a coming three-year-old filly out of Ayeress and sired by Prince Ansel, and she acts like a promising trotter. Sir Poleon has made two good seasons here and his first crop of colts are hard to beat. Several horses are now being worked on the Ukiah track. This is the first winter the track has been used for training and no sooner does the rain let up than the horses are out for their exercise. The District Fair for 1914 is now much talked of and one of the main features will be a race meeting. The management heretofore has allowed the airships to take the place of horse racing and at the last fair, in September, it was thoroughly convinced that the horses were what entertained the people." 4, 4, 4, Differences of opinion as to the various saddle "types" chosen at horse shows will exist just so long as horses appear in classes regardless of their breed- ing. Inasmuch as horse shows are supposed to be organized for the improvement of breeds, why are not all candidates classified according to breeds, or, at any rate, entered with description of breeding and the names of breeders? Those whose business in life seems to be the exploiting of certain kinds of saddle horses, are naturally elated over the new rule to divide long and short-tailed horses of straight- necked racing pattern or hunting type, distinguished from peacocky saddle-bred types, and the demand for one or the other will naturally increase when the two patterns are separated. But breeders and ex- hibitors of other kinds of horses will be at a distinct disadvantage unless they can make their entries conform to one or other of the much talked of types. Are hackney-bred horses and their out-crosses to be relegated to the heavyweight cob classes and trot- ting-bred horses to the lightweight division? — Rider and Driver. 4. 4. 4, C. C. Crippen of Mayfield, who has spent so much of his life at Palo Alto and is better posted than almost anyone on the horses that made that farm famous calls our attention to some errors and omis- sions in the long article on Williamson's Belmont which appeared in the holiday number, and for his interest in this we feel grateful. "Rowena is by Az- mooor 2:20% and her two 2:10 performers, Nutmoor 2:06% and Rowellan 2:09%, are out of mares by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, hence they carry another infusion of the blood of Williamson's Belmont through Rebel Daughter, the third dam of Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%. It was Joan 2:04% and not her sire Directum Spier that first lowered the record made by Directum 2:05% and it was seventeen years, not seven, after the later was crowned King of trotting stallions. Queen C. 2:28% by Nutwood Wilkes 2:10% out of Venture 2:27%, another mare carrying a dou- ble cross of Williamson's Belmont blood, is not only the dam of Frank Irvington 2:23%, but is also the grandam of Dan McKinney 2:10. Bob Mason sired the dam of San Felipe 2:09% as well as Honey Hea- ley 2:29% (trial 2:08), full sister to the latter. These 2:10 performers all appear in the table, however. With these few corrections I believe it is one of the best articles on the Mambrino Patchen of the Pacific ever published." LETTER FROM THE BREEDER OF ZULU BELLE. AN EARLY CONVENTION NECESSARY. Robert H. Cosgrove, secretary of the Northwest Pacific Fair Association and manager of the Spokane fair, is a visitor in San Francisco for the purpose of interesting California track owners and promoters of fairs in the. Northwest circuit. On February 12th and 13th the Northwest-Pacific Association will hold a meeting at Vancouver, B. C, and Cosgrove is en- deavoring to have a representation from California attend. Later on in the week he will go to Sacra- mento to try and get J. L. McCarthy, secretary of the State Fair, to make the trip to the Northwest. Cosgrove has just returned from Chicago, where he attended a convention of fair promoters, and he is enthusiastic over the advancements that are being made. "It has been the ambition of the Northwest- Pacific Association to interest Californians in our circuit," says Cosgrove. "Washington, Oregon, Brit- ish Columbia, Utah and other states are in the com- bine and we have invited California several times. Last season the association gave $100,000 in stakes and purses at the nine meets. Altogether it was a most successful season. "We have our meeting in February and at that time dates will be allotted and the circuit will be made up. We are thoroughly organized and it has proved a big boost to the light-harness game." The Northwest secretary has had several inter- views with R. J. MacKenzie and is anxious to send some of his high-class trotters and pacers north. MacKenzie has given no definite word, but he may send a string in 1914 to campaign round the North- west circuit. He has not fully decided how he will campaign his extensive string of horses, which is wintering at his beautiful track at Pleasanton. He said yesterday that he will undoubtedly ship a select number East to show on the Grand Circuit and added that the main string, however, would be retained on the California Circuit. "What I would like to see is for the horsemen to get together in California, so we could arrange for a successful season." explains MacKenzie. "Still it is early and I have not laid any plans as yet." 0 Subscribe for the Breeder and Sportsman if you want to keep posted on all subjects pertaining to horse, dog, gun and rod. In connection with the interesting story about that splendid mare Zulu Belle which appeared in your Holiday Edition, I thought that a few more facts re- garding her by her true breeder, H. F. Wadham of Nestor, Cal., may be helpful and go further in substantiating her claims to stamina, pure gait, splendid disposition and all-around good qualities and dispel the thought that Mr. Durfee bred her: I owned Zulu Belle's grandam, Katie Treat. She was a very dark bay mare sired by Venture 2:27% and was brought to this county by John Treat, a prominent horseman in his day and one of the best judges of livestock I ever saw. He would have noth- ing but the very best. When he came to the Cuya- maca Ranch in this county he brought the very choicest representatives of the best breeds of horses, cattle, sheep and hogs. One horse worthy of mention was the thoroughbred stallion Shiloh which he bought in Kentucky. Shiloh derived his name from the fact he was foaled on the day the battle of Shiloh was fought. He became the sire of a number of famous horses — Gladstone, John Treat, the gray gelding that won so often at the Bay District Track, San Francisco, Odette, Mikado and many others which I cannot remember. After Mr. Treat's death I bought Katie Treat. She was then six years old and had never produced a foal although mated with several stallions. At that time I had on the ranch a black stallion known as J. S. W. by Inca. He had a fine disposition and was very gentle with mares. I turned her out with him in a corral for months; the result was that in due time she produced a nice colt. Nine days after I bred her to a son of General Washington; the result- ant foal was one of the finest colts I ever saw. Unfortunately it fell when two months old while play- ing with another colt and broke a leg, so I had to shoot him. Years after I bred Katie Treat to Thomas Rysdyk, the result being Johannah Treat. Katie Treat was twenty-two years old at the time she dropped this filly, and it was her last. She died at the age of twenty-four years and was the gamest animal I ever owned. She was never known to quit or falter and was as true as steel. Johannah was a natural trotter from the day she came. I picked her out as the making of a fast mare and entered her in the San Diego futurity for two- year-olds. She came in second in this race. Ed De- lorey trained and drove her in this event. At this time he was the owner of Thomas Rysdyk. As a three-year-old I turned her over to P. W. Hodges to train and race through the California Circuit. It happened she was up against such wonderfully fast three-year-olds as Zombro, Stam B., and Dr. Puff, but she came in third and was separately timed in 2:17. This, I believe, was over the old San Jose track. Then she took the distemper. Before shipping her to Sacramento Hodges wrote me that she would not be fit to start and advised me to breed her. He also asked, "What horse shall I breed her to?" I wired: "Breed her to the best horse in California." He wired back, "What horse do you mean?" My answer was, "McKinney!" The result was Del Coronado 2:09%. While carrying this foal however she got a very severe wire cut on the left front foot. Anyone seeing it could hardly believe she would ever recover; however she did, and she got a record of 2:24 with it, whu* she did in a race at Santa Ana. Wm. G. Dur- fee arove her in this race. The next colt she had was.- by Atto Rex by Attor- ney. He was quite a prominent race horse at the time. The colt that came, in breaking, met with an accident and injured one of his shoulders, never fully recovering from this although he was a very classy looking colt. The next foal, a filly, was by Altitude. She was known as Alta Treat. She paced a mile over the Coronado track (which was fully four seconds slow) in 2:19%, driven and handled by a novice. She was just three years old at the time. I next bred her to Neernut, the result being a bay filly which has never been handled for speed. Next, a filly by Petigru, called Irene S. 2:28% as a two- year-old and. in my judgment, a faster mare than Zulu Belle, if she had not broken down in her work. I sold her to Mr. Durfee as a yearling. The next foal Johannah had was Zulu Belle by Peti- gru that got a two-year-old record of 2:24%. The story of this good mare was graphically told in your interesting journal. The next was a black colt by Strathway which I sold to Mr. Wallace of National City. He has been raced and has a record, but how fast I do not know. Next, a chestnut colt by Strathway which I still own. It has never been handled. The following year she had a black colt by Carlokin 2:07%, which is at Pleasanton; it is a handsome colt and promises well. Then she was bred to The Bondsman and produced a filly which is out on pasture; and the last one, which I consider a splendid "prospect," is by Osito by Mc- Kinney. The old mare is in foal to Prince Ansel. I am writing this because I feel hurt, for I have never been given credit as an owner and breeder and at the same time I would like to say that, for the past thirty years, I have done all in my power to assist the light harness horse industry. I never cared for the gambling end of it. As long as I owned Del Cor- onado I never saw him race or bet a dollar on him. When he won at the Horse Show at Pasadena I was not credited with his ownership, and when he took the Cup at Los Angeles Mr. W. G. Durfee was not the sole owner; he only owned a half interest in him. These and other transactions have been very discouraging to me and I hope you will give this com- munication the publicity it deserves. 8 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, January 10, 1914. I ROD, GUN AND KENNEL J I I I CONDUCTED BY J. X. D.WITT. | PACIFIC COAST FIELD TRIALS. The thirty-first annua] trials of the Pacific Coast Field Trials Club are scheduled for the last full week of this month, starting Monday the 26 inst. on the club grounds near Bakersfield. The club is the second oldest field trials club in existence today in this country. Organization was made at Sacramento in the office of Hon. Chas. N. Post. August 1883. and since that time with the ex- ception of one year. 1887, the club has not failed to hold a yearly trials. The Eastern Field Trials Club, which ran its inaug- ural trials at Robins Island, 1879, precedes the Cali- fornia club. The other contemporary clubs were: Robins Island. National American Kennel Club and the Gilroy Rod and Gun Club. The progress and popularity of the sport is shown by the fact that whilst there were but practically three clubs in existence in America when the Cali- fornia club was organized, there are now about 35 such organizations in the United States and Canada, all holding successful trials annually. Incidentally we will mention that the Dean of the field trials sport on the Pacific Coast. Hon. Chas. N. Post, has missed but one of the clu'o s annual gather- ings since the initial running at Walltown Timber. The absence of the sterling sportsman and most genial of good fellows was unavoidable and in the line of active official duty. Before taking up a synopsis of events of the club's meetings since 1883. we will introduce some contem- porary field trial history that is in keeping with the introductory lines. The Gilroy Rod and Gun Club ran the initial field trial meeting in California at Gilroy November 7-8. 1881. The judges were Crit Robinson, a famous wing shot and a prominent member of our old time coterie of sportsmen and Horace H. Briggs. a well known writer on sporting topics two decades ago. D. M. Pyle, referee. The Gilroy Rod and Gun Club also ran a meeting in 1883. In the all-age stake E. H. Farmer's Eng- ish setter Queen. G. P. Anzar's English setter Ola and L. G. Horton's English setter Cap were the win- ners as named. In the puppy stake L. G. Horton's Cap was first. Charlie V. B. Kaeding's English setter Fannie second and J. Mervyn Donahoe's crossed English and Gordon setter third. There were six starters (4 English setters. 1 Gor- don and 1 pointer! in the all-age stake. W. Whit- tier's Rock first, C. Miller's Sam second and E. Leavesley's Juno third, three English setters. Eight starters were in the puppy stake: M. W. StackpooFs Phil (Gordon setter) first. E. Leavesley's Juno second, J. W. Orear's Phil third. Besides the two metings in California in 1883 there was held meetings of the Eastern Field Trials Club's fifth annual trials at High Point, N. C, Robins Island Field Trials Club's, second annual trialsJpt Robins Island. National American Kennel Clutrs fifth annual trials at Grand Junction. Tenn.. South- ern States Field Trials Club's third annual trial at Canton, Miss. — six field trial meetings altogether for that year. The history of the Pacific Coast Field Trials Club in brief, follows: Inaugural Trials. Walltown Timber, November 26- 28, 1883. F. W. Dunn, Judge. Derby Stake. Winners — H. A. Bassford's pointer Butte Bow (Ranger Boy — Josie Bow), first, H. C. Chipman's Irish setter Beatrice (Skohoe — Nellie), second. G. B. Crosby's pointer Bow Jr. (Ranger Boy — Josie Bowl, third. All-Age Stake. First — Fred A. Taft's Gordon set- ter Dorr (Don — Lady). Second — J. M. Bassford Jr.'s pointer Beautiful Queen (Ranger — Queen). Third — H. H. Briggs' Irish setter Belle. 1884 — Walltown Timber, December 2. H. C. Brown, Hon. Joseph A. McKenna and A. G. Piatt, judges. Derby Stake. C. L. Ecklon's native red (?) setter Trix (Count Ronge — Queen). Second and third di- vided— Post and Watson's English setter Sweetheart (Count Noble — Dashing Novice) and J. M. Bass- ford. Jr.'s pointer Lemme B. (Prince Ranger — Josie Bow). All-Age Stake. First — G. B. Crosby's pointer Bow Jr. (Ranger Boy — Josie Bow). Second — J. M. Bass- ford's pointer Beautiful Queen. Third — P. E. G. Anzar's English setter Ola (Count Warwick — Leah II). 1885 — Point Reyes. December 15-19. Hon. Chas. N. Post, J. G. Edwards and H. H. Briggs, judges.. Derby Stake. First — J. M. Barney's Tom Pinch (Wise's Tom — Beulah). Second — H. A. Bassford's Solano B. (Glen — Josie Bow). Third — G. W. Bass- ford's Victor II (Glen — Josie Bow). All-Age Stake. Payne J. Shatter, J. M. Barney and H. H. Briggs. judges. First — Wm. Schreiber's point- er Montana Boy (Grouse — Nell). Second — J. M. Bass- ford. Jr.'s Lemme B. Divided third — J. G. Edwards' English setter Royal Duke II. J. M. Bassford. Jr.'s pointer Beautiful Queen, and California Kennel's Erslish setter Janet (Count Noble — Dashing Nov- ice). 1886 — Hanford, December 13-16. Fred A. Taft, Hon. D. M. Pyle and Frank Southerthwaite' judges. Derby Stake. First — Charles Kaeding's English setter Shot (Regent — Fannie). Second — E. W. Briggs' pointer Climax (Bing Bang — Bellona). All-Age Stake. First — California Kennel's English setter Sweetheart (Count Noble — Dashing Novice). Second — William Schreiber's pointer Lassie (Prime — Forest Lily). Third — J. M. Barney's pointer Tom Pinch. 1888 — Bakersfield, January 17-20. J. M. Bassford of Vacaville, F. A. Taft of Truckee and R. T. Vander- voort of Pasadena, judges. W. W. Foote of San Fran- cisco took Mr. Bassford's place in the all-age judging. Derby Stake. First — California Kennel's English setter Sunlit (Sportsman — Sweetheart). Second — L. J. Rose's pointer Point (Vandervoort's Don — Drab). Divided third — W. Demott's English setter Haroldine (Harold — Janet) and G. W. Bassford's pointer Blossom. All-Age Stake. First — L. J. Rose Jr.'s pointer Point. Second — California Kennel's English setter Harold. Divided third — J. G. Edwards' English set- ter Royal Duke II (Regent — Dolly) and J. M. Bass- ford Jr.'s pointer Frail (Lemme B. — Beautiful Queen). , 1889 — Bakersfield. January 14-19. R. T. Vander- voort. I. N. Aldrich and Payne Shatter, judges. Derby Stake. First — James E. Watsons black pointer Old Black Joe. Second — G. W. Bassford's pointer Lottie B. (Professor — Gracie B.). Third — William Schreiber's pointer Nestor (Gladstone — For- est Queen). All-Age Stake. First — James E. Watson's Old Black Joe. Second — Thomas Bennett's English set- ter Sirius (Sportsman — Sweetheart). Third — Cali- fornia Kennel's English setter Sunlit (Sportsman — Sweetheart). 1890 — Bakersfield. January 20-23. W. C. Nelson, D. M. Pyle and I. X. Aldrich, judges. Derby Stake. First — California Kennel's English setter Salina (Harold — Sweetheart). Second — G. W. Bassford's pointer Sankey (Point — Blossom). Third — California Kennel's English setter Stephanie (Har- old— Sweetheart). All-Age Stake. First — California Kennel's English setter Sunlit (Sportsman — Sweetheart). Second — A. B. Truman's pointer Patti Croxteth T. (Croxteth — Patti M.). Divided third — Thomas Bennett's English setter Sirius (Sportsman — Sweetheart) and Austin B. Sperry's pointer Count Dick (James K. — Doana). "" 1891 — Bakersfield, January 19-21. R. T. Vander- voort. W. C. Nelson and H. T. Payne, judges. Derby Stake. First — M. D. Walter's English setter Leo R. (Rodney— Phyllis II). Second — J. E. Wat- son's black pointer Old Black Joe II. Third — Cali- fornia Kennel's English setter Petronella (Harold — Sunlit). All-Age Stake. First — A. B. Truman's pointer Patti Croxteth T. Second— J. E. Watson's black pointer Old Black Joe II. Divided third — J. F. Hughes' pointer Sankey B. (Point — Blossom)., G. W. Bass- ford's pointer Rose (Point — Blossom) and A. B. Tru- man's pointer Queen Croxteth (Rush T. — Patti Crox- teth T.). 1892 — Bakersfield, January 19-22. H. T. Payne, R. T. Vandervoort and D. M. Pyle of Bakersfield, judges. Derby Stake. First — W. G. Kerckhoff's English setter Sam K. Gladstone (Gladstone's Boy — Ruby D.). Second — P. D. Linville's English setter Flake L. (Dan Gladstone — Florine). Divided third — Charles Studarus' pointer Rush Croxteth (Point Queen-Crox- teth) and W. J. Golcher's pointer Del Monte (Nestor — California). Member's Stake. Winner — J. M. Bassford, Jr.'s pointer Queen's Last (Mountain Boy — Beautiful Queen). Runner up — J. M. Kilgarifs English setter Sirius (Sportsman — Sweetheart). All-Age Stake. First — Thomas Higgs' English set- ter Lady Tippo (Mingo — Lady Thunder). Second — H. Huber's pointer Sally Brass II. (Ch. Graphic — Meallv). Third — J. E. Watson's pointer Old Black Joe II. 1893 — Bakersfield, January 16-21. R. T. Vander- voort, D. M. Pyle and William Dormer, judges. Derby Stake. First — James E. Watson's black pointer George P. (Old Black Joe II. — Black Bess). Second — H. T. Payne's English setter Countess No- ble (Stanford— Lily C). Divided third— California Kennel's Johanna (Gladstone II. — Thanet), James E. Watson's black pointers Jim P. and Doctor P. (Old Black Joe II. — Black Bess). All-Age Stake. First — T. J. Watson's English set- ter Starlight W. (Dan Gladstone — Miss Alice). Sec- ond— James E. Watson's black pointer Old Black Joe. Third California Kennel's English setter Pel- ham (Harold — Sunlit). 1894 — Salinas, January 16-19. William Dormer, Hon. Charles N. Post and Andrew Jackson, judges. Derbv Stake. First — W. G. Kerckhoff's English setter Betsy Mark (Gath's Mark— Ightfield Sophia). Second — W. G. Kerckhoff's English setter Mercury (Dick Bondhu — Sunlit). Divided third — J. M. Bass- ford's pointer Adelia (Bismarck — Queen's Last) and Crit Robinson's black pointer Rex (Old Black Joe II.— Black Bell). • All-Age Stake. First— H. T. Payne's English setter Countess Noble (Stanford — Lily C). Second — K. E. Meyer's English setter Smoky (Tennessee Bob — Hoosier Belle). Third — C. Studarus' pointer Clay (Tom — Queen Croxteth). 1895 — Salinas, February 11-16. William Dormer, Andrew Jackson and David Thorn, judges. Derby Stake. First — C. Z. Hebert's pointer Doris (Ch. Glenbeigh — Jill). Second — J. G. Edwards' Eng- lish setter Nimrod (Sportsman — Stephanie). Third — Sam F. Hughes' English setter Silverplate (Fred W. — Countess Noble). All- Age Stake. (Messrs. Dormer and Post, judg- es.) First — Howard Vernon's pointer Ch. Glenbeigh (Grouse V.— Rita). Second — W. G. Kerckhoff's Bet- sy Mark (Gath's Mark— Ightfield Sophia). Divided third — J. M. Kilgariff's English setter Sirius (Sports- man— Sweetheart) and A. P. Kerckhoff's English set- ter Mercury (Dick Bondhu — Sunlit). 1896 — Bakersfield, January 20-23. Hon. Charles N. Post, Andrew Jackson and D. M. Pyle, judges. Derby Stake. First — J. H. Schumacher's English setter Rowena (Harold — Enid). Second — J. W. Keene's English setter San Carlos (Sabre Blade — Loda). Third — R. K. Gardner's English setter Peach Mark (Mercury — Betsy Mark). All-Age Stake. First — H. G. Edwards' English set- ter Nimrod (Sportsman — Stephanie). Second — Ben J. Baum's pointer Glenbeigh Jr. (Ch. Glenbeigh — Lady Max). Third — Joseph E. Terry's English setter Orion (Harold— Sunlit). 1897 — Bakersfield, January 18-21. Hon. Charles N. Post, William Dormer and J. M. Kilgarif, judges. Derby Stake. First — A. C. Jones' English setter Donna Alicia (Eugene T. — Beryl). Second — J. E. Lucas' pointer Wicklow (Bruce R. — Florie). Third — J. Schumacher's Valiente (Eugenie T. — Maiden Mine). All-Age Stake. First — R. K. Gardner's English setter Peach Mark (Mercury — Betsy Mark). Sec- ond— California Kennel's English setter Merry Mon- arch (Mercury — Johanna). Third — J. E. De Ruyter's English setter Countess K (Stamboul — Gladys Glad- stone). 1898 — Bakersfield, January 24-27. Colonel A. W. Merriman of Memphis, Tenn., and Hon. Charles N. Post, judges. Derby Stake. First — J. E. Lucas' pointer Alec C. (Ch. Glenbeigh — Saddlebags). Second — W. S. Tevis' pointer Cuba of Kenwood (Ch. Glenbeigh Jr. — Stella). Third — Frank Maskey's English setter Lady Rod's Chaff (Rod's Chaff — Cressida). All-Age Stake. First— R. K. Gardner's English set- ter Peach Mark (Mercury — Betsy Mark). Second — W. S. Tevis' Cuba of Kenwood (Glenbeigh Jr. — Stel- la). Third — Caesar Young's English setter Luke (Toledo Blade — Cambriana). 1899 — Bakersfield, January 16. George W. Rich- ards (Verona Kennels) and J. M. Kilgarif, judges. Members' Stake. First — Verona Kennel's English setter Countess K. (Stamboul — Gladys Gladstone). Second — fa. W. Keller's English setter Donna Alicia (Eugene T. — Beryl). Third — Verona Kennel's Eng- lish setter Gleam's Ruth (Ch. Count Gladstone IV. — Gleam's Maid). Derby Stake. First — John Hauerwass' English set- ter Romeo (Valiente — Lady Stamboul). Second — Albert Betz's English setter Merry Heart (Merry Monarch — Sweetheart's Last). Third — M. O. Feud- ner's pointer Ashbury (Baldy — Beulah). All-Age Stake. First — W. S. Tevis' pointer Sam's Bow (Plain Sam — Dolly Dee II.). Second — N. J. Don- ovan's pointer Senator P. (Captain B. — Queen P.). Third — W. S. Tevis' pointer Cuba of Kenwood (Glen- beigh Jr.— Stella). Champion Stake. Winner — N. J. Donovan's pointer Senator P. 1900 — Bakersfield. January 22-25. Thomas John- son of Winnipeg. Manitoba, judge. Derby Stake. First — Walter S. Hobart's English setter Hen Crocker's Chief (Iroquois Chief — Mary Lou). Second — Henry L. Betten's English setter Woodcraft (Ch. Count Gladstone IV.— Suver G.). Third — Stockdale Kennel's pointer Cuba's Zep (Cuba of Kenwood — Jacquina). All-Age Stake. First— W. W. Van Arsdale's Eng- lish setter Peach Mark (Mercury — Betsy Mark). Sec- ond— Stockdale Kennel's pointer Cuba of Kenwood. Third — Stockdale Kennel's pointer Nellie Wilson (Plain Sam— Dolly Dee II.). Champion Stake. Winner — Stockdale Kennel's pointer Sam's Bow (Plain Sam — Dolly Dee II.). Members' Stake declared off. 1901 — North Island. Coronado Beach, January 14- 17. Thomas Johnson of Winnipeg. Manitoba, Hon. Charles N. Post and J. H. Schumacher, judges. Derby Stake. First — Joseph E. Terry's Lady (Ch. Count Gladstone IV. — Peach Mark). Second — W. W. Van Arsdale's English setter Peach Blossom (Ch. Count Gladstone IV. — Peach Mark). Third — P. D Linville's English setter Maggie F. (Ch. Count Glad- stone IV. — Lady Rod's Chaff). All-Age Stake. First— W. W.'Van Arsdale's Peach Blossom. Second — Joseph E. Terry's Lady. Divided third — A. Betz's English setter Merry Heart (Merry Monarch — Sweetheart's Last) and Stockdale Ken- nel's pointer Cuba's Zep (Cuba of Kenwood — Jac- quina ) . Members' Stake. First — P. D. Linville's English setter Maggie F. Second — J. Tod Sloan's pointer Vi (Wisdom — Whisper). Third — A. Betz's English setter Merry Heart. [Concluded next week.] Saturday, January 10, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN ENGLISH PRESS ON AMERICAN TRAPSHOOTING TEAM. The work of the team of American trapshooters which visited England over a decade ago and met in competition teams of trapshooters from Great Britain, was at that time commented on freely by the English sportsmen's papers. The following excerpts will doubtless interest many of our readers. The Field says of the match with the Middlesex Gun Club: "This international contest began today on the ground of the Middlesex Gun Club at Herndon. The conditions proposed in the American challenge were the following: A team of any ten men from the United States to shoot a match with a team of any ten men from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for £1,000 (£500 a side) on Inanimate Bird Shooting Association rules, with the exceptions that the targets were not to be thrown less than 40 yards nor more than 80 yards, and not lower than 6 feet nor higher than 12 feet at a point 10 yards from the traps. It was further agreed that, while the American team should only be allowed the use of one barrel, they should be permitted to load with IVi ounces of shot and any length of case or any weight of gun, while the English team had the use of two barrels, but were restricted to the use of 1% ounces of shot in their cartridges; five competitions at 100 birds each man, and the best three out of five to win. It can be seen, therefore, that the match was under conditions which differed on each side, and leaves the result somewhat difficult to correctly estimate, one's opinion of the form shown by each of the teams being necessarily affected by the view taken of the rules under which they respectively competed. Today's competition was won by the American team, who made 866 breaks out of 1,000 birds to their opponents' 801, the best score on the American side being W. R. Crosby's of 93, and the best for the home team, F. Izzard's of 87, the visiting team winning by a majority of 65 kills. That the American team are one and all crack shots there can be no question; but, on the other hand, it must be stated that in style, to which we attach some value in this country, they were deficient. They held their butts continuously to their shoulders, ex- cept when loading on the firing line, and their guns were extremely heavy ones, few of them weighing under 8 pounds, and several of them with barrels of 32 inches in length. Further, their cartridge cases, for which their guns were specially chambered, were from 3 to 3% inches in length, containing a heavy charge of powder below six or seven thick felt wads, which, with IVi ounces of chilled shot, helped to fill up the unusually long case. Such guns and charges could not of course be used in ordinary shooting, and there is no doubt that by using them, very skil- fully it must be recognized, the American shooters were greatly helped to overcome their British com- petitors, shooting with lighter guns and smaller loads. On the conditions proposed by the visitors, and agreed to by the home team, there can be no question that the Americans won fairly. But all the same, onlookers could not help wishing that they had been enabled to witness a contest of skill be- tween competitors fairly matched by equal conditions on each side. That this was not so, however, was no fault of the visitors, whose challenge was accepted with what must be regarded as want of due caution by the British team, which they may probably be expected not to exhibit to the same degree in any future arrangement for an international event of the kind." Of the second competition it said: "In terms of arrangement the teams on both sides were somewhat altered for the second event, but the change did not operate in the favor of the British side. Rain fell freely during the progress of the shooting today, interfering with the attendance which on the first day was considerable. Some excellent scores were compiled by individual American shoot- ers, showing that the makers of them had thoroughly mastered the use of the heavy guns and charges they competed with, while the scoring made by their British opponents somewhat declined. At no time did the match appear likely to be decided favorably for the home team, and it must have been rather de- pressing for them to struggle against skill equal to their own, joined to guns and charges much better suited than theirs for the particular work that had to be done. In any such match hereafter it should be conditionsd that all the rules are the same for both sides, for had the American team consented to shoot on English conditions, both as to guns and cartridges, a much more interesting contest might have resulted." Land and Water commented thus on the affair: "As a spectacle a clay bird shooting contest is not very exciting. In the United States the attend- ance at tournaments for inanimate bird shooting is said to be very considerable. But on this side no such annual event has ever succeeded in attracting the crowd, and the Anglo-American contest at Hern- don this week was no exception to the rule. Never- theless there was a good muster of shooters. The weather was perfect, and the arrangements for the comfort and convenience of shooters and visitors were excellent. That the British team were to re- ceive a beating at the hands of their American op- ponents seemed to be the general understanding all round. But for some time on Tuesday it seemed to those watching the progress of the contest between the two teams on the firing line that such predictions were likely to be falsified by the excellent shooting with which Mr. Butt and his men commenced. "The Americans, on the other hand, who had won the toss, began badly, their captain firing the first shot and missing his bird, while his men showed that they were not quite accustomed to their sur- roundings. The first hundred birds smashed by the British team gave a clear lead, which raised the hopes of those who desired their success in the match. But the American team was not to be denied. and they steadily pulled up to the British score until about the hundred and fiftieth bird, when they fairly got in front of their opponents, leading thereafter throughout to the close of the contest by a steadily increasing number of kills, and finally winning by 86C kills to their opponents' 801, showing a majority for the visiting team of 65 kills. "It was interesting to compare the two teams and their weapons, British and American, as we may describe them, though two Irishmen in the home team drew attention to the fact that their team rep- resented the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Still, they did not make a grievance of the team being described as British, not forgetful per- haps of the general expectation that it was to be beaten by America. All the American shooters, we may say, shot in the same style, their own peculiarly American style, very effective in breaking clays, but not a very pretty style in the eyes of the onlookers accustomed to the more sporting manner of shooting adopted at the traps on this side. For every Amer- ican competitor, without exception, in the firing line held his gun firmly bedded at his shoulder before he called, 'pull,' and nine out of ten of the men used what would here be described as heavy live-pigeon shooting guns and heavy loads, specially made to break clay birds. They justify their manner of hold- ing their guns on the ground that they are not shoot- ing ducks or snipe, but clays, and there being no rule against their having the advantage of keeping their butts to their shoulders, they do so simply because by doing so they can most accurately break the flying target. "The English team again adopted no fixed style, each man shooting as he chose, and a majority keep- ing the butt below the shoulder until the clay bird was sighted. Much the prettier and more sports- manlike was this style, but not quite so effective in its results unless accompanied by much superior shooting skill. Because it is plain that by fixing the butt at the shoulder in advance, not only is it more firmly and correctly bedded a hundred times in suc- cession, but the chance of any occasional failure to bring the gun right up at once, which may occur with the best shots using the most accurately fitted guns, say five times in a hundred shots, is entirely removed, further, there can be little question that the quarter of a second saved in shouldering the gun enables a shot to leave the muzzle and reach the object in the air an appreciable time in advance of the other method, meaning a better pattern round the clay bird and greater velocity in the pellets smashing it. When one has to smash ninety per cent, of one's birds or nearly so, to come to the front in inanimate bird shooting, such small points as these are make all the difference in the final result. A close pattern and a strong velocity are more im- portant by far at clays than at game, and these the American team secured by using heavy guns and cartridges of 3 inches in length, loaded with heavy charges of powder separated from the limited weight of 1% ounces of shot by a large thick felt wad that took up great space in the case and prevented the powder gases, so the shooters said, from escaping into the pellets and disturbing their patterns round the birds. "It may be interesting to our readers to have a description of the guns and loads used by the Ameri- cans. The favorite gun was a Parker, made by Parker Brothers, Meriden, Conn., weighing 8 pounds, with the barrels either 30 or 32 inches long, the latter for choice. Seven members of the team used Parker guns, two of them, Elliott and Banks, used Winches- ter repeating guns, with 28 inch barrel and weighing 7% pounds, while two members used L. C. Smith guns, manufactured by the Hunter Arms Co. of New York, with 30 inch barrels and weighing 8 pounds. Then as to the ammunition, American Schultze was used by two members, American E. C. by two, Du Pont powder by four. Hazard by one, and Laflin & Rand Smokeless by two members, while all of them shot 7% Tatham shot, chilled. The cases of the cartridges averaged 3 inches in length, running from 2% to 3% inches, and they were made by the U. M. C. and Winchester companies. "The first match having been decided so decisively in favor of the American team, the British captain, in terms of arrangement previously arrived at with the American captain, by which power was reserved by either to change any of the ten shooters in any of the matches, began the second match with several alterations in his team. H. J. Cave, for instance, the winner twice in succession of the championship cup, who did not shoot in the first team, was included in the second. But, notwithestanding such altera- tions, the second day's contest was also decided in favor of the Americans by no less than 84 kills, the numbers being 794 kills by the British team against 878 kills by their American opponents. The latter shot throughout in the most methodical manner, evidently determined to strain every nerve to make every point possible in their score, and leave no chance whatever to their antagonists. As the result of the shooting of squad after squad was registered on the notice board it was seen that the home team were being hopelessly beaten. Indeed, from the out- set the latter never had a chance of success, looking to the terms upon which they were contending for victory. On a careful reading of the conditions of the challenge from America, it was seen that they permitted the use of guns of any weight, of cart- ridges of any length, and the holding of the guns in any position, the only limitation being that no more than 1% ounces of shot were to be used by the Americans, and no more than 1% ounces by the British, though it must be confessed that the conces- sion in return to the English team of using two bar- rels, while the Americans were confined to one bar- rel, was presumed somewhat to equalize these con- ditions. "The experience of this match has shown British clay bird shooters that the American conditions, even though containing that of the allowance of two bar- rels to the British team, were favorable to the chal- lengers, who took full advantage of the liberty permitted under them as to arms and loading with the best results, so far as the scoring went. The Americans were no doubt expert shots that would require a great deal of beating on any terms that were fair to both sides. But so were their British opponents, and it seemed to us that were the guns and cartridges the same we might fairly have looked for a more exciting struggle. That they were not, that the American guns and the American loading, was so much better adapted to the breaking of clays, shows that so far as these accessories are concerned, our clay bird shooters have much still to learn. It is plain that to smash clays the best gun is a heavy 12 bore of 8 pounds, or thereby, well choked in both barrels and chambered to take a 3% inch cartridge case if necessary, while the best ammunition for success in the sport, simply as such, is a cartridge loaded with a heavy powder, covered by a large number of felt wads to keep in the gases, and 1% ounces of No. 7% chilled shot. Further, that the game shooting style of keeping the butt of the gun below the shoulder until the object is sighted, has its decided disadvantage in competing against shooters who take advantage of any rule to that effect. TELEGRAPH TRAP SHOOTS. The following clubs have signified their intention of participation in the telegraphic trapshooting matches : Independence Gun Club, Independence, Oregon. Chicago Gun Club, Chicago, Illinois. Pastime Gun Club, San Diego, Cal, Portland' Gun Club, Portland, Oregon. Cleveland Gun Club, Cleveland, Ohio. St. Louis Trapshooting Association, St. Louis, Mo. San Jose Blue Rock Club, San Jose, Cal. S. S. Whites, Philadelphia, Pa. Audubon Gun Club, Buffalo,' N. Y. Little Falls Gun Club, Little Falls, N. J. Starved Rock Gun Club, Utica, N. Y. Highland Shooting Association, Philadelphia, Pa. New Columbus Gun Club, Columbus, Ohio. Seaside Gun Club, Bridgeport, Conn. Soo Gun Club, Sioux City, la. The New Gun Club, Coatesville, Pa. Cincinnati Gun Club, Cincinnati, O. Lansdale Gun Club, Lansdale, Pa. Pahquioque Gun Club, Danbury, Conn. N. C. R. Gun Club, Dayton, O. Denver Rod & Gun Club, Denver, Pa. Du Pont Trapshooting Club, Wilmington, Del. Fox Gun Club, Philadelphia, Pa. Paleface Shooting Association, Boston, Mass. These matches were to start January 1 and each club will shoot on its first regular shooting day in the month. The score made in shooting at the first 25 sixteen-yard targets to count, although if it should happen that some members of any club are shooting in handicap events and do not have an opportunity of shooting at sixteen-yard targets, the score made by them in shooting at the first 25 handicap targets can be counted. If a club should be shooting a match race or a reg- ular race on some ground other than its own, the score made on the first 25 targets shot at in such matches will count in the telegraphic match. The scores of individual members of clubs who may be attending tournaments away from home can- not be counted; only amateurs are eligible to com- pete. All scores to be wired to E. R. Galvin, 592 Du Pont Building, Wilmington, Delaware, on the day of the shoot and signed with the name of the club. The messages to be sent collect and to give only the last name of the ten high men and tneir scores, for example: "Jones, 25, Emith 25, Brown 24, Harrison 23, Johnson 22, Olson 22, Jenks 21, Grant 20, Jack- son 20, Miller 20, total 222. Sign name of club." Where a club has two or more members of the same name, the initials should also be given, for example: "-John Jones 25, Sam Jones 25, Wm. Smith 23, F. Smith 23, Miller 20, Grant 20, Jackson 20, Har- rison 20, John Brown 20, Earl Brown 22. Total 218. Sign name of the club." The telegraphic reports made by each club should be immediately confirmed in writing. As the scores are received they will be sent to the sporting week- lies and other papers interested for publication. In case any club desires to receive by wire the scores made by any or all of the other clubs compet- ing in the race, it is understood that they will be sent this information by each club, provided the club re- ceiving is willing to pay for the telegram, or tele- grams. The Du Pont Powder Company has offered a suit- able trophy to the club making the highest aggre- gate score in the five matches. Interstate Rules to govern all points not covered by the above. lb THE BREEDER ANL SPORTSMAN [Saturday, January 10, 1914. AT THE TRAPS. "Pull." — Blueroek shooters are getting ready foi' the usual Washington's Birthday tournament, which will be held this year on the grounds of the Exposi- tion Gun Club at Easton. Jack Fanning, formerly a prominent and popular trapshooter in the local ranks of blueroek pulveriz- ers, now residing in New York, and Clarence Ashlin, at present staying in South Kensington, London, England, agreeably surprised their former trap- shooting comrades here by forwarding handsome New Year cards. "Howdy dew" Rice spent the holidays in this city and was a frequent visitor at the Copper Kettle Club's headquarters. He left for the Arizona copper belt last week. * * * San Jose Bluerockers. — V. J. la Motte and George McCubbin did some great shooting in a 100-bird race at the traps of the San Jose Blue Rock club on Ne\v Year's day. Each broke 24 out of the last 25 targets, and each missed the second, breaking 23 straight. Many shooters were out. and some good scores were made. The formal 100-target program was postponed owing to the rainy weather. Those who shot a full 100 rounds made the fol- lowing scores: O. N. Ford, 9G; .R. E. Dodd. 90; George McCubbin, 87; Carl Schilling, S6; V. J. la Motte, 8G. On Washington's birthday the San Jose Blue Rook club expects to hold the first shoot of the 1914 sea- son at its traps on the King road. Santa Maria will send ten men to compete and large representations from all over northern California will attend, so it is reported in a San Jose paper. * * * Nemours (Ladies) Gun Club. — The attendance on Wednesday afternoon, December 31, was not as good as usual, the New Year's dances being responsible for the small number of ladies present at the Wil- mington, Dei., ground. Miss Lannan led in both actual and handicap scores, and tied with Mrs. E. L. Riley for the Major Ramsay trophy. In the shoot-off of ten birds Miss Lannan won and is the holder of the medal for this week. Wednesday, January 7, was the date for the las^ shoot for the trophy and the member who has won it the greatest number of times will be the final ov ner. Score Hdc. To. Mrs. E. L. Riley 13 13 25 Miss H. D. Hammond 13 2 15 Miss M. V. Lannan 16 11 25 Mrs. H. J. Stidham 5 S 13 Miss Alice Riley . . • 10 12 22 o GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN. The present hunting season has been a phenom- enal one for canvasback shooting. The recent heavy southeast storms drove the birds from the rough bay waters for shelter into the creeks and sloughs. Peta- luma creek and its tributaries have been for a fort- night past well tenanted with both "cans" and blue- bills. New Year's day the creek, from the mouth of Schultz slough down to the bridge at Black Point, a distance of about eight miles, was the refuge for flocks of thousands of canvasbacks. Members of the Petaluma, Miramonte and Hog Island Gun Clubs have had limit shoots every time out. Last Sunday five members of the Parker Gun Club shot "can" limits. Among the individual gun- ners who drew limit shoots last Sunday were William Augstein, Dr. Ogle, Dr. Maguire, Pete Walsh and others. Last Wednesday Harry Palmer, Jack Han- nah and Joseph Holland operated on San Antone slough for limit bags of canvasbacks and bluebills. Charles Bolton and George Thackery had shot double limits for two weeks near the mouth of Schultz slough. Further north, along the bay shore, results have also been good. The Tubbs island gunners have also had canvasback shooting unequaled. This latter shooting ground is not open to the public. The upper end of the island has been a famous canvasback shooting resort for years. The majority of the Suisun gun club members have had but little sport for the past week. At some pre- serves high water prevented any attempts to reach the ponds and submerged blinds. At the Tule Belle preserve Guy C. Earl and Amby Buckley were located on favorable ground for limit shoots. More canvas- back ducks have been shot in the Suisun this year than usual. Alameda marsh scattergunners were out in force a week ago. General results, as indicated by duck straps and game bags, were not up to the averages of a week previous. The sport was rather desultory, good in some places only. Near the Coyote hills a fog that lifted after 11 o'clock A. M. was so thick that the gunners could hardly distinguish the decoys stooled out near the blinds, and a very high tide did not help matters any, either. At the Arden Gun Club, J. T. Connelly, Dr. A. Syl- vester, Charles H. Kewell and William Jones had only fair shooting. William Ealand and George Chis- ler's combined bag amounted to but thirty birds af a pond frequently good for limits. Leigh Larzalere and Bert Patrick the previous Wednesday were in the Alhrae blinds when a good flight was on. The Wednesday shoot on the Alameda marshes was far better than Sunday's showing; the rains that night scattered the ducks and Thursday's trigger pullers fared poorly. F.ed W. Kewell, Henry Zellerbach, F. Finch, Louis Thlebaut and other members of the Pastime Club are busy at the club preserve near Alvarado frequently. The Wednesday shoot there was first class. Louis Schroeder's powder-burning trip , to Arfs last week was of limit dimensions. Fine shooting in the vicinity of Pinole has been the luck of numerous local hunters for a week past. "Cap." W. A. Simonton and George Thomas went to Hercules Wednesday, bent on putting a crimp in the canvasback flocks, working along shore. The stormy weather at that point deterred the hunters from going out. Luckily, as it happened, for the rough water swept away the frail blind they intended to shoot from. It's a toss up whether they could have reached shore safely had they been on the platform structure when it was collapsed by the waves. Quail hunters in various districts had pleasing Sunday sport. W. J. Street worked over the hills and canyons back of Lagunitas, securing a nice bunch of birds and also a twenty-two-pound wildcat. Near Irvington J. B. Coleman and George Uhl last Tuesday shot over limit producing ground. Fred Sar- cander favors the San Gregorio back country for a quail hunt; his Sunday trip was a twenty-bird shoot. Archie Franklin and friend flushed a bevy or two near Olema and exacted fair toll of quails from that section. * * * Coast stream anglers who favor the steelhead law steelhead law of two years ago, which permitted taking this variety of trout in tidewater up to Febru- ary 1, it is reported, will shortly endeavor to invoke the aid of initiative petitions in securing the neces- sary number of 30,000 signatures for the purpose of submitting the proposed change for favorable consid- eration by ballot at the coming election this year. Petitions will be circulated in this city by local anglers, by Dr. F. E. Raynes of Duncan's Mills, also at Eureka and other Eel river points, Lompoc, Ven- tura and various other steelhead fishing resorts of the Coast. The claim is made that the January steelhead fish- ing is about the only enjoyable sport in that line available. The season that begins April 1 does not last more than three or four weeks at best, and the catches are mainly confined to fish of small size. Had the season remained open during the present month it is debatable, under present freshet conditions, that there would be much doing anyway. A small delegation of California Anglers' Associa- tion members filled in the last Sunday of the season •by a trip to the Point Reyes tidewaters of Paper Mill creek. F. W. Snyder landed a four-pounder, William Chambers' catch was a two-pound trout, another rodster's fish scaled one pound. Besides the larger trout there was a fair catch taken of smaller fish. Striped bass anglers at San Antone a week ago had a strenuous time during the high water and wind- storm. Several arks shifted moorings and had to be secured with extra anchors. Fishing operations were suspended by a number of anglers, who found it necessary to look after the safety of skiffs and launches. The marsh was covered with water, so that the small craft could leave the main creek and take short cuts to the mooring grounds at the rail- road bridge. Despite the stress of weather, two anglers made a splendid catch of striped bass in Schultz slough. The reported take included four bass, weighing fifty-one, twenty-eight, seventeen and twelve pounds, respec- tively. Howard Vernon's seven-pounder redeemed the San Antone bass chasers from drawing blank. GAME BY PARCELS POST. EASTERN AID TO DEFEAT THE REFERENDUM. Representative organizations engaged in the pro- tection of the wild life of the country have united, in a meeting just held in New York City, in an ap- peal to the people of California to resist the attempt that is being made, through the medium of the ref- erendum, to repeal its recently-enacted law forbid- ding the sale of game. Organizations signing the apepal are: The New York Zoological Society. National Association of Au- dubon Societies, New York Association for the Pro- tection of Game. Camp Fire Club, Long Island Game Protective Association, American Game Protective Association. The meeting was held at the offices of the last named organization. In addition to the above named it may be mentioned that the Boone and Crockett Club has adopted a resolution of similar import. The appeal attributes the agitation for the repeal of the California law principally to the market hunter and it characterizes that individual as one who "de- stroys but never produces." Every movement to legalize the sale of game is declared to be "in the interest of and hacked to a large extent by market hunters and game dealers; absolutely opposed to the best interests of the people as a whole and a death blow to the real conservation of game." Emphasis is laid on the fact that the sportsmen of the country would be repelled from, not attracted to the Panama-Pacific Exposition by letting down the bars so that "the State of California could be turned into a game shambles 'for the benefit of those who visit the exposition." The appeal closes with the expressed hope that "the people of California in particular and the Amer- ican people as a whole will show such determined opposition to the agitation now on foot that it may quickly pass to the oblivion it so richly deserves." Organizations signing the appeal also adopted a resolution requesting a conference with Mr. William Randolph Hearst at which, in view of his frequently expressed interest in wild life conservation and his wide influence in California affairs, he will be asked to lend his aid in keeping the no sale of game law on the statute books. The American Game Protective Association has just received from the Post Office Department at Washington a telegram stating that an order has been issued which will effectively put a stop to the illegal use of the parcels post in the shipment of game. The department's action will be hailed with delight by sportsmen and conservationists generally throughout the country. They feel that a very seri- ous menace to the adequate preservation of our game supply has been averted. The telegram in question reads as follows: "The Post Office Department has issued an order prohibiting acceptance for mailing of game killed or offered for shipment in violation of the laws of any state, territory or district in which it was killed or tendered for shipment. The order permits acceptance for purposes of mailing of game lawfully killed and offered for shipment, but fresh game may not be mailed beyond the second zone." The telegram comes from Third Assistant Post Master General Dockery. At the offices of the American Game Protective Association, in the Woolworth Building, President John B. Burnham gave out the following statement regarding the Department's action: "This matter means a great deal for game con- servation in this country. "Ever since the parcels post has been in operation, it has furnished an ideal means for the shipment of illegal game and added to the worries of the game commissions of the various states and the officials of the Biological Survey of the Federal Government. "For a number of months, the American Game Pro- tective Association has been trying to solve the prob- lem involved in this matter. It was understood that the Post Master General was friendly to a reason- able suggestion. Dr. T. S. Palmer of the Biological Survey, at Washington, and the fish and game com- missioners of the various states interested them- selves in the problem and various suggestions were made. The action just taken by the Post Master General entirely satisfies game conservationists and they feel that one of the most dangerous leaks in the game supply of the country has been stopped. "Since 1900. when Federal Statute 553, known as 'The Lacey Act' was passed, the game authorities have felt that they had the situation in hand, for the law prohibited interstate commerce in game in viola- tion of state laws and imposed heavy penalties both on individuals and upon common carriers violating the game laws of any of the states by illegal ship- ment. "The express companies, which handle most of the game shipped in interstate commerce, have very generally lived up to law, and where they have been imposed upon, they have always been ready to aid officials in convicing shippers of illegal game. When, however, the parcels post invaded the express com- panies' field, the old methods of preventing the ship- ment of illegal game were no longer effective. Just as soon as the pot hunter had delivered his partridges or wild ducks into Uncle Sam's keeping, he was safe from punishment for any illegal act connected with the shipment for the simple reason that no game official had a right to examine the package and the postal authorities themselves would not do it." o AN IMPORTANT CONVICTION AND BIG FINE. The largest penalty for the violation of a game law ever collected has just been paid by the Franco- American Poultry Company and August Silz, its pres- ident, of New York City to the New York Conserva- tion Commission. The amount is $20,000. Mr. Silz is the largest dealer in game in the United States and probably in the world, and he imports most of the game that comes into this country from Europe. The New York Commission is being congratulated on what sportsmen throughout the country consider an excellent piece of work. It is the general opinion among those interested in wild life conservation that this case will make more effective than" ever the en- forcement of the laws prohibiting the sale of game. The original information regarding this case was obtained by the United States Bureau of Biological Survey, and important aid in working it up was furn- ished by the American Game Protective Association, the national league of the sportsmen of the United States. This is one of a large number of cases in which this Association, through its special agents, has brought to earth violators of the game laws. Upon investigating the case, it was found that Silz, under the guise of conducting a farm for breeding wild ducks, was importing native wild ducks from Virginia contrary to the law. It was definitely shown that he was not legitimately engaged in the breeding of ducks, but was using his farm for a blind. Wild ducks which had been captured in nets were bought alive in Virginia in large quantities, and brought to the Silz farm at Goshen, N. Y., where they were im- mediately killed and put upon the market. In some instances, these birds had not _been taken to the breeding farm at all. New York has to its credit also the largest previous fine ever collected for the violation of a game law, the amount being $±4,000, secured as a penalty from dealers who stored game illegally in New York City in 1909. The working up of the present case required the very best detective and legal talent and the Con- servation Commission deserves congratulations on its wholly successful outcome. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, January 10, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 WILL G. DURFEE'S HORSES. Although the Grand Circuit has a surfeit of crack Eastern-bred trotters and pacers it has ever depend- ed upon the Pacific Coast for some real racing stars. Of late years W. G. Durfee. of Los Angeles, has been almost alone among Californians with a desire to invade Eastern tracks and with such high-class performers as Copa de Oro 2:01: Don Pronto 2:02%; Manrico 2:07%; Helen Stiles 2:06%; Carlokin 2:07% and Del Coronado 2:09%, he has had more than a full measure of success. Durfee remained on the coast the past year for the sole purpose of developing material for a Grand Circuit stable in 1914 and judging from what his horses did in a limited campaign Durfee will come East next May with not only the best lot of horses he ever had but one of the best that ever passed the mountains. Durfee is now at work with forty head from which to select and he will come at least fifteen head strong. The one that will attract the greatest attention from Eastern horsemen is the much talked about filly Virginia Barnette, by Moko out of Zephyr 2:07%, by Zombro 2:11. Not long ago this two-year-old filly trotted a half- mile in 1:00%, and Durfee does not keep secret his belief that when the futurities are called next fall she will take the measure of both Peter Volo 2:04% and Lady Wanetka 2:10. He has good reason for such confidence, extreme as it is, for Virginia Barnette has not been sapped from fast miles whereas the two by Peter the Great were severely taxed as yearlings and hard raced as two-year-olds. And age for age Virginia Barnette is faster than Durfee's champion Manrico, winner of the gamest and fastest futurity ever trotted. For the fast stakes Durfee's candidate will be Rags, by Del Coronado 2:09%, out of Atherine 2:16% by Patron 2:14%. Atherine is the greatest matron of the day on the Pacific Coast, and, by the way, she was bred and raised by C. F. Emery of Cleveland, and besides Rags she has produced Copa de Oro 2:01. Rags was the best three-year-old of the year in the Far West. He won the Oregon futurity and both California classics, the Occident and Stanford stakes. At Santa Rosa, in a $3,000 stake, he won the sea- son's championship by defeating eight other three- year-olds in straight heats, time 2:12%, 2:13% and 2:13%. In the slow stakes like the M. and M., Durfee will rely upon Honey Healey. She is a seven-year-old mare and full sister of San Felipe 2:09%, unbeaten in 1912. Honey Healey trotted a trial in 2:08% last February, but was not started. Alerlch is a stallion, by Direcho, that was placed in thirteen races this year. He won a record of 2:11% and is a game trot- ter. Three other great youngsters that will be three years old next year are Josephine Watts, by General Watts, Esperanza and John Warwick, by Carlokin. Josephine Watts is a half sister of Beirne Holt 2:11% and Silk Hat 2:12%, and in 1913 showed a trial in 2:14% at two. Esperanza started five times, was three times first and twice second with a record of 2:14%; while John Warwick won two-year-old races and a record of 2:15%. Among pacers, Durfee will come East with his reliable stallion Don Pronto 2:02%, Chango, the son of Copa de Oro 2:01. that won the pacing futurities in Oregon and California this year, as well as a two- year-old record of 2:13%. For the three-year-old pacing futurities he will bring Phyllis Barnette, a full sister of Don Pronto 2:02% and half-sister of Manrico (3), 2:07%. The stable appears to be so extraordinarily strong, and as Durfee is apt to come early in the season to North Randall, it is worthy of the following extended description: Rags (3) 2:12, b. g. by Del Coronado 2:09%; Ath- erine 2:16% by Patron 2:14%. Unbeaten in four starts; winner of $5,000; half-brother to Copa de Oro 2:01. Alerich 2:11%, b. h. by Direcho (son of Direct), dam by George W. McKinney 2:14%. Placed in thir- teen races; second to May Mack in 2:09; winner of $3,756. Esperanza (3) 2:14%, b. f. by Carlokin 2:07%— My Irene S. by Petigru 2:10%. Winner of three races, three second moneys and $1,527. . John Warwick (2) 2:15%, b. c. by Carlokin 2:07% — Alameda Maid by Eros. Winner of one race, one second money and $825; half brother to U. R. Wel- come 2:15%. Josephine Watts, b. f. (2) by General Watts (3) 2:06% — Belle Andrews by Billy Andrews 2:06%. Trial 2:14%; half-sister to Beirne Holt 2:11%, and Silk Hat 2:12%. Virginia Barnette, b. f. (2) by Moko— Zephyr 2:07% by Zombro 2:11. Trotting trial at two years 2:14%, half in 1:00%, quarter in 29% seconds. Bertha Pointer, b. m. (5) by Del Coronado 2:09% — Belle Pointer by Sky Pointer, brother of Star Pointer 1:59%. Trotting trial 2:09; half-sister of Boton de Oro 2:11%. Honey Healey, b. m. by Zombro 2:11 — Ella J. by Bob Mason. Trotting trial 2:08%; full sister of San Felipe 2:09%, winner of nine races and $9,375 in 1912. Crescendo, b. h. by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16% — Ath- erine by Patron. Trotting trial 2:12%; full brother of Copa de Oro 2:01. Nelly Mc. b. m. by Zolock 2:05%, dam by Wilkes Moor. Trotting trial 2:10%. Don Pronto 2:02%, blk. h. by The Director Gen- eral—Silurian 2:25% by Wilton 2:19%. World's champion five-year-old in 1912; winner in 2:02% and 2:02% in 1913. Chango (2) 2:13%, b. c. by Copa de Oro 2:01— Lady H. by Del Coronado 2:09%. Winner of four races, one second money and $1,147 — The American Sportsman. Colusa, the green pacer bred in Sacramento, which was named in numerous Grand Circuit events this season by ffavis James, will in all probability be raced along with that other Syracuse, N. Y., owned side-wheeler. Baron Alcyone (pi, 2:10% — 2:11% in 1914. •fr 'b 4* The world of horse lovers will be interested to learn that the King of Spain has been pleased to confer upon Mr. Walter Winans the insignia of Com- mander of the Order of Isabel. His Majesty has also presented to Mr. Winans a signed portrait of himself. Mr. Winans is one of the most versatile of sportsmen and his horses are among the best on earth. * * * At Seattle there are a number of horses being jogged at the Meadows track, and the most of them are doing well. Part of the J. W. Considine stable is there in charge of John Murphy. In this bunch is Gayristo, by Nushagak 25939, dam Nosegay, by Lang- don 2:26%, that is said to give promise of being as good as his brother, Aristo 2:08%. Then there are a number of green ones in this string by Prince An- sel 2:20% that are promising. |S5K©m^©r^^K©*©H®-:*K«-:®'-:A^*-^^ REMINGTON UMC TlAOt MP*"' Metallic Cartridges Made by the Foremost Ammunition Concern in America The biggest name in the ammunition and firearms world today is Remington-UMC. 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REMINGTON ARMS -UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. 299-301 Broadway New York City g.;-^,;-^;-^:-^;-^;^-;^;-^;^,-^^ 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, January 10, 1914. UNCLE SAM'S ALASKAN REINDEER FARM. Everyone knows that our jolly old friend Santa Claus drives reindeer, and who has not admired his beautiful team Dancer and Prancer, with their wide- spreading antlers? Our good "Uncle Sam" has a lot of boys and girls away up near the North Pole, where there are no railroads, no wagon roads, no horses, no cows and no sheep. "Uncle Sam" is shrewd, if he is anything. He had noticed Santa Claus' splendid team of rein- deer and how perfectly they would fit into the coun- trv where his unfortunate Eskimos live. Unlike horses and cattle and sheep and other domestic ani- mals in "Uncle Sam's" barnyard, the reindeer needed no barn: nor did they need to be fed even during the dead of winter. "This is just the animal I want," said "Uncle Sam," "for my Eskimos, who can raise no feed and for want of building material can have no barns." In the summer of 1S92 the United States Govern- ment imported from Siberia 171 reindeer and landed them on the shore of Port Clarence, Seward Penin- sula, near the present Lutheran Mission and Orphan- age, not far from the mining camp and post office bearing the name of ex-Senator Teller, Senator Tel- ler was the principal champion in Congress of the idea of importing reindeer into Alaska, and Sheldon Jackson was its father. Up to and including 1902, when importations ceased. 1.280 reindeer had been imported from Si- beria. In June, 1911. the date of the latest statis- tics I have at hand, there were in Alaska 33,629 deer distributed among forty-six herds, mainly along the coasts of the Behring Sea and Arctic Ocean from the Aleutian Islands to Point Barrow. Four hundred and sixty Eskimos were on that date owners of rein- deer. With the first shipment of deer came also a num- ber of Siberian deermen, hired by our Government to teach the Eskimos the handling and care of rein- deer. These men did not prove satisfactory, as they were uncivilized and cruel in the extreme to the animals. The Government then sought instructors among the civilized Laplanders of northern Norway, who are proficient deermen. Sixteen Laplanders, counting women and children as well as men, arrived in the summer of 1894, and with them, as a condition of their coming, came a Lutheran pastor and doctor of medicine — Rev. T. L. Brevig. who later became the founder of the "Mrs. T. L. Brevig Eskimo Mis- sion and Orphanage." and Dr. A. Kittelson, who became one of the organizers of the "Wild Goose Mining Co." The reindeer are distributed among the natives by a system of apprenticeship. At each station prom- ising young natives are selected by the local super- intendent as apprentices for a term of four years. The number of apprentices at each herd is governed by the number of deer in the herd. At the end of his first year of apprenticeship an apprentice re- ceives four female and two male deer: the second year, five females and three males; third year, six females and four males; fourth year, six females and four males. In addition he receives for the first three years provisions to the amount of $150, $100 and $50, respectively. A native thu> becomes the absolute owner of reindeer only after he has served an ap- prenticeship of four years. Other natives not apprentices may acquire deer by barter or purchase from natives having them. Not all stockmen in the States are successful; neither are all reindeermen in Alaska equally suc- cessful. Keok, one of the first apprentices, now has a herd of more than 1.000 deer, has for years lived in a good house and enjoyed many luxuries. Sekeog- look, also one of the early apprentices and with equal chances, has now less than 200 deer, and is still living in the old-fashioned native sod house. Another one of the early apprentices died in 1900, leaving an only heir, a son. When the son some years later came into his heritage he had more than 300 deer. He died a short time ago. leaving a herd of about 100 deer and an estate so encumbered with liabilities that his heirs in all probability will receive nothing. I presume that as the economical, thrifty, long- headed reindeermen increase in wealth, that is, num- ber of deer, while the shiftless and indolent remain in poverty in their filthy sod houses, some wise Es- kimo prophet will some day arise and proclaim how wrong it is that some Eskimos have so many deer while others have so few or none, and that the rein- deer consequently ought to be divided equally among all the natives. It seems to me I have heard some- thing similar happening somewhere. During the short summer the reindeer feeds on grass, especially coarse grass, and wreeds, also the foliage and fresh shoots of scrubby willows and other bushes. Throughout the long winter his nourish- ment is a certain kind of moss growing mainly on the hills and plateaus. When he feeds on this moss he must first paw away the snow. For this work he is well equipped and expert. That the thermometer registers 40 or 50 degrees below zero does not seem to concern him: he contently reposes in his pasture of snow. No cow is happier as she chews her cud 'neath the shadows of the spreading elm tree on the border of her June pasture. W. T. Lopp, chief of the Bureau of Education. Alaska Division, estimates the area of available reindeer "grazing lands in Alaska at 400.000 square miles — a tract sufficient, he thinks, to feed 10,000,000 deer. It is probable that at no distant day thousands of cercasses of venison will be shipped to the States, and that the reindeer will cut a figure in "Uncle Sam's" butchershops. The local markets have been able to handle the supply up to the present time, buying them by the carcass at an average of 25 cents per pound, dressed. Present indications, however, are that the supply is beginning to exceed the local demands. A three-year-old steer dressed will weigh from 120 to 175 pounds. Perhaps 130 pounds is a safe aver- age. Reindeer meat is not marbled. Practically all the fat lies as a blanket over his back an inch or more thick. This fat is eaten raw by the Eskimos as a delicacy. That reminds me: One October day a boat was coming from Nome to take a load of carcasses from the Teller herd. As local superintendent I got out about twenty natives to help butcher. The noon hour came in due time. Then it occurred to me that no preparations had been made for a lunch for the natives. I was quite put out about it, although it was not my duty to attend to the feeding of the men. My worries were, however, entirely unnecessary, for soon they were all feasting. When dressing a rein- deer the part of the leg below the knee is cut off, as on any other animal butchered. Each man now- picked up two or three of these discarded legs, some of them yet warm from the animal heat in them, and every shred of everything not bone was eaten. Cooked? No, raw. The hoof was cleaned up the way you would go at pickled pigs' feet. When everything that teeth and knife could get at was disposed of the bone was cracked open and the warm marrow sucked in with a smack to tickle the palate. When an Eskimo butchers he leaves as little waste as a Chicago packing house. Besides furnishing food, the reindeer also sup- plies the Eskimo with clothing. Before I came to Alaska I believed the Eskimos to be able to with- stand cold a great deal better than people of more temperate climes. I am now convinced that an Es- kimo would suffer from the cold of an Iowa winter, if dressed as Iowans dress. My little ones are out playing just as well as the Eskimo children in spite of 25 or 30 degrees below. In 40 degrees below I am just as comfortable as an Eskimo, and was reared in Iowa. The whole secret is to dress so as to conserve the heat of the body. For this purpose clothing made from reindeer hides is admirable. It is light in weight and almost impervious to wind. Every shred of clothing I use during the coldest weather and for all-day drives, excepting only a suit of medium weight underwear and a shirt, w-eighs 12 pounds and 4 ounces. But before his meat is eaten and his hide turned into clothing, -a reindeer may have served his owner as a driving deer for a number of years. At two years old he is broken in; at seven or eight years old the chances are he will be butchered, as he is then getting old and rather slow for driving. A fair load for a deer on an all-day drive is per- haps 150 pounds, not including the driver. With a light load and good trail forty to fifty miles is a day's work frequently accomplished. Short trips of ten to twenty miles are made at a speed of eight to twelve miles an hour, under fair conditions. Reindeer are hardy and not much subject to dis- eases. The only disease causing any mentionable loss is a hoof disease, similar if not identical with the hoof disease of sheep. The reindeer, is to the Eskimo not only a dual but a triple-purpose animal, and yet they do not fully utilize the animals. The Laplanders also milk their does, thus getting their supply of milk and cheese from their herds. Thus the reindeer is horse, cow and sheep, all in one, and while serving his master in this manifold capacity he rustles his own feed and asks for no shelter. Stockmen, hats off to the reindeer. — H. M. Tjerna- gel in Breeders' Gazette. GREAT YEAR»FOR - STTING TURF. The year has been most important in harness rac- ing and some of t\e records made were never ex- pected. From the standpoint of speed performances, 1913 was a record breaker for the trotting turf. No less than sixty-two trotters entered the 2:10 list, or five more than the largest number ever recorded in a single former year, with twelve that were in the former list, but gained faster marks. The list of new performers is headed by Lord Dewey 2:06%, whileflffudie Archdale tops tie list for re- duced record' trotters with a mark of 2:03%, both wonderful speed demonstrations for one season. Ninety-six pacers, headed by Frank Bogash Jr. 2:01%, entered the fast list. While in number this is not the largest crop recorded for a single racing season, yet it far excels all others in actual speed, as of the total almost half gained marks of 2:08 or faster, and ten had records of 2:05 and faster. Thirty-three former 2:10 pacers gained faster rec- ords and all in actual races, headed by Flower Direct 2:01, of which twenty gained marks of 2:05% or faster, the general average of the last total being a shade slower than 2:03%. In spite of his wonderfully large crop of 2:10 per- formers and their unprecedented fast average speed records in both divisions, comparatively few world's records were lowered, especially in the trotting divis- ion. Peter Yolo, with a race record of 2:04% as a two- year-old trotting colt, is the brightest light of the season in the trotting division, as he lowered the record for age from 2:09%, and is the worl^ fastest two-year-old of any sex, including even pacers. The time of this youngster in a race has been beaten only by four stallions — namely, The Harves- ter, Cresceus, Billy Burk and Anvil — and equaled only by one — Bob Douglass — and as three of the above have gone to Europe Peter Volo is the third fastest trotting stallion in this country. Bon Courage, by Bon Voyage, and Judge Jones, by Prodigal, jointly lowered the world's record for a two-year trotting gelding from 2:14%, held by Endow since 1899, to 2:12%, while Bon Zolock shares now with Helen Stiles the world's fastest fifth heat in 2:06%. Dudie Archdale and her stable mate, Anvil, trotted together in 2:04%, 2:04% and 2:04% and reduced the world's record for a three-divided heat race by a quarter of a second, the former record of Billy Burk and Spanish Queen being 2:04%, 2:04% and 2:04%. The mile of Uhlan, with a running mate, in 1:54% reduced the former world's record for that hitch by full fourteen seconds. V. Forbes, a yearling colt, trotted a mile over a half-mile track in 2:21%, reduc- ing the former world's record for age from 2:29%, which, in spite of all our boasted consideration for dumb animals, we must call a championship record. In the pacing division only nine records were lowered, against fifteen last year. Three pacers — Braden Direct, William and Leata J. — are double champions, while John Malcolm, Frank Bogash Jr. and Directum I. have single honors. John Malcolm, with his record of 2:11%, is the first champion two- year-old pacing gelding in turf history. Braden Direct, with his record of 2:01%, reduced the record for a five-year-old stallion from 2:02% held by Don Pronto, and also lowered the world's fastest heat by a five-year-old held by Coney in 2:02% since 1900. As a three-year-old colt William paced a heat in 2:05, reducing the former mark for age and sex from 2:05%, held by Impetuous Palmer, and replaced Miss De Forest 2:05%, as the winner of the fastest heat by a three-year-old. Lady of the Manor, a five-year-old mare in 1899, paced a heat in 2:04%, which remained the world's record for age and sex until this year, when Leata J. reduced it to 2:03. In 1909 Italia, then eight years old, started as a green pacing mare and set the world's record at 2:04%, and Leata J. reduced this also. Aileen Wilson, driven by Walter Cox in 1908 paced a fifth heat in 2:04, setting a world's record, which was this year reduced by Frank Bogash Jr. to 2:01%. Earl Jr. paced two heats in 2:02% and 2:02% and now shares honors with Ess H. Kay and Ross K. as winner of the fastest two-heat race by a stallion. Directum I. paced a mile over the Goshen half- mile track in 2:02% and reduced ine former record of 2:04% made by George Gano in 1911. In number of race meetings, amount of purses and total for cash prizes, the year of 1913 far surpassed all former years. At a low estimate close to 1,300 trotting race meetings were held in this country and Canada, or at least a hundred more than the best known in the past. Of these total race meetings only 126 were purses valued at $1,000 or over hung up, yet these were worth close to $1,700,000, so there is no doubt but the total amount offered by racing associations through the entire season was worth more than $3,000,000 at the lowest estimate. The number of purses for $1,000 or over was 815, of which 406 were for trotters and 409 for pacers. The 126 big meetings were divided as 101 in the United States and 25 in Canada. That the distribu- tion of the rich purses was among a larger number of horses than recorded before is evidenced by the fact that no less than 200 trotters and 193 pacers won one or more of them. That half-mile tracks are the main support of har- ness racing sport was never better demonstrated than the past season, as of the 126 meetings offering big purses only 42 were mile tracks, the 84 and the balance, making up the grand total of over 1,300, were two lappers. Of the 200 trotters that won these $1,000 or over purses, only 27 won four or more events. May Mack topping the list with an even dozen, the largest win- ner in numbers, while 113 won only a single event. Among the 193 winning pacers, 29 carried off more than four purses, the largest winners in number being College Gent, 11; Frank Bogash Jr. 10; Don Patch, 9, and Leata J. and Directum I., 8 each, 105 being single winners. o AN INDISPENSABLE WORK. The Breeder and Sportsman has received from the press of the Orange Judd Co.. New York and Chica- go, "Management and Breeding of Horses," by W. M. Harper, Assistant Professor of Animal Husbandry at the New York State College of Agriculture, Cornell University, and it is one of the most practical books yet issued. The management and breeding of horses, the judging, feeding, breeding, care and management, as well as a history and description of each of the most prominent breeds of horses, is presented in a most practical manner. The book is illustrated with 175 cuts of the best types of horses and the most approved methods of handling and training them. The cuts are made from natural photographs. This work is the result of eight years' experience in the class room, as weil as practical experience in the management of a stable of horses, varying in num- ber from forty to seventy-five head, many of which are broodmares. An attempt has been made to ar- range the subject-matter so that the book may be used as a text as well as a practical guide for the farmer and horse breeder on all phases of horse production. It should find a place in every horse- man's library and is far superior to any book here- tofore published on this subject. Saturday, January 10, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 THE FARM GETTING GOPHERS AND SQUIRRELS. The problem of exterminating — or at least of controlling — the gopher and the squirrel is put up to the agricul- tural editor with rhythmic frequency. With no feeling of egotism, but rather with a sense of duty to my fellow til- lers of the soil, I make the assertion that the control of these two pests no longer constitutes a problem at the Way-up Ranch. It is customary to trap the gopher and to poison the squirrel. In the ultimate working out of the problem we found this reversed; for we get all the gophers with poison and the last of the equirrels in a trap. As is the case with many successful operations the methods are simple. The gophers take the poison readily in conjunction with alfalfa and the squirrels go into our traps under the apparent impres- sion that they are playhouses. In preparing the gopher bait we take two or three stalks of green alfalfa — preferably that which is nearly ready to bloom and is therefore more pal- atable than that which is immature — double the upper ends over twice and tie in such a way that a fist-like tuft is produced. . The leaves are then stripped from that portion of the stalks which is not a portion of this tuft. A little stock, a bit of melon or juicy fruit and some powdered strychnine form the kit used in the further preparation of the bait. The end of the stick is dipped in the fruit juice and used to moisten the inside of the tuft. The moistened stick is then dipped in the strychnine and the poison is placed in the tuft, where it readily adheres to the moistened leaves. The tuft is then pressed so as to hold and conceal the poison — and the job is done. In placing these baits the method is substantially the same as in setting traps. That is, the main runway of the gopher must be reached and this will be known because there will be an opening at each side of the excava- tion made by the shovel. A bait is placed, tuft end first, in each of these openings and the hole closed behind it with earth. If the hole is left open, or even partially so, the light enters and the gopher, seeing the light and scenting danger, approaches the open- ing pushing loose earth ahead of him with which to close it; and in doing so he frequently pushes the bait to the surface, not only missing it him- self, but leaving it where it may be picked up by some domestic animal. Many people persist in using traps because, as they say, they like to see and be sure they have gotten the go- pher. In using poison, however, it is not necessary to see the gopher in order to know that he is dead. That Warranted to give satisfaction. GOMBAILT'S CAUSTIC BALSAM A safe, speedy and positive cure for Curb, Splint, Sweeny, Capped Hock, Strained Tendons, Founder, wind Puffs, and all lameness from Spsvin, Ringbone and other bony tumors. Cures all skin diseases or Parasites, Thrush, Diphtheria. Removes all Bunches from Horses or Cattle. Am a HUMAN EEMKDT for Bhen- mutlim, SpralMii Sore Throat* ««■, it Is invaluable. Every bottle of Caustic Balaam sold ti Warranted to give satisfaction. Price SI-GO per bottle. Sold by druggists, or sent by ex- press, charges paid, with full directions for Its use. Send for descriptive circulars, testimo- nials, etc Address TD LlWaMCl- WIILIUM CQMPiXl, ClmUnd, Oki« may be proved by opening the run- ways where the baits are placed 24 hours later. If on the day following, the holes remain open, it is prima facie evidence that the gopher is dead and that you may safely write "hie jacet" over his mounds. For the last twelve years we have poisoned in this way every gopher that appeared in a forty-acre orange grove as well as every one that has entered our alfalfa patch and several times have dug them out to demonstrate that they were dead. Were I an alfalfa grower I should not hesitate to use the method in the field; for if proper care is used there is no danger whatever to stock. Concerning the squirrel, it is as- sumed that every one poisons, in his own favorite way, every squirrel that will eat poison. In the story of the Pied Piper, however, there was one rat "who, stout as Julius Caesar, swam across, etc.," and there are always a few squirrels to be seen scampering to their holes after the third or the tenth or the hundredth round of the poison-dispensing Piper. These rodents of the charmed life, however, will enter a certain kind of trap as gaily as the children of Hame- lin Town entered the portal under Koppelburg Hill; and that certain trap is simply the old-fashioned wire-cage rat trap, which is to be found in every hardware store in the land. We use the largest size which is about 14 by 22 inches and sells for about one dollar and a half. The trap-doors in the smaller sizes are not large enough for the larger squirrels — and it is usually the larger squirrels which es- cape the wiles of the Piper. We fre- quently find the whole family — broth- ers, sisters, husbands, wives" — in the same cage at once. When it is con- sidered that one of these traps is enough for an ordinary ranch and that the annual interest on the investment is only a dime it is plainly seen to be a good investment. — Wm. M. Bristol in Pacific Rural Press. at the University of Idaho, concludes that butter should be made only from sweet cream, especially if it is to be kept for a considerable length of time. An investigation which was carried on recently in a middle western state showed that the dairy farmer who reads dairy literature secures nine times the net profit of the man who hasn't time to read. This was the conclusion arrived at after carrying on quite a comprehensive investiga- tion. Briefly stated, the advantages of dairy farming are: Increasing produc- tivity of the soil, a regular monthly income, putting the business on a cash basis, a better distribution of the labor of the farm than is possible under a single-crop system, supplying a prod- uct for the market all of which should be of the highest grade and for which there is always a ready sale. In salting buter use only the very best salt. Don't over-salt. If not fine enough, sift. Stir it lightly and evenly into your granular butter at the rate of half an ounce, three-quarters, or even an ounce to the pound, according to taste. Too much salt will injure the delicate flavor of your butter. A good rule to follow is one ounce per pound for packed butter and one-half an ounce for fresh or print butter. TO STOP WASTE IN IRRIGATION. Professor Etcheverry, of State Univer- sity, Gives Valuable Suggestions. STRIPPINGS FOR THE DAIRYMAN. The cost of a cow is only the first item of expense to be considered. One way of developing a gentle cow is to begin with the heifer and the calf. The most prosperous farmers are those who depend upon live stock lor their income and in this class the dairy farmers are easily the leaders. The old-fashioned wide-mouth milk pail has no place on the farm where clean milk is being produced. The smaller top pail keeps out much of the dirt that is floating around in the air. After experiments covering a period of four years Prof. J. F. Nicholson, head of the department of bacteriology Where there is more land to irri- gate than water to irrigate with, how shall the water be made to do the most? How shall an end be put to wasting half an irrigation supply through seep- age— a waste which means water- logged farms. How can mixed farming and co- operation be promoted and more and better homes be established on the land? How shall the government's huge irrigation projects be made truly suc- cessful, and of the greatest possible benefit to the average man? These were some of the irrigation and land matters of importance to everybody considered at the recent conference of the United States rec- lamation service in Salt Lake City. Professor B. A. Etcheverry, head of the department of irrigation of the University of California, attended as a delegate from the university this conference of the officials of the recla- mation service, representative of the United States department of agricul- ture, of agricultural colleges, etc. He has now reported to Acting President David F. Barrows as follows on the most important results of the discus- KEEP YOUR HORSES IN PRIME WORKING Condition sions engaged in on the problems of operating, maintaining and success- fully developing American irrigation projects. To the first three questions Professor Etcheverry gave the follow- ing answers: "To operate and maintain an irriga- tion system with greatest efficiency and cost satisfaction to the settler, the water should be delivered to the set- tler at the highest point on his farm and not at the nearest main lateral, which requires the construction of a private or partnership ditch. The waste of water on irrigation systems is due to seepage in porus canals and to wasteful methods of applying water to the soil. To decrease seepage losses in ca- nals, which will _ amount on -a new project to from 40 to GO per cent, of the water diverted from the river, lining of canals is necessary. To decrease the waste resulting from poor irrigation practice, the most practical means is to force bet- ter methods by measuring the water delivered to each farmer and make a charge in proportion to the amount of water used instead of making a flat charge per acre. The farmer should also be educated into the better meth- ods of irrigation. In nearly all irri- gated districts the area of land that can be irrigated is limited by the available water supply, and the great- est benefit to the community will be obtained not by giving a large supply of water to a limited area of land, but by reducing within practicable limits the volume of water delivered to each acre, so as to obtain maximum crop returns from the limited water -sup- ply. This must be based on a number of practical considerations such as value of water, value of land, cost of applying water, value of crops, etc. The waterlogging of land, and dam- ages of alkali resulting from exces- sive irrigation and lack of drainage is a serious problem. It is estimated that at least 20 per cent, of all irri- gated lands are thus damaged. The reclamation of such lands requires the construction of drainage systems. Success on irrigated farms is based on mixed farming, which provides for (1) a more economic division of labor throughout the year; (2) a rota- tion of crops and more livestock, which makes provision for maiute- nance of soil fertility; (3) smaller farms and more people on the land, more and better homes, better roads, better schools, better social condi- tions; (4) more intensive and profit- able cultivation of the soil." Several stockmen of Oakdale, Stan- islaus county, have just returned from a trip to Mexico where they pur- chased 39 carloads of cattle. AHORSE in the field — working for you — is worth two in the barn — simply eating their heads off. There is no way of preventing spavin, ringbone, splint or curb from suddenly laming and laying up your horses— but there is a way of safely and easily curing all these ailments and preventing them from keeping-your horses laid up. For over 35 years there has been a reliable remedy that horsemen everywhere have depended on to save them money, time and worry. Kendall's Spavin Cure has been the trusted remedy of horsemen everywhere. It has not only been saving untold time, work and worry but thousands of dollars' worth of valuable horseflesh and has many times saved horses from death. Here's a man — Mr. W. T. Campbell, Macadonia, Ky. — who not only saves money but actually makes money by using Kendall's Spavin Curj. He writes: "I have used 2)4 bottles of your Spavin Cure, and have cured two mules of Bog Spavin. I bought the mules for $80.00 and can now cash them for $400.00. Shall never be without your great remedy." Here's another man who has used Kendall's Spavin Cure with remarkable success. Mr. Floyd Nelson, Kings Ferry, N. Y., writes: "I have used your Spavin Cure for the past six yiars and have made in the neighborhood of $700.00 buy- ing Spavined horses and curing them. I consider there is nothing equal to it if it is used according to directions." Never be without a bottle of Kendall's Spavin Cure. You can never tell when accidents will happen — when this remedy may be worth the price of your best horse. It is better to be prepared. Don't call your case "hopeless" in the face of above testimony. Next time you goto town get a couple bottles from your druggist. The price is uniform, only $1.00 per bottle, 6 bottles for $5.00. At the same time ask for our invaluab!^ "Treatise on the Hcrse," or write to Dr. B.J.Kendall Co., Etiosburg Falls, Vf., U.S.A. the BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN teSucurday, January 10, 1514. THE KORINEK CO. One of the rapidly growing industries of the Pacific oast is the Korinek Vet- erinary Remedy Company, of Medford, Oregon. Starting as a small hand factory two years ago at Salem, Oregon, the busi- ness soon outgrew its first location and in the spring of 1913 was moved to Med- ford. The company now occupies a large modern factory equipped with the latest designs of machinery for turning out their many products by the car load. Their large, commodious factory, covering space of ground 100 feet by ISO feet, is located on a block of ground directly op posite the Southern Pacific Depot in Med ford. By its location it is well situated to care for its rapidly growing business in California, as well as its well estab lished business in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Aside from the clean-cut business meth ods followed by the energetic young men composing the Company, their success has been largely due to the brilliant and thoroughly trained veterinarians, Dr. C. J. Korinek and Dr. A. W. Korinek, his brother, under whose formulae and super vision these remedies are manufactured. These gentlemen are graduates of the Veterinary Department jf the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Dr. C. J. Korinek has served with marked dis- tinction as Oregon State Veterinarian un- der three governors. He also served four years as President of the Oregon State Veterinary Medical Board of Examiners. Dr. A. W. Korinek, the younger, is not far behind in achievement, having served as Assistant State Veterinarian of Mas sachusetts during an important pure milk crusade several years ago. These gentlemen have beaten away from the groove along which animal med- icine manufacturers have followed so many years, and have introduced many new and scientific features which place the goods they manufacture in a distinct field by themselves. For example, they have entirely aban doned the old, dangerous drenching of animals with liquid medicines and are giving their internal remedies in Capsule form, as people have for years taken qui nine. They even manufacture a special Capsule Gun for ease in administering, which entirely does away with the old horror of drenching stock. Not content with his past achieve- ments, Dr. Korinek is ever studying dis- eases and epidemics which cause losses to Pacific Coast stockmen, and he travels over the country to study and cope with new problems. His services are also at the command of any users of his goods who will write the Korinek Veterinary Remedy Company about the care and treatment of sick animals. This natural lover of animals makes a study of each particular case submitted, diagnoses it and prescribes for it, free of charge. This opportunity alone is worth many thou- sands of dollars to the stockmen of the Pacific Coast annually. When any of" your' STOCKam Dr. Korinek IMMEDIATE ADVICEpppp GIVEN ABSOLUTELY F I\LL In the meantime write for Dr. Kori- nek's List of Remedies for all the known ailments of Horses, Cows, Pigs, Sheep, Dogs, Cats and Poultry, its free. Dr. Korinek is a Veterinarian of National reputa- tion. He has served fo-ar jears as president of Ore- gon Stat© Veterinary Board and State Veterinarian under two governors. Don't wait— write today for FREE literature, and a sample of Dr. Korinek's Gall Powder. KORINEK VETERINARY REMEDY CO. MEDFORD, OREGON, U. S. A. Veterinary Dentistry Ira Barker Dalziel Bvery facility to rive the best of profes- sional services to all cases of veterinary dentistry. Complicated cases treated sue- cessfully. Calls from out of town promptly responded to. The beat work at reasonable prices IRA BARKER DALZIEL, 630 Fnlton St. SuDscrlbe for 'The Breeder and Sportsman." SAVE-THE-HORSE (Trade Mark Eeg-istcredJ Every Treatment Tells North Cohasset, Mass., Sept. 3, 1913. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. Y. Dear Sir: — Last fall I purchased a horse seven years old, thin flesh, that had been used in Boston. He was cocked in both hind ankles and had- what I called false ring- bones on both hind pasterns, half way from the center to the heel on both sides of both hind legs, a little more front than half way, to be exact. I purchased two bottles of Save-the-Horse. The horse has worked most of time except two weeks when I first commenced with the remedy. He has gained over 150 lbs., now weighs 1,300, and he does not go lame at either walk or trot. I also have a very fast chestnut mare that I was asked to kill three years ago; she had spavins on both hind legs and was the lamest horse I ever saw. I used one bottle on her and she goes as sound as she ever did. Has trotted quarters in thirty-one seconds. Yours truly, A. A. DAVENPORT. One Third of a Bottle Cures Lebanon Springs, New York, July 20, 1913. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. Y. Dear Sirs: — I followed directions on a wind puff and I am pleased to sav that the horse is entirely cured of her lameness, and I have used her for all my spring work and haying, and she seems to be permanently cured. I write this thinking it my duty to do so. I shall certainly recommend it whenever I see a lame horse. Thanking you for your past courtesy, I am, very truly vours, 'THOMAS R. HATJLT. Another Test of Time on Spavin Woodlawn Farm, Accotink, "Va. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. Y. Dear Sirs: — Please send me your latest book on lameness. I used vour Save-the- Horse with fine results on a fine driving horse that had a blind spavin about two years ago F. W. McLANE. Save-the-Horse is NOT a mussy, dirt-catching, irritating substance that works on the surface only. Save-the-Horse works inside, and the cure is everlasting. But write, describing your case, and we will send our BOOK — Sample Contract — Letters from Business Men the World Over, on Every Kind of Case and Advice — ALL FREE (to Horse Owners and Managers — Only). SAVE-THE-HORSE is sold (with an iron-clad contract to cure or refund money) by Druggists and Dealers Everywhere. ' with a binding contract to refund money or cure any case of BONE AND BOG SPAVIN, THOROUGHPIN, RINGBONE (except low), CURB, SPLINT, CAPPED HOCK, WINDPUFF, SHOE BOIL, INJURED TENDONS AND ALL LAMENESS. No scar or loss of hair. Horse works as usual. $5 'ROY CHEMICAL COMPANY Binghamton, N.Y. D. E. NEWELL, 80 B*yo Vista Ave., Oakland, Cal. SOUND As a Dollar All Signs of Lameness Gone. "We absolutely guarantee Mack's $1,000 Spavin Remedy to cure Bone or Bog Spavin, Ringbone, Thoroughpin, Curb, Capped- Hock, Shoe Boil, Sprung Knee, Lacerated and Ruptured Tendons, Sweeny and all other forms of lameness affecting a horse. It's a powerful remedy that goes right to the bottom of the trou- ble and cures the lameness in just a few days while the horse is being worked as usual. Contains nothing that can in- jure the horse and heals without leaving scar, blemish or loss of hair. We have de- posited $1,000 in a local bank which must be forefited if we fail to do as we say. If you are not absolutely sure what causes the lameness, mark with an "X" on horse above where lameness occurs, tell how it affects the gait and give age of horse, and send to us. Our expert graduate veterinarian will tell you what it is and how to cure it. Your druggist will obtain Mack's $1000 Spavin Remedy for you if you ask him. If for any reason you can't get it, write us. "We "will see that you are supplied. Ask for instructive free book "Horse Sense." McKALLOR DRUG CO., Binghamton, N. W. Higginbottom LIVE STOCK AUCTIONEER Western Hone Market MILLARD F. SANDERS Public Trainer Pleasanton Driving Park Pleasanton, Cal. Horses Leased or Raced On Share* HEALD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE trains for Business and placss It* graduates in positions. Call or writs 425 McAllister st., Sao Fraodico. WM. F. EGAN, M.R.C.V.S Veterinary Surgeon, 1155 Golden Gats flvs Branch Hospital, corner Webster ana cheitno Streets. San Francisco. Cal. Wanted, For Sale and Miscellaneous advertisements under this head will be set in nonpareil (same type below) and will be published at the rate of 2 cents per word each insertion, or 6 cents per word by the month. Count each abbrevi- ationand initial as a word. WANTED — Position as trainer on stock farm with racing stable or private stable. Twenty years experience. References ex- changed. JOHN O'ROURKE, Columbia, Mo. SPECIAL ADVERTISING. FOR SALE OR TRADE. (2:14*4) HIGH CLASS GREEN PACER (trial 2:15 — half in 1:05), by Alta Genoa 2:14*4, dam by Reliance; seven years old, sound and kind in every way; has 2:00 speed any time; can go all day; fine con- formation; bay. Am using him in ray buggy, and have no time to train a race horse as I am in the furniture business. He is also the best saddle horse in this county; goes all the gaits, and is thor- ough] y broken; nothing better in Califor- nia for the money. Stepped a mile this year in 2:15, last half in 1:05, with less than two months' training. What have you to trade that don't eat? J. H. NICKERSON, 332 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz, Cal. Dividend Notice THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY (The German Bank) 526 California Street. Mission Branch, corner Mission and 21st St. Richmond District Branch, corner Clem- ent St. and 7th Ave. Haight Street Branch, corner Haight and Belvedere Sts. For the half year ending December 31, 1913, a dividend has been declared at the rate of four (4) per cent, per annum on all deposits, payable on and after Friday, January 2, 1914. Dividends not called for are added to the deposit account and earn dividends from January 1, 1914. GEORGE TOURNEY, Manager. FOR SALE — Coal black filly two years old by Montbaine, first dam by Prince McKinney, second dam by Zombro, third dam by Flacco. Broken to drive and a good looker. Will sell cheap. Further breeding on application. HOWARD D. KERR, Box 185 Sacramento, Cal. 2t FOR SALE. STELLWELL 51289 (Sire of Hamberg Belle 2:12"^) Bay stallion, foaled 1901, sired by Chas. Derby 2:20, dam Bertha (dam of 13 in 2:30) by Alcantara 2:23, etc. Full brother to Diablo 2:09*4, Demonio 2:11*4. Don Derby 2:04%, etc. Stellwell 512S9 is a fine individual with the best of legs and feet; he has a most excellent disposition, is a sure foal getter and, if given the opportunity, would un- doubtedly prove as great a sire as his brothers. I will guarantee him In every way. His price will be very reasonable. Address, JOHN OTT, Concord, Cal. FOR SALE. The thoroughbred Holstein bull Wn- some Lad of El Sur, calved March 28, 1912, registered 102,943, by Sir Mecthildus Zara 82,611 out of Winsome Lass of El Sur 157,177, etc. He has three crosses of the world's champion milk record holders. No one has a finer indvidual. Price $250. I have also 12 Holstein cows which I have decided to sell for $65 each. They are well bred and my reasons for selling are I have no pasture neither do I intend to engage in dairying. For further particu- lars address WM. F. EGAN, Veterinary Surgeon, 1155 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco. FOR SALE OR TRADE. Lord Alwin 55127, foaled in 1902, broth- er to John A. McKerron 2:04%, etc., by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16*^, dam Ingar (dam of 6) by Director 2:17. He has demon- strated his ability to sire 2:1U trotters. Out of a possible dozen foals over two years old, he got Mamie Alwin 2:12 and Ella M. R. (2). 2:16%, and both have worked in 2:10 or better. He is in good health and a sure foal getter. I bought him at auction because he sold cheap; have no use for him, will trade. ED. O. JOHNSTON, 672-35th St., Oakland, Cal. Stock Ranch For Sale 7,000 Acres, Humboldt Co., at $9 Per Acre 7,000 acres, southern Humboldt county, lying directly on the railroad. Well fenced, and subdivided, with good im- provements in the way of dwelling house, barns and outbuildings. Has a large num- ber of slopes and comparatively level places which would be good for general farming and for fruits, particularly ap- ples, pears and prunes. At the present time, at least until the railroad is com- pleted from Ukiah to Eureka, this ranch is best adapted to raising cattle and hogs. President of a large commercial bank declares this 7,000 acres to be a magnificent ca.ttle ranch, and to have on it the best feed of any place in this section. There were thousands of acres of it where the grass was from one to iwo feet high all summer, much of it be- ing wild oats. This ranch has 300 to 400 cattle and other personal property now on the premises, which can be bought at a very reasonable price. Beef cattle are being sold this season at 13%c right on the property. After the railroad is completed this ranch will rapidly ad- vance. Price, $9 per acre. For further particulars, address, F. W. KELLEY, Breeder and Sportsman, San Francisco. CaL Saturday, January 10, 1914.] THE BREEDER 4.ND SPORTSMAN 15 IF YOU SHOOT if II ^ A'~^e"r f e c t "DENSE" SMOKELESS POWDER WE BOTH WIN THERE ARE REASONS ASK DU PONT POWDER CO. Established 1802 WILMINGTON, DEL. Branches: San Francisco: C. A. Haight, Mgr., Chronicle Bldg. Seattle: J. H. Willman, Mgr., Maynard Bldg. Denver: W. C. Howard, Mgr., Central Sav. Bank Bldg. Eli Your Gun Knows that there is a difference in powders. So does the veteran sports- man—he makes it his business to know as much about powders as he does about game, dogs and guns. 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HENRY COWELL LIME 9 MAIN STREET, 6 CEMENT COMPANY SAN FRANCI3CO. $5,000 GUARANTEED THE $5,000 GUARANTEED State Fair Futurity Stakes No. 6 Foals of Mares Coverod in 1913 to Trot and Pace at Three Years Old. $2600 for Trotting Foals. To Beoiven under The Direction $2000 for Pacing Foals. California State Agricultural Society, Sacramento, Cal. ENTRIES TO CLOSE FEBRUARY 1, 1914. MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS: TROTTING DIVISION. $100 to Owner of Stallion, when Mare was Bred, Sire of Colt Standing Highest in Summary of Race. $100 to Owner of Dam of Colt, at Time Mare was Bred, Standing Highest in Summary of Race. $2600 Three-Year-Old Trotters. PACING DIVISION. $100 to Owner of Stallion, when Mare was Bred, Sire of Colt Standing Highest in Summary of Race. $100 to Owner of Dam of Colt, at Time Mare was Bred, Standing Highest in Summary of Race. $2000 Three-Year-Old Pacers. ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS.— $2 to nominate mare on February 1. 1914, when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 July 1, 1914; $5 December 1. 1914: $10 on yearlings February 1. 1915: $10 on two-year-olds February 1, 1916; $10 on three-year-olds February 1, 191 1. STARTING PAYMENTS.— $50 to start in the three-year-old pace; $75 to start in the three-year-old trot. All starting payments to be made ten days before the first day of the State Fair at which the race is to take place. Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the horse entered is a Trotter or Pacer. CONDITIONS. The race in each division will be for three heats, one-third of the money will be allotted for the division for each heat: every heat a race. Distance 100 yards. If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or If either the mare or the foal dies before February 1, 1914, her Nominator may sell or transfer his nomina- tion or substitute another mare or foal, regardless of ownership; but there will be no return of a payment, nor will any entry be liable for more than the amount paid in or contracted for. In entries, the name, color and pedigree of mare must be given; also the name of the horse to which she was bred in 1913. Entries must be accompanied by the entrance fee. .. . m. . , ... .,.,.,,-- „„„ „_ L <. ... Nominators liable only for amounts paid in. Failure to make any payment forfeits all previous payments. This Association is liable for $5,000, the amount of the guaran- tee, only. Hobbles will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions. ■ Right reserved to declare off or re-open these Stakes in case the number of entries received is not satisfactory to the Board of Dirctors. Money divided in each division of the Stake 50, 25, 15, and 10 per cent. There will be no more moneys in each division or heat than there are starters. No horse shall receive more than one money in each rase. Entries open to the world. Other than exceptions made in this entry blank, rules of National Trotting Association to govern. Write for entry blanks to A L SCOTT President. J" u' MCCARTHY, Secretary, Sacramento, Cal. Saturday, January 17, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Turf and Sportinf Authority of the Pacific Coast. (Established 18S2.) Published every Saturday. F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. OFFICES: 363-365-366 PACIFICBUILDING Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. National Newspaper Bureau Agent, 219 East 23rd St., New York City. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco Post-Office. Terms — One Year, $3; Six Months, $1.75; Three Months, $1. Foreign postage $1 per year additional; Canadian postage 50c per year additional. Money Bhould be sent by Postal Order, draft or registered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley, P. O. Drewer 447, San Francisco, Calif. Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee of good faith. AT THE annual meeting of the California Live- stock Association held in this city last Saturday a resolution was unanimously passed favoring the establishment of a limited number of District Fairs with provision for their efficient and non-political management, and their devotion to the exploitation of this State's agricultural resources. W. J. DAKIN, secretary of the Alameda Agricul- tural Association and also of the Association of Cal- ifornia Agricultural District Fairs, has issued a call for an annual meeting in this city. The importance of this meeting cannot be too strongly proclaimed. There never was a time in the history of the light harness industry in California when it was more urgent. The promises of bountiful crops in all but a few overflowed portions of this great State were never brighter. With the abundance of rain we are having, plenty of pasturage is assured for livestock of all kinds. The land, which has been parched and dried out after a two years' drouth is most thor- oughly soaked and the rivers, creeks and small streams have been running bank full, while reports from the mountains are most encouraging. Heavy snowstorms have crowned the summits of our ranges and hundreds of feet below them. This means a plentiful supply of water for mining and irrigation purposes all summer. Wells which have run dry are filled and all the underground streams and reser- voirs are carrying more water than they have for years. Orchards, vineyards and farms of all kinds are receiving the full benefit of this rain and unless some great climatic changes take place the harvests gathered in 1914 will surpass in magnitude all pre- ceding ones. This means a big demand for horses and vehicles, besides machinery and commodities of all kinds. All these things put money into circu- lation. The advance guard of the hundreds of thousands from all parts of the world who are making arrange- ments to come to California will be noticed this summer. The idea being that the sooner these peo- ple get here the better their chances for securing suitable homes and farms will be. They will see our verdure-covered mountains and vine-clad foothills ; our valleys checkered with grain and alfalfa fields, orchards and stock farms, and visit our thriving cit- ies where poverty is practically a stranger. They will inhale the balmy atmosphere where the extremes of heat and cold, cyclones, blizzards, hailstorms, snow- storms and thunder and lightning are almost un- known. It will be as much of a revelation to them as it was to the pioneers who have never cared to live elsewhere. We must heed Mr. Dakin's notice. We have a great deal of work to do, and, as there will be an election for Governor this fall a definite plan regarding district fairs will be proposed at this met- ing to be submitted to the candidates for this posi- tion. There will be no loopholes for them to escape the issue; no opportunities for evasion as were seized upon so eagerly by our present Governor who has announced himself a candidate for re-election. He will have to declare himself; everybody will demand this, and this declaration will receive wide publicity, for it is a vital point and concerns every taxpayer, farmer, merchant and stockman in California. A definite programme of dates for fairs will also be decided upon February 7th, so there will be no conflict between associations. The idea of this meeting is to harmonize all factions and have every- one work for the good of our fairs and race meetings. We should strive to get up good programmes this year for we want to have our trotters and pacers ready for the big meetings of 1915, and, if the laws proposed are adopted February 15th in the East as a result of the joint conference of the parent trot- ting organizations, the National and the American, a revival of interest in our races will be observed immediately everywhere and horse owners and train- ers will have better opportunities to make money than they have ever had. With all these facts before us there should be an awakening among horsemen and a desire to attend this big meeting in this city. Following is the circular issued by the Association: Please take notice that the annual meeting of rep- resentatives from each duly organized Fair Associa- tion for the election of directors in the Association of California Agricultural District Fairs, and for the transaction of all such other business as may prop- erly come before the meeting, will be held on the seventh day of February, 1914, at ten o'clock a. m., at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, State of Cali- fornia. Please to note also that the Legislative Committee, appointed by the president, to frame a District Fair Bill, will also meet at the same time and place. It is particularly desirable, in order that District Fairs should be a success, that this Association should have the co-operation of the different stock breeders, breeders, poultry, racing, riding and driving associa- tions throughout the State, and to that end represen- tatives from such societies are invited to attend in an advisory conferencial capacity, and a receipt of this notice is to be taken as a special invitation for your attendance at such meeting. Excursion rates have been promised by the South- ern Pacific Company, so in buying ticket, ask agent for certificate, that a return fare of one-third may be had. AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN SPLAN. AFTER many years of struggling to standardize trotters and pacers in America it seems that a few extremists have been very busy striving to eliminate all the rules of registration except Rule 1, which says that only the progeny of a registered standard trot- ting horse and a registered standard trotting mare will be eligible, and be accepted as a standard trot- ting horse; and a similar rule for the pacing standard is also requisite to establish the right of an animal to be entitled to the rank of standard pacer. The "Breder and Sportsman" is opposed to this radical change being made at this time. Here on the Pacific Coast where there are so few horses which can trace their bloodlines farther than three generations and then to "some horse that crossed the plains where the pedigree was lost," any elimination of the rules in force at present would work a great hardship. We have yet to hear of a breeder either of a number of trotters and pacers or a few individuals, who has one word to say in favor of the proposed drastic and sweeping changes. On another page of this isspe is an article by F. S. Kirk, but in it he only "hits the high lights" ; there are dozens — aye, hundreds— of other sires and dams whose bloodlines vanish into the unknown, and it is only through the performances of their produce entrance is made into the stand- ard class. It has taken time to accomplish this and it will be many years more before the thoroughbred trotter in large numbers is evolved. This fact is recognized by turf writers, breeders and owners and everybody connected with the industry, and, with us, they most emphatically protest against these changes being made at the present time. Who prompted them the public has never learned, and why their names should be suppressed is another very bad feature of the whole transaction. ENTRIES to State Fair Futurity Stakes No. 6 will close February 1st. This is one of the best events of the year and should receive a large list of entries; it is for the produce of mares covered in 1913, that are to trot or pace as three-year-olds. Read the ad- vertisement on the opposite page. OWNERS of stallions who are anxious to get the best bred mares for them should advertise at once. Nothing is to be gained by being niddardly about the space to be used or limited in giving information as to the bloodlines and description of those standing for service. Money spent for advertising in this way is never lost, and the quicker broodmare owners see the advertisement the quicker will mares be booked. That new rule proposed by the Board of Review, and to be acted upon by the congress of the National Trotting Association, which convenes in February, regarding hobbled pacers, will probably spoil the end of the hobble wearers as racing factors if, as seems probable, it is adopted. This rule will handicap pacers three seconds, and it is difficult to see how the strap wearers can shoulder this handicap and race successfully. There has long been a sincere desire on the part of breeders, race goers and the leading trainers to see the hobbles eliminated as a factor in racing, and the proposed rule, while not barring their wearers, will surely bring about the desired end if it is placed on the books of both the parent trotting associations. John Splan, the veteran Lexington trotting horse- man, made his last shipment to Europe last Monday, and having completed his two weeks' visit in the Eastern circuit, will return home, light up the big coal stove at the famous "red barn" on the boulevard leading to the Lexington track and keep open house for what has been the most noted "hot-stove circuit" of the country, says A. G. Asdikian in the Morning Telegraph. Although he opened his "corner" at the Victoria Hotel, he divided his weeks between Broadway and the big horse-breeding centers near New York, taking in Philadelphia, Poughkeepsie and several other places. As Mr. Splan for the past few years has confined his activities to acting as selling agent for prominent breeders, manager of a number of noted stallions kept in stud, and buying agent for wealthy Americans and leading foreign horsemen, his opinion about the trotting horse market is of great value. "So you want me to tell something about 1913 as a year for trotters," answered Mr. Splan. "All I know is it has been as great and prosperous a year as any I can recollect in a decade, while in many respects one of the best on record. Of course, now and then you hear that the horse and horse-racing sport is rapidly going to the eternal bow-wows, but don't pay any attention to it. They used to say that very thing even in the day many years ago when Mr. Robert Bonner called me to his office in this city and handed me just thirty-six $1,000 bills for Rarus 2:13^4, when that horse was world's champion. "As for as harness racing as a sport is concerned I see through the columns of The Morning Telegraph, which I read every day in the year, that 1913 has been one of the most successful in the history of the turf. I have read also that we had more fast trot- ters in 1913 than in any one year in the past; that over 100 more trotting meetings were held in this country and Canada than in 1912; that mile tracks alone, comparatively few in numbers, and half-mile tracks, also few in number, that hung up $1,000 or over for purses, stakes and colt futurities, distributed close to $1,700,000, while the grand total was much over $3,000,000, showing, as I did, that horse-racing simply won't die out. "Even these few figures settle the question of trot- ters as the furnishers of racing sport, and any horse- man and breeder who keeps tab on the current events of the harness turf, especially during the height of the racing season, will have absolutely no worry over that feature. "Now as to the supply and demand for the product of our trotting horse breeding farms, the difference was, perhaps, noticeable more prominently in 1913 than at any time during the past ten years. Most of our breeders are now under the impression that horse breeding operations are being gradually but steadily curtailed. This is true and it is natural that it should be. "Breeders have at last found out that the demand is only for the best that can be bred, while for the scrub there is absolutely no market. This was de- cisively proven at the two big recent sales held in this city and Chicago. The time when a 2:20 trotter was worth something, even if in appearance it was a cross between the mule and the horse, has long passed, although some of our breeders have just tumbled to that fact. The natural result of this is that while high-class stallions with speed records, good breeding and fine individuality are used in the stud more liberally than they should, the scrub has no patronage at any stud fee. The curtailing of breeding operations, therefore, is in the latter case, and will in a short few years, mean a great blessing. "All my friends know that for years I have advo- cated the selling of any trotting stallion and mare that foreigners want and pay our price for, and in this matter will never change my opinion, even if they come to us with as much of a rush as they did during the last quarter of the old year, and some are still at it. "The faster they come to buy, the better we will be prepared to supply their demand, also raise all we need at home, but woe be to the man who cannot breed the kind for which money is waiting in goodly sums, for he may as well close shop and perform a little operation on the stallion that can't sire what we want and breed his scrub matrons to raise mules, which bring paying prices. "The year of 1913 has fully convinced me that the trotting horse breeding industry is on a great boom and promises fine prospects for the future, provided our breeders will learn just what to breed. Because, as you say, foreigners took away close to 130 stal- lions and mares last year, this does not mean any calamity. It was merely a few drops from the bucket, for if we could offer them more they would have bought more as a further encouragement to our industry and breeding operations. If they take away 200 this year the effect will be more beneficial for us. "The whole thing in a nutshell, as far as trotters are concerned, is: If you want to make money and plenty of it, raise the right kind to fill up the market demand." T. B. Cromwell, the clever turf correspondent of the Horse Review of Chicago, under date of January 7th writes: "One of the best prospects in H. C. Moody's big string of yearlings and older horses in training is a bay colt by Worthy McKinney (1) 2:30, dam Carrietta 2:1S (dam of Silent Brigade 2. 2:10^, etc.), by Directman 2:2iy2. This colt is the property of John W. Considine, the noted theatrical man, whose property interests lie principally in the west and northwest. Mr. Moody is also training for Mr. Considine a yearling chestnut colt by Peter the Great 2:07*4, dam Miss Fairbault." THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, January 17, 1914. SHALL REGISTRATION RULES BE CHANGED? From the day of the beginning the breeding of trotters and pacers has been a mystery that no man can explain. Some well-bred sires are failures, and some with little or no breeding haye become great sires. Extreme speed continually crops out from remote and unexpected sources. Champion Trotters Short Bred. TJp to date, we have only three trotters that haye trotted in two minutes: Uhlan 1:5S; Lou Dillon, 1:5S%, and Major Delmar, 1:59%. Each of them is short bred. Uhlan and Lou Dillon haye but one dam sired by a standard sire, and Major Delmar has but two. In rny opinion, the proposed change in the standard rules should neyer be made, as this out- cropping of unknown and non-standard blood will surely continue to show up, not only in our greatest race horses, but in many of our greatest sires as well. The M. and M. Stake of 1911 was won by Reusens 2:07%, his first dam by Sligo. a non-standard sire; Anvil 2:03%: Ross B. 2:04%; Marigold 2:07%; Marta Bellina 2:07%, and many more prominent Grand Circuit trotters of 1913 are non-standard. After a horse establishes the fact that he is a pro- lific sire of extreme speed, he at onee becomes popu- lar and his bloodlines become a secondary consid- eration. In order to show the per cent, of pure trotting blood in the greatest sires of the present century, I am going to make up a pedigree of an imaginary horse. We will name this horse The Thor- oughbred Trotter, and after showing the side of the the pedigree usually displayed by breeders, we will turn it over, so to speak, and see how much non- standard blood can be found in the pedigree A Made-to-Order Pedigree. Sired by Peter the Great 2:07%. Peter the Great is without question the greatest sire of extreme speed that ever lived. He has twenty trotters in 2:10, including six new ones in 1913. No other sire has more than fourteen. Peter Volo, 2, 2:04%, age considered, is the greatest trotter ever foaled. Peter the Great was the leading money-winning sire of 1913. He is bv far the greatest son of Pilot Medium 1597, sire of five in 2:10 and 127 in 2:30. Pilot Medi- um was the greatest son of Happy Medium, sire of 84 in 2:30, including Nancy Hanks 2:04, a world's champions trotter. First dam by Bingen 2:00%, sire of Uhlan 1:58, the greatest of all world's champion trotters. Bingen sired 146 in 2:30 and 11 in 2:10. He sired five trot- ters that averaged 2:05 30/100. He has established the greatest family of 2:10 trotters of the present century. Second dam by Sidney Dillon, sire of Lou Dillon 1:58%, the world's champion trotting mare. Sidney Dillon sired five trotters with records that averaged 2:05 15/100; no other sire, living or dead, has sired five trotters with records that averaged that fast. He sired 58 in 2:30, and 11 of this number have rec- ords of 2:10 or better. No other trotting sire, living or dead, has as large a per cent, of his standard performers in the 2:10 list. Third dam by Walnut Hall 2:08%, sire of The Har- vester 2:01, the world's champion trotting stallion. Walnut Hall was the champion 2:30 sire of both 1912 and 1913. He has five trotters with records that average 2:07%. Fourth dam by Axworthy (3), 2:15%, sire of Ham- burg Bell 2:01%, the world's champion trotter in a race. Axworthy sired 112 in 2:30, including 16 in 1913; he sired nine trotters eac?* in 2:08% or better: he sired five trotters, including two three-year-olds with records that averaged 2:05 55/100. Fifth dam by McKinney 2:11%, sire of Sweet Ma- rie 2:02, one of the greatest of trotting race mares. McKinney sired 178 in 2:30, including 14 new ones in 1913. He is the world's champion sire of 2:10 per- formers with 14 trotters and 10 pacers to his credit. He sired five trotters with records that averaged 2:06%. McKinney is, without question, the greatest living grandson of George Wilkes. Sixth dam by Allerton 2:09%, the world's champion trotting stallion to high-wheeled sulky; the world's champion sire of 2:30 trotters, with 19S in the list; the world's champion sire of standard performers with race records, 205 in the list; the world's cham- pion sire of standard speed, with 257 in the list. He sired five trotters with records that averaged 2:07%. Seventh dam by Moko 24457, acknowledged to be the world's champion futurity sire. Moko was the second largest money-winning sire of 1913. He sired 104 in 2:30, including 17 in 1913, He sired nine in 2:10, including Tenara 2:05%, the largest money- winning aged trotter of 1913. Moko also sired the dam of The Harvester 2:01. In the following statement, some may think I am knocking, but I assure you that I am not. I have selected the aboye sires because in my opinion they now stand as the best of the standard breed, and in showing the non-standard blood in their pedigree, I am only trying to show how unwise it would be to change the standard rules, as now proposed, and bar out all of the unknown and non-standard blood that is sure to appear in the pedigrees of many of our future trotters. Not only many of the common sires are short bred, but the following statement will surely convince the most enthusiastic that the entire breed of standard bred horses is still in its infancy, and that the thoroughbred trotter is a long way in the future. It is only reasonable to expect that many champions yet to be foaled will have outcroppings of unknown and non-standard blood. We will now proceed to analyze the breeding of our made-to-order thoroughbred trotter and look for non standard blood. Leading Sires Short Bred. Peter the Great 2:07%: sired by Pilot Medium, he by Happy Medium: he by Hambletonian 10. The first dam of Hambletonian was by a non-standard sire. The first dam of Happy Medium was by a non- standard sire. The first dam of Pilot Medium was by Pilot Jr. 12; the sire and dam of Pilot Jr. 12 were both non-standard. The second dam of Pilot Medium was by a non-standard sire. The dam of Peter the Great was sired by Grand Sentinel, he by Sentinel, he by Hambletonian 10. The dam of Hambletonian 10 was Imported Bellfounder, a non-standard sire. The dam of Sentinel was by Young Patriot, breeding un- traced. The first dam of Grand Sentinel was by Mambrino Pilot 29: his dam by a non-standard sire. The second dam of Grand Sentinel wras by Leviathan, a non-standard sire. The second dam of Peter the Great was by Octoroon, a non-standard sire. Peter the Great has one dam and no more that was sired by a standard sire. Not only this, but every sire and dam in his tabulated pedigree is short bred; not a single sire or dam with more than one dam by a standard sire. No line in his tabulated pedigree can be traced six generations without running entirely out of standard blood. His sire. Pilot Medium, was one of the greatest sires of his day: he sired 127 in 2:30. He was at one time almost as popular as Peter the Great is today, doing a large business in the stud at a fee of $300 per mare. Dozens, yes, scores, of the best mares living were bred to him. Notwithstanding his opportunity, he must be classed as a failure as a family founder. He has but 37 sons that have sired 2:30 speed, and Peter the Great has sired more standard performers than all of his other sons combined. If the dam of Peter the Great had produced him and no other foal (as did Dolly Spanker, the dam of George Wilkes), Peter the Great would be non-standard, under the standard rules now in effect. In other words, he is not standard bred, but registered through the performance of his dam in producing two 2:30 trotters, as required in Rule 4. The tabulated pedigree of Grand Sentinel shows more than 50 per cent, of non-standard blood, and the foal produced was the famous Santos, dam of Peter the Great. Happy Medium, the grandsire of Peter the Great, and Grand Sentinel, the sire of his dam, would now be non-standard had they not been recorded before the present standard rules were enacted, Bingen 2:06%, sired by May King, he by Election- eer, son of Hambletonian 10. The dam of Hamble- tonian was by a non-standard sire; the dam of Elec- tioneer was by Harry Clay 49. and his dam by a non- standard sire. The second dam of Electioneer was untraced. The dam of ..lay King was by Norman 25. his dam untraced. The second dam of May King was by Crockett's Arabian, a non-standard sire. The dam of Bingen was by Young Jim, he by George Wilkes, by Hambletonian. The dam of Hambletonian was by a non-standard sire; the dam of George Wilkes was untraced: the dam of Young Jim was by Sir Wil- liam, a non-standard sire. The second dam of Bingen was by Red Wilkes, he by George Wilkes, by Ham- bletonian. The dam of Hambletonian was by a non- standard sire: the dam of George Wilkes was un- traced: the dam of Red Wilkes was by Mambrino Chief 11; his sire and dam both non-standard. The second dam of Red Wilkes was by Red Jacket, a non- standard sire. Third dam of Bingen, by Alric 983, his second dam by a non-standard sire; the fourth dam of Bingen, by Clark Chief S9. his dam by a non- standard sire. The fifth dam of Bingen was by Van- dal, a non-standard sire. Bingen has four dams by standard sires, but each and all of them would now be non-standard had they not been recorded before the present rules were enacted. Sidney Dillon, sired by Sidney, he by Santa Claus. he by Strathmore. The dam of Strathmore was by a non-standard sire. The dam of Santa Claus was by a non-standard sire: the dam of Sidney was by Volun- teer 55, his dam by a non-standard sire. The dam of Sidney Dillon 23157 was by a non-standard sire, second dam untraced. Sidney Dillon was sired by Sidney, a pacing horse with a record of 2:19%. The sire and grandsire of Sidney were both out of mares with no standard blood, and the dam of Sidney Dil- lon had no standard blood. Notwithstanding this fact Sidney Dillon when bred to a grade mare whose dam was untraced sired Lou Dillon, the first two- minute trotter, and to prove that it was no accident, Sidney Dillon sired five trotters with records that averaged faster than five trotters by any other sire, living or dead. Peter the Great is the only sire with more 2:10 performers in 1913. Sidney Dillon would be non-standard had he not been recorded before the present rules were enacted. Walnut Hall 2:0S%, sired by Conductor, he by Electioneer, he by Hambletonian 10. The dam of Hambletonian was by a non-standard sire: the dam of Electioneer was by Harry Clay 45, his dam by a non-standard sire. The second dam of Electioneer was untraced. The dam of Conductor was by Mo- hawk Chief, a non-standard sire. The dam of Walnut Hall was by Red Wilkes, he by George Wilkes, by Hambletonian 10. The dam of Hambletonian was by a non-standard sire: the dam of George Wilkes was untraced; the dam of Red Wilkes was by Mambrino Chief 11; his sire and dam both non-standard; the second dam of Red Wilkes was by Red Jacket, a non- standard sire. Second dam of Walnut Hall was by Almont 33, he by Abdallah 15. The dam of Abdallaii was by a non-standard sire; the dam of Almont was by Mambrino Chief 11. his sire and dam both non- standard. The second dam of Almont was by Pilot Jr. 12. his sire and dam both non-standard. The third dam of Almont was untraced. The third dam of Walnut Hall was by Blood's Blackhawk, a non- standard sire. The sire and the sire of the dam of Walnut Hall would now be non-standard had the.' not been recorded before the present rules were enacted. Axworthy (3) 2:15%, sired by Axtell, he by Wil- liam L., he by George Wilkes. The dam of George Wilkes was untraced: the dam of William L. was by Mambrino Patchen 5S, his dam by Gano, a non- standard sire. The second dam of William L. was by American Star 14, his sire and dam both non-stand- ard. The third dam of William L. was untraced. The dam of Axtell was by Mambrino Boy; his second dam by Berthune. a non-standard sire. The second dam of Axtell was by Mambrino Royal, a non-standard sire; the third dam of Axtell was untraced. The dam of Axworthv was bv Kentucky Prince 2470, he by Clark Chief 89, he by Mambrino Chief II. The sire and dam of Mambrino Chief were both non- standard; the dam of Clark Chief was by (Down- ing's) Bay Messenger, a non-standard sire. The dam of Kentucky Prince was by Morgan Eagle, a non- standard sire. Second dam of Axworthy was by Strideaway 294, his sire and dam both non-standard; third dam of Axworthy was untraced. The sire of Axworthy and the sire of each of his dams would all now be non-standard had they not been recorded before the present rules were enacted. McKinney 2:11%, sired by Alcyone, he by George Wilkes, he by Hambletonian 10. The dam of Hamble- tonian was by a non-standard sire; the dam of George Wilkes was untraced: the dam of Alcyone was by Mambrino Patchen 58, his dam by a non- standard sire; the second dam of Alcyone was by a non-standard sire. The dam of McKinney was by Governor Sprague 2:20%, he by Rhode Island 2:23%. The sire and dam of Rhode island were both non- standard; the second dam of Governor Sprague was by a non-standard sire; second dam of McKinney was by Mambrino Messenger, a non-standard sire. McKinney. the champion sire of 2:10 performers, has a pedigree that in one sense of the word is just like that of Peter the Great. Both horses have but one dam by a standard-bred sire, and no sire or dam in their tabulated pedigree has more than one dam by a standard sire. Tne dam of McKinney produced but one 2:30 trotter; consequently McKinney would now be non-standard had he not been registered be- fore the present rules were enacted. If his dam had produced two trotters in 2:30 he could be registered under Rule 4. Allerton 2:09%. sired by Jay Bird, he by George Wilkes, he by Hambletonian 10. The dam of Ham- bletonian was by a non-standard sire; the dam of George Wilkes was untraced; the dam of Jay Bird was by Mambrino Star 2:28%, he by Mambrino Chief 11; the sire and dam of Mambrino Chief 11 were both non-standard. The dam of Mambrino Star was by Arnold's Red Buck, a non-standard sire. The second dam of Jay Bird was by Estey's Blackhawk, a non- standard sire. The dam of Allerton was by Mam- brino Boy. by Mambrino Patchen, he by Mambrino Chief 11. The sire and dam of Mambrino Chief were both non-standard. The dam of Mambrino Patchen was by a non-standard sire: the second dam of Mam- brino Boy was by a non-standard sire: second dam of Allerton was by George Wilkes, his dam untraced; third dam of Allerton was by Imported Consterna- tion, a non-standard sire. Allerton could now be reg- istered under Rule 4, but if his dam had not produced Barnhart 2:23%, he would not now be standard had he not have been recorded before the present rules were enacted. In studying the tabulated pedigree of Allerton I find that not one single sire in the entire pedigree could be registered as standard under the present rules. Moko 24457, sired by Baron Wilkes 2:18, he by George Wilkes, he by Hambletonian 10. The dam of Hambletonian 10 was by a non-standard sire; the dam of George Wilkes was untraced; the dam of Baron Wilkes was by Mambrino Patchen 58, his dam by a non-standard sire. The second dam of Baron Wilkes was by Mambrino Chorister, a non-standard sire. The dam of Moko 24457, by Strathmore. he by Hambletonian 10, he by Abdallah 1. The sire and dam of Abdallah were both non-standard; the dam of Hambletonian was by a non-standard sire; the dam of Strathmore was by North America, a non-standard sire. Second dam of Moko by Volunteer 55, he by Hambletonian 10, son of Abdallah 1. The sire and dam of Abdallah were both non-standard. The dam of Hambletonian was by a non-standard sire; the dam of Volunteer was by Young Patriot, untraced. Third dam of Moko was by Stockbridge Chief, a non- standard sire. The tabulated pedigree of Moko fails to show one single sire that could now je registered under the present rules. Moko himself has two dams by standard sires, but no other sire in his pedigree has more than one, and more than 50 per cent, of the sires shown in the tabulated pedigree traced six generations would have no dams by standard sires. To sum up, when such sires as Axtell, McKinnev. Baron Wilkes, Red Wilkes, Happy Medium and George Wilkes could not be registered as standard bred under the rules we have, it occurs to my mind that it is time to back up and enact a set of rules that will allow all of the best standard sires and dams to be recorded. The showing of non-standard blood in the pedigrees of the eight sires selected will no doubt be a surprise to practicallv even- breeder, and to all of those who do not keep well informed on the bloodlines of our great sires. — F. S. Kirk in The Horseman. Zelica. the dam of Dan Patch 1:55% is now twenty- four years old and safe in foal to the Hamilton Ont stallion C. The Limit 2:03%. Marion Patch 2:15%. an own sister to the invincible Dan, is also in foal to the fast big pacing son of Searchlight 2:03%. Saturday, January 17, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN LETTER FROM SAMUEL GAMBLE. Editor Breeder and Sportsman: I have been quite busy the past two weeks reading the various Christmas numbers of the horse journals. These special editions contain so many articles that I like to read and digest them. Many are exceed- ingly "horstorical" and interesting to me; so much so that I can truly say "I've had my money's worth," and a new conception of the history of the speedy horse placed in my mind. I assert positively I am not a novice as to the requirements that go with the make-up of the speedy harness horse. I have learned, no matter how old I may be, that there are others also from whom I can learn something new, and that experience is a noble teacher. To the new breeder seeking facts, it would be a good thing for him if he would read Dr. J. C. McCoy's article on breeding and Henry Ten Eyck White's on the pacing blood in our champions, the latter I see you repub- lished in the Breeder and Sportsman last week. In these contributions I found a mine of valuable and correct information. In the breeding of perfect- gaited colts or older horses, trotters and pacers, horsemen are deeply indebted to these two men. Since the fall of 1SSS I have held in high esteem the offspring of Nancy Lee and her daughter, Nancy Hanks 2:04, for they possessed all the requisite points one should look for in speed producing and family building mares. When I saw Nancy Hanks in her two-year-old form I predicted then she would be a great speed producing mare, and I am satisfied my first impressions of her were correct. In the fall of 1889 I purchased Nancy Lee for the late W. S. Hobart, to make one of his collection of choice brood- mares which he had on his beautiful farm near San Mateo, because of her excellent speed inheritance. Mr. Hobart unfortunately had some advisers or teach- ers who taught him that the blood of Happy Medium was no good; were it not for that, Nancy Hanks would have also been seen on the Hobart Stock Farm. It is perhaps a fortunate thing for the breeders in this land that the sale was not made, as she has achieved higher honors, I believe, than if she had been shipped to California. One of my principal objects in purchasing Nancy Lee was to breed her the season of 1S90 and 1891 to Pilot Medium, but Mr. Hobart would not listen to my appeal. I believed then and will continue to believe as long as I live, that a most serious mistake was made in not doing as I wished at that time. Later, in the winter of 1893-4, I had arranged to send Nancy Lee to the embrace of Pilot Medium, but Mr. Hobart's death upset all my plans. He was a noble man and devoted admirer of a great horse. Nevertheless he was a poor judge of all the points which go to make up a speedy horse. As a business man and a practical mining man he was far beyond and above the average man. Regarding Nancy Hanks, I have never lost my faith in her, and nothing she could produce would surprise me; therefore, with Dr. McCoy in command, I will look to his horse Lord Dewey 2:03% to become a great speed getter and family builder as well. Know- ing as I do all his bloodlines, I can see naught but a great future for him. Mr. White's dissertation on the unknown blood of Pilot Jr. and St. Clair, which has proven such a fac- tor in the production of early and extreme speed, as well as in horses that are advanced in years, recalled memories to me that have long lain dormant. It carried me away back to the year 1867. From that time to this I have been an ardent believer in the blood of Old Pilot and his son Pilot Jr. In the fall of 18G7 I was in the stable of Thomas Best, the trainer and driver of the speedy and handsome gray Pilot Jr. mares Dixey and Tackey (the latter the dam of Pilot Medium, sire of Peter the Great 2:07^. sire of the phenomenal Peter Volo (2) 2:04%). Later in life I became quite familiar with Queen of the West by Pilot Jr., a fast and beautiful mare, and for years I took a personal interest in watching the career of these three gray mares. Tackey, 1 regret to say, was the only one that was properly mated, and that was to the good Hambletonian stallion Happy Medium. I have seen this quartet of famous gray Pilot Jr. mares, namely, Tackey, Dixey, Queen of the West and Miss Russell; all of these, with the exception of the last-named. I have seen in harness and in action. They were all good gaited. Queen of the West I have always believed was the speediest of Pilot Jr.'s produce. Miss Russell through her produce has founded a family superior to that of any other mare. Tnis every one must acknowledge. We must admit the Pilot Jr. mares were certainly very useful in breeding on and down extreme speed, gameness and the very best of feet and legs. The worst defect they had was, they were easy to acquire that bad habit of rushing and pulling hard on the bit. It seemed to be natural with them, hence they got a bad name, some saying they were quitters, which had no' foundation if these mares were driven by light-handed trainers. I believe that if Queen of the WTest were placed in the stable of some one of our best drivers, one noted for not driving with a heavy hand, she would have placed a very low record oppo- site her name. She was the first trotter I ever saw trot a half mile in 1:05^, and that was in 1869 over the Dexter Park track, Chicago. That track, by the way, was coated over with small stones or perhaps gravel, hence is was called the gravel track. I have never seen St. Clair, but judging by his produce and what I saw them accomplish I must say they showed merit, class and good breeding. As a whole they were good gaited, both trotting and pacing. In their day they showed phenomenal speed and there never was any doubt in my mind that St. Clair did not come from some very high-bred ancestry. To do what they did, times, tracks and opportunities considered, they were remarkably good. Notwithstanding this, I cannot compare him with Pilot Jr., except to say he was the Pilot Jr. of the Pacific Coast. At one time I offered the manager of Palo Alto farm the service of five Electioneer mares to Stein- way, free of charge, providing he would allow me to select the mares, as I was very anxious to start Steinway on the road as a well-known sire of early and extreme speed. Wildflower 2:21, Bonita 2:24, and Manzanita 2:14 were among those I selected. As I was a firm believer in breeding for the perfect gait as well as brains and stout bloodlines, and I know that the Electioneer — St. Clair cross produced these rare qualifications. It is like climbing a greasy pole for any combin- ation of blood to establish a family, and especially if the foundation family is detested by the general public. It was by sheer force of merit that Pilot Jr. and St. Clair gained recognition. Since 1SS5 I have been a firm believer in what I call the Electioneer — Red Wilkes and Steinway action and the combination of these bloodlines. They were big-gaited and square, just as Bingen and all high-class speed sires and trotting family builders have been. As a rule I pay a great deal of attention watching the trotting action of both stallions and mares that are to be mated. There is more in this than the average breeder figures on. It is on a par with their blood- lines and helps to make the "proper nick." It is fitting that we debate or exchange views on the building up and production of high speed. Learn what families have the best gait, furnish the best feet and legs, and the greatest percentage of early and extreme speed. Try and breed your good mares to the stallions that have sired stake winners and your percentage of winners will be greatly increased. The majority of men and women love a good all- around horse. No lady was ever known to pat, purr or kiss an automobile. The horse and the automobile have their places for utility, but the expensive and short lived machine will never drive out of the hearts of men and women the love for a horse, for that all-seeing-Eye above placed man, woman and horse upon this earth to stay their limit, to love one another and never abuse each other. Yours sincerely, SAMUEL GAMBLE. PACIFIC BREEDERS' FUTURITY STAKE No. 11. IMPORTANT TO HORSE OWNERS. Whenever a buyer of horses arrives from Austra- lasia he is more or less surprised to learn that before he can ship a horse there there are certain statutory laws or regulations under the quarantine Act of 190S which he must conform to. And, in order that not only horse buyers but breeders also may know what must be done, we herewith publish the law. Unless all the provisions are complied with the animal will not be allowed to be shipped out of the United States. Accompanying each animal there must be a written declaration from the owner certifying (a) that the animal has been free from disease during the six months next preceding shipment; (b) that it has not been in contact with any ani- mal suffering from disease during the six months next preceding shipment; (c) that it has not, otherwise than as required under (C) 3, been tested with mallein during the thirty days next preceding shipment. (d) that it has not during the twelve months next preceding been in any State or Province in which Dourine (Maladie du Coit) or Epizootic lymphangitis is declared or known to exist. 2. A certificate from a Government Veterinary Surgeon to the effect that Dourine (Maladie du Coit) or Epizootic lymphangitis neither is nor, during the twelve months next preceding shipment of the animal has been declared or known to exist in the State or Province from which the animal is declared by the owner to have been exported or in which it is de- clared to have been during the twelve months next preceding shipment. 3. A mallein test certificate by a qualified veter- inary surgeon The certificate shall inter alia state the date on which the test was applied. 4. A certificate of general health from an approved veterinary surgeon at port of shipment, who shall, unless he himself has applied the mallein test, also indorse the mallein test certificate to the effect that, after due inquiry, he has no reason to doubt its cor- rectness. MANY IMPORTANT CHANGES PROPOSED. Cleveland (O.), January 11. — Before leaving for Grand Rapids, Michigan, where they will attend the annual meeting of the Grand Circuit stewards on Tuesday, President H. K. Devereaux and Secretary H. J. Kline announced that no new members are likely to be taken into the circuit this year. Unless there is an eleventh-hour development, neither Prov- idence, R. I., nor Readville, Mass., will be represented at the meeting, and Peoria, 111., has withdrawn its application. Much uncertainty exists regarding the eastern end of the circuit. Only two meetings are certainties — Syracuse, N. Y., the week of August 31st, and Hart- ford, Conn., the week of September Gth. These are arbitrary dates, and from these points the stewards will work in an effort to mold the other members to a satisfactory circuit. The following is a list of 48 sixth or final payments made in the Pacific Breeder's Futurity Stake No. 11, for foals of 1911, — now three-year-olds. The three- year-old divisions of this stake will take place at the meeting of the Breeders' Association this year. Frank E. Alley's s. c. Eon Diablo by Bonoday, dam Dia- vola L. by Diablo. F. M. Anderson's b. c. Bon Cupid by Bonaday, dam Di- ona A. by Cupid. I. L. Borden's b. g. Alta Earnato by Barney Earnato, dam La Belle Altamont by Altamont; rn. "f. Sally M. by Charley D.f dam Directola by Direct; b. f. *Miss Cresco by Barney Barnato, dam Kate Lomax by Son of X'utwood; b. f. Miss Ryan by Dave Ryan, dam Ada Derby. L. Bray's f. by Tom Smith, dam Evangie by Shadeland Onward; f. by Eddie G., dam Lady Owyhee by Owyhee. Alex. Brown's b. c. by Prince Ansel, dam Xutflower by Xutwood Wilkes. Mrs. F. H. Burke's s. c. Yoncalla by Bon Voyage, dam Birdie by Jay Bird. J. J. Campbell's bl. c. Bon Cres by Bon Voyage, dam Kate Kopje by Cresceus. S. Christenson's br. f. EIna by Bon Voyage, dam Perza by Allie Wilkes. W. A. Clark, Jr.'s ch. c. Bon Courage by Bon McKinney, dam Helen Keves bv Sidnev Dillon. W. H. Coleman's ch. f. Del Rosa by EI Volante. dam Chloe by Conifer. Cooley's b. f. Ethel D. by Carlokin, dam Roberta Madison by Jas. Madison. Dr. M. C. Delano's b. c. Woodrow by Carlokin, dam Ma- mie Elizabeth by Red Regent; b. f. Columbia T. by Bon Guy. dam May T. by Monterey. W. G. Durfee's b. f. Esperanza by Carlokin, dam My Irene S. by Petigru; b. f. De Ora by Copa de Oro, dam Ola by McKinney; b. c. Chango by Copa de Oro, dam Lady H. by Del Coronado. Gravatt & Co.'s b. f. Moire by Ingoma, dam Lady Honiton by Robt. Direct. Geo. F. Helman's b. f. Maid of Honor by Mohammed, dam Pitiless by Searchlight. Hemet Stock Farm's ch. c. Frank H. Holloway by Geo. W. McKinney, dam Lady Zombro by Zombro; b. c. Nealon by Worth While, dam Nealy W. by Geo. W. McKinney. H. S. Hogoboom's b. c. Man of War by Alto Express, dam Diawalda by Diablo. M. C. Keefer's b. c. Prince Vosta by Prince Ansel, dam Advosta by Advertiser. J. C. Kirkpatrick's bl. c. by Bon Voyage, dam Flewy Flewy by Memo. Mrs. Mabel Lipson's ch. f. Policia by Best Policy, dam Alta Almont by Prince Almont. Wm. Loftus' gr. c. John Warwick by Carlokin, dam Maud Alameda by Eros. J. W. McClain's b. c. Patrick de Oro by Copa de Oro, dam Easter D. by Diablo. M. B. McGowan's br. c. Healani by Zolock, dam Queen Derby by Chas. Derby. W. J. Miller's br. g. John Malcolm by Dan Logan, dam Susie Miller by Prince Ansel. J. E. Montgomery's b. f. Maxine bv Jim Logan, dam Trilby Maid by Black Ralph, Jr. G. W. X'ewbill's b. f. Bonniola by Bonaday, dam Addiola Mack by McKinney. J. W. Pendleton's br. c. Derbertha Bells by Derbertha Derby, dam Beautiful Bertha by Moormont. Dana Perkins' b. f. Mv Dearie by Stam B., dam Zava by Bay Bird. Henry Peters' bl. f. Sweet Verne by Jules Verne, dam Little Babe by Bradtmore. J. D. Rice's b. c. Little Dick by Diablo, dam Midget by Dagon. P. H. Smith's b. f. Zomerine S. by Zombro. dam Katherine S. bv Diablo; b. c. El Volante S. by El Volante, dam Seville S. by Strathway. Geo. Warren's br. f. Love Light by Ray o' Light, dam Angle Malone by Alex. Malone. Jay Wheeler's b. c. Carrel by Gerald G., dam Leona Wilkes by Marvin Wilkes. O. H. Whitehouse's b. c. Dan Swift by Dan Logan, dam Cashier G. by Greco B. T. D. Witherly's br. c. Jim Logan Jr. by Jim Logan, dam Jetta Richmond by Soudan. Woodland Stock Farm's br. c. Aristas Ansel by Prince Ansel, dam Arista by X'ushagak; ch. g. Joseph Ansel bv Prince Ansel, dam Josie D. by Xutwood Wilkes. J. W. Zibbell's c. by Tom Smith, dam Kate Lumry by Shadeland Onward; f. by Tom Smith, dam Nona Washington by Geo. Washington. WINNIPEG PROGRAM FOR 1914. Ramey Constantine 2:10%, a trotter campaigned in the Metropolitan Circuit last season, died recently from the effects of a cold contracted in shipping him from St. Joseph, Mo., to New York. The speed program of the great annual Canadian Industrial Exposition at Winnipeg, Manitoba, which has grown to be one of the most important racing points in all America, and the unquestioned leader in the Canadian northwest, has been received from Secretary-Treasurer. A. W. Bell, who evidently be- lieves in taking time by the forelock and being early in the field. The dates chosen for 1914 are July 10-17, and a total of thirty-seven different racing events has been mapped out for horses in and out of harness, of which the following is the list for the trotters and pacers: Friday, July 10 — Matinee trot, $100; 2:30 trot, $1,000; 2:15 pace, $1,500. Saturday, July 11 — Matinee, free-for-all, $100: Kil- donan 2:15 trot, early-closing, $1,000; Grain Ex- change 2:10 pace, early-closing, $2,500. Monday, July 13 — Selkirk futurity, three-year-old trot, closed, $1,500; Selkirk futurity, three-year-old pace, closed, $1,500; 2:12 pace, early-closing, $1,000. Tuesday, July 14 — Hotel Keepers' 2:20 pace, early- closing, $5,000, with $1,000 reserved for a consolation open to horses that fail to finish first, second or third in the main event; 2:12 trot, $1,500. Wednesday, July 15 — Matinee pace, $100; Mer- chants' 2:24 pace, $1,000; Chamber of Commerce 2:07 pace, early-closing. $1,000. Thursday, July 16 — Four-year-old trot or pace, hob- bles barred, for horses that have been entered in pre- vious futurities of the asociation, $600; 2:17 pace, 2:12 trot, early closing, $1,000; Manufacturers' 2:20 trot, early-closing, $1,000. Friday, July 17 — Consolation trot or pace, for non- winners of first, second or third moneys in the 2:20 pace. $1,000; team race, to four-wheeled vehicle, hob- bles barred, $500; free-for-all, trot or pace, $1,000. This totalizes at twenty events, in gross, the splen- did sum of $22,900 — an offering of which the manage- ment and the Canadian Northwest may alike feel pardonably proud. The full conditions and official announcement of dates of closing, etc., will appear in our business pages in due time. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, January 17, 1914. 1 NOTES AND NEWS J 1 I Now is the time to advertise stallions, t * 4 Capt C. P. McCan has arrived at the San Jose racetrack with the stallions The Bondsman and Cav- alier. No longer ago than 1900 Walnut Hall, with a record ot only 2:20%, was the fastest two-year-old trotter o£ the year. 4 4 4. The voungest son of Electioneer 125, living is Bel- sire, 2:18, now 22 years old. He is out of Beautiful Bells,, 2:29%. 4, 4 4, Of the 27 pacers that won heats in 2:05 or hetter in the season of 1913, 15 went free-legged and 12 wore hobbles. 4, 4. 4. Can any of our readers tell us who owned the mare Silk Tape that was shipped to New York sev- eral years ago? 4. 4. 4. Of the six hundred and seventy-five horses cata- logued at the Old Glory sale nearly one hundred went to Canada. 4 4. 4. T. W. Barstow's good trotting stallion Nearest Mc- Kinney will stand at 1042 Alameda, San Jose, during the season of 1914. 4, 4, 4, Eddie Dillard, 2:00%, is a 7-year-old son of Judge Dillard, 2:12% (by Hal Dillard, 2:04%), dam Sid Rose, 2:21%, by Sidney. 4. 4 4. Between 75,000 and 100,000 horses are sold in Chicago every year, and at least 40,000 of this num- ber go to country dealers. 4. 4. 4 Peter Billiken 2:10%, one of the star trotters con- signed to the Fasig-Tipton Midwinter Sale, is a full brother to Lady Wanetka (2) 2:10. 444. Allerton 2:09% was twenty-three when he sired Al-O-La 3, 2:20%. a colt which is expected to develop into one of the fastest trotters got by him. 4. 4 4 $20,000 worth of harness races are on the Phoenix, Ariz., program for 1914; while at Winnipeg, Man., they have announced a program totalizing at $22,900. 444 Missouri horsemen are going to build a monument to Rex McDonald, a noted sire of saddle horses that died there recently at the age of twenty-three years. 444 Two prominent trotting horse breeders and owners passed away the last week of December — Dr. David W. Steiner, at Lima, O., and Colonel Henry Exall, at Dallas, Texas. 4, 4 4 In reply to many stallion owners we wish to state that only stallions which are advertised in our busi- ness columns will find a place in the Stallion Direc- tory on the editorial page of this journal. 444, C. A. Walker, Miles City, Mont., advises us that Wilbur E. 2:29% is a five-year-old by Alsandra 2:12 (son of Bonnie Direct, p. 2:05%), while his dam is Alix B. 2:24%, by Nutwood Wilkes 2:10%. 444 Revised statistics place Etawah (3), by Al Stan- ley, as the largest money-winning trotter of 1913. with $24,498 to his credit, and Frank Bogash, Jr., as the leading pacer, with $23,341 earned. 4, 4. 4. Jas. Conway's Lovelock 2:05% by Zolock was de- feated in her first race in New Zealand on December 13th over a grass covered track by Emmeline in 2:17. Lovelock was a dozen lengths behind at the finish. 4 4, 4, W. Averill Harriman of Goshen, New York, has sent Quisetta 2:16%, and Sheila, two well bred trot- ting mares, to Curl's Neck, Va., to be bred to C. K. G. Billings' champion stallion The Harvester 2:01. 444 A veterinary authority says, don't dissolve Glauber salts in hot water for in so doing the salts undergo a chemical change and become sugar of lead, which is a poison. Use cold water in dissolving Glauber salts. 444 In all our experience in tabulating pedigrees and getting trotters and pacers registered, we have yet to hear of a single breeder who is in favor of chang- ing the rules of registration. If there is one sub- scriber who is, we will be pleased to hear from him. 444 Harry Dowling, superintendent of the Woodland Stock Farm, has sent True Kinney and the Nutwood Wilkes mare Gladys May to Seattle to he handled by Jim Ervin. Mr. Dowling will race the rest of the Woodland Stock Farm horses on the California circuit. 444 A. J. Zabala, of Salinas, is the owner of a very handsome and promising two-year-old trotting colt by The Bondsman out of Miss Sidney by Sidney Dil- lon. He also has a filly by Bon Voyage 2:08 out of thi! mare which he calls Adje. Both of these are to be trained this spring. Good times are assured in California and this means that the various fair and racing associations will have no trouble in getting big crowds to attend their meetings this year. Crops will be big, money plentiful and the incoming of thousands of new peo- ple will be noticed everywhere. 4 4, 4, Alfred Dickman, of Pawtucket, R. I., made a new record in horseshoeing a few days ago by removing a set of old shoes, dressing the feet of the horse, turning four new shoes from bar iron and setting them in forty-two minutes. This is eight minutes ahead of anything heretofore reported in rapid shoeing. 444 The trotting gelding, Major By By 2:19%, winner of twelve races the past season, recently trotted the Los Angeles track in 2:08% and in another workout stepped a last half in 1:02, last quarter in 29% sec- onds. He is by Major Dillon, son of Sidney Dillon, and out of By By by Nutwood, and was bred on the Santa Rosa Stock Farm. 444 Will G. Durfee is wearing a perfect smile these days, and cannot help speaking of a new Carlokin colt out of Atherine 2:10%. This youngster is only twenty months old. He trotted a half in 1:17% and has only been up eight weeks. Atherine is the dam of Copa de Oro 1:59 and is destined to become one of the best broodmares in the country. 444 It seems likely that a new association will take over the management of the King County Fair, Se- attle, this year. Rumor has it that the old associa- tion failed to agree on questions of policy and will go no farther with the enterprise, also that several well known horsemen, business men and fair offi- cials are planning a new organization. — Pacific Horse Review. 444 Fred Ward is working a green trotter at Los An- geles, owned by A. R. Porter, Portland, that will be at the races this year; he stepped a mile in 2:1C, last half in 1:06% the other day. Mr. Porter's other good trotter, Dr. Wayo 2:12%, is wintering well and Fred's yearling trotter by Beirne Holt 2:11% has been a mile in 2:38. About 100 head are working on the Los Angeles track. 4 4 4 According to a statement given by the president of the American Carriage Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, 41,000,000 vehicles represent the number that has been constructed in the United States in the last twenty years. From the same source comes the information that the increase of horses and mules in this country in the last three years has been eleven millions. Vehicle makers are confident that 1914 will be one of the best years in their history. 444, A two-year-old Percheron stallion that weighs 1900 pounds and stands seventeen hands two inches high is the unusually husky young horse that arrived in Chico last Friday night and was housed in the Bar- nard livery stable. He is owned by McLaughlin Bros., horsemen of Oakland, the members of the firm being brothers of T. D. McLaughlin of Chico. The horse was brought there in charge of N. W. Thomp- son, a well known horseman. The stallion was im- ported recently from France. 444 John Splan, the famous Kentucky horseman, spent the holidays in New York City. He made a trip the day before New Year's to A. B. Coxe's Nawbeek Farm at Paoli, Pa., and after looking over the mares on the farm and acting as agent for the Patchen Wilkes Farm, booked these six mares to Peter the Great 2:07%: A Leading Lady 2:07, Nelda Worthy 2:12%, Nell Worthy 2:22%, Dorothv Worthv 2:21. Junia Worthy (3) 2:22, Nye Worthy (2) 2:26'% and Fruit Olcott (2) 2:26%. 4 4, 4, The Christmas numbers of several of our contem- poraries have been issued, and we have received copies from "The Review," "The Horseman," "The Horse World." "The American Horse Breeder," "The Trotter and Pacer" and "The Spirit of the West." Each and every one is teeming with articles and illustrations of great interest to horsemen and should find a place in every man's library. We welcome these "annuals" and are pleased to note that they do not show any evidence of the "passing of the horse." 444, What makes a green trotter worth several thou- sand dollars? Why does a good race horse sell either at home or to the foreigners for big money? Their speed, of course, but is not a considerable per cent of the price the owner gets due to the persistent at- tention given these horses by the turf journals of the country? Would these horses sell as well if there were no trotting horse papers? Is it not the duty of everyone interested in breeding and racing to at least subscribe to the turf journals? If the turf journals boost, should not everyone else in the business also boost? 444 When Thomas W. Murphy bought Lulu Lumine 2:09%, the unbeaten trotter of the Great Western Circuit, he picked up in the West three other prom- ising prospects for the Grand Circuit of 1914. Among them was Battle 2:13%, a young stallion by Bingara, that won seven races and showed his ability to trot in 2:10 last season. Murphy is said to have paid something like $10,000 for him. The Temptress 2:17%. a four-year-old, by The Exponent 2:11%, and Irene Beau 2:12%, the latter a pacer, by The Beau Ideal, made up the quartet that Murphy brought hime to Poughkeepsie. In dealing with halter-pullers I use a strap with a ring, buckling the strap around one fore foot and throwing a halter rope over the manger pole and tying to the ring, writes W. R. Grace in the Breed- er's Gazette. I always tie my little colts in this way and never have any trouble in breaking them to stand tied. A horse cannot hurt himself tied in this way. When he starts to pull back he raises his foot. This is new to him and he will soon give up the pulling back. 444 In reply to a correspondent who asks how a horse called Panjabi was bred, the Register states: He was foaled in 1880, sired by Patron, dam Nora Wilkes by Lyle Wilkes 4658; second dam Lou Coons by American Clay 34 ; third dam Allie G. by Bowman's Clark Chief, son of Clark Chief 89: fourth dam Lucy Lee by Norman 25. Panjabi 14635 was brought to California by a man named Paulin, of Winnipeg, Manitoba. We do not know where Mr. Paulin is, neither do we know what became of Panjabi. This horse was not patronized by owners of mares because his forefeet toed out badly and he was a knee- knocker of the worst kind. 4> 4 4 Dates already selected for Western State Fairs indicate that the Great Western trotting circuit of 1914 will be about as follows: August 3 to 8 — Deca- tur, Illinois: August 10 to 15 — Peoria, Illinois; Aug- ust 17 to 29 — Milwaukee, Wisconsin; August 31 to September 5 — Des Moines, Iowa; September 7 to 12 — Hamline, Minnesota; September 14 to 19 — Galesburg, Illinois; September 21 to 26 — Springfield, Illinois; September 28 to October 3 — Sedalia, Missouri; Octo- ber 5 to 10 — Muskogee, Oklahoma; October 21 to 31 — Dallas, Texas; November 4 to 10 — Phoenix, Arizona. 444 C. J. Berry of Los Angeles recently sold to Will G. Durfee of that place the chestnut seven-year-old mare Ophelia, by Petigru 2:11 out of Subito (dam of three that have beaten 2:10) by Steinway 2:25%. Ophelia was trained ninety days in her four-year-old form and trotted eighths in sixteen seconds. She and her ten months' old colt brought $875. Ophelia is heavy with foal to Copa de Oro 1:59. Mr. Durfee will soon he looking around for a stock farm if he keeps on buying, and when he stocks it he will have about as fine a lot of stallions and broodmares as any one on the Pacific Coast. 4 4. 4, C A. Spencer, the well-known trainer who left Na- tional City last spring with a number of trotters and pacers, sends the following list of winnings made by Nuristo 2:12%: Purse, $1,000 — Decatur, Illinois, sec- ond, $250; $1,000 — Peoria, Illinois, second, $250; $500— Galesburg, Illinois, second, $125; $1,000 — Des Moines, Iowa, point system, won heat in 2:14%, $150; $1,000 — Hamline, Minnesota, first, $500; $2,000 — Mil- waukee, Wisconsin, third, $300; $1,000 — Galesburg, Illinois, fourth, $100; $1,000 — Peoria, Illinois, fourth, $100; and $1,500 — Springfield, Illinois, second, $500. Total amount won, $2,275. 444 The two hundred and first convention to meet in San Francisco during the Panama-Pacific Interna- tional Exposition in 1915 was booked this week when James A. Barr, manager of the Bureau of Conventions and Societies of the Exposition, received a telegram announcing that the Phi Kappa Sigma National Col- lege Fraternity had accepted the invitation to con- vene in San Francisco during the Exposition. Final action was taken by the fraternity at its annual convention in Nashville, Tennessee, after four of its California members, officially delegated by Presi- dent Chas. C. Moore of the Exposition, had renewed the invitation to hold its next convention in San Francisco. 4 4 4, The nerve racking, strenuous methods adopted with yearlings of late years is unquestionably bound to have its effects in seasons to come, as many likely youngsters which under different treatment would develop into aged racing tools of ability, are perma- nently prevented from ever appearing in public. The well-known philosopher. John Splan, once remarked, "There's two things I'm always sorry for, and they are a hoy who is never given time to be a boy and grow up as a hoy, and the other is a colt which is never given time to grow up as a colt and to develop, as nature intends, into a full grown horse. I tell you what it is, I never saw a melon picked before it was ripe that was as palatable as though it ripened on the vine." 444. President Tipton is strong for the proposed amend- ment to the trotting rules, which in effect is that a time record shall not stand as a bar or count against a horse in races. 'It will be for the benefit of breed- ers, owners and trainers," said he. "As it stands now. the owner who marks his trotters against the watch is barred from the opportunity of getting the profit that might have been his if he had not given the animal a record. The European buyer will not buy recordless horses and American buyers of trot- ters for racing purposes prefer that they be without records. Consequently, the owner under present con- ditions has but one market. If the proposed rule is passed, he will have two markets. In addition, the owners of the sire and the dam will be benefited by the general knowledge of what the produce can do, if the produce happens to be sensationally fast or even a good trotter or pacer. Again, it makes more employment for trainers. The breeders will now not hesitate to train their horses with a view to market- ing them, and then, if they are good enough, they will pass to the trainers of campaigning horses." Saturday, January 17, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Walter R. Cox is credited with winning $90,6S5 on the mile and half-mile tracks in 1913. -•- 4. 4. Seven of the old directors of the Fresno County Agricultural Association were re-elected last Satur- day at a meeting of stockholders held in the Cham- ber of Commerce building, Fresno. It is expected that the other eight directors will be chosen in the near future. They will probably be out-of-town peo- ple. The directors re-elected at the meeting are as follows: J. E. Dickinson, M. D. Huffman, G. L. War- low, Al McNeil, R. A. Powell, H. E. Vogel and S. E. Williamson of Riverdale. They are- all stockholders. President Dickinson has called a meeting of the di- rectors together for next Saturday at which time they will organize. It is expected that the old officers will be re-elected. They are as follows: J. E. Dick- inson, president, G. L. Warlow, vice-president. A temporary secretary will also be chosen. ■j, 4. 4, The prospect by an unknown sire will not sell for as much as one by a well advertised sire. In the former case the buyer is in doubt, he has never heard of the sire and figures he cannot amount to much or he would have read about him in the turf journals. "The colt may be fast, but perhaps he will not go the route." If the prospect is by an advertised sire the would-be buyer has a basis to work on. He can make comparisons and if the sire is a young horse that has not yet "arrived" the buyer will figure "he must be by a good stallion for the turf papers have had something to say about him and his owner has shown his confidence in the horse by advertising him." Men do not advertise stallions unless they have reason to believe that the horse will make good, for advertising is an investment not for one year but for many. It's the foundation for the future. Although Mr. Considine's latest purchase, Robert Bingen, has a pacing record of 2:14^, he was a re- markably fast colt trotter as a two-year-old when owned by J. M. Herbert of Denver, Colorado. Later he trained off; his training was stopped and his owner allowed him to adopt the pacing gait. With little effort he could be converted to his original gait and as he is sound in every way, remarkably intelligent and easy to teach, it will not be difficult to have him trot. He has been racing over half-mile tracks in Washington, Oregon and Idaho and has proven to be a dead game campaigner. His last owner was Dr. Morris of Walla Walla and C. A. Harrison who closed negotiations with Alex. Brown for the pur- chase of the Woodland Stock Farm and the horses thereon and also went with Mr. Considine to the Old Glory sale and bid on a number of the mares for the latter, visited Walla Walla and bought Robert Bingen. Of ali the colt trotters out last season on the Pa- cific Coast the Carlokins took the lead. They were first and second in all the California Futurities and first in the Oregon Futurity stake, and we have it on the best of authority that the coming crop of two- year-old Carlokins will give equally as good an ac- count of themselves this year. One of them. El Car- bine (2) 2:27%-, was sold for almost $3,000 and he will with a little work trot close to 2:10. When a man can breed a mare and get a colt that will sell as a three-year-old for almost $3,000, the sire of as good a colt as this should be the one breeders should patronize. Besides, Carlokin sired Esperanza, the champion two-year-old race trotter of the year in the West. Carlokin's dam has ten in the 2:30 list and was undoubtedly the best mare ever sent to the court of McKinney 2:11%. 4* 41 4" New York, Jan. 10. — Satisfied with the conditions that prevailed during the past year, owners of trot- ting stables are making few changes for the season of 1914. Already most of the stables have been made up for this year, and the majority of the big money winners have settled down to winter conditions or have completed their plans for migrating to summer climes during the cold months in the North. The fact that managers of leading training stables bought fewer horses at the sale recently held here than in any previous year indicates that they are well sup- plied with the needed material. Several prominent trainers again will follow their former custom and spend the could season in southern climes. John H. Dickerson, although now a resident of Hill and Dale Farms, Lexington branch, will locate at Billings Park track, Memphis, until spring, with his usual quota of youngsters from the farm and several belonging to the Curls Neck Farm of C. K. G. Billings. 4* 4* 4* There is no one better known or liked among all classes than S. Christenson of the Palace Hotel. He is one of our most enthusiastic horsemen and sports- men, and owns a string of fine broodmares and has some colts and fillies at the Sacramento racetrack in charge of Jas. Thompson. During the Portola week, while walking along Market street where everybody was throwing confetti, he was struck in the face by a handful and one tiny piece lodged beneath the lower lid of his left eye, and before he had it re- moved the lid became infected with some poison. It failed to respond to treatment and gradually became worse until the eye became involved and ulcers formed on or near the optic nerve, causing him terrible pain and rendering him almost blind. For weeks he was confined to a dark room and grave doubts were expressed as to his recovery, but finally after submitting to an operation by one of our most skilled oculists he recovered and his friends — and they are legion — will be pleased to hear he is able to see and in time will be as well as ever. Allerton 2:09% is now credited with 254 "standard performers." and those who estimate the importance of trotting sires by the number of their offspring the son of Jay Bird as the "holder of the world's record." As showing the uniformity with which the trotting habit of action is sometimes transmitted the figures are remarkable, but as indicating the rank of Aller- ton as a trotting sire they will hardly make a deep impression on breeders who are trying to produce winners. With 254 "standard performers" to his credit Allerton has only six trotters in the 2:10 list, while Peter the Great 2:07%, with 120 "standard per- formers," has nineteen trotters in the 2:10 list, five of which were newcomers in 1913, and thirteen of which entered the list when from two to four years old. Sixty-one of Allerton's offspring started in races last year, and their gross earnings were $12,231. They won twenty-seven races all told. Forty-two trotters by Peter the Great won in the same campaign forty races, worth $65,538, which is more money than the offspring of any other sire have won in one campaign since 1S96. 4? 4? 4? This is the time of year to have a veterinary dentist examine and fix the teeth of all horses. We have one far better skilled in this practice in Cali- fornia than can be found in any other state in the Union and that one is Ira Barker Dalziel, of 530 Ful- ton street, San Francisco. For over twenty-five years he has been steadily engaged in this work and no better recomendation is needed than the fact that whenever he is called upon his work is so skilfully and painlessly performed that he is sent for again. There has been hardly a horse of note, thoroughbred trotter or pacer in California, that has not been treated by him, while every teamster and drayman and farmer, almost, are his patrons. When one con- siders how much can be done to help horses masti- cate their food, prevent the cutting of their cheeks by the sharp edges of their teeth, prevent side pull- ing, drooling and all the other annoying things caused by neglected teeth, it is surprising that great- er attention is not paid to the teeth of horses young and old. We take great pleasure in recommending Mr. Dalziel to all horsemen. 4. 4. 4, In anticipation that the new handicap rule, made possible with breeders' records for non-race winners, secretaries are beginning to ask, "How will we avoid confusion at the beginning? How will we know what are the horses that obtained their records in races they did not win?" It will be something of a task for any secretary, especially a "country secretary," to prevent "ringers" being slipped over while the new handicap system is being adjusted. In this con- nection it has been suggested that owners wishing to take advantage of the system shall secure certi- ficates from the officials of the American Trotting Register Association showing what their horse's race record is. To cover the expense of verifying the rec- ord the Register Association could charge a nominal fee of from fifty cents to two dollars, for while it would be an easy task to look up some race records, in others it would take considerable time. On the back of the certificate spaces could be designated for the secretary of the race meeting, where a horse won a heat or a race, to fill in with either the breed- er's or handicap record, so that there would be no question as to what class the horse would be eligible in his next start. It looks like a good plan and one worthy of consideration by the coming turf con- gresses. THE PARI-MUTUEL. For the past year the running tracks of Mary- land have confined their speculative feature to the pari-mutuel altogether, entirely excluding the book- maker, and the result of their experience, which is summarized in a recent statement sent out from Baltimore, is of interest It is stated that after the experiment of only one year, the French ma- chines have so decidedly impressed the racing man- agers that a bill will be introduced into the com- ing session of the Legislature, repealing the pres- ent law which leaves book-making or mutuels optional with each track, and prohibiting the former sys- tem everywhere by means of a State-wide racing commission. In Baltimore county the racing com- mission a year ago ruled out book-making and allowed only mutuel betting at the tracks within its jurisdiction, trotting as well as running, with the result that the trotting courses decided to re- main closed during the year, which they did. The running track at Pimlico was active, however, and it is stated that its revenues from the pari-mutuels amounted to $176,020.20 during the season, as against $91,000 which the bookmakers paid for the privi- lege of offering odds in 1912. It would seem that this surprising result should induce the trotting managers to experiment with the pari-mutuels on their own tracks next season, especially so as they must employ that system or none at all. There seems no good reason why the mutuels should not prove just as popular and as profitable "'bou ap- plied to trotting as they are to running. LETTER FROM RED BLUFF. 50141, by Altamont out of Queen S. by King William L. 11946, besides some good colts of his. He also has some fine lookers by Gossiper and Kinney Al, and a very promising trotter by Waldstein. Col. Wr. T. Brooke has a good one in Clyde by North California. The dam of this is by Escort. Mr. J. F. Frary of Corning Girl fame is right there with his two good stallions, Herbert Dillon and Corn- ing Boy. The latter is a five-year-old pacer that will undoubtedly be heard from this year. As there are several colts by these stallions in this neighborhood the boys surely ought to have a little fun and per- haps uncover a good one or two. Red Bluff has been out of the limelight so far as racing is concerned, but hereafter you will hear more about this thriving city and some of the promising trotters and pacers we have here. Sincerely yours, E. D. DIGGES. ROBERT BINGEN 2:14'/2 AT WOODLAND. Ed. Breder and Sportsman: Red Bluff horsemen have been very quiet during the past few years, but from present indications it looks as if something will be accomplished this sea- son. We have a fine track and grounds but unfortu- nately all of the stalls were destroyed by fire last summer, leaving nothing but the grandstand. Mr. J. V. Andrews has his stallion North California The enterprise of John W. Considine is most com- mendable. Whether in theatrical, real estate or any other business in which he is engaged, he is always progressing. He has on his beautiful stock farm at Woodland a band of broodmares second to no other in California and has in Prince Ansel (2) 2:20^ a tried and true stallion, one which sires a progeny noted for stamina, intelligence, soundness and early and extreme speed. The daughters of this stallion bred to any other have proven that they inherit his quality of transmitting speed and all his good points. Mr. Considine has a number on the farm and this was the reason he has been studying pedigrees, cor- responding with owners in Tennessee and Kentucky, and wherever a stallion was which he believed worthy of purchasing to breed to the galaxy of roy- ally bred ones he owns. He finally heard of the handsome big stallion Robert Bingen 2:14%, one of the grandest bred sons of the mighty Bingen ever foaled. This horse, however, had never any oppor- tunities to be bred to many mares and the produce never being trained are therefore not represented in the 2:30 list. However, there will be no fault found when the few he has are worked for speed, for the owners claim they are the most promising, best- boned, most level-headed and purest gaited trotters they have ever seen. A glance at Robert Bingen's uedigree discloses the fact that he is one of the best bred stallions ever brought to California, and is well worth the price ($10,000) paid for him. Robert Bingen 45033 (2:14% pacing) was sired by the great futurity sire Bingen 2:06%, sire of Uhlan 1:58, Admiral Dewey 2:04%, The Leading Lady (3) 2:07, J. Malcolm Forbes (4) 2:08 and 8 more in the 2:10 list, and 144 in 2:30 list. Bingen was sired by May King 2:21% (out of Electioneer) out of Young Miss (dam of 3, 2 sires of 148, 3 dams of 6) by Young Jim {son of Geo. Wilkes 2:22); grandam Miss Mambrino by Red Wilkes 1749 (son of Geo. Wilkes 2:22), etc. Robert Bingen's dam was the trotter Episode 2:18 (dam of 1 and the sire Mr. Pinkerton, sire of Peter the Second 2:04%, Pinkerton 2:17%, etc., and also the dam of Victor Forbes 2:23%), by Ambassador 2:21% (sire of Ambulator 2:08%, Susie T. 2:09% and 12 others in 2:30), son of George Wilkes 2:22 and Lady Carr (dam of 4, 4 sires and 4 dams of standard performers) by American Clay 34; grandam Kate by Sir Wallace, etc. Robert Bingen's second dam was Santos (dam of that remarkable sire Peter the Great, 4, 2 : 07% , J. Malcolm Forbes, 4, 2:08; Chimes of Normandy 2:16% and four others in 2:30) by Grand Sentinel 2:27% (sire of 22), son of Sentinel 2.29% (sire of 8; the latter is also a full brother to Volunteer, another celebrated sire. Grand Sentinel's dam is Maid of Lexington by Mambrino Pilot 2:28% (sire of 9), son of Mambrino Chief 11 and Juliet by Pilot Jr.. Maid of Lexington's dam was by Imported Leviathan, a noted thoroughbred. The third dam of Robert Bingen was another fam- ous broodmare. Shadow (dam of 4 in 2:30), and she was by Young Octoroon (a splendid Ttroodmare sire), he by Octoroon out of a daughter of Joe Brown (a son of Davy Crockett), etc. The fourth dam was Swallow by Joe Hooker 185, by Mambrino Chief 11, out of the Ware Mare (dam of Governor 2:30) by Canada Chief (son of Davy Crockett), and Swallow's dam was by the Sam John- son Horse. Owners of broodmares on the Pacific Coast are to be congratulated upon having an opportunity to breed to Robert Bingen, a sure foal getter and one whose bloodlines are ultra-fashionable. Horsemen have read of Bingen, Admiral Dewey, Todd, Vice Commo- dore, The Exponent, J. Malcolm Forbes, Binjolla, Aquilin and all the other sons of Bingen which have proven their worth as sires of early and extreme speed and are no doubt anxious to get some good mare to breed to a splendid son of this sire. Robert Bingen is the one; and, from all descriptions of him he must be worthy of his breeding in color, size, beauty, disposition, soundness, style and perfect action. Bred to mares by Prince Ansel, or any of the other sires known and recognized as Califor- nians, he should become one of the greatest ever brought to this state. He stands 16 hands high, is young and vigorous, and has a bright future. He is to make the season of 1914. service fee $75, at the Woodland Stock Farm, where no better grass and alfalfa grows, where the climate is warm and there is always an abundance of pure water, besides every mare sent there will be carefully looked after. We welcome Robert Bingen to the ranks of our world-famous California sires. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, January 17, 1914. FIXTURES. I ROD, GUN AND KENNEL I -!- ^ "— — § CONDUCTED BY J. X. D.WITT, | All-Age Stake. First — Joseph E. Terry's English setter Kilgarif (Orion — Mary Lou). Second — W. W. Van Arsdale's English setter Avalon (California Bell Boy — Peach Blossom). Members' Stake. First — S. Christenson's pointer Rattles (Ch. Senator P. — Miss Rap). Second — Lloyd Tevis' pointer Elsie. Third — Clinton E. Worden's pointer Betsy. Champion Stake. Baughn and Betten, judges. Winner — Stockdale Kennel's pointer Cuba Jr. Run- ner up — W. W. Van Arsdale's English setter Avalon. 1907— Bakersfleld. Januan- 21-24. Derby Stake. Hon. Charles N. Post, H. L. Betten and T. J. A. Tiedemann, judges. First — E. Courtney Ford's English setter Tiburon (Uncle Jimmie White- stone — Belle Bontaine). Second — Jos. Terry's Eng- lish setter Shasta Daisy (Kilgarif — lone S.). Divided third — W. S. Kerckhofl's English setter Venture (Harry H— Peach Mark n.) and H. B. Smith's pointer Colton (Dr. Daniels — Lottie Ripstone). All-Age Stake. J. W. Flynn, H. L. Betten and T. J. A. Tiedemann, judges. First — Stockdale Kennel's pointer Petronella (Young Jingo — Florida). Second — California Kennel's English setter Keepsake (Cali- fornia Bell Boy — Peach Blossom). Divided third — J. W. Considine's McCloud Boy (Tony Boy — Sadie Hopkins)' and J. E. Tern's Ramona (Kilgarif — Belle of the Ball). Members' Stake. H. W. Keller. H. L. Betten and T. J. A. Tiedemann, judges. First — E. Courtney Ford's English setter Belle Fontaine (Count White- stone — Gracie Gladstone). Second — Elmer H. Cox's English setter Lady (Ch. Count Gladstone IV. — Peach Mark). Third — Frank G. Schumacher's pointer Lady Belle (Teddy Kent— Jack's Fashion). Tournaments Registered. June 16, 17. IS. — Bradford Pa. The Interstate Associa- tion's ninth Eastern Handicap tournament, under the auspices of the Bradford Gun Club; $1,000 added money. Winner of first place in the Eastern Handi- cap guaranteed 5100 and a trophy: winner of second place guaranteed $75 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Man- ager, Pitsbugh, Pa. Sept. $, 9, 10 and 11. — Dayton, Ohio. The Interstate As- sociation's fifteenth Grand American Handicap tour- nament, on the grounds of the X. C. R. Gun Club; $1,500 added woney. Winner of first place in the Grand American Handicap guaranteed $600 and a trophy: winner of second place guaranteed $500 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $400 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be guaranteed. Elmer E. Shaner, JIanager, Pittsburgh, Pa. Trap Shoots. Feb. 22. — San Jose Blue Rock Club, San Jose, Cal. Field Trials. Jan. 26. — Pacific Coast Field Trials Club's 31st annual trials, Bakersfleld, Cal. PACIFIC COAST FIELD TRIALS SUMMARY. [Concluded From Last Week.] 1902 — Santa Maria, Santa Barbara county. January 13-1G. J. A. Balmer of Cle-EUum, Wash., judge. Derby Stake. First — Stockdale Kennel's pointer Cuba jr. (Cuba of Kenwood — Florida). Second — ■ H. L. Betten's English setter Rod's Lark (Redfield— Count's Diana). Third — W. B. Coutt's pointer Ned Funston (Kris Kringle — Plain Sister). All-Age Stake. First — W. W. Van Arsdale's pointer Dr. Daniels (Plain Sam — Dolly Dee II.). Second — Clinton E. Worden's pointer Pearl's Jingle (Young Jingo — Pearl's Dot ID. Divided third — W. W. Van Arsdale's English setter Peach Mark and T. J. A. Tiedemann's English setter Northern Huntress (Joe Cummings — Mecca H.). Members' Stake declared off. 1903 — Bakersfleld, January 12. H. S. Humphrey of Indianapolis, Ind.. judge. Derby Stake. First — J. E. Terry's English setter Kilgarif (Orion — Mary Lou). Second — J. W. Flynn's pointer Nellie Bang (Ch. Senator P. — Manitoba Belle I. Third — Stockdale Kennel's pointer Marga- rita (Cuba's Zep — Jingo's Bagpipe). All-Age Stake. First — W. W. Van Arsdale's Peach Blossom. Second — W. W. Van Arsdale's pointer Dr. Daniels. Third — Stockdale Kennel's pointer Cuba Jr. Members' Stake. First — Joseph E. Terry's English setter Lady. Second — W. W. Van Arsdale's English setter Count's Mark (Ch. Count Gladstone IV. — Peach Mark). Third — T. J. A. Tiedemann's Northern Huntress. 1904 — Bakersfleld. January 11-15. W. S. Bell of Pittsburg. Pa., judge. Derby Stake. First — Stockdale Kennel's pointer Cuba's Glenwood (Cuba of Kenwood — Petronella). Second — Stockdale Kennel's Cuba's Ivy wood (Cuba of Kenwood — Petronella). Divided third — H. W. Kel- ler's English setter Sombra (Llewellyn Drake — Shadow) and W. W. Van Arsdale's English setter Keepsake (California Bell Boy — Peach Blossom). Members' Stake. First — W. W. Van Arsdale's Eng- lish setter Count's Mark (Ch. Count Gladstone TV. — Peach Mark I. Second W. S. Tevis' Cuba of Ken- wood (Glenbeigh Jr. — Stella). Third— H. W. Keller's English setter Sombra. All-Age Stake. First — Joseph E. Terry's English setter Lady (Ch. Count Gladstone IV. — Peach Mark). Second — Joseph E. Terry's English setter Kilgarif (Orion — Mary Lou). Third — W. W. Van Arsdale's English setter McCloud Boy. 1905 — Bakersfleld, January 9-13. Henry L. Betten of Alameda, judge. Derby Stake. First — Joseph E. Terry's English setter Lady Like (Orion — Terry's Lady). Second — W. W. VanArsdale's English setter Mariposa (Detroit Joe — Countess Mark). Divided third — A. Cadigan's pointer Chiquita (Dr. Daniels — Fan Go) and Rose and Christenson's English setter Del Rev Belle (Cal- ifornia Bell Boy — Countess Mark). All-Age Stake. First — W. W. Van Arsdale's Harry H. (Why Not — Sue). Second — Stockdale Kennel's pointer Cuba Jr. Divided third — J. E. Terry's Eng- lish setter Lady Like and W. W. Van Arsdale's Eng- lish setter Jay M. (Colonel R. — Spot's Girl). Champion Stake. Winner — W. W. Van Arsdale's pointer Dr. Daniels (Plain Sam — Dolly Dee II.). Members' Stake. First — H. W. Keller's English setter Sombra. Second — J. W. Flynn's pointer Bur- bank (Dr. Daniels — Senator's Mistress Nell). Third — M. Donnelly's English setter Monterey (Llewellyn Drake — Shadow ) . 1906 — Bakersfleld, Januan- S-13. W. J. Baughn of Ridgeville. Indiana, judge: H. L. Betten. J. H. Schu- macher, associate judges in the Derby; William Dor- mer, H. L. Betten, associate judges in the all-age. Derby Stake. First — Joseph E. Terry's English setter Bessie (Ch. Kilgarif — Maggie F.). Second — Hugh Hopkins' English setter Aunt Marie (Uncle B - Sport's Belle). Third — Frank Schumacher's pointer Lady Belle (Teddy's Kent — Jack's Fashion). 1908 — Bakersfleld, Januarv 20-24. Derby Stake. H. L. Betten, H. M. Keller and D. G. McDonnell, Vancouver, B. C, judges. First — S. Chris- tenson's English setter St. Ives (Uncle Jimmie Whitestone — Belle Fontaine). Second — J. G. Rob- erts' English setter Boy Blue (Rival — Lightheart). Divided third — E. Courtney Ford's English setter Tib- uron (Uncle Jimmie Whitestone — Belle Fontaine) and J. E. Lucas' English setter Peach Maid (Sport's Count Danstone — Peach Blossom). All-Age Stake. H. L. Betten, T. J. A. Tiedemann and J. M. Kilgarif, judges. First — J. W. Considine's English setter Kils Viola (Ch. Kilgarif — Roxane). Second — D. G. McDonnell's pointer Tod Sloan (Bo- nn's Duke — Whisper). Divided third — E. Courtney Ford's English setter Belle Fontaine (Count White- stone— Gracie Gladstone) and Joseph E. Terry's Eng- lish setter Shasta Daisy (Ch. Kilgarif — lone S.). Members' Stake. H. L. Betten and T. J. A. Tiede- mann, judges. First — Lloyd Tevis' Margaret (Cuba's Zep — Jingo's Bagpipe). Second — Lloyd Tevis' point- er Ivy wood (Ch. Cuba of Kenwood — Petronella). Third— H. W. Keller's English setter Sadie B. (Sir Roderick — Sombra). Champion Stake. H. L. Betten and T. J. A. Tiede- mann, judges. First — Dr. Dennison's (Chicago) point- er Spot's Rip Rap (Four Spot — Queen of Letitz). Runner up — E. Courtney Ford's English setter Belle Fontaine. 1909— Bakersfleld. January 25-29. W. W. Updike and William Dormer, judges. Derby Stake. First — Joseph E. Terry's English setter Eurydice (Ch. Kilgarif — Moxey Danstone). Second — Charles N. Post's English setter Lovelass. Third — J. W. Flynn's pointer Kenwood Bang. All-Age Stake. First — J. W. Considine's Kils Viola (Ch. Kilgarif — Roxane). Second — S. Christenson's St. Ives (Uncle Jimmie Whitestone — Belle Fontaine). Third — E. Courtney Ford's Tiburon (Uncle Jimmie Whitestone — Belle Fontaine). Members' Stake. First — E. Courtney Ford's Eng- lish setter Belle Fontaine. Second — Joseph E. Terry's English setter Ch. Kilgarif. Third — Lloyd Tevis' pointer Baywood. Champion Stake. First — Lloyd Tevis Jr.'s pointer Petronella (Young Jingo — Florida). Runner up — J. W. Flynn's pointer Kenwood Bang. 1910 — Bakersfleld. January 24-26. P. H. Bryson of Los Angeles and William Dormer, judges. Derby Stake. First — J. B. Chase's English setter Blue Bonnet (Boy Blue — Tiburon). Second — Lloyd Tevis' pointer Jo (Houghton's Doc — Queen). Third — J. G. Roberts' English setter Norah Blue (Boy Blue — Lackawana). Members' Stake. First — Lansing Tevis' pointer Sister (Combination Boy — Pearl's Jingo). Second — Gordon Tevis' pointer Trap (Sandalwood — Bessie). Third — Joseph E. Terry's English setter Lemonade (Ch. Kilgarif — Belle Fontaine). All-Age Stake. First — E. Courtney Ford's Tiburon (Uncle Jimmie Whitestone — Belle Fontaine). Sec- ond— Lansing Tevis' pointer Sister. Divided third — Joseph E. Terry's English setter Eurydice (Ch. Kil- garif— Moxey Danstone) and J. W. Flynn's pointer Senator's Don (Ch. Senator P. — Flynn's Dolly Jingo). 1911 — Bakersfleld, January 23. Derby Stake. H. L. Betten and Professor Edmond H. Osthaus of New York, judges. First — Frank G. Ruhstaller's English setter Light (Glow — Light- some). Second — D. L. Crane's English setter Joy- euse (Master Courtney — Lightheart). Divided third — Hon. Charles N. Post's English setter Strongheart (Master Courtney — Lightheart) and G. B. M. Gray's English setter Dot (Avalon — Lady's Count Glad- stone's Dot). All-Age Stake. Messrs. Betten and Osthaus and J. H. Schumacher, judges. First — S. Christenson's English setter Belvidere (Caesar — Keepsake). Sec- ond— E. Courtney Ford's English setter Tiburon (Uncle Jimmie Whitestone — Ch. Belle Fontaine). Third — Gordon Tevis' pointer Sister (Combination Boy — Pearl's Jingle). Members' Stake. Same judges. First — Gordon Tevis' pointer Trap (Sandalwood — Worden's Bessie). Second — Hon. Charles N. Post's English setter Light- heart (Fairland Dude — Merryheart). Third — Lansing Tevis' pointer Hickory wood (Ch. Cuba of Kenwood — Petronella). Champion Stake. Same judges. Winner — Sidney Smith's English setter St. Ives (Uncle Jimmie White- stone— Belle Fontaine). Runner up — J. W. Consi- dine's English setter Melrose Mack (McCloud Boy — Melrose Toodles). 1912 — Bakersfleld. Januan- 22-23. Derby Stake. H. L. Betten, J. H. Schumacher and T. J. A. Tiedemann, judges. First — W. B. Coutt's Aqua Caliente (Sensation — Kil's Moxie). Second — J. W. Considine's Melrose Danstone Sport (Count Danstone — Count's Patsy Whitestone). Third — Car- roll Cook's Judge Post (Master Courtney — Light- heart). All-Age Stake. H. L. Betten, J. H. Schumacher and J. W. Flynn, judges. First — J. E. Terry's English setter Shasta Queen (Count Whitestone — Glimmer). Second — J. W. Considine's English setter Melrose Mack (McCloud Boy — Little Sioux). Third — Lansing Tevis' pointer Lad of Kent Jr. (Savannah Kent — Devonshire Daisy). Members' Stake. Same judges as the Derby. First — S. Christenson's English setter Peach Nugget (Count Whitestone — Peach Blossom). Second — Gordon Tev- is' pointer Trap (Sandalwood — Worden's Bessie). Third — Lansing Tevis' pointer Sister (Combination Boy — Pearl's Jingle). 1913. — Bakersfleld, January 27-29. Derby Stake. Judges — J. W. Flynn. H. L. Betten. Wm. Dormer. First — J. A. Chanslor's English setter Little Jeff (Bolando — Hazel). Second — J. E. Terry's English setter Shasta Duke (Merry Dude — Blue Belle). Third — J. W. Considine's English setter Melrose Dude (Melrose Prince — Kil's Jessie). All-Age Stake. Judges — Messrs. Flynn, Betten and Dormer. First — J. E. Terry's English setter Shasta Queen (Count Whitestone— Glimmer). Second — Jos. A. Chanslor's English setter Old Forester (Count Whitestone — Harter's Cleopatra). Third — Carroll Cook's English setter Bohemian Prince (Sensation — Kil's May). Members' Stake. Judges — Messrs. Betten and Dormer. First — S. Christenson's English setter Peach Nugget (Count Whitestone — Peach Blossom). Second — E. Courtney Ford's English setter Tiburon I Uncle Jimmie Whitestone — Belle Fontains). Third — H. C. Katze's pointer Rexal (Lewis R. — Lady Points). Champion Stake declared off. o TRAP SHOOTING AVERAGES FOR 1913. Through the courtesy of Secretary E. Reed Shaner we offer this week some interesting data in the fol- lowing list of The Interstate Association amateur and professional trap shooting averages for 1913, with names and addresses of contestants, total number of targets shot at in registered tournaments, total num- ber of targets scored, and percentages. The averages for single targets, for both amateurs and professionals, are based on a minimum of 2,000 targets, as per The Interstate Association ruling to that effect. The scores made at the tournaments given at Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada, June 11, and at Calgary, Alberta, Canada, July 3, are not included in the list, as the clubs holding said tour- naments failed to live up to their agreements cover- ing registration. The averages for double targets are computed on The Interstate Association tournaments only, and they are based on taking part in two tournaments as a minimum, as per The Interstate Association ruling to that effect. Averages For Single Targets. — Amateurs. Percent- Xame and Address. Shot at Broke age Lewis, Bart. Auburn, Ills 6080 5811 .9557 Newcomb, Chas. H. Philadelphia. .4065 3873 .9527 Wright, F. S. South Wales, N. Y..3175 3019 .9508 Huntlev, S. A. Vancouver, Wash.. 5925 5619 .9483 Crosby, Geo. E. O'Fallon, Tils 2250 2127 .9453 Apleman, Ross. Keister, Minn 2050 1934 .9434 Hoon, WT. S. Jewell. Iowa 6425 604G .9410 Koch, F. C. Phillipsburg. 0 4050 3810 .9407 Young, J. S. Chicago 3950 3714 . 9402 Craper, F. A. Custer Park, Ills. . .3050 2867 .9400 Chingren, E. J. Spokane 2200 2063 .9377 Jones, W. H. Macon. Ga 2700 2529 .9366 Livingston. J. R. Springville, Ala. 2200 2058 .9354 Gates. L. A. Columbus. Neb 2000 1870 .9350 Heil, Allen. Allentown. Pa -..4390 4104 .9348 Sloan. H. H. Philadelphia 2760 2573 .9322 Edwards, F. M. Columbus, 0 3250 3029 .9320 Adams, E. H. Reading Pa 2390 2227 .9318 Coburn, G. D. Meehanicsburg, O...4250 3954 .9303 Dixon. Harvey. Oronogo, Mo 3995 3715 .9299 Painter, Geo. E. Pitsburgh, Pa 2175 2022 .9296 Putnam, S. W. Fitchburg. Mass... 3550 3300 .9295 Eaton, C. B. Fayette, Mo 2925 2718 .9292 Jennings, J. Todmorden, Ont., Can. 2125 19 < 1 .9275 Troeh, F. M. Vancouver, Wash. . .2550 2362 .9262 Behm. W. S. Esterly, Pa 2000 1850 .9250 Saturday, January. 17, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Warren, J. K. Birmingham, Ala... 2050 1S9G .9248 Kelsey, F. D. East Aurora, N.Y..2G50 2449 .9241 Varner, E. W. Adams, Neb 2000 1843 .9215 Hinshaw, E. C. Spirit Lake, Iowa. 3600 3308 .9188 Hummel, Chas. La Porte City, Iowa 2750 2518 .915G Oliver. Vincent. Philadelphia 2G90 2402 .9152 Snyder, H. E. Kansas City 2G75 2445 .9140 Bruns, R. H. Brookville, Ind 5475 5003 .9137 Budd, R. J. Lykens, Pa 2000 1827 .9135 Moritz, B. E. Denver 2550 2328 .9129 Cocke, W. W. New Orleans 2250 2052 .9120 Kautzky, Jos. Ft. Dodge, Iowa 3350 3052 .9110 Sunderbruch, A. H. Williamsb'rg, O.2150 1958 .9107 Nashold, M. A. Fargo, N. Dak 26G0 2420 .9097 Steele, G. R. Boston 20G0 1874 .9097 Trout, S. W. Venice, Cal 2100 1908 .9085 Morgan, R. D. Greeley, Neb 5700 51G9 .90G8 Van Atta, F. Vaueouver, Wash 2350 2129 .9059 Teats, Brian. Northumberland, Pa. 2150 1947 .9055 Cumming, C. A. Longmont. Col... 2330 2108 .9047 Shobe, A. B. Springfield, 0 3000 2713 .9043 Billings, C. W. Glen Ridge, N. J.. 2330 2107 .9042 Francis, V. H. La Couner, Wash.. 2805 253G .9041 Connor, A. C. Springfield, Ills 2460 2220 .9024 Minnick, J. H. Wilmington, Del. .2240 2018 .9008 Blunt, J. A. Greensboro, Ala 2650 23S4 .899G Mathews, W. H. Trenton, N. J... 2740 2222 .8995 Webster, W. Columbus, 0 2100 18SG .8981 Englert, J. L. Catasauqua, Pa 2950 2C4S .8976 Frantz, C. L. Seneca Falls, N. Y. .3305 2950 .8953 Shoop, H. B. Harrisburg, Pa 2600 2326 .8946 Marburger, J. J. Reading. Pa 2150 1919 .8925 Blackmer, H. B. Buffalo, N. Y 3225 2877 .8920 Hoover, A. M. Baudette, Minn 2310 2055 .S89G Muncy, N. Iowa City, Iowa 2550 2266 .8886 Wallace, Al. Canton, S. Dak 2100 1864 .8876 Howell, G. M. Northumberland, Pa. 2050 1814 .8848 Herrold, D. A. Harisburg, Pa 2700 23SS .8844 Donnelley, B. S. Chicago 2785 2458 .8825 Slocum, F. F. Watertown, S. Dak. 2100 1852 .8819 Grubb, Geo. Wetmore, Kans 33S5 2985 .8818 Nicolai, Geo. Kansas City 3525 3106 .8811 Leahy, D. T. New York 2050 1S0G .8S0D Cooper, E. W. Tacoma, Wash 2055 1810 .8807 Speer, J. S. St. Marys, Pa 2250 1973 .8769 Ebbert, Jno. Buffalo, N. Y 3425 3002 .8765 Yearous, A. L. Eagle Grove, Iowa. 2750 2404 .8741 Corfield, W. E. Utica, N. Y 2340 2045 .8V39 Stevens, C. T. Zanesville, 0 2100 1S34 .SiSS Whitney, H. E. Anthony, Kans. . .2200 1917 .8713 Clarke, W. F. Boston 3G10 3144 .8709 Frink, J. S. Worthington, Minn. . .3260 2835 .8696 Martin, J. G. Harrisburg, Pa 3700 3210 .S691 Proctor, G. M. Boston 2500 21"C .SGS0 Seidel, E. Marysville, Pa 2000 1734 .8G70 Cain, J. E. Dayton, 0 2350 2".i!) .SCG3 Mackie, Geo. K. Scammon, Kans. .3775 3202 .8641 Dey, J. G. S. Syracuse, N. Y 2905 2508 .8G33 Ellis, C. E. Sioux City, Iowa 2000 1725 .8G25 Sousa, John Philip. New York 4000 3428 .8570 Burnes, R. N. Cambridge, Mass. . .2010 1716 .8537 Edwards, D. A. Union City, Tenn.2800 2381 .8503 Cooper. Guv. Kansas Citv 2275 1929 .8479 Cook, H. B. Atlantic City 2300 1950 .8478 Ziegler, F. M. Allentown, Pa 2050 1729 .8434 Miller, F. D. Albany, Pa 2450 2066 .8432 Farnum, C. C. Bradford, Pa 2975 2501 .8406 Abramson, A. Jewell, Iowa 2200 1847 .8395 Cowan, W. H. Conde, S. Dak 2500 2095 .8380 Andrews, Isaac, Spartansburg, S. C.2650 2196 .S2S6 Goode, O. P. Hinsdale, Ills 2535 2096 .82G8 Bitterling, J. C. Allentown, Pa... 4050 3318 .8192 Blinn, C. P. Boston 2200 1702 . 8009 Myers, Henry. Jersey Shore, Pa.. 2000 1473 .7365 Averages for Single Targets. — Professionals. Percent- Name and Address. Shot at Broke age Heer, W. H. Guthrie, Okla 5350 5206 .9730 Spencer, Chas. G. St. Louis 6155 5959 .9G81 Crosby, W. R. O'Fallon. Ills 5785 5596 .9673 Taylor, John R. Columbus. O 4G50 448G .9647 German, L. S. Aberdeen, Md 8400 8101 .9644 Gibs, H. D. Union City, Tenn 8000 7714 .9642 Reid, L. H. Seattle 4005 3843 .9595 Maxwell, Geo. W. Hastings, Neb. .5000 4796 .9592 Bills, Fred G. Chicago 5710 5463 .9567 Clark, Homer, Alton, Ills 7030 6704 .953G Garrett, John W. Colorado Springs. 2150 2050 .9534 Hawkins, J. M. Baltimore, Md 6020 5732 .9521 Tavlor, H. G. Meckling, S. Dak. . ..3310 3145 .9501 Graham, J. R. Ingleside, Ills 7550 7171 .9498 Holt, E. R. Montgomery, Ala 2950 2800 .9491 Riehl, F. C. Tacoma 3765 3570 .9482 Poston, H. E. Seattle 2250 2128 .9457 Stevens, H. H. Roselle Park, N. J. 9880 9340 .9453 Gilbert, Fred. Spirit Lake, Iowa. . .9540 5G15 .9452 Topperwein, Mrs. Ad. San Antonio 2300 2174 .9452 Moore, Carl F. Brownsville, Pa... 7325 6922 .9449 Heikes, R. O. Dayton, 0 4650 4394 .9449 Day, J. S. Cincinnati, 0 7100 6706 .9445 Killam, Art. St. Louis 2900 2738 .9441 Willis, L. D. Wilmington, Del 2180 2050 .9431 Clancy, R. "W. Chicago 3550 3344 .9419 O'Brien, Ed. Florence, Kans 3750 3531 .941G Kreger, C. W. Redfield, S. Dak. . .2500 2352 .9408 Huff, Walter. Macon, Ga 4800 4511 .9397 Glover, Simon. Rochester 3590 3371 .9390 Storr, E. H. Richmond, Va 2750 2581 .9385 Freeman, H. D. Atlanta, Ga 4575 4292 .9381 White, E. F. G. Ottawa, Can 2130 1998 .9380 Cadwallader, H. W. Decatur, Ills. 3350 3142 .9379 Reed, R. C. San Francisco 2100 1968 .9371 Fisher, I. M. Seattle 2205 2001 .9346 Godrich, C. E. Belvidere, Ills 4500 4203 .9340 Dickey, J. E. Minneapolis 5310 4959 .9339 Kirkwood, H. C. La Grange, Ills. .3400 3174 .»d35 Barr, J. R. Indianapolis 2080 1941 .9331 Apgar, Neaf. Plainfield, N. J 6370 5929 .9307 Funk, E. M. Mt. Carmel, Conn 2425 2253 .9290 Ford, O. N. San Jose 2050 1904 .9287 Barber, R. R. Mineapolis 4410 4094 .9283 Schwartz, Ben. Houston 2030 1880 .9261 Welles, H. S. New York 4830 44G6 .9246 Slear, E. Fred. Collingswood, N. J.20u0 1847 .9235 Worthington, H. L. Baltimore 2500 2307 .9228 Graham, E. S. Ingleside, Ills 3850 3552 .9220 Borden, H. J. Houston 2580 2379 .9220 Marshall, T. A. Keithsburg, Ills. . .4350 4010 .921S Morgan, E. J. Salt Lake City 2690 2477 .9208 Henderson, Woolfolk. Lexington Ky 4325 3982 .9206 Bowman, w. M. Denver 2210 2029 .9181 Chamberlain, W. R. Columbus. . .3400 3121 .9179 Daniel, E. M. Lynchburg, Va 4000 3670 .9175 Holohan, P. J. Portland. Ore 2855 2618 .9169 Barstow, D. G. Kansas City 5360 4898 .9138 Holohan, G. E. Spokane 2240 2041 .9111 Standard, W. D. Chicago 3100 2821 .9100 Chapin, C. H. Brokfield, Mass 2710 2405 .9095 Mermod, A. D. St. Louis 4070 3699 .9088 Brown, W. A. Sieux City 4550 4134 .9085 Keller, T. H., Jr. New York 2550 2315 .9078 Donnelly, H. J. Guthrie, Okla 3350 3039 .9071 Dickey, O. R. Boston 5900 5347 .9002 Darton, W. B. Portland, Me 5400 4892 .9059 Joslyn, W. A. Wilmington, Del 3670 3308 .9013 Hirschy, H. C. Minneapolis 2310 2078 .8995 Banks. Edward. Wilmington, Del. 3695 3323 .8985 Price, I. N. Des Moines 2200 1971 .8959 Kahler, H. W. Des Moines 3000 3222 .8950 Stair, J. H. Crockston, Minn 2160 1931 .8939 Hammond, W. M. Wilmington, Del. S8G0 7867 .8879 Fanning, J. S. New York 4725 4187 .8861 Sibley, A. E. Boston 2860 2532 . 8853 Eastman, F. K. Des Moines 7260 6417 .8838 Gross, D. D. Kansas City 3745 3067 .8825 Wheeler, C. M. Brunswick, Me. . .2910 2548 .8756 Garrett, W. T. Des Moines '.4250 3673 .8G42 Le Compte, G. O. Ashville, N. C. .3180 2725 .8569 Sheldon, F. E. H. Chicopee Falls, Mass 2275 1947 .8558 Vietmeyer, H. W. Indianapolis 2830 2391 .8448 Keller, H. A. New York 2860 2408 .8419 Pratt, J. F. Philadelphia 3040 3054 .8390 Cassettv. T. A. Nashville 4590 3845 .8370 Hassam, G. H. Buffalo 4705 3923 .8337 Mathews, G. E. Chicago 3500 2918 .8337 Fay, F. M. Chicopee Falls, Mass. .3250 2708 .8332 Hunter, Clvde, Birmingham, Ala. .2150 1780 .8279 Von Lengerke. C. W. Hoboken, N.J. 2605 2129 S172 Winans. H. E. Belleville, Ills 2700 2109 .8033 Elliott. Dave. Joplin. Mo 2125 1676 .7887 Lewis, L. R. Atglen, Pa 5705 4455 .7808 Whitney, F. C. Des Moines 3500 2616 .7474 Doremus, T. E. Wilmington, Del. ..2400 1792 .7466 Averages For Double Targets — Amateurs. Percent- Name and Address. Shot at Broke age Lyon, Geo. L. Durham, N. C 200 175 .8750 Heil, Allen. Alentown, Pa 150 127 .8466 Wettleaf. Wm. Nichold, Iowa 150 124 .8266 Jones. W. H. Macon, Ga 200 163 .8150 Arie, Mark. Thomasboro, Ills 150 122 .8133 Young, J. S. Chicago 200 158 .7900 Snyder, H. E. Kansas City 150 118 .7866 Arie, Nick. Houston 100 78 .7800 Bruns, R. H. Brookville, Ind 200 151 .7550 Galbraith, C. A. Bay City, Mich ... 150 110 .7466 Lewis, Bart. Auburn, Ills 300 222 .7400 Tucker, George. Brenham, Tex.... 150 108 .7200 Morgan, R. D. Greeley, Neb 150 108 .7200 Donnelley. B. S. Chicago 200 140 .7000 McNeir, F. W. Houston 150 102 .6800 Ward, B. B. Aberdeen, S. Dak 150 101 .6733 Grubb, George. Wetmore, Kans. .. 150 100 .6606 Edwards, D. A. Union City, Tenn . . 100 62 .6200 Andrews, Isaac. Spartansb'g, S. C. 150 82 .5406 Averages For Double Targets. — Professionals. Percent- Name and Address. Shot at Broke age Graham, J. R. Ingleside, Ills 300 271 .9033 Heer, W. H. Guthrie, Okla 300 267 .8900 Gibbs, H. D. Union City, Tenn 100 88 .8800 German, L. S. Aberdeen, Md 250 219 .8760 Gilbert. Fred. Spirit Lake, Iowa... 300 258 .8600 Huff, Walter. Macon, Ga 200 169 .8450 Spencer, Chas. G. St. Louis 250 211 .8440 Bills, Fred. G. Chicago 100 84 .8400 Barstow, D. C. Kansas City 150 123 .8200 Killam, Art. St. Louis 200 164 .8200 Tavlor, John R. Columbus 150 123 .8200 Dav, J. S. Cincinnati 250 204 .8160 Coifax. W. S.. Jr. Wilmington, Del. 150 122 .8133 Freeman, H. D. Atlanta, Ga 150 121 .8066 Maxwell, Geo. W. Hastings. Neb... 300 242 .8066 Crosbv, W. R. O'Fallon, Ills 250 200 .8000 Henderson, Woolfolk. Lexingt'n, Ky 200 160 .8000 O'Brien, Ed. Florence, Kans 150 119 .7933 Clark, Homer. Alton, Ills 250 198 .7920 Clancv, R. W. Chicago 150 118 .7866 Marshall, T. A. Keithsburg, Ills.. 200 154 .7700 Dickey. O. R. Boston 250 192 .7680 Topperwein, Mrs. A. San Antonio. 100 72 .7200 Gross, D. D. Kansas City 130 39 .7153 Heikes, R. O. Dayton, 0 150 105 .7000 Hawkins. J. M. Baltimore 150 104 .6933 Durston, A. H. Syracuse, N. Y 130 89 .6846 Doremus. T. E. Wilmington, Del.. 150 89 .5933 Daniel, E. H. Lynchburg, Va 200 108 .5400 AT THE TRAPS. Treasurer-Manager Elmer E. Shaner, of The Inter- state Asociation, under date of January 8, writes us: "Please announce to the readers of 'Breeder and Sportsman' that the fifteenth Grand American Han- dicap tournament will be held at Dayton, Ohio, on September 8. 9, 10, 11, 1914, on the grounds of the N. C. R. Gun Club. There will be $1,500 added money and the winner of first place in the Grand American Handicap proper will be guaranteed $600 and a trophy; the winner of second place will be guaranteed $500 and a trophy, and the winner of third place will be guaranteed $400 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be awarded. "Also announce that the ninth Eastern Handicap tournament will be held at Bradford. Pa., on June 16, 17, 18, 1914, under the auspices of the Bradford Gun Club. There will be $1,000 added monty and the winner of first place in the Eastern Handicap will be guaranteed $100 and a trophy; the winner of second place will be guaranteed $75 and a trophy, and the winner of third place will be guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be awarded." * * * Nemours (Ladies) Trapshooting Club. — In spite of a dreary afternoon and a cold penetrating wind, ten women were at the traps yesterday, January 7, writes "Blue Bird" to the trap editor. It was the last shoot for the Ramsay trophy and also the beginning of the "Book Lovers' Contest," a contest outlined by Mr. Fred E. Pond of the "Sportsmen's Review." who donated twelve books to be competed for by the ladies of the Nemours Trapshooting Club, at their regular weekly shoots. The title of the book yesterday was kept a secret until the winner was announced and there were many guesses as to what it might be — this added greatly to the interest. At the close of the shoot it was found that Mrs. E. L. Riley, Mrs. Franklin W. Wilson, Miss Margaret R. Woodman and Miss Alice Riley with their handi- caps had tied for Book No. 1. In the shoot-off which followed Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Riley tied again, necessitating a second shoot- off; in this Mrs. Riley won by one target and was presented with the first book in the "Book Lovers' Contest" entitled "Athletics and Outdoor Sports For Women" by Lucille E. Hill. This is the third book that Mrs. Riley has won in the last six weeks. She was awarded a volume of "Gray's Elegy" in the "Pepple Shoot," and she also won the "Book of Sport" that Mr. Pond donated to the Club last fall. In the Ramsay trophy event yesterday Mrs. Wil- son came off with flying colors and will be the wearer of the medal until next Wednesday, when it will be finally awarded to the shooter having won it the greatest number of times since September 1, the date the competition started. Scores (25 targets) with handicaps follow: Score Hdc. Total Miss A. E. Riley 13 14 25 Miss H. D. Hammond 11 7 17 Miss Margaret R. Woodman... 13 12 25 Mrs. J. R. Bradley 9 10 19 Mrs. E. L. Riley 12 14 25 Miss M. V. Lannan 8 11 19 Mrs. F. W. Wilson 14 17 25 Mrs. Harry White 2 17 19 Mrs. W. A. Joslyn 15 8 23 Miss Bessie V. Carson 99 9 18 * * * Martinez Bluerockers. — Starting with a member- ship of twenty Contra Costa county sportsmen a gun club was organized this week in Martinez by Fred Burnham, a popular shotgun artist. Burnham was elected president and A. S. Ormsby secretary-treasurer. The club will hold clay pigeon shoots on Burnham's preserves and later in the year a challenge will be issued to other gun clubs that side of the bay to participate in a trophy shoot. o GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN. Game Killed in Maine. — During the past open sea- son on big game, 7,750 deer, 150 moose and 50 bears were killed in Maine. Hunting and fishing licenses netted the State $50,000. o Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Where do the big striped bass betake themselves? is a question that has puzzled the rodsters ever since there was any evidence of the large ones in our waters. Now and then rod and reel fishermen land bass ranging from sixty down to forty pounds and less in weight. These large bass, however, are only caught periodically, not all the year round. Recently several large fish have been caught in Petaluma creek, San Antone and near Wingo. Big fish are in those waters at times, and have been seen and felt, much to the chagrin of anglers who uad their tackle cleaned out. Most of the bass taken run under ten pounds, generally three, four or five pounds in weight. Furthermore, during the summer months the sloughs and bay waters for about two years past have been alive with baby bass. Net fish- ermen have been catching plenty of striped bass lately, fish from three to five pounds in weight. Large bass have been scarce, despite the fact that tne market dealers offer twice as much a pound for the big fellows. The net men get their bass up the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers. They claim that the big fish are not in those waters, except for an odd big one now and then. Various theories have been advanced as to the location of the schools of big bass. For one thing, when the weather is calm and sunshiny and the water clear, there is usually good bass fishing along the San Pablo shores and also at Vallejo Junction, Port Costa, Martinez and Benicia. Windy and cold weather creates a change, for not a fish can be caught despite every effort. One theory vouchsafed is that the fish seek deeper and less turbulent feeding ground. lb THE BREEDER ANL SPORTSMAN [Saturday, January 17, 1911. What may be the hiding places of the large bass in San Francisco bay is given out by a market fisher- man, who claims that these fish congregate in the deep waters between Angel Island and Alcatraz. Fishing with a hand line and sinker, he states that lie has frequently caught large sized bass, in fact always when he went after them in that part of the bay. The best fishing ground was found along an imaginary line from Alcatraz to Point Bonita. The theory' is a tenable one, quite a few large sized bass having been caught by trolling off Alca- traz island. Another instance of deep-water traits of salt water fish is given in comparatively newly found sea bass fishing ground in Santa Barbara channel. These fish at times would disappear completely, much to the bewilderment of the channel fishermen. Finally the fish were located in parts of the channel forty or fifty fathoms deep, from which time the supply has always been on tap. Striped bass fishing in the parts of the bay men- tioned will be bottom fishing at from forty to sixty fathoms depth, and with heavy tackle, if the fisher- man's story has any merit. At all events, it is worth a trial. * * * Stormy weather and muddy water conditions faced the San Antone slough anglers for recent Saturday and Sunday sport. Much to the surprise of the rod- sters, several good catches were made under seem- ingly adverse circumstances. Sunday morning Al Thornton landed three fine fish weighing thirty-five, twelve and five pounds respectively. On Saturday an Oakland angler caught a forty-five pounder and lost a larger bass which was hooked, but broke away when brought alongside the launch. Howard Vernon. Walter D. Burlingame, Hugh C. Draper, Emil Accret, Charles Bond and other rod- sters were not so lucky. Another big bass was caught by George L. David, a fifty-two-pound striped beauty, Saturday night near Donahue's Landing. Petaluma creek. The record for San Francisco bay waters (tribu- tary) was Charles Bond's 55%-pounnd bass caught in San Antone slough, a branch of Petaluma creek, three years ago. A 51-pound bass was taken at the mouth of Schultz slough two weeks ago. Operations in the Wingo and Napa sloughs have been rather unproductive during the past week. * * * New Zealand anglers are indebted to California steelhead trout for splendid sport wTith game fishes in the antipodean rivers and lakes; in fact, the only fishing worthy of the name in those waters, barren of acceptable fish life before the advent of the finny Argonauts, is now provided by the transplanted Cali- fornia trout. James Pringle of London, but well known to local angling circles, and W. Way, fishing one day in Lake Tarawera. landed thirty-seven big trout that scaled a total of 236 pounds, an average of nearly seven pounds each. These fish were caught with fly lures and by the ordinary steelhead rod and tackle, so states Mr. Pringle in a letter to James Watt of this city. The catch is a fair sample of what is frequently the luck of New Zealand sportsmen in numerous fishing waters there. Down below the equator the big trout are called rainbows. Since their introduction there, about two decades ago. the fish have thriven wonderfully in the rapid and ice cold streams of the islands, where specimens over twenty pounds in weight are not unusual. The original shipment of trout fry to New Zealand was under the supervision of Colonel A. V. La Mott. Steelhead were taken from salt water and stripped of roe and milt, the eggs were eyed at a station on Sonoma creek at Glen Ellen. The site of the old hatchery is now incorporated in the homestead of Jack London. The trout fry were afterward shipped in tanks to Wellington and liberated in favorable waters. * * * The local demand for fishing licenses has been greater than anticipated, considering that the only phase of angling that at the present time requires an individual license is striped bass fishing. Trout fishing will not be resumed until next April, and salmon trolling is non-productive for the time being. The desire to secure licenses is a general one, pos- sibly as much on sentimental lines as anything else, for a majority of the license seekers have made it a point to endeavor to get in on the first numbers of the initial issue of fishing licenses in California. The largest sales have been made at Southern California coast points, where there is at present more or less fishing for salt water game fishes. The Fish and Game Commission officials intimate that it will be necessary to establish a launch patrol along the Cat- alina, San Diego and Santa Barbara fishing grounds, and aire Ai increase th~ number of deputies. Bay fishi.ig has been much affected by the immense volumes of fresh water caused by the recent rains. Rockcod and other varieties slip out to sea under these conditions. Good crab fishing can be had at Inverness, Hamlet, Marshalls and other points on Tomales bav. * * * Few returning duck hunters a week ago came back from the bay counties marshes with limit bags of waterfowl, nor was the midweek shooting luck much different. The Suisun marshes have been well flooded by back water and high tides, most of the ducks in consequence deserting that section. A few straggling sprig and spooneys were shot here and tl ere, the principal webfoot visitors being canvas- lacks, coming in from the bay waters. The Joyce island gunners had a slim day's shooting Sunday. Captain Seymour, the only visitor at the Seymour Club preserves Wednesday of last week, had the good luck to drop ten canvasbacks. The Coon Island Gun Club squad who were at the preserve on Napa slough a week ago were: W. Kirkland, E. E. Rehn, F. Ge- nung, F. Sovereign, C. Thomas and I. Kanisberg. "Cans" happened to be numerous enough in that section for well-filled straps when the shoot was over. The Alameda shotgun brigade almost to a man returned Sunday evening with light bags. A heavy fog stopped gunning operations until late in the forenoon. Down near Newark on ponds usually good for a pleasing shoot the flight was a small one. What birds were on the wing flew high up and made for the open stretches of the bay. The Petaluma creek gunners also had an off day. Strings of six canvasbacks or bluebills were the best averages at most of the club resorts. Black sea brant can be shot at about four places on the California coast — Tomales, Bodega and Hum- boldt bays, and at the sand spits near Ventura. This bird is the most wTary of the goose family, and is highly esteemed for its table qualities — that is, under favorable dietetic conditions. Black sea brant are reported to be numerous enough in Tomales bay, near Hamlet, to offer good sport. A ten-gauge gun and heavy load of powder are deemed necessary to make No. 4 or larger size chilled shot effective. The birds come in on a flood tide to feed on the eel grass, and take wing again for the open sea when the tide ebbs. Al Wilson and Bob Sangster, two veteran sea brant hunters, have been shooting average combined bags of twenty-five birds a day for a week or so past, results above the average, considering that the shoot- ing is done out in the open water, far different than shooting ducks from a blind. Other gunners have also had fine shooting, which all will probably keep good until the end of the season. An aggravating element of the sport is the fact that the birds are flavored so much with herring roe that they are fishy to a degree. The biggest run of herring in Tomales bay for several years past is on, the roe from the spawning fish has spread every- where, smearing the eel grass, the principal food of sea brant, in big gobs. Anybody who is interested in wild ducks can put in a pleasing hour or two watching the birds in Stow lake. For the past week canvasbacks, sprig, mallard and other varieties have been flocking into the lake, the Chain of Lakes and other ponds in Golden Gate Park by the hundreds. Notwithstanding the general belief among sports- men that last summer was very favorable for breed- ing quail, and that there was apparently a good crop of young birds, it is a noticeable fact that recent trips to heretofore good quail shooting country develops a scarcity of birds. Where large bevies were for- merly known to be, now the coveys found are the half or less in number than expected. In a measure, one reason for this is, that the birds have been thoroughly hunted far and near. Even in the most remote and rough territory there has been a persistent combing in quest of the valley quail. The presence of hunters is told by empty shells and shell boxes in sufficient quantity to indicate that gunners have been in the hills by the hundreds in every section where the feathered quarry wTas known to be or suspected of taking refuge. The automobile has been a great factor in enabling hunters to reach far-away shooting districts. Recent reports covering territory from Los Alamos, in San Luis Obispo county, a fine quail hunting district, down the coast, all agree in stating that quail are comparatively scarce this eason. The same will apply to other sections. Monterey and San Benito counties included. On one large holding, about 30,000 acres in the Topo district of San Benito county, where in previous seasons bunches of 150 quail were fairly numerous, a bevy of one-tenth that number is the best that region will now produce. Another good quail shooting country, east of.Fres- no, has been so non-produrtive this season that the Raisin City sportsmen have benerally put up their shooting irons. * * * C. G. Twist last August spent a week fishing at San Clemente, during which visit he captured one of the most beautiful specimens of yellowtail, as well as the largest caught in southern California waters up to that time. Incidentally, he was given a gold button, one of the few which have so far been given out by the Tuna Club. During the past six years Mr. Twist has been mak- ing yearly trips to San Clemente waters, always with the hope that he would win one of the coveted gold buttons given by the Tuna Club. First he won a bronze button, then a silver: but in spite of the fact that he had landed more than 100 large game fish, nothing which he has heretofore drawn from the ocean brought him the trophy he so much desired. He tells the story tersely. "It took just four hours to cross the San Clemente channel, in a motor launch, to Mosquito Harbor. Twenty minutes to hook and gaff the big yellowtail. then three hours and forty-five minutes to get back to Avalon." is his graphic, though brief, story of the capture of the fish which lacked but four ounces of weighing fifty pounds. * * * The Fis hand Game Commission for the past two years have been making a study of the deer of the State. Frank C. Clarke of the University of Cali- fornia has. in this work, covered the entire State from Oregon to the Mexican line and has also pene- trated the jungles of the lower Colorado delta in his search for deer information. Speaking of the decreasing number of deer in Southern California Mr. Clarke states, ''Deer are becoming more scarce each year." "Thirty years ago the southern mountains were literally alive with deer and many old-timers tell of the well stocked coast valleys. "With the settling up of the valleys the animals have been forced back to the hills and now are sel- dom seen away from the mountains. Coupled with the settling was the increase of hunters, though they, in my estimation, are a less serious menace to deer than the predatory animals. "Mountain lions are the worst enemies of the deer and a good deer country is sure to be a good lion country. "Lions kill at least fifty deer apiece in a year. When it is considered that the state annually pays bounties on over 200 lion scalps, it is readily seen that the lion population is by no means small. "The instinct of the lion to always eat fresh meat makes him a persistent hunter and he seldom returns to a carcass a day old. "Perhaps one reason for the scarcity of deer in the southern coast ranges is the immigration of lions from Mexico. Seventy-five or eighty miles a day is easy for the ordinary big mountain cat and without a doubt many of them travel up the coast ranges from Mexico. In the border mountains, trails have been followed twenty or thirty miles before the lion has been treed. "A lion will generally tree after having been run a short time by dogs and the long trails seem to indicate that the beasts make excursion trips into this country. I hope at some time to make a further investigation of this matter. "Bob-cats and coyotes play havoc with fawns. I have never investigated a coyote den without seeing the remains of fawns. Nearly every report of such visits makes mention of the numerous fawn bones. If we could but get rid of bob-cats and coyotes deer hunting would improve wonderfully in a few years. But any one who has tried it knows of the difficulty of trapping these 'varmints,' especially the sly coy- otes who have an almost uncanny sagacity when it comes to avoiding traps. o "LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN" FIRE ARMS. Most everyone knows that an automobile may be identified, wherever it wanders, not only by its license tag but by a serial number stamped, usually, on the rear of the chassis frame. Both this license number and the serial number are filed at the capitol of the state wherein the owner of the car resides and the serial number with the manufacturer of the car. The selling price of automobiles runs into hun- dreds of dollars, at least, more generally into thou- sands, and it is not strange that some sort of record plan has been developed for keeping tab on such a goodly bundle of property. But who would assume that every one of the hundreds of thousands of Rem- ington repeating and auto-loading shotguns and rifles in use in the United States, costing, singly, but a small fraction of the price of the cheapest automobile, are similarly numbered and registered at a central point? Going to the Remington factory for information we find that on every arm produced there a serial number is stamped into the steel. This number cannot be removed except by filing, which would be an obvious evidence of wrong doing. With every gun shipped is included a stamped identification card which the purchaser fills in with his name and ad- dress, the model and serial number of the gun, date of purchase, etc. This card he mails to the main offices of the Remington Company, at New York City, where, in a gun identification bureau which has long been maintained, the card is filed in a fire-proof cabinet. The series of cabinets in which the cards are filed has evolved from the modest little wooden drawer used in the early days of Remington gun making to a constantly growing row of modern all- steel compartments. The daily requests that fall within the province of this bureau to handle have to do with everything that can happen to a gun and some things that can only be imagined. Probably the most frequent calls for help come from the theft or loss of guns. A typical case was brought to the attention of the bureau a few months ago when Dr. C. B. Brown of Portland, Oregon, reported that his Remington rifle had been stolen from a gun club locker. It later developed that this rifle was thrown by the pursued thief into the Columbia river, where it iaw for twelve months, when it was returned to Dr. Brown, who squirted a little oil into the action and went on shooting the weapon as he had done a year before. It was necessary, however, for the bureau to convince Dr. Brown that it was really his own gun that had withstood such a long bath, practically unharmed. Now and then some shooter writes in that he has allowed his gun to become mixed with others of the same model and has not been able to pick it out. It is easy to imagine how this difficulty might come to pass when it is considered that in many gun clubs a score or more of Remingtons of the same model and general appearance are in use. In some "lost, strayed or stolen" eases the trained employees of the bureau lend their experience to quite elaborate investiga- tions, rendering service that would be hard to dupli- cate through any other medium. So the sportsman may feel satisfied that the same careful records are on file regarding his favorite Rem- ington that are available in connection with his limousine — or the one next door. Saturday, January 17, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN U LETTER FROM PLEASANTON. January 12, 1914. Editor Breeder and Sportsman: After a few nice, balmy days we have had more rain. Every one here is growing younger over the bright prospects for 1914. This is one year we will have it on "the hay man" in regard to price, but no doubt the quantity will amply satisfy the grower for what he loses "per ton." What a boost it will be for California when the horsemen flock here from the East this fall, to find how cheap one can keep a horse through the winter, to say nothing of the man who will not need a fur coat, heavy clothes, and so forth. What is California going to do about a Grand Circuit this year? We see so many ideas advanced in the different harness horse papers about classes and purses that it is going to be a difficult proposi- tion to select the one that will be the greatest ben- efit to the greatest number. One thing that must be considered is the audience. It is no question that the fast and close finishes make one tingle to the finger-tips with excitement and make every one in the grandstand rise so as to see the finish. Another point that would be well taken, is the initial entry of 5 per cent. The man gho goes to all the expense of training and maintaining a stable and has to take a chance that the horses in it will make good, cer- tainly needs some encouragement. The little stable as well as the big stable should be put on a more equal footing if entries are wanted. Why not try the 3 per cent, entry fee, payable in installments of 1 per cent; 3 per cent, on each horse entered — 1 per cent, at the time of entry, 1 per cent, a month or six weeks later, and the final payment thirty days before the meeting. When an owner fails to make the installment payment promptly, the entry is automatically declared out and all previous pay- ments are forfeited. No long list of suspensions fol- low, no misunderstanding about the conditions of entry, and, if the horse trains off, he has not a long list of suspensions, with penalty and interest added, to face the following year. The Association giving the meeting not only profits by getting more actual cash but also saves to the horsemen quite a nice sum, and they can look the future in the face with a horse clear of suspensions, penalties and .interest. Horses will be entered by their real, and not by fic- titious owners and agents. We would deduct from winners of first money, seven per cent ; second money 5 per cent.; third money 4 per cent.; fourth money 3 per cent. One-third of the purse should be divided after each heat, — no race longer than three heats. When the editor, in the holiday number of the Breeder and Sportsman (which was replete with so many good things), was writing his story about Zulu Belle, we wonder if it occurred to him that there is a colt at the Pleasanton Driving Park whose grandam is by Toung Octoroon, of whom it is written: "In olden days it was the boast of some horsemen in Tennessee that they knew of certain horses that could outtrot, outpace and outrun any horse in that section of the country, and Ed Geers once remarked that in 1877 or 1S78 he saw a stallion called Young Octoroon win a trotting race in 2:40, then a few minutes afterwards win a racking race under saddle, and in the same afternoon win a hurdle race. He was ridden by Dick Madison that afternoon, and he was no lightweight, for he tipped the beam at 180 pounds. This horse Octoroon when placed in the stud sired a number of good game trotters. One of his daughters, Shadow, is the dam of four in the 2:30 list, besides Santos, the dam of Peter the Great 2:07^4, J. Malcolm Forbes, (4), 2:08, etc. Thus it can be seen that one of these versatile equines must have more than his share of goodness." The colt in question is Onward McGregor by Jay McGregor 2:07*4. His dam is Mary Gordon 2:09% by Gordon 3127, by Onward 1411 (sire of 11 in 2:10 and the dams of 10 in 2:10, etc.). Mary Gordon's dam was Nell, by Young Octoroon, who, besides siring Shadow and Nell, sired the dams of Judge Hurt 2:09*4, Mat- tie H. 2:11*4. Geneva 2:19^4, W. M. Singerly, p, 2:16M>, Sir Knight, p, 2:23% (sire of 9. including Knight Mare 2:12%, Knightmount (2) 2:24, etc.), Signo Vinces 2:27^4, Suzerain 2:29%. Selene 2:29% and still a few. So the blood of Young Octoroon is not to be despised in any pedigree. Bert Webster opened a public training stable here on or about the first of January, and is training four- teen head. He is expecting three or four more, so it is certain that Bert will he about one of the busiest men around the track. There was no misunderstand- ing between Bert and DeRyder and no one at the track wishes him success more heartily than Charlie, for he appreciates fully Bert's ability not only as a trainer — especially as a colt man — but as one who can he thoroughly depended upon to do what is right in every way. We were exceedingly sorry to see Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Blackwell leave Pleasanton, but, as the move was to their advantage, we wish them both "luck." Mr. and Mrs. John S. Quinn and Master Stanley are located in Pleasanton and the former has charge of Mr. I. L. Borden's racing stable of ten head. It looks like "old times" to see Johnny here, as he made a host of friends last summer, putting the finishing touches on his racers when they were being worked over this "classic course." Ira B. Dalziel, the veterinary dentist, of San Fran- cisco, spent two days with us last week, profession- ally. He seems always happiest "when looking down in the mouth." John A. McKerron, the renowned horse boot man- ufacturer, was up on Saturday getting orders, and Charles A. Durfee was also here to take a look at the versatile Zulu Belle. It is needless to say that he found her doing finely. Col. J. C. Kirkpatrick and party spent the day here, as did Ed. O. Johnston of Oakland. The latter has a very promising two-year-old in Millard Sanders' stable. Mr. DeRyder has had several letters from Eastern trainers who contemplate wintering at this place after the campaign this season, but we will not men- tion any names for fear the "Horse Review" will wonder "Can this be true?" Mr. Geers has expressed his intention of wintering here, if he "had anything good enough." That Mr. Geers would have anything that was not good enough was out of our thoughts, so we have concluded he will be here and he is also assured of a very hearty welcome. We are not so sure, however, that he will be in any "big hurry" to get back East after he has had a winter and spring in this "land of sunshine, flowers and beautiful women." Mr. and Mrs. MacKenzie spent several days at the track last week, and seemed to enjoy their visit very much. The many improvements going on, the sprink- ling systems for the lawns and the construction of the bungalow which will commence as soon as the weather settles a little, means that everything will be in readiness this fall. BRINNEY. GRAND CIRCUIT DATES CLAIM ED. — MAN Y CHANGES MADE IN RULES. CALIFORNIA LIVE STOCK BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION. At the annual meeting of the California Live Stock Breeders' Association, held in this city January 10th, the following resolutions were adopted: No. 1. Resolution revising" By-Laws: Resolved, That Article 4 of the By-Laws be amend- ed so as to make the annual dues of individual mem- bers ?5. No. 2. Resolution revising" By-Laws: Resolved, That Article 6 of the By-Laws be amend- ed so as to read: "Immediately after his election the President shall appoint an Executive Committee of twelve members, five of whom shall constitute a quorum." No. 3. Resolution endorsing proposed State Fair Bonds: Resolved, That we heartily endorse the proposed issuance of bonds in the sum of §750,000, in aid of the California State Fair, and recommend that our mem- bers do all in their power to have the law in favor of such bonds approved at the next election. No. 4. Resolution in favor of District Fairs: Resolved, That we favor the establishment of a lim- ited number of District Fairs, with provision for their efficient and non-political management, and their devotion to the exploitation of the State's agricultural resources. No. 5. Resolution inviting the National Live Stock As- sociation to hold its annual convention in San Francisco in 1915: Whereas, The livestock industry is to receive special recognition at the Panama -Pacific International Ex- position, and Whereas, The exhibits in which the members of this organization are particularly interested can be made of greater value if studied by a large number at the same time, and Whereas, The importance of the livestock industry can be brought to public attention, and the objects of our Association can be advantageously emphasized if the meetings of livestock men are included among the congresses and conventions that will be a feature of the Exposition; therefore Resolved, By the California Livestock Breeders' As- sociation that the 1915 meeting of this Association be held in San Francisco at such time after February 20th as the Executive Committee may select; and Resolved, That we hereby cordially renew the invi- tation heretofore extended to the American National Livestock Association to meet in San Francisco dur- ing the period when the Panama-Pacific International Exposition will be open; and Resolved. That the Secretary of this Association be directed to transmit to the Convention of the Amer- ican National Livestock Association a copy of this resolution, and that our delegates to that convention be instructed to co-operate with Mr. I. D. Graham, Assistant Chief of the Department of Livestockk of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, in ef- forts to secure the acceptance of the invitation. O SAN MATEO POLO GROUNDS FOR 1915 MATCHES. The local committee of the American Polo Asso- ciation has submitted to the Panama-Pacific Exposi- tion management details of the plans for holding international polo meets at the Exposition. The committee announced that it had procured the use of three polo grounds at San Mateo to be used for the meets in conjunction with the grounds on the Expo- sition site. Ihe use of outside grounds will not with- stand daily play, and the meets will continue from March 15 to April 17, 1915. The fields available here are those of the Polo club, Charles W. Clark and Francis J. Carolan. The committee consisted of J. Cheever Cowdin, George S. Garritt and E. W. Howard. The commit- teemen met with A. W. Foster, treasurer and director of the Exposition; Captain A. C. Baker, director of exhibits, and I. D. Graham, assistant chief of the department of live stock. One of the questions taken up was that of bringing polo teams from 'England, France, Spain, India, Aus- tralia, Canada, Argentina and the Eastern parts of the United States. The feasibility of sending a spe- cial commission to England, France and Spain to secure the entry of the championship teams of those countries also was considered. The polo grounds on the Exposition site will be in the inclosure of the race track and drill grounds on the western extremity of the site. Grand Rapids (Mich.), January 13. — Stewards of the Grand Circuit in session here today decided upon the following schedule of racing for the coming sea son which will probably start on July 20: July 30. Cleveland; July 27, Detroit Driving Club; August 3, Grand Rapids; August 10, Kalamazoo; August 17. Pittsburg; August 24, Buffalo; August 31, Syracuse (Xew York State Fair); September 7, Hart- ford (Connecticut State Fair): September 10, De- troit (Michigan State Fair); September 21, Columbus (two weeks); October 5, Lexington (two weeks). It was announced that the week of July 6th has been awarded to New York and the following week to Salem, N. H. These are tentative dates, however, and if not satisfactory the meeting will open as pre viously planned at Cleveland on July 20th. Second Day. Grand Rapids (Mich.), January 14. — Not in all the years of its history has the Grand Circuit made such sweeping changes in its rules as were passed tonight. The new regulations provide: Every member of the Grand Circuit each year shall close its early closing events 126 days before the opening of its race meeting. Entrance fee on every horse named in early closing events shall be 3 per cent, of the purse, payable in three installments of 1 per cent, each, with 7 per cent, additional from money winners. In sweepstake races that may be given in place of stakes at least $600 shall be added and the pay- ments shall he three of $50 each. Where two or more horses are entered and start in a race from the same stable, or are owned by the same man, they shall be coupled in the betting and penalties. Only the winner of a race shall be penalized with a record; records made in performances against time and in public races by non-race winners shall not be considered a bar to eligibility to races. A horse that has started in two consecutive races and is outside of the money shall be allowed to start in his next race in a class two seconds lower than his best record; if he has started in three consec- utive races and won no money he shall be allowed three seconds and if he is started in four, four sec- onds. A horse granted any of these allowances shall, on winning a race, be eligible only to the class in which his record entitles him to start. The system of racing shall be three heats a race, two in three or three in five. The entry fee in late closing purses shall be 5 per cent, of the purse. Two horses from the same stable may be entered in the same purse for one entry fee of 5 per cent, and for each additional two entries or a fraction thereof made in the same class from the same stable, an additional fee of 5 per cent; must be paid. All rules adopted by the Grand Circuit shall he mandatory. Major By-By 2:19% was the leading money win- ning Canadian trotter for 1913, with $6,500 to his credit. Earl Jr. 2:01*4 was the leading Canadian pacer, with a total of $8,700. EXPERT TO HEAD NEW ANIMAL NUTRITION DEPARTMENT. A new department of Animal Nutrition has just been established by the University of California. To head this important work the Regents have called Professor F. W. Woll of the University of "Wisconsin, one of the most distinguished authorities in America on the feeding of dairy cows, the improvement of production in dairy herds, etc. His standing is illus- trated by the following comment on his appointment, as appearing in a recent issue of the Breeder's Ga- zette : "Professor T\ W. Woll, who for the past twenty-six years has contributed to the advancement of dairy practice, and who has been in charge of the state feed and fertilizer inspection service at the Univer- sity of Wisconsin since its establishment in 1895, has accepted the chairmanship of the department of animal nutrition at the University of California Col- lege of Agriculture, and will take up his duties at that place in a short time. "Professor Woll was graduated from the Royal Frederick's University at Christiana, Norway, in 1883. He was given an advanced degree by the University of Wisconsin in 1904. In point of service he is the oldest member of the agricultural staff there. His most valuable work has been of a chemical research and experimental nature. His 'Book on Silage,' pub- lished first in 1895, was a pioneer in its class The experiments in sugar-beet culture which from 1897 to 1905 he carried on with Professor R. A. Moore have done much to develop this industry in Wiscon- sin. In co-operation with Professor George C. Hum- phrey of the animal husbandry department. Professor Woll completed a series of tests on the influence of feeding high protein rations to dairy cattle. "The rules, formulas, and regulations systematized by Professor Woll and Professor Carlyle for the test- ing of dairy cows in 1901 have been adopted bv breed- ers all over the country. The handbook written by Professor Woll giving the proper methods in use for testing dairy herds was printed in twenty-one different editions, and is used as a standard text- book in the dairy schools. The official tests of dairy cows was begun in 1S93, and Professor Woll, with the assistance of Roy T. Harris since 1905. has accomplished much in the way of disseminating information regarding the use of the Babcock tester and the keeping of accurate records of dairy cow production. It is with regret that the dairymen of Wisconsin will learn of Professor Woll's decision to accept the California position." THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, January 17, 1914. TROTTING ON THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT AND IN ENGLAND. In some parts of Europe, trotting is a very old sport, especially in Northern countries where horses have been trotted before sleighs on frozen lakes and rivers from time immemorial. Still trotting on ice is a favorite sport with the farmers and in some coun- tries, though it is carried out in a rather primitive way. In other countries, trotting has taken place under saddle. But on the whole trotting races are not by far as popular in European countries as they are in America. The only country that has bred a fast trotter is Russia (the Orloff horse). Otherwise running races are far more in vogue; and they are the only races that, to any extent, are patronized by well-to-do people. At the present time, American style and American methods are prevalent wherever trotting amounts to anything. And American standard-bred trotters have been introduced everywhere. No other breed of horses can successfully compete with them. Even Russian and French trotters are easily beaten by the best Americans. But out of racing circles the excel- lent quality of the American trotter is hardly suffi- ciently appreciated in Europe (perhaps not in Amer- ica, either). Austria is the only European country where the best trotting races are held, all on American lines. In Hungary they are working on another basis; there they have long-distance races to promote breeding of enduring harness horses, "so-called juckers." Germany is also quite up-to-date as far as trotting sport is concerned. In France, trotting is supported by the Govern- ment, the object being to keep up the quality in the Anglo-Norman horse, certainly the most useful gen- eral purpose horse in the world. Within that breed there are some strains of fast trotters. It deserves mention, however, that many of the so-called "quali- fied trotters'" in France have some American blood in their veins. France is the only country now, where trotters are worked systematically under saddle, this also being a link in the efforts towards preserving the Anglo-Norman as a general purpose horse, useful under saddle as well as in harness. England is the original home of the running horse and the leader of the world in the line of galloping races. Gallop is the only thing to sportsmen over there. Surely England has an excellent harness horse in the hackney ; but he is no fast trotter In comparison with other countries there is practically no trotting to speak of in the United Kingdom. I happened to learn that there is a trotting track near London, at Ember Park, near Hampton Court, where races are held every Monday. The park has a nice situation, in the idyllic coun- try on the. upper Thames. On the meadow inside the track some weary draft-horses were grazing, not taking the slightest notice of what was going on out- side. There was built something that might pass as a "grand stand." And on that stand was to be seen two or three score of spectators, representing the lovers of trotting sport in the metropolis. Besides, one policeman and a couple of bookmakers were present. On the track some well-bred and good-looking American trotters were competing with some Scotch ponies of no breed. The whole arrangement seemed to be rather prim- itive; but I owe to say that some of the horses as well as their drivers were not bad at all; and the few spectators appeared to be much interested in the sport. Both the park and some of the fastest horses be- longed to a Mr. Hanson, who, in spite of his name, is neither Scandinavian nor Scotch. He also keeps a fine American stallion — of unknown pedigree though — and seems to be the leader among the trot- ting pioneers in Old England. THE NEW RECOMMENDATIONS. There are a few things among the recommenda- tions which will be submitted to the approaching congresses of the National and American Trotting Associations by the Joint Rules Committee which were not included in the elucidation of the com- mittee's report given in these columns last weelc. One of the most important of these is an amend- ment to Rule 44 by the addition of the following section: "In the event a horse obtains a new rec- ord on the track of a member and the member fails to pay the purse or premium raced for, the Secre- tary of the National Trotting Association shall cancel the record on the request of the owner of the horse, provided said owner relinquishes all claim to the money won in said race." This proposed action conforms to the spirit of the new policy which gives immunity from classification records to all horses except those which win a race. Although in cases provided for by the above section the horse to which exemption is offered has, as a matter of fact, won a race, the additional fact that the fruits of the vic- tory are withheld entitled him in equity to escape the record penalty under the theory of the new dis- pensation. If the purse is eventually paid and the owner of the winner decides to accept his portion, his horse of course will take the record of his per- formance, though whether he can claim the right to reject the wninings and the record if the purse is finally paid is not quite clear under the wording of the new section. It would seem reasonable to leave him no alternative but to accept the money when it is offered, even though he should prefer the immunity for his horse. This point should be more clearly elucidated by the foregoing section. The Joint Committee has endorsed the action of the last congress for the American Association in the matter of depositing all fines collected from drivers into a fund to be used for the relief of the disabled and needy members of that profession. This action will meet with satisfaction everywhere, for though the fact has been long apparent that fines are of little avail as a deterrent to most of the infractions of the rules for which they are imposed, there is compensation in the reflection that the money will at least subserve a worthy end. The committee has offered a salutary measure to stop the practice of offering in payment of an entry or suspension a check or draft which is dishonored upon presentation, by a new section to Rule 51, which provides that in such cases a fine shall be imposed equal to the amount of the worthless check. The winnings of the horse under such circumstances are declared to be illegal and the horse and owner will be suspended until the dishonored payment and fine are paid and the illegal winnings returned. One of the very best of the committee's recom- mendations is the last one, an amendment to Rule 53, which provides that no two-year-old shall be per- mitted to start in a race with horses of greater age, if the race is at a greater distance than mile heats, two in three. The conservatism of the last clause is to be regretted, for every sensible person will admit that a two-year-old should not be permitted to start against aged horses in any kind of a race, but there is satisfaction in the hope which this rule offers that ultimately the racing of two-year-olds will be prohibited altogether, as is now the case with year- lings. No greater reform to the interests of breed- ing and racing could be offered than a rule of that character, and it is surprising that the organizations of breeders have not long ago perceived it and sought its adoption. We hope this rule will be accepted, for though there are likely to be fewr cases in which it can be applied, it is gratifying to every friend of the breed as a recognition of one of the most pernicious influences identified with the sport. — Trotter and Pacer. ARIZONA STATE FAIR COMMISSION. UNIVERSITY-BRED STOCK. At the recent Pacific International Live Stock Show at Portland there developed a very strong demand for stock bred by the University of California. The Hereford bull calf, Hopeful Prince, that was Junior Champion at Sacramento and at the Port- land show, found ready sale at $500 to an old cus- tomer of Jack Splawn, who bred his mother. This is regarded as one of the best Hereford calves shown this year. It took the Grand Champion of the 1912 International. Fairfax lGth, to beat him for the Grand Championship at Portland. The University exhibited four Holstein calves, two bulls and two heifers. They stood first and third and first and second in their respective classes. One of the bulls had been sold to be delivered after the show. For the other three calves an offer of $500 apiece was made and two were sold at this price. When dairy-bred calves are in demand at $500 each, there is money in growing them, aside from the milk and butter end of the business. The bull calf sold for $500 is a son of the cow Pietertje Bloom, that has a record of 7S3 pounds of butter fat in a year, at the University Farm. The mother of the heifer sold had a seven-day record of seventeen pounds of butter fat. Neither the winnings nor the sale of these calves can be attributed to accident. The University regards this as an illustration of the value of good breeding, and the demand for good blood. Phoenix, Arizona, Jan. 8, 1914. Editor Breeder and Sportsman: The Arizona State Fair Commission met on Jan- uary 5th and decided to hold the 1914 Arizona State Fair the second week in November, November 9th to 14th, inclusive. They also gave their tentative ap- proval to the following racing program: Trotting Races. No. 1. 2 : 1G trot $2,000 No. 2. 2 : 12 trot 2,000 No. 3. 2 : 09 trot 2,000 No. 4. 2:07 trot 2,000 No. 5. F. F. A 2,000 Pacing Races. No. 6. 2:15 pace $2,000 No. 7. 2:10 pace 2,000 No. 8. 2:07 pace 2,000 No. 9. 2:04 pace 2,000 No. 10. F. F. A 2,000 The final adoption of the program has been de- layed until we know exactly what rules we will have to race under. The Commission is very much opposed to some of the rules proposed by the Joint Rules Committee, as the adoption of these will force them to make changes in the proposed program they do not desire to make. The 1913 Fair was the most successful one ever held from the standpoint of attendance and financial results, and the outlook was never brighter for a great Fair in 1914. Yours truly, C. B. WOOD, Secretary. o GOLDSMITH MAID AS GREAT AS UHLAN. Budd Doble, the veteran reinsman, comes to the front with the opinion that Dexter, Goldsmith Maid, Nancy Hanks and Maud S., the wonderful trotters of a decade ago, were as fast, if not faster, than is the whirlwind Uhlan, king of the present-day trotters. Doble makes this statement in the face of the fact that LThlan has reeled off a mile in 1:58, and with a running mate in 1:54%, while Dexter's best mark was 2:17%, Goldsmith Maid's 2:14, Maud S. 2:08%, and Nancy Hanks 2:04. "It is the improvement in the tracks and lighter equipment that is responsible for the two-minute trotters," declared Doble. "Most people are of the opinion that the trotters of today are better bred and that they are faster for that reason. "In 1807 when I drove Dexter to a mark of 2:17% he pulled a sulky that weighed around 150 pounds, a sulky nearly six times as heavy as that which LHilan pulled in his record mile. Not only was he handicapped in that way, but he wore shoes that weighed nearly a pound each. Uhlan's shoes weighed only a few ounces. The tracks today are much faster than they were twenty and forty years ago, the har- ness is lighter and the trotters today wear boots, and they didn't in Dexter and Goldsmith Maid's time. "Goldsmith Maid, in my opinion, was the greatest trotter that ever lived. I make th;s statement after having seen the best of them for more than forty years. She was the gamest horse I have ever known; she had as much if not more intelligence than any of the thousands I have seen, and she had wonderful speed. "I fully believe that any of that old quartet of trotters, were they in their prime today, and wearing modern equipment, could travel a mile in less than two minutes. But I feel sure that Goldsmith Maid would have bettered Uhlan's record." Whether New York will be granted dates is still doubtful. Columbus, O., and Lexington, Ky., will each have two successive weeks of racing. It is regarded as likely now that the first meeting will open at Detroit on Saturday, July 4th, and run ten days. Either Kalamazoo or Grand Rapids would follow and then Clevland. This year's meeting of the stewards is regarded as the most important in years. Several changes in the rules are to be considered, among them the adoption of a time-allowance rule that will give liprses that earned records in years previous to 1913 and did not improve their records last year an opportunity to race in lower classes, and the rule that will put on record only the winner of a race. President Devereaux's suggestion to put a $15,000 limit on the net earning capacity of a Grand Circuit pacer or trotter may be considered. The Bondsman 37641 Trial 4-2:11 By Baron Wilkes 475S, dam Sorrento (dam of 6) by Grand Sentinel S65 (sire dams of Peter the Great 2:07^,, J- Malcolm Forbes 2:08, etc.); next dam Empress, great broodmare, by Abdullah Mambrino 3715. Sire of Colorado E. (3), race record 2:04% World's Champion 3-year-old stallion. Col. Franklin (1913) 2:06>4 The Plunger (4) 2:07V& A winner in both America and Europe. Creighton 2:08*4 Grace Bond (2) 2:15 2:09^4 "Winner of 2 and 3-year-old futurity. Carmen McCan 2:09Vj Lizzie Brown (1913) 2:10 Arion Bond (a sire) 2:11 The Clansman (a sire) 2:13^ Mary Brown (1913) 2:151.4 Bon Ton (1913) 2:15V. Cecil Bond (p) (1913 2:15% And 16 others in 2:23 and better. And others in two-thirty and better. THE BONDSMAN will make the season of 1914 at THE SAN JOSE DRIVING PARK, San Jose, Cal. He will be limited to sixty mares only. TERMS: $100 at time of service with return privilege in 1915, or money refunded at our option. Good accommodations and best of care to mares sent. Address all correspondence to CAPT. C. P. McCAN, 179 Park Ave., San Jose, Cal. Saturday, January 17, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN THE FARM 1 VIEW HERDS AT THE PANAMA-PA- CIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION. 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F., S4Temp!e St, Springfield, Mass. For sale by Langley & Michaels, San Francisco, Calif; Woodward, Clark & Co , Portland. Ore ; Cal ting & Cham. Co., Ernnawlg Pnig Co., Western Wholesale Drag Co., Lob Angelas, Call.. Kirk. Cleary & Co., Sacramento, Calif.; Pacific Drug. Co., Seattle, Wash.; Spokane Drng Co.. Spo- kane, Wash.; Cr-flin, Bedlngton Co., San Francisco, Cal / KendaliTs Spavin /Cure The oM, reliable irmed, yon can 1 for Si*-»v, James L. 2:09^, Edith 2:10 and 60 others, out of Woodflower (dam of Seylex 2:15%, Prince Ansel (2) 2:20^) by Ansel 2:20 (son of Electioneer 125), sire of 14 in 2:30, 6 sires of 16 and 14 dams of 17 in the list; second dam Mayflower 2:30^, dam of Manzanita 2:16 and Wildflower 2:21, by St. Clair 16675. PRINCE ANSEL is a very handsome bay stallion; stands 15:3 hands, and weighs 1200 pounds. He is noted for siring colts and fillies that are endowed with early and extreme speed. During 1910 six of his get took records, and four were three-year-olds and under. In 1911 Adansel, a three-year-old, obtained his mark of 2:14I£, while Prince Lot and Wesos lowered their records. In 1912 Lottie Ansel, a two-year-old, won all the Futurities she started in, getting a mark of 2:14%, the Coast record for fillies, and heads all record-holders of her age in America for the year. Arista Ansel, another two-year-old Futurity winner, got a record of 2:18%, while Prince Lot lowered his record to 2:07%. In 1913 Laura Rogers lowered her record to 2:11% and Ima Dudley got a mark of 2:27^, whil e John Malcolm, out of one of Prince Ansel's daugh- ters obtained the world's record for two-year-old pacers, 2:11^. Prince Ansel's prog- eny is noted for intelligence, soundness, perfect action and stamina. QUINTELL 2:12 1-4 The Perfect Gaited, Royally Bred Trotter Reg. No. 4482. Son of Actell 2:18% (sire of 40 in the list), he by Axtell 2:12 (sire of S in 2:10); out of Sylvia 2:29^4 (dam of 2) by Stranger 3030, grandam Sybil (dam of 3) by Jay Gould 2:21^; great grandam Lucy 2:1S%, the famous old-time campaigner, QuintelVs dam was Alvera Atwood \v Atwood 3546 (son of Nutwood 2:1S% and Prindine by Princeps), second dam Frater by Monaco 1S62 (son of Belmont 64 out of Woodbine (dam of 2) by Woodford, son of Kosciusko. Quintell 2:12% is a dark bay stallion compactly made and beautifully proportioned, and has the best of feet and legs. As a trotter he has a perfect gait; in this respect he has just the qualification to make him a sire of pure-gaited horses; goes perfectly straight; has that great requisite, good knee and hock action. He is a natural trotter and his breeding should commend itself to owners of good broodmares. He is strictly trotting bred. His sire is one of the very best bred sons of the great Axtell 2:12, tracing to Goldsmith Maid 2:14. Lady Thorne 2:18%, Lucy 2:18%, three of the greatest trotting campaigners of their era, and Quintell's dam was by one of the choicest bred sons of Nutwood 2:18%, and back of this is the blood that has given us so many fam- ous trotting celebrities. SEASON OF 1914 AT THE RACE TRACK, WOODLAND, CAL. Terms: For Robert Bingen 2:14(/2, $75 by the season. For Prince Ansel 2:20!/2, $50 For Quintell 2:12|/4, $25. With usual return privilege. Pasture for mares during season at $5.00 per month; not responsible for ac- cidents or escapes. For further information, address HARRY DOWLING, Manager Woodland Stock Farm, Woodland, Cal. Montbaine 48667 Son of MOKO 24457; sire of 7 in 2:10, dams of five in 2:10, 100 standard Derformers; dam, KREM MARIE, dam of four trotters bv KREMLIN 2:u733, sire of dams of six in 2:10: second dam, llaymont, by Elackmont, sire of dam of Minnehaha 2:09^>; third dam, Mavwood (dam of Mayhill 2:19, . 2:17%) by Blackwood 74, etc. MONTBAINE is an exceedingly handsome ma- hogany bay horse: stands 15,3% hands and weighs 1200 pounds. He has proven a very sure breeder, and his colts are fine individuals of ample size, quality and pronounced natural speed. .914 at The Euisun Stock Farm, at a fee of S40 for the ESS?' Wi Urn Pr';'""ee- Mok" and Kremlin rank among the greatest sires of toda>, and you can make no mistake by breeding to Montbaine. *,.£0r Particulars call at barn, or address THE SUISUN STOCK FARM, B. F. Rush, buisun, Cal. (Rush & Haile.) He will make the seasc NEW EDITION OF JOHN SPLAN'S BOOK "Life With the Trotter1 ..y ■, T.,-.,. ... ™ . PRICE, $3.00 POSTPAID Life With the Trotter gives us a clear insight into the ways and means to be adopted to increase pace, and preserve it when obtained. This work is replete with interest, and should be read by all sections of society, as it inculcates the doctrines of kindness to '.he horse from start to finish." Address. BREEDER and SPORTSMAN, P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco. Cal. Pacific Bldg., Cor. Market and Fourth Sts SAVE-THE-HORSE (Trade Mark EcEJstewd-J Four Years After— Still Sound H. G. PUTNAM Dealer in Coal and Wood, Dry Goods, Tin Ware, Etc. Danvers, Mass., Oct. C, 1913. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. Y. Dear Sirs: Some four years ago I sent to you for Save-the-Horse. I used it for thoroughpin and it made a cure. The horse has had no trouble from it since and has done a good day's work almost every day since on a coal wagon. Now I am writing to see if you recommend it for, etc., etc. Tours respectfully, H. G. PUTNAM. It Worked Fine BROWN BROS. Meats and Provisions. Methuen, Mass., Dec. 18, 1912. Troy Chemical Co. Gentlemen: — A short time ago we purchased a bottle of "Save-the-Horse" to use on a ring bone; it worked fine. We are using the horse every day and he is not going lame at all. Yours respectfully, BROWN BROS. Shows Why We Make a Contract to Cure Spavin St. Louis, Missouri. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton. N. Y. Gentlemen: — I have received your book and I am very pleased with it. A next-door friend cured four horses with "Save-the-Horse," one of ring bone, two of bone spavin and one of gravel. Verv respectfully, JOS. JOHNSON, 521 South 3rd St. SAVE-THE-HORSE is sold (with an iron-clad contract to cure or refund money), by Druggists and Dealers Everywhere. with a binding contract to refund money or cure any case of BONE AND BOG SPAVIN, THOROUGHPIN, RINGBONE (except low), CURB, SPLINT. CAPPED HOCK, WINDPUFF, SHOE BOIL. INJURED TENDONS AND ALL LAMENESS. No scar or loss of hair. Horse works as usual. $5 TROY CHEMICAL COMPANY Binghamton, N.Y. D. E. NEWELL, 80 Biyo Vista Ave., Oakland, Cal. . , j- $10 Due on Two Year Olds Monday February 2nd 1914 Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 12— $7,250 POR FOALS OF 1912 $4250 for Trotting Foals. $2900 for Pacing Foals. $600 to Nom- inators of Dams of Winners. $400 to Stallion Owners. MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS: $2500 for Three-Year-Old Trotters. 200 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the winner of the Three-Year- Old Trot. 1250 for Two-Year-Old Trotters. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the winner of the Two-Year- Old Trot. to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot when mare was bred. 100 $1500 for Three-Year-Old Pacers. 200 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the winner of the Three-Year- Old Pace. 1000 for Two-Year-Old Pacers. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the winner of the Two-Year- Old Pace. 100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace when mare was bred. $200 in Special Prizes was paid to Stallion Owners in December, 1911. ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on December 4. 1911, when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 Mav 1, 1912; $5 rWob<=*- 1, 1912;; $10 on Y^arliners May 1. 1913; $10 on Two- Year-Olds February 1, 1914; $10 on Three- Year-Olds February 1, 1915. STARTING PAYMENTS— §25 to start in the Two-Year-Old Pace; $35 to start in the Two-Year-Old Trot; $35 to start in the Three-Year-Old Pace; $50 to start in the Three-Year-Old Trot. All starting payments to be made ten days before the first day of the meeting at which the race is to take place. Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the horse entered is a Trotter or Pacer. Colt-:; that start as Two- Year-Olds are not barred from starting again in the Three- Year-Old division. Address all communications to the Secretary, E. P. HEALD, President. F. W. KELLEY, Secretary, 366 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco. Pleasanton Futurity Stake No. 2-37500 Guaranteed CONDITIONS FOR SUBSTITUTING. "If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or if either the mare or foal dies before FEBRUARY FIRST, 1914, her nominator may sell or transfer his nomination or substitute another mare or foal regardless of ownership; but there will be no return of a payment, nor will any entry be liable for -more than amount paid in or contracted for. In entries, the name, color and pedigree of mare must be given; also the name of the horse to whichshe was bred in 1912." ■Saturday, January 17, 1914. j THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 15 Shoot the Powders the Winners Use S. A. Huntley, Vancouver, Wash. Shooting SCHULTZE, made these long .runs: 107, 102, 108, 114, 101, 100, 100. W. S. Hoon, Jewell, Iowa. Shooting D U P O N T, made these long runs: 195, 134, 113, 100, 125. In order to make the contests for the DU PONT LONG EUX TROPHIES more attractive we announced early in 1913 that GOLD WATCHES would he given at the close of the year to the THREE AMATEURS making the greatest number of Long Runs.. Also, a special prize to the PROFESSIONAL making the greatest number of Long Runs. Look for DU PONT, BALLISTITE or SCHULTZE on the carton wiien buy- ing loaded shells. It pays to shoot these "old reliable" powders at the traps or in the field. Barton Lewis, Auburn, 111. Shooting SCHULTZE, made these long runs: 120, 124, 112, 107, 103, 101. TV. H. Heer, Guthrie, Okla. Shooting D U P O N T, made these long runs: 175, 279, 136, 147, 234, 143, 219, 179, 264, 142. Established 1802 Seattle, Wash. J. H. Willman, Mgr. Maynard Bldg. DU PONT POWDER CO., Wilmington Delaware San Francisco, Cal. Denver, Colo. C. A. Haight, Mgr. W. C. Howard, Mgr. Chronicle Bldg. Central Savings Bank Bldg. Your Gun Knows that there is a difference in powders. So does the veteran sports- man— he makes it his business to know as much about powders as he does about game, dogs and guns. He knows that shells loaded with HERCULES &> IN FALU.I LI © SMOKELESS SHOTGUN POWDER give uniformly good resuUs. Don't let chance or the dealer decide what powder goes into your shells. Study your requirements. Order the powder that suits your needs. "Infallible" is a smokeless powder that is not injured by the wettest weather or extremes of temperature. Its high velocity means a longer shot when needed and not so much of a lead on your bird at other times. Other "Infallible" characteristics are — even patterns, light recoil and breech pressure always within safety limits. Send for beautiful picture in col- ors — "The Game Bird of the Future." Suitable for framing. Address Dept. R. HERCULES POWDER CO. Wilmington, Delaware J. B. Rice, Mgr., Chronicle Bldg., San Francisco. F. J. McGanney, Mgr., Newhouse Bldg. Salt Lake City, Utah. The most dependable and trustworthy form of advertising comes unsolicited from a disinterested source. When in doubt as to what make of gun to buy for game or trap shooting ask those who shoot PARKER GUNS Tlie greater the clistai-ee nt which it is shot in competition with other guns the more VHK OI.O EUSI.1ABI.J£ I'ARKKR shines. The faultless balance, extreme simplicity and durability of the PARKER, comhined with its superior shooting qualities, make it the ideal game gun, the pioneer forerunner of small bores, having popularized them and put them per- manently on the map. For full information regarding guns in gauges from 8 to 28, addresa PARKER BROS., Meriden, Conn., New York Salesroom, 32 Warren Street, or A. W. du Bray, P. O. Box 102, San Francisco, Cal. GOLCHER BROS, (Wholesale and Retail) All Makes of Guns All Shotgun Loads HUNTIN6 SUITS, DECOYS, FOLDING BOATS, OIL SKINS AND SWEATERS Send for Price Catalogue. Telephone Kearny 1883. 510 Market St., San Francisco, Cal. MANUFACTURERS.- «» OUTFITTERS:-, j y FOR THE* I SPORTSrJAN : CAMPER*"? % ATHLETE."-^ x ^EQUIPMENT :, for. EVERY NEED. PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES. >fe. «AN. FRANCISCO, CAL. LEAR Y TWIN PORT ENGINE owing to its two independent fuel supplies has the most perfect control ever obtained with a two cycle engine. One carburetor is set for slow and medium speed and the other for full speed an high power. Once regulated they require no further attention. Distillate is used with results equal to gasolene. One to Six Cylinders 5 to 30 h. p. Catalog Leary Gasolene Engine Co. 1SS7 Dewey Ave. Rochester, N. Y., U. S. A 3 Easy Winners No. I Spelterene Hoof Packing No. 2 C. & S. Axle Grease No. 3 Dustless Floor Oil The Goods With 2 Pedigree A&k Your Nearest Dealer Manufactured by COBURN CO WHITTIE SAN FRANCISCO and Used on Hemet Stock Farm LOS ANGELL: Conference Invited Pott and Monitom«r/ •an Pranolae The First Federal Trust Company invites conference and correspondence relative to invest- ments and the care of estates. Also acts as Executor, Administrator, Guardian, and Trustee of real and personal property. Interest paid on deposits. First Federal Trust Company Capital $1,500,000 JOS. G. HOOPER, Menafer. 16 THE BREEDER AND SPUKTSMAN [Saturday, January 17, 1914. HORSE CLOTHING. HORSE MEDICINES, BLANKETS. ROBES, AND WHIPS. Polo Saddles, Bridles, Boots, Etc. a Specialty. Phone Park 6141 The Best Horse Boots Jtne Harness *** Horse boots ^\\\\\\\\\\V\\V\^\\\V\\\\> VICTORY FOR AMMUNITION= U. S. R. A. Outdoor Championships MATCH C — Military Revolver Championship MATCH D — Military Record Won by Dr. J. H. Snook. Score 625 — A New World's Record. Won by C. M. MeCuteheon. Score 217 — A New World's Record Best previous score 621 also made by Dr. Snook. Best previous score 215. MATCH E — Revolver Team Championship Won by Denver Team, Score 776 — A New World's Record Teams composed of A. SI. Poindester, C. M. MeCuteheon, Dr. O. A. Burleson, Frank Dretaer. Best previous score 774, made by Denver Team in 1912. MATCH A — Revolver Championship Mr. Poindexter's record of 467 in 1912 still unbeaten. All scores given above were made with PETERS Factory Loaded Cartridges. Special attention is directed to the fact that THREE NEW RECORDS were made in these matches by users of the /|3\ brand. THE PETERS CARTRIDGE CO., Pacific Coast Branch : 583-85 Howard St., San Francisco, Cal. lUI^UWi I \\ II \\ II II II II II IPS WINCHESTER ■■ . ■■ ... v-M i 12 GAUGE Model 1912 ■ Haxnmerless Shotgun Nickel Steel Throughout About Weight 7% Lbs. i\ ii The Winchester Model 1912 Repeating Shotgun, now offered in 12 gauge, embodies many new and distinctive t features of design and construction, 'which mark the last step for- ward in gun making. All reputable dealers can supply this gun, and we invite the most critical examination of it. It's worth looking over, An attractive, illustrated, descriptive circular will be sent free upon request. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO., NEW HAVEN, CONN. By Invitation, Member of Rice's Leaden of the World Association iDcm a it S^S as SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO. San Francisco and Seattle How About Your Next Shoot? This is just the weather to keep birds moving and you surely should get a good bag. When planning your trip don't forget that SELBY LOADS put good fast patterns where you point your gun, because they are loaded right and they are fresh. Get SELBY Loads From Your Dealer SPECIAL LOADS AT SHORT NOTICE VOLUME LXTV. No. 4. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1914. Subscription — ?3.00 Per Year THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, January 2-t, 1914. f REMIKGTOH UMG THE SAME OLD CHESTNUT Remington UMC Guns and Shells Win Again with Another Record Average Once more is the path to victory unmistakably indicated REMINGTON UMC Tie to Remington-UMC, the Perfect Shooting Combination. Follow the lead of W. H. Heer who. with a Remington-TJTMC Pump Gun and the Steel Lined Speed Shells, shot through 1913 with the splendid average of 9730 on 5350 targets, winning the professional trapshooting championship of the United States. AND HERE ARE MORE DETAILS OF THE YEAR'S HARVEST: WESTERN HANDICAP, TYon by C. A. Gunning, 100 straight, shooting Remington- MICHIGAN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, Won bv 51 E Lansing 17x100 with Remine- UMC Pump Gun and Nitro Club Speed Shells. ton-UJIC Auto-loading Shotgun. SOUTHERN HANDICAP. Won by Frank Joerg, SSxlOO, shooting Remington-UMC SOUTH DAKOTA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, Won bv W. H. Nelson, 24x25 with Rem- Pump Gun and Arrow Speed Shells. ington-L*MC Auto-loading Shotgun. NATIONAL DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP, Won by Geo. L. Lyon, 94x50 pairs— World's ALABAMA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, Won by John R. Livingston, 97x100 shooting Record — shooting a Remington-UMC Pump Gun and Arrow Speed Shells. Remington-UMC Arrow Speed Shells. AMATEUR TRAP SHOOTING CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE UNITED STATES, Won INDIANA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, Won bv C. A. Edmondson 290x300 shooting by Charles H. Newcomb, 179x200, with Arrow Speed Shells. Remington-UMC Pumn Gun and Nitro Club Speed Shells OKLAHOMA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, Won by Thos. J. Hartman, 47x50, with Rem- MONTANA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, "Won bv J. C. Norris, 445x465 shooting Rem- ington-UMC Speed Shells. ington-UMC Pump Gun and Arrow Speed Shells. GEORGIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, Won by J. M. Barrett, 98x100, with Remington- WESTT HOGAKS' HANDICAP, Won by L. W. Colquitt, 93x100 and 17x20 in shoot- UMC Pump Gun and Arrow Speed Shells. off at 19 yards, shooting Remington-UMC Steel Lined Speed Shell's KANSAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, "Won by Frank Gray. 47x50, with Remington-UMC CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, Won bv W. E. Staunton, 70x70 shooting Speed Shells. Remington-UMC Arrow Steel Lined Speed Shells. PENNSLVANIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. Won by R. J. Budd, 416x450, with Rem- ARIZONA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. State Championship Medal, Won bv J. F Couts ington-UMC Pump Gun and Nitro Club Steel Lined Speed Shells. Jr., 49x50, shooting Remington-UMC Pump Gun. KENTUCKY STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. Won by J. D. Gay, 98x100, with Remington LOUISIANA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. Won by R. L. Morris, 94x100. with Remington- UMC Speed Shells. MARITIME PROVINCES CHAMPIONSHIP. Won by E. B. Allen. 342x400, with Rem- ington-UMC Pump Gun and Nitro Club Shells. NEW YORK STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, Won by J. D. Green, 520x550, with Remington- UMC Speed Shells. "WEST VIRGINIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, Won by J. R. Shepherd, 96x100, with Remington-UMC Pump Gun. WISCONSIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, Won by W. J. Raup, 94x100, with Remington- UMC Pump Gun and Nitro Club Speed Shells. UMC Pump Gun and Arrow Steel Lined Speed Shells. ST. LOUIS AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP, "Won by James W. Bell, 193x200, shooting Remington-UMC Arrow Speed Shells. NEW JERSEY STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, Won by Edward von Kattengill 98x100 shooting Remington-UMC Speed Shells. "THEY TOOK THE RIGHT ROAD" Shoot REMINGTON-UMC — "A Century's Experience to Back Up Your Aim." REMINGTON ARMS- UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. 299 -301 Broadway New York City MT. DIABLO CEMENT btit for foundations, dilry floors, fruit dryor floors, ste. ate. SANTA CRUZ LIME bost for brleklsyiec and plastering. MT. DIABLO LIME beat l» spraying and whitewashing. WRITE FOR INFORMATION AND PRICES ON ALU BUILDING MATERIAL. HENRY COWELL LIME & CEMENT COMPANY 9 MAIN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. $5,000 GUARANTEED THE State Fair Futurity Stakes No. 6 $5,000 GUARANTEED $2600 for Trotting Foals. Foals of Mares Covered in 1913 to Trot and Pace at Three Years Old. To Be Given Under The Direction $2000 for Pacing Foals. California State Agricultural Society, Sacramento, Cal. ENTRIES TO CLOSE FEBRUARY 10, 1914. MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS: TROTTING DIVISION. $100 to Nominator of Dam of Winner in Summary of Race. $60 to Nominator of Dam of Second Horse in Summary of Race. $40 to Nominator of Dam of Third Horse in Summary of Race. $2600 Three-Year-Old Trotters. PACING DIVISION. $100 to Nominator of Dam of Winner in Summary of Race. $60 to Nominator of Dam of Second Horse in Summary of Race. $40 to Nominator of Dam of Third Horse in Summary of Race. $2000 Three-Year-Old Pacers. ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS. — $2 to nominate mare on February 1, 1914. when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 July 1, 1914; $5 December 1, 1914: $10 on yearlings February 1, 1915; $10 on two-year-olds February 1, 1916; $10 on three -year- olds February 1, 1917. STARTING PAYMENTS. — $50 to start in the three-year-old pace; $75 to start in the three-year-old trot. All starting payments to be made ten days before the first dav of the State Fair at which the race is to take place. Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the horse entered is a Trotter or Pacer. CONDITIONS. The race in each division will be for three heats, if no horse wins two of the three heats a fourth heat must be raced by the heat winners to decide the winner of the race, all other horses to go to the barn. Trotting division heat purses $800. Total purse $2600. Pacing division heat purses $600. Total purse $2000. Honey divided 50, 25, 15, and 10 per cent., the extra $200 in each division goes to the winner of two heats. Distance 100 yards. A distanced horse shall be entitled to money already won. If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or if either the mare or the foal dies before February 1, 1915, her Nominator may sell or transfer his nomination or substitute another mare or foal, regardless of ownership; but there will be no return of a payment, nor will any entry be liable for more than the amount paid in or con- tracted for. In entries, the name, color and pedigree of mare must be given; also the name of the horse to which she was bred in 1913. Entries must be accompanied by the entrance fee. Nominators are liable only for amounts paid in. Failure to make any payment forfeits all previous payments. This Association is liable for $5000, the amount of the guarantee,- only. Hobbles will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions. Right reserved to declare off or re-open these Stakes in case the number of entries received is not satisfactory to the Board of Directors. There will be no more moneys in each division or heat than there are starters. No horse shall receive more than one money in each race. Entries open to the world. Other than exceptions made in this entry blank, rules of National Trotting Association to govern. A. |... SCOTT, President. J. L. MCCARTHY, Secretary, Sacramento. Cal. Saturday, January 24, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast. (Established 18S2.) Published every Saturday. P. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. OFFICES: 363-365-366 PACIFICBUILDING Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. National Newspaper Bureau Agent, 219 East 23rd St., New York City. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco Post-Office. Terms — One Year, §3; Six Months, ?1.75; Three Months, $1. Foreign postage ?1 per year additional; Canadian poBtage 50c per year additional. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or registered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley, P. 0. Drewer 447, San Francisco, Calif. Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee of good faith. IT IS earnestly requested by the directors of the California Agricultural District Fair Association, which is to hold its annual meeting in the Palace Hotel in this city, Saturday, February 7th, at 10 a. m., that representatives from every fair and race meet- ing in California be present. Matters of great im- portance will be discussed, and as the prospects for splendid agricultural returns this year were never so good at this season before, the assurance of plenty of water for irrigation, good crops, high prices (and this means a liberal supply of money), should awaken every farmer, vineyardist, orchardist, stockman, mer- chant and manufacturer to the importance of holding District Fairs. This is to be a "political year," too, and all voters, male and female, are supposed to cast ballots for their choice of Governor. We have seen how Governor Johnson evaded the issue and know just how he stands. We do not want to have to repeat our strenuous efforts unless he, and all other candidates for the gubernatorial chair, state defi- nitely before election whether they are in favor of a specified number of District Fairs or not, and these statements must be in black and white. We want no more quibbling or dodging the issue as we have had. The taxpayers in the interior of this great State are becoming more and more interested in District Fairs, for they realize there can be no objec- tion made to them from a moral point of view. In- stead, everything is elevating and progressive. These are educational exhibitions with inducements to exhibitors to strive for and have the very best of everything they are interested in placed before the public every year, and at the same time the atten- tion of all visitors is called to the varied resources which the district possesses. For social intercourse and exchange of views on all subjects pertaining to the welfare of the people these fairs are, in a meas- ure, of greater benefit than the State Fair, and de- serve to he supported and sustained. So let everybody who can possibly attend be at the Palace Hotel, at 10 o'clock, February 7th. RAILROAD and steamship officials, who are in a position to know, declare that the people of Califor- nia will be astonished at the large number who are making arrangements in all parts of the civilized world to come here as soon as the Panama Canal is opened. Inquiries for literature on California come from these people who are desirous of changing their abode. They have heard of our "glorious" climate; remarkable productiveness of the soil, variety of crops, our orchards, vineyards and gardens, and great stretches of land used for grazing, besides our extensive shore line with its miles of fisheries. These, combined with our limited population and absence of poverty, appeal most strongly to them; hence, they are saving every penny possible to come. There is not a country in Europe that has not many of its former inhibitants here, and the glowing accounts they have been sending "home" are beginning to have their effect. The only thing which heretofore deterred these people from coming has been the high cost of transportation, but, with the promise of low fares, every available foot of space on the big steam- ships will be filled and railroad rates will be lowered to compete with these big vessels. As an instance of what is being accomplished to induce a good class of people to come here it is stated on excellent authority that since the financing of the Natomas Consolidated by English capital to the ex- tent of several million dollars, it is reported that a part of the plan is to bring over thousands of Eng- lish colonists to settle on these Natomas lands in Sutter and Sacramento counties. The report is that 5,000 families will be brought in, each family having at least $3,000 to invest. In every county there is a movement of a similar nature and the year 1914 will be memorable for the advancing army of desirable people. The arrival of these thousands means much for the breeders of livestock, especially horses, and as there has been a great decrease in horse breeding on the entire Pacific Coast for the past five years, horses suitable for farming and driving purposes will command very high prices, for these newcomers are not wealthy enough to buy auto-trucks or automobiles. They have never .had them, neither have they lost their love for good horses. So, looking at the situation from this point of view, irrespective of the many others, such as the ones interesting to agricultural machinery manufacturers, wagon makers, carpenters, bricklayers, plumbers and merchants of all kinds, the prospects are exceedingly bright, and the men who have a little foresight and try to breed horses to meet the demand which is sure to come will reap fortunes. HAY AND GRAIN PROSPECTS. IN ORDER to carry through their nefarious scheme for changing the rules of registration in the Ameri- can Trotting Register, those in authority have seen fit to disregard all suggestions on this subject that the stockholders be invited to indicate their opinions upon the proposed changes. Wm. Russell Allen, the president, in sending notices to these stockholders purposely omits to mention it. Surely there should be some way of checking this high-handed outrage on the hundreds of trotting horse breeders through- out America. The officers are Wm. R. Allen, presi- dent; Horatio N. Bain, vice-president; Frank E. Best, registran and W. H. Knight, secretary and treasurer. The annual meeting of stockholders is called for Wednesday, February 4th. If the changes contemplated are made we can look for the collapse of the Trotting Horse Registry Association. Pacific Coast stockholders who are sent notifications should also send their protests against any changes being made in the rules of registration at present. H. D. H. CONNICK, Chief Engineer of the Panama- Pacific International Fair Association, says that as soon as we have clear, dry weather a corps of men and teams will be employed to put the top dressing on the race track and carpenters will start in build- ing stalls for the horses. Then, all who have any they wish to train over this course can do so. The idea of having this track used in this way is a good one, for the more horses worked over it the better it will be when the big meetings take place. SEVERAL vigorous protests against changing the rules of registration for standard horses have been mailed to Secretary Knight of the American Trotting Register Association. The P. C. T. H. B. Asociation through its president, Prof. E. P. Heald, has sent one as representing the views of the entire membership of that organization, which is the oldest and strong- est of its kind in the United States. ATTENTION is called to the advertisement in this issue of the State Futurity Stakes No. 6; value, $5000. Entries for this will close February 10th. o THE SECRET OF SUCCESS. There are many breeders who do not realize the importance of keeping their stock before the public. We frequently receive letters asking for information fee, etc. These questions in many instances refer to stallions which should have a national reputation, being noted through the performance of their get, but the short-sighted policy of their owners precludes the possibility of their becoming known outside of their immediate neighborhood. Every owner of a stallion that has any desire to let the public know that he is in the horse business should keep a stand- ing advertisement in at least one turf paper, so that horsemen will know who he is, where he is and what he has. Judicious advertising never "broke" any man, but has made colossal fortunes for thousands. A breeder can have no better possible policy than to disseminate as much knowledge as he can about his stallion, breeding, location, service fee, etc., so that when he produces a phenomenon that electrifies the world with its speed, the mere mention of the name of the sire will convey a great deal of information to the public which is likely to bring good returns to the owner. Breeding establishments like Allen Farm, Hopper Farm, Walnut Hall Farm, and a few others which are realizing the greatest success out of their business, understand this fact and keep their adver- tisements in the turf papers all the time. Every man who owns a stallion whose services are offered to the public should adopt the same policy. No matter if the advertisement is only a line, giving the name of the stallion, his fee and where he stands, it should be kept before the public all the time — Trotter and Pacer. From all parts of California glowing reports are received of the prospects for an immense hay and grain yield. The mountains and valleys are mantled with green and the growth is phenomenally large. For several years there has not been enough rain to soften the earth sufficiently to furnish moisture for the roots of all grain crops — wild and cultivated — the blades of grass in many places not growing higher than ten inches and the seed falling off at that height, replenishing the soil. These long protracted storms have caused crops to appear that look as if they were sown. Thousands of acres on our foothills, that recently would not feed one sheep to the acre, will furnish hay for cattle and horses, while the im- mense acreage sown in grain of all kinds gives every indication of a most bountiful harvest. This means that more men, horses and machinery will be em- ployed than ever before in this great State. There will be plenty of natural feed all year for livestock, and with the incoming of the hundreds of thousands of people from all parts of the civilized world a mar- ket will be created for everything that will tax our resources to the limit. A writer commenting upon the prospects of just one valley says: "From present indications* the San Joaquin valley will produce more grain this year than it has in any one season for the past ten years. The acreage is estimated to be about 15 or 20 per cent larger than it has been at any time in the past five years. "This condition of the grain industry of the valley is very unusual, in view of the fact that the acreage planted to grain has been steadily decreasing year by year, as the lands are being put to other uses. "The wet weather that has been experienced thus far this winter has been responsible for this unusual amount of planting, and there are scores of large land owners who have planted thousands of acres to grain that never before have been farmed for any- thing. On one ranch alone 3000 acres, which has never before been farmed, have been planted this year. "Grainmen who have been in the valley for thirty years or more declare that the fields are looking better and that the stands are higher up than they have ever been at this time of the season in the past thirty years. The prospects for a season without damage are also brighter than they have been at any time in the past thirty years. It is said that in previous seasons something has almost invariably come up that did damage to the grain, but this year the outlook is for no damage of any kind. It is asserted that practically every available acre of grain land in the San Joaquin valley has been planted this year, and this is most encouraging. Money will be plentiful and that means prosperity for all classes." THE ABDERHALDEN PREGNANCY TEST. Something over a year ago Professor Abderhalden of the University of Halle, Germany, announced his discovery of a new test for pregnancy in animals as well as the human subject. Prof. Abderhalden first worked out the test on animals and then applied it to human subjects. This test has been used rather extensiveljr in human medicine, but scarcely at all in veterinary practice, although it promises to be of great practical value to breeders. The Abderhalden test is based upon the fact that as soon as placental tissue is formed in pregnant animals, there is also formed in the blood of the ani- mal a peculiar chemical substance of the nature of a ferment. The presence of this ferment in the blood is positive proof of pregnancy. In making the test, it is necessary to draw one or two ounces of blood from the jugular vein, collect the clear serum and send it to a laboratory where it is placed in an incubator with prepared placental tissue and certain color reagents. The presence of the fer- ment gives a well defined color reaction and proves the animal is pregnant. In the larger animals this ferment is found in the blood about six weks after conception and remains until two weeks following birth, when it disappears. The importance of this test in the sale of pure bred females and females sent away to be bred will be evident to any breeder. The test is so accurate that the small fraction of error is generally considered to be due to faulty lab- oratory technique rather than the fault of the test. o WOODLAND'S NEW GRAND STAND. Woodland, January 21. — Twelve thousand dollars will be spent this spring by John W. Considine, owner of the Wodland Stock Farm and theatrical magnate, in the building of a steel grand stand to replace the wooden structure that has done service at the Woodland track for years. Such is the infor- mation given out by Harry Dowling, who is superin- tendent of the farm and Considine's representative in this city. It is to have a seating capacity of more than 6,000 and will be of steel structure. The top portion of the stand is to be devoted exclusively to spectators. On the lower floor will be offices and a cafe. The grandstand will be finished in time for the races to be held here next August or September, in connection with the second annual Yolo County Fair. There are several applications on file with Secre- tary J. L. McCarthy, of the State Agricultural Soci- ety, in the State Fair Futurity No. 5 for foals of 1913. If there are any nominators in it who wish to sell their nominations this gentleman would be pleased to communicate with them at once, as after the first of February they will he invalid. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, January 24, 1914. MAYFLOWER 2:30|/2 TO JOHN MALCOLM (2), 2:1114, THE GREATEST PACER OF HIS AGE. A Breeder's Views on Pacing Blood In the Trotten and What An Influence the Blood of St. Clair Has Had. In the able and interesting article written by that gifted writer on turf topics, Henry Ten Eyck White, in the Christmas number of the "American Horse Breder," which was republished in the "Breeder and Sportsman" of January 10th, there are references to certain California bred stallions and mares which have achieved fame as producers of world's record holders as trotters. In a very concise manner he shows a fact which is admitted by the progressive breeders of the present day: that the pacing cross is a great factor in the production of the fastest trotters, and many claim it is greater than a top cross of thoroughbred blood. Such an argument would, if it appeared in the old Spirit of the Times, create a storm of protest from the breeders who flourished thirty years ago. The pacer — the much despised pacer — was not to be tolerated, and even Senator Stanford was bitterly opposed to it, notwith- standing he knew that Palo Alto's first and greatest successes traced to St. Clair, a pacer of unknown origin whose career was almost paralleled by that of Blue Bull and Flaxtail. That his prejudice against the introduction of pacing mares to breed to Elec- tioneer created a storm of opposition among those who believed in the lateral gaited tribe is not denied and was often referred to by Dr. M. W. Hicks, who had for years been trying to induce all Pacific Coast trotting horse breeders to endorse bis views. He was the last owner of the Bull Pup pacing stallion Flaxtail. And, when he came to California he brought several daughters of this sire with him and every one of them proved a successful matron of early and extreme speed. He said in 1SS7: "Of all human weaknesses that trammel the car of progress none equal that of prejudice, and no prejudice is so blind, unreasoning and obstinate as the horseman. A man may be born a Democrat and change his politics; he may be baptized a Catholic and become a Protestant; he may be born under the blue sky and starry banner of 'the freest and best government on earth' and expatriate himself and fight against his country, but the horseman born to a preference for a particular family or strain of horses never changes. He lives and dies swearing by that family. If his eyes first opened upon the beautiful little Morgan horse, he 'talks Morgan' to the end of his days. If his early surroundings were of the thoroughbred, he ever after wants that blood in his pony, his saddle-horse, his drafthorse and his trotter. If his youth was contemporaneous with the fame of Dexter, in his estimation there is no other stock worth breeding, and on his dying bed he gasps out to his expectant heirs, as his richest legacy, that the Hambletonian is the only trotter. From the time that Socrates wras condemned to death for knowing more than the Count that tried him; from the time that Harvey was excommunicated for heresy, for proclaiming his discovery of the circulation of the blood; from the time' that Jenner was ostracised and proscribed by his own profession for discovering and promulgating the means of protection from a loath- some and fatal disease; from the time that Fulton was ridiculed and his financial standing discredited for saying that boats could be propelled by steam, up to the present time, anyone having a fact or an idea in advance of the age, is denounced as a crank, an innovator, and an enemy of the public peace. The first man who divided his grain in the two ends of his sack in place of putting it all in one end and balancing it with a stone in the other, as his fore- fathers and neighbors did, was regarded as a danger- ous man, and his practice subversive of established usages, and in violation of 'law and order.' Fifteen years ago, when I began to examine the breeding of famous trotters as the initiative step in the study of the breeding problem, I found pacing blood in so many that it soon became a settled conviction with me that it was a most important factor in the pro- duction of high trotting speed. Since then, study, observation and experiments have confirmed that theory. At first I supposed the dam must be a pacer, but I soon discovered that the sire could give the speed equally well. Further observation and experi- ments showed that it might come from grand sire, or grand dam, or even more remote ancestors, with but one qualification: the more of it -the better. It is scarcely necessary to observe that a 'scratch' pacer is no better to breed from than a scratch trotter. Either may have speed but can not transmit much of it without a speed inheritance. At the time I commenced the study of 'how to breed the trotter,' when a new trotter came out his dam was almost universally claimed to be a thoroughbred, but when such searching investigators as J. H. Wallace and others came along with such awkward questions as 'What thoroughbred sired the dam of your trotter?' they were compelled to give up this fraud, but sooner than admit that the dam was a despised pacer (which she generally was), they would say, 'dam's breeding unknown.' AH this is rapidly changing, and breeders of the closest observation and largest experience recognize the potency of pacing blood, and are seek- ing for good pacing crosses for their straight trotting lines. In Kentucky, where the breeding of the trotter is a profound study and a great industry, the Pilot mares have ranked above all others as brood mares, but of late the Hal's, Copperbottom. Davy Crockett and other pacing families are falling into line and taking their proper place among great trotting pro- genitors. We know what the once despised Clay blood has done for the trotting horse industry. It is the blood that made Geo. Wilkes, Electioneer, Sultan, St. Ju- lien and many other famous sires and performers. What is Clay blood? It is simply pacing blood grafted on a horse of good constitution but of no trotting speed worth mentioning. From Andrew Jackson with one pacing cross came the Bashaws, a good and speedy family of trotters. From Henry Clay, a son of Andrew ■ Jackson with an additional pacing cross, came the Clays, Cassius M. Clay 18, his son C. M. Clay Jr. (Neaves), Harry Clay 45, etc. And what an influence the daughters of these had in bringing Hambletonian and his sons to the front." In Mr. White's article entitled the "potency of even unknown pacing blood in the production of colt trot- ters," reference is made to only a few of the cele- brated pacing families, but they are pre-eminently the best, i. e., the St. Clairs and the Pilot Jr.'s. The influence of Mayflower 2:30%, the greatest of the St. Clair family, is referred to and when one comes to analyze it still further it seems to become more interesting as well as powerful. In the first place, she was a natural trotter yet she was sired by a pacer. Another of St. Clair's descendants, Doc, sired Occident, who, when ten years old, after being knocked around Sacramento in all kinds of rigs, held the world's trotting record of 2:16% for geldings. Doc also sired the dam of Pat Hunt, a trotter that won many races in the early seventies and got a wagon record of 2:25. Another of St. Clair's sons known as Fred Low sired Adalia 2:27, Clay 2:27% and Gilberta, dam of Richards Elector 2:31, sire of 15 others and only 1 pacer; his daughters produced 5 trotters and 2 pacers. Only one of Richards Elec- tor's family, Mush 2:08%, entered the 2:10 list. The game races won by the following in the early nine- ties, will not be forgotten: Lizzie F. 2:16%, Flora M. 2:16, Jr. R. 2:20, Eric 2:17 and Cora S. 2:20. They were all driven to high-wheled sulkies in those days and in long drawn out contests. Fred Crocker, the champion two-year-old with a record of 2:25%, was a colt that the late Chas. Marvin believed was the fastest trotter ever raised at Palo Alto and he was out of Melinche by old St. Clair, sire of the well known pacers, Ben But- ler 2:19% and Lady St. Clair 2:20. In looking through the records I cannot find that this pacing stallion was ever bred to anything but untraced mares. Dietz's St. Clair was another son of Old St. Clair's. He sired the dam of Yolo Maid 2:12%, the holder of a world's record, and he also sired the dam of Belle Button 2:19% that, with the other "Button hoss," Thos. Ryder, once held the world's record as a pacing team in a race — 2:16%. Gen. Logan, by this horse Dietz's St. Clair, sired that phenomenal pacer Miss Logan 2:06%. Schultz's St. Clair, another son, sired the dam of Ladywell 2:16% (dam of Local 2:19% and Lord Sidney Dillon 2:19%) and Lorita 2:22%, who pro- duced that wonderfully pure gaited trotter and sire Alta Vela 2:11% and Palori 2:24% .another sire. But of St. Clair's two little pony-built bay mares whose dams were untraced, which I would call spe- cial attention to. They were bought by Senator Stan- ford among the first of his purchases for the Palo Alto Stock Farm: Mayfly 2:30% that stood 14.3 hands, and Mayflower 2:30% that was only 14.2. They resembled each other very much in conformation. Both were pure gaited trotters, neither needed boots nor toe weights, and in their races to heavy, high- wheeled sulkies over the old racetrack at Sacra- mento, proved they had plenty of stamina. Only one of Mayfly's foals was ever trained — Bonita, that, driven by Charles Marvin, over the track at Lexington October 11th, 18S3, obtained a world's record for four-year-olds, 2:18%. Mayfly had two other daughters which produced four trotters, viz.: Nita Pancoast 2:19%, Whipelle 2:22%, Fowler Boy 2:26 and Fly 2:29%. As these disappeared years ago, leaving no issue that ever entered the 2:30 list, this branch of the family can be considered extinct, Bonita being the only one to be remembered. Mayflower 2:30% was more fortunate through the performances of her progeny and she will always be considered the greatest of St. Clair's daughters. It is doubtful if there ever was a mare that had no sons whose daughters have contributed so much toward increasing the list of standard performers, among them being several that held world's cham- pionship records. Her daughter, Wildflower was one, for as a two-year-old she trotted in 2:21 in 1881 over the old Bay District track in San Francisco, lower- ing the record of 2:25 made by that other St. Clair representative, Fred Crocker, over the same course the preceding year. Manzanita obtained a world's champion record, 2:16, for four-year-olds when driven by Mr. Marvin at Lexington in 1886. This was no mark of her speed however, according to all who had seen her trot at Palo Alto before being shipped East. Manzanita 2:16 is the dam of Monomania 2:24% and her daughter Sweetwater by Stamboul 2:07%, produced Wilmar 2:11%, Gussuro 2:16% and Ada- bella 2:25%, so it can be seen her name as a great producer as well as a famous champion trotter is well deserved. Wildflower 2:21 when placed in the breeding ranks produced Wildnut (sire of Wild Bell 2:0S%, and 16 other trotters and 4 pacers) and, notwithstanding Woodnut 2:16%, the sire of Wildnut, was taken East and bred to some of the very best and most fashionable mares on Robert Steel's farm (Cedar Brook) near Philadelphia, he never was mated with as great a speed-producing mare as this St. Clair mare, Mayflower. Wild Boy, another of Mayflower's sons, sired five trotters and no pacers. Bedworth 2:22%, one of the Palo Alto bred sons of Wildnut, is the sire of 16 in 2:30 including Bedworth Jr. 2:06% and the dam of the pacer Alice M. 2:09, while Wild Nuttling 2:11%, another son of Wildnut's, is the sire of one in 2:30 Mayflower had eleven daughters and seven of these produced twelve trotters and only one pacer, viz.: Florist 2:18%, Creeping Flower 2:22%, Idle May 2:27%-, Maralia 2:24%, Newflower 2:23%, Wild Bee 2:29, Wild May 2:30, Wildmont 2:27%, Florine 2:28%, Woodland Daisy (p.) 2:21%, Prince Ansel 2:20y2 and Seylex 2:15%. Wild May 2:30 became the dam of L. 96, 2:16% and the dam of Baron Dex- ter 2:22%. Wildmont 2:27% was the dam of Ar- detta 2:25, Dextermont 2:20%, Admonto (p.) 2:22%, Allamont 2:21% and Advertisoment (sire of Adbert 2:26%). Woodflower, a no-record mare, out of Mayflower, was bred to Ansel 2:20, a stallion sold by Senator Stanford to Robert Bonner of New York for $20,000. This horse Ansel was by Electioneer out of the thor- oughbred Annette by Lexington (son of Boston) ; second dam by Grey Eagle; third dam May Morris by Medoc; fourth dam Miss Obstinate by Sumpter, . etc. The produce of this union was Prince Ansel (2) 2:20%, a stallion that is destined to be among the greatest of all the descendants of Mayflower. The blending of the stout thoroughbred blood of Ansel with that of the blood of St. Clair proved most valu- able; for the progeny of this horse, inheriting as he also does the blood of that great sire of trotters Kentucky Prince, who has 41 to his credit in the standard list and only two of these are pacers, estab- lishes the fact that he should sire trotters that have perfect action, stamina and the best of feet and legs. Dexter Prince, the sire of Prince Ansel, had two- minute speed and whoever remembers Berniee R. 2:07%, Lisonjero 2:08%, Eleata 2:08% or James L. 2:09% will confirm all that has been claimed for their pure trotting action. Notwithstanding Prince Ansel's very limited oppor- tunities as a sire he is the only representative male descendant of Mayflower on this Coast. He was a remarkably fast trotting colt. There probably never was a two-year-old that took a record of 2:20% with as little training. He was not broken till the spring of his two-year-old form, and he took his record in August, winning the race in straight heats in 2:22% and 2:20%, and was pulled up to a jog at the finish of the second heat. He won every race he started in until the unfortunate accident which caused him to go lame. His toe boot became unfastened, and hung to his foot, causing him in some way to strain the suspensory ligament in his right hind leg, and after- ward he would not stand training. His opportunities in the stud have been very limited. He had only 32 foals older than two years in 1910; six of them ob- tained records. Prince Ansel's worth as a sire was never recog- nizd as fully as it would have been had his few sons and daughters been developed for speed. It has only been during the past few years that they have shown that they are endowed with early and extreme speed. Without exception they are remarnably pure gaited line trotters and have stamina and racehorse quali- ties of a high order. Of his descendants, Prince Lot 2:07% was the fastest trotting gelding in the West in 1912; Lottie Ansel 2:14% was the champion trot- ting two-year-old filly of that year and Arista Ansel, another two-year-old with a record of 2:1S%, won the Canfield-Clark stakes. Laura Rodgers got a record of 2:11%, Adansel 2:14% (trial 2:09), Wesos 2:12% (trial 2:09%), Dorothy Ansel 2:20, Bonnie Ansel (trial 2:08%) and five others that got records better than 2:30, are to his credit, while one of his daugh- ters produced Nusta 2:23% and another, when bred to Dan Logan, a representative of the Electioneer- Steinway-Flaxtail cross, produced John Malcolm 2:11%, holder of the world's record for pacing geld- ings of his age. By studying the above few facts about the merits of the blood of the once despised and ill treated pac- ing stallion St. Clair, and what it has accomplished in being blended with other strains in furnishing so many world's champion trotters and pacers, one can imagine what a difference there would be in the list of fast colt trotters if St. Clair had been mated with any mares that had any known bloodlines and their produce bred to some of our best sires. This family of St. Clair is not the only one whose influence has been so powerful in producing pure gaited trotters. We have had several pacing fam- ilies whose representatives have also had a similar effect upon the trotting gait of our best horses; for instance, those which trace to Pilot Jr., Flaxtail. Blue Bull, Signal. Hiatoga, Ben Franklin, sire of Fanny (dam of Dolly, dam of Director 2:17, Onward 2:25, McCa, Thorndale 2:22%, Winona, etc.). Ben Frank- lin was a pacer by Hazrack, a pacer, and Dolly's third dam was also a chestnut pacing mare that came from Scott county, Kentucky. The Hiatoga, Signal, and many of the sons and daughters of Strathmore to whom trace Sidney, Steinway, Cresco, Major Strathmore, etc., appear in the pedigrees of many of our very best trotters and pacers, and it is pleasing to note that the great- est campaigners and largest money winners carry infusions of the blood of the old-time sidewheelers in their veins. o Doc Morris, Walla Walla, will develop the good two-year-old trotter, Bow Ansel, very carefully with the idea of making him a good aged race horse and sire. As he is by Prince Ansel (2) 2:20%, dam by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%; second dam, Woodflower (dam of Prince Ansel) by Ansel 2:20, he should make good both ways. The colt is eligible to the Oregon Futurity and will probably start this year. Saturday, January 24, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN PLEASANTON FUTURITY STAKE No. 1. Following is a list of Nominators in this stake for mares covered in 1911, which closed July 1, 1912, together with names of owners, sires and stallions bred to, that have made fourth payment: S. S. Bailev's Nancy Wave, by Tidal Wave — Eon Guy. J. R. Balk will's Estrella B„ by Athaneer — Black Hall. L. E. Barber's Madge, by Silver Bow Jr. — The Bondsman. I. L. Borden's Wanda II, by McKinney — Tom Smith; Hester McKinney, by McKinney — Barney Barnato; Kate Lomas, by Son of Nutwood — Barney Barnato; Ramona, by Prince Robert — Barney Barnato; Ella G., Hambletonian Wilkes — Barney Barnato. Mrs. L. J. Boyd's Bonnie Ailse, by Faustino — Carlokin. Mrs. F. H. Burke's Carrie E., by Alexander Button — Tom Smith. Chas. Butters' Lottie Lynwood, by Lynwood W. — The Bondsman. J. J. Campbell's Kate Kopje, by Cresceus — The Bonds- man; and Silver Fir, by Silver Bow — The Bondsman. C. A. Canfield Estate's Mamie Elizabeth, by Red Regent — Zombro. C. H. Chandler's Lady Search, by Searchlight — The Bondsman. S. Christenson's Serpolo, by Mendocino — Prince Ansel. Chas. Colquhoun's Lady, by Nutwood Wilkes — Montbaine. F. W. Cooper's Jennie L., by Moses S. — Sir John S. W. E. Detels' Daphne McKinney, by McKinney — Palite, and Melba T., by Nutwood Wilkes — Bon Guy. R. L. Draper's Lady Hackett, by Gerorae — Kinney Lou. W. G. Dui fee's Carolyn C, by Axtell — Carlokin; My Irene S., by Petigru — Carlokin; Subito, by Steinway — Carlo- kin; Lady H., by Del Coronado — Copa de Oro; Silu- rian, by Wilton — Moko; Reta H., by McKinney — Tom Moko; Leonor McKinney, by McKinney — Copa de Oro, and Atherine, by Patron — Carlokin. F. E. Emlay's Hermia, by Soudan — Wash. McKinney Jr. Jno. H. Gay's Bonnie, by Unknown — Kenneth C. Hemet Stock Farm's Lady Zombro, by Zombro — Kinney Lou; Zeta W., by Nutwood Wilkes — Kinney Lou, and Nealey W., by Geo. W. McKinney — Kinney Lou. M. C. Keefer's Advosta, by Advertiser — Prince Ansel. Mrs. M. O. Lipson's Alia Almont, by Prince Almont — Best Policy. Leo. Lvnch's Lena Thorpe, by Prince Charles — Wonder- light. D. Lynn's Belle Lynn, by Diablo — The Bondsman. Mrs. R. J. MacKenzie's Lauress, by Mendocino — Prince Ansel. R. J. MacKenzie's Lily Young, by McKinney — Quintell. F. Malcolm's Fresno Girl, by Seymour Wilkes — Expressive Mac. Chas. Marley's Nusta, by Nushagak — The Bondsman. H. F. Messmore's Thelma, by Zolock — McGregor Parole, and Belle, by Titus — McGregor Parole. W. J. Miller's Katalina, by Tom Smith — The Bondsman. J. E. Montgomery's La Moscovita, by Guy Wilkes — The Bondsman, and Cynara, by Highland C. — Zombro. R. L. Ogden's Irish Rose, by Lynwood W. — Palo King. J. W. Pendleton's Abbie McNutward, by Guy McKinney — Peter Wilton. C. L. Ramsay's Bay Leaf, by Telephone — Donasham. L. R. Rodgers' Sally Rodgers, by Steinway — The Bonds- man. A. B. Rodman's Maymonio, by Demonio — Alto Express. Henry Rohner's Little Light, by Nutwood Wilkes — Near- est McKinney. F. J. Ruhstaller's Tenie, by Temescal — Moko Hall. A. L. Scott's Cora, by Ira — Le Voyage, and Lady Inez, by Nutwood Wilkes — Le Voyage. W. L. Selman's Dulce Yedral, by Milo McKinney — Knight of Strathmore. Valencia Stock Farm's La Belle, by Sidney — Direct Heir. C. A. Spencer's My Trueheart, by Nearest — Prince Ansel; Noraine, by Nushagak — Prince Ansel, and Dawn, by Athaneer — The Bondsman. Shreve & Jaggar's Silver Haw, by Silver Bow — Skidoo Wilkes. Shreve & Jagger's Silver Haw, by Silver Bow — The Bondsman. Chas. F. Silva's Queen S., by Sable Wilkes — Lijero. John F. Silva's Lou Onward, by Onward — Lijero. P. H. Smith's Katherine S., by Diablo — Zombro. Jas. Stewart's Easter D., by Diablo — Copa de Oro. F. B. Stockdale"s S. P. Pointer, by Star Pointer — Black Hall. W. N. Tiffany's Lady Vasto, by Vasto — Carlokin. L. H. Todhunter's Sweet Bow, by Bon Voyage — The Bondsman. Dr. I. L. Tucker's Babe T., by Rajah — The Bondsman. W. 23. Valentine's Inferlotta, by Inferno — McGregor Pa- role. F. L. Walcholz's Miss Densmore, by Vyzant — Baron May. D. W. Wallis' Corinne Sidmoor, by Sidmoor — The Bonds- man, and Record Searcher, by Searchlight — El Angelo. Geo. L. Warlow's Cora Wickersham, by Junio — E. G. Diablo, and Strathalie, by Strathway — Black Hall. Bert Webster's Miss Harris, by Sidney Dillon — Joe Patch- en II. E. J. Weldon's Mater Expedio, by Kmght — Lijero. T. D. Witherly's Blanche Richmond, by D. D. H. — Peter Wilton. F. E. Wright's Camille W., by Wildnut — Lijero. Woodland Stock Farm's Anselois, by Prince Ansel — El Zombro; Lottie, by San Diego — Prince Ansel; Nut- flower, by Nutwood Wilkes — Prince Ansel, and Ma- jella B., by Nushagak — Prince Ansel. F. E. Ward's Freckle Bird, by Red Freckle— Bierne Holt. L. B. Deniels' Margaret, by Chestnut Tom — Palo King. R. J. MacKenzie's Gay Princess, by Prince Ansel — El Zombro, and Evelyn B., by Prince Ansel — El Zombro. P. J. Chalmers' Trix McAdrian, by McAdrian — Joe Patch- en II. LIMITATIONS OF THE AUTO. The attention of breeders has time and again been called to the fact that notwithstanding the large increase in the number of horses in the last ten years and the manufacture of thousands of automo- biles, the price of the horse has annually increased during this period. All kinds of horses and mules are worth more today than at any time in our his- tory, while the demand for really high class horses at big prices was never so strong as at the present time. Prospective stake trotters and pacers are commanding anywhere from $2,000 to $10,000, and those prices are being cheerfully paid by owners of campaigning stables. Breeders of trotters are not only interested in the demand for race horses but for saddle, carriage, work and general purpose horses, the great by-product of every establishment for breeding the trotter. In spite of these facts, there are occasional pessi- mists who declare that the motor wagons are going to destroy the market for the horse and that breed- ing will soon become an unprofitable industry. To those who lend ear to these gloomy remarks we would call attention to the fact that business in this great country of ours is developing so rapidly that transportation other than by means of animals is absolutely necessary, just as the locomotive supplant- ed the stage coach and the trolley car the horse- drawn street car. In the two latter instances there was a great hue and cry about the disappearance of the horse, but all now recognize that were it not for the steam and electric roads manufacturing and farming would never have developed to their present huge proportions. There are limitations to the use of railroads; both are fixed, and while the trolley car is a feeder to the steam road the horse is a feeder to both. His greater flexibility makes him essential to the success of both and neither would be a com- mercial success without his assistance. The automobile, especially the automatic truck, has marked limitations and unless greatly improved will never be the dangerous competitor to the horse that some imagine. It would seen that if anywhere the auto-truck would find its greatest use on the well paved city streets, but many who have tried them are now giving them up. They are not "handy" for retail deliveries where many stops have to be made. Many believe that the truck, like the touring car, for "week end" trips, will find its real place in long hauls, in trips where tons have to be carried many miles with- out transfer. Until the roads of the United States are greatly improved these long hauls will be impos- sible save possibly in New York City and Chicago. Even after practically every one is interested in the good roads movement several generations will pass to the great beyond before roads are in condition for long hauls, so there is no immediate danger to the breeding business in that direction. If State auto roads should be constructed, instead of diminishing the demand for the horse more animals would be in demand to bring supplies and produce to central points for transportation on the trucks. The greatest handicap of the auto truck is the great cost of maintenance and its rapid transforma- tion from a high-priced machine to scrap iron. Gaso- line is expensive, engines need constant repairs, and high-priced tires need frequent replacing. The ex- pensive first cost and the heavy maintenance expen- ses make it impossible for the present day truck to take the place of the horse in general transpor- tation and delivery work, much as would the auto- mobile advertisers like to convince all of the "passing of the horse." These latter gentlemen have spent thousands of dollars, posibly hundreds of thousands, harping on this theme, but the horseless age is further away than ever, unless millions more horses since the first auto was constructed and a high value per horse pictures the "horseless age." Stories in the daily papers, written or inspired by automobile deal- ers, constantly reiterate that an auto-truck costs less to maintain than a horse while doing the work of two or three horses, but this does not square with the many, very many, users of transportation who are discarding the auto-truck and replacing them with horses, writes the Western Horseman. Facts are more convincing than theories, and the following by Dr. Francis H. Rowley, president of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty t6 Animals, presents facts from an unimpeachable source. Under the heading, "The Horses Won," Dr. Rowley writes as follows in "Our Dumb Animals": "The following: happened a short time ago in Boston. Mr. A. wanted to sell Mr. B. » five-ton auto-truck. Mr. B. said, 'If your auto-truck can do as much as my span of horses, and do it at less expense, I'll buy, but you must prove that it can.' Just at this time Mr. B. had a large shipment of butter arrive which must be trans- ported from the freight depot to North Market street. Team and auto-truck started in at the same hour and worked all day. The team delivered five tons more dur- ing the same time than the truck, in spite of the fact that the truck had one more man. "Mr. A. asked for a second day's trial. This was grant- ed, only Mr. B. said, 'I must have the same number of men on my team that you have on your truck.' Agreed. That day the team delivered ten tons more than the auto- truck. "If anyone questions these statements we shall be glad to furnish names, date and witnesses. Also the name of a prominent firm in Boston that bought two handsome delivery cars at ?3,000 each. After an experience sufficient to determine their value the order was given to sell them and replace them with horses. One sold for $125, and the other for $100. "When asked why the effort was not made to get more for them, the answer was given, "We grew so sick of having these in the shop when we wanted them that we were glad to get rid of them at any price, and have something we could depend on.' "We only mention these two cases out of others that have come under our observation to confirm the claim that the horse is not yet in any danger of becoming a memory of the past." The automobile has become a fixture in business and social life, but the highly colored dreams of a "horseless age" will never come true. As this coun- try grows in population its farming and manufactur- ing will increase and there will be a greater demand for the horse than ever before and indications are that prices will rise. The demand for the pleasure horse will be surprisingly large in the next few years. As industry prospers so will the men connected with it turn to the horse for relaxation and amusement, and there is nothing that equals the high class horse in these respects. Automobile races were a novelty that have ceased to attract and even the greatest automobile race track in this country attempts to stage hut one race a year, although the original intention of the owners was to hold two or three meetings of a week each every year. On the other hand there were more race meetings for the trotter and pacer last year than heretofore, more horses took part in the contests, the stakes and purses were more valuable and the attend- ance much larger. The saddle horse, the show horse, the polo pony, the Shetland pony, are in greater favor than ever and commanding higher prices, and it will not be long before there will be a good demand for carriage horses, both single and matched pairs. The horse fills the demand for pleasure, health and recreation seekers in a satisfying manner, and his adherents are increasing in numbers. The rich man will con- tinue to have his automobiles for week-end visits, but once at his country home he will make use of his saddle and driving horses while his boys and girls will devote themselves to their ponies, thus acquiring a love for the equine that will grow stronger with increasing years. When the breeders understand the truth about the automobile they will realize that breeders of fine horses, the best in any and all of the types above mentioned, will make more money in the next ten years and make it easier, than during any period in the history of the United States. THE GET-TOGETHER SPIRIT. Oakland, Cal., January IS, 1914. Editor Breeder and Sportsman: Now that the Christmas and New Year's greetings and congratulations for our last year's success have quieted, it is high time that concerted action on the part of horsemen should be in evidence to the end that the 1914 racing circuit on this Coast will be more successful than last season's good work. For the past three or four years the light harness horse has made wonderful progress. Surely 1914 should set a pace that will usher in 1915 with such a horse boom that it will ever be a stimulant and monument to the horse racing sport — the everlasting and most delightful of all outdoor sports. If this is done, our 1915 races will resolve into a carnival of rejoicing and be an incentive for the breeders to go on elim- inating the chaff from the wheat. All horsemen are lovers of a good individual, but for breeding purposes a good inheritance is even far more desirable. One can not know too much about ancestry for several generations when investing in a horse to be used in the stud. The breeding problem is a most fascin- ating one and we are only on the border-land of its mysteries. What knowledge we have is being en- larged day by day through experiments which throw light into the enchanting realm. The stand that your paper is taking for light har- ness in the encouragement of clean sports is having a most desirable effect. The almighty dollar is not now the only interest. Persons who shunned the horse business heretofore on the ground of its social and moral effects are becoming interested. There was never a better market for a good sound light- harness horse, and there never were more horses in training in the world than at the present time. Con- certed action is what is doing this, so let's get together, pass out the olive branch, do away with minor bickerings, broaden out and strive to place the light harness horse sport where it belongs in the way of outdoor sports — AT THE TOP. Yours most sincerely, ASA V. MENDENHALL. WESTERN CANADA FAIR CIRCUIT. The meting of directors and representatives of the various members of the Western Canada Fair and Racing Circuit was held on the 5th inst. at Regina, Sask. The meeting was a very representative one and proceeded most harmoniously. It was evident all through the meeting that all members were there to do all they could in the general interests of the circuit. It was decided to conduct the running races under the Pacific Coast rules, and the harness races under the rules of the American Trotting Association. A request was made to the American Trotting Asso- ciation to appoint a Western Canadian Board of Ap- peals to handle the local problems, leaving those having cases decided in Western Canada the right to appeal to the General Board in Chicago. It was suggested that the president of the American Trot- ting Association should be the chairman of the West- ern Canadian Board of Appeals. Mr. Osborne of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Dr. John Scott of Peoria, 111., were appointed to start the running and harness horses, respectively. Mr. Osborne will start over the entire circuit; Dr. Scott will com- mence at the Regina spring meeting and complete the circuit. It is probable that pari-mutuel machines will be used with one or two exceptions throughout the cir- cuit, and the president and secretary of the circuit were instructed to complete arrangements for the operation of the machines. The question of the pro- grammes was considered, and the various meets are prepared to put up a splendid programme for this year. The official programme will be ready for publi- cation in the course of two or three weeks, and cop- ies may be had from the secretary of any meet in the circuit, or from E. L. Richardson, Circuit Secre- tary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The circuit recommended to each member the ad- visability of having a trotting and pacing class for foals of 1911 or 1912, and a running race for foals of 1912. These races to be open to horses foaled in Western Canada. ED. A. TIPTON RE-ELECTED. Lexington, Ky., Jan. 20. — The Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders' Association, at its annual meeting here today, re-elected Edward A. Tipton president. A resolution approving the proposed amendments to the rules of the National Trotting Association and the American Trotting Association, adopted at the recent meetings of these bodies, was unanimously passed. The resolution reads as follows: "The Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders' Associa- tion thoroughly approves the principal amendments to the rules of the National Trotting Association and American Trotting Association that records made in performances against time shall not be considered as a bar to eligibility to races, and recommend that such amendments apply to all horses, whether such rec- ords were made prior to 1914 or in the future." THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, January 24, 1914. I NOTES AND NEWS I Trotting races by electric light will be a feature at Perth, New Zealand, this year, ffiffiffi A movement is on foot to give free-legged pacers three seconds' allowance over hobbled horses. ffiffiffi The Bondsman is at the San Jose Driving Park and many good mares will undoubtedly be sent to him. ffiffiffi Baron Sidnut and Rose Baron were the only two the get of Baron Wilkes to obtain new records in 1913. ©©© Peter the Great will be limited to 30 outside mares this year, in addition to the Patchen Wilkes Farm mares. ffi©© Flower Direct 2:01 is only three years younger than his sire, Direct's Star 2:09%. Both horses made their records in 1913. ©ffi© Patsy Davey, formerly in charge of the La Siesta Stock Farm horses, is working with "Red" Gerrity at Memphis, Tennessee. ffiffiffi Anvil 2:03%, by St. Valient Vincent, and Dudie Archdale 2:03%, by Archdale, have won $66,573 since entering the trotting game. ffiffiffi The hay market in California is becoming demor- alized. The more rains that come the poorer the prospects for inflated values of hay and feedstuffs. ffiffiffi There is to be a splendid track made inside the mile track on the Panama-Pacific fair grounds. It will be used for bicycle and motorcycle racing ex- clusively. ffiffiffi J. P. Springer of Sonoma Girl fame is at Boise City, Idaho, with Adver Direct by Directus J. 36744 and Mountain Boy 2:12%. Both these horses are wintering nicely. ffiffiffi Amelita 2:25%, by Peter the Great 2:07%, dam Alberta (dam of Icon 2:10, and two others), by Al- bert W. 2:20, died recently, the property of W. Harry Orr of Reading, Pa. ffiffiffi Just eighty trotters won heats in 2:10 or better, in and out of races, during 1913. While ninety-seven won heats in 2:15 or better, over half-mile tracks, in and out of races. ffiffiffi Sixteen different broodmares are each the dam of ten or more standard performers. While the number credited with producing two or more 2:10 trotters each is thirty-three. ffiffiffi The trotter Farmer Spears 2:12%, by Jay Hawker 2:14%, dam Venture W. 2:18%, by Stambolia, raced by Fred Teachout last season, will be in Tommy Murphy's stable this year. ffiffiffi The sum of ten dollars will be due on Monday, February 2nd, in the Breeders' Futurity Stakes No. 12 — value $7,250. These who have made nominations should not overlook this. See advertisement. ffiffiffi A few items regarding the trotters and pacers in your vicinity will he appreciated by this depart- ment. It not only helps boost the game, but makes enjoyable reading for our many subscribers and your friends. ffiffiffi Daniel Wright of Allentown, N. J., has sold for export the black colt Zombrono, by Zombro 2:11, dam Jennie Riddle, by Alcanfancy, son of Alcantara. The colt has shown in 2:10%, with quarters in 30% seconds. ffiffiffi Lon McDonald has announced he will make a trip West in pursuit of exposition money after the close of the 1914 season. And possibly Ed Geers will, too, according to a dispatch sent out from Memphis last week. ffiffiffi A biennial meeting of congress of members will be held at the Murray Hill Hotel, New York, at noon. Wednesday, February 11, 1914, in accordance with Article VII, Section 1, of the By-Laws. — W. H. Gocher, Secretary. ffiffiffi The trotting stallion. Prince Ingomar, that Ben White of Ideal Stock Farm, East Aurora, N. Y., is racing so successfully on the ice, is a son of the great McKinney 2:11% and out of Grace Bovd, dam of Grace Bond (3) 2:09%. ffiffiffi Entries to State Fair Futurity Stakes No. 6 will close February 1st. This is one of the best events of the year and should receive a large list of entries: it is for the produce of mares covered in 1913, that are to trot or pace as three-year-olds, ffiffiffi Fred Batewell. one of the best-known polo pony trainers on the Pacific Coast, and for several years keeper of the Oakgrove stables in Burlingame, died late last Saturday night of hemhorrage of the head. He is survived by a widow, two small children and a \irother, Thomas Batewell of Los Angeles. Twenty years ago, when C. W. Williams predicted that Allerton 2:09% would some day have one hun- dred performers in the list, horsemen laughed at him, hut today Allerton is represented by 254, and it looks as though he will eventually have 300. ffiffiffi W. H. McCarthy, who is wintering his trotters in Brooklyn, has just purchased of Michael Morris, Washington, D. C, the fast mare Berka 2:14%, by Bingara. "Knapsack" trained last year and drove her a mile in 2:08% in her last race at Lexington, ffiffiffi The many advantages the Pleasanton track has over the majority of those in this part of California during the winter season has been demonstrated re- peatedly the past three months, for there have been only a few days when it was unfit to drive horses over. ffiffiffi The leading sire of race-winning trotters for 1913 was Jay McGregor 2:07%. He had out nine new per- formers and sixteen with reduced records, of which only five were pacers. These twenty-five performers won sixty-two races, of which fifty-four were won by the trotters and eight by the pacers. ffiffiffi The leading sire of race-winning pacers for 1913 was Hal B., p. 2:04%. He had out twelve new per- formers and six with reduced records, of which two were trotters and all the rest pacers. These eighteen performers won sixty-four races, of which sixty-one were won by the pacers and three by the trotters, ffiffiffi The foundation of the Panama-Pacific mile track has been well soaked with these heavy rains. It has been so well drained that no water remains upon its surface, and, as soon as we have dry weather, the surface will be covered with broken rock and clay and made as perfect as human skill can make it. ffiffiffi Now is the time for stallion owners to begin ad- vertising their stallions. The prospects for high prices for well bred colts and fillies after 1915 are exceedingly bright and owners of good broodmares should not hesitate to breed them. Pasturage will be plentiful and hay next winter remarkably cheap. ffiffiffi Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 14. — Henry Pointer, 43 years old, merchant and bank president of Franklin, Tenn., who bred Hal Pointer, the pacer, 2:04%, died today. He used the horse for saddle purposes and finally gave him to a church at Spring Valley, Tenn., to be sold and the proceeds applied to the church's building fund. ffiffiffi M. C. Keefer left Woodland last Friday for National City, San Diego county, taking with him five choicely bred trotters, one in particular a full brother to Adansel. Mr. Keefer will remain at the Sweetwater track with Charley Spencer until April preparing a string of trotters and pacers for campaigning pur- poses. ffiffiffi Ex-Mayor John E. Reyburn of Philadelphia died at Washington, D. C, January 4th. Deceased was an ardent horseman and contributed large sums of money toward helping the industry. He owned the good trotter Ed Bryan 2:16% (holder of three and five-mile world's records) and also several other good horses. ffiffiffi rienry Wheatley, of Napa, writes: "Mr. Thos. Williams, of Bishop, Inyo county, has bought from the Salvador Stock Farm of Napa the two-year-old Shire stallion, Raithby Rajah. This horse was champion at the California State Fair in 1913 and is undoubt- edly one of the best Shire stallions ever imported into California." ffiffiffi The grandly bred Moko stallion Montbaine will again make a season at the Suisun Stock Farm. The few colts this horse sired are natural trotters, and crossed on the splendid collection of standard and registered mares owned on this farm he should prove what has always been claimed for him, "one of the very best sires of beauty and speed in California." ffiffiffi By reference to our business columns it will be noticed that the next payment (No. 5) in the Pleas- anton Futurity Stake ($7,500) is due February 1st, and as this is the last opportunity nominators will have of substituting in this stake, it will be well for anyone wishing to dispose of or buy a nomination in it to write to Chas. L. DeRyder, Pleasanton, at once. ffiffiffi H. A. Jastro, president of the National Livestock Association and director in the California State Ag- ricultural Society, in the course of his remarks at the late convention of the California Livestock Breeders' Association in this city, said: "I think that if the horse were elbowed off the earth it would leave a different man, and a man that in many ways would not be so desirable." ffiffiffi H. E. Armstrong, who recently returned to Pleas- anton from his vacation through the Grand Circuit, sends us the following regarding the breeding of Stanton Wilkes: He was sired by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%; dam Ana 2:34 by Dan Voorhees 887; second dam Sweetmeat by Gen. Knox 148; third dam Belle by Vermont Black Hawk 5. In reply to his inquiry if Jessie M. (dam of Delia H. 2:10 pacing, and Hal J. 2:09% pacing) can be registered in the pacing standard: It would be necessary to get certificates from the owners of all her dams, none of which ap- pears as registered although three are sired by stand- ard trotting horses. Thomas W. Murphy's latest purchase is the brown trotting mare Lassie McGregor, by Jay McGregor 2:07%. She gained a record of 2:16% in 1912 and lowered it last year to 2:14% on a half-mile track in Ohio. She is credited with a trial below 2:10. ffiffiffi Horsemen who have seen Robert Bingen 2:14%, J. W. Considine's late purchase, declare he is one of the most perfect gaited trotters and is of show horse type — a superb individual. His photo on the front page of this issue proves that there are few if any stallions in this state to surpass him for looks and style. He is just the kind of a stallion broodmare owners have long been looking for. ffiffiffi "Red" Gerrity has eighteen head at Memphis. Tenn., including four yearlings by Wotan 2:17%. These latter have all shown quarters in 40 seconds and are thriving. He also has a yearling filly by Axworthy out of a Bingen mare that can fly. Belwin McKinney, 1, 2:21%, by McKinney, dam Belle Win- nie 2:22%, by Adbell, is going sound and will be raced this year, as he is now in his four-year-old form. ffiffiffi There'll be a great time in the Golden West in 1915, if all the big stables from this side of the divide take part in San Francisco's two meetings that year. Rumor connects Murphy, Cox, Geers. McDonald, and other prominent drivers with aspirations for glory on the Pacific Coast, and doubtless the East will be well represented when the trotters gather there for the huge purses that are offered. — American Horse Breeder. ffiffiffi An effort is to be made during the coming winter by some of the prominent trotting horse men of Canada to induce Parliament to change the law which limits a harness race meeting to only three days. This is a very much needed step and it is to be hoped that it will be successful. Harness racing has made wonderful strides in Canada during the past few years, and is entitled to more recognition by the authorities than is now accorded to it. ffiffiffi According to a foreign despatch, the highest offer ever made for a horse was made by M. Matacheff, a Russian sportsman, last week. The horse was the thoroughbred, Lemberg, and the price offered was 55,000 guineas, equivalent to more than $275,000 in our money. The offer, it is stated, was promptly refused. Lemberg was a great race horse when on the turf, and was ridden in many of his winning starts as a three-year-old, by Danny Murphy, the American jockey. ffiffiffi The dark bay colt that was shipped on the "Aoran- gi" in care of Chas. James, for Dunedin, New Zea- land, was bred at the International 1:55 Horse Farm. M. W. Savage, the owner, bred this colt, which was foaled April 30, 1912, sired by Dan Patch 1:55 out of Vagans (dam of Heirline 2:19%) by Lord Russell; second dam Vaghessa by Matterhorn 9378. This youngster is a natural trotter and will win woney on the racetracks and prizes in the show rings there, and be a valuable addition to the trotting horse in- dustry of Australasia. ffiffiffi The meeting of representatives of the various fair and racing associations to be held in this city Sat- urday, February 7th, at ten a. m., should be well attended. Through the kindness of Col. J. C. Kirk- patrick of the Palace Hotel, a splendid room has been set aside for this convention. There are many things to be considered and it is hoped that everyone attending will be prepared to vote and also offer sug- gestions pertaining to the uplift of the light harness horse industry. Committees will be appointed and every member of these will work hard to perform whatever duties are involved, cheerfully and will- ingly. ffiffiffi Frank Caton, the Russian trainer, last week pur- chased at Cleveland, from H. A. Watterson, the big trotting mare Amy 2:13%, by Moko out of an own sister to Azote. Amy won a race for Walter Cox at Detroit two years ago, while last season besides driving her in the matinees. Doc Watterson won a "Tavern Steak" preliminary with Amy. She cost Watterson a dinner at the Cleveland Athletic Club for several members of the Gentlemen's Driving Club last Tuesday night, as during the matinee season George Tipling and H. A. Watterson engaged in an argument over the relative merits of Amy and Dago F., Tipling's good trotter that also was sold to Frank Caton, and now is in Russia. Dago F. beat Amy and, after selling her last week to Caton, Watterson paid his wager. ffiffiffi Jas. Thompson, Walter Tryon, Wm. Ivey and sev- eral other horsemen are working their horses on the racetrack at Sacramento between showers. It is a great pity there was not enough money set aside to put the infield of this splendid course in grain or alfalfa. By some peculiar method of shortsighted- ness on the part of some of the directors all the manure of the boxstalls and cattlesheds, instead of being spread out on this land, has been allowed to be carted away to enrich some farmer's land from which the State derives no benefit. It is hoped that the State Agricultural Society will take measures to utilize all this rich fertilizing material on the infield, the soil of which is sandy, cold and shallow and needs all the best fertilizer that can be found. Our State University scientists should analyze this soil and tell this Board what is needed to make it pro- ductive of some kind of a green crop. Saturday, January 24, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Our columns are always open to news letters and expressions of opinion on all topics pertaining to the business ot breeding, developing and racing har- ness horses. ffiffi© Uhlander, the half brother to the famous Uhlan 1:58, was so seriously injured a few weeks ago when struck by an automobile during a matinee race meet- ing, that he has since been killed. ©© © Sacramento, Jan. 11. — Governor Johnson today ap- pointed E. Franklin of Colfax as a member of the State Agricultural Board to succeed E. W. Howard of San Mateo. John M. Perry of Stockton was re- appointed. Bonus Lightner of Sacramento was named as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Yount- ville Soldiers' Home. ©©© Ending a long campaign, headed by James E. Barr, manager of the Bureau of Conventions and Societies of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, the American National Livestock Association voted yes- terday, at its convention in Denver, to hold its 1915 meeting in San Francisco. This is the two-hundred- and-third convention signed by Barr for the Exposi- tion year. ©©© Mr. Ed. O. Johnston of Oakland has sold the bay stallion, Lord Alwin 55127, to Mr. Elmer Treanor, of Santa Maria. The horse was shipped last Tuesday. He will have access to some well bred mares in Santa Barbara county, and breeders there are quite fortu- nate to have an opportunity to breed to this horse, as he has proven himself a uniform sire of early speed, at the trot. ©©© The blacksmiths' patron saint is St. Clements. In the sixteenth century State proclamations were issued calling upon children to assemble and form proces- sions in his honor. The blacksmiths also used to keep holiday on this da}*, says the "Evening Stand- ard," and it was the custom to clothe one of the senior apprentices in a great coat, cover his head with a wig, place before him a wooden anvil, and in his hands a pair of tongs and wooden hammer. Thus attired, he would lead a procession of blacksmiths and proceed round the town, collecting money, chant- ing meanwhile, "Gentlemen all, attention give, and wish St. Clem long, long to live." ©©© It is the part of wisdom in the case of those who have trotters and pacers capable of being registered under existing rules, to attend to it before the associ- ation meets in February, as it is quite possible that, notwithstanding the strength of sentiment antagonis- tic to the radical change of rules, it may be pushed through, nevertheless. There are interested parties, some well on the inside, who will employ every agency at command to bring it about, and there is no organized effort on the part of those regarding it a great mistake to oppose the move. To be on the safe side where there is possibility of recording unregis- tered animals admissible under the old provisions, it should be done without delay. There "will be scores on the way to standard cut off hopelessly if it goes through, after the last, now susceptible of admission, has been taken in. ©©© Mr. Geo. Wingfield of Reno, Nevada, is starting in to stock a small farm with choice thoroughbreds in Nevada. He has the celebrated mares Recreation, Shasta Water and Princess Zeika that raced so well under the colors of Burns & Waterhouse, and last Monday while visiting this city made the best pur- chase he ever has in his life. He bought from S. Christenson of this city that grandly bred son of Imported Sain and Defargilla by Onondago, Deutschland, sire of four good winners in 1913. Deutschland is a handsome, well-made stallion and if breeding is any criterion he should be one of the best sires in America. Mr. Wingfield also purchased the following four grand-looking, well-bred mares, all in foal to Chantilly (full brother to the great race- horse Cluny) being by Salvation out of Valencienne by St. Carlo; Tallac, by Imp. Top Gallant — Lin wood; Faymuir, by Canopus — Duplex; Eleven Bells, winner of eighty-seven races, by Imp. Quicklime — Elsie S., and St. Sepherene, by St. Carlo — Imp. Wind Flower. Mr. P. Guilliams, superintendent of Mr. Wingfield's farm, started for Reno with these thoroughbreds last Thursday. Mr. Wingfield believes racing will be revived on an extensive scale in Reno next year. It this can be done there will be a large attendance at every meeting and an immense amount of money will change hands. WHEN THE DAM HAS NO MILK. When the dam, as sometimes is the case in old mares, has no milk for her colt, give whole milk from the cow, warm from the udder. Don't bother with a bottle unless obliged to. Usually the little fellow will put his head in the pail and drink without any trouble if hungry. If he won't, let him suck the fingers first, although it will lay up bother for the future. Highly bred colts drink with less fussing than do scrubs. It is imperative to watch any colt's bowels, and the hand-raised colt necessitates double vigi- lance. Give little and often, and never stint raw eggs. Blackberry juice helps check the trouble, once it is started. Have a box of ground oats or middlings, nailed against the stall, and the colt early learns to eat therefrom. Check any tendency to gnaw boards, or crib. Wind sucking lays foundation for colic. Should colt or horse contract this habit, keep them in a box stall with walls so smooth that no edge is available to gnaw. Let them eat from the floor, even, and muzzle when not eating. Henry Horine of Lexington has just taken up the four-year-old trotter, Host Peter 2:25%, and a fast three-year-old trotter by Crystallion 2:08%, whose dam is by Chas. Derby 2:20. Host Peter is by Peter the Great, dam Boniface 2:2914, by Baron Wilkes, and at two trotted a mile in 2:1G. As a three-year-old he was out of training, but is now back in the harness and if all goes well with him will be another "two- tenner" for Peter the Great. The Crystallion colt was one of the most admired colts at the track last year, his fine way of going and perfect manner caus- ing every one to say a good word for him. He was broken after the 1913 February sale and whife Horine did not ask him for a mile better than 2:24 he brushed him a quarter in 32 seconds and a half in 1:07. Host Peter and the (unnamed) Crystallion colt are owned by J. B. Hall and Sewell Combs, who are willing to wait and allow Horine to develop them as he sees it, which means they will be well trained and it will not be surprising if one or the other does not develop into another Plunger 2:07%. — Horseman. o MATINEE AT SAN BERNARDINO. The matinee given at Association Park, San Ber- nardino, last Saturday by the new management of the San Bernardino Driving Club, was a grand success both from a pleasure, and financial standpoint. The races were all closely contested. Tena G., sent out by the Hemet Stock Farm and driven by Frank Rees, was the winner of a closely contested race. Copper the Ore and Bolock pressed her closely until they passed the half-mile post, then the game little sorrel mare pulled away from them and won easily both heats. This was one of the best races of the day. Copponocca, C. N. Clark's horse, driven by Sebas- tian, redeemed himself by beating his field in great shape, although led both heats to the home stretch by Mazzella, William Mespelt's fast mare. The game trotter by Neernut came on and won by a length. The next heat was Copponocca all the way. Tommy Hooper, formerly owned by S. J. Gabler, the tailor, but now owned and driven by R. M. Se- bastian, w-on the 2:40 trot in an easy manner. Al- though being pressed to his limit on the start he jogged home an easy winner. Summary: Tommy Hooper (Sebastian) 1 1 Izalco, C. E. Bunnell (Bunnell) 4 3 Little Willie, Landen (Landen) 2 4 Lady McKinney, Bunt (Van Tress> 5 5 Time— 2:37, 2:33. 2:10 pace: Halo, G. B. Bunnell (Donahue) 2 2 Walter C, Schumaker (Sehumaker) 1 1 Am. Bonnell, Talmadge (Bunnell) 3 3 Tme— 2:15, 2:15. 2:25 pace: Beatrice B., G.. E. Bunnell (Bunnell) 2 2 Jane Lou. A. K. Ware (Ware) 3 3 Maud Wilkes, Wheeler (Wheeler) 4 4 Dee Sherill, Orme (Schumaker) 1 1 Time — 2:27, 2:21. Free-for-all: Bolock, Mrs. Gowel (Donahue) 2 3 Tena G., Hemet Stock Farm (Rees) 1 1 Copper the Ore, Bonnell (Wells) 3 2 Time— 2:15, 2:16. 2:25 trot: Mazzella, Mespelt (Mespelt) 3 2 Dark Streak, Heller (Heller) 2 3 Copponocca, Sebastian (Sebastian) 1 1 Time— 2:1S, 2:20. A matinee circuit was formed at San Bernardino Saturday, composed of the Driving Clubs of San . Bernardino, Riverside and Hemet. It is the inten- tion of the clubs to give a matinee every thirty days in one of the three towns. The matinee organization was perfected and a board of control was selected as follows: Dr. G. H. McFarland, Hemet; S. M. Wheeler, Riverside, and G. E. Bunnell, San Bernar- dino. Hemet w7as represented at the meting by Pres- ident H. JK Herman. Secretary G. H. McFarland and Stewards R. M. Sebastian Frank Rees, and others. The Hemet Driving Club will offer two cups at its coming matinee, the date of which will be announced later. Some very fine races are promised by the clubs of the circuit. — Hemet News. o MR. BILLINGS BUYS NINE BROODMARES. MR. CONSIDINE WILL RACE IN THE NORTH. Through the Fasig-Tipton Company C. K. G. Bil- lings has just purchased of Senator Joseph W. Bailey, of Texas, nine high bred trotting mares and fillies for the select stud w'hich Mr. Billings is forming at his newly acquired Curl's Neck estate on the James River, in Virginia. They are to be mated with his champion stallion The Harvester 2:01. Three of the mares have records of 2:10 or better and all have demonstrated their ability to trot fast. Six of the nine head trace back in the direct maternal line to Miss Edgar 2:29, the dam of three trotters that have beaten 2:11. They are: Zarrine 2:07%, b. m. (1908), by Silent Brook 2:16% — Lady Brussels (dam of Lord Brussels 2:12), by Wilton 2:19%. Lucille Marlow 2:09%. b. m. (1904), by Prodigal 2:16 — Miss Edgar 2:29 (dam of Minna Ward 2:10: Louise Wilson 2:10%,- and Bud Bonner 2:13%), by Bourbon Wilkes. Louise Wilson 2:10%, b. m. (1907), by Prodigal 2:16 — Miss Edgar 2:29, by Bourbon Wilkes. Kingston Belle 2:10%. b. m. (1907), by Prodigal 2:16 — Zaraida, bv Stamboul 2:07%. Minna Ward 2:10. b. f. (1910), by Prodigal 2:16— Miss Edgar 2:29, bv Bourbon Wilkes. Lucile Bingen 2:16%, b. f. (1912). by Bingen 2:06% — Lucile Marlow 2:09%, by Prodigal 2:16. One of the fillies, a two-year-old. is by Peter the Great 2:07%, out of Mokomo 2:2S%. by Moko: another, a yearling, is by Bingen. out of Louise Wil- son, while the third, also a yearling, is by Guy Ax- worthy 2:08%, out of Lucile Marlow. Mr. Billings now has about thirty mares at his new farm to be bred to The Harvester. Trainer Jimmie Irwin, formerly of Walla Walla, whom John W. Considine, owner of Woodland Stock Farm, recently engaged to assist Superintendent Harry Dowling, left California this week for Seattle with the good trotting stallion, True Kinney 2:12%, the four-year-old trotting filly, Lottie Ansel (2) 2:14%, champion two-year-old trotting filly in 1912 and a green pacing mare by Nutwood Wilkes; also the two-year-old Bow Ansel that was sold to Dr. Morris of Walla Walla. These three will be added to the stable of green ones which Mr. Considine already has at the Meadows; this stable will be trained by Irwin and raced in the Northwest this year, constituting what will be known as the northern division of Woodland Stock Farm. This will be welcome news to the horsemen and racing interests of the Northwest; up here we need men like Mr. Considine in the sport and we believe wTe all know how to appreciate his presence. Robert Bingen 2:14% was shipped to Woodland Farm in the same car on Monday with the fast, green mare, Josie Ansel, that was sent north to prepare for the 1914 campaign; she had been bred to Quin- tell 2:12% but was thought not to be with foal, lately, however, she showed unmistakable signs of being pregnant and so was sent back to the farm until her foal is weaned. Mr. Considine has also purchased from his friend and business associate, C. A. Harrison, the pacing mare, Niquee 2:13%, by Joe Patchen 2:01%, dam Oneone 2:11%, by Woodford Wilkes; second dam China Wilkes (dam of four including L. L. D. 2:08, Knight 2:22%, sire of Anaconda 2:01%); third dam a producing daughter of Mambrino Patchen; fourth dam by Edwin Forrest. Mr. Considine bought this mare to breed to Robert Bingen and the cross should certainly produce a race horse. — Pacific Horse Re- view. CHARLES DEAN IS HERE. Charles Dean, the well-known horseman of Pala- tine, Illinois, is on a visit to California. He spent Thursday at Pleasanton with his son Charles Dean, Jr., who is with Chas. L. DeRyder. Mr. Dean says that every horseman of note is talking of coming to California in 1915 and that the meetings to be given over the Panama-Pacific racetrack will undoubtedly be largely attended, for every trainer is trying to get a few good horses to compete for the big purses offered and the crowds will follow them. Like every other visitor, he believes he never saw a place that pleases him so well as California, and is astonished at the marvelous changes wrought in San Francisco since his last visit — which was the year of the disas- ter— when nothing but ruins could be seen, and nobody dreamed that such a city as it now is could rise from the ashes. His visit is to be a brief one as he has a stable of over 100 horses to look after at his home town. He recently made a flying trip to Lexington, Ky., where he made several purchases for R. J. MacKenzie of Pleasanton. One was a five-year- old pacer, J. O. 2:23, by Captain General 2:17%, that has been a mile in 2:07. He also purchased a year- ling by Peter the Great, out of a Todd mare, and a colt by Axworthy, out of a mare by The Director General. This last colt was bought from Thornton Moore, and the other two from J. O. McAllister. o THE HORSE REVIEW RACING GUIDE. We are just in receipt of Volume 2 of this most invaluable work. It contains so much information for the horse-breeder, owner and trainer that when once glanced over it w-ill find a place in every horse- man's library. It has a number of new features which will be appreciated. For instance, it gives the track record of every course over which meetings were held in 1913, a table of all horses which have won races since 1909, whose total winnings amount to $5000 or more, new championship tables, the 2:30 list, the 2:10 list, the 2:05 pacing list, a breeder's directory, all the dams of ten or more standard per- formers, the fastest your-year-old trotters of the past twenty-five years; the fastest records of 1913; the fastest horses of all ages for the past twenty-five years; Grand Circuit statistics, Grand Circuit win- ners in 1913 ; tables of all the champions over all distances, of each sex and gait; the 2:10 trotters with developed dams, etc. It is full of good things from cover to cover: the summaries of the races of 1913 with the names of the drivers alone is worth the low price asked, $2.00 for paper cover and $2.50 for substantial cloth, all postage and express charges prepaid by the Horse Review Co. The Breeder and Sportsman will fill orders for this publication. The recent death of John H. Brown recalls the fact that he was one of the two Detroit sportsmen who had the honor of owning the w-inner of the classic M. & M. stake trotted by the Blue Ribbon meetings. Stanley Dillon, winner of the Merchants' and Manu- facturers' $10,000 stake in 1904, was owned by Mr. Brown. It was a hard-fought battle that year in which Dillon only landed the plum after "Pop" Geers had driven one of the most skillful races in his career as a reinsman. Ruth C. gave Brown's horse the stiffest contention imaginable, but the latter had the better driver up and the victory went to the Detroiter. During the last few years Stanley Dillon has been owned by a farmer in Minnesota, who has driven the M. & M. winner to a buggy, the horse liv- ing more or less a life of ease. The other Detroit- owned horse to win an M. & M. was Siva, the prop- erty of George F. Davis. Siva, driven by John Gold- smith, landed the $10,000 plum in 1893, 11 years before Stanley Dillon's victory. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, January 24, 1914. I ROD, GUN AND KENNEL I £ CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT. § s * REGISTERED TOURNAMENTS. CHAMPIONS OF 1913. THE LATE JAMES WATT. More than one correspondent asks, "Which is the champion dog during the last year?" The only log- ical way to answer this is to divide aspirants lor such an honor into the lour divisions of sporting dogs, non-sporting dogs, terriers and toys, writes Ex- pert in the New York Herald. Were such a specimen of the breed as the smooth fox terrier, the late Champion Warren Remedy, owned and bred by Air. Winthrop Rutherford, in the show ring today tie problem would be easily solved. Warren Remedy was the champion of champions be- cause of her superlative excellence in a number of structural points, while those few points in which she was not superlatively excellent were distinctly above the average and would have been pronounced excellent in another specimen. Such a combination is only met with once in a lifetime, and during the forty years the writer has been to dog shows he cannot recall any specimen of the breed which ap- proached Warren Remedy in these attributes. During the last year there have been many high class representatives of different breeds, but all failed in some minor detail or other. For this reason it would be irrational to proclaim one particular dog as worthy of occupying the position of champion of the year. The more important shows all come in a cluster in the winter and spring, while the last great show of the year is that of the Ladies' Kennel Association, held at Mineola in June. During this time the wire haired fox terrier Es- telle, owned by the Victory Kennels, near Chicago, seemed to be the most popular choice with the dif- ferent judges. She was reserve for the best dog at the Westminster Kennel Club Show to the bulldog Strathtav Prince Albert, hailed as the champion bull- dog of tie year. The latter being an absentee, Es- telle won the honor at Boston and repeated this success under Mr. Mortimer at Chicago. Subse- quently, under the English judges, Messrs. Xicholls and Reeves, Estelle was declared the best of any breed at the ladies' show at Mineola. All this time Mr. Thomas Lawson's Dreamwold Centaur was distinctly out of form, and although he was coming to himself when shown at Newport in August, he was not quite fit enough to defeat Mrs. Tyler Morse's sheepdog champion Slumber. Later, however, Centaur "won form the best in the show at Danbury and duplicated this at Albany last month, where he disposed of champion Slumber. It may be added, too, that Centaur was an absentee at both the Chicago and Mineola shows and despite his un- fitness was reserve to Estelle at Boston. Although Estelle may not be entitled to the honor of "champion of the year," yet she is certainly enti- tled to the crown of champion terrier of the year. As for the champion sporting dog, that is delicate ground to touch upon .especially as pointers and set- ters are distinctly below the average in point of merit. Considering the number of grand pointers and setters which graced the bench fifteen years ago, it is a sorry reflection that such fine animals were not made better use of as far as reproduction is concerned. Owing to the decadence of the field dogs probably the verdict of champion sporting dog would fall on the shoulders of the deerhound champion, Closburn Clansman, the property of Mrs. Amv Eastman, of Cauldwell, N. J. By reason of his continued successes the Pom- eranian champion, Parkneuk Blackthorn, owned by Miss Marion Kennedy of Hempstead, L. I., may justly claim the title of champion of toy breeds. He made his first appearance at the Westminster Kennel Club last February, where he won the cup for the best toy, and finished the year with a similar achievement at the toy show at the Waldorf-Astoria last month. Of the dogs selected Closeburn Clansman is the only American bred representative. The title of champion American bred, however, probably would be awarded to the young rough coated St. Bernard. Alta Big Ben, owned and bred by Mrs. A. W. Lee, of Toledo, Obio. This dog has come on by leaps and bounds since he won the cup for the best of his breed at the last Westminster Kennel Club Show, where he also won the Bally-hoo-Bey Cup for the best of any breed owned and bred by a member of the Ladies' Kennel Association. That he has fulfilled his early promise was demonstrated at Cleveland. Ohio, last month, where Mr. Mortimer awarded to him the cup for best dog in the show. Another high class home bred one is the Airedale terrier. Champion Vickery Soubrette, which not only won from the best of her breed at the Westminster Show but duplicated the performance at the Airedale Club Show last month. If Soubrette should have to give way to Alta Big Ben for the American bred champion of all varieties she certainly would be entitled, how- ever, to the claim of champion American bred terrier. A third home bred worthy of recognition is the bull- dog. Drewstone Pike, which, perhaps, would be fav- ored by some judges in preference to Alta Big Ben. However this may be. the three dogs referred to stand out prominently as animals of the highest clasF and would hold a high position in any country. Genial and whole-souled James Watt, a well-known sportsman and angler, passed away at the McNutt Hospital Monday at midnight. He was taken ill Fri- day morning, and remained semi-conscious until the end. The funeral services took place at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The interment was private, at Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland. The attendance of local sportsmen was a large one and the floral recognition of the deceased's popu- larity and esteem was bounteous and beautiful. "Doc" Watt, as he was familiarly known, was the dean of the local anglers. He was a member of the San Francisco Fly-Casting Club and of the California Anglers' Association. At the Stow Lake fly-casting contests he was always a prominent contender. At Lake Tahoe, the Truckee river, Sims and the "White House Pool," near Point Reyes, "Doc" Watt for twenty-five years past w-as a regular visitor. In fact, he was always a welcome and expected factor in the gatherings and fishing trips of the rod and reel fra- ternity. He is survived by a brother, H. Watt, Q. C. a prominent jurist of Edinburgh, Scotland, and by a brother-in-law, Fred F. Surrhyne of this city. For the past thirty-five years he was the private secretary of Dr. W. F. McXutt. He contributed fish- ing articles regularly to the Fishing Gazette of Lon- don. He was a native of Banff, Scotland, and 65 years of age. PACIFIC COAST TRIALS. T. J. A. Tiedemann of this city, Henry L. Betten of Alameda and John H. Schumacher of Los Angeles will officiate as judges at the thirty-first trials meet- ing o fthe Pacific Coast Field Trials Club near Bakersfield. The trials will start Monday morning, January 26. The first event will be the Derby stake for which there are entered a class of twenty-four English setters and pointers, puppies whelped on or after January 1. 1912, being eligible. The Derby entry this year is the largest and classiest for several years past. The all-age stake and members' stake will follow. Whether or not a champion stake will be run this year will be determined during the meet- ing. Three valuable and handsome trophies will be awarded owners of winning dogs in each event. The stereotyped and conventional cup prizes have been shelved for this meeting. The trophies have been selected by a committee consisting of J. M. Kilgarif, E. Courtney Ford and S. Christenson, and are now on exhibition at Shreves'. Hotel reservations at Bakersfield have been made early for the gathering of sportsmen which is antici- pated will be a large one. Among the local repre- sentatives will be William Dormer (who is billeted for reserve judge and marshal), J. M. Kilgarif, E. Courtney Ford. S. Christenson, Joseph A. Chanslor, W. W. Terrill. J. Walter Scott, J. S. French, T. o. A. Tiedemann, Elmer Cox. Carroll Cook. J. W. Consi- dine and others. Charles N. Post, Joseph E. Terry, Frank J. Ruhstaller and Frank M. Newbert will head the Sacramento delegation. Henry M. Keller, J. G. Kerckhoff, J. H. Schumacher, H. T. Payne are ex- pected from Los Angeles. Gordon Tevis, Lansing Tevis, Lloyd Tevis, Jr., H. C. Katz and others at Bakersfield will also be on hand. The club is now the second oldest field trials organ- ization in the country today. The initial trials were run at Walltown Timbers, near Folsom. November 26-2S, 1S83. At that time there were but three clubs in existence in America, now thirty-five clubs hold annual trials in the United States and Canada. The coming trials are preliminary to the big meet- ing arranged for next year, which will probably be run in February, a month later than usual, this to enable owners of pointers and setters in this country and the Dominion to get out here in ample time, after the wind-up of the Eastern meetings, to give the dogs a bit of work on valley quail. Trials in the Northwest and British Columbia are run on Mon- golian pheasants or bobwhite quails. The Middle West and Manitoba field trial dogs work on prairie chickens and bob-white quails. Eastern and Southern clubs also run the dogs on bob-white quails. It is proposed to offer purses and prizes valued at about $5,000 for the Panama-Pacific Exposition trials next year, which will make this meeting a world's record for field trial entries and trophies. J. Walter Scott, chairman of the finance commit- tee, states that the club members have already con- tributed $1000 as a starter for next year's fund. The matter has been taken up with enthusiasm by numer- ous gun clubs throughout the State, and substantial support has been forwarded in the shape of checks. A feature of the coming trials will be a series of moving pictures, arrangements for which have been made by the Tevis boys, owners of Stockdale Ken- nels, near Bakersfield. W. B. Coutts of Kenwood, Sonoma county, Enos Valencia of Napa, T. C. Dodge and H. S. Russ of Bakersfield will be the principal handlers this year. The Interstate Association's policy for 1914 is out- lined in a booklet which is of much interest to trap shooters and gun clubs. The booklet should be read by every devotee of the clean sport of trap shooting. Request mailed to Secretary E. Reed Shaner, 219 Coltart Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa,, for a copy of the publication will receive early recognition. The pre- liminary matter in the booklet states: "The Interstate Association at its annual meeting in 1913 materially changed the conditions governing registered tournaments. These changes were deemed necessary for the best interests of trap shooting, and it is believed that they will benefit all con- cerned. The new conditions will eliminate certain undesirable features, while developing the sport on lines that are broad, wholesome and permanent. The matter of good sportsmanship is given full con- sideration. For years past there has arisen in the realm of all recreations a disposition to effect a change in the system of rewarding the winners of competition — eliminating the commercial side and establishing a finer and more glorious setting for all sports — by abolishing the professional type and favoring a class who participate in pastimes for sport's sake alone, and who covet emblems as rewards of merit. This is the trend today in the civilized world and applies to all high-class sports. The members of the Inter- state Association gave recognition to this line of thought some time ago, and each year steps have been taken calculated to accomplish gradually and gracefully for trap shooting the ideals of all true lovers of clean and wholesome sports. For 1914 a larger step than usual has been essayed, but it is confidently believed that the step is not too abrupt and that the trap shooting fraternity will approve of the departure and accustom themselves to the altered methods without much, if any, hesitation or confusion. Referring in detail to the changes made at the annual meeting of 1913, it was decided that, in the apportionment of the $20,000 registered tournament fund for 1914, $9,000 shall be contributed to State tournaments and $11,000 shall be contributed to tournaments other than State tournaments. Approximately, $8,000 of the total registered tourn- ament fund will be contributed in trophies. Pur- chasing trophies in such large quantities means additional value for the fortunate winners. As a matter of fact, the retail value of the trophies will be double what they will cost the Interstate Asso- ciation. To each approved State tournament the Interstate Association will contribute $225, part of which will be in trophies, irrespective of the population of the State in which the tournament is held. The $225 contributed to a registered State tourna- ment will be made up as follows: $100 in cash, which shall be awarded as the club holding the tournament wishes; $75 in seven (7) trophies, which shall be awarded to the winners of the first seven places in "The Interstate Association's amateur State championship" event, and $50 in cash, which shall be awarded to the winner of the State championship (or to the runner-up, in case the winner cannot at- tend the Grand American Handicap tournament), conditional on said winner, or runner-up, making entry and competing in the national amateur cham- pionship at the Grand American Handicap tourna- ment. A club holding a registered State tournament to which a contribution is made shall schedule an event to be known as "The Interstate Association's amateur State championship," said event to be at 100 single targets, 16 yards rise, high guns win, open only to bona fide residents of the State in which the tourna- ment is held, and any amateur contestant shooting for "Targets only" shall be eligible to win said State championship and any of the trophies con- tributed by the Interstate Association. The foregoing applies to registered State tourna- ments to which contributions are made by the Inter- state Association. The following applies to registered tournaments other than tournaments given by leagues of gun clubs and special organizations: To each approved tournament, irrespective as to whether it will be a one day. two days, three days or more tournament, the Interstate Association will contribute $50, part of which, or all, will be in trophies. It is optional with the club holding the tournament as to whether the Interstate Association's contribu- tion shall be made one-half in cash and one-half in trophies, or whether it shall be made all in trophies. Any amateur contestant shooting for "Targets only" at a registered tournament shall be eligible to win any of the trophies contributed by the Interstate Association. A club holding a registered tournament shall give, on the information sheet furnished by the Interstate Association, the names of the winners of the trophies contributed by the Interstate Association. When the registered tournament fund of $20,000 is exhausted tournaments will be registered, but without any contribution by the Interstate Associa- tion. Thus it is apparent that clubs should make iheir applications at their earliest convenience, oven though their tournaments are scheduled to be held late in the year." Following which are chapters devoted to "Informa- tion In General." "Management," "Yearly Averages," "Status of An Amateur," Miscellaneous Rules." A comprehensive manual in all, one that no trap shooter or gun club member should be without. Saturday, January 24, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN STRIPED BASS FISHING IN THE YOLO BASIN. GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN. Striped bass fishing as a sport for the up-river rodsters practically has been killed during the last two years on account of the exceedingly low water, but the prospects for the coming season are unusual- ly bright for the anglers who delight in the sport of catching this game fish, according to Fred Wat- wood, in The Union. With the overflows running full at the present time, and the present storm guar- anteeing an abundant supply of water which will last for many months, conditions favorable for catching striped bass should develop ideal sport for the anglers by the middle of March or the first of April. In past years, since the planting of this fish in California waters, the sportsmen of the Sacramento valley, and also from San Francisco bay points, have invaded the haunts of the bass in Cache slough and its tributaries in great numbers, and have been re- warded with marvelous strings. Fish and Game Commissioner Frank Newbert tells of many parties that have made the trip to the slough above Rio Vista, but the crowning tale of all explains how five Sacramento anglers caught 108 of this preferred brand of fish, varying in weight from 5 to 22 pounds. This catch was made in a few hours when the sport was at its height in the Yolo basin, before the unusual dry spell came over the State two years ago. Striped bass fishing is best in the sloughs, acting as drains for the overflows before the water from the tule lands is emptied into the river and the bay. The water in passing through the tules is filtered and attracts the young fish and the minnows, which the bass enjoy. These conditions are not obtained until the water level in the tule and overflow land is steadily falling. The gathering of the small young fry in this clear water attracts the bass from the salt water of the bay and ocean and they lurk around in the slough awaiting their chance to catch the minnows for food. It is at this time the anglers find good sport trolling with spoon lures. With all the streams thrown open to the public for fishing through the efforts of the present Fish and Game Commission, anglers who know, say the best fishing in the State is afforded in the slough at the edge of the tules near the mouth of the Sacramento river. The abundance of bass in these sloughs is due to their rapid propagation since they were plant- ed in 1879 and 1882. The first lot of striped bass, consisting of about 132 fish, was planted in the Carquinez straits at Mar- tinez in 1879. During the following two years a few of the bass were the victims of the hooks cast by the anglers of the bay, but, being unable to tell whether they were multiplying or dying, the Commis- sion ordered" another lot to be planted in 18S2. Three hundred fish arrived from the East in the second shipment, which were planted in Suisun hay at Army Point. Benecia. In the following years the bass multiplied so fast the people were catching them by the hundreds, and fearing extermination the Legislature passed a law placing the minimum weight at ten pounds. Later the weight was lowered to one pound, and was fol- lowed by the passing of the present law calling for a three-pound minimum limit. The quantities in which the bass have been caught in previous years cannot be estimated, but over 2,000,000 pounds were sold in San Francisco during one season besides the sales in other cities of the State. The anglers acquainted with the habits of the fish are eagerly awaiting the season for bass in the sloughs near the mouth of the Sacramento, with present indications pointing to one of the best sea- sons ever recorded. rj VALIDITY OF THE FISHING LICENSE LAW. The Supreme Court of this State, sitting in banc, denied the application for a writ of habeas corpus in the first test case of the new statute which provides that anglers, both sporting and commercial, must pay a certain license before they can hook or net game and other fishes specified in the act. The writ was filed by John R. Cronin, an attorney of Stockton, on behalf of John Arvantropulos, a Benicia commer- cial fisherman. Cronin, who was in the Legislature from Solano county in 1909 and 1911 and had been retained by the fishermen, both here and in the upper hay region, brought forward a constitional amendment adopted in 1910 as a weapon with which to fight the State fisherman's tax. This amendment, Article 1, Section 25, provides that the people shall have the absolute right to fish on or from any State lands and that no laws shall be passed making this a crime, provided "that the Legislature may, by statute, provide for the season when and the conditions under which the different species of fish may be taken." Cronin's contention was that the State fishing license law is unconstitutional, in that it tends to nullify an express provision of the Constitution, and that the legislative power to provide seasons and conditions for fishing does not extend to the power to charge license fees. In dismissing the application no decision was given. English snipe were reported to be fairly plentiful in the rice fields. The longbills are so fat that the gunners can get writhin ten yards of a snipe before it flushes, and then but for a rather short flight. The ground conditions prevailing at most of the snipe- shooting patches frequented by local sportsmen have not been favorable for more than a most limited stay of the birds. The shotgun brigade had been sidetracked by wild ducks for about a fortnight up to the closing days of this, the last week of the season. The birds sought other feeding ground and deserted the Suisun marsh, which was more like an inland sea than a duck- hunting ground. Near Biggs local sportsmen have had splendid shooting. Wild geese and ducks, par- ticularly mallard, were never so thick before in the rice-field districts. Up that way the sportsmen count the mallard flight by the mile, so plentiful were those handsome ducks. Not only that, but the birds were plump and fat as butter from the rice diet. The rain and wind storm last week will put the sport for the Sunday contingent of hunters on the tobog, for there was water, water everywhere and no ducks save way off and safely resting in the open stretches of flooded ground. * * * Wild fowl gunners can begin operations — provided one is located w-here the birds are coming in — tomorrow morning in the bay counties district at 7:21 o'clock. Sunset at 5:25 p. m. will be the signal to cease firing. Down the valley the sun rises at 7:12 a. m. and sets at 5'20 p. m. Recent reports from the valley shooting resorts do not indicate a plenty of ducks at any point from Newman down to Fresno. * * * Quite a number of local duck hunters are in a quandary over the exact time, when the close season on migratory wild fowl, under the new Federal regulations, will stop legal operations with the shot- gun. For the information of such sportsmen who are not fully posted the positive statement is here made that the present hunting season will close at sunset Saturday, January 31. The season began at sunrise Thursday, October 1, 1913. Under the Fed- eral regulations both dates are inclusive. The fish and game officials state that the word "between" in the statutory clause defining the close season cannot be so construed as to include February 1, which date this year falls on a Sunday. The sea- son closed last year Saturday, February 15. Both closing dates cut out a Sunday shoot, which occasion last year prompted the State Fish and Game Com- missioner to be lenient with sportsmen returning on Sunday from a hunting trip, and having wild game in possession. The intimation is given out at the Commission headquarters in this city that the chance to "clean up" and return Sunday, February 1, with the feather- ed results of a final day's shoot will not be harshly dealt with by deputy commissioners; which conces- sion is nothing more than fair. Under no cirsum- stances, however, will hunting and shooting migra- tory wild fowl on February 1 be allowed. Arrests for such shooting, it is promised, will be made where proof is obtainable or when the trigger puller is unlucky enough to be caught in the act. At that, however, the duck-shoting season for local gunners can be considered practically over, excepting, of course, the chances for bay-shore sport with canvashacks and bluebills. The inland duck blinds have been put out of business by the recent rains. * * * Petaluma and Wingo visitors recently have added a new wrinkle to the duck-hunting ritual. In putting out decoy ducks a big fishhook baited with duck or mudhen entrails is fastened to the sinker of the decoy anchor line. This bait seems to be a favorite with striped bass. A 52-pounder was caught in that manner near Donahoe's landing, Petaluma creek, recently. Several bass have also been landed by Wingo duck hunters. What a big bass can do in towing up and down the creek and bobbing about a wooden canvashaek duck is a trick that must be seen to he appreciated. It is quite a chase in a light skiff or duckboat to row down and pull aboard a big bass caught after that railroading system. * * * The ducks still here show plainly by their actions what a buffeting they have been through when the sou'easters were stirring up the open water resting places. Flocks of ducks coming in to find shelter in the vast salt ponds below the Coyote hills, near Arden would plump down out of range of hunters in blinds, and stay where they landed, some of the birds so worn out that they apparently went to sleep at once. Nor could they be made to fly, except for a short distance, when, splash, they would settle down again. One hunter killed a black sea brant on the bay shore near Reclamation. This variety of goose never comes inland unless driven away from its usual ocean shore feeding ground by stress of weather. Another winged estray from deep water haunts was a "whistler" duck killed by a marsh gunner near Newark. So unusual was this variety of duck in that section that not one of the many hunters on a returning Alameda train knew just what the bird was. This duck is also known as the "great head," because of a puffy crest on the handsome greenish black head. The rest of the plumage is black and white. * * * Weather bulletins given out yesterday did not fa- vor the upper bay and river marshes and tule over- flows for extra good pond shooting. A good southeast blow will help canvasback shooting along the San Pablo shores and keep birds moving off the bay and working inland for shelter in the Alameda marshes. During the stormy turn of the weather this week Tomales hay was well tenanted by wild ducks and black sea brant. There should be good wild fowl shooting along the shores of that sheltered body of water tomorrow. Petaluma creek, from six to eight miles above the railroad bridge has been a favorite resort for canvas- back ducks for several weeks past. For the Petaluma and Sonoma marsh regions and bay shore hunting resorts the sport will depend upon wind an weather. Ducks are reported to be very plentiful in the Los Banos region and other resorts down the val- ley. Local sportsmen who shoot regularly at Ingo- mar, Los Banos, Firebaugh and other points shoot mostly in preserves. The fact that the valley is pretty well flooded has obliterated many open places, the birds being out in the overflowed sections. Suisun marsh gun club members have had but little recent shooting, principally canvashaek, the other varieties having taken wing to the upper valley and overflowed stretches where there is a plenty and variety of the food the webfeet seek after the rains. A report from Woodland stated that the recent storms had turned the wild duck prospect upside down. Hunters were puzzled to locate grounds where full bags could be shot. Judging from present indications, for Yolo county sportsmen, the balance of the open season bids fair to be the best in years. Canvasback and mallard ducks are the two most plentiful varieties. From Maine Prairie down to Rio Vista was prac- tically an inland sea, according to Otto Feudner. Ducks and geese were there in flocks of countless thousands. The lower Alameda marshes, particularly in the Alviso section, were well flooded over, which fact will handicap gunning for ducks from most blinds down that way tomorrow. The scull boat hunters should be able to get quite a few birds. It looks as if the quail hunting sportsmen will have to work high up in and near thick cover and trees tomorrow. Quail do not fancy heavy and wet going in the valleys and open ground these days. Near Pinole fine bags of fat cans have been shot this week. W. A. Simonton and W. W. Terrill lo- cated at Sobrante Friday and yesterday. Fred Willet and Ed Schultz found canvasbacks numerous enough for a good shoot a week ago at the Hog Island Gun Club preserve on Petaluma creek. Most of the lower Alameda marsh resorts offered but little sport for the powder burners last Sunday. The few ducks that did work in utterly ignored the bunches of wooden decoys set out. In fact, the wari- ness and sky-flaring tactics of the duck family is noticeable to a degree at all of the shooting stations. The season's bombardment has made the birds wise to gunshot greeting from the concealed hunter in a blind. A fairly good duck shoot was the luck of H. B. Hipner and friend, guests of Cap Simonton at the Wheeler Island Gun Club preserve near Antioch. * * * "Carve dat possum" is a refrain well known to the Southern darkey, yet how many are aware that there is material for both song and possum-carving right here in this State, and but few miles from this city at that. Two fat posums were on exhibition in the window of a Market-street sporting goods store, the Ellery Arms Co.. last week and attracted much attention. Had it not been for a placard hung on the cage a majority of the lookers-on would not have known whether the little creatures were Norwegian rats or Malay sun bears. They were the prehensile-tailed Virginia specimen, all right, and caught — a half dozen of them — in the thickets along the bank s of Coy- ote creek in Santa Clara county, a section where for a dozen or so years they have flourished, unknown to all hut the people of that section. John Fatjo of Santa Clara is authority for the statement that a large specimen, after it had raided a chicken house and made a hearty meal of fat pul- lets, was discovered hanging by its tail, a trick they have, to a branch of a fig tree, sound asleep, taking an after-dinner nap. The limb was cut down and Mr. Possum captured in a sack and used for the prin- cipal ingredient of a savory stew afterwards. The pair of possums on view in the Market-street window were purchased, it is reported, by Dr. Plincz. How the animals came to thrive in Santa Clara is given out in the story that some years ago five or six possums were sent out from Virginia to a San Jose resident as a novelty and reminder of old times. The animals were placed in charge of a "cullud pusson" and several of them escaped. Not long afterwards it was noticed that the escapes had found congenial country and had increased. Another possum plant was located in Alameda, where a former resident of Missouri sent hack to the "show-me" belt and secured six possums. He and his family were fond of possum stew and they bred and raised many possums from the original stock. At one time the Alameda home had a colony of 30 or more possums in the cage. Finally tiring of tie fad, a number were given away to friends, most of these gift possums going to the pot. The last lot of about half a dozen were turned loose finally, so the story goes, to shift for themselves. Evidently they did. Another evidence of the existence of California possums is the fact that one was captured last sum- mer near Cazadero, the "what was it" created a minor sensation until an Eastern-raised visitor told what it was. How that possum got up in the coast highlands of Sonoma county is not known. Moonlight possum hunts are therefore another sporting possi- bility in this State, and without the handicap of a close season, too. 16 THE BREEDER ANL SPORTSMAN [Saturday, January 24, 1914 From possum to wildcat is quite a jump, but nev- ertheless a dinner, with plates for ten, came off at a down-town bohernian resort last week where the principal dish was wildcat! Wildcat cutlets, bob- cat ragouts, roast leg of lynx and wildcat goulash. The cat meat was found to be, so the partakers de- clare, palatable and somewhat like veal. Some of the diners knew what the dish was, several did not; but at all events the general verdict was favorable. The cat, which weighed 22 pounds, was shot a fortnight ago in the Lagunitas hills, in Marin county, by a well- known local sportsman while he was hunting quail. Frank Dolliver, the old-time Point Reyes ranger for years past, has sold wildcats, killed and trapped over in- that section, to Chinatown tong gunmen. There was always a steady demand and ready sale for the varmints. The Celestial bravos believed the cat meat was a very stimulating fighting diet, the wildcat's heart being the choice tidbit. California lion meat, the loin portions, it is claimed also, by some of the Trinity and Shasta county moun- taineers, make a most savory and palatable article of food. It is hardly probable, however, that wildcat chops or cougar porterhouse steaks will cut any very appreciable figure in reducing the high cost of living, so far as the orthodox butcher is concerned. * • • Local rod and reel circles have been up against adverse weather conditions recently, despite the fact that a few large striped bass have been taken, but general results have been nil. If anglers, however, are not doing much them- selves, they are always keen to absorb fishing news from anywhere. The splendid sport resulting from the introduction of California steelhead trout in New Zealand waters, is described in a recent letter to Sam Wells from a Christchurch (N. Z.) disciple of Walton, who states: "Anglers generally are very well satisfied with results obtained so far this season, which is quite the best experienced in ten or twelve years. The Waimakariri distinguished itself by the production of an eighteen-pounder, twenty-seven inches long, twenty-two inches girth, caught by Rev. W. C. Oliver with a gold Devon fly. In addition to this catch, several baskets of two and three brace have been taken with live bait. "Sport in the lower Selwyn and in Lake Elles- mere, adjoining the river mouth, is quite up to the standard. One evening a local enthusiast landed seven trout, five of them weighing fully five pounds each, the others four and two and one-half pounds. Two other anglers killed fifteen fish between them, averaging five pounds each. Lady anglers have also been making nice catches at the river mouth. Troll- ing for these big trout is a style of lshing rapidly gaining favor here." Which above excepts from the Antipodean missive are but a few culled from a five-page letter, all of similar import. * * * The Eastern striped bass fishing season, as recog- nized by the Asbury Park Fishing Club, closed last October, is regarded as one of the most notable and at the same time most peculiar ever experienced on the Atlantic Coast. It was particularly notable on account of the big run of striped bass. The club list records 151 striped bass, weighing an aggregate of 2,082 pounds 3 ounches, an average of thirteen and four-fifths pounds each. The largest fish, fifty-eight pounds eight ounces, was caught in July, beach fishing, surf casting, there. The largest caught here last year was landed by a Napa angler, "Pop" West, and scaled sixty-two pounds when captured in Napa creek, near the rail- road drawbridge. * * * It is reported by A. E. Doney, in charge of egg taking at Bogus, on the Klamath river, that about 8,000,000 rainbow trout eggs will be gathered this year for the Sisson hatchery. The output of salmon fry from the Sisson hatchery this winter, it is esti- mated, will be between 20,000,000 and 30,000,000. The young salmon will be liberated at various points in the Sacramento and Klamath rivers. The report that a new fish hatchery was to be established at Cole creek has been verified in the recent approval by the State Board of Control of a contract for the erection of the necessary buildings by the State Fish and Game Commission. FIXTURES. Tournaments Registered. June 16, 17, 18. — Bradford, Pa. The Interstate Associa- tion's ninth Eastern Handicap tournament, under the auspices of the Bradford Gun Club: $1,000 added money. Winner of first place in the Eastern Handicap guaran- teed $100 and a trophy; winner of second place guar- anteed $75 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pitts- burgh, Pa. Sept. 8, 9, 10 and 11.— Dayton, Ohio. — The Interstate As- sociation's fifteenth Grand American Handicap tourna- ment, on the grounds of the N. C. R. Gun Club; $1,500 added money. Winner of first place in the Grand Amer- ican Handicap guaranteed $600 and trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $500 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $400 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be guaranteed. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa. Trap Shoots. Feb. 22. — San Jose Blue Rock Club, San Jose, Cal. Feb. 22. — Golden Gate Gun Club. March 1. — San Jose Blue Rock Club, opening shoot, San Jose, Cal. Field Trials. Jan. 26. — Pacific Coast Field Trials Club's 31st annual trials, Bakersfield, Cal. A DUCK DINNER. Among the visitors along Sportsmen's Row this week have been W. J. Webster, formerly manager of the Du Pont Powder Company in this city, but now guiding the destiny of the Atlas Powder Company at Wilmington, Del., J. B. D. Edge and W. A. Layfield, also of Wilmington. The Eastern powder makers were the guests of the Western powder burners one evening this wsek at a canvasback dinner that came off at "Charley Fly's." "Cap." Simonton and "Swat" Terrill provid- ed the toothsome birds, enough for eleven plates, shot at Sobrante on the San Pablo shore during an hour's morning shoot, the birds were in the best of condi- tion, too. Among those present were: W. J. Webster, J. B. D. Edge, W. A. Layfield, J. W. Stewart, of Tonopah, George Ritter, Harry H. Eastman of this city and Clarence A. Haight, W. A. Simonton, Ed Schultz, Don McRae and W. W. Terrill of the Copper Kettle Club. o A NEW CHAPTER IN AN OLD HISTORY. Is the title of a most interesting and beautifully illustrated volume issued by the Remington Arms- TJnion Metallic Cartidge Company. Every devotee of the shotgun and rifle should read this typographical brochure illustrating the devel- opment of projectiles — from the time of the cave man's sling, bow and arrow, down to the present wonderful handiwork and genius of man as shown in the high class and powerful modern firearm. Also is depicted the marvelous advancement in fixed ammu- nition, large and small, of the present day. The publication is well worthy the perusal and close attention of any sportsman. The beautiful and original cover illustrations, the press work and many pages of superb half tones printed on costly paper will appeal to the book lover strongly. Possibly if the reader would like to follow our tip, write to the Rem-TJ.M.C. Co. at 299 Broadway, New York, a copy will be forthcoming. GOOD CAMP COOKING. When you go into the woods or mountains to camp for your vocation, you must have a complete cooking outfit, dry provisions, and plenty of fish and game, which some member of the party will furnish daily. Bad cooking has spoiled many a vacation in camp and caused many a backsliding from the outdoor creed; and yet there is no particular use in being un- comfortable when camping or in having had or indi- gestible food. Kits especially designed for campers can be pur- chased at a moderate cost, and it is wisest to pur- chase one of these outfits, as often some of the most necessary utensils are liable to be forgotten when the camper is making selections. The kit includes a fold- ing baker, pans with hinged handles, and dishes that fit into one another, so that the whole occupies but little space. The simplest way to cook while in camp is over a fireplace made by digging a hole about one foot deep and filling it with stones. Build a wall about eight inches high around three sides, and on top place a large flat stone, allowing a small opening at the back for the smoke to escape. Of course, if you have brought a collopsible cook- ing range with you, the fire can be made in any con- venient spot. Rest two of the steel bars of the range upon the stones and lay the other two across them. It is a good plan to gather a plentiful supply of wood and keep it in a dry spot. Otherwise, after a rainfall, you may have considerable difficulty in getting the wood to burn. Any sort of wood will do for ordinary cooking, but for broiling or baking in the hot ashes, you must have coals from hardwood. For the supplies the lists vary a great deal, but the most desirable and nutritious articles that can be easily transported are flour, cornmeal, rice, beans, sugar, baking powder, coffee, tea, salt, pepper, bacon, pork, butter, onions, potatoes, evaporated milk, sweet chocolate, raisins and some kind of dried acid fruit — prunes or apricots are good. Vegetables you must get as you can. Condensed soups, especially tomato and tomato-okra, are par- ticularly appetizing. To make good coffee is an art. Many people claim that the best is made in this way: For six cups of strong coffee, take one cup of ground coffee, mix with one egg or the shells of two, add a few grains of salt, and six cups of fresh cold water. Place over the fire where it will heat slowly, and bring to a boil. Let it boil up three times, stirring well, then place where it will keep hot but not boil until it settles; the addition of a cup of cold water will settle it more quickly, and the coffee when poured should be clear and strong. Camp bread is one of the tests of the outdoor cook. If you have brought with you a baker, biscuit or bread may be baked in it. If not, you will have to make use of the frying pan for that purpose, covered with a saucepan lid, or two saucepans of equal size may be used, one covering the other, or even two frying pans. Such a baker must be placed right in the heart of the fire and live coals piled on top. The common- est fault is in having too much heat; the beginner usually burns the first few batches of biscuit. Camp biscuit are made by mixing one quart of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one tea- spoonful of salt, and a small piece of lard or butter, with sufficient water to make a dough easily handled. Mold into small, flat cakes, and bake in your baker or on a griddle over a moderate fire. Very convenient for the camper is the prepare! flour, which is accurately mixed with the lightentnji agent, and which only requires wetting with mill! or water to make biscuits or pancakes. Add fou level tablespoons of butter or lard to a quart of pre' pared flour and moisten with enough milk to mak< a very soft dough. Drop from the point of a spool: on a hot greased pan. These should be cooked firs on one side and then on the other for seven minute! and should be eaten with butter and syrup. The ordinary formula for pancakes is: A small sized can of condensed milk, three cups of flour, hat; a cup of cornmeal, two eggs, a pinch of salt, and 9 teaspoonful of baking powder. Be careful, however! to mix the milk and eggs together with some wateij in one vessel, while you keep the other ingredients in another. Having stirred each mixture, pour therrf together and continue stirring until all the lumps] have disappeared. A little syrup will make the cakesj brown better, but too much will make them stick tc the griddle or pan, which should be kept well greased.! The bean pot is one of the reliances of the woods-: man, and beans are ideal baked in a regular bean- hole. This must be dug deep and wide and linedl with stones. In making the fire hardwood should be employed, and when the fire has been reduced to a bed of coals, remove half of them, insert the bean-pot,: and pack the coals that were removed closely about} the sides and top. Then pile the dirt on top of all, stamping it down well, to make it absolutely air- tight. The beans should remain in the hole about eighteen hours. Soak one quart of beans in cold water over night. In the morning, heat slowly, keep- ing the water below boiling point, and cook until the skins will burst, which is best determined by taking a few beans on the tip of a spoon and blowing on: them, when the skins will burst if sufficiently cooked. Drain beans. Scald rind of three-fourths of a pound of fat, salt pork, scrape, remove one-fourth-inch slice, and put in bottom of bean-pot. Cut through ring of remaining pork every one-half inch, making cuts one inch deep. Put beans in pot and bury pork in beans, leaving rind exposed. Mix one tablespoonful salt, one tablespoon molasses, and three tablespoons sugar; add one cup of boiling water, and pour over beans; then add enough more boiling water to cover beans. Cover bean-pot and place in the hole. Game can be cooked better in camp than in any res- taurant in the world. It is better for hanging at least over night. For broiling, game should be care- fully skinned, cleanly drawn, and washed. Then split your bird up the back, flatten it with the side of an axe, salt and pepper it, and broil It over the coals. Add butter to finish the cooking and browning. For this work you ought to have a broiler, the kind that clamps down in two halves, one on each side of the bird. If you have an oven large ducks can be roasted in it. In cooking a bird you want sharp heat and con- tinued heat, so that the outer tissues may be seared as soon as possible. Fish is more difficult to cook than game. The main thing is to have plenty of grease in the frying pan and to keep it hot. Some people prefer olive oil to' bacon in camp cooking, and certainly brook trout can he cooked most deliciously in olive oil. Large fish may be embedded in hot ashes and cooked for thirty minutes or longer, according to size. First split your fish open, clean carefully, wash out the interior and season well with pepper and salt, and put it in the hot ashes. When done, re- move from the ashes, wipe clean with a cloth, and peel off the burned outside.' A delicious camp dish is a stew of meat, game, birds, rice, potatoes, onions — anything you happen to have — seasoned with plenty of salt and pepper, and a dash of sherry, a touch of chili sauce or tamale flavor. It is hard to go wrong if you give your stew plenty of time and plenty of water. An hour or two will not be too much; in fact, you can go on cooking your stew day after day, for warming over a stew improves its richness. If you have in your kit a big and a little kettle, you can fill the large one with water, put a few stones in the bottom, and set your stew kettle in on top of the stones. This will lessen the danger of burning. The theory of the stew kettle is a slow fire, a low fire, and a long fire. Let your housekeeping arrangements while in camp be as concise and cleanly as in your home kitchen. Do not throw refuse of any kind — least of all food — around the camp. Burn all garbage every night. This will prevent flies and unpleasant odors. Keep every thing in its proper place. Be careful of fire while in the woods. It is well to be certain before leaving camp for any length of time that no treacherous spark is lingering behind a log or under some leaves where it may kindle a blaze and do untold damage in your absence. Quail Invade San Berdoo. — Flustered by the high north wind which howled over the San Bernardino hills one recent night, a flock of mountain quail was driven into the city. When daylight came the birds, unused to the strange sights and noises quickly scattered. A pair of the quail were on Sixth street between D and Arrowhead avenue for about an hour. This is the first time in many years that wild quail have been seen in that city. Hunters last season killed approximately 10,000 bucks in this State. To estimate the number killed by predatory animals is impossible, but it is at least equal to the number shot by hunters with the addi- tional disadvantage of innumerable does being slain. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, January 24, 1914,] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR FEATURES. A program of entertainment for the State Fair in September which would delight an Emperor in Rome's balmiest days was outlined last Wednesday night at a joint meeting of the Chamber of Com- merce, Board of Directors and members of the State Board of Agriculture in Sacramento. The general idea being that Sacramento valley shall celebrate the "Billion Dollar Fiesta," suggested by George W. Peltier, during Fair week. Other sec- tions of the State, such as the San Joaquin Valley, Southern California, Bay Counties, South Coast Counties and North Coast Counties, will be invited to put on a similar celebration to commemorate ma- terial advancement in their communities. Behind the big celebration week, in addition to a desire to please visitors, will be an effort to interest the people in the proposed $750,000 bond issue for State Fair betterments and in the proposed $3,000,000 Capitol Extension bond issue. The State Fair Directors have decided to hold no State Fair in 1915, and for that reason it is under- stood, both by them and by the Chamber of Com- merce people that the 1914 Fair will be a worthy preliminary to the Panama-Pacific Exposition. Many counties and sections which have not exhibited here- tofore are expected to do so this year, for the experi- ence they will gain in preparation for the bigger show. It was pointed out that Sacramento has a direct lever with which to compel the interest this year of both Southern California and the Bay Counties. Up to this time these counties have not shown great in- terest. This year, however, the Sacramento Valley can point out that she is going to San Diego and to San Francisco with big exhibits for 1915, and has a right to ask something in turn. It is proposed that delegations be sent into all sec- tions of the State to interest the people there. An excursion to Los Angeles and to San Francisco al- ready has been tentatively agreed upon. The State Fair Directors at this meeting showed such intense interest that two of the enthusiastic horsemen said they would he willing to deviate from the racing program of previous years. Director I. L. Borden of Stockton said he was willing to give up racing for one day entirely in favor of automobile racing. As a definite outcome of the meeting President D. W. Carmichael of the Chamber of Commerce and President A. L. Scott of the State Fair Directorate appointed a Joint Committee to ask George W. Peltier to take the chairmanship of the General Billion Dol- lar Fiesta Committee of Fifty to be named by Car- michael. J. A. Filcher, S. I. Hopkins and J. J. Hen- derson were named by Carmichael and I. L. Borden, B. F. Rush and C. W. Paine by Scott. The general development celebration outlined will enable the Fiesta Committee to ask all big corpora- tions which have done development work in the State recently to represent their works by a float or model exhibit at the State Fair. In this way it is expected a large number of men and unique exhibits will be obtained. Among the features expected will be the Panama- Pacific road race from Los Angeles to Sacramento, which Carmichael said has been promised to Sacra- mento for two years or more. Carmichael said the date could he changed from July 4th to some time during the Fair. The following are some of the entertainment fea- tures of a tentative program outlined by Secretary S. Glen Andrus of the Chamber of Commerce and added to by suggestions from Directors A. L. Scott, C. J. Chenu and I. L. Borden and Secretary McCarthy of the Board of Agriculture, and by J. A. Filcher, D. W. Carmichael and others: Automobile road race; aeroplane stunts by Lincoln Beachey and Glenn Mar- tin, with his aerial life preserver; carnival of na- tions; Mission play; another locomotive collision, and possibly an automobile collision; Elks' carnival to be presented by various Elk Lodges in the State; possibly a water carnival, and a great musical day for instrumentalists and vocalists. It practically was decided to give up hope of hold- ing a Native Sons' celebration during the Fair, be- cause September 9th, Admission Day is too early for the Fair. S. I. Hopkins placed the daily attendance he would work for at 36,000, which was the maximum of the week last year. Carmichael wanted to place it at 100,000, and President Scott said he would be pleased if it ran to 25,000 persons a day. LETTER FROM PLEASANTON. Pleasanton, January 23. 1914. Editor Breeder and Sportsman: If the trotting horse industry of this great big State was blessed with a law like Governor Ammons, of Colorado, has signed that legalizes pari-mutuels and with a Racing Commission to see that the law is not abused, the benefits would be felt immediately and a step forward would be made that would create a demand for the highest type of horse known, the standard-bred, for which California is noted, and give employment to thousands of men throughout the State at very fair wages. We hope that the next Governor of California will see that a "plank" is put into his "platform" concerning the betterment of the trotting horse industry of California. It will mean many votes and the warm support of the friends of this grand cause, for a horse race without a small bet is "like breakfast without coffee." A few of us don't like coffee, but the most of us do. Frank Childs has bought the trotting gelding Major By By 2:19%, by Major Dillon, son of Sidney Dillon, out of By By by Nutwood, and the price was $5,000. He is now at Pleasanton Driving Park and will be trained along with Mr. S. S. Bailey's stable, and if he trains well Frank will take him down the Grand Circuit. As the Pleasanton Driving Park track is the best training grounds in the world, this little gelding will get the very best "prep" possible and as Frank knows how to do it, we predict now that he will be a living "ad" for this classic track. Mr. S. S. Bailey has returned from his trip to Port- land and will spend the balance of the winter and spring in Pleasanton. He has not decided on his program for this summer, hut whatever his plans are, they will be good. In the meantime his horses will have the same careful preparation that they usually get. Al McDonald has opened a public stable and has five good horses in his barn. Rapallo, by Greco B., dam Oniska (dam of San Francisco 2:07%), is the stake horse; Asa Pointer, who paced in 2:09 as a three-year-old while in Millard Sanders' stable, now that he is a year older and has grown into a real strong horse, may gather the "coon skins" in the pacing division. Harry Daley came in from Palo Alto, with three head. Redeem 2:09% is his fastest record horse. He will also have Delia Lou 2:15%, and Prince Del- monte 2:22%, a full brother. Joe Twohig is expected over with his stable about the first of February. While there is no official in- formation to confirm the rumor, it is expected that Joe will have quite a large stable. Fred Chadbourne has one, a two-year-old by The Bondsman, out of Kate Kopje, by Cresceus 2:02%, that certainly is a great little trotter and does not know anything else. While she is a little under size, she is all trot. It is needless to say that Fred is sweet on her. Homer Rutherford's good colt by On Voyage 2:25, a son of Bon Voyage and out of Yu Tu by R. Ambush 2:09%, is certainly one of, if not the fastest two- year-olds at the track. Homer has never stepped him a mile, but a quarter in 35 seconds and an eighth in 17 is just a jog. He will make some "sit up and take notice" this summer, when he starts in the Futurities to which he is eligible. Horace Feindel has a black son of Carlokin, out of Johana Treat (dam of Del Coronado 2:09%, Zulu Belle (p.) 2:06%, (t.) 2:10%); he has a slick way of going that is very deceptive. He looked like he was traveling about a 2:30 gait, but the watch caught him the quarter in 33 seconds. With good luck he is a 2:10 trotter for Carlokin. H. G. Smith is a very busy man. He is training twelve head and it keeps "Clay" busy counting them to see they are all jogged. Joe Patchen n, 2:03%, Vernon McKinney 2:01% and Zomblack (3) 2:26, trial 2:08%, will make the season in the stud at the Pleasanton Driving Park, under the personal supervision of C. L. DeRyder, Manager, and any one wishing particulars in regard to the horses should write him at once. Joe Patchen II's fee is $100; Vernon McKinney's is $50, and Zom- black's is $50. It rained over two inches here on Wednesday night and in the morning every trainer was up jogging his horses over the track. Chas. Dean of Palatine, III., one of the foremost trainers in America, is visiting us and he declares it is the finest track he has ever seen. If it were not that he has so many interests in Palatine he says he would undoubtedly try to move to California. His son, Chas. Dean Jr., is jogging a big string of horses here for Mr. DeRyder, and all are doing well. There has only been one day this winter that these horses had to remain in their stalls. BRINNEY. ting-bred horses to fill these various uses, if an organized effort to do so were to be made. The question is, are the breeders or the organizations devoted to the breeders' interests ready to make the effort?— Horse World. A FIELD FOR ORGANIZED EFFORT. The breeders of trotters, who naturally ought to be deeply interested in the future of that breed of horses, have not been active enough in keeping the good qualities of the trotting-bred horse before the public. They have never made any organized effort to encourage the breeding and use of the trotting- bred horse except for his speed qualities, and even in that field it has been, as a rule, every man for himself. The great boom which has marked the .four great breeds of dairy cattle in this country — the Jerseys, Holsteins, Guernseys and Ayrshires — was set in motion largely through the organizations devoted to those breeds. Those organizations have advertised the good qualities of their respective breeds in season and out, using every medium that would be likely to influence public opinion. The trotting-bred horse has qualifications which would stand the same kind of advertising which has been given to the dairy breeds of cattle. The big, well- formed 16-hand trotting-bred horses so plentiful among our trotters today, with their sound conforma- tion, unexcelled dispositions, the ability to with- stand .the strain of continued and hard work; their good looks, untiring action and pace — they are model horses for the medium-sized farms of the East. As saddle horses, too, the trotting-bred horse is fast taking a prominent place in the market for horses of that class; in fact, trotting blood is being made liberal use of at present by the breeders who make a specialty of the production of horses for use under the saddle. In the show ring the trotting-bred horse has a most enviable reputation, and the only reason he is not continuing his victorious career in that field is the scarcity of material to fit for showing, too many trotting stallions of the show ring type having been unsexed or sent out of the country. There is not the least shadow of doubt but that much could be done to revive the breeding of trot- NEW BORN COLTS. A few words of advice concerning the care of the newly born colt may not be amiss. One of the most frequent troubles, navel ill, or as it is sometimes called, joint ill, is an infection or poisoning of the navel. This is caused by filthy germs, which are harbored in all stables, but can be eliminated to a large extent by the free use of disinfectants and whitewash. The symptoms are a discharge and sometimes a swelling at the navel, one or more of the joints swell and are very painful. The swelling of the joints are usually attributed to the mare stepping on the colt, but that is the nature of the disease. It attacks the joints, they suppurate and break. There may be constipa- tion or possibly scours, and great weakness. To prevent these troubles, the mare should be stabled in a roomy box stall, where there is plenty of light. She should be well bedded with clean shavings or good, clean straw. See to it that the dust has been shaken out of the straw before using it. The stall should be freshly whitewashed and kept thoroughly clean. As soon as the foal arrives the navel cord should be tied with a string which has been soaked in a solution of carbolic acid (three teaspoonfuls to the pint of water). The navel should also he bathed in a similar solution and the bathing repeated twice a day until it is healed. Now just a word about the receptacle you have the water in. The slop pail will not do, neither will a milk pail be suitable, nor the wash dish. Use as clean a dish as you should want if it was yourself that was the patient. Don't use the water out of the tank or the cistern. Use water from the well and boil it, letting it cool until it is the proper tempera- ture. Then put it in a fruit jar that has been previ- ously cleaned, and use for that purpose only. After bathing, if you have used a cloth, throw it away and get a new one for the next bathing. If the colt is constipated give him two or four tablespoonfuls of castor oil, according to his size and age. If he scours give him the oil just the same only a smaller dose. Injections may be used fre- quently, warm soapy water or warm sweet oil, or water and glycerine, equal parts. If water is used omit the soap after the first time. As soon as the colt can take care of himself, both mare and foal should be turned to pasture, providing the weather is suitable. There is nothing better for both mare and colt than good grass and plenty of God's pure sunshine. o FAVORITE FOR THE DERBY. English turfmen are talking with great enthusiasm of The Tetrarch, the latest marvel in the thorough- bred world, winner of seven straight races as a two- year-old, and now with the Derby nearly six months away a favorite in the winter books at what looks like the ridiculously short price of 2 to 1. Whether or not this colt carries off the chief crown of the turf, the fact that his chances are considered so good at this time of the year is indicative of his going to the post an odds on choice, a very rare thing in the history of the race. As a matter of fact he has not started once with real odds laid against him, for on his first appearance his looks and training gallops were so good that the best that could be obtained against him was even money. A remarkable colt in every way, The Tetrarch, which is owned by Captain Dermott McCalmont, is one of the most peculiarly colored horses that ever stepped on a race track. A ground work of dark gray is marked as though splashed with a whitewash brush, and these dabs of white led early in his career to his being called the spotted horse by the villagers of Stockbridge. More than that, this great racer was not the result of fashionable breeding in the light of recent performances. He is by Roi Herode out of Vahren, neither of which met with much success as racers. On both sire and dam sides, however, the latest wonder traces hack to the mighty Herod, one of the bulwarks of the English thoroughbred. He has the lop ear which is a characteristic of most of the Herods and which so often has been associated with great racing machines, one instance in England being Sysonby, the best of his day. Old followers of the turf are almost unanimous in pronouncing The Tetrarch the greatest colt they have seen in forty years. His photograph looks more like the picture of a four-year-old than a baby racer. He is built compactly with great power and muscled in a wonderful manner. He had to race himself into favor, for as a yearling Captain McCalmont bought him for the moderate amount of $6,500. Now after one short season it is stated that his owner has re- fused an offer of $300,000 for the prospective Derby winner. o Record prices are being paid this winter for good draught stallions. J. G. Truman, of Bushnell, 111., reports the sale of the imported English sire, Lock- inge Hengist. to G. J. Stoll of Chestnut, 111., for the long price of $11,500, while J. Crouch & Son of La- fayette, Ind., have just sold the Percheron stallion Idlefonse. champion of the Chicago International Horse Show of 1913, for $12,000 to W. H. Miner, a New York breeder, whose farm is at Chazy, N. Y. These are said to be the highest prices yet paid for draught stallions in America. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, Januarj' 24, 1914. A RACE HORSE FAMINE COMING. Among the able writers on the trotting horse, "Marque" of the "Horse Review" stands in a class by himself. He has, at all times, a very smooth and convincing way of expressing his views. In the last issue of that journal he makes the following pre- diction: I have been giving the race horse situation some sober thought and study of late, and I have reached the conclusion that five or six years from now there will be a dearth of trotters and pacers in this coun- try. I look for a race horse famine such as we have never previously experienced, and I look for the prices of even ordinary performers to more than double. No, I am not having a brain storm, or anything of the sort. I may be badly mistaken, but being fairly in touch with the situation, and having given the matter a lot of thought, I believe that I am correct in my surmise. Let us analyze the causes and reasons. With the advent of the automobile, and its now general usage, came a new era, and almost a revolutionary change in respect to the horse as a roadster, and the means of transportation. For a time we didn't feel the change, it being so gradual, but within three years after autos became popular, we found that the pleas- ure horse was being put practically out of business. Prices for our by-product, meaning horses not good enough to race, but thoroughly desirable for driving, fell, and as time went on they were displaced al- most entirely by the machines. This is a sad acknowledgment, but everyone knows that it is true, so whv not state it plainly? As a consequence, our indifferent trotters and pac- ers had lost prestige, and one source of revenue to our breeders was materially reduced, for such horses became useful only for business purposes requiring the haulage of light wagons. But the greater harm is yet to be reckoned with. Thousands upon thousands of men used to own standard-bred mares which they used for driving purposes, and eventually, owing to their owner's fondness for them and wish to perpetuate their good qualities, the majority of these mares were bred. Take the doctors of the country alone, and, from your own knowledge, estimate how many of them were identified as breeders in a small way. The medical practitioners always drove good horses, and no class of business or professional men were fonder of them. They required good horses in their prac- tice, too, and you could find on every stock farm numerous mares owned by them that had been re- tired and sent to be bred. With the advent of the auto, the doctors largely disposed of their roadsters and bought machines. Some of them, of course, still retained their interest in breeding, but in a way the incentive which made them horse owners and breeders was eliminated. I merely cite doctors in order to show how, among one particular class, breeding has been injured. Such breeders as I have referred to we may class as "small breeders," men who owned but one or two mares. In a large way, on the pretentious farms, and in the leading horse centers, breeding has not suf- fered, and, it is true, too, that the mares owned by the small breeders are, for the most part, alive; but many of them have been withdrawn as matrons and put to other uses. Many have found their way to Canada, which, during the past ten years, has taken a great many brood mares, and in the future that country will turn out many good race horses. As previously stated, we are beginning to feel the effects which resulted from the causes cited, and within five years more wTe will experience a veritable horse famine, because by that time good ones will be scarcer than ever, despite the fact that there are more meetings held than ever before in the history of the harness turf, more demand for race horses, and greater opportunity for them to earn money. So, on that score, we need not be alarmed. Our sport has not lost its popularity, and so long as this is true, we may be certain that the supply of race horses will be filled at least fairly well. I look upon the situation which I have described as only temporary, and not permanent, but I do believe that in about five years the smaller and less important meetings will have to be content with much slower time and far less capable racing mate- rial than is now available. In other words, the ordinary horse that is not considered quite good enough to race nowadays, say 2:25 trotters and 2:20 pacers, will, through the scarcity of better ones, be given consideration. And I believe, too, that breed- ing conditions will adjust themselves and return to their normal status. When it is found that an ordi- nary performer is "worth money" and has a fair earning capacity, breeding will receive renewed im- petus, and many of those men who have temporarily abandoned it, will return to the ranks. Horse love, sentiment for our equine friends, is not built upon a weak or faulty foundation — it is the result of cycles of association between men and horses in all the exigencies of life, war, sport, com- merce, etc. We have inherited this sentiment from our forebears of uncounted generations, and it has become a part of our subconscious nature. It would take many generations of new environment and new conditions to eliminate from human nature its horse love, and no transient man-made machine is going to battle against this innate inheritance for long. When the child ceases to love its pony, then I will think that the trend of things modern has obliterated the deeply implanted instinct derived from the past. But every normal child still loves a pony, and as a man, he will still love a horse. But, admitting that the conditions are as I have stated, then what are we going to do to meet them, and what is the solution of the problem? Like Joseph in Egypt, we should prepare for the lean years which are to come. Personally, if I could afford it, I would stock up on those well-bred colts, and especially fillies, that are today bringing nothing like their real worth in the auction market. They are going to be higher by three hundred per cent in a few years than they are now, and those who have the foresight, and are situated to take advantage of it, will be the ones to profit thereby. Remember the slump after the boom period of the late eighties and early 'nineties, when tbe horse business seemed to have gone to the eternal bow-bows? Prices tumbled to mere nothing, and it seemed tbe more horses a man owned the worse he was off. In order to appreciate the condition prevalent at that period, and the dullness which prevailed in the breeding business, bis owners had to reduce Nut- wood's (then the world's leading sire), fee from $1,000 to $100 in order to induce any one so breed at all, while in some instances horses that had stood at fees of $200 to $300 were reduced to $25 to $50. The "bottom had dropped out," and hundreds of good mares were permitted to remain barren rather than assume the responsibility of owning more horses as the result of breeding them. Numerous high-class stallions didn't serve even one outside mare at any price, and in the sales all manner of horses went for a song. Responding to this "slump," track after track was abandoned, and county fairs of long standing were temporarily discontinued. But, bad as things seemed to be, the trotting horse business was not killed, had not died, and was "a little disfigured, but still in the ring," a condition from which it recovered in a few years. Breeding operations were resumed and prices went up, many of the mares that had been sold as worthless property being sought at good prices. That was a period of evolution in the business, a period of change brought about by stringent business conditions, and the fact that prices had collapsed after being highly inflated, pedigrees rather than the merits of the horses themselves, being first consid- ered. We may term the coming of the auto as mark- ing another period in the evolution of the business, and, lacking the prescient powers, we did not realize just what the effect would be until it made itself felt. We appreciated, several years ago, that the standard- bred horse as a roadster had practically been ban- ished, but we didn't and couldn't appreciate until this time what effect the auto would have upon breed- ing. Let us learn from the lesson taught by past experience, and instead of ceasing to breed, as they did in 1895, be prepared to meet tbe new conditions and profit by the lessons of the past. Good brood- mares can be obtained cheaply, and the cost of kep- ing them in the least possible manner is less than $100 per year. They can be bred to first-class young stallions, near home, at limited fees, and just as sure as you and I are living, there is going to be a tremen- dous future demand for their produce. The time to buy is when the market is down, especially when the commodity has a certain future, and at no period in the history of the business have those two features been more favorable than right now. I have talked this matter over with numerous well- posted horsemen, and, with the exception of a few, who are naturally disposed to look down upon the dark side of things, they are agreed that there would be a strong market for even ordinarily fast horses for racing purposes in the near future. Perhaps, after all, the process of elimination brought about by the causes stated, will be a good thing for the standard breed as a whole. Naturally the better class of mares have been retained, and those of ordinary breeding and merit have been weeded out. We have better blood nowadays than at any other period, better individuals, and experience has given us a better knowledge of what is gold and what is dross in tbe breed, so never 'before was the prospective breeder so well supplied with all the necessary factors to assure success. When they are crying around, a few years hence, and deploring the scarcity of race horses, I am going to say, "Well, didn't I tell you?" o GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT BELONGS. There is one thing in which Dr. McCoy, in his an- imadversions concerning the family founding defects in Peter the Great 2:07%, guarded himself quite adroitly, and that is in allowing that the shortcoming might be remedied largely or wholly by union with Hambletonian-Clay dams, particularly as found in Wilkes and Electioneer. As we turn over in mind all the Peter the Great stallions in our baliwick, there does not appear one in which that blood com- bination does not exist, and precious few stallions of the trotting breed not including infusion of these wide-spread and common clans. Mr. Pinkerton, the first speed siring son of the famous progenitor, has a good speed producing dam, Episode 2:18 (dam of Robert Bingen 2:14%), by Ambassador 2:21%, son of George Wilkes 2:22, with his dam by American Clay 34, doubling the Clay element. Peter Red 2:11%. sire of four, has a second dam by Red Wilkes, both sons of George Wilkes. Peter Ashland 2:17%, has a first dam by Ashland Wilkes 2:17%, and second by Egotist 2:24%, by Electioneer 125, so there is the double infusion again. Peter Silver has more still, as his first dam is by the Wilkes stallion Onward Silver 2: 05%, second by the Clay-Hambletonian horse Sultan 2:24%, and fourth dam by American Clay 34, surely enough for Dr. McCoy to take refuge behind, with even phenomenal success in siring shown. Cap- tain Aubrey 2:07%. was destitute of the Clay leaven, but as he did some positive speed siring quite young in these parts, and now has gone far away, he may be left as an exception. But of the four well tinctured with the potent ingredient, the famous son of Pilot Medium and Santos will be stripped of any credit for any achievements in tbe second generation, because the Hambletonian-Clay is the only saving instrumen- tality and must receive all the glory. Glancing around a little, as Peter W. 2:08% has it in his dam also, and Gray Petrus, sire of Peter Johnson 2:08%, and Peter O'Donna, sire of Don Chenault (3) 2:05%, and Petaurist, another sire, and Peter Billiken 2:10%, and Caduceus the Great, and Peter Leyburn 2:26%, and Peter Volo (3) 2:04y2 has it doubled and twisted, it looks as though poor old Peter the Great has no earthly show to get credit for siring sons, the Ham- bletonian-Clay dams doing the whole business, and reaping the honor. — Spirit of the West. READVILLE NOT IN GRAND CIRCUIT. In spite of many rumors w7hich have been preva- lent for many weeks, concerning the return of the Readville track to Grand Circuit activities, it is now definitely known that an assignment for the famous "two-minute track" will not be sought. For some time there has been much talk to the effect that a number of leading New England horsemen were plan- ning to secure tbe track and equipment, and not only reopen for a Grand Circuit meeting, but present a fair and horse show there on a large scale. Plans for the scheme have not materialized and again the famous racing course will be deserted as far as the big line is concerned. There is still some talk of a fair later in the season, however, with racing over a newly constructed half-mile track and New England horse- men are pinning their hopes that these plans may not, too, prove abortive. Should the arrangements of the eastern end of the circuit permit there is a plan to have a gala one-day meeting at Readville with a renewal of the famous Massachusetts purse. Hartford is a sure member of the circuit, and will be awarded the week of Labor Day. Rockingham is to ask for dates and will, it is understood, be willing to take the week that the stewards fix upon as best for all concerned. Wilbur Duntley will be unable to attend, the New Hampshire member simply making a formal request for continuance as an active member. The Fresno County Agricultural Association is try- ing to raise $40,000 by public subscription. They sold $2,360 in one block the first day, and it looks as if it will be very little trouble to dispose of the bal- ance of the shares. The Bondsman 37641 Trial 4-2:11 By Baron Wilkes 475S, dam Sorrento (dam of 6) by Grand Sentinel S65 (sire dams of Peter the Great 2:07%, J. Malcolm Forbes 2:08, etc.); next dam Empress, great broodmare, by Abdallah Mambrino 3715. Colorado E. (3), race record 2:04% World's Champion 3-year-old stallion. Col. Franklin (1913) 2:06% The Plunger (4) 2:07% A winner in both America and Europe. Creighton 2:08% Grace Bond (2) 2:15 2:09% "Winner of 2 and 3-year-old futurity. Sire of Carmen McCan 2:09% Lizzie Brown (1913) 2:10 Arion Bond (a sire) 2:11 The Clansman -(a sire) 2:13% Mary Brown (1913) 2:15% Bon Ton (1913) 2:15% Cecil Bond (p) (1913 2:15% And 16 others in 2:23 and better. And others in two-thirty and better. THE BONDSMAN will make the season of 1914 at THE SAN JOSE DRIVING PARK, San Jose, Cal. He will be limited to sixty mares only. TERMS: $100 at time of service with return privilege in 1915, or money refunded at our option. Good accommodations and best of care to mares sent. Address all correspondence to CAPT. C. P- McCAN, 179 Park Ave., San Jose, Cal. Saturday, January 24, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 THE FARM 1 VIEW HERDS AT THE PANAMA-PA- CIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION. Each breed exhibited will be super- intended by its breed record associa- tion and orders for animals will be handled by the secretary of the asso- ciation and distributed among the breeders according to the age, qual- ity and price prescribed by the pur- chaser. The recent announcement of the sale of a Shorthorn bull in the Argen- tines for $35,200 in gold at a public auction is a silent indication of the interest in pure bred animals, and the demand which now exists, and which is rapidly growing in Latin American countries. There is only one place on earth where the American hog can be ob- tained and that is in the United States of America. Foreign nations have been requested through their proper repre- sentatives to urge their citizens who visit the Exposition to come prepared to buy, and it is known that great interest is being taken in several classes of American live stock by for- eigners, this being especially true of the milk producing breeds of cattle and of all the different breeds of swine. Every farmer is interested in the horse, not only for his beauty, gen- eral usefulness and intelligence, but because he is the one important mo- tive power of the farm. Warranted give satisfaction. 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Blake, Moffit and Towne, Los Angeles SELDOM SEE f '§ a big knee like this, but your horse £. The great 3-year- old Peter. Johnson snatched the second heat of the Kentucky Futurity in 2:08%, but his winning race record is only 2:13%. The stallion. Admiral Dewey, has a record against time of 2:03%, but his winning race record is 2:0G% only. There are scores of pacers that acquired records in losing races, the most marked example being that splendid race mare. Flower Direct, which won the fastest pacing heat of the year, 2:01, but lost the Tennessee stake to Frank Bogash Jr. The Grand Circuit shipments by express this year will be as follows: Miles. Cleveland to Detroit 167 Detroit to Grand Rapids 152 Grand Rapids to Kalamazoo 49 Kalamazoo to Pittsburgh 382 Pittsburgh to Buffalo 287 Buffalo to Syracuse 150 Syracuse to Hartford 274 Hartford to Detroit 675 Detroit to Columbus 192 Columbus to Lexington 206 Total .-: 2534 O P. H. Smith of Los Angeles is the owner of two very promising young trotting fillies at Pleasanton. One is by The Bondsman out of Rosemary 2:24% and the way she trots is surprising. She moves like a piece of perfectly balanced machinery; while the other is a two-year-old by Zombro 2:11 out of Cath- arine S. by Diablo 2:09%. It is a question which is the better of these, ages considered. Both are well staked and should win their share of the money this year. Bert Webster is handling them. Saturday, January 31. 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN A GREAT PACING SIRE NON-STANDARD. There is an old saying that it you will give a calf rope enough it will hang itself. This surely has proven true with the American Trotting Register Association. Some years ago they adopted a set of rules that now bars from the standard one of the greatest pacing sires living. Recently we no doubt surprised many breeders when we told them that the great sires Directum Kelly 2:08, McKinney 2:11%, Axtell 2:12, Baron Wilkes 2:18, Sidney Dillion, Red Wilkes, Strathmore, Happy Medium and many others would all be non- standard, under the present rules. However, if you looked up the records you found that our statement was true. Before starting on this article I want to state that I do not own any hobbled or short-bred horses. Every sire and mare I own is not only standard bred, but each and all of them have long predigrees by stand- ard sires. What I am writing is being done solely for the good of the game. I hope to convince the American Trotting Register Association that they propose to make a mistake, and trust that they will adopt a new rule that will admit all successful speed sires and dams to be recorded as standard, says F. F. Kirk, in The Horseman. Many years ago, and before the present standard rules were enacted, there was a family of pacing horses in the South, known as the Hals. All, or nearly all, were short-bred, and all, or nearly all, were free-legged. The horse known as Gibson's Tom Hal, later recorded as Tom Hal Jr. 16934, founded the largest branch of the Hal family. He sired 19 in standard time, including Hal Pointer 2:04% (one of the greatest pacing racehorses that ever lived) ; Little Brown Jug 2:11% (that held the world's pac- ing record in 1881), and Brown Hal 2:12% (that twice held the world's stallion record). Mr. Ed. Geers, who trained and raced them, says that under present conditions all three would be two-minute pacers. He drove Brown Hal a quarter in 28% sec- onds to an old-style, high-wheel cart. We will now take up another sire that was one of the very greatest early-day sires — Blue Bull 75. He was foaled in April, 1855. All of his get were raced to high-wheel sulkies, many of them heavier than the high-wheel jog carts now in use. At that time the pacer was unpopular, and very few were trained. Many of the get of Blue Bull wanted to pace. If the pacers in his family had been developed he no doubt would have been one of the first century sires. In my opinion, there is fully ten seconds' difference between the conditions now and when the get of Blue Bull were raced. We have better drivers, far better tracks, lighter and better shoes, boots and harness, and the modern sulky is at least two sec- onds faster than the bike sulky when it first ap- peared, and it was considered to be three seconds faster than the high- wheel sulky; so that ten sec- onds difference is entirely within reason. Allowing this difference, Blue Bull would have 7 in 2:06% to 2:10, and 60 in 2:20. All of his standard perform- ers were trotters except four. Blue Boy, by Blue Bull, was bred to Punch, by Blue Bull, and produced Ellen M. She, in turn, was bred three times to Hal Dillard 2:04%, the greatest son of Brown Hal 2:12%, and produced Fanny Dil- lard 2:03%; Hal B. 2:04%, and Ellen D. 2:10%. Fanny Dillard was a successful Grand Circuit race mare. She won 11 races in one season. Hal B. won 20 races out of 23 starts in two years, and he was the champion money-winning pacer of 1899. On account of the change in the standard rules above referred to, Hal B. 2:04%, and his famous sister, Fanny Dillard 2:03% (at that time the fastest own brother and sister on record), were both non- standard. Notwithstanding that Ellen M„ the dam of this famous pair, held a world's record as a producer of extreme speed, she likewise was non-standard. Thus Hal B., 2:04%, started on his career in the stud as a non-standard outcast of the American Trotting Register Association. Many breeders who might have bred to him, had he been standard, re- fused to breed their standard mares to him, as the foals could not be registered. Under these condi- tions, it was his lot to be bred to many common and non-standard mares. None of the better class of stock farms would have a non-standard sire, so he was peddled around to various owners, and al- ways a public stallion, being bred to any kind of a mare that he could get. In spite of the unreason- able and unjust rule enacted by the American Trot- ting Association, and the many adverse conditions and surroundings, Hal B. has won out as a sire, as he did as a race horse. The records show that the non-standard get of this non-standard sire, Hal B., won more races in 1913 than the get of any sire, trotter or pacer, living or dead. Peter the Great was the leading money-winning sire of 1913. His get won 40 races. The get of Hal B. won 64 races. The get of Hal B. did not only win races, but his non-standard outcasts won more than the get of any pacing sire, dead or alive, and more than all of the trotting sires, with Peter the Great and Moko excepted. Not only this, but, cover- ing a period of three years, this same bunch of non-standard outcasts has won more money than the get of any standard pacing sire. Hal B. has been one of the first five leading money-winning sires for the past three years, and no other pacing sire has. The second largest money-winning pacing sire of 1913 is Frank Bogash 2:03, and he, like Hal B., is non-standard. The largest money-winning Grand Cir- cuit pacer of 1913 was Frank Bogash Jr. 2:01%, and he non-standard. The largest money-winning pacer on the Great Western was Chimes 2:04%, also non- standard. The following tabulated statement shows the 10 largest money-winning pacing sires of 1913. It also shows the number of new 2:10 performers, the total 2:10 performers, the number of new standard performers, the total standard performers, the total number of races won by their get, and the total amount of money won by the get of each sire. The year books show that four pacing sires have rec- ords in 1:55 to 1:59%. and 46 others have records as fast or faster than Hal B. 2:04%. See how many of them you can find among the 10 leading sires: "3 OS ^i^aJo^arf >,*?. Eo^ Z a Ha ^SohSoBBi <$S Hal B. 2:04%* 4 11 12 4S 64 $33,666 Frank Bogash 2:03*.. 1 1 2 7 16 25 221 The Earl 2:14% 1 4 7 25 29 21,318 John R. Gentry 2:00% 1 7 7 71 45 18,875 Direct Hal 2:04% 1 8 12 59 48 18,465 Joe Patchen 2:01%.. 1 7 5 56 26 15,732 Council Chimes 2:07% 1 1 0 13 27 12 895 Searchlight 2:03% ..0 4 6 29 20 12,814 Zolock 2:05% 2 10 6 37 12 9 504 Walter Direct 2:05%* 1 7 3 20 10 8,505 *Non-standard. You will note that the first, second and tenth larg- est money-winning pacing sires of 1913 were all non-standard. The get of the three non-standard sires won more money than the get of any three living standard pacing sires. In addition to this, the get of New Richmond 2:07%, a non-standard son of Brown Hal 2:12%, won 14 races and $4,972. The get of Dillard Online 2:07%, another non-standard son of Hal Dillard 2:04%, won 11 races and $3,149. You will also note that 5 of the 7 standard sires in the above table have but one dam, by a standard sire. The five are John R. Gentry, Joe Patchen, Di- rect Hal, Searchlight, and Zolock. Of these, the two fastest, John A. Gentry and Joe Patchen, could not register as standard under the present rule, or, in other words, if their dams had not been registered before the present rules were enacted, they would now be non-standard. Rule 4 of the trotting standard provides that any mare can be registered as standard, provided she is sired by a registered standard-bred trotting horse, and she is the dam of two trotters, each in 2:30. Rule 4 of the pacing standard provides that any mare can be registered that is sired by a registered standard-bred pacing horse, provided she is dam of two pacers, with records of 2:25. Now, note the distinction and injustice of this rule. John R. Gen- try and Joe Patchen were both out of mares sired by a registered standard-bred trotting sire. The dam of Joe Patchen produced one trotter and three pacers, including two pacers in 2:10, one sire that sired 65 in standard time, including the greatest of all pacing champions. The dam of John R. Gentry produced two 2:10 pacers, and the trotter Myron Mc-Henry 2:15%, one dam of speed and three 2:10 speed sires. One of her sons was a world's cham- pion pacer, and one of the greatest race horses of all time. Her three sons sired more than 100 stand- ard performers. Fifteen of their sons have sired speed. Notwithstanding all of the above, the dam of John R. Gentry could not now be registered as standard. On the other hand, if she had produced two trotters, each with a tin-cup record of 2:30, she could be registered as standard. Is it consistent or for the best interests of the breed to have a rule that says that a mare that produces two tin-cup trotters, each with a record of 2:30, is a better mare than the dam of John R. Gentry or Joe Patchen? On this same line is Evelyn W. 2:00%, the world's champion pacing mare (she holds more world's pac- ing records than any other mare). She was sired by a registered standard-bred trotting horse. If she was bred to Dan Patch, the world's champion pacer, and produced a dozen foals by him, and each and every one paced in two minutes, the entire lot would be forever non-standard unless the standard rules are changed. As a matter of illustration, reverse the conditions and take the pacing rule. Suppose you have a non- standard mare, sired by a registered standard pacing horse, and you breed her a dozen times to a standard trotting sire, and each foal trots in two minutes, the whole lot would still be non-standard; but if you should place the hobbles on two of them, and give them tin-cup records of 2:25, their dam would then be standard. It seems to me that the rules are not only unjust, but they are absurd and unreasonable. Some might think from the line of argument I have submitted that I think the non-standard horses better than the standard. Such is not the case. My contentions are that the standard rules are not only unjust, but are not consistent with the best interests of the Ameri- can trotters and pacers. I think they should be changed, so that any successful sire or dam could be recorded as standard. o Last fall Dr. C. Masoero, the well-known veterinary surgeon, was called in to treat and operate on all of R. J. Mackenzie's horses. He fired a number and gave his advice as to how the other ailing ones should be cared for. As a result every horse, mare, colt and filly that passed through his hands is doing splendidly, and every one having anything to do with them is praising this good surgeon's work. Dr. Ma- soero's reputation as a veterinarian is well estab- lished and it is doubtful if there are many in the pro- fession in America as well and favorably known. His success in the most obstinate cases of surgery and lameness has been phenomenal. LADY GREGORY, A GREAT BROODMARE. One of my correspondents, who has a standard and registered filly, whose third dam is Josephine Young, dam of Joe Patchen 2:01%, one trotter and two other pacers, asks me if I do not think Joe Young got his ability to repeat his record at 18 years of age, and Joe Patchen, "the iron horse," his superiority over other sons of Patchen Wilkes, from the Morgan blood in his sire. No, I do not. While I grew up with the Morgan horse and have a very high opinion of him as a roadster, I think Joe Patchen got his greatness from his dam, Josephine Young, the best daughter of Joe Young, and her dam is untraced. Joe Young was out of Lady Gregory, by Bashaw 50 (possibly the greatest speed sire of his day). Taken to Iowa in the earlv fifties, from such mares as the dam of Ladv Gregory he got 17 trotters. The sister to Joe Young, Lady Gregory Jr., produced Golden Star 2:19%, Hamdallah Star 2:23, Nina Dinsmore 2:17, and her daughters have produced Dr. Truitt 2:16%, Miss Densmore 2:12%, Densmore 2:13%, Doneastro 2:24% and the pacers, Nelly BIy 2:24% and Don Densmore 2:02%. The first trotting horses we had were mostly Mor- gans, Clays and converted pacers. In Joe Young, through his sire, we unite these and add the blood of Bashaw 50. If we could count on blood lines to give exact proportions, we have in Joe Young two lines that should be even — the blood of Justin Mor- gan, through Sherman, sire of Black Hawk 5, and his son. Flying Cloud; Star of the West on the other hand. The Charles Kent mare (dam of Hambleto- nian), through her daughter, Belle, the dam of Ba- shaw 50, sire of the dam of Joe Young. The sire of Bashaw 50 was Vernol's Black Hawk, a son of the Clay horse, Black Hawk 24, that sired the dam of Black Flying Cloud, sire of Star of the West, the sire of Joe Young. All of the pedigree of Josephine Young is untraced except what she gets through Black Hawk 5, Black Hawk 24 and Belle, by Webber's Tom Thumb. The Charles Kent mare was ten years old when she was bred to Webber's Tom Thumb, a pac- ing horse, sired by the Norfolk trotter, Bellfounder. She was sold as a three-year-old for $300, afterwards $400 and $500 and later at $600, when she was in- jured, became lame and in 1844 produced Belle, the dam of Bashaw 50. The teaching had been to go to the thoroughbred for all that was good. Harness horses were muzzled, drawn and handled like the running horses. All attempts to breed trotters was done by those who thought the more thorough blood you could get and make them trot, the better. Hambletonian was foaled in 1849, and was four years old when he was bred to Lady Patriot and got Volunteer, that was 14 years of age when bred to Flora, that produced St. Julian 2:11% at 11 years of age. Since that day we have made a wonderful ad- vance in breeding, but not in proportion to the advance in teaming and training. St. Julian was driven 25 miles (to the verge of exhaustion) to get that one mile in 2:11%, and the man who won the world's trotting record with him stated that when the old horse was pensioned he would not allow him (Orrin Hiekok) to enter the enclosure. No man that would handle a horse in that manner could handle him the second season. We have them, but they do not appear twice in the same locality, says L. E. Clement. From the time when Lady Suffolk in 1845 trotted in 2:29% to the present day we are, like Josephine Young, absolutely obliged to give an equal amount of credit to the untraced portion as to the known lines, and, nine times out of ten, it goes to a plebian pacer. No horse that ever lived, that had such a sis- ter as Lady Gregory 2nd, crossed on such a mare as the dam of Josephine Young must have been, could be a complete failure in the stud. It is men like William Russell Allen who are trying to force the adoption of just one rule by a standard and registered sire out of a standard and registered dam. There are two mares on the Allen farm, Rena (p.) 2:11%, by Lancelot, and Almira, by Kentucky Prince. A friend of mine bought a colt by a son of McKinney, a pacer. Because Rena is a gray and a pacer her filly by Bin- gara was priced as low as any colt in the catalogue. I advised her purchase. She is undoubtedly as a trotter one of the best if given the opportunity. If I am right, the only 2:10 and better pacers Allen Farm has ever bred are out of Almira, by Kentucky Prince. Both of them are sires of 2:30 or better trotters. That is the way the application of the rule works on Allen Farm. We should exclude a large number of meritorious animals from the standard and carry along a lot of high-bred, rule-bred disappoint- ments. At a meeting convened by the National Equine Defense League in London, to call public attention to the bill to prohibit the docking of horses, which will be introduced into Parliament next session, Mr. R. B. Cunninghame-Graham, who presided, said that it was untrue that long tails increased danger in driving. Docking was a mere matter of fashion, and the operation was most cruel. Mr. W. A. Dellagana said that the operation could be carried out pain- lessly when there was necessity for it. The cruelty arose from the manner in which the mutilation was done. Mr. J. Lee Osborn suggested amendments to the bill to allow the operation to be performed by a skilled operator for sufficient reason, for inserting a maximum penalty, and for making owners of the animal liable as accessories to the offense. A resolu- tion was also passed unanimously calling upon the Home Secretary to appoint a sufficient number of inspectors to insure the proper treatment of ponies in mines. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, January 31. 1914. ffi-:^-:*-:-ffi~ffi-:^:-ffi-:-^:-*-:;^:-ffi-:-K-ffi^-;-ffi-;-ffi-;^-:«-:- NOTES AND NEWS Peter the Great's stallion tee is $400 this season. ffiffiffi Adansel 2:14% is to be sold at the Chicago sale next month. ffiffiffi Entries to the State Futurity Stakes, value $5000, will not close until February 10th. See advertise- ment. ffiffiffi Trainloads of Mexican and Texas cattle are com- ing into California to fatten on the rich feed that abounds everywhhere. ffiffiffi R. J. Mackenzie was called East last Saturday on business. He had only arrived here a few days before the summons came. ffiffiffi There are now sixteen different broodmares, living or dead, that have reached the distinction of produc- ing ten or more record performers, ffi ©ffi A. J. Welch talks of putting on a $10,000 program at Readville, July 4th, with a $5,000 Massachusetts stake, for trotters as the headliner. ffiffiffi It is now six years since a two-minute pacer was added to the list. This was Minor Heir 1:58%, who qualified at l:59y2 the season of 190S. ©©© Zolock 2:05% is doing splendidly at his home on the Knell Stock Farm, Carthage, Missouri. Nineteen mares have already been booked to him. ©©ffi Among the fastest trotters of their age at the Pleas- anton track are two by Prince Ansel (2) 2:20%. Everybody at this track is sweet on them. ©©© John Quinn has ten head of Mr. Borden's horses in training at Pleasanton. Albaloma 2:09 is to be castrated and no doubt it will be beneficial to him. ©©© Remember the meeting of delegates from all the fair and racing associations is called for next Satur- day, February 7th, at 10 A. M., at the Palace Hotel. San Francisco. ©ffi© George H. Estabrook, Denver, Colorado, expects Colorado E. (8) 2:04%, to capture the stallion crown this year. He is being given a careful winter prepa- ration by Trainer Eagan. ©ffi© It is believed that Ellen D. 2:10%, the own sister of Hal B. 2:04% and Fannie Dillard 2:03%, will make the third 2:10 pacer for the Hal B. — Ellen M. brood, the coming season. ffiffiffi The stallion season is here and owners who are looking for patronage for their choicely bred horses should let their merits be know7n through the col- umns of the "Breeder and Sportsman." ffi©© Prince Ingomar, the trotting stallion that Ben White is racing at the Canadian ice meetings, is a four-year-old son of McKinney 2:11%, out of Grace Boyd, dam of Grace Bond, 3, 2:09%, Boyd McKinney, p. 2:10%, etc. ffiffiffi Last week C. A. Harrison saw a gelding in Walla Walla sired by J. W. Considine's royally bred stallion Robert Bingen 2:14% and bought it. Like all that have been sired by this horse he is a pure gaited trot- ter and fast. ffi©© It is rumored that Frank Turner of Santa Rosa is making arrangements to bring his horses from Santa Rosa to Pleasanton. He has some very prom- ising ones and his mares are among the best bred on this Coast. ffi©© A. L. Blackwell. who trained and drove Mr. I. L. Borden's horses last season, is breaking a number of yearlings and two-year-olds for this gentleman in Alameda and will have them ready to receive their final lessons in a few months. ©ffi© Volume 29 of the American Trotting Register has been received. It is larger and better than any pre- ceding number and it seems that the compilers are striving to remedy all mistakes and omissions which have inadvertently been heretofore made. ffiffiffi Some one waiting a high class pacing stallion one that is perfect in individuality and breeding, will secure a bargain in buying Logan Pointer, advertised in this issue, or Mr. Montgomery, his owner, will lease this horse to any responsible party. ffiffiffi No new two-minute trotter has appeared since Uhlan scored 1:58% in 1910. The total number of 2:05 trotters produced to the present date is thirty- eight. Of this number not more than eight, at most, are liable to perform in America during 1914. ffiffiffi Opposition to the change in registration rules for trotters and pacers is becoming so strong that it is doubtful if it can be overcome at the next meeting if the Registry Association and, in that case, the rules will remain as they are for a few years longer. Bingara is now the sire of five trotters in the 2:10 list and of ten in the 2:15 list, and of these all hut one are out of mares by Kremlin 2:07%. Bingara and all his ancestors for three generations are bays or browns, and all of his foals are of these colors. He never got a pacer. ffiffiffi Natural feed on the Suisun Stock Farm is quite high and with a few days of warm weather the sixty head of standard bred trotters and pacers on this place will be seen in the fields enjoying the air and freedom they have been deprived of for the past four weeks on account of heavy rains. ffiffiffi If we are not mistaken Father Ricard made a pre- diction about a month ago that January would be a wet month. While the scientists have been busy telling us that the reverend forecaster could not fore- tell the weather from the sunspots, the weather has been verifying the Ricard prophecies. ffiffiffi The inner fence on the Lexington track is not quite two feet high and Mr. Mackenzie is to have similar ones on his mile and half-mile tracks at Pleasanton. They will be a decided improvement over the three-rail fences which have heretofore been used on nearly all our California tracks. ffiffiffi Jim Logan 2:02% will be well patronized this season for it has been proven beyond the shadow of a doubt that he represents a family that breeds on and trains on, and for early and extreme speed this remarkably fast and game stallion is certain to re- produce himself. Everybody would like to own a Jim Logan. ffiffiffi Bonds to be sold by the Fresno County Agricultural Association amounted to $7,660 last Saturday. When the total amount needed — $40,000 — is subscribed many improvements of a permanent nature will be made on the fair grounds there. From present indi- cations it is believed there will be little trouble to raise this sum. ffi©© The trotting gelding St. Patrick at Woodland, be- longing to the Woodland Stock Farm, will be among the first to catch the judges' eye under the wire in any race he starts in this year. Since his emascula- tion he has filled out and improved in every way and acts as though trotting fast was the easiest thing he can do. ©©ffi Every horseman should own a copy of Volume II of the Horse Review Harness Racing Guide and Breeders' Guide for 1913. It is a mine of valuable information to be found in no other place, and for the low price asked, $2.50 a volume post paid, it should have a large sale and would undoubtedly if it were better known. ©©© W. E. D. Stokes has consigned a lot of royally- bred young trotters by Peter the Great 2:07%, to the Fasig-Tipton Company's midwinter sale at Madi- son Square Garden. Most of them are two-year-olds, eligible to all the big Futurities. Peter the Great was the leading sire of 1913 and is now generally regarded as the greatest living sire of trotters. ffiffiffi It is claimed that the number of horse-drawn vehi- cles in daily use in the downtown part of Chicago has increased thirty per cent, in the past two years, and it is estimated that 130,000 teams are in daily use on the business streets of that city. Statistics of eleven important cities of the United States show an average increase of forty per cent, since 1912 of the licensed horse-drawn vehicles. ffiffiffi A. Filcher of Sacramento has been elected presi- dent of the California State Exposition Association, according to a statement made by Panama-Pacific International Exposition officials. V. A. Hancock of Santa Clara county is secretary. The organization, which will have charge of the counties' exhibits in the California building, adopted by-laws yesterday to govern its future operations. ffiffiffi Guy Borden 2:07% and Diablo 2:09% were the only California 2:10 pacers that died in 1913. Sono- ma Boy (2) 2:20, The Seer 2:15%, The Princess Rose 2:20, Washington McKinney 2:17%, Wanda 2:14% and Zombowage 2:29% were the only record trotters, while of the pacers in the 2:25 list the fol- lowing are noted: Mike C. 2:11%, Sidmont 2:10% and Sidmoor 2:17%. ffiffiffi Last Monday the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to animals began a campaign against the use of blind horses. According to officers of the society there are several horses being used that are totally blind. Two blind horses were de- stroyed since then by the society. This is the first time in the society's history that it has made a cam- paign along these lines. ffiffiffi A certain number of hay dealers who packed nearly every warehouse in the northern and central portions of California with hay, paying as high as $18 per ton for it with the hope they could get at least $30 per ton for it in 1914, are earnestly praying for good weather so they can empty these buildings and ship their contents to the cities where they hope to dispose of the thousands of tons to horsemen and stockmen for whatever they can get for it. From present indications hay will be dirt cheap in Cali- fornia this year; that is why these dealers want to close out their stocks at once. Everybody's Magazine is responsible for the fol- lowing: It seems that a certain lady was telling a woman friend of hers that her husband had become quite an archaeologist, because on looking through an old coat of his she had found some strange looking tickets marked "Mud Horse 8 to 1." When she asked the husband what they meant he replied, "Those, why they are relics of a lost race." ffiffiffi One question which is seriously worrying a number of farmers in the San Joaquin and Sacramento val- leys is : What shall we do with the yield of thousands of tons of alfalfa that has been planted during the past three years? The foreign demand is limited, and there are not enough cattle and livestock to con- sume the balance. As a result, this feed will be lower in price this year than it has ever been. ffiffiffi The perfect gaited trotting stallion Rapallo by Greco B., out of Oniska (dam of San Francisco 2:07%), which belongs to Dr. J. Dunne and A. V. Mendenhall, that is being handled by Al. McDonald at the Pleasanton race track, gives every indication of being one of the fastest ever seen on the classic course. He is of the rugged, strongly made kind that looks as if he will stand any amount of hard work. ffiffiffi Canadian horsemen are going to ask for a change in the law which limits harness racing to three days a week on any track, while permitting running meet- ing of six days a week. It was this law which all but wrecked the Grand Circuit trotting meeting at the Fort Erie track, near Buffalo, last year. Unless the law is changed there is no likelihood that another Grand Circuit meeting will ever be held at Fort Erie or elsewhere in Canada. ffiffiffi E. T. Ayres of this city has had his fine pacer, Tom Murphy 2:09%, turned out in a big lot all win- ter; it has been the first good rest this Stadium fav- orite has had. As a result he is in better shape in every way than ever and will be ready when the bell rings at the first matinee in Golden Gate Park. Mr. Ayres has converted his trotter Dalta A. to pace, and the way this horse adopted this way of going is very satisfactory. He will get a low record this fall. ffiffiffi Chas. deRyder has his horses looking well at Pleasanton. Joe Patchen II. 2:03% never looked better and C. E. (Red) McDonald, his caretaker, has cause to be proud of him. All of the horses have been receiving their daily exercise and this winter's rest from hard work will be beneficial to every one. The colts and fillies by Vernon McKinney 2:01%, Joe Patchen II 2:02% and El Zombro are doing nicely. By the way, this horse El Zombro is to be trained this year; Mr. DeRyder believing we will be worth trying wTith. ffiffiffi Lexington, Ky.. Jan. 26. — Eight hundred and forty- two weanlings were kept eligible for the $26,000 Ken- tucky Futurity on the second payment, January 1st, according to an announcement made from the offices of the Kentucky Trotting Horse. Breeders' Association. Walnut Hall Farm is in first position with 70 entries for the Futurity. Patchen Wilkes Farm is second with 5S nominations; Empire City Farms of Cuba, N. Y., third with 35, and Allen Farm of Pittsfield, Mass., fourth with 24. ©©ffi Jas. Sutherland, one of the best and most reliable trainers at Pleasanton, bought a gelding by Joe Patchen II. 2:03% last fall, and every time he drives this youngster on the track he declares there is no other stallion he would sooner breed a good mare to than Joe, if he gets colts like this one; for a more sensible, natural pacer never lived, and Jim is act- ually afraid to let his head loose for he says he does not know how fast he would go if permitted and it is a little too early in the year for fast work. When the time comes to show what this gelding is capable of doing there will be a number of delighted people witnessing the trial. ©ffiffi Mr. Chas. L. DeRyder brought Chas. Dean and his son Chas. Jr., and the well-known starting judge, Dr. F. E. Stone, to San Francisco in his big touring car last Saturday and gave them a day of pleasant riding to all points of interest in and around San Francisco. They visited the race track at the Panama-Pacific Fair grounds and are extravagant in their praise of its situation and declare they will come to both meetings in 1915, so as to be with the balance of the leading trainers and owners who will assemble there to witness the best racing ever seen in California, on the prettiest situated track in the world! ffiffiffi To what an extent early closing races are nowa- days given on the trotting turf is brought out by the statistics of 1913, which disclose a total of 813 purses of $1,000 or more hung up in the last cam- paign. Probably 750 of these were installment purses, to which the entries--closed several months before the races took place. Their value ranged from $1,000 tc $14,000, the total being upward of $1,000,000. They were given at 126 different meet- ings, and were about equally divided between the trotters and the pacers. With so many purses of substantial value to compete for the earning capacity of a winning harness horse is considerable, not only in the Grand Circuit, but on the half-mile tracks. Nearly one hundred of the two-lap rings now offer one or more purses of $1,000 each, and the number is rapidly increasing with each succeeding year. Saturday, January 31. 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN C. A. Harrison, acting for Woodland Stock Farm, has sold to James E. Dacres, Walla Walla, Wash., the good looking, big pacing mare, Frances Ansel by Prince Ansel, dam Majella B., by Nushagak, second dam by Le Grande. Mr. Dacres is more than pleased with the mare and will have her trained and raced this year. ©©© Speaking of the McKinney colt, Belwin, that took a record of 2: 21% as a yearling, but who went wrong last summer after working a mile in 2 ill1/* as a three-year-old, Henry Ten Eyck White says: "The ailing leg now is sound, and if it stays that way I believe it will take a sure 2:06 trotter to make Belwin flatten out for the full mile. He can turn and get away from the wire as fast as any trotter I ever saw and acts as if he could step any quarter in :30, which sort of speed means a lot in big fields. I understand Belwin will he named in all the big purses this sea- son, and his record of 2:21% will permit him to drop into some pretty soft spots." ©©© The love of hunting is a characteristic of the Graf- ton family, and reminds a Northampton paper of the following story told of the father of the present duke half a century ago. His grace, when hunting, was thrown into a ditch. At this moment a young curate called out, "Lie still, my lord," and leaping over him, pursued his sport. Such an apparent want of feeling, might have been supposed to offend his grace, but, on the contrary, he knew the enthusiastic ardor which the chase excites, and on being helped out by his attendant inquired the name of the cur- ate, saying: "He shall have the first good living that falls to my disposal for his sportsmanlike cour- age, but had he stopped to have taken care of me I would never have thought of noticing him." ©©© From a test at the Wyoming Experiment Station it is concluded by Prof. A. D. Faville that "alfalfa is a satisfactory feed for all classes of horses, and the careful horseman need not hesitate to incorporate it into the rations he uses. From tests cited we may safely give alfalfa a higher value for horses than either native hay or timothy." In this test native hay was compared with first-cutting alfalfa for six farm horses. During ten one-month periods on alfal- fa the six horses showed a total gain of 203 pounds, while during an equal period on native hay there was a total loss of 84 pounds. It was observed that both idle and hard-worked horses responded better to the alfalfa diet. A grain ration of corn and oats in equal parts was found very satisfactory with the alfalfa. ©©© Mr. W. F. Whittier, proprietor of the Hemet Stock Farm, Hemet, reports the first foal of the season, a beautiful colt by Kinney de Lopez 2:23 (son of Kin- ney Lou 2:07% and Betsy Direct by Direct 2:05%) out of Louise Carter (3) 2:24 (dam of Wilbur Lou 2:10%, Mamie Alwin 2:12 and Martin Carter (3) 2:29%) by Chestnut Tom 2:15 (son of Nutwood Wilkes 2:16% and Zeta Carter by Director 2:17 out of Lida W. 2:18y2 by Nutwood 2:18%); second dam Ingar (dam of John A. McKerron 2:04% and five others in 2:30) by Director 2:17; third dam, Anna Titus by Echo out of Tiffany mare (dam of Gibral- tar 2:22%, a sire), by Owen Dale, son of Williamson's Belmont. ©©© Mr, A. B. Coxe of Paoli, Pennsylvania, is on his way to California. This gentleman is one of the best posted leading light harness horse breeders in the United States. He has paid the very highest prices for mares, colts and fillies that suited him, and on his beautiful farm has many that were bred here or traced to our very choicest California bred stal- lions and mares. He leased Zombro 2:11 one season and out of twelve foals got six that proved winners. He owned Del Coronado 2:09% and has a number of his progeny on his place, which is called the "Naw- beek Farm." He was the last owner of the former trotting queen Sunol 2:08%; she died shortly after he purchased her at the Old Glory sale. The stallion he intends to use this year is Dillon Axworthy (3) 2:10%, by Axworthy 2:15%, out of Adioo Dillon 2:24% by Sidney Dillon, grandam By By by Guy Wilkes 2:15%, etc. Mr. Coxe is a splendid judge of conformation and gait and his researches along the line of breeding for early and extreme speed have enabled him to obtain the most satisfactory results, and, with Joe Serrill as his trainer, his trotters have captured a large share of the Futurities. ©©© T. D. Sexton of Oakland has sent his latest pur- chase, a colt by The Bondsman, to Al Schwartz to be broken to harness. Judging by the way this young- ster trots in the paddock Colorado E. has none the best of him. This handsome colt is out of Burnside by Antrim 5918 (he by Aberdeen out of Hyana by Hylas 831); second dam Dolly by Arronax 19027 (son of William L. and Stokesie by Geo. Wilkes 2:22); third dam Birdie (dam of Bodaker 2:13) by Jay Bird 2:31%; fourth dam Dame Tansey (dam of Prima Donna 2:09%, Marie Jansen 2:21%, Busbey 2:29%, and grandam of 9, including Peter Donna 2:08, East View Belle 2:15%, Eagle Bird 2:21, sire of Eagle Flanigan 2:07%, etc.), by Daniel Lambert 102; fifth dam Charlotte F. (dam of Bay Star, sire of Amy Lee 2:14, etc.) by Imported Scythian; sixth dam Sally Polk by Imported Ambassador; seventh dam Bettie Martin by Giles Scroggins, son of Sir Arcliy; eighth dam Fannie by Arab, son of Sir Archy; ninth dam Rosetta by Wilkes Wonder, by Imp. Diomed, and so on to the 20th dam, a Barb mare. Mr. Sexton has this good trotter named in the principal futurity stakes and stands a splendid chance of capturing some of them. THE NEW GRAND CIRCUIT RACING RULES. The rules committee appointed by the Grand Cir- cuit Stewards to revise the racing rules governing the racing in the big series of mile-track meetings performed, perhaps, the most notable service that has ever been rendered in this direction since the formation of the Grand Circuit. The committee con- sisted of George Connor of Detroit, H. S. Nealley of Buffalo and H. D. Shepard of Columbus, and the report made by them to the Stewards when they met at Grand Rapids, January 13th, is as follows: The committee appointed to revise the racing rules of the Grand Circuit submits the following report to your honorable body of grand stewards of the Grand Circuit: That every member of the Grand Circuit each year shall close its early-closing events 120 days before the opening of its race meeting. That entrance fee on every horse named in early-clos- ing events shall be three per cent, of the purse; one per cent, due at time entries close, 1 per cent, due 30 days later, and final payment of 1 per cent, due 60 days after entries close; no entry to be declared out unless all pay- ments due are made; purses to be divided as each mem- ber may direct; seven per cent, of purse extra to be charged money winners. Or it shall be optional with each association to give sweepstakes races in place of purse races. That where two or more horses are entered and start in the same race from the same stable or are owned by the same man, they shall be coupled in the betting and in the penalties. We recommend that a horse that has started in two consecutive races on the Grand Circuit, and is outside of the money, shall be allowed to start in his next race in a class two seconds slower than his best record; if he has started in three consecutive races on the'Grand Cir- cuit and won no money, he shall be allowed to start in a class three seconds slower than his best record; if he has started in four consecutive races and won no money, he shall be allowed to start in a class four seconds slower than his best record, four seconds being the limit in this respect. It is further recommended that a horse granted any of the above allowances shall, on winning a race, be eligible only to the class in which his record entitles him to start. If already entered in a class to which his win- ning performance renders him ineligible, he shall be en- titled to start in any class to which he is eligible. These provisions are not to apply to early-closing events. We recommend that the three system- three-heat, two- in-three and three-in-five, be adopted by every member. In case one plan or all of above plans are adopted, then the rules of the association of which the track is a member to govern. A member will have the right to put on one or more of above systems. It is recommended that the entry fee in late-closing purses shall be five per cent, of the purse. Two horses from the same stable may be entered in the same class or purse for one entry fee of five per cent., and for each additional two entries or fraction thereof made in the same class for the same stable an additional entry fee of two and one-half per cent, must be paid. The full entry fee of five per cent, must be paid on every horse that starts; five per cent, additional to be deducted from money winners. Also, that no member shall be allowed to release any nominator for payment of entries in class races because those entries were named or started in early-closing events. We recommend that the conditions of each race must be printed in the daily racing program of every member and appear on the page with the race entries and im- mediately following the title of the event. We also recommend that the advertising of the early- closing events for 1914 in the turf papers be done as a circuit and not individually. It is further recommended that all rules adopted by the Grand Circuit shall be mandatory. We recommend to the Stewards that they urge upon the congress of the National Trotting Association the rejec- tion of the proposed amendment to the rule which reads as follows: "When a series of races are given for one entrance fee and a portion of the purse is given for each heat or race, the winner of each heat or race shall acquire a record or bar, which shall be considered in determining eligibility to compete in public races." We thoroughly approve and recommend the endorse- ment of the following proposed amendment to the rules: "In determining the eligibility of horses to compete in public races, only the records made by winners of races shall be considered. Records made in performances against time and in public races by non-winners shall not be considered a bar to eligibility to races." We recommend that any rules determining the eligibil- ity of horses to compete in races should apply to all horses raced or started against time, prior to 1914 and any time thereafter; also that penalties be imposed upon owners or drivers shall not follow the horses so far as their engagements already made are concerned." While there may be some disposition on the part of some horsemen to disagree with these recommen- dations in some one or two instances, it will he gen- erally agreed that, as a whole, they mark an earnest effort to better the conditions which surround harness racing in the Grand Circuit; to lighten the burdens of campaigning horsemen; to better balance the chances of the small and large stables, all of which will tend to give added support to the sport from the public. The fact that all these recommendations were adop- ted by the Stewards, not only reflects great credit on the members of the committee, but it also indicates an earnest desire on the part of the Stewards to inaugurate such progressive policies as seem likely to give harness racing a much-neded boost in public favor. That the rule requiring a three-per-cent. entrance fee on each horse named in early-closing purses will do away with the very just complaint of the trainers of small stables that, under the rules hitherto in force, they were greatly handicapped, cannot be de- nied. Under this rule a trainer may nominate and start as many horses as he wishes to, but he will have to pay the same entrance fee on each one as the nom- inator of one horse has to pay on his nomination, and the small trainer finds further protection in the rule which requires two or more horses started from the same stable to be coupled in the betting and in the penalties acquired. The rule requiring each Grand Circuit member to close the entries in its early-closing events 120 days before the opening of its meeting is a concession to the campaigning horsemen of the greatest impor- tance. Heretofore horsemen have been obliged to make their entries to all the early-closing events clear through the Grand Circuit at such an early date that there has yearly been an immense sum of money lost to the horsemen through the early pay- ment of entry fees on horses that either failed to train into racing form or that went wrong compara- tively early in the season. Under the new rule gov- erning entry closing, the entries and payments this year for these events for the different meetings, pro- vided the schedule of dates adopted by the Stewards remains as it is, will be as follows: Week of Entries First Second Meeting Close Payment Payment Cleveland July 20 Mar. 17 Apr. 16 June 15 Detroit July 27 Mar. 24 Apr. 23 June 22 Grand Rapids ..Aug. 3 Mar. 31 Apr. 30 June 29 Kalamazoo Aug. 10 Apr. 7 May 7 Julv 6 Pittsburgh Aug. 17 Apr. 14 Mav 14 Julv 13 Buffalo Aug. 24 Apr- 21 May 21 July 20 Syracuse Aug. 31 Apr. 28 May 2S July 27 Hartford Sept. 7 May 5 June 5 Aug. 4 Detroit Sept. 14 May 12 June 12 Aug. 11 Columbus Sept. 21 and 28 May 19 June 19 Aug. IS Lexington Oct. 5 and 12 May 26 June 26 Aug. 25 One will only have to compare these dates with those applying to the early-closing events of last season to see how the new rule affecting closing and entry payments will work in favor of the campaign- ing horsemen. The recommendations regarding the proposed changes in the rules which the parent trotting asso- ciations will take action on during their coming con- gress, denote the fact that the Stewards are alive to the fact that the future of three-heat racing is in danger unless the proposed rule, which gives only a race-winner a record, is amended to apply in the same manner to races in which each heat is for a portion of a main purse. As has been stated, there is absolutely nothing sound in the proposition to exempt a heat-winner (but not winner of the race) from taking a record in a two-in-three or three-in- five race, and giving a record to a horse that wins a heat in a three-heat race, but that does not win the larger part of the money raced for during the three heats. SACRAMENTO TRACK NOTES. Among the aristocratic collection of racing horses being trained at Agricultural Park by local horsemen for the 1914 season, Charles F. Silva's Teddy Bear appears one of the most promising. This handsome pacer became famous during the 1912 season when he negotiated a mile in 2:05 at the California State Fair. He is one of the gamest and fastest of the blooded horses to face the wire in the State. The only weakness detected in Teddy Bear during his excellent performances of previous seasons was bad feet, but a year's rest has removed this handicap and from all appearances, local horsemen are of the opinion he will make a mark of 2:00 flat or better in the free-for-all events of the coming season. Several inches in height and an additional 300 pounds have been added during the year of rest, but Teddy Bear is a real picture of health and condition. Peter Kylo, a three-year-old colt by Peter the Great 2:07%, is one of the most talked-of colts in the sta- bles at the local track. This bright prospect for the 1914 season, which is the property of T. H. Tod- hunter of this city, is related to Peter Volo 2:04%, world's champion two-year-old trotter. Todhunter is noted for breeding some of the fast- est trotters and pacers ever raced in California and showed excellent judgment when he sent Jim Thomp- son, an expert of blood lines, to Kentucky to buy a horse to cross with his high-class broodmares. Peter Kylo was Thompson's selection from a large group of horses, among which was Peter Volo, at the Wal- nut Hall Stock Farm. It is said a good sized bank account was paid for this colt. Jim Thompson ex- pects to have Peter Kylo in shape to start with the fastest trotters of the world, in the biggest race meet this old globe has seen, in San Francisco during the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915. Walter Tryon has added another bright prospect to the long string of trotters and pacers of S. H. Cowell's in a colt by The Bondsman. He has started training the colt and is of the opinion he has another Panama as far as speed is concerned. A great deal of attention is being paid to this newcomer at the track. u Frank E. Wright, who has thrown his hat into the ring for the race for the job of Surveyor-General of the State, has a colt by Prince Ansel that is showing a world of class in the workouts. This colt is a brother to Lottie Ansel 2:14^, the fastest two-year- old trotter during the 1912 season. Wright will have this colt trained and expects to produce one of the best trotters bred at the Woodland Stock Farm. The Sacramento Driving Club will call a meeting in the early part of February for the election of offi- cers and to map out a matinee program for the com- ing season. The local club is one of the largest in the State and plans are under way to show all of the new racers at the matinee meets as well as the old standbys. These meets will be given free of charge to the public. — Sacramento Union. The well-known starting judge. Dr. F. E. Stone of Burlington. Wisconsin, prior to leaving San Francisco for his home, called at this office and suggested that in front of every judges' stand two upright pieces of scantling of three-inch stuff should be set, just two inches apart. Opposite the aperture thus made an upright pole painted black set against a white back- ground on the opposite side of the track. This is the latest improvement in deciding finishes; even the difference of two inches under the imaginary line sighted will be detected by the judges who can stand one above the other watching; the clerk alongside taking down the numbers as they flash by. 8 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, January 31. 1914. ©K©^3^m^;-c*:j^:-<3-:^r>i+;^^©^ American shows for American bred dogs ROD, GUN AND KENNEL I CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT PRIVATE PRESERVES AND GAME LAWS. By Ernest Schaeffle. [Secretary, California Fish and Game Commission.] Dissatisfaction over the control and use of wild game is probably as widespread in the United States as it ever was in Europe — where we point whenever we want to show a horrible example of selfishness and injustice to the masses. And misunderstanding as to the real trouble is apparently as widespread as the dissatisfaction. No two people seem able to agree as to the cause of the universal complaint, the blame being usually placed upon the "game laws." Was ever an institution or program so generally misunderstood as those com- promise statutes, usually ineffective, intended to preserve the country's wild life? The writer of this article makes no claim to wis- dom; but a peculiarly intimate acquaintance of many years with game and fish, "game laws," so-called "poachers" and the general public has given him such a knowledge of natural conditions brought about by advancing civilization, that he feels capable of explaining and clearing up some of the existing dis- satisfaction and misunderstanding. "We must recognize the fact that in the "United States and in most foreign countries, land is subject to private ownership. Of course in every country large areas are collectively owned, or owned by the "government," the "crown" or by free cities and by states; but, with the possible exception of Russia, the private holding system obtains and is pretty generally regarded as being just and wise. We have the system in this country as an inheritance from our British predecessors in occupancy, who, in turn, had it from the Romans. Along with the private ownership system, however, has gone a somewhat conflicting system of public ownership in wild game and fish. That conflict should arise as a resit of this dual system was inev- itable, hut that much of the present day discontent comes from it may not have occurred even to careful students. Let us state the case concretely, and see if it does not immediately become clearer and more convincing. About ten per cent (more or less) of the population owns the land that is not publicly owned. The re- maining ninety per cent owns no land and has no rights to or upon any "land" except public waters and highways, public parks, reservations, etc. The wild life belongs to the "people" — by which we always mean the hundred per cent. — whether they own land or not. Now, the ninety per cent., being people — the same as the ten per cent.' — like to ramble amount on Sun- days and holidays and to hunt and fish. But — and right here the trouble begins — the minority owns the farms and the stream and lake beds and borders and, quite naturally, objects to trespassing and keeps or puts the invaders out. All the while, mind you, the game and fish belongs to the general public and the general public knows it and curses a system of laws that keeps it away from them and in the practical possession of the landholder. The fact that a tract of land is used by a "gun club" or "preserve" whether by virtue of ownership or mere lease, is invariably sufficient to irritate the local public. For some reason the prejudice against a farmer who closes his place against public hunting is nothing compared to the ill feeling entertained for a club (or even an individual) who keeps a place as a "preserve." It seems also that, mingled with re- sentment at being denied a privilege, is to be found a rapidly growing belief that the public has a right to go on private land so long as the purpose is the pursuit and taking of "community property," and so long as no actual damage is done to the landholder's own possessions. It is, of course, outside the purpose of this article to discuss the questions of land ownership and tres- pass; but no argument over the ownership of game and the public rights in it can be engaged in without going smash against those questions. And what is more disquieting, it seems certain that the present trouble between the hunters and fishermen and those who control the game and fish will continue and in- crease. What the outcome will be no one can fore- see; but it is hard to even imagine that a people wedded to the idea of private ownership in land and in the unrestricted use of it, as well as to the idea of a divine right to protection in such ownership and use, would stand for the general "trespass" that would be needed to bring about the end desired by the public. That private ownership means careful and often complete protection to wild species is not always accepted by the public as sufficient excuse for the system. Too often sentiment seems to favor utter extinction of what cannot be freely and universally enjoyed. . This sentiment is, of course, weak and hysterical, besides being a menace to animals that possibly have the same right to existence and com- fort that man himself claims. T^ie future may prove the viciousness of such feel- ing by developing some different scheme of holding land, under which every one will have real ownership in such wild life as may be spared by the present ruthless generation. I say present generation ad- visedly, for it is evident that another twenty-five years will see the practical extermination of every desirable wild species in North America unless the present slaughter is checked. Some doubting Thom- as may say, "That can't be true, for in Great Britain, with her forty-five millions of people, they have been slaughtering for centuries, and still there's plenty of game." Another doubter will say, "Why, just estab- lish public game preserves, like those they have in Oklahoma, and everybody can have game." And even another will say, "All they (note the they) need to do is to start farms everywhere and raise pheas- ants and wild ducks and deer, etc." Just for fun I am going to show the fallacy of all three arguments — partly because they're all fallacious and dangerous, but largely because they have been given wide circu- lation by irresponsible and dishonest agencies and are accepted, more or less, by the public. The first, argument is advanced by superficial thinkers. It is true that there is still wild game in Great Britain; but it exists because millions and mil- lions of pounds are spent each year by sportsmen and landholders in fencing and draining, building of roads, trails and telephone lines; in the wholesale poisoning and trapping of predatory birds and ani- mals; in the rearing, liberation and training of mil- lions of birds, in the feeding, watering, sheltering and even doctoring of wild deer, grouse and par- tridges, and in the continuous patrol against "poach- ers" by a body of "keepers" nearly as large as the regular army of the United States. Further than this, the kill of game in Great Britain is not to be gauged by either area or population, for out of forty-five millions of people, less than sixty- eight thousand do all the hunting, and the number is decreasing. There are now over one hundred and sixty thousand hunters in California — and the num- ber is increasing by leaps and bounds. As to argument number two — that about public preserves. We have them — have had them for years — and will have more and larger ones. But if the entire State were one preserve it wouldn't raise the game that the public wants. Furthermore, not all varieties would breed in the State; most species of wild fowl breed only in more northern latitudes. What we must realize is that game must be treated like any other crop, saving each year enough seed for the next season's planting — with something over as a safeguard against bad, weather, epidemic, etc. And now we come to the last argument, which of the three sounds the best to many enthusiasts. The answer is that game farms and preserves cost money, even in England where families have owned land until its value is forgotten or not appreciated, and where labor is dirt cheap. I have been told (by one of them) that capable game keepers work in England for JC.00 a month "and found." The same man would demand from $40.00 to ?60.00 a month here and would refuse to work as hard or as long. But the great trouble is that successful game preserves and farms are almost an impossibility because of the public's determination to pursue and kill "wild" game, even on private holdings. It is true that every hunter does not "poach" and it is also true that some preserve owners are able to protect their property; but a great many hunters will hunt wherever the shooting is good, and the average farmer or preserve owner gets laughed out of court whenever he at- tempts the prosecution of a trespasser. Some pre- serve owners have given up the courts and rely upon the shotgun, which is a favorite plan in Europe. Ob- viously the plan fails here, and what is worse, carries the whole scheme of things into increasing disrepute. And now, lest the reader quit with the feeling that the situation is utterly hopeless, I will venture a prophecy, — shall we call it? It is my strong belief, based upon the knowledge gained through an unu- sual experience, that the American public at last realizes the value of wild life and the urgent neces- sity of protecting the pitiful remnant left to us. I believe also, that we will, if we find that the tinker- ing of the past and of the present has resulted in nothing but a sense of false security and, if compro- mise measures are not found, close down on all killing — whether for commerce or for sport. Golden Gaters. — A. Albright, Jr., of New Jersey will judge all breeds at the Golden Gate Kennel Club show to be held here in April, with the exception of French bull dogs, which will be passed upon by F. B. Veeder. Albright came all the way from New York to attend the Los Angeles show held last November. Veeder came out from the East several weeks ago and is spending the winter in and around San Fran- cisco. He is president of the American French Bull- dog Club. National Show. — The members of the San Fran- cisco Kennel Club held a meeting last week and decided to hold the club's annual show at Dreamland Rink in May. It is more than possible that J. E. Webster of St. Joseph, Mo., will be the judge. He was out here last year and gave satisfaction at the San Francisco Kennel Club show. The show will be held under the rules of the National Dod Breeders Association. Under the above caption the New York Herald re- cently published an article from an Eastern kennel paper in which Chas. H. Mason claims the author conveys to his readers the idea that "American hon- ors for American dogs" was an original suggestion, falling among us as a "bolt from the blue." "Noth- ing of the sort!" states Mason, who goes on to say, that he in an article published on January 1, 1906, urged the American Kennel Club to make all of the classes at dog shows for American bred dogs, and - gave the reasons why this should be done. "Among those who opposed this I may mention the American Stock-Keeper and R. F. Mayhew, and while 1 am pleased to see a change of opinion the 'bolt from the blue' should, I think, have appeared as gleanings from 'Words of Warning' by Charles H. Mason, Jan- uary 1, 1906. In any case I shot the bolt, which fell on barren ground, only to be dug up and retired in 1914!" "As the article is as necessary and timely now as it was when the shows were in much better condition financially than they are at present, and as the Her- ald gave only a part of the original article (under a new title), I present the real reasons why Amer- ican shows ought to be for American dogs and why the profits derived from the breeding of American dogs ought to go into the pockets of the American breeders instead of into those of the English breeders. "It has been said, and very recently, that the American Kennel Club is going to do something for the dog and its owner. If the American breeder had received fair and proper consideration in the past the delegate who avowed at the May meeting that dog shows in America are "dead" would have been saved that much trouble. They are "dead" because the American dog breeder was put out of business in order that the dog purchaser and the English breeder might prosper. With the end clearly in sight the, American Kennel Club might not act unwisely in heeding the "Words of Warning" that proved un- worthy of consideration eight years ago, and which are as follows: — ■ "Years ago, as far back as the early 80s, no visitor to this country who was interested in dogs could help being impressed with the splendid enthusiasm of the dog breeders and exhibitors as a whole; and no one would have ventured the opinion that twenty- five years hence such important breeds as English, Irish and Gordon setters, pointers, greyhounds, St. Bernards, mastiffs, together with one or two others, would be no better, and in some cases not nearly so good, as they were at that time. Yet all of this has happened, and some of these breeds are but a poor apology for the excellent classes one used to find at the big shows of that period, while others, neither in numbers nor in quality, are able to hold their own. Due allowance, of course, must be made for the fads and fancies of breeders who have not yet settled down to where they know just what they want, and fashion, too, may be counted a factor in contributing to the ups and downs of the fancy breeds especially. When, however, we find that breeders who support the shows with their entries have not in twenty-five years been able to advance the standards of the most popular varieties — the breeds most largely used by sportsmen in a country where sport with the dog and gun excels — we are forced to the conclusion that there is something wrong and that the wrong is not with the dogs. "For more than twenty-five years our wealthy own- ers have persistently purchased the most typical dogs to lie had in England, paying even fabulous prices to secure them, and yet in only two breeds — cocker spaniels and Boston terriers — are we able to take the lead. The latter of these is distinctly a type of cocker of our own — a type superior to the longer and larger English type of today — the English breeder is not any more one of our competitors than he is in Boston terriers. We are, then, without mincing matters, and frankly acknowledging the truth, successful breeders of two varieties — cocker spaniels and Boston terriers — and this after the most costly experience that any country has ever indulged in. "Unfortunately our lack of ability to produce high class specimens in proportion with the enormous flood of money that buyers poured into the pockets of English breeders is not the most disastrous con- dition that is now on the threshold of the fancy and the shows, for the show-giving clubs find themselves practically at the mercy of half a dozen handlers whose entries they must have or the show is crippled or killed. The genuine fancier who relies upon his own judgment rather than upon financial means be- comes less in evidence each year, and the American dog fancy is today bordering on a condition which no other country has ever experienced — a condition which, if permitted to gain permanent foothold, means the end of dog shows, save of such as may be given like private theatricals for mine host's friends. The end, in truth, is already in sight. "While the American Kennel Club, as the govern- ing body, is, of course, largely to blame for the pres- ent discouraging state of affairs, it is not the first club that has assured itself that all was well so long as the money kept coming into the office. 'More registration fees and more money than ever,' has been the club's argument when warned of the results of its high-handed indifference, and as 'money talks,' the club's policy has been to let it talk and hang the breeder and exhibitor. The condition in which the shows now find themselves, with entry fees for the managers and ribbons for the exhibitors, indicates that the time is at hand when the Kennel Club will he compelled to lift the shows out of the mire into Saturday, January 31. 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN which they have fallen or been carried by incapable and selfish management. "We are confronted now not by a theory, but by a fact, and blaming the Kennel Club can serve no good purpose beyond warning for the future. Dog shows are on the down line. Many of them are com- pelled to give ribbons instead of prizes in order that they may pay the unreasonable demands of man- agers. Only by making nearly one class for every dog can entries be secured. Any person, whether he be a fancier or not, can become a judge by the aid of his pocket. Judges present their services as judges to the manager, and the manager gives their dogs prizes. Sometimes the manager receives a big commission on dogs purchased by a beginner, after which he may judge the dogs, and when he does not judge them he says nice things about them. Entry fees have been raised and prizes reduced in order that enormous charges may be paid to the head of the system. Prizes detrimental to the im- provement of dogs are offered, and heavy fees are demanded to compete for them. Fees are charged to compete for specials. The American breeder is deprived of a market for his surplus stock, and when he produces a high class dog one of the handlers is sent to England to purchase a specimen with a big sounding name and a wonderful record to beat his dog. His time and his enterprise and his judgment have been wasted. He leaves the field to the pur- chasing power, a man who in many cases does not know his own dogs. In the course of a few months the wealthy purchaser, having won all the prizes with his purchased dogs and become a judge with his purchased knowledge, sells out, and that is the end of him. He has carried with him several breeders who would have remained and become pillars of the fancy had they felt that they were in a fair field of sport. Certain handlers will not exhibit unless they get their man, which means the defeat of the out- sider's dog nine times out of ten. "These are the conditions, or some of them, to be faced, and they cannot be remedied by calling names. There is but one course to pursue, and that is for those who have the interests of dogs and dog sTiows at heart to stand together and exert what influence they possess to bring about such changes as are necessary for averting the downfall of shows. During last year some action has been taken by the Kennel Club in behalf of the breeder, but unfor- tunately it has been of a lukewarm nature, and the roots of the evils have by no means been reached. However, the club may deem it safest to go slow, while still realizing that there is much more to be done. But it has been so beautifully inactive in the past that when it approaches any real reform its friends feel that it may never get past the starting point of its good intentions. "At the present time the novice entries exhibited at A. K. C. shows must be American bred, and the Kennel Club deserves a certain amount of praise for having ascended one rung of the ladder, the top one of which ought to have been reached long ago. It will have to be reached sooner or later, and the longer the delay the greater the loss to dog shows and to the American Kennel Club as well. Very clearly the present arrangement does not correct a growing evil, because it does not prevent or even curb the purchasing of English winners with which to beat the dogs of American breeders. It simply permits the home breeder to win the prizes in the novice classes and then find his dogs defeated in the limit and the open, after which there is no demand for his exhibits if he wishes to dispose of them. "Certain members of the Kennel Club hold that if all the classes were homebred stock there would be less importing in the future than there has been, and that this would militate against the general qual- ity of the show dogs. This is, of course, a mistaken idea, and. furthermore, it indicates that delegates to the A. K. C. have not considered this important question in all its bearings or they would have reached an entirely different conclusion. " 'American shows for American dogs' means im- mense improvement in the next five years, whereas in the last twenty years or so the most important of the breeds, i. e., the sporting varieties, have not improved at all, save in wolfhounds and beagles and cockers and a few less important breeds. "It is easy to understand that certain delegates to the Kennel Club — delegates who are far more successful as importers than as breeders — should consider the imported prize winner a sine qua non in the matter of improving the various breeds, but the results attained by a fabulous expenditure of money, covering a period of thirty years, are there to prove that there are considerations of vastly greater importance than the mere purchasing of dogs which probably nine times in ten are unsuitable for mating with the inmates of the kennels to which they are introduced, a statement fully borne out by the records, which are there to show that, except in isolated cases, our wealthy purchasers have proved themselves wholly unable to produce dogs equal to the English bred one, and this is accounted for in a measure by the purchasing of dogs for the sole pur- pose of winning prizes. "If the American Kennel Club should say to this effect: 'Now, gentlemen, you have been importing the pick of the dogs in England for thirty years or so, and have made no progress at all in many of the breeds since 1885, consequently we find that this endless purchasing of high priced dogs has done little beyond enriching English breeders at the ex- pense of our own. We find also that the only profit- able demand for dogs is for those that are winners in England, and inasmuch as the majority of our breeders do not have either the means or the inclin- ation to keep on buying in order to win prizes, but prefer to breed and raise high class dogs, and to be known as breeders of sch stock, the American Kennel Club has decided that it is for the best interests of all concerned that the classification for dog shows shall, from the 1st of , 1906, consist of , all of which shall be for American bred dogs,' what would the Kennel Club accomplish? It would place the breeder of moderate means upon an almost equal footing with the breeder of wealth. The former's better judgment (as a rule) would be offset in meas- ure by the latter's ability to purchase stud dogs and other breeding stock, the male portion of which would, if the wealthy breeder were a fancier worthy of consideration, be at the service of breeders in general on reasonable terms. And the result? Why, the bulk of the prizes, instead of going to the wealthy purchasers of English dogs, would go to the most experienced American breeders — the men who are entitled to them — and the rich men who do not care to breed dogs, and who are only in it for notoriety or as a fad, would still be given the chance to win cups for their sideboards without working for them, only the high prices they would have to pay for their dogs would go to American breeders instead of to foreigners, and that is where they ought to go and where they will have to go if dog shows are to be made a success, which is something they most cer- tainly are not, nor is there any prospect of improve- ment in sight. "The wealthy buyer, no longer in a position to purchase the prizes at our shows, would find himself a competitor for honors with the painstaking, thoughtful and careful breeder, and in order to beat the latter he would at once go to work to procure, not the big prize winners, with which to scoop the first class prizes and specials, but the best stud dogs to be had, and dogs of such pedigrees as would be likely to mate successfully with the breeding stock in his kennels. "The one objection, then, which some delegates entertain against 'American shows for American dogs' is not only a fallacy, but it is also a stumbling block in that very road to general improvement which, if once thrown open, would in a very short time give results of a very different sort from those which have been attained by importing to win prizes without the bother of breeding and raising. "It is not the high priced Go-Bangs, undefeatable in their class, that benefit a breed. It is stud dogs of sterling worth — the Meersbrook Bristles and the Sabine Results — that improve the breeds, and he who encourages buying at the expense of breeding may innocently suppose he is building up the fancy, but the past and present prove that he is tearing it to pieces. "Doubtless the American Kennel Club was right in encouraging the importing of typical dogs for the purpose of letting fanciers see what they should breed for; but that object was attained many years ago, and as soon as typical dogs of all breeds had been exhibited very clearly it became the duty of our governing body to turn its attention to something more stable. "Is it fair to our breeders, nearly all of whom are not wealthy, that young millionaires should come into the fancy for a few months, and at most for- a very few years, and buy up the best dogs in England, wherewith to win all the prizes of value, thereby de- priving the very pillars of the fancy and of the Ken- nel Club itself of that support which will be needed when it shall be too late? By encouraging the pur- chasing of prizes we are discouraging the breeding and the breeder of good dogs, and it is because we have done this so long that the breeder no longer considers himself a competitor in a fair field. His enterprise and his energy and his good judgment count for little, and because there is no demand for his annual crop, but his registration fees are every bit as welcome as those of the men who decline doing business with him (1) because they can find something to beat him in England and (2) because the kennel manager likes to make $500 without his employer knowing anything about it and (3) because an occasional trip to the old country is beneficial in more ways than one. "The reason why the English breeder can con- tinue his breeding operations from year to year is because the money invested in dogs goes to him, and the reason why the American breeder finds it impos- sible to continue, in a country where expenses are at least double, is because the money invested in dogs goes elsewhere. "The reason why English breeders are successful is because there is inducement to succeed, and the reason why the American breeder does not succeed is because there is no inducement. "The reason why many Englishmen become good judges is by reason of experience gained as breeders, and the reason why the American as a rule does not become qualified to the same extent is because pur- chasing is encouraged while breeding is discouraged. "Our duty, then, in this New Year is to strive by all legitimate means not alone to improve the stand- ards of the breeds by encouraging breeding, but to advocate such measures as will make it possible for our breeders to continue in the fancy. "There are in the American Kennel Club today some of the very best fanciers this country has ever produced, and it ought to be safe to predict that their sense of justice and right and fair play will predominate in the end and be the means of arousing the laggards and class legislators to a sense of their duty. In the performance of this duty to those they represent they will have the most cordial assistance this journal can give, and we wish them and every friend of man's best friend — the dog — a most pros- perous and happy New Year." SPECIAL PRIZES FOR W. K. C. SHOW. A long list of special prizes has been received by the Westminster Kennel Club for the show to be held at the Grand Central Palace February 23, 24, 25 and 2G, since the publication of the regular premium list. That list contained the conditions of 707 regular classes, and of about the same number of specials, the aggregate premiums of which amounted to abot $15,000 in cash and an equal amount in plate. The specials received after the premium list had gone to press include fifty-seven from the Ladies* Kennel Association of America. These specials are open only to members of the association, and no dog is quali- fied to compete unless it shall have won third prize or better in a regular class at this show, or else three first at three recognized shows. Among these specials is the Ballyhoo Bey Challence Cup, gift of the late William C. Whitney for ttie best American bred dog or bitch of any breed. It is a perpetual trophy, but $5 is awarded in commemoration of each win. The other specials are from the American Pom- eranian Club, the Greyhound Club of America, the Dachshund Club of America, the Airedale Club of Long Island, the Boston Terrier Club of Massachu- setts, the Woodmere Kennel Club of Long Island and the English Toy Spaniel Club. Additions to the spe- cials offered by individuals include three from Mrs. Peter B. Wyckoff, open to members of the Welsh Terrier Club of America; from Mrs. Mary Winthrop Turner, of the Never, Never Land Kennels, open to members of the French Bulldog Club of America, and from Harvey S. Ladew, open to members of the Irish Setter Club of America. This is the first year that the Westminster Kennel Club has established variety classes. There are five of them, the first prize in each being $20, the second prize $10, the third prize $5 and the fourth prize a silver medal. The winners in all the breeds will compete in these four classes, which will be under the following conditions: Class 703. — Sporting class, dogs and bitches of any breed except terrier. Champions barred. Class 704. — Non-sporting class, dogs and bitches of any breed except toys. Champions barred. Class 705. — Terrier class, dogs and bitches of any breed except toys. Champions barred. Class 706. — Toy class, dogs and bitches of any breed. Champions barred. Class 707. — Champion class, dogs and bitches of any breed that have won the title of champion under American Kennel Club rules. Midgley Marsden, the famous all around expert of Whaley Bridge, England, is coming over to judge the variety classes and also the unclassified specials. One of the unclassified specials is the Spratt trophy for the best dog in the show of any breed, age or sex. The competition for this trophy has been a time honored feature at the Westminster show. It will be of especial significance this year for both non- champions and champions will meet in rivalry, a contingency made impossible by the conditions of the five variety classes. GUN CLUBS HELD UP SUPERVISORS. The proposed coast boulevard gave the southern California gun clubs the chance to play the ace they have had up their sleeves for a long time. The clubs had long desired the passage of a county ordinance prohibiting road shooting, the same as in effect in Los Angeles county, but the Orange board of super- visors repeatedly have turned a deaf ear to the re- quest. As a result, the gun clubs have been greatly pestered and worried by the road shooters, who line up along the county roads adjoining the duck clubs, and not only got good duck shooting, but hindered the sport of the club members. It happened that the county was obliged to ask the Bolsa Chica, the Surf and the Pacific clubs to grant rights-of-way through their property in order to build the coast boulevard. The Bolsa Chica, the wealthiest duck club in the State, said it would put the deed for the right-of-way in escrow on the passage of a law pro- hibiting road shooting in Orange county. The super- visors had no choice in the matter, as the road is of a great deal more importance than the questionable right of people to line up alongside a gun club and shoot ducks. In referring to the "road hunter" contingent, a prominent member of one of the gun clubs stated: "Though the Federal law deprives our members of the best shooting time of the day, the half hour pre- ceding sunrise previously allowed by our State law, our members do not quarrel with the law, but intend to continue its strict observance. They do, however, resent its non-observance by poachers, or rather, road shooters, who fill the roadways surrounding the shooting grounds with automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles and other conveyances, parking them in the ditches and blazing away indiscriminately in the faint light of an hour before sunrise, killing and wounding the birds and frightening them out into the ocean be- fore the property owners can begin to shoot. "This is the most destructive shooting extant. Their bombardment sounds like the skirmish fire of a large military force going into action. They pay no attention to the hails or protests of club mem- bers, and it seems that only arrest and conviction in the Federal courts, with the accompanying jail penalty provided, will deter them. This would re- quire additional deputies or marshals, but would have a salutary effect, as many of these people use road machines of such power and cost as to indicate financial susceptibility." Drink Jackson's Napa Soda, THE BREEDER ANL SPORTSMAN [Saturday, January 31. 1914. "ALWAYS AN ANGLER." AT THE TRAPS. GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN. [By James Watt.] An old saying which has never been disputed: "Once an angler always an angler." Anglers, men o£ fifty, sixty, seventy and even eighty years, may be seen during the trout-fishing seasons diligently whip- ping rivers, lakes, and streams, and with the same feelings of delight, zest, and pleasure that they en- joyed in their youthful days. They never tire — each moment is a moment of happiness to them. They relish anticipation, each cast is expected to return a rise or a fish, and if neither happens, their hopes are satisfied in a great measure, as the outing assures them an excellent appetite upon their return to their home or club-house, and as a subsequent pleasure a most refreshing sleep in which dreams are not dis- turbed with business cares or worldly troubles. Men who have through years grown to love, ad- mire, and cherish a fisMng rod that has given them much pleasure have been often asked by the ones who do not fish the question: "Why is it that you think so much of that insignificant looking bit of a fishing pole, and what pleasures can you derive from tramping over rocks and thrashing a stream of water all day long for a few trout? How can you have the patience to do it?" That is a puzzle to many. The angler understands why it is, but he cannot by either argument or teach- ing lure those who have not inherited in some way a love for angling to take the remotest interest in a pastime that apparently is not for all, but for the chosen few. All men are constituted differently; some have a penchant for shooting, others fancy golf, baseball, cricket, athletics, etc.; but it goes without saying that with the one exception, and that exception is angling, all get tired of their respective pastimes sooner or later, but the angler never. He dies in harness, as the saying goes. What sport of sports is more interesting and at- tractive from its commencement to its ending than angling for game fish (trout preferable)? The wrlcer has taken part in many outdoor pastimes that are known to the present-day pleasure-seeker, and can truthfully say that trout (fly) fishing takes first place in the sphere of fishing over all as a pleasure which is entertaining, educational, and wholesome. Is it any surprise then that fly-fishing (wet or dry) has such a prodigious following among the reserved citizens of the country who appreciate and love the silent places, with naught to interrupt, other than the lullaby of the riffles and the sweet notes that reach the ears from feathered songsters? What pastime can be enjoyed without the company of a fellow man other than trout-fishing? The game bird shooter — without his dog he soon wearies of the game. The angler prefers to fish alone and undis- turbed: he feels perfectly at home when his compan- ions are the birds and animals of Nature's surround- ings. A homeward trudge through mist-wrapped night; A heart and creel, in common light; Complete content — the day has brought it; He fished for pleasure — and he caught it. o PACIFIC COAST FIELD TRIALS. Bad weather conditions proved a handicap for the opening days of the trials near Bakersfield. Heavy roads caused late starts for the Derby on both Mon- day and Tuesday. Birds were wild and made hard work for both dogs and handlers. The Derby was concluded Wednesday forenoon. The winners were: First — Henry S. Russ' English setter Chicken Ives (St. Ives — Petaluma Beauty). Second — Stockdale Kennels' pointer Sweetheart (La- das — May). Third — S. Christenson's English setter Forestress (Old Forester — Linda B). The meeting was concluded Thursday aEternoon. The All-Age winners were: First — Jos. A. Chanslor's English setter Old Forester (Count Whitestone — Harter's Cleopatra). Second — J. E. Terry's English setter Shasta Queen (Count Whitestone — Glimmer). Third — Stockdale Kennels' pointer Sweetheart ( ). The Members' Stake winners were First — Roy Avery's pointer Hartack. Second — Lansing Tevis' pointer Sister. Third — Lloyd Tevis' pointer Hickory- wood. o FIXTURES. Tournaments Registered. June 16, 17, 18. — Bradford, Pa. The Interstate Associa- tion's ninth Eastern Handicap tournament, under the auspices of the Bradford Gun Club: $1,000 added money. Winner of first place in the Eastern Handicap guaran- teed $100 and a trophy; winner of second place guar- anteed $75 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pitts- burgh, Pa. Sept. 8, 9, 10 and 11. — Dayton, Ohio. — The Interstate As- sociation's fifteenth Grand American Handicap tourna- ment, on the grounds of the N. C. R. Gun Club; $1,500 added money. Winner of first place in the Grand Amer- ican Handicap guaranteed $600 and trophy; winner of second plnce guaranteed $500 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $400 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be guaranteed. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa. Trap Shoots. Feb. 22.— Golden Gate Gun Club. Feb. 22. — San Jose Blue Rock Club, San Jose, Cal. March 1. — San Jose Blue Rock Club, opening shoot, San Jose, Cal. Bench Shows. March 13-14. — Pasadena Kennel Club. A. K. C. rules. April 14-16. — Golden Gate Kennel Club, 5th annual show. A. K. C. rules. Mav 28-30 — San Francisco Kennel Club, 17th annual show. N. D. B. A. rules. In announcing its 1914 programme the Los Angeles Gun Club has a pleasing surprise for its members, for the grounds will be in sole charge of one o£ the most noted trap managers in America today, states the Los Angeles Times. From Chicago, where his name is synonymous with all that is best in trap- shooting lore, comes Fred H. Teeple with a record of work well done. Teeple's trap fame is a compos- ite of clever ideas always pointing to one end — the upbuilding of "the sport alluring" — and this success- ful veteran will be resident manager of the Venice shooting park. Teeple has followed the trapshooting game for thirty years. He was founder and secretary of the Chicago Gun Club, secretary and superintendent of the Chicago Trapshooters' Association. For five years he was secretary-treasurer of the Illinois State Sportsmen's Association; during the last five years at the traps in Chicago he threw 2.500,000 targets. Teeple is some gun pointer himself .winning the amateur handicap championship of Chicago and Cook county, and also the Chicago Trapshooters' Associa- tion for the years 190G-7. In 1900 he was returned champion of both the Watson Park and the Grand Crescent Gun Clubs, two of the Windy- City's crack trigger associations. Teeple originated concrete trap-houses and plat- forms. He also conceived the idea of a shot catcher, erecting the first one ever built. This was a struc- ture 530 feet long and forty feet high. The pellets struck against upright boards and rolled down the incline into boxes. During the 1907 Grand American Handicap more than five tons of shot were salvaged with this device. LTp to three years ago the Interstate Association had done no advertising of the Grand American nan dicap. In 1907 the big scattergun fiesta was held in Chicago. Teeple was after a record, so, by orig- inal methods, he reached out so far and so well that the entry list for this famous classic was increased from 3G7 to 490, the largest shoot ever held in the world. Recognizing the great work that he was doing for the trapshooting game, the members of the Interstate Association, together with their representative, gave him a handsome gold watch suitably inscribed. This presentation was made by Elmer E. Shaner, manager of the association, immediately after the Grand American handicap event had been finished, and in his remarks Shaner declared that Teeple was with- out doubt the greatest and most successful shooting park manager that this country had produced. Not to be outdone the Chicago Gun Club members, at the 1908 annual meeting, presented Teeple with a solid gold chain and charm. Upon the latter the number of entries, "49G," was made up of diamonds. Due to ill health Teeple was forced to leave Chi- cago and four days before his departure he was tendered a two-day farewell shoot by the Chicago Gun Club, and the entire proceeds were turned over to him. On the night before his departure George W. Strell, editor of American Field and chairman of the board of directors, tendered him a banquet at the Press Club. A handsome five-room bungalow, with all modern improvements, has been erected on the club grounds, which will be occupied by Teeple and his family. This will insure open grounds 365 days in the year. Recognizing that they have secured a live wire, the officers of the Los Angeles Gun Club, individually and collectively, have assured Teeple that they will co-operate with him in making this the largest and fastest gun club in the country. The shooting season of 1914 will be opened with a free barbecue on Wash- ington's birthday, February 22. One of the events will consist of a fifty-target handicap, entrance to be price of targets only. An $80 list single-barrel trap gun will be given by the club to the shooter making high score. Full schedule of programme, together with members of the Handicap Committee, will be announced later. The above event is open to all am- ateurs. The program for the San Jose Gun Club opening shoot, Sunday, March 1, calls for ten 20 target events, $2 entrance, $5 added to each race, four moneys — 35, 30, 20 and 15%. Two special events will be — Doubles, 12 pairs, $2 entrance, four moneys and a miss-and- out, $1 entrance, targets included, 3 cut glass troph- ies, for three high guns, one re-entry only allowed. San Jose blue rock smashers landed in second place among the clubs of the United States in the telegraphic tournament last Sunday morning, when they broke 229 birds, coming in second only to Bos- ton, with the score of 245. The shoot ended dramatically, as the shooters pres- ent were able only to tie with Minneapolis for third place at 225 points. The ten highest scores of the 18 shooters present had been used in compiling this score. Suddenly William McKagney arrived on the scene, and when he broke 24 out of his first 25 tar- gets San Jose passed both Minneapolis and San Diego (227) and went to second place. The following are Sunday's scores: George Ander- son, 23; Rav Hogg, 25; William McKagney, 24; J. Bryant, 22; N. H. Cadwallader, 21; O. N. Ford, 22; A. M. Barker, 23; Mrs. Ada Schilling, 22; C. E. Nash, 23; E. W. Jack, 24. Total, 229. The showing made by San Jose was excellent, as the shooters were handicapped by the wind and rain. The open hunting season for migratory wild- fowl, in this State — including wild ducks, sea brant and other wild geese, mudhens, English or jacksnipe. blackbreasted and golden plover will close today at sunset. The close season on cottontail and brush rabbits begins tomorrow, February 1. The long-eared jack- rabbit is at your service for hunting with shotgun, 22 rifle or coursing with greyhounds all the year round. Valley quail can be hunted until February 15, in every game district excepting district No. 6 and Marin county. * * * Ducks and wild geese have been holding webfoot conventions for the past week in comparative safety. Interior overflow conditions, particularly in the Yolo basin, have offered the aquatic wildfowl feeding ground and stretches of open water that are beyond the reach of the man behind the shotgun. The Suisun marsh gun preserves have been put out of business. On most of the gun club shooting resorts the duck blinds were under a foot or two of water and all lines of pond location obliterated. From Maine Prairie down to Collinsville, for in- stance, the old-time duck and geese hunting terri- tory is submerged. The Egbert district is inundated to the depth of from six to nine feet. The wildfowl are there in big flocks, particularly canvasback ducks, but it has been impossible to get within range of the birds under present flooded conditions'. Farther up the Sacramento valley, in Colusa, Glenn and Butte counties, the sportsmen have had for a fortnight or more splendid shooting. The spell of wet weather this week has made quail hunting conditions in near-by coverts of a nature that prompts staying at home. As for rod-and-reel sport with striped bass, it is hardly worth considering for the present. * * * Recently Ray M. Jackson, a special game warden of Sacramento county, arrested Mike Pranso, who was shooting without a license and he was fined $50. Warden Scroggs found E. E. Griffin of Sacramento in the same fix and he was fined $10. Griffin was hunting in the vicinity of Penryn. F. Silva, of Rio Vista, discovered a net 150 feet long and twelve feet deep in Cache Creek with a number of striped bass in it. As this is protected water for netting the outfit was confiscated and will be destroyed. Earl Downing of Sacramento arrested N. C. P. Canals and C. J. Fredericks, shooting half an hour after sundown, and as this was a violaiton of the Federal law and as they had half a dozen sandpipers in their possession they paid a fine of $25 each. * * * A cougar, which from its size and appearance was a grizzled old veteran of many battles, was killed on the Clark ranch on Cottonwood creek, Elko county, Nev., last week by George Clark and James Mulkley, who tracked the animal several miles through the snow before coming up with it. One shot did the work, the old monarch goin gdown for keeps with a bullet wound just back of the left shoulder. The animal measured eight and one-half feet from tip to tip, and weighed 300 pounds. It had been prey- ing on flocks in that neighborhood for years. One ear was badly slit and several teeth missing. * * * A movement to invoke the iniative in an effort to have the steelhead fishing season in this State ex- tended to February 1, instead of ending December 31 as at present, has been started among the bay coun- ties angling fraternity. The anglers are confident that they will obtain the 32,000 signatures necessary to bring the matter to a vote. Petitions are circulat- ing in Ventura, Los Angeles, Pescadero, Duncan's Mills and other centers where there is great interest in the steelhead fishing. It is pointed out by the anglers that the steelhead never begin to invade the streams and tidewater from the ocean until late in December. As was the case last year, it often happens that heavy rains during the latter part of that month practically spoil the fishing entirely and a very small percentage of steelhead is taken. The anglers are anxious not only to have the fish- ing season extended so that they may be insured a chance to enjoy a sport, but to have the Fish and Game Commission establish more hatcheries on the Coast streams for the spawning of the steelhead fish. With the greatly increased revenue that will be at the disposal of the Fish and Game Commission as a result of the new law requiring all fishermen over eighteen years to obtain fishing licenses, it is ex- pected that there can be little, opposition to the establishment of these hatcheries. * * * One of the most popular and productive fishing grounds of the bay of San Francisco is along the Marina, or waterfront, of the Panama-Pacific Inter- national Exposition. Nearly every day picturesque Italian fishing boats suggestive of the Bay of Naples, may be seen hauling in their nets, often right on the beach, and reaping rich catches of several kinds of fine fish. Since the season for crabs opened on No- vember 15, crab fishermen, both men and boys, have caught large numbers of the delicate crustaceans at the Exposition waterfront. So numerous did the fishermen become that they frequently interfered with the longshoremen engaged in discharging the cargoes of lumber steamers moored in the yacht har- bor, and as a result fishing has been forbidden on the wharves. Saturday, January 31. 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 COMPARING OLD TROTTERS AND NEW. Conditions Changed Since Dexter's Day, but Early Champion Could Hardly Equal Uhlan' Record. In a letter to an Eastern publication Rensselaer Weston, secretary of the Orange County Driving Park Association, at Goshen, N. Y., has written his endorsement of Budd Doble's recently reported opin- ion that Goldsmith Maid 2:14, was the greatest trot- ter ever seen, and with modern equipment could have bettered Uhlan's record of 1:58. "It's the improvement in tracks and lighter equip- ment that is responsible for the two-minute trotter," Boble is quoted as saying. "When I drove Dexter to a record of 2:17%, in 1867, he pulled a sulky that weighed around a hundred and fifty pounds, and not only was he handicapped in that way, but he wore shoes that weighed nearly a pound each, while Uh- lan's shoes weigh only a few ounces. The tracks today are much faster, the harness is lighter and the trotters wear boots, which they didn't have in the days of Dexter and the Maid." If Doble and Mr. Weston had expressed the opinion that Goldsmith Maid was the greatest campaigner ever seen on the trotting turf perhaps few horsemen would differ with them in declaring for the mare that during her career of eleven years won ninety- five contested races and 380 heats, traveling 130,000 miles and earning for her owners more than $350,000. But few will be likely to agree that if Goldsmith Maid and Dexter were living today either of them could go the clip with Uhlan. Conditions in harness racing have changed so materially that fair comparison of the present-day champions with those of fifty years ago is practically impossible. There is one style of trotting, however, in which the test remains almost the same as when Dexter was in his prime. This is the test under saddle. Tracks are somewhat improved, training methods have advanced and the shoeing and balanc- ing of faulty gaited trotters is better understood, but when a horse today trots a mile under saddle he has to meet conditions not very materially different from those which confronted the early champions, unless we except the so-called monkey seat, which seems to have improved the speed of the trotter about as much as that of the runner. Dexter in 1866 trotted a mile in a race under sad- dle at Buffalo in 2:18, and this performance probab- ly was a fair index of his speed. It would be both interesting and instructive to see Uhlan start to heat 2:18 under saddle on the poorest track that could be found and with sixteen-ounce shoes and without boots. That he could make Dexter's time look like 18G6 is almost a foregone conclusion, in view of the fact that Country Jay 2:05%, when thir- teen years old, has set the saddle record at 2:08%. It is surprising and perhaps significant, however, that the black horse has never attempted to beat either the saddle record or the high-wheel sulky record. The statement ascribed to Doble that Dexter pulled a sulky weighing 150 pounds will have to be con- firmed before horsemen hereabouts will believe that the famous reinsman ever said such a thing. It is not probable that any trotter has dragged so heavy a vehicle in a record-breaking performance since Yankee set the mark at 2:59, more than one hundred years ago. Little account seems to have been taken of the weight of sulkies until a comparatively short time ago; hence available information is very meager, but a careful search of the American Turf Register and of the Spirit of the Times shows that occasion- ally such things were mentioned in reporting per- formances of the early trotters. In the Turf Regis- ter for November, 1830, there is on unusually full and satisfactory description of the linch pin sulky drawn by Tom Thumb when he trotted one hundred miles in* a little more than ten hours over Sunbury Common, in England, on February 2, 1829. "The match cart is one of the lightest and best constructed we have ever seen," so runs the account copied from an English paper into the first Ameri- can sporting magazine. "Its weight is 108 pounds. The shafts are of American ash and from the hind to the fore part are nine feet four inches in length, and the axle, which is of well tempered iron, is strong, and four feet from linchpin to linchpin. The wheels are five feet in diameter, light and beautifully made. The seat is supported by thin iron rods and rests upon two iron bows, but without a spring. The frame of the seat is covered with leather, and there is also a leather cushion. From the length of Wil- liam Haggerty's legs and the shallowness of the footboard he was obliged to place his feet on the crossbar, close to the horse's quarters, which pre- sented him in rather an awkward form to the specta- tors. The machine was built at Newark, in the Jerseys, near New York, by a maker celebrated for building this description of vehicle." From the report of a race in the Spirit of 1843, we learn that a sulky weighing seventy pounds was drawn by the pacer, Oneida Chief, when he started against Lady Suffolk and Beppo, over the Beacon Course in New Jersey in July of that year. And in a later volume of the Spirit is found the state- ment that in 1850 Joseph H. Godwin, one of the crack sulky builders of that day in New York, made a two- wheeler weighing only forty-six pounds for John F. Purdy, who used it when he drove his trotting mare Kate one hundred miles in 9:49:15 over the Center- ville track on Long Island. So much for the "the 150-pound sulky" of Dexter's day. As for boots being then unknown, Doble and other trainers of that period may have been "a leetle shy" of the "new fangled fixings," back in 1867, but that boots were here long before Dexter was foaled is made apparent by the following an- nouncement, published in the Spirit of October 7, 1848: "SPORTSMEN, HORSE OWNERS, &c, will find a great variety of very desirable articles, well adapted to their use, at the depot of the Union India Rubber Mills, 58 L berty street, New York, made of Goodyear's patent rubber fabric, among which are Fetlock, Knee, Angle and Quarter Boots, &c." This interesting and hitherto forgotten advertise- ment appeared in the heyday of Lady Suffolk's career and before Flora Temple had trotted her first race, yet we find nothing more about boots for trotters in the old Spirit until the day of its death, in 1861 — Query: Were these rubber boots a failure or did the trainers decline to give them a trial? In this connection it is worthy of note that rubber quarter boots have come into very general use in the last few years. In the year in which Dexter set the sulky record at 2:17% John C. Wilson, of No. 530 Seventh avenue, New York, was advertising in Wilkes' Spirit of the Times "All kinds of interfering, speedy cut and quarter boots on hand or made to order in the most improved style." It is probable that P. H. Comer- ford, recently in charge of R. H. Macy's harness shop; Wood Gibson, Isaac Stillings and other fam- os makers of light harness at that day were also turning out boots for the trotters, but Mr. Wilson was, so far as known, the first to advertise this branch of the business. While the balancing and shoeing of trotters had not been reduced to an art at the time Dexter and Goldsmith Maid were on the turf the profession was not without skilled and highly intelligent men. David Roberge who is still looked upon as one of the author- ities on shoeing and balancing, had a shop in West Thirty-second street, and was shoeing Dexter, Lady Thorn, Jo Elliott and other celebrities, and when Doble was campaigning Goldsmith Maid he engaged Charles Huey, the expert of Dan Mace's old Broad- way shoeing shop, to go on the road with the mare and shoe her. Both Doble and Huey appreciated the importance of the matter, and it is a safe conclusion that few trotters of today are shod with greater care and mechanical skill than was the mare that carried the record down to 2:14. When Uhlan trotted in 1:58 to sulky, without the aid of a windshield he wore six-ounce shoes forward and three-ounce shoes behind. Besides these plates, scarcely heavier than those of a running horse, he wore three-ounce toe weights, close-fitting quarter boots, weighing about two ounces, hind coronet boots, weighing about the same, and ankle boots all round, weighing perhaps a little more than one ounce each. He thus carried about twelve ounces of extra weight on each fore foot and leg. The boots were worn solely as a matter of precaution, and were rather a handicap than an aid to speed. The toe weights operated to balance and extend the horse's stride, accomplishing a purpose for which considerably more weight would be required if in the shoe instead of being attached to the point of the toe. It is useless, perhaps, to speculate on the probable speed of Dexter rigged with modern boots, shoes and weights, but there are horsemen who believe these appliances would not have helped him very much, and who believe also that if boots and weights had never been invented Uhlan's record would still be right around 2:00. These horsemen think the present champion is naturally a much faster trotter than either Dexter or Goldsmith Maid, and that if he could have lived in their day he would have beaten them "to a frazzle," any way rigged. Still, these same critics would probably credit The Maid with ability to trot in 2:05 or better if she were now in the flesh. In reaching this conculsion they would be apt to rate the twentieth century sulky, with its pneumatic tires, long shafts and low axle as being fully seven seconds faster than the old high-wheel sulky of forty years ago. Allowing one second more for improvement in tracks; another for improved training methods, and one each for better rigging and balancing, and we should have Doble's old favor- ite trotting in about 2:03 today. But that would leave her away back within a few feet of the distance flag in a race with Uhlan's 1:58. -o- LAYING-UP HEATS. "How are you going to stop the fast horses loafing to the half or three-quarters?" This is easy, says the "American Sportsman." If a bunch of 2:05 pacers pull off a mile in 2:09 or 2:10 over a good track, declare it no heat. The public are attracted to a meeting with the expectations of seeing the fastest horses at their best, and, when the bunch simply jogs over to the half around 1:08 or thereabouts, it is disgusting. The majority of drivers are too intelligent not to appreciate the fact that lay-up heats is a shame- lessly unfair way to race horses, no matter what motive may dictate the practice. Abolishing the betting upon heats only partially alleviates the con- ditions. The gross inequity of the system remains and no true form of the horses can be established as long as the custom is permitted. Reiterating a statement which has been frequently made in these columns ("Trotter and Pacer"), genuinely honest horse racing is that only in which every driver is trying his best to win every heat. All else is an abomination. No driver can lay-up a heat, it matters not what his motive, without laying himself open to the charge of cheating. Why is it that so many drivers so tenaciously cling to this custom as almost a di- vine right? It is because that it frequently enables them to win races with horses which, in the natural order of chances, ought not to win. It enables them to land the biggest end of the purse with the poorest horse in the race. It gives them a chance to, as one driver naively expressed it, "use their brains" — brains in this instance meaning the resort to a sub- terfuge instead of a dependence upon speed, while the driver who has the most speed and therefore the best horse loses first money because he is not smart enough to cheat. This kind of racing will be likely to be productive to the "clever" reinsmen, but it will never make the sport popular. The public looks upon horse racing as a trial of speed and en- durance. It desires to see the fastest horse, with the most of other good qualities, win, and it doesn't care a rap about the "brains" of the driver which can offer no better manifestation that a resort to deceit or chicanery in order to win. o LETTER FROM LOU HICKS. Editor Breeder and Sportsman: I read with a good deal of pleasure Samuel Gam- ble's article. It reminded me of a number of things, one of them was that my father advocated a pacing cross in the trotters way back in 1870, and he was laughed at by the horsemen of that time. They said the pacer was a dung-hill; what they wanted was a strong infusion of thoroughbred blood. Father said the thoroughbred was all right in his place, but he was bred to run, and father was right, the thorough- bred was a runner, not a trotter. It is very true that the foundation of the great American trotter was thoroughbred blood, but that farther away from the foundation we get the faster our trotters are. Mr. Gamble spoke of the Pilots, and he knows what he is talking about. I remember well when Pilot Jr. was the most abused horse in the State of Kentucky. At the time he stood there Kentucky was the home of the thoroughbred, and even the men who owned trotters wanted them Lo have plenty of that blood. Now, Pilot Jr.'s color was against him, then his sire was a despised pacer and a "Ca- nuck" besides, and the Kentuckians said there never was a horse that came from Canada that was worth a whoop in — Milpitas. Then, when the Pilots were old enough to work they were high-strung, nervous horses and full of fight, and the trainers didn't like them. The trainers in those days "took hold" of their horses and made pullers out of them, and a horse that couldn't pull a man's arms off wasn't thought fit to train. They also taught their horses to break and run. Now this way of training did well enough for some of those heavy-headed Mambrinos, but it most certainly was not the way to drive a Pilot. As Mr. Gamble says, these horses should have been driven with a light hand. The only friend that Pilot Jr. had in those days was his owner, Mr. Alexan- der, and to him (now dead and gone) we should give the credit for Maud S. 2:08%, Jay Eye See 2:10, Nutwood 2:18%, etc. LOU HICKS. EIGHT WELL-BRED YOUNGSTERS SOLD. H. C. Moody bought last week eight highly-bred yearlings, three from J. R. Magowan and five from Senator J. W. Bailey. The first named lot were all by J. Malcolm Forbes and the latter by Guy Axworthy. The purchaser of the Forbes youngsters was not made public, Mr. Moody merely saying that the man was a good patron of his. They are the entire 1913 crop of Forbes youngsters, as in 1912 the horse was in training and was allowed to serve but ten mares, two of which slipped or missed; three others came in season later and were bred to other horses, and two of the foals died. The youngsters are a sensa- tional lot, Mr. Magowan considering the bay filly out of Mendosa Worthy the best trotter he ever bred. Her dam was a fast trotter and took a four-year-old record of 2:17% off of hut one mile better than 2:30. The others were a bay filly out of Esperita, by Men- docino, second dam Sprite, by Belmont, and a bay colt out of Mary Ray, two-year-old trial of 2:18, by Jay McGregor, second dam Espirita. The five purchased from Senator Bailey are highly bred youngsters and are as follows: Bay fillv, out of Annie B. H. 2:29, by King LaRue (dam of George Todd 2:07%). Bay filly, out of Bettie Bidwell, by General Forrest 2:08, second dam Annie B. H. Bay filly, out of Annie Louise (sister to Miss Ban- ner Feed 2:09y2), by Wiggins. Gray colt, out of Miss Douglass (half-sister to Bob, Douglass 2:04% and Poindexter 2:09). Bay colt, out of Pearl Poindexter, by Sam Estes (dam of J. M. Johnson (1) 2:24% and half-sister to Bob Douglass 2:04% and Poindexter 2:09).— Western Sportsman. o The meeting of directors of fair associations and owners of racetracks in California which is called for next Saturday, February 7th. at the Palace Hotel in this city, should he well attended. There are many subjects of vital importance to our fairs and race* meetings which will be discussed with a view to bettering conditions in behalf of these annual features in California. The meeting commences at 10 a. m. ©©© Gen. C. C. Watts, the West Virginia horseman, who owns the former champion three-year-old trotter by the same name, has engaged Reamy Macey to train his horses this season. Young Macey is a fine race driver and should do well for General Watts. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, January 31. 1914. THE BEHAVIOR OF CHARACTERISTICS IN HORSES. The scientific study of horse breeding is in its infancy. The successful practice of horse breeding is a rather old industry. While successful breeding of horses has been practiced for many generations, the production of good horses of the lighter breeds has not yet reached a degree of certainty which makes the industry altogether attractive. The suc- cesses are sometimes attributed more to accident than to wisdom. It is believed that a careful, accurate study of the horse breeding which has been and is being done will give a knowledge of the laws of heredity gov- erning the production of horses. Horse breeding cannot be placed on a scientific basis until the laws of equine heredity be known. To discover some of these laws is the purpose of a scientific study of horse breeding. Two statements may be made which may clear the atmosphere and point out the lines of the re- search work. The first statement is that the qualities of the horse are inherited as units not all together. That is, each part or characteristic is inherited independ- ent of all others. It is so easy to think of the entire horse as a unit, every part being so closely related to all other parts that the whole animal consists of a single unit, although it may be a complex one. But this is not the true view. While little work has been done on the scientific breeding of horses enough has been done to verify the statement that the horse is, from the standpoint of hereditj', composed of unit characters; and that these parts or characters in transmission from generation to generation obey infallible laws. Each unit character obeys its pe- culiar law of inheritance regardless of the laws governing the inheritance of the other parts. A mare with sickle hocks and poor hock action was mated to Astral King. The hock action of Astral King is one of his most desirable qualities. The colt from this mating has inherited the ugly hocks of its dam, and the attractive action of its sire. In this case, at least, the shapo and action of the hocks were independently transmitted. It may be stated, in addition, that the shape of the hock is independent of the shape of the foot. The set and carriage of the tail has no dependence on the size or quality or ears. The size, quality and dur- ability of the eyes are independent of the length of the head and ears. The quality of hock is independent of the length of the legs; even the girth measure- ment is not determined by the flank measurement. The size of the jaw does not carry with it, either length or size of neck. There is no correspondence between knee action and hock action. Physical conformation and gaits are not necessarily de- pendent one upon the other. Some standard bred horses take a fast record pacing, and then almost as fast a record at the trot. I saw a colt by its dam's side during the fall of 1913. I tried for a long while to get it to strike the trot, but it never did. It could pace, walk, canter, but it would not trot. I could see no physical reason for its inability to trot. . Pacing ancestry had been doubled in its pro- duction. The different colors of the horses are unit char- acters, and the law governing their transmission has been discovered. If there is a young standard bred stallion that is well bred that one is Mainlief. He is jet black. His owner mated him during his first season in the stud, with a bay and white pony mare. The foal is marked with much white on its body like its dam. So far as its color is concerned, it shows no relationship to its fashionably bred sire. The reason is that the white markings are stronger coat colors in horses than is the coat of black, and in the first cross the black entirely disappears. The behavior of white coat color in horses is opposite to the behavior of the same coat in guinea pigs. When pure black guinea pigs are mated with white ones, all the young are black, the white has vanished. The technical word which is used to designate a character that causes its opposite to dis- appear is the word "dominant." The white and gray coat colors of horses are dominant, the black coat colors of guinea pigs are dominant. The second statement which may be of value in the scientific study of horse breeding is: The horse does not necessarily transmit the qualities of his body; he transmits the traits stored in his germ plasm. The horse, as is all animals, is dual. There is the body with its visible traits. There is the germ plasm with its latent factors. In this germ plasm there is stored the qualities which have been in both the paternal and maternal streams of his ancestry. In these two streams there are enough traits, perhaps, stored for many individuals. In his body only a few of these traits can find expression. Should he be a roan horse there will likely be in his stream bay, brown, black and chestnut all sup- pressed. The horse can give outward expression in his body to one color, while four others are re- maining latent. In addition to the ability to trans- mit roan color, this horse can transmit bay, brown, black and chestnut. To give expression to the same fact in another way it can be stated that the body is temporal, mor- tal; the germ plasm is permanent, immortal. From this immortal stream of germ plasm, bodies are from time to time produced which give outward expression to some of the characteristics to be found in the stream. The body is incidental, unimportant. The germ plasm is permanent and of all importance. The body, in Nature's economy, is to shelter and fester the germ plasm. It does not produce the germ plasm, it gives it a temporary house, it is only a link in the chain which passes on to posterity the valuable stream received. Too great value cannot be placed on the state- ment that the horse does not produce the germ plasm, which for the time being he guards. His body cannot contribute to his germ cells one hered- itary trait or quality. The characteristics which he will transmit are predetermined in the two streams of germ plasm which mingle to produce him. He can transmit those characters which he has received from these two streams and these characters only. He will manifest in his body a part of the traits only which are in the germ plasm which produced him. He cannot show more than a part of all the possible qualities. If from the ancestral stream of germ plasm a characteristic has been lost, not only will the individual not show this in his body, but by no means can he transmit it. From the matings of gray horses, bays are produced. This can only occur when two germ cells meet, neither one of which contains the determinor for gray. A bay horse thus produced cannot transmit the gray of his an- cestry. It is no longer an element in his germ plasm. In the division of germ plasm cells to pro- duce germ cells, there is the separation of certain apparently opposite traits, such as bay and gray coat color. One deteminor enters one germ cell, the other makes its abode in the neighbor germ cell. In this manner some traits may be left out of each new generation. Such omitted qualities cannot be transmitted, nor can they be regained except by go- ing back to a stream of germ plasm which contains the quality in question. To regain the gray in the coat color of a horse the bay must be mated with a gray. The continuation, or continuity, of a germ plasm is the fundamental fact of all succesful breeding. It is not a mating of individuals so much as it is a mingling of two streams of germ plasm. Successful breeding is not so much the selection of extraordi- nary individuals as the selection of two family streams which will behave in the right way when brought together.— W. S. Anderson. TREATING ANIMALS BY ELECTRICITY. "The electric current is being used with great suc- cess for the treatment of many diseases of horses, cats, dogs and other animals," says Dr. W. P. Jenkins, the most fashionable animal doctor in New York. "The current is particularly useful in curing lame- ness, rheumatism, diseases of the nerves and the digestive organs. Some very ingenious appliances have been devised for administering the current safely and effectively. 'Warious animals behave very differently when subjected to the current. One horse will kick vio- lently when he feels the current. Another will sub- mit to it with perfect calmness. As a rule it is wise to enclose a horse in a strongly built stall, with four sides, before giving him treatment, as a wild horse is likely to cause trouble. "The dog will usually submit to a light current very easily and will sometimes show pleasure in the treatment. "In order to treat a cat electrically it is always necessary to secure the animal firmly, as it is certain to rebel against treatment. The cat will never volun- tarily submit to any constraint by man. "The faradic and galvanic currents are both used to test the sensitiveness of the skin and to find out whether there is any hidden injury to nerves or mus- cles. The involuntary muscular response to the cur- rent will show whether the muscles work together properly. This is very useful with horses, for they are often permanently crippled if they are worked when one muscle is out of order. "The faradic current is most valuable in treating lameness and troubles of the external nerves and organs. The galvanic current is more employed for the treatment of the external nerves and muscles. The latter form of current is also used in the treat- ment of abscess and catarrhal affections. "The commonest troubles in horses treated by electricity are lameness of the hips, the back and shoulders. These troubles often disappear as if by magic under the application of an induction current. Very often one application of the current is sufficient to cure a trouble that has made the poor horse unfit for work. The animals respond to this treatment much more readily than human beings. "Stomach and intestinal troubles of cats and dogs are frequently cured with the faradic current. A German newspaper reports that the favorite poodle of a princess was cured of an intestinal catarrh that had threatened his life after three applications of the current." o LULU LUMINE 2:09'/4. A. H. Cosden, once president of the Road Drivers' Association, turns out to be the new owner of Lulu Lumine 2:09%, the unbeaten trotter of the Great Western Circuit in 1913. Thomas W. Murphy bought the mare a few weeks ago from W. H. Smollinger, of Iron Mountain, Mo., and will campaign her on the mile tracks this year. There has been a great deal of curiosity about the price paid for her, and all sorts of statements have been made. To the last man who asked him how much the mare cost Mr. Cosden replied: "We paid just $1G a pound for her." The inquisitive one was just about as much at sea as ever until he succeeded in worming it out of Murphy the next day that the wonderful little trotter tipped the beam at exactly 750 pounds on the day he bought her. Then a little ciphering on the side of her box stall at Poughkeepsie satisfied his yearn- ing to know how much she had cost. Though his new mare is one of the smallest of living trotters, Mr. Cosden has no fault to find with her on this score, for Penisa Maid 2:04%, and Cheeny 2:04%, two of the best ones seen in many years on the mile tracks, were smaller than Lulu Lumine. "My experience with trotting horses tells me that small size is nothing against them when you are looking for speed," Mr. Cosden said recently, adding, "They are much more apt to stay sound, particularly when they go straight and clean like this little mare does." Murphy's string for next season's campaign now comprises Peter Volo 2:04%, J. Malcolm Forbes 2:08, Kentuckv Todd 2:08%, Lulu Lumine 2:09%, Tilly Tipton 2:09%, Farmer Spears 2:12%, Battle 2:13%, Lassie MeGregor 2:14%. Lily Woodford 2:15%, Sterling Hall 2:1G%, The Temptress 2:17%, and several other fast ones. THE 2:30 YEARLING LIST. Seventy-four yearling trotters have gained records of 2:30 or better since 1890, when Freedom 2:29% started the list. Twenty-one of them are descend- ants of Bingen 2:06%, the sire of Uhlan 1:58. J. Mal- colm Forbes 2:08; a son of Bingen heads the list with eight, seven of which entered the list in one season. Of the 74 in the list, 27 are descendants of Electioneer in the direct male line; 31 are descend- ants of George Wilkes 2:22, and six are descendants of Happy Medium, through Peter the Great 2:07%. The injurious effects of training yearlings are seen in the fact that of 27 colts entering the 2:30 list in 1812 only three trained on to beat 2:20 as two-year- olds, and of the 22 three-year-olds that beat 2:15 in 1913, Magowan 2:09% was the only one started as a yearling. The Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders' Association probably will prohibit the starting of yearlings on the Lexington track hereafter, but this is not likely to prevent horsemen from training them so long as buyers are ready to pay long prices for the fastest ones developed each year. -c— A CALIFORNIA DRIVER HIGHLY ENDORSES IT. W. K. Smith, Tiffin, O. Dear Sir: — I have used five or six cases of your "Wonder Worker in the last three years and I have had good suc- cess with it. Adam G. 2:05^4 broke down with me, so that good Vets said he had no chance. Ed Allen of Marion, la., gave me a bottle and came to my barn every day to see that the groom put it on properly; in three weeks, while he did not win, he raced in 2:06. Since then I have used many bottles, with good results, and will continue to use it. Very truly yours, C. L. DeRYDER, Pleasanton, Cal. The Bondsman 37641 Trial 4-2:11 By Baron Wilkes 47S8, dam Sorrento (dam of 6) by Grand Sentinel S65 (sire dams of Peter the Great 2:0714, J. Malcolm Forbes 2:08, etc.); next dam Empress, great broodmare, by Abdallah Mambrino 3715. Colorado E. (3), race record 2:04% World's Champion 3-year-old stallion. Col. Franklin (1913) 2:06>4 The Plunger (4) 2:07% A winner in both America and Europe. Creigbton 2:08*4 Grace Bond (2) 2:15 2:09>4 Winner of 2 and 3-year-old futurity. Carmen McCan 2:09% Lizzie Brown (1913) 2:10 Arion Bond (a sir^) 2:11 The Clansman (a sire) 2:13% Mary Brown (1913) 2:1514 Bon Ton (1913) 2:15% Cecil Bond (p) (1913 2:15% And 16 others in 2:23 and better. And others in two-thirty and better. THE BONDSMAN will make the season of 1914 at THE SAN JOSE DRIVING PARK, San Jose, Cal. He will be limited to sixty mares only. TERMS: $100 at time of service with return privilege in 1915, or money refunded at our option. Good accommodations and best of care to mares sent. Address all correspondence to CAPT. C. P. McCAN, 179 Park Ave., San Jose, Cal. Saturday, January 31. 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 "California Must Win" is the slogan of the Pacific Coast Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock Association, the mem- bers of which are determined to carry away all of the honors in the inter- national poultry shows to be a feature of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. A meeting between members of this association and I. D. Graham, assist- ant chief of the Department of Live Stock of the Exposition, will be held early in February to discuss the plans of the local poultry raisers for partici- pation in the extensive poultry exhib- its at the Exposition. According to Graham, the members of the local association plan to exhibit fully G,000 birds. This will increase greatly the number of fowls displayed at the Exposition as previous esti- mates of the entire poultry exhibit from every county have fixed the ag- gregate at 12,000 birds. Warranted to give satisfaction. GOMBAILT'S CAUSTIC BALSAM A safe, speedy and positive cure for Curb, Splint, Sweeny, Capped Hock, Strained Tendons, Founder, wind Puffs, and all lameness from Spavin, Ringbone and other bony tumors. Cures all skin diseases or Parasites, Thrush, Diphtheria. Removeo all Bunches from Horses or Cattle. As a. HTTMAJT REMEDY" for Bhen- maltsra, Spralue, Sore Throat, et*.. It In invaluable, Ererr bottle of Caimtlc Baliam Bold Is Warranted to give satisfaction. Price SI -SO per bottle. Sold by druggists, or Bent by ex- press, charg-ea paid, with full directions for lta use. Send for descriptive circniara, testimo- nials, etc. Address TEE UWRSNCS-WILLUX3C0KPiHT,CleTeluid, 0hj« HEALD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE trains for Business and places its grad- uates in positions. 1215 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco A BEAR BEAVER ROSE CITY PORTLAND SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES The San Francisco 6 Portland S. S. COMPANY 722 Market St. San Francisco Telephone Sutter 2344 Subscribe for "The Breeder and Sportsman." BMACE HOTEL ENTIRELY REBUILT JINCE THE FIRL Far famed and first named wherever good hotels are mentioned. Recognized as the headquarters of the businessmen of the world. The place where you always find your friends European Plan Only. Management PALACE HOTEL COMPANY 5AH mmsco The FRAZIER carts and sulkies art standard the world over. 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We absolutely guarantee Mack's $1,000 Spavin Remedy to cure Bone or Bog- Spavin, Ringbone, Thoroughpin, Curb, Capped Hock, Shoe Boil, Sprung Knee, Lacerated and Ruptured Tendons, Sweeny and all other forms of lameness affecting a horse. It's a powerful remedy that goes right to the bottom of the trou- ble and cures the lameness in just a few days while the horse is being worked as usual. Contains nothing that can in- jure the horse and heals without leaving scar, blemish or loss of hair. We have de- posited $1,000 in a local bank which must be forefited if we fail to do as we say. If you are not absolutely sure what causes the lameness, mark with an "X" on horse above where lameness occurs, tell how it affects the gait and give age of horse, and send to us. Our expert graduate veterinarian will tell you what it is and how to cure it. Your druggist will obtain Mack's $1000 Spavin Remedy for you if you ask him. If for any reason you can't get it, write us. We will see that you are supplied. Ask for instructive free book "Horse Sense." McKALLOR DRUG CO., BInghamton, N. Y. MILLARD F. SANDERS Public Trainer Pleasanton Driving Park Pleasanton, Cal. Horses Leased or Raced On Shares INSURE IN THE FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY FIRE, MARINE, AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CAPITAL $1,500,000, ASSETS OF THE FIREMAN'S FUND ARE LARGER NOW THAN IN 1905 NOTWITHSTANDING ITS LOSSES IN THE SAN FRANCISCO CONFLAGRATION OF OVER ELEVEN MILLION DOLLARS ITS RISKS ARE CAREFULLY SELECTED AND PROPERLY DISTRIRUTED AGENTS EVERYWHERE SPECIAL ADVERTISING. Wanted, For Sale and Miscellaneous advertisements under this head will be set in nonpareil (same type below) and will be published at the rate of 2 cents per word each insertion, or 6 cents per word by the month. Count each abbrevi- ationand initial as a word. The Grandly Bred Stallion LOGAN POINTER 25167 For Sale or Lease For the Season of 1914. This is a handsome, well made bay stallion by Star Pointer 1:59*4 out of Effie Logan (Jim Logan 2:0294 and two others in 2:08). For terms and particulars address J. ELMO MONTGOMERY, Davis, Cal. STANDARD McKINNEY STALLION FOR SALE.— Scott McKinney 33749, by McKinney, dam Primrose (great brood- mare) by Sidney; second dam Brown Rose by Privateer; third dam Lady Bald- win by The Moor; fourth dam daughter of Ben Lippincott, son of Williamson's Belmont. Scott McKinney is a handsome bay horse: weighs about 1100; good gait- ed, and all his get are fine indviduals and show speed. Has State license for this year. Address DR. M. F. SCHALTEN- BRANDT, 4051 20th St., San Francisco. FOR SALE. —THE DEMON" 2:29%, black horse, six years old, absolutely sound and a sure 2:10 trotter. Worked a mile in 2:12% over Pleasanton track and trotted last half in 1:03%. Will sell cheap for cash. W. A. BARSTOW, 1042 The Alameda, San Jose, Cal. FOR SALE. — Some very fine pointer pups whelped December first. Mother has taken first prize in Los Angeles bench show; sired by as fine a field dog as a man could wish to shoot over. Address JOHN A. BUNTING, Jr., Centerville, Alameda Co., Cal. FOR SALE — Fine seventy-five dollar Frazier road cart, in perfect condition. Price $30. Address JOHN A. BUNTING, Jr., Centerville, Alameda Co,, Cal. Stock Ranch For Sale 7,000 Acres, Humboldt Co., at $9 Per Acre 7,000 acres, southern Humboldt county, lying directly on the railroad. Well fenced, and subdivided, with good im- provements in the way of dwelling house, barns and outbuilding^. Has a large num- ber of slopes and comparatively level places which would be good for general farming and for fruits, particularly ap- ples, pears and prunes. At the present time, at least until the railroad is com- pleted from Ukiah to Eureka, this ranch is best adapted to raising cattle and hogs. President of a large commercial bank declares this 7,000 acres to be a magnificent cattle ranch, and to have on it the best feed of any place in this section. There were thousands of acres of it where the grass was from one to two feet high all summer, much of it be- ing wild oats. This ranch has 300 to 400 cattle and other personal property now on the premises, which can be bought at a very reasonable price. Beef cattle are being sold this season at 13%c right on the property. After the railroad Is completed this ranch will rapidly ad- vance. Price, $9 per acre. For further particulars, address, F. W. KELLEY, Breeder and Sportsman. San Fiunclsco. Cal. KEEP ST! HANDY! Toa can never tell when a horse I is going to develop a Curb, Splint, \ Spavin, Ringbone or a lameness. Yet It Is bound to happen 8QODI or later. And you cin'talFord 1 keeplilmln Hie barn. Keep a bottle of Kendall's Spavin Cure I handy atall times. 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Breed To The Very Choicest Stallions ROBERT BINGEN 2:14 (Reg. No. 45033) Sired by Bingen 2:06*4 (sire of Uhlan 1:58, Admiral Dewey 2:04%, The Leading Lady, 3, 2:07, J. Malcolm Forbes 4, 2:0S, and 8 others in 2:10, 144 in the 2:30 list) by May King 2:21)4 (son of Electioneer), out of Young Miss (dam of 3. 2 sires of 148 and 3 dams of 6) bv Young Jim (son of Geo. Wilkes 2:22), grandam Miss Mambrino by Red Wilkes (son of Geo. Wilkes 2:22), etc Robert Bingen's dam was a trotter. Episode 2:18 (dam of 1 in 2:30 and Mr. Pinker- ton, sire of Peter the Second 2:04^, Pinkerton 2:17 and two others in 2:30. Episode also produced the dam of Victor Forbes 2:23*4), by Ambassador 2X21*4 (sire of Ambu- lator 2:08*4, Susie T. 2:0935 and 12 others in 2:30). son of Geo. "Wilkes 2:22 and Lady Carr (dam of 4, 4 sires and 4 dams of standard performers) by American Clay 34: grandam Kate by Sir Wallace. Robert Bingen's second dam was Santos (dam of Peter the Great 2:07*4, the great- est sire of extreme speed ever foaled, Chimes of Normandy 2:16% and 4 others in 2:30) by Grand Sentinel 2:29=4 (sire of 22), he by Sentinel 2:29% (sire of 8) out of Maid of Lexington by Mambrino Tilot 2:28% (sire of 9), son of Mambrino Chief 11 and Juliet by Pilot Jr. 12. Maid of Lexington's dam was by Imported Leviathan. Robert Bingen's third dam was Shadow (dam of 4) by Young Octoroon (broodmare sire), he by Octoroon out of a mare by Joe Brown, son of Davy Crockett. The fourth dam was Swallow by Joe Hooker 185, he by Mambrino Chief 11 out of the "Warren Mare (dam of Governor 2:30) by Canada Chief. Robert Bingen is a beautiful bay stallion, foaled in 1905, standing full sixteen hands, is perfect in conformation, has a splendid disposition, and will undoubtedly lower his record this year. He is young, sound and vigorous, has only been bred to a few mares and the owners of his progeny declare they are perfect likenesses of their sire and in every way promising trotters. Although Robert Bingen 2:14% obtained this record as a pacer he is a natural trotter and as a two-year-old trotted very fast but trained off and his owner put him to pacing. This horse will be given a trotting record and it will be a fast one. He is strictly trotting bred. His breeding shows for itself and it is a question if there is a better bred Bingen in America today. PRINCE ANSEL 2-201-2 Registered No. 29220. Cal. License Certificate No. 1053. Sire of LOTTIE ANSEL (2) 2:14!/4 — Champion two-year-old trotting filly of 1912. PRINCE LOT 2 :07H— Fastest trotting gelding in the West in 1912. ARISTA ANSEL (2) 2:181^— Winner of the Canfield- Clark Stake in 1912. PRINCE ANSEL was sired by Dexter Prince 11363, sire of Berniee R. 2:07*4, Lison- jero 2:08*4, Eleata 2:08%, James L. 2:09%, Edith 2:10 and 60 others, out of Woodflower (dam of Seylex 2:15%, Prince Ansel (2) 2:20%) by Ansel 2:20 (son of Electioneer 125), sire of 14 in 2:30, 6 sires of 16 and 14 dams of 17 in the list; second dam Mavflower 2:30%, dam of Manzanita 2:16 and Wildflower 2:21, by St Clair 16675. PRINCE ANSEL is a very handsome bay stallion; stands 15:3 hands, and weighs 1200 pounds. He is noted for siring colts and fillies that are endowed with early and extreme speed. During 1910 six of his get took records, and four were three-year-olds and under. In 1911 AdanseL a three -year- old, obtained his mark of 2:14%, while Prince Lot and Wesos lowered their records. In 1912 Lottie Ansel, a two-year-old, won all the Futurities she started in, getting a mark of 2:14*4, the Coast record for fillies, and heads all record-holders of her age in America for the year. Arista Ansel, another two-year-old Futurity winner, got a record of 2:18*4, while Prince Lot lowered his record to 2:07%. In 1913 Laura Rogers lowered her record to 2:11^4 and Ima Dudley got a mark of 2:27%, whil e John Malcolm, out of one of Prince Ansel's daugh- ters obtained the world's record for two-year-old pacers, 2:11%. Prince Ansel's prog- eny is noted for intelligence, soundness, perfect action and stamina. QUINTELL 2:12 1-4 The Perfect Gaited, Royally Bred Trotter Reg. No. 4482. Son of Actell 2:18% (sire of 40 in the list), he by Axtell 2:12 (sire of 8 in 2:10); out of Sylvia 2:29% (dam of 2) by Stranger 3030, grandam Sybil (dam of 3) by Jay Gould 2:21%; great grandam Lucst 2:18*4, the famous old-time campaigner. QuinteU's dam was Alvera Atwood *y Atwood 3546 (son of Xutwood 2:1S% and Prindine by Princeps), second dam Frater by Monaco 1S62 (son of Belmont 64 out of Woodbine (dam of 2) by "Woodford, son of Kosciusko. Quintell 2:12*4 is a dark bay stallion compactly made and beautifully proportioned, and has the best of feet and legs. As a trotter he has a perfect gait; in this respect he has just the qualification to make him a sire of pure-gaited horses; goes perfectly straight; has that great requisite, good knee and hock action. He is a natural trotter and his breeding should commend itself to owners of good broodmares. He is strictly trotting bred. His sire is one of the very best bred sons of the great Axtell 2:12, tracing to Goldsmith Maid 2:14, Lady Thome 2:18*4, Lucy 2:1S*4. three of the greatest trotting campaigners of their era, and Quinteli's dam was by one of the choicest bred sons of Xutwood 2:18%, and back of this is the blood that has given us so many fam- ous trotting celebrities. SEASON OF 1914 AT THE RACE TRACK, WOODLAND, CAL. Terms: Fop Robert Bingen 2:14'/^, $75 by the season. For Prince Anse! 2:20y2, $50 For Quintell 2:12^, $25. With usual return privilege. Pasture for mares during season at $5.00 per month; not responsible for ac- cidents or escapes. For further information, address HARRY DOWLING, Manager Woodland Stock Farm, Woodland, Cal. Montbaine 48667 Son of MOKO 24457; sire of 7 in 2:10, dams of five in 2:10, 100 standard performers; dam, KREM MARIE, dam of four trotters by KREMLIN 2:07%, sire of dams of six in 2:10; second dam, Mavmont, by Blackmont, sire of dam of Minnehaha 2:09%; third dam, Maywood (dam of Mayhill 2:19, . 2:17*4) by Blackwood 74, etc MONTBAINE is an exceedingly handsome ma- hogany bay horse; stands 15.3% hands and weighs 1200 pounds. He has proven a very sure breeder, and his colts are fine individuals of ample size, quality and pronounced natural speed. He will make the season of 1914 at The Suisun Stock Farm, at a fee of $40 for the season, with return privilege. Moko and Kremlin rank among the greatest sires of today, and you can make no mistake by breeding to Montbaine. For particulars, call at barn, or address THE SUISUN STOCK FARM, B. F Rush. Suisun, Cal. (Rush & Haile.) Pleasanton Futurity Stake No. 2-37500 Guaranteed The next payment of No. 5 is due February 1st, and as it is the last oppor- tunity the nominators have of substituting in this Stake, it would be well for any one wishing to dispose of or buy a nomination to write Charles L. DeRyder, Manager, Pleasanton, Cal., at once, as after February 1st it will be too late. ^r-^rm *** ~J^t|BBfr~ 1 » s»-St~ ""'^"iPi MpBiV ' " - *. IMI ^*^. - .. ' ' ;. _ '_' "~r ^jys? CONDITIONS FOR SUBSTITUTING. "If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or if either the mare or foal dies before FEBRUARY FIRST, 1914, her nominator mav sell or transfer his nomination or substitute another mare or foal regardless of ownership; but there will be no return of a payment, nor will any entry be liable for more than amount paid in or contracted for. In entries, the name, color and pedigree of mare must be given- also the name of the horse to whichshe was bred in 1912." TO GET A CHAMPION, BREED TO A CHAMPION. JIM LOGAN 2:02| (3) 2;05l/2, world's record to 1912; (5) 2:04!4, (6) 2:03J/4l AM winning race records. By CHAS. DERBY 2:20 2:05'/2. etc.), sire of Jim 2:04'-2. Capt. Derby 2:06! 2, others in 2:10. (7) 2:02%- Registry Number 44997- (brother to Klatawah (3) Logan 2:02^4, Don Derby Dan Logan 2:07'/2 and 6 Dam, EFFIE LOGAN, California's greatest producer of extreme speed (dam of Jim Logan 2:02%, Sir AJbert S. 2:03%, and Dan Logan 2:07V>, sire of John Malcolm (2) 2:11*A. champion two-year-old of 1913). by Durfee 11256, son of Kaiser 2:28 and Julia, by Revenue 2:22^; second dam Ripple, sister to Creole 2:15, by Prompter 2305, sire of the dam of Gratt 2:02&, etc.; third dam Grace (dam of Daedalion 2:08^, Creole 2:15 and Eagle 2:19*4), by Buccaneer 2656, sire of the dams of 2 in 2:10; fourth dam Alary, great broodmare, by Flastail. JIM LOGAN is a handsome dark bay horse, stands 16 hands and weighs 1075 pounds. After setting a world's record of 2:05% at three years of age, he has lowered his record every season he has been raced and fs absolutely sound, showing he has the best of feet and legs. He has only a few living foals and all of them that have been trained have shown speed towarrant his being a sire. His full brother, Dan Logan, sired the winners of the Breeders* Futurity of 1912 and the two and three- vear-old events of 1913, John Malcolm, his two-year-old, getting the world's record of 2:11%. In the stud, season of 1914, at Woodland Race Track. FEE: $50 for season, with usual return privilege, or $75 to insure living colL Fees payable at time of service or before removal of mares. Excellent pasture at $4 per month, with best of care for mares, though no responsibility will be assumed for acci- dents or escapes. Call at race track, or address J. ELMO MONTGOMERY, Davis, Cal $10 Due on Two Year Olds Monday February 2nd 1914 Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No, 12—57,250 FOR FOALS OF 1912 $4250 for Trotting Foals. $2900 for Pacing Foals. $600 to Nom- inators of Dams of Winners. $400 to Stallion Owners. MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS: $2500 for Three-Year-Old Trotters. 200 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the winner of the Three-Year- Old Trot. 1250 for Two-Year-Old Trotters. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the winner of the Two-Year- Old Trot. to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot when mare was bred. 100 $1500 for Three-Year-Old Pacers. 200 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the winner of the Three-Year- Old Pace. 1000 for Two-Year-Old Pacers. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the winner of the Two-Year- Old Pace. 100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace when mare was bred. $200 in Special Prizes was paid to Stallion Owners in December, 1911. ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on December 4, 1911, when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 Mav 1, 1912; $5 October 1, 1912;; $10 on Yearlings May 1, 1913; $10 on Two-Year-OIds February 1, 1914; $10 on Three-Tear-Olds February 1, 1915. STARTING PAYMENTS— $25 to start in the Two-Tear-Old Pace; $35 to start in the Two-Tear-Old Trot: $35 to start in the Three-Tear-Old Pace; $50 to start in the Three -Tear- Old Trot. All starting payments to be made ten days before the first day of the meeting at which the race is to take place. Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the horse entered is a Trotter or Pacer. Colts that start as Two-Year-OIds are not barred from starting again in the Three- Year-Old division. Address all communications to the Secretary, E. P. HEALD, President. F. W. KELLEY, Secretary, 366 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco. STALLION CARDS Onr Stallion Folders, Posters, Sale and Farm Catalogs Compiled and Printed cheaper than yon can get 1 the printing alone. Send for samples and prices. Onr Stallion Service Books are the cheapest and best. We make aEve-genera- Hod pedigree (blood lines only) for $1. A four-generation tabula- tion with ancestor's record progeny for $2; Eve-generations tor $3— all on a blank 14x17. A handsome Eve-generation tabula- tion, 16x20, printed in two-colors for Eraming, for $6, two copies lor $6.50 or Eve for $7. Address Magnus Haws & Co., 542 S. Dearborn St, Chicago, IB* Tabulated Pedigrees; ADVERTISE YOUR STALLION IN THE BREEDER & SPORTSMAN Saturday, January 31. 1914.] THE BREEDER 4.ND SPORTSMAN RALLISTITF !■# A PERFECT LW DENSE" SMOKELESS POWDER rABSOLUTElY WATERPROOF There are other qualities such as high velocities, light recoils and non-fouling of gun which make BALLISTITE The Favorite Powder of many trap and field shooters Every pound of BALLISTITE is guaranteed to have the highest chemical stability and ballistics attainable. Look for BALLISTITE on the carton when buying your shells. Shoot BALLISTITE and you are sure of your powder at the traps or afield. DUPONT POWDER CO. Established Wilmington 1802 Delaware C. A. Haight, Mgr Chronicle Bldg. San Francisco, J. H. Willman, Mgr. Maynard Bldg. Seattle, Wash. "W. C. Howard, Mgr. Savings Bank Denver, Colo It Proves Its Own Case The strongest arguments in favor of "Infallible" as an unexcelled shotgun powder lie in "Infallible" itself. Once used it proves its own case. Uniform velocity and pattern, and an unusually light recoil are the distinctive characteristics of this safe waterproof powder. HERCULES S3 1NFALUILE &> SMOKELESS SHOTGUN POWDER played an important part in making these high scores. At the Chicago Gun Club Dec. 20, Mr. J. R. Graham topped the bunch by breaking 98 x 100. At Canton, Ohio, Jan. 1, Mr. Carl F. Moore led all the professionals with 140 x 150. At Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 10, he repeated this feat by smashing 112 out of 125. This year watch "Infallible" at the traps. It's the winner. HERCULES POWDEI^CO. J. B. Rice, Mgr., Chronicle Bldg., San Francisco. F. J. McGanney, Mgr., Newhouse Bldg. Salt Lake City, Utah. The most dependable and trustworthy form of advertising comes unsolicited from a disinterested source: When in doubt as to what make of gun to buy for game or trap shooting ask those who shoot PARKER GUNS The greater the distance at which it is shot in competition with other guns the more THE OLD RELIABLE l'ARHKR shines. The faultless balance, extreme simplicity and durability of the PARKER, combined with its superior shooting qualities, make it the ideal game gun, the pioneer forerunner of small bores, having popularized them and put them per- manently on the map. For full information regarding guns in gauges from 8 to 28, addresi PARKER BROS., Meriden, Conn., New York Salesroom, 32 Warren Street, or A. W. du Bray, P. O. Box 102, San Francisco, Cal. GOLCHER BROS, (Wholesale and Retail) All Makes of Guns All Shotgun Loads HUNTING SUITS, DECOYS, FOLDING BOATS, OIL SKINS AND SWEATERS Telephone Kearny 1883. Send for Price Catalogue. 510 Market St., San Francisco, Cal. MANUFACTURERS »1» OUTFITTERS i FOR THE | SPORTSMAN CAMPER'S? ATHLETE. ; : EQUIPMENT "APPARATUS ; FOR-; IVERY NEED. PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. EARY TWIN PORT ENGINE owing to its two independent fuel supplies has the most perfect control ever obtained with a two cycle engine. One carburetor isset for slow and medium speed and the other for full speed an high power. Once regulated they require no further attention. Distillate is used with results equal to gasolene. One to Six Cylinders 5 to 30 h. p. Catalog Leary Gasolene Engine Co. 1557 Dewey Ave. Rochester. N. Y.. U. S. A 3 Easy Winners No. I Spelterene Hoof Packing No. 2 No. 3 The Goods With a Palmetto Harness Dressing C. & S. Axle Grease Pedigree Manufactured by WHITTIE^-COBURIM CO SAN FRANCISCO and Used on Hemet Stock Farm LOS ANGELES zv4 The Plunger (4) 2:07% A winner in both America and Europe. Creighton 2:08% Grace Bond (2) 2:15 2:09% Winner of 2 and 3-year-old futurity. Carmen McCan 2:09% Lizzie Brown (1913) 2:10 Arion Bond (a sire) 2:11 The Clansman (a sire) 2:13% Mary Brown (1913) 2:15% Bon Ton (1913) 2:15% Cecil Bond (p) (1913 2:15% And 16 others in 2:23 and better. And others in two-thirty and better. THE BONDSMAN will make the season of 1914 at THE SAN JOSE DRIVING PARK, San Jose. Cal. He will be limited to sixty mares only. TERMS: $100 at time of service with return privilege in 1915, or money refunded at our option. Good accommodations and best of care to mares sent. Address all correspondence to CAPT. C. P. McCAN, Whitehouse Ap'ts, Orchard St., San Jose, Cal. •^:-i-:^-:-i-:-^:-^:-^:-^:-^-:-i-:^-:-i-:-i-H^:^-:-j-:-^:-^:-i-:-^:^-:- •i-:^-:-s-:-^:^-:-^-:-^:-^:-^-:-i-;^-;-i-:-s-:-^:->:-^:-^:^-:^-:-^:-KH I COP A DE ORO 1:59 Winning Performance I DURFEE'S STALLIONS CARLOKIN 2:071-2 Exhtbltion Mile 2:05 1-4 CHAMPION PACING STALLION OF THE WEST Reg. Xo. 527S5. Licensed Pure Bred, Cert. Xo. 1298 Sire of Chango (2) 2:13'-2: Gold Lily (2) 2:24!/z; Con- tention B. (2) 2:24' 2; De Oro (2) 2:27/2. Fastest stallion on the Pacific Coast, and one of the "landsomest horses in the world. Golden bay, stands 15.3% hands high and weighs 1200 lbs. By Xutwood Wilkes 2:16^: dam Atherine 2:1614, by Patron 2:1634; second dam Athene, by Harold 413; third dam Minerva, by Pilot Jr. 12; fourth dam, Bac- chante Mambrino, by Mambrino Chief 11. Copa de Oro is destined to be one of the greatest of all pacing sires. His colts show remarkable speed, stamina and manners. I trained two 2-year-old pacers by him this summer and either could step a half close to a minute. FEE: $75 for the Season, Usual return privilege I am especially well equipped for caring for mares at reasonable rates in any way responsibility is assumed for accidents or escapes. -;- Reg. Xo. 36518. Licensed Pure Bred. CerL Xo. 1297. Mahogany bay, stands 15.1 **> and weighs 1060. Sire of Esperanza (2) 2:14&; John Warwick (2) 2:17: Carsto (2) 2:22' z ; Santiago (3) 2:24'/4; Carlrich (2) 2:£4l2; Ethel D. (2) 2:26' 2; El Carbine (2) 2:27/2; The Lark (2) 2:28'/2; Carlos (2) 2:29!4, and Fulton G (2) 2:3C, May Marion (3) 2:24'/4. Carlokin raced from the time he was three years old. He won over 517.000 in one season, and after hi= races were over trotted an exhibition mile at Lexing- ton in 2:05^4. He is one of the purest-gaited trotter; ever raced, and has been shown on numerous occasions in standard classes, always taking first premium. FEE: $75 for the season, Usual return privilege that owners may desire. Every attention will be given mares in my charge, but no W. G. D U R F E E, 2019 So. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, Cal. MT. DIABLO CEMENT bast for foundations, dairy floors, fruit drysr floors, sie. etc SANTA CRUZ LIME but for brleklsyicB and plastering. MT. DIABLO LIME bast for spraying and whitewashing-. WRITE FOR INFORMATION AND PRICES ON ALL BUILDING MATERIAL. HENRY COWELL LIME & CEMENT COMPANY 9 MAIN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. $5,000 GUARANTEED THE $5,000 GUARAN1EED State Fair Futurity Stakes No. 6 Foals of Mares Covered in 1913 to Trot and Pace at Three Years Old. $2600 for Trotting Foals. To B.Giv.n under Th. Direction $2000 for Pacing Foals. California State Agricultural Society, Sacramento, Cal. ENTRIES TO CLOSE FEBRUARY 10, 1914. MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS: TROTTING DIVISION. $100 to Nominator of Dam of Winner in Summary of Race. $60 to Nominator of Dam of Second Horse in Summary of Race. $40 to Nominator of Dam of Third Horse in Summary of Race. $2600 Three-Year-Old Trotters. PACING DIVISION. $100 to Nominator of Dam of Winner in Summary of Race. $60 to Nominator of Dam of Second Horse in Summary of Race. $40 to Nominator of Dam of Third Horse in Summary of Race. $2000 Three-Year-Old Pacers. ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS.— $2 to nominate mare on February 1, 1914, when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 Julv 1, 1914; $5 December 1, 1914: $10 on yearlings February 1, 1915; $10 on two-year-olds February 1, 1916; $10 on three- year- olds February 1, 1917. STARTING PAYMENTS.— $50 to start in the three-year-old pace; $75 to start in the three-year-old trot. All starting payments to be made ten days before the first day of the State Fair at which the race is to take place. Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the horse entered is a Trotter or Pacer. CONDITIONS. The race in each division will be for three heats, if no horse wins two of the three heats a fourth heat must be raced by the heat winners to decide the winner of the race, all other horses to go to the barn. Trotting division heat purses $800. Total purse $2600. Pacing division heat purses $600. Total purse $2000. Money divided 50, 25. 15, and 10 per cent., the extra $200 in each division goes to the winner of two heats. Distance 100 yards. A distanced horse shall be entitled to money already won. If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or if either the mare or the foal dies before February 1. 1915, her Nominator may sell or transfer his nomination or substitute another mare or foal, regardless of ownership; but there will he no return of a payment, nor will any entry be liable for more than the amount paid in or con- tracted for. In entries, the name, color and pedigree of mare must be given; also the name of the horse to which she was bred in 1913. Entries must be accompanied bv the entrance fee. Nominators are liable only for amounts paid in. Failure to make any payment forfeits all previous payments. This Association is liable for $5000, the amount of the guarantee, only. Hobbles will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions. Right reserved to declare off or re-open these Stakes in case the number of entries received is not satisfactory to the Board of Directors. 'ihere will be no more moneys in each division or heat than there are starters. Xo hors^ shall receive more than one money in each race. . Entries open to the world- Other than exceptions made in this entrv blank, rules of National Trotting Association to govern. A L SCOTT President J- L. MCCARTHY, Secretary, Sacramento, Cal. Saturday, February 7, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast. (Established 18S2.) Published every Saturday. P. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. OFFICES: 363-365-366 PACIFICBUILDING Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 44T. National Newspaper Bureau Agent, 219 East 23rd St., New York City. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco Post-Office. Terms — One Year, $3; Sii Months, $1.75; Three Months. SI. Foreign postage ?1 per year additional; Canadian postage 50c per year additional. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or registered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley, P. 0. Drewer 447, San Francisco, Calif. Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee of good faith. STALLIONS ADVERTISED. CARLOKIN 2:07% W. G. Durfee, Los Angeles COPA DE ORO 1:59 W. G. Durfee, Los Angeles JIM LOGAX 2:02?i J. Elmo Montgomery. Woodland JOHANO H. S. Feindel, Pleasanton JOE PATCHEX II. 2:03i4 C. L. DeRyder. Pleasanton McMYRTLE Delcino & Delcino, Petaluma MOKO HALL 2:12H F. J. Ruhstaller, Sacramento MONTBAINE 48667 Suisun Stock Farm, Suisun OX'WARD McGREGOR Bert Webster, Pleasanton PALO KING 2:28i,i H. Hogoboom, Woodland PRINCE AXSEL 2:20^. Harry Dowling, "Woodland ROBERT BINGEX 2:liy- Harry Dowling, Woodland THE BOXDSMAX Capt. C. P. McCan, San Jose VERNON McKINNEY 2:0iy. . .C. L. DeRyder, Pleasanton ZOMBLACK 2:26 C. L. DeRyder, Pleasanton NEVER IN the history of the light harness horse industry has there been such a widespread clamor for reform in every branch as at present. The pro- posed changes in the rules of registration have been assailed everywhere, and it looks as though the reformers who want all the rules of registration ex- cept Rule No. 1 eliminated will be defeated. Then the rules in regard to racing, making them more elastic so as to increase the money earning abilities of our trotters and pacers; making the rules of the American and National associations conform, thus doing away with the jealousies which have retarded the progress of both these parent bodies; placing better safeguards around the racing associations so that delinquents in one will be delinquent in the other; the system of racing to he changed, whether three-in-five, two-in-three or three heats a race, money divided at the termination of each heat — all these are to be considered and voted upon this month. The trumpet has been sounded proclaiming that "Something must be done!" The devotees of the trotting horse game have been depending too much upon its achievements in the "glorious past" while those followers of every other have gone ahead and kept abreast with the times, and, to get the support of the public, have devised ways and means to make their games popular. Old methods, old rules and old-fashioned ways must be brushed aside in the battle for the light harness horsemen so that they can regain the recognition of the public. We have attended conventions similar to those called this month where a number of men have arisen and in well-rounded, oratorical phrases asserted what we must do; they sat down amid thunders of applause and never were heard of again. We have gotten beyond that stage now. Let us hope that good, live committees are appointed to see that proper changes for the good of everybody are made, and then we can look for results. All the buncombe in the world will not cause our grandstands to fill. We want to see those who love racing come and enjoy themselves; we want no laws that will permit long scoring, no long waits between races and no delays. Everything must go with a snap and vim at our meetings. How quickly would enthusiasm fade in the public mind if baseball, tennis, foot ball, bas- ket ball, or any of our other games were to drag along, everybody listless or moving as if it were a trouble to do so. It seems that quick, decisive, in- telligent action is the only kind that counts in every other sport but in the races given by our trotting associations. The laws governing them allow this, so let us see if the association in session this month is to adjourn just as all preceding ones have, with- out accomplishing anything. The members of both the National and American associations know where the fault lies, and knowing this surely they have in- telligence enough to suggest a remedy or to call for the opinions of every one prominently connected with the industry. Horseowners and trainers repre- sent the most patient class of men in the world. They are disheartened by the way our meetings are con- ducted, they see that none of their best features are advertised, they observe the gradual emptying of the grandstands and become dismayed with some of the rulings which incompetent judges make. They see the whole afternoon's racing drag along while some smart fellow in the stand is telling of some race he saw somewhere else, and here is the only time and the place to tell it. We have all seen this and as it is neither "business" nor policy to allow such work to continue it will be better for all concerned if a new set of rules be adopted so that the general public will understand them as well as they do the rules governing all other sports. When that day comes our grandstands will be crowded and everybody will be talking about the great improvements in the con- duct of our meetings, how prompt every heat was called, how keen were the contests and how close and exciting were the finishes. STALLION OWNERS are reminded that there is just one season in the year when owners of good broodmares scan the pages of the leading publica- tions devoted to trotting horse interests for informa- tion regarding stallions standing for public service. These advertisements generally make their appear- ance from the middle of January to the middle of March, but the wise stallion owner who is in the business to get the choicest mares realizes that there is an advantage by getting his advertisement in first. Broodmare owners are using keener judg- ment and greater discrimination today in the selec- tion of sires that will suit their mares than they did in the past. They have learned by study and ob- servation that there is such a thing as blending certain bloodlines to make a proper "nick," and so anxious are they to experiment along that line that instances are known where mares have been shipped thousands of miles to be mated with stallions carry- ing strong infusions of the blood needed. It affords us pleasure to claim that it is not necessary any more in California, for our leading breeders have gone to the East and purchased stallions which are descend- ants of the most fashionable and up-to-date speed siring and money winning families, and in the adver- tising columns of the "Breeder and Sportsman" will be found a small but carefully selected number of these which, for breeding, individuality, speed, sound- ness, intelligence and stamina, are not equaled in any other State outside perhaps of Kentucky, where there are several large farms owned by millionaires who stocked them with the choicest sires and dams money could buy. The day of the big stock farm almost passed away in California when death overtook the owners, but that does not mean we will not have some large farms again stocked with far better bred trotters and pacers than ever grazed every day in the year on our foothills and in our valleys, a climatic advantage not to be found elsewhere in America. There is a tendency to acquire such farms, and before 1916 we shall have the pleasure of recording the news that at least a dozen well appointed and stocked ones are here. In the meantime owners of good mares should not let the opportunity of getting some choice youngsters by the sires advertised slip away. The owners of these have every reason to believe their horses are worthy of having their qualifications thus made known publicly, with the hope that they have an opportunity to be bred to the choicest mares to be found on the Pacific Coast. If an owner has a royally-bred stallion and does not advertise him, and seeks to make that horse's good points known, he is doing that horse an irreparable injury and also suffering a financial loss himself. NEXT TUESDAY (February 10th) entries in the State Fair Futurity Stakes No. 6, for mares bred in 1913, the produce to trot or pace at three years old, will close with Secretary J. L. McCarthy of the State Agricultural Society. The sum of $5,000 is guaran- teed, divided as follows: $2,600 for three-year-old trotters and $2,000 for three-year-old pacers, the balance to be divided among the nominators of the dams of the money winners. Attention is called to the conditions under which entrance money and pay- ments are to be made as they appear in the adver- tisement on the opposite page. It is earnestly hoped that a long list will be sent in. The class of mares bred in 1913 as well as the stallions they were mated with are more fashionably bred in trotting lines and therefore have a right by inheritance to produce faster and better horses than their predecessors, hence, no broodmare owner can afford to miss nom- inating his mare in this stake, the amount to ac- company the nomination being only two dollars, and no more to be required until next July. This is the last call and should not be overlooked. IT IS the earnest wish of everyone interested in fairs and in the light harness horse industry in Cal- ifornia that a well defined circuit of meetings will be decided upon at the meeting held this (Saturday) morning in the Palace Hotel, San Francisco. Many prominent men have signified their intention to at- tend, with the hope that the industry will be given some help, the associations more strength, and horse- men greater encouragement. HENRY FORDS IN HARNESS RACING. It is a common saying that American sports, and especially horse racing, have been commercialized in the present generation, and, while there is perhaps too much truth in the charge, an incident o£ the week shows that the spirit of sportsmanship is still at large and in some quarters about as active as ever it was. When an offer of $10,000 was made to James Butler for the chestnut pacing stallion Directum I. 2:02%, the other day, he declined to entertain it, saying he had found it a good deal easier to make $10,000 than to breed a horse like the son of Direc- tum Kelly. In these days of the smallest purses for the fastest horses a trotter or pacer in the free-for-all class is lucky to earn enough to cover the cost of campaigning him, and as a business proposition nobody would be likely to come out even if he paid $10,000 for any harness horse in training with a rec- ord of 2:02% or better. Nevertheless some one was ready and willing to give that amount for Directum I., and the owner of the horse was quite as ready to refuse it, both parties disregarding entirely the com- mercial aspect of the matter. It is doubtful whether $20,000 would buy Mr. Butler's stallion. Apropos of sportsmanship among horsemen, the man who tried to buy Directum I. has paid out in the last few years close to $100,000 for trotters and pacers to campaign and has met with a very fair share of success, more than one of his horses having earned almost $10,000 in a single season. All told their winnings in purses and stakes would probably foot up to something like $50,000. Besides buying the horses and paying for training and campaigning them this particular sportsman has presented their entire earnings, except about $1,500, to the men who were fortunate enough to drive them. In once race a driver received $5,000 and in another race another driver came in for about $4,000, and he did not win the race at that. These Henry Fords of the horse world are not exactly numerous, yet the generosity of some New York owners to the men who drive winning races for them has been proverbial ever since the late Hugh J. Grant gave to "Honest John" Murphy all the win- nings of Mr. Grant's well known trotter Kenilworth 2:18%, in two or three campaigns, almost thirty years ago. Only a year or two ago a well known New York horseman who had won a lot of races through the Grand Circuit bought one of the best automobiles he could find, paying $6,000 or $7,000 for the machine, and sent it around with his card to the home of the trainer who had developed and driven the winning trotter. o ■ MONTANA WANTS NEW LAW. An organized effort is now being made in Montana to have the present race track gambling law changed. It is claimed that the present liberal law of that State is being abused by the pool sellers and book- makers to such an extent that a more stringent law should be enacted by the legislature, before the next racing season opens. It is very probable that an extra session of the legislature will be demanded to consider the matter and to create a racing com- mission with state wide authority. The present Montana statute permitting race track gambling was passed some years ago, at a special session of the legislature, convened for the purpose of considering the pool room and race track gambling question. At first the harness horse people procured the passage of an act limiting gambling to 14 days in each county during a year and confining it to the track enclosure. The Jockey Club of Butte, which had been conduct- ing a running meet at Butte 60 days each year, then got busy, and procured a change in the law so as to allow 30 days in counties of the first class, each year. This club then proceeded to practically shut the harness horse people out, at the best meeting places of the State, by taking out a license for the full time allowed by the law, for race track gambling; and in that way have had a monopoly of Butte, Anaconda, Deer Lodge and Great Falls. At these places the tracks were originally constructed and used for both the runners and harness events, and especially those at Butte and Anaconda, which were for many years controlled by the late Marcus Daly. Since the states of Utah and Idaho, a year ago legislated race track gambling out of their territory, Montana is the only State of this section where such gambling is legal- ized. It is estimated that in this State last year the bookmakers handled $2,500,000 in 72 days, which amount came largely from the laboring class of peo- ple. This large sum gambled on the races is second to that handled on the tracks at and near Baltimore, Maryland, $3,500,000 of which went through the mu- tuels in 26 days of 1913.— B. S. Thresher. R. J. MacKenzie of Pleasanton presented his trainer, Chas. L. DeRyder, with a $5,000 automobile and gave all the winnings made by Chas. Dean, Jr. the year he had a few of his horses out to this capable young man. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, February 7. 1914. HORSES BENEFITED BY NEW RULE. It has been figured that 68 beaten and outclassed horses — 38 trotters and 30 pacers — will benefit by tbe new time allowance rule adopted by the Grand Circuit. The appended lists are supposed to include all the prominent horses of the 1913 Grand and Great Western Circuit races that will be seen in the coming Grand Circuit, and which will receive allowances . through their records having been made in races the}- lost or in trips against time. Ruth McGregor has been an honest, consistent race mare, but she has had to race for two years against 2:05 and 2:06 trotters. She can race around 2: OS nicely, hence this year ought to win in the 2:10 class. The exploded "phenom" Creosote was in all the $10,000 stakes and cost his owner a lot of money in entrance and racing expense. He did not win a race, but early in the circuit happened to struggle home in front in an opening heat in 2:09%: in the 2:10 classes he would be utterly worthless, but in the slow classes he has a chance, and for some weeks, should he get into some soft spots, may avoid a winning race record that would put him out of it again. When the campaign of 1912 opened it looked as if W. C. Brown had a faster trotter in Bergen than was Baden. The stallion was suffering from an undis- covered ailment and raced disappointingly, but in his first stake engagement he cracked in a heat in 2:06%. It was a losing race, and as the horse has recovered, Mr. Brown decided several weeks ago to take Bergen out of the stud and have him prepared for the low record he is capable of trotting to. As Bergen's winning race record is 2:13%, he can start in the 2:14 class, so it is likely that Mr. Brown will race the son of Bingara and Russula, instead of hav- ing him fitted merely for trials against the watch. There are thirty prominent pacers that will receive time allowances, and it is noticeable that such previ- ous free-for-allers as George Gano 2:02, Don Pronto 2:02%, Don Densmore 2:02%. and Flower Direct 2:01 may be started in the 2:04 classes. All the Grand Circuit members will this year give a race for the 2:05 class, and Joe Patchen II. 2:03%, not having improved his record, will become eligible. But the most marked benefit will be the award to Branham Baughman. The American turf never had a more reliable, honest and good racehorse than this stal- lion, and he has delighted thousands of racegoers. He won twelve races and was placed in thirty others, but last fall the long period of his racing career and the merry clip of the 2:04 horses began to tell on him, and he was five times behind the money. He is still sound and has several more good battles in him, and the 2:06 class should be more to his liking. Following are the leading trotters and pacers that will receive time allowances: TROTTERS. Eligible class. Lord Dewev 2:03% 2:07 Grace 2:04% 2:06 Joan 2:04% 2:05 Xewzell 2:05% 2:0G Don Labor 2:05% 2:06 Phawbav 2:05% 2:09 Hailworthv 2:05% 2:09 Dorsh Medium 2:06% 2:0S Gold Dollar 2:06% 2:09 Rhvthmell 2:06ii Green Uncle Biff 2:06% 2:0S Oav Audubon 2:06% 2:11 Bergen 2:06% 2:14 Ruth McGregor 2:07% 2:10 Henrietta C. 2:07% 2:12 Peter Thompson 2:07¥- 2:09 Marta Bellini 2:07% 2:12 Atlantic Express 2:08% 2:10 Aquill 2:08% 2:10 Farra 2:08% 2:10 Star Winter 2:08% 2:10 Peter Johnson 2:08% 2:14 Lou Billings 2:08% Green Derby Bov 2:09% 2:11 Dago 2:09% 2:11 Princess Todd 2:09% 2:12 James W. 2:09% 2:13 Morine 2:09% 2:17 Creosote 2:09V, Green Eva Tanguav 2:n9=4 2:16 Castle Dome 2:09% 2:15 Harrv Dillon 2:10 2:12 Axworth 2:10 2:13 Mahomet Watts 2:10 2:18 Brighton B. 2:11% 2:13 Dublin Ladv 2:11 »j 2:15 King Bellini 2:12% Green Airdale 2:15V> Green PACERS. Eligible class. Flower Direct 2:01 2:04 Ross K. 2:01V. 2:05 George Gano 2:02 2:04 Don Densmore 2:02% : 2:04 Don Pronto 2:02% 2:04 Joe Patchen II. 2:03% 2:06 Pickles 2:03>£ 2:05 Bland S. 2:02% 2:07 Rranham Baughman 2:04% 2:06 Babe 2:04% 2:06 Wy-Drad 2:"4U 2:06 Zombrewer 2u'4i4 2:07 Warner Half 2:04 2:"» Ella Ambulator 2:04V, 2:08 Mack Thistle 2:04^, 8:06 Knight Onwardo 2:u4=4 2:07 Iowa Todd 2:04% 2:08 J. W. Wilkerson 2:05% 2:08 THE TROTTER'S ACHIEVEMENTS. A wonderfully prosperous export trade with Europe has grown up for the trotter with but little attempt at development on the part of the breeders. This is typical of the trotter and shows what a wonderfully great horse this American product is. The trotter himself has become the greatest of race horses, not because of his owner, but in spite of him. He has from early days had to race for his own money, for years with a ten per cent, entrance fee. He has drawn thousands of people to the race track by his ov n sheer merit, and not because the secretaries have catered to the public and tried to get them to leave their money at the gate. The people have en- joyed seeing him race in spite of tiresome scoring, and a racing system that compels them to cut short their luncheon and get home an hour or more late to dinner. With handicaps instead of assistance, the light harness horse has become the most popular horse in the world. He has created a tremendous market in Austria, Germany, Italy and Russia that has brought hundreds of thousands of dollars to his breeder while a not inconsiderable sum has been realized from sales in Denmark, Australia and New Zealand. These facts give merely a slight indication of what a great horse the trotter is and what he has accomplished under adverse conditions. With systematic endeavor on the part of a considerable body of men interested as track managers and as breeders in promoting the interests of the trotter, what might he not have ac- complished? In the early days, for it is refreshing to note that the old order is passing, each breeder was for himself and himself alone; his stallion was perfection itself, while his neighbor's horse was burdened with all the imperfections that a horse could inherit and acquire. Yet in spite of all this "knocking," knocking that in its bitterness and vindictiveness would put to shame the modern press agent of an automobile truck factory, the trotter continued serenely on his way, conquering first America and then making a place for himself in Europe and the Antipodes. On the race track the trotter has always been handi- capped from the fact that the secretary was a man who devoted but little of his time to looking after the meeting. As a rule he had business interests that were of greater importance than giving a race meet- ing, but he would take a week off while the races were actually on and occasionally a few days previ- ous to the meeting to solicit entries. When such was not the case and a lesser or greater number of wealthy men with a genuine love for the trotter got together and invested anywhere from one hundred thousand to three hundred thousand in a race track, they selected as manager some good fel- low out of a job or some small business man who "knew some of the horsemen." In any other venture in which they invested an equal amount of money tney would have searched the country for some capa- ble, high-priced man equal to the task of making a financial success of the enterprise. By hanging up big purses and making all kinds of concessions to owners of big stables the classes filled well and the secretary was well satisfied because the purses had paid for themselves and the bookmakers and pool sellers made a little velvet. But the expense of main- taining a track the year around for one meeting a year eat up all the paper profits. This followed by a rainy year or two, the magnates tired of the drain on their purses and nailed up the gates. Had the great public been educated to the value of these meetings as a source of amusement, had money been spent on proper advertising and had a system of racing been inaugurated that would have furnished snappy and exciting sport, crowded into three hours during the middle of the afternoon, two big meet- ings a year could have been held that would have furnished a sufficient revenue to pay all bills and provide a reasonable and satisfactory dividend for the stockholders. Supposing the breeders of the country had chipped in five or ten dollars each and used the fund to ad- vertise the trotters on both sides of the pond? Not to advertise Mr. So-and-So's stallion or any particular farm, but to set the merits of the trotter before the people of two continents, would not the trotter be a century in advance of what he is? That the trotter is a wonderful horse, the most wonderful this world has ever seen, is evidenced by what he himself has accomplished with little assistance. AT THE WOODLAND STOCK FARM. KENTUCKY FUTURITY ENTRIES. The records of the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders' Association show that the owners of 842 yearlings have made the second payment in the Kentucky Futurity, which under the conditions was quite a satisfactory showing, though not as large as some lists have been in the past. This may be accounted for by the falling off in breeding opera- tions and the unusually large number of misses that were reported the past season. Walnut Hall Farm leads all nominators with an even 70 youngsters by Moko, Walnut Hall and San Francisco. Patchen Wilkes is second with 58 and Empire City Farms come third with 26, while Allen Farm. Pittsfield, Mass., is fourth. The 842 colts are divided among 279 nominators. The list of stallions includes all of the prominent horses of the day. As might he expected, Peter the Great heads the list with 66 paid up, his closest rival being the fast little stallion San Francisco, that has been very popular since his installation at Walnut Hall Farm. The dead Bingen comes third with 32. Walnut Hall and Bingara following in order with 30 and 28 respectively. Thirty states and Canada are represented in the list and as usual Kentucky with her big farm heads the list with 320, New York following in her accus- tomed place with 129 and Massachusetts coming third, with 63. Among the yearlings paid up on are: a sister to Peter Volo (2), 2:04%, a sister to Peter Thompson (31, 2:07%. a half-brother to The Har- vester, by San Francisco, a half-sister to Soprano 2:03%, a colt by Justice Brooke, from Native Belle, a filly by Atlantic Express, out of the champion mare, Lou Dillon 1:58%, a filly out of Nettie King, and oth- ers scarcely behind them in breeding. Last Saturday J. W. Considine had as his guests at the Woodland Stock Farm. Senator B. F. Rush, James Hartman. S. S. Stiles, Jas. Thompson, Secre- tary J. L. McCarthy of the State Agricultural Society and several others. After dinner the genial host brought them to the track where his superintendent, Harry Dowling, gave them an idea of how well the young trotters and pacers on this place were doing. The track, after that prolonged spell of wet weather, was in perfect condition and no better evi- dence was needed of this than that just before noon H. Hogoboom drove his yearling Yolo Boy a half in 1:15%, last quarter in 33% and last eighth in 15% seconds. This colt wore neither shoes nor boots and his gait is perfection. He is by Palo King 2:28% out of Princess Viola by Prince Ansel: second dam by Gen. Benton. Mr. Dowling drove a sister to Lottie Ansel 2:14% which he calls Ruth Ansel, and it was the concensus of opinion that she is a faster mare for her age than Lottie was and will be a dangerous one to beat in the California futurities: then he drove some yearlings by Kentucky Todd, Directum Spier and Prince Ansel: the latter did not suffer in comparison with their eastern bred com- panions. Mr. Considine bought a three-year-old filly at the Old Glory sale which will be heard from this year. She is by Peter the Great 2:07% out of So- noma Queen 2:25 (sister to Sonoma Girl 2:04%, etc.) and now that she has commenced to grow and de- velop her speed is also to be considered. She will, if nothing happens, become a fast mare. This filly elicited much favorable comment from those present. St. Patrick, the green trotting gelding, was also driven and everybody who remembered this trotter when, as a stallion, he started last year, remarked that he was a very much improved horse. It will take a 2:10 or better trotter to make him stretch his neck this fall. The next horse brought out for inspection was the farm's latest purchase, Robert Bingen 2:14%. the three-quarter brother to the most fashionable as well as one of the leading trotting sires in America — J. Malcolm Forbes 2:08 — and half-brother to Mr. Pinkerton, sire of Peter the Second 2:04%. This magnificent son of the great sire Bingen 2:06% (sire of Uhlan 1:58. Admiral Dewey 2:04%, The Leading Lady (3), 2:07, J. Malcolm Forbes (4), 2:08, Bingara the wonderful sire of speed, etc.), is a far handsomer, more stylish and better proportioned stallion than any the visitors expected to see. Mr. Considine said: "Look him all over and let me know if you find a single defect in him; or if you could find any place you would like to see improved, made more symmetrical or stronger." Mr. Thomp- son said: "I have seen J. Malcolm Forbes 2:08, the stallion that won the first prize in the Horse Show in New York, who is taller and has more daylight under him, but outside of that 'fault' this stallion is his superior. I believe he is the best formed horse of his size in California and it will be hard to find his equal in the United States.. He stands straight, has the most perfect feet, limbs, shoulders, loin, quar- ters and middle piece, and his head is set on his neck just right while his crested neck places him in the show class." Mr. Dowling hitched Robert up and with seven-ounce shoes on he trotted as perfect as any horse could. He has what is so requisite in all sires, plenty of knee and hock action. McKinney Direct, Guy Wilkes, Directum and all our most suc- cessful sires have had this great endowment which comes from a long trotting inheritance. Mr. Dowling spoke to this horse, shifted his hit and the way he paced shows that he will be among the 2: OS class pacers this year. After he gets a record at this way of going. Robert Bingen will be taken in hand, shod and balanced carefully, and without the use of hob- bles will be a remarkably fast trotter. He has never sired a pacer and up in Washington, where this horse has been for the past four years, he sired a number of the handsomest, most sylish, intelligent horses in the Northwest. With his opportunities in California (outside of the magnificent lot of royally bred mares on this farm, the choicest in California! there is a glorious future for this, the finest looking as well as the most fashionably bred trotting sire ever brought to California. Another fact of vital importance is, his grandam Santos is the dam of Peter the Great 2:07%. Mr. Considine was warmly congratulated on his choice and many were the pre- dictions made as to the future of this horse and the progeny he will sire. Brown's Nugget, a three-year-old colt by Harold Dillon from Woodthorpe Chief — Lady Thorpe, who had shown winning form at Blenheim, New Zealand, last month, was sent out a very warm favorite for the Trial Handicap at Ashburton with Royal Belle and Van Coronado next best backed. The race was really confined to Brown's Nugget and Van Coro- nado, who drew right away from the rest of the field half a mile from home. It was an interesting strug- gle between the pair, but just as the three-year-old appeared to he taking the measure of his American- bred opponent, he broke badly, "probably having been forced a little too much, and did not settle down again, the consequence being that Van Coronado won by a length and a half. Van Coronado paced very steadily throughout, and. considering that he is by no means thoroughly ready yet, his performance was a very pleasing one. During his short residence in Christchurch, Mr. Jas. Conway, his owner, has made many friends, and very heartv applause greeted his first win in New Zealand. Royal Belle, the sec- ond favorite, was third, but she was a long way back. Time for the mile and one-half, 3:15. — Press and Referee. Saturday, February 7, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN IDOLITA 2:09l/4 LEADS THE GERMAN SIRES. PAST AND PRESENT. ED. GEERS' "BIG THREE.' The leading sire, by a large margin, is the Ameri- can-bred stallion Idolita 2:09%. His get are credited with the sum of 167,740 marks, which is equivalent to $33,546. As his nearest competitor, who ranks second on the list, is credited with but 07,415 marks, it will be seen that the Idolitas won nearly three times as much as the get of any other sire. This is a truly remarkable showing. The number of money- winners credited to him is thirty-six. The largest amount won by any one of them is 22,120 marks, by "Wermuth. The high average money-winning ability possessed by the members of the family is shown by the fact that no less than sixteen won 5,000 marks ($1000), or over, each. The get of no trotting sire raced in America the past year approached this num- ber of performers winning $1,000 or more each We regret that our old friend, Frank Covey, for many years the superintendent of Palo Alto Farm, where Idolita was bred, and himself the virtual breeder of the horse, could not have lived to know of the splendid success that he has won abroad as a sire, for his belief in his greatness was strong. Idolita was foaled in 1890 at Palo Alto and was sired by Mendocino (Monaco) 2:19%, the son of Electioneer and Mano, by Piedmont 2:17%, son of Almont; his dam being the noted matron Edith, by George Wilkes 2:22. He developed great speed as soon as broken, and Mr. Covey brought him east to be sold at auction early in his two-year-old form, at which time he informed us that the colt was undoubtedly one of the fastest natural trotters ever produced at Palo Alto. He was purchased by the late Hon. Frank Jones, of Portsmouth, N. H., then one of the largest breeders and most prominent patrons of the Grand Circuit among New England horsemen, for a large price, and placed in the hands of trainer T. D. Marsh. As a two-year-old he was raced but once, winning a $2,000 stake at the New England Breeders' meeting at Readville, Mass., where he took a record of 2:21%. As a three-year-old he was specially prepared to win the senior division (worth $20,000) of the Horse Re- view's $30,000 Combination futurity, the richest colt event ever given in America for trotters, and won it in impressive style from Extasy and four others, without coming to a drive, in 2:12%, 2:14%, 2:14. He also won the New England Breeders' futurity, worth $10,000, taking three straight heats in 2:16%, 2:15%, 2:15%. His third and final essay that season was in the Kentucky futurity, at Lexington. The race was one of the most memorable in the history of that classic event. Idolita won the first two heats in 2:13%, 2:12, but after leading almost home in the third, was beaten out in a desperate finish by Bo- ralma and The Bondsman in 2:13. The fourth heat was won by Extasy in 2:11% (then a world's record for a three-year-old in a fourth heat), Idolita fifth. The fifth and sixth heats and the race were won by Boralma in 2:16%, 2:14%. In the sixth heat Idolita was distanced, he having become so leg-weary that, although he trotted all the way he was unable to beat the flag. The sensation which this race created was prodigious, and the distancing of Idolita caused se- vere criticism to be leveled against him. That it was unwarranted is clear. His trainer laid his showing to the fact that he had been so sure of winning in advance of the struggle that he had not prepared him for any such race as it proved to he, not sup- posing any of his adversaries capable of the efforts they put forth. Attention was also called to the fact that Boralma, the eventual winner, broke and ran so much in the first two heats that, if the rules had been strictly applied, he could have been de- clared distanced. It was further alleged that several other starters in the race semed to be engaged in helping Boralma to win, that his owner, Mr. T. W- Lawson, of Boston, had made several spectacular wagers, running high into the thousands, upon him, and that after the race he passed around consider- able sums of money among the drivers of some of the other contending horses, which action barely escaped precipitating an ugly scandal. However, Idolita was the leading money-winning trotter of 1899, with $18,000 to his credit. As a four-year-old Idolita did not race, nor did he appear at five. At six he returned to the turf, but with a leg which made the task of training and rac- ing him a difficult one, and at no time was it possible to prepare him to do himself justice. His best per- formance was at Hartford, where, in the Charter Oak $10,000 stake, he narrowly missed defeating the then-invincible Anzella 2:06%, winning two heats from her and lowering his record to 2:09%. His owner, Mr. Jones, died that same fall, and in January, 1903, Idolita was sent to the auctions and purchased by Mr. John J. Scannell, who was then investing heavily in high-priced trotters, for $11,100. He was placed in the hands of the late John Kelley for the following campaign, but complaining limbs made his essays disappointing. In November of the next year. 1904, he was again sent into the ring at "the Garden" and sold for export to Germany for $4,800. His first season in that country was made in 1905, and his get have now been racing there for some half-dozen years. From the date of their first appearances he has been one of the leading sires of Germany. The trotting gift and the money-winning habit seem alike to be characteristics of his get, and in glancing over the reports of the more important German trotting meetings we have, on some occasions, noted his sons and daughters to have won five or six races upon one day's program. As Idolita is now only eighteen years of age, he should have a long period of usefulness in the stud still before him. Ultimately, the gross amount of money won by his get over European tracks is probable to run into the hundreds of thou- sands of dollars — Horse Review. The late purchases bring the broodmare band of the Billings farm up to thirty matrons. A few years ago a Russian of great wealth wanted the distinction of owning more 2:10 trotting mares for breeding purposes than any man in the world, so he bought the American mares Susie J. 2:06%, Anzella 2:06% and Brilliant Girl 2:08%. Jacob Ruppert, of New York, learning of the fact, bought four, but through the purchases by Charles Tanner and Mr. Tipton there are now in the Curl's Neck paddocks in Vir- ginia nine 2:10 trotting mares, headed by the world's champion, Lou Dillon 1:58%. The list is as follows: Lou Dillon, ch. m. bv Sidney Dillon 23157 1:68% Nancy Royce, blk m. by Allerton 2:09% -.2:0614 Bernice R., b. m. bv Dexter Prince 11363 2:07 \t Zarrine, b. m. by Silent Brook 2:16% 2:07% Berta Mac, br. m. by McKinnev 2:11% 2:08 Lou Billings, b. m. by John A. McKerron 2:04%. . .2:08% Lucile Marlow, b. m. by Prodigal 2:16 2:09% Icon, b. m. by Peter the Great 2:07% 2:10 Minna Ward, b. m. by Prodigal 2:16 2:10 It is entirely improbable that the present, and sec- ond, venture of C. K. G. Billings as a breeder of trot- ting horses will be attended by anythiing other than the highest measure of success, for the nucleus of his stock farm consists of the best bred matrons that money could buy, matrons, in fact, through whose pedigrees for generations back there cannot be found a single blank or unproductive line. All these mares will now be bred to the stallion that is the fastest in the world, The Harvester 2:01, that is also the gamest, since he trotted two miles in 4:15% and established a new record, and that is at the same time almost a thoroughbred trotter. From his first dam. Notelet, by Moko, to his sev- enth, Clara, the mother of Dexter and Dictator, there are seven straight producing dams that are daughters of great speed progenitors. "And yet," said Charles Tanner, who bought much of this wonderful blood, "the problem of breeding a world's champion trotter is as hard as ever it was, if not more so. Here's the reason: We have no more badly bred stallions and mares, and, that being so, some well-bred stallion standing at a cross-road for $25, when he hits the right nick, is as apt to get a world's champion as the $300 stallion that stands in the heart of the Blue Grass. The better the stal- lion and the mares the greater will be the percentage of speed, but as for a champion, he can come as I have said." A nearby instance of an almost discarded sire pro- ducing speed is furnished in the history of McAdams 2:18%. He was ordinary as a race horse and was given little chance at the stud, yet he would have had a very great trotter had Carroll 2:09% remained sound, and no one can foretell to what extremes of speed David Shaw's mare Linda Wrona will reach this year. Early last June she trotted in 2:07, and was also timed a half in :59%. She is one of the results of the highly-bred things that Tanner speaks about, that are apt to crop out at any time or in any place. She is by McAdams 2:18% and he is a son of Sim- mons 2:28 (one of the best sons of George Wilkes 2:22), and his dam is by Robert McGregor 2:17%, a great race horse and sire of Cresceus 2:02%. Linda Wrona's dam is Miss Delia Fox 2:10%, one of the first three-year-olds to approach 2:10, and she is by the champion Patron 2:14%, out of Jeanne by Ken tucky Prince, the sire of Guy 2:10%; next dam the $10,000 mare, Suisun 2:18% by Electioneer, sire of the champion Sunol 2:08%. The highest prices ever paid for trotting mares have always been given for the world's champions. Robert Bonner paid $40,000 for Maud S. 2:08%, and $41,000 for Sunol 2:08%; J. Malcolm Forbes paid $45,000 for Nancy Hanks 2:04, and Hamburg Belle 2:01% cost H. M. Hanna $50,000— all having been bought through sentiment. The real, cold-blooded business deal that Charles Tanner came near bringing to a successful isue, and which the world has never heard anything about, occurred at the old Glenville track in 1893. That year A. H. Moore, of Philadelphia, entered the breeding and racing business, and at a single bound he became the Napoleon of the horse world. He paid $75,000 for the stallion Director 2:17, and fabulous prices for racing material such as Annorean and Evangeline. That year, too, San Mateo farm in California sent east a grand lot of campaigners, headed by Hazel Wilkes, the slashing daughter of Guy Wilkes 2:15%. During the previous autumn when "not trying" Hazel had forced out Homestake in 2:14% and this was wonderful for a four-year-old at that time. Hazel Wilkes was brought to Cleveland for the finishing touches to her preparation and she simply smothered all the trotters in training there. Her $75,000 worth of stake engagements looked to be as much as won. Charles Tanner was Moore's village manager while George Saunders did the train- ing and race driving. One morning after a particularly brilliant work- out Tanner went over to the San Mateo quarters in the "Square" and offered $46,000 for Hazel Wilkes as coolly as if it were 46 cents. It was and yet is the highest price ever offered for a stallion, mare or gelding for racing purrposes, and Trainer John Gold- smith rejected it. Hazel Wilkes went on and won a lot of money, taking a record of 2:11%, but sickness on the eve of the Cleveland meeting prevented a clean sweep of the Grand Circuit, writes Geo. J. Dietrich in Ameri- can Sportsman. o Fifteen trotters and sixteen pacers, with records of 2:10 or better, died during the season of 1913. Wintered at the North Memphis Driving Park in the stables of Ed. F. Geers are three winners of the trotting turf's most coveted classic, Detroit's Mer- chant & Manufacturers' Stake, or, as it is more famil- iarly known, the M. & M., and incidentally all of them have been piloted to victory by the "Silent Man from Tennessee." Dudie Archdale 2:03%, winner in 1910; Anvil 2:03%, home first in this event the following sum- mer, form one of the most singular and impressive features to be found in any string of light harness horses throughout the country; and Reusens. In fact, to duplicate this trio of trotters wouuld be practically impossible. In the history of the stake there has been only one driver outside of Pop Geers to place more than one of these events to his credit, that being George Speer, who scored twice. Six times during the 25 years' existence of the M. & M. has Pop Geers brushed past the judges for a major portion of the $10,000 offered. First, in 1895, when he and J. B. Chandler jointly drove The Cor- poral to a victory. Then in 1900, when Geraldine re- turned first. Four years later the veteran drove Stanley Dillon for his third credit in this event. A search of authentic records fails to bring to sight what has become of these last three horses, but information obtained from members of the Geers stable points toward their deaths several years back. Coincident with the fact of these six trotters being under the rein of Geers is that two, Dudie Archdale and Anvil, are owned by Frank G. Jones, the local turfman. This in itself is a thing of which no other owner of the country can boast. Dudie Archdale, that exceptional little mare which sprang into prominence three years ago, and which is at the present time one of the best known figures on the harness turf, was purchased by Mr. Jones in 1910 for the sum of $16,000. How she rewarded her owner is a matter of history. It is sufficient to say that the daughter of Archdale, through her perfect deportment, her lightning speed, her gameness and invariable consistency, has carved a name deep into the records. She was foaled by Archdale, out of Dudie Egmont by Egmont Chief. In 1910, her sensational year on the Grand Circuit, Dudie Archdale encountered little opposition in her class. In the M. and M., in which were listed ten starters, the mare won in straight heats, none of which took her best. On this occasion her time for the heats was 2:09%, 2:08% and 2:08%. Geers a* the time was compelled to use crutches to get to and from the sulky, being still encumbered as a re- sult of an accident two weeks previously at Grand Rapids. Frank G. Jones' second winner and Ed. Geers' fifth was in Anvil, the following year, when the bay stal- lion out-trotted, out-gamed and outraced the field of six starters, taking the 1911 classic in straight heats. The local entry that season was an even favorite with Lewis Forrest, a calculated hard-to-beat entry of Lon McDonald. The Indianapolis driver had only three days previously purchased the Forrest trotter in an endeavor to wrest highest honors in the M. and M., but found things much to his disadvantage in the performance of Anvil. Time for this summer's race was 2:08%, 2:08% and 2:09%. Besides Anvil the Geers string had two other en- tries in that day's stake. Lady Willow, piloted by Wizard McHenry, and The Huguenot, driven by Benyon. Anvil is a bay stallion, foaled in 1907, by Saint Valient Vincent, out of Amy Smith, by Emperor Wilkes. He is the first horse bred by Frank G. Jones which the Memphian raced, Jones owning his sire and dam. The bay trotter was raised at the North Memphis track, and during his career has never been turned out in the pasture other than the infield of the local track. Lovers of the harness game need no attention called to the 1913 renewal of the M. and M. and how Pop Geers, after a gruelling five-heat battle, drove Reusens, the Kentucky gelding, home for his sixth victory in the stake. Tenera, an entry of Bill An- drews and an odds-on favorite, was the general choice, with Reusens selling at fairly long odds. Tenera took the first two miles after scorching brushes with Santos Maid and Judson Girl, going the second heat in 2:06%, which time has been beaten in the M. and M. only twice, once by Sonoma Girl and by Margin. In the third heat Geers, after set- tling the gelding, outdrove Andrews in the last 300 yards and nosed out winner in this mile. The next two furnished thrilling finishes, with Geers driving in the stretch only as that veteran can. Reusens is the property of S. DeRyder of Louisville, Ky., and was foaled at the Gulvallis farm, out of Lexington, in 1907. He is by the Prince of India, out of Miss Sligo, and is the third 2:10 performer of his sire. The gelding has been under the care of Geers for several seasons, but was seen in prominence only in the last summer. He was the fifth trotter in the money-winning rankings last fall and the second largest earner for the Geers string, taking a total of $14,290. Of the 2:10 performers representing the Guy Wilkes family of trotters the following are the big- gest winners: Sonoma Girl 2:04%, $41,327; Bolivar 2:00%, $18,062; Copa de Oro 1:59, 514.S75; Mavmack 2:08%. $14,483; Del Rev 2:04%, $13,575: R. F. D. 2:05, $9,070; John McEwen 2:08%, $7,6G7; Buster Brown 2:10%, $6,557; Nutmoor 2:05%, $6,400; Dr. Wilkes 2:11%, $6,250; Nada 2:0S%, $5,471, and An- nie Kohl 2:07%, $6,146. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, February 7, 1914. | NOTES AND NEWS j Thirteen weeks' racing on the Grand Circuit this year. ©©© Pleasanton Futurity payments came in promptly and were exceptional^ good. ffiffiffi Under the new rule proposed tor stake closing en- tries must be made 120 days before a race meeting. ffiffiffi Zulu Belle 2:06% has been on pasture at Pleasan- ton ever since her arrival from the Los Angeles meeting. ffiffiffi Fifteen of the get of Direct Hal 2:04%, entered the 2:30 list in 1913. and one, Flower Direct 2:07%, entered the 2:10 list. ©ffiffi Colorado E. (3), 2:04%, will be given a careful winter preparation, with the expectation of capturing the trotting stallion record this year. ffiffiffi A. B. Coxe of Paoli, Pa., Sidney Goldman of Los Angeles and several other prominent horsemen were visitors at Pleasanton on Wednesdav. ©©ffi Esperanza 2:25 (2), by Carlokin, dam My Irene S., by Petigru, grandam Johanna Treat, by Thomas Rys- dyk, will be a Kentucky Futurity prospect this year. ©ffiffi Thoroughbred stud fees are high in England — Rock Sand, $2500; Prince Palatine and Tracery, $2000 each; Bayardo, Roi Herode and Willonyx, $1500 each. ©©© Little Lucille 2:09, by Palo King out of Diorine by Diablo 2:09%, is back at Woodland. John Clark, her owner, is jogging her every day on the track there, ffiffiffi C. K. G. Billings has nine trotting mares with rec- ords of 2:10 or better in his new breeding stud at Curl's Neck, Va. Lou Dillon 1:58% heads the list. ©©© Arlie Frost is wintering Sidney Goldman's King Paphne, p. 2:04%, at Losh Angeles, and will enter him in every 2:05 place on the Grand Circuit this year. ©ffiffi Bonnie Princess, trial 2:08%, by Prince Ansel, will be trained and raced by Oscar Ames, who had out last season Belford Bell 2:06%. and Lulu Lumine 2:09%. ©©© Foreign parties have been attempting to get a price on San Francisco 2:07%, through the Fasig- Tipton Company, but Mr. Harkness refuses to con- sider an offer. ffi©© C. L. DeRyder is receiving quite a number of inqui- ries about the stallions that will make the season at Pleasanton Driving Park. It indicates a big business for this season. ©©ffi The story that was circulated a few weeks ago that the Emeryville racetrack was to be cleared of all its buildings and cut up into lots and sold is denied by the lessee. ffiffi© A cablegram from Wellington, New Zealand, states that Chas. James and the five head of trotting stock he took there on the steamship "Aorangi" arrived safely last Saturday. ©©ffi J. Elmo Montgomery, of Davis, has sent Effie Lo- gan (dam of Jim Logan 2:02%, Sir Albert S. 2:03% and Dan Logan 2:07%), to Pleasanton to be bred to Joe Patehen II. 2:03%. ©©© J. W. Considine's good trotting filly Lottie Ansel 2:14%, not having improved her record in 1913 will, according to the new rules, be eligible to start in the 2:18 class. That will be easy for her. ©ffiffi H. Helman is handling a number of very promising young trotters at the Salinas racetrack, the majority of them being by the well-bred stallion Alconda Jay, Salinas is to have a race meeting this year. ffi ©ffi John Taylor 2:08%, winner of the M. and M. in 1903 and several years later successful in the $1,200 amateur drivers' sweepstakes at Columbus, last week dropped dead on the Troy. N. Y., snow path. ffi ffi ffi Peter Bennet's beautiful filly. Close McKlnney by Nearest McKinney out of Much Better 2:07%, which was one of Mat Zanner's string at San Jose and paced an eighth in 17 seconds last week, died last Saturday. ffi ffiffi Great preparations will be made this year to fit horses for the horse show in 1915 at the Panama- Pacific Exhibition. Men are scouring the country on the lookout for stylish saddlers, single drivers and teams. ffiffiffi James Thompson has five youngsters in training at Sacramento; all are heavily staked, and he says he never saw or handled a better quintette. Jim is quite a speed "impresario" and knows what he is ta'king about. The race track at Woodland is in splendid shape after the heavy rains and a number of horses are being worked there by Harry Dowling. J. Elmo Mont- gomery, C. E. Parker, H. Hogoboom, J. Clark and several local reinsmen. ©ffiffi The list of fifth payments received on two-year- olds in the Breeders' Futurity Stakes which will be published next week will furnish a surprise to the pessimists who are ever ready to declare that light harness horse racing is going backward. ffiffi© The green pacing stallion Airlie Demonio by De- monio 2:11%, owned by Charles Johnson of Wood- land, has been leased by the Woodland Stock Farm and will be campaigned this fall. Last summer this horse paced a mile over the track there in 2:09%. ffiffiffi Now is the time for stallion owners to advertise them. It looks as if more mares will be bred this season than any other. Pasturage and hay will be plentiful and cheap and the demand for young trot- ters and pacers will be greater than the supply from this time on. ffiffiffi Bert Webster has had quite a number of visitors to see Onward McGregor, the three-year-old Jay Mc- Gregor colt that will make the season in his charge at Pleasanton. As this horse will only be allowed twenty mares, Bert expects to have his book full in the very near future. ffiffiffi There is a yearling filly at Pleasanton called Miss Axworthy Dillon, sired by Axworthy 2:11% out of Cleo Dillon 2:13%, that is entered in $135,000 worth of stakes, and Chas. DeRyder says she has as good a show to win as any one named in these events. as an individual she is faultless. ffiffiffi Dr. John Scott, of Peoria, 111., will start the horses in the Western Canadian Circuit this year, having been re-engaged after filling the exacting position for some years with satisfaction. It is reported that the pari-mutuel system will be installed at several of the tracks of this organization. ffiffiffi Senator J. W. Bailey has consigned all his brood- mares to the Fasig-Tipton Company's midwinter sale of trotters in Madison Square Garden. Among them are Lulu Arion 2:08%; George Dillon 2:10%; Bon- nie Hill 2:13%: Baroness Evelyn 2:12%, and several other noted performers and producers. ffiffiffi Messrs. Delcino & Delcino of Petaluma are the owners of that grandly bred McKinney stallion Mc- Myrtle (sire of John Gwynne 2:11%) and will stand him this season in San Rafael and Petaluma; and from what his progeny has shown there is no reason why he should not have a number of fast performers to his credit. ffiffiffi • A prominent dealer in draft and all purpose horses predicts that on account of the heavy crops of grain, fruit, etc., this year, more horses will be needed than ever and owners of good ones can depend upon getting high prices for all they have for sale. Horses can be bought cheaper in San Francisco today than thev can in the countrv. ffiffiffi Robt. Smith, the well known horseman who han- dled Sweet marie 2:02 and Bellemont 2:09% is work- ing with Wm. G. Durfee at Los Angeles. They have a number of very promising "prospects" and if there are any two men living who will have these in first- class shape when the starter's bell rings it will be these. Both are verv careful and capable reinsmen. ffiffiffi T. W. Ready, of Niles, Mich., reports the death of Lydia Thompson, by Guy Wilkes 2:15%, one of the celebrated Thompson sisters, and dam of Peter Thompson, 3, 2:07%, the world's champion three- year-old trotting gelding. Mr. Ready purcr-ased her last fall, along with Winifred, dam of The Director General and Mazie W., by Patehen Wilkes, at the Chicago sale. Winifred and Mazie W. seem safe in foal to Peter O'Donna 2:08, and Mr. Ready is greatly elated. ffiffi© There are two great mares in Kentucky belonging to the Woodland Stock Farm, and five which belong to Messrs. Shippee & Thompson of Sacramento. All these are in foal to such sires as J. Malcolm Forbes 2:08. Peter the Great 2:07%, The Northern Man 2:06%, Tregantle 2:09%, etc., and arrangements are being made to have a man go east and bring them out to California. The Woodland Stock Farm mares Carrietta and Fair Recluse will be bred to Robert Bingen 2:14% this season. Their yearling colts in Kentucky are very highly praised by the leading horsemen there. ©ffiffi New York, Feb. 5. — Ed Custer 2:10 has just been added to the long list of fast American trotting stal- lions sold for export. Ira Ryerson, a well-known trainer, acting for Mr. Pitanak of Vienna, purchased the stallion from A. G. Danforth of Washington, 111. Ryerson will go abroad with the trotter this month and will train a string of trotters for Mr. Pitanak during the coming season. Besides Ed Custer, Ryer- son will take with him the fast six-year-old trotting stallion, Masca Matthews (2:13%), for which he was reported to have paid $6000 last summer; Halloween (2:18%), and probably several others yet to hte pur- chased. The Alcyone branch of the trotting horse family has won many thousands of dollars during the past five years and the McKinney family leads in having Adam G. 2:05%. $5,524; Dan McKinney 2:10, $9,575; Henry Gray 2:13%, $5,062; Josephine 2:07%, $9,765; Leata J. 2:03, $16,295; Miss Jerusha 2:08%, $5,258; R. Ambush 2:09%, $9,100; San Felipe, $8,775; Sher- lock Holmes 2:06, $11,740; Vernon McKinnev 2:01%, $8,114; Zolock 2:05%, $9,197; Zombrewef 2:04%, $7,670, and Zombronut 2:08%, $7,795. ffiffiffi It is rumored that Charlie Johnson, the well known horseman of Woodland, is to lease that good sire Demonio 2:11% for the season of 1914. This horse has always been on the Suisun Stock Farm where he was never bred any season to more than twenty mares; his opportunities therefore have been ex- ceedingly limited. In Woodland, where his full broth- er, Diablo 2:09%, became so successful as a sire, he should get some of the best mares and a larger number of them than he has ever been bred to in any year. Demonio is a very sure foal getter and one of our leading sires of early and extreme speed. ffiffiffi The Colorado Racing Commission met in Denver January 21, and elected J. A. Burnett of Denver, chairman, and J. L. Beanian of Pueblo, secretary. D. L. Silver of Lamar and M. J. Dunleavy of Denver are the other members. W. A. Reed of Vancouver, B. C, was granted a license for a mixed meeting at Overland Park, June 13 to July 4. The Santa Fe Circuit dates from Aug. 19 to Sept. 25, were recog- nized. The rules of the A .T. A. were adopted to govern harness racing. No form of bookmaking or pool selling will be allowed, but pari-mutuels may be used. It is understood that the Northern Colorado Circuit will soon apply for dates and that Denver will give a fall meeting. ffiffiffi Attention is called to the change of conditions in the California State Fair Futurity. Among the im- portant changes are: Entries to close next Tuesday, February 10th, instead of February 1st. If, at the end of the third heat, no horse has won two heats, then the heat-winners must go out and race a fourth heat. In the trotting division $800 is distributed in the usual way for each of the three heats, the final winner of the race getting $200 extra. Pacers race for $600 in each heat, with $200 extra to the winner; $200 is distributed, in each division, between the nominators of the dams of the three horses standing best in the summary. ffiffiffi Ray Mead, formerly in charge of the San Jose Driving Park, has resigned and a Mr. Dowling, a prominent horseman formerly of Santa Cruz, has taken full charge of this splendid plant. It is his intention to fix all the stalls and do a lot of work beautifying the place. The track itself is one of the fastest, safest and best in California, and no doubt there will be a number of horsemen take their trot- ters and pacers there. There will be many prominent trainers here from the North and East next fall and the proximity of this track to San Francisco will have considerable weight with them when it comes to selecting a place for the winter, ffiffi© In photographing horses the best place to pose them is on a race track or on a road where there are neither trees nor buildings for a background. There is no animal harder to pose than a horse and nine out of every ten photographers, professionals as well as amateurs, do not know where to center their in- struments in doing this work. The late Mr. Schreiber of Philadelphia, who was conceded to be the best in America in this line, contended that the photographer should strive to have his instrument focussed right over the heart, and that great care should be taken in having the feet of the horse apart; also that a bright clear day, when no wind was blowing, was the best. We have had a number of photos mailed us but because of the position the horses stood in or the background being darkened by buildings or sheds the full likeness of the horse, where the lights and shadows form so important a part, is not given, ffi©© In an interesting letter received from James Con- way, Christchurch, New Zealand, he writes: "Love- lock was hardly acclimated and was suffering from boils on her shoulder when I started her at New Brighton against the good mare Emmeline. It was to a 'flying start' as they call it here and it proved to be a very pleasing one, for horses in races are not started as they are in the United States. How- ever, it was voted a success and as the race was well advertised a splendid crowd attended. I believe there will be several races given under the same conditions. I am more than pleased that the trotting clubs here have used great care in selecting judges, timers, starters and handicappers. They are men who thoroughly understand their business, take a pride in their work and are in every way reliable and honest, hence they are a credit to the horsemen of New Zealand. You can talk- about your racing in America, but I never saw so many people at a race meeting as I saw here, and such enthusiasm — why, you could not believe it unless you were here. Anoth- er feature that impressed me was the way nearly every visitor at the track bets on the totalisator. It makes one ashamed to think that these people are so far ahead of us in this respect. Everybody attending a meeting feels that to "take a chance" or "try their luck" for a few pounds is the only way to enjoy watching the races. Saturday, February 7, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN The Stockton bred stallion Mount Vernon 2:151/4. we are told, died in Assumption Parish, Louisiana, last year, the property of Amedee Teete. This horse left a number of good horses in that State. ©©© Judge J. R. Thomas, who was shot down and killed when the prisoners at McAlester, Okla., attempted to escape recently, was a veteran horseman, an offi- cer in the Civil War, former Illinois Congressman, a Federal judge and prominent lawyer. He came from a fighting family, his father being a captain in the Mexican war, and his son is now a captain in the regular army and served in the Philippines during the Spanish-American war. He was a popular official in the judges' stand. ©©© The well known horseman and trainer J. M, Alviso died last week at Pleasanton. He was 70 years old. Deceased was one of the oldest residents of Pleas- anton, having lived there continuously for 42 years. He had spent his entire life in Alameda county, hav- ing been born in Centerville. His passing removes the last one of the Alviso family, at one time the owners of what was known as the Alviso grant. He was a lover of horse flesh and at one time was a prominent driver. He gave the good Abbotsford mare She 2:12y2 her record. ©©© John S. Lackey, for many years one of the leading horsemen of the Middle West, died at his home in Cambridge City, Ind., on January 24th, aged 64 years. As the founder of the Lackey Sale Co., which has for years been a feature of the horse circles of this coun- try, Mr. Lackey became widely known, having an acquaintance with the horsemen in every part of the country, and he was greatly esteemed for his straightforward methods. The Lackey sale, which was to have been held in March, has been abandoned on account of Mr. Lackey's death, and the horses owned by the Lackey estate as well as the other horses consigned to the Cambridge sale will he sold in the February sale of the Chicago Horse Sale Co., in Chicago. ©©© Thomas W. Murphy, after appearing at the meet- ing of the Grand Circuit stewards, left for the South, destination unknown. It is now reported he was negotiating for John R. Dillon 2:17%, by Sidney Dil- lon, dam Miss Grattanwood, by Grattan Boy 2:08, owned by John R. White of Athens, Ga. Tommy, by the way, says the newspapers make him tired be- cause they always report the price of his purchases at $10,000. He says he is not paying anywhere near that amount for most of his prospects. This reminds us of a recent anecdote on Cos and Murphy. A friend said to Walter R. Cox, "I see Murphy is getting up all the $10,000 beauties." Cox replied : "'Let him keep it up. I have a few good ones of my own I will sell at that figure." ©©© The Fresno City Driving Club, which has been in existence for the past eight or nine years, disbanded last night. Lack of a sufficient number of harness horses in Fresno was given as the reason for the action. The club became inactive in 1911 and no more meetings were held until the one last Tuesday night. The financial report showed that $163.60 re- mained in the treasury and it was voted to turn this over to the Salvation Army for the benefit of the needy poor. Eight chairs were also turned over to this organization. The Driving Club had about 100 members. Those present at the meeting Tuesday night were D. L. Bachant, H. G. Patterson, F. Mal- colm, H. C. McKay, A. Allen, S. C. Walton and Dr. O. A. Longley. — Fresno Republican. ©©© The estimates for January 1, 1914, indicate that there are 20,955,000 horses and 4,447,000 mules on farms in the United States, an average annual in- crease of about 1.4 per cent, over the number shown by the Census of 1910. It is estimated that the aver- age farm price of horses has increased from $108.19 in the census year to $109.33 in January, 1914, and in the case of mules from $119.84 to $123.84 in the same period. On this basis the total farm value of horses is $2,291,000,000 and of mules $550,697,000. The total estimated farm value of these animals is there- fore $2,841,697,000, which is an increase of $191,454,- 000 over the census year and represents an annual increase of wealth from these sources of $47,863,000. Remember, entries in State Fair Futurity No. 6 will close next Tuesday, February 10th, with Secre- tary J. L. McCarthy, Sacramento. This is the final notification. ©©© Eugene Cerciat of this city is always on the look- out for a good prospect and has finally succeeded. His latest purchase is a brown filly foaled in 1912 which he calls Greatness, sired by Peter Wilton, dam Abbie McNutard by Guy McKinney; second dam Lady Irene 2:14% by Diablo 2:09%; third dam Geraldine 2:16% (also dam of Leata J. 2:03), by Mt. Vernon 2:15^; fourth dam Edith C. by Gen, McClellan 144. Daisy S., the dam of Mt. Vernon, is the fourth dam of Vernon McKinney 2:01%. Peter Wilton was by Peter the Great out of Mazie W. by Wilton, grandam Mary Mayes (dam of Ralph Wilkes 2:06% and Bellwort 2:14%) by Mambrino Patchen 58, great grandam Snake by Sarpedon (McConathy's), son of Imported Sarpedon, sire of the dam of Lexington, etc. Blanch- ward, grandam of Guy Vernon, is also dam of China Maid 2:05%. When one analyzes the breeding of this little miss and then studies her conformation it is not saying too much to claim that in these respects she is the peer of any of her age on the Pacific Coast. WHAT OF THE FUTURE? Important Things Necessary To Be Done by Breeders and Turf Organizations to Conserve Their Interests. It is unpleasant to be called a pessimist and the word Progressive as used today is equally obnox- ious to me. There are moments when even the most buoyant disposition will be shadowed by a few clouds of doubt and others when the most hardened "stand patter" will hesitate. These clouds and these doubts have for a long time been hovering about my hours of prospection and retrospection of our trotting horse breeding industry. It seems to me, and the thought becomes stronger each day, that we have for years been losing the outer works of our fortification until today the very citadel itself is in danger, and all this with only a passive resistance on our part. Each year we have seen an increase in the number of associations offering money for our trotters, and the amounts offered to race for have increased in further proportion until suddenly we have arrived at a very startling condition of an insufficient number of starters to make racing profitable to many of these tracks or interesting to, the spectators. Now, what can produce such an anomalous condi- tion as an increase in the" number of tracks and money offered for racing, with a decrease in the number of horses available for this racing, if not faults in method? That we seem to be losing ground with our trotting and breeding interests might be indicated from the nominations to the different futu- rities. These have been decreasing for the past few years, while the number of starters at our different race meetings has decreased to the extent that many of the tracks often have difficulty in getting enough to meet the usual condition of five to enter and four to start. If this is no misstatement of fact, it depicts a condition that should startle the most optimistic of breeders and horse lovers. I never have been one that has looked upon our larger breeding establishments as our bower anchor. This anchor was made up of thousands of small breeders (with one, two or three mares) scattered all over the country. That there must be a great falling off in numbers of these is easily proven when one looks for stallion advertisements in our horse papers. I have three stallions of reasonable virtues standing for services at different places in Ohio. They have all been in service about ten years and have proven themselves sires of practical worth. A few years ago they would each receive from fifty to seventy-five mares. During the past five years this amount of service has dwindled until now, stand- ing at reduced fees and with increased effort, these stallions are performing less than half the amount of service stated. In the counties in Ohio with which I am familiar, light harness stallions are grow- ing fewer in numbers and the few left much less profitable to their owners. This condition, I believe, prevails all over this state and in most, if not all, of our other states. In talking with a representative of one of our horse journals recently, he remarked that he had observed a strange condition, which was that he could no longer talk advertising to many stallion owners. As he expressed it, "A few years ago it was easy to get stallion advertising, now it's very hard. Even the man who has a real good sire as well as a number of mares of his own and who used to get good business for his horse, not only gets very little or nothing now, but sends his best mares to a few of the more promising futurity sires, breeds the balance to his own horse and cuts out advertising entirely. The man with the stallion and no mares is out of the game entirely." The first Championship Stallion Stake of the Amer- ican Association of Trotting Horse Breeders had one hundred and five stallions nominated. The last, the seventh renewal, has only fifty-three. Is that not a falling off in numbers to be almost startling? The loss in numbers cannot altogether be attributed to mismanagement on the part of the association, and if not to that, then to what? The nominations in the Kentucky Futurity for this year have not, at this writing, been published. One should expect with the change of management at Lexington, a material increase in their nominations, but I for one will be heartily pleased if they prove to be as large as last year, which was not an in- crease over the previous year. Not only has the small breeder decreased in num- bers (together with the large breeder), but he has likewise become discouraged in playing the game and for the very good reason that he has lost the market for his product. Ten years ago what lover of a trot- ter was there to even think of the present domination of the automobile, and now when we stop to con- sider this domination, so complete so far as our driving and pleasure horse is concerned, the wonder is that we did not anticipate it in part at least and prepare for its advent. It is not meant by this that nobody in the country uses a horse to drive any more, but it is almost as bad as that when we con- sider the abandonment of the use of the horse in our cities. Only a few years ago a good road horse was worth from one thousand dollars up, while today he has no real value. The saddest part of this angle to the thing is not that there is nobody who wants a horse but that wanting him they have no place to use him. In eliminating the trotter for this use, therefore, a large market for him is eliminated and perhaps the largest of them all. No preparation or effort on the part of breeder or horse lover could likely have changed this condition, but there are other conditions surrounding our horse interests that could have been changed for the better. Mr. E. A. Tipton sounded the first keynote when he inaugurated the first time allowance at his meet- ing in Lexington last fall. He touched the key very softly, but it was one of the right tune and more noise and further sound on this key is sure to prevail and, I believe, produce good results. Student though he is, — but this is better expressed by "Professor" — and although an adept at all angles of the game, I doubt if even he realized what an important change he has rung and what the results were to be. Our methods of racing and classification of our trotters were perhaps all right in the past and I for one never looked with favor on changes, of a radical nature, in those methods. The handwriting is on the wall, however, and changes must be had. While we must admit, and all do admit, the change of conditions produced by the advent of the auto- mobile, there still are other conditions which appeal to me of even more importance than this. In the past few years, we have developed our Futurities to a high degree. We have each year six or seven of these big stakes and in preparation for them we tear up and destroy each year a large per cent, of our young material in order that we may show the qual- ity of our goods. This is largely due to the fact that we race our colts as two-year-olds and the breeder, trainer or owner sees fit to train and search the foals from weaning time in order that the discrim- inating, or rather undiscriminating, buyer may be satisfied. "Early maturity, early decay" was never better exemplified than when applied to our trotters. With a large per cent, of our material torn up and wasted, our present racing conditions or methods pre- clude all but a small portion of tne remainder be- coming of value for further use. Under these con- ditions today a trotter that cannot beat 2:10 three times on a mile track or 2:16 on a half-mile track has no value except as a road or matinee horse, and that means NO VALUE so far as the breeder is concerned, with an added loss to owner or trainer who has carried the individual to market. With the rate of speed fixed so high to produce remunerative value, how can anybody from breeder to seller ex- pect other than loss, for the good ones are swamped by the average. The remedy? Stop racing two-year-olds, for one thing. No! few will do that. Well, then, fix con- ditions so that slower horses can be made valuable for racing purposes. In Russia, a horse that cannot beat 2:30 has an earning capacity on the track and therefore a track value, while in this country such a horse might sell for a hundred and fifty dollars, to work on a light delivery wagon. Some years ago, I sent to Russia a young well-bred stallion that could trot in about 2:30. Two hundred dollars would have been a good price for him here and he had not been over there two weeks before he found a buyer at twelve hundred dollars. Another I sent over sold for four thousand and a week lacer twelve thousand was refused for him. In this country I would have been lucky to have disposed of him for two thousand. Another stallion taken to Russia last year at a cost of less than four thousand dollars immediately found a ready buyer at triple that sum. Billy Burke, Baden, General H. and others in past years sold for export, indicate truly the added value to our trotters when taken abroad. I have been offered a guarantee on a stallion I own of forty mares at two hundred dollars cash each, if I will let him go to Russia, but in this country his services go begging at fifty dollars, guarantee a foal and collect when you can. Why this difference? Solely because every trotter in Russia that can trot at all has an earning value and moreover he can race as long as he lives with this earning value attached, for his record never puts him where his earning value ceases. How vastly different in this country! Our trotters have little or no value if they cannot trot very fast and when they have done this their value falls to almost that of one that cannot trot at all. I am not a Progressive, but some sort of progres- sion is needed here, for we are going down the hill so fast, the jar at the bottom will put us out for good and all. We must give our trotting horses a more elastic and uniformly lasting earning capacity. — H. K. Devereux in Breeders' Journal. Colorado horsemen are greatly enthused by the legalizing of the pari-mutuel machines in that State. Governor Ammons, in fulfilling a further provision of the liberal act passed by the last legislature, has appointed a State Racing Commission, composed of five members, as follows: J. A. Burnett, M. J. Dun- leavy, of Denver; Dr. A. P. Drew, of Grand Junction; J. L. Beamon, of Pueblo; D. L. Silver, of Lamar. This commission is empowered to make rules to govern all racing in the State, issue licenses to associations, and to revoke them for cause. The racing bill allows meetings between April and December, with the pari-mutuel system of betting. The commissioners are appointed so that the term of one expires each year, and members serve without pay, with an allow- ance of $200 each year for a secretary. The an- nouncement is made that a syndicate of Butte, Mon- tana, horsemen will construct a million dollar track at Lakeside, a suburb of Denver, and there are many indications that a decided revival, in both the trot- ting and thoroughbred sport, is about to follow, the liberal legislation that the State has enacted. The result of the new enactment will be eagerly followed by horsemen in the middle and eastern States, where many have felt that the legalizing of the pari-mutuel plan is the solution of the troubles which racing associations are encountering." 8 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, February 7, 1914. Sr£®^*©mK©*®H^-©JKS^-rW^K'5^ TRUCKEE RIVER POLLUTION TO BE STOPPED. I ROD, GUN AND KENNEL I I CONDUCTED BY J. X. DoWITT. | THE PASSING OF BRUSHY LAKE. DERBY DAM FISH LADDER NOW ASSURED. [By George Neale.J Prompted by the live newspaper notices of occur- rences which interest the sportsman generally, such as the removal of fish from one place to another, and where fish were dying in dry lakes and sloughs which have been cut off from the parent river, I thought a short article on this historical old lake and sports- men's resort would be of interest to many. Not only will it be interesting to the new generation, but also to the old Sacramentans who, in years gone by, made this famous old lake the mecca of many a joyful gathering. The Rancho Del Paso or Norris Grant had within its boundaries, before reclamation and high levees were built for railroad tracks, about ten or eleven of the best duck shooting and fishing lakes in California. This ranch comprised some 44,000 acres. The principal lake, Brush or Brushy Lake, lying on the northeast bank of the American river about three miles above Twelfth street wagon bridge, covered about twenty-five acres at high water. It was surrounded by a natural growth of timber of great age and beauty, and it contained an abundance of water growth such as lilies, red and yellow flow- ers, etc., and was celebrated for its many varieties of waterfowl. The lake was said to be fed by sub- terranean springs, and was exceedingly deep. It was the most picturesque and beautiful lake in the valley, and this fact caused a few ardent disciples of the gun and rod in about 1894 to form and organize the Del Paso Outing Club, with a membership of twenty- five. Some of the charter members have since de- parted from this world. Homer Buckman organized the club which elected, I believe. Homer Buckman. president, Tom Berkey, vice-president, and Al Booth, secretary. The follow- ing charter members have since passed away: Homer Buckman, Billy Hamilton, Bill Leeman, Tom Berkey, John Morrison, B. N. DeLong, F. D. Ryan and John Backey. The remaining members include the fol- lowing: I believe that our illustrious Governor Hi- ram Johnson was a charter member. Judge J. W. Hughes, L. S. TJpson, F. B. Adams, Louis Faure, Franke Wright, Geo. Clark, W. H. Eckhardt, Joe Terry, Geo. Sherman, Frank J. Ruhstaller, Fred Ra- chen, Geo. Locke and Geo. Wittenbrock. Some of the most prominent and best known sportsmen in the United States have been entertained by this club. In 1S95 the large-mouthed black bass were placed in the lake. The conditions were so ideal for this fish that they multiplied very rapidly. As the over- flow of the American river came year after year, it caused the offspring of these fish to be naturally dis- tributed into the lakes and rivers adjacent to the main lake. These same hass are the parent fish of nearly all the black bass in the valley streams today. Other plants were made in Feather river and in the American river above Folsom but were never ac- counted for. Several years after the organization of the club civilization, in the shape of a transcontinental rail- road and an interurban electric road, came with their attendant levees, followed by a subdivision of the tract into building lots. With all these came a filling of old Brushy. The erection of bridges and banking of levees forced the sand and sediment into the lake bed as a suction dredger might do, covering all the luscious duck feed and filling in the hiding places of the bass among the lily pads. It took but two or three seasons to bring this condition- about, until today the bottom of Brushy lake is higher than the old bed of the American river, near which the old lake is situated. On November 21, 1908, I planted in thirty feet of water in this lake three varieties of fish received from the Federal Bureau of Fisheries through the California Fish and Game Commission. They were the blue gill, crappie and sun fish. On the 4th and the 12th of last September I seined the surviving bass and other fish out of a mud hole, the remaining vestige of Brushy lake, and placed the fish in the American river. It is now possible to raise a large amount of garden truck where in the very spot a few years ago nine limits of fifty ducks each were killed out of one stand before 2 P. M., and black bass were caught weighing as heavy as 9 pounds. It is good that the departed spirits of John Mackay, or Billy Hamilton, or other charter members of the old club cannot return and see the dry bed of the lake. What comment Mackey would likely make, will not look well in print. On the banks of that lake celebrated and most enjoyable barbecues have been held, and in those days Louis Faure held full sway as Chief Chef, assisted by old Fred Gotobed as General Utility Man. After the banquet they would adjourn to the club house to hear Billy, the prince of story tellers, relate all the new stories of the chase of the grizzly bear and other incidents as only he could tell. Were some of the old club members to pay a visit to these once celebrated ponds and lakes today, they would not recognize the old locations. French, Deadman's, Long Pond, Brushy, Corral, Brewers and Sam's Pond, all of them dry! In a recent issue of this journal the proposed con- struction of a concrete fish ladder at the Derby dam in the Truckee river was outlined. This long needed enterprise has been a matter of more than passing interest to the angling fraternity and now that the matter has apparently been settled — for a lumber instead of a concrete structure, we give the latest data in the following communication from Reno. After nine years of concerted efforts on the part of the Navada and California Fish Commissions, sup- ported by Washoe county sportsmen, to have an ade- quate fish ladder installed by the government at Derby dam, results have been obtained and work on the ladder will be started immediately in conformity with the plans drawn by the two Fish Commissions. The only change will be that the ladder will he con- structed of wood instead of concrete. The plans resulted from the recent visit to Derby dam of the Nevada and California Fish Commissioners In a letter received by George Mills, chairman of the Nevada Fish Commission, Representative John E. Raker of California says that after a conference with Secretary Lane, at which he presented blue prints and other data in his possession, he took the matter up with representatives of the reclamation service, with the result that the commission in charge agreed to accept the plans, specifications and blue prints as approved by the Nevada and California Fish Commissions, substituting lumber for concrete in the construction of the ladder. With this change made, blue prints will be submitted to the two State Fish Commissions and to the engineer in the field of the Truckee-Carson project for estimates on the cost. Representative Raker says if approved that it ap- proved it would accept and adopt the plans and speci- fications for a fish ladder over the Derby dam as provided in the blue prints and as approved by the Nevada and California Fish Commissions, with the structure to be built of lumber instead of concrete; in other words, that the proposed new ladder in the blue prints be built, using lumber instead of concrete, but in all other particulars the fish ladder to be built as suggested in the blue prints, if approved as stated, with the change in material, the reclamation service will appropriate the necessary money for its entire completion and the work will be begun at once. "If concrete is used, of course. It will be more expensive and will necessitate the passage of a bill appropriating the money therefor," Representative Raker continues, "and will cause much delay; but of course that is not the question involved. The ques- tion is whether the proposed new fish ladder will be as efficient for the fish to go over if built of lumber as it would be if built of concrete. Of course, con- sidering that one is as efficient as the other, I can understand that the lumber will not last as long as the concrete or present as good an appearance, but results are what we are after, and if the one built of lumber will give equally good service as the ouc built of concrete, it is only a question of repairing oftener. The fact that $2,000 has been set aside for the repairing of the fishway will not affect the pro- posed new fishway. Whatever the cost may be, if built of lumber, it will be started immediately by the reclamation service and will undoubtedly be com- pleted within a short time." In speaking of the action decided upon by the rec- lamation service as hinted in Representative Raker's letter, Commissioner Mills said: "This has been a long, hard fight, mostly with the reclamation service. It has lasted about nine years, but I think that it has all ended and that we are about to get the long-felt want. The people of Washoe county and of Reno in particular owe to Mr. Raker a large-sized vote of thanks, as he was the party at the right end, and you take it from me, he is no piker. The details Raker speaks of were the result of my last visit with the representatives of the Cali- fornia Commission to Derby dam. The fishway will be 147 feet long and on the same side of the river as the one now in place. "We could not place it on the other side, as the fall was not great enogh. The pool at the entrance of the ladder will be enlarged and every facility will be given to bring the trout up to the entrance of the ladder. I have wired Representative Raker that we will accept the change from concrete to lumber, as what we desire is to get the ladder built, and I pre- sume a lumber fishway will do as well as one of concrete. I have wired to the California Commission asking it to get in line also." Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Albino Mallard Shot. — Henceforth hunters in the vicinity of Gridley, Butte county, will hunt in vain for the "White Mallard," for last week it fell to the gun of George Thompson of Gridley. The bird was generously donated to the museum of vertebrate zoology at the University of California by Thompson, and has been mounted and placed among its more brightly-colored brethren for its last resting place. Albinos among ducks are of rare occurrence, and this appears to be the first appearance of an albino mal- lard shot in this State. This particular specimen is a female, the plumage of a snow-white color, with yellowish bill and feet. It is thought that the duck was a migrant bird from the north and not a home That within a reasonable time the Truckee river will be cleared from end to end, including the prac- tical certainty that the river will be freed from the waste sulphide liquids of the paper mill at Floriston, were conclusions reached recently at a meeting held in this city between officials and citizens of Califor- nia and Nevada. A committee was appointed to abate the nuisance caused by the paper mill liquors and Mr. Fleishacker said he would abide by the re- port of the committee. Attending the meeting were Senator George T. Mills of the Navada Fish Commission; George Wing- field of Reno, Mayor F. J. Shair of Reno, City Engi- neer Meskimmons of Reno, City Attorney Lunsford of Reno, City Councilmen White and Frank of Reno; Professor S. C. Dinsmore of the University of Ne- vada; Manager George A. Campbell and H. E. Lem- mon of the Reno water company; the members of the California Fish Commission, Louis Block and Mr. Fleishacker of the Floriston Pulp and Paper mill, and A. C. Agnew, representing James F. Chambers, promoter of the Galena creek plan. The meeting was opened by the reading of the report of the Reno committee to the effect that no suitable solution of the problem could be found by diverting the waste liquors for they ultimately would find their way back to the river. The report then in- cluded the plan of Professor Dinsmore for purifying the solution by evaporation and condensation. This led to a discussion of the plans of Professor Dins- more which finally resulted in their acceptance by Mr. Fleishacker. George Wingfield moved that a committee of three be appointed to immediately take up the work of abating the nuisance. On that committee were ap- pointed W. B. Shebley, of the California Fish Com- mission, Professor S. C. Dinsmore of the Nevada University, and Louis Block for the Floriston mill. The committee was instructed to begin immediate investigation and Mr. Fleishacker agreed to accept its recommendations, saying that Professor Dins- more's report to the Reno committee indicated a knowledge of the subject that promised a real so- lusion. A members of the California Commission said: "Our Commission spent a considerable sum of money in gathering evidence in this case. We had experts on the river for a period of three months and we have all that is necessary. We do not anticipate anything but co-operation from the paper mill people themselves. We will clear up the Truckee river from end to end if you people will take care of your portion. You can depend on us to go through." The Reno delegation was delighted with the turn of affairs, saying it means an amicable relation with the Floriston mill instead of a fight, and certain re- moval of the waste liquor nuisance. About six months ago as a result of co-operation between the California Fish Commission and the Nevada Fish Commission, evidence was procured by the former body indicating that owing to the waste liquor from the Floriston mill grave damage was being done to the fish in the Truckee river. Members of the California Commission arranged with Louis Block to come with them to Reno and meet citizens there. A meeting was held at the rooms of the Com- mercial Club, and Block stated that if a feasible method of disposing of the waste liquor was pointed out by the Reno representatives he would consider it and probably adopt it. A committee was then ap- pointed to investigate a plan for disposing of the refuse. Dry lake, a point some 15 miles northwest of Reno, was considered a possible dumping ground. The committee recently reported that the plan for removal of the refuse by piping was impracticable and included a report from Professor Dinsmore advo- cating a plan of evaporation and condensation. The assistance of the California Commission was considered valuable for the reason that Floriston is within the State of California and if necessary the California Commission was prepared to institute suit in the State courts and had procured evidence with that object in mind. NOVEL HUNTING LAWS. New laws directly affecting the hunter on the con- ditions under which game may be hunted contain some novel features. Ohio and Pennsylvania now require licensees to wear a badge conspicuously exposed, bearing the number of their hunting licenses. In order to min- imize shooting accidents. Manitoba requires hunters to wear a white coat or sweater and cap, and Sas- katchewan insists that those who hunt game must wear a complete outer suit and cap of white. The latter province has recently made the penalty for accidentally shooting a person a fine ranging from $500 to $1,000, or imprisonment for six months, and suspension of further license privileges for ten years. To the present list of six States prohibiting the use of silencers — namely, Maine, New Jersey, North Dakota, Washington, Mississippi- and Louisiana — are now added Minnesota and Wyoming. Connecticut has provided that any hunter who shall injure a fence or let down a bar without replacing it shall forfeit his hunting license and the privilege for two years. Connecticut, Pennsylvania and British Columbia re- quire license applicants under 16 years of age to bring the written consent of parent or guardian. Ver- mont has a similar restriction for those under 15, and Oregon does not permit children under 14 years old to hunt except on the premises of their parents, rel- atives, or guardians. Saturday, February 7, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN ANOTHER BIG GOOSE STEW PLANNED. A committee composed of Frank Newbert, Frank Ruhstaller and George Treichler are planning to set before kings and queens, potentates and princes, sportsmen and connoiseurs of affairs deluxe the world over in the event of Sacramento's second goose stew. Preliminary arrangements for the spread were an- nounced recently, states the Union. It will he held at the State fair grounds this year if possible; but if not, it will be planned to take place as a feature of the opening of the Panama-Pacific international ex- position. Those in charge declare that the goose stew, although plebeian in name, will but add to the glory of the great canal celebration. Not a crowned head will be overlooked in the list of invitations, from the Czar of Russia to the feather- weight champion. Not an ermine clad foot will be denied the opportunity of getting under the table, from the Queen of England to Gaby Deslys. The guest roll will resemble a blue book of the nations. A glimpse at the menu will make the gourmands of the bygone ages sit up in their tombs and smack their lips with satisfaction. The choicest contents of California's agricultural and horticultural cornucopia will be selected to grace the board. Oranges, grape fruit, pomegranates and other delicious products of the sunny valley counties will be mingled with red cheeked apples, luscious peaches, pears and other deciduous fruits of more rugged sections of the State. The essence will be squeezed from the commonwealth's famous vineyards to furnish nectar for the feast. The boldest nimrods of Sacramento have pledged their honor to provide fowls and game which will be served in a manner to tickle the palate of a Nebuchadnezzar. Chefs who regard their art in the light of something to be held sacred will supervise the preparation of the banquet. A peek at the program of festivities to attend the event will make jolly old King Cole, that prince of good fellows, from the depths of his sepulchre bid his fiddlers three look sharp and remember what they hear for future reference. The operatic and musical centers of the universe will be scoured for the masters and mistresses of entertainment to be present and add to the gaiety of the occasion. Cabaret and vaudeville acts, the most elaborate of their kind, will amuse Bacchus between courses. Every individual who attends will be Sacramento's guest from the moment he enters the gate of the feasting place until the affair has gone down into history as the greatest gathering of its kind ever held. Those who are making the preliminary plans will call upon the city to help them when the time comes. The merchants and business men will shoulder the financial burden and they are already clamoring for an opportunity to help make the occasion a success. Places will be laid for 8000 guests, and it is ex- pected that more than this number will be present. More than 5000 attended the first goose stew given under the auspices of Sacramento sportsmen and the second one will be ten times as elaborate. There are at present 850 members on the commit- tee, and the membership for the coming event will be limited to 1000. Those who are delinquent in their dues after March 1 will be dropped from the mem- bership and will be forced to pay the full initiation fee for reinstatement. The fee is $5, but the officers are making no effort to encourage contributors as there are already nearly enough applications to com- plete the membership. BIRD AND GAME REFUGES. Unusual activity has been displayed in the estab- lishment of bird and game refuges last year. By executive order four national bird reserves have been created, the Aleutian Reservation, containing the entire chain of Aleutian Islands, in Alaska, and the smaller reservations of the Walker Lake in Arkansas, Petit Bois Island on the coast of Alabama, and Anaho Island of Pyramid Lake, Nevada, thus bringing the total number of national bird reservations up to 64. An item in the act of March 4, 1913, contains an appropriation for the completion and maintenance of the elk refuge in Wyoming. No less than 18 State game preserves were creat- ed, 14 in the United States and 4 in Manitoba. In Washington the county game commissioners were authorized to create game preserves, not to include more than three townships in a county, and the authorities of Michigan, Ohio and Vermont were au- thorized to establish game preserves by contract on private lands. The Pennsylvania Commission set aside a preserve in Center county for the protection of elk, deer, and other game, and the reservation has already been stocked with a herd of ten elk obtained from a private reserve. Montana created the Sun River Game Preserve in the Lewis and Clark National Forest; Oregon, the Imnaha, Deschutes, Steen's Mountain, Sturgeon Lake, Capitol, and Grass Mountain Preserves. South Dakota created a preserve in Custer County and ap- propriated $15,000 for fencing and stocking it. Utah set aside the Strawberry Valley and Fish Lake State game preserves; Washington, a preserve near Com- mencement Bay on Puget Sound; and Wyoming mod- ified the boundaries of the Teton and Big Horn pre- serves and established three new refuges known as the Laramie, Popo Agie, and Shoshone preserves. In Canada, the Riding Mountain, Spruce Woods, Turtle Mountain, and Duke Mountain game preserves were created in Manitoba. Several important changes have been made in pro- visions protecting big game. Colorado and North Dakota prohibited all killing of deer for a term of years and Saskatchewan has provided a close sea- son throughout the year for all big game south of latitude 52 degrees. Laws protecting does at all seasons were enacted in Florida, Nevada and Wyoming, but South Dakota repealed a statute of this kind enacted in 1911. Wyoming and Montana, heretofore affording the principal hunting for elk and sheep, have recently limited the hunting area to a few counties in each State, where the seasons generally have been short- ened. Wyoming has adopted the innovation of allow- ing the killing of female elk only under ordinary residence licenses and requiring licensees to obtain a special $15 license to kill a bull or an additional cow. Montana also prohibited the killing of ewes and lambs. Other States in which elk or sheep were protected for a term of years or by perpetual close season are Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington. REGISTERED TOURNAMENTS. The excerpts given three weeks ago from the booklet recently issued by the Interstate Association have elicited inquiries from trap shooters to which we give general reply in the following paragraphs, embracing practically the contents complete of the booklet: • Information in General. — The Interstate Associa- tion's privmary object in registering tournaments is to encourage State associations and leagues of gun clubs; therefore, it is the Association's present inten- tion to do all in its power to urge and foster the formation of State associations and leagues of gun clubs in those States where none now exist. A State association or a league of gun clubs, to secure recognition from The Interstate Association, must have a membership of five or more bona fide cllubs located in five or more different cities or towns. The Interstate Association, at its discretion, may exact proof of the proper organization of any State association, or league of gun clubs, which applies for a registered tournament. Any club a member in good standing of a State association or of a league of gun clubs may apply for registration. Applications from clubs not members of a State association or of a league of gun clubs will not be considered. When a cl.ub applies for a two or more days tour- nament, the granting of such application will depend on the attendance at and success of previous regis- tered tournaments of said club, if any were held. The determination whether it shall be a one day or two days tournament is at the discretion of The Interstate Association. Applications for one-day registered tournaments will be given the preference in 1914. Preference will also be given to the applications of clubs that will add money, or trophies, to their re- spective programs for the benefit of the contestants. Clubs located in States where there are no State associations or leagues of gun clubs may register their tournaments under The Interstate Association's old policy. The Interstate Association makes no contribution to tournaments registered under its old policy, but the scores made at such tournaments be- come a part of the official averages for the year. Management. — The management of The Interstate Association concedes to the management of any reg- istered tournament The Interstate Association pow- ers as set forth in Rule 1, Sections Nos. 1 and 2, of the Trap Shooting Rules, as revised in 1909, in re- spect to said registered tournament. The management of The Interstate Association has the authority and power to inquire into and deal with any matter relating to fraud in connection with any registered tournament, and to bar any person or persons concerned in any fraudulent practices. A club holding a registered tournament must pay all moneys and prizes as announced therewith. Fail- ing therein, any club so offending will be disbarred till the default is cleared. The Interstate Association's cash contribution will not be paid to any club until such time as such club, holding a registered tournament, shall have sent in the requisite report of the tournament to The Inter- state Association. The Interstate Association's cash contribution of $50 to the winner, or to the runner-up, of "The Inter- state Association's amateur State championship" at a State tournament, will not be paid until such time as the Grand American Handicap tournament is held, and then only on the condition that said winner, or the runner-up. makes entry and competes in the "Na- tional amateur championship" handicap tournament. A club making application to hold a registered tournament shall not include "Practice day" in the dates registered, as the scores made on said day shall not be counted in the yearly averages. Any application to hold a registered tournament shall be made not less than 90 days in advance of the tournament opening date. If the application is not made 90 days or more in advance of the tourna- ment opening date, it will positively not be con- sidered. A club holding a registered tournament shall send a printed program of the tournament to the secretary of The Interstate Association at least 15 days before the opening date of the tournament. A club holding a registered tournament shall use The Interstate Association's Trap Shooting Rules, as revised in 1909, and shall conduct the tournament strictly in accordance therewith. It, therefore, must not change or modify the rule relating to shooting at a broken target. A club which has been duly authorized to hold a registered tournament shall give one page of V. program, of which the copy will be furnished by The Interstate Association, for purpose of announcing the amount of The Interstate Association's contr but on and for purpose of publicity. ™™ tw'f, Inters,tate Association respectfully suggests consists6 STrr f°r a re^tered tUnfrnen ^targets per day/ 15° «* DOr more *«" oJta aSe™™?B-a registered "lament defaults f,?rth„ aSre.ement m any particular, permission for further registered tournaments will not be granted Yearly Averages.— The yearly averages in 1914 for ^ i ?■ ? more smgle tarsets shot from the stand ard distance fixed by The Interstate Association (the tournamen^Ind0 fT^ and th'S 0Dlj' at "«Ste ed* ThTlZTstltrAssociatTon^11161118 ^^ S™ ^ tort fnr " at *. retsistered tournament not be obliga- tory for a contestant to shoot in all events to have his score count in the average, but the records made in every event in which he participates at said Tn,?r nament shall count in his yearly average If a con testant voluntarily withdraws from an event after starting m it and does not shoot at the total number gets sh?n hPal,eC' £T by.rid eVent' sucb- unsSot tar gets shall be scored as "lost targets." Scores made by contestants, whether amateurs or professionals, who stand at the 16-yard mark In averages. 6VentS Sha11 DOt be c<™ » «£ yearly anfa'fpnr <£„*-" A.mateur— Whenever a contestant's amateur standing is questioned in writing by a stock- n° de«tT bI a re.Pr?se°tative of a stockholder of The ' t "^ Association, and is duly submitted to The Interstate Association, the secretary shall communi- produTt VutrrfaC!,Urer °r "»»»'acturers whose f™ s,nsd °>' sald contestant and obtain from said manufacturer or manufacturers the statements ?s not ive1 Td Cer"ficate- In <*se full information L ^JZ y-,Sa.ld manufa<=turer or manufacturers strike said J' ? I" deemS U proper so to do, may tlnl\ ™d contesta°t's name from the list of ama- teurs This arrangement shall be effective as of Jan- acttve : 8' and tbereafter' but shall not be retro- Miscellaneous Rules.-Not more than two tourna- ™* °J an£ one club sha11 ^ registered in any one year For the year 1914 a contribution will not be made to more than one tournament of anv one club No tournament shall be registered for a Sunday only. A tournament which includes a Sunday may be registered, but the scores made on weekdays only shall count in the yearly averages. A club holding a registered tournament shall allow any contestant, who so desires, to shoot for "'Targets only" in any or all events. A club holding a registered tournament shall not charge more than 2 cents for each target shot at except in the case of a club located in a section where treight rates are excessively high, thus making tar- gets cost much more than they do in the East, in which case such club may charge 2y2 cents or 3 cents per target, if it is customary to make such charge at tournaments. A club which has been duly authorized to hold a registered tournament shall require contestants to give their names and addresses on blanks furnished by The Interstate Association, and said blanks, filled out by the contestants, shall be sent to the secretary of The Interstate Association at the time the report of the tournament is mailed. A club holding a registered tournament where shooting names (assumed names) are allowed must forward to the secretary of The Interstate Associa- tion, with the other records, the real names of those using assumed names. With the exception of practice day, weather per- mitting, a tournament shall be started in the morning before 11 o'clock, and the time of starting shall be stated in the program. The hour shall be reasonably governed by the scheduled time of arrival of trains or trolleys at the place where the tournament is held. All scores shall he shot in competition, and no scores shall be recorded which are shot prior to the advertised hour for starting the competition. No contestant, whether amateur or professional, shall be allowed to "shoot up" any event or events other than events one, two and three scheduled for the first day of the tournament, on the first day. and this in no case unless the unanimous consent oif the other contestants and the management are given. No contestant, whether amateur or professional, shall he allowed to shoot any event or events in ad- vance of the regular order of scheduled time for the competition as designated in the program. No contestant, whether amateur or professional, shall he allowed to shoot any event or events other than those of the one day's program except in case the entry list is so large, or unavoidable conditions such, that it is necessary to carry over a tournament from day to day. The scores of any event or events thus carried over shall be recorded as being made on the day for which said event or events were orig- inally scheduled. Registration as herein set forth applies to United States clubs only. The old policy is still in force as to Canadian clubs. Send applications for registered tournaments to The Interstate Association. E. Reed Shaner, Secre- tary, 219 Coltart avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. THE BREEDER AXL SPORTSMAN [Saturday, February 7, 1914. CLOSING DAYS OF THE DUCK SEASON, The duck-shooting season, which closed, a week ago today, has on the whole failed to attain the average of past seasons. Usually the end of December sees any duck season all in, for better or worse; this year it was worse. Weather conditions last month and the unrise-runset restrictions of the Federal migra- tory bird law have proven decidedly duck protective features of the closing days of the hunting season. While many limits have been killed, generally on the baited ponds, it has been an all morning's work instead of an hour or an hour and a half as formerly. The loss of the thirty minutes before sunrise has been a material factor in reducing early limit bags. Wild ducks have a habit of gadding about in the gray of the morning, taking wing for rest and im- munity from the gunners on the open-water stretches as soon as broad daylight comes on. At some resorts where the gunner could count from half a dozen up to even a limit in the first half hour, a few doubles and singles were all tne morning shoot offered. Then, when the marsh stretches were cov- ered for miles, the birds lit out for more acceptable feeding grounds. For the first time in many seasons the sportsmen of Napa, Vallejo and the surrounding districts of that section have had the cream of the duck hunting in Middle California. Petaluma and Sonoma marsh gun clubs and individual shooters have had a phe- nomenal eanvasback shooting season for those sec- tions. The grain ranchers, however, view the Federal law provision that close the open goose season January 31 with considerable disgust. The contention is that if they are not allowed to herd the marauding birds away from their newly sown grain tney will have no crops. Instances are not unusual where a ten-acre field has been nipped bare of every blade of new wheat in a single night by a mixed gathering of geese. It is reported there is little likelihood, how- ever, that the farmers will be interfered with by the Federal officers even if they do kill more or less geese in the protection of their crops. For that mat- ter, the ranchers have the legal right to stop devas- tation by wild geese or any other animated destruc- tive agent, open or closed seasons to the contrary. If the Sacramento sportsmen decide to give another goose stew it will have to be pulled off this fall after the opening of the season on October 15. Heretofore the wild goose could be shot at any time A bigger joke than the wild-goose protection is the inclusion of the mudhen in the prohibited list after January 31. The mudhen, or coot, as the naturalists call it, is in its way a menace to vegetation also, and is a good second to wild geese in damaging the fields. Leslie Gun Club members found but few birds at the Whitney ponds, on the Belmont shore, last Wed- nesdty. William Hogan. L. Whitney and Edmond Levy composed the party. The shooting in that dis- trict was below the average this season. The birds shot by the members since last October cost the club $1 apiece when the expense account and game book figures were composed. Leo Demand and Bob Haggard shot from a float- ing blind near Point San Quentin yesterday and se- cured nice bags of "cans" and blueys. Al Hughes was favorably stationed in a blind off San Pablo, when the bluebill flight Thursday was of limit allow- ance. Mr. and Mrs. George Newman finished the season in shore blinds on the "south end" of the Point Reyes Sportsmen's Club preserve. Canvasback and blue- bills were fairly plentiful for both guns. Quite a number of local gunners who have recently shot along the shores of Tomales bay have returned with well- filled game bags. STEELHEAD ANGLING PROSPECTS GOOD. Many signatures have been appended to'the peti- tions circulated in this city to invoke "referendum" aid in extending the steelhead angling season in tide- water to February 1 instead of having the closing date December 1, as the low now reads. As a matter of fact the opportunity for referendum relief has passed. The "iniative" measure, however, can bbe used and is the proper method, but the petitions are not worded that way, which oversight may result in defeating the aims of the petitioners. Whether the law is changed or not the fraternity of salmon roe jugglers are most jubilant over steel- head fishing prospects this year and next, providing 1915 and 191G is not a dry year. It is anticipated that when the game opens April 1 there will, be a plenty of the big trout in the coast streams. These streams have had a house cleaning that was un- precedented. All of the old rubbish and debris has been swept out and with plenty of water the steel- heads have had easy access to the spawning beds. These trout spawn in February and March. The largest runs up stream from the ocean occur during February. The December-run fish spawn a bit earlier. The egg taking operations at the spawning stations of the Fish and Game Commission take place in March. All of the streams are high now and full of large breeding steelheads. This is the year of all years to watch and guard the headwaters against the illegal depredations of the spear users. The fish congregate in the small pools and fall easy prey to the spearers. The fish and game officials have issued warning to all parties who are accustomed to spear fish that a steelhead is not a salmon and that anyone caught taking steelhead with the spear will be prosecuted. The law provides that salmon, in close season, can be speared to the numebr of three per day and with- out limit during the open season, but the steelhead trout is protected from the spear at all times. Pescadero creek is bank high far up stream and full of big trout. The San Gregono and other San Mateo and Santa Cruz coast creeks are also full of fish. All the Marin county streams are also well ten- anted by the ocean trout. Throckmorton creek, that heads up into Muir Woods, has a brush dam near the reservation beyond which the fish cannot go. It is reported that the creek is crowded with large trout. San Anselmo creek, near Fairfax, is also in the whole- sale fish business. This stream, however, is a favor- ite of the lancemen. Down in Santa Clara county, Coyote and Guadalupe creeks are high and have Coded parts of the country. During the last heavy freshet the steelhead ran up from South San Francisco bay in big schools. In numerous orchard and other overflowed grounds the trout have been land-lockedd in ponds and pools. Alameda creek, which empties into the bay near Alvarado, has had a steelhead visitation of magni- tude -in numbers and size and should produce grand fishing. The big fishing down Alviso way and other parts of the lower Alameda marsh created an inland sea. This condition gave the fresh water hunting trout unimpeded range everywhere. When the flood waters recede there no doubt will be lots of big steelheads imprisoned in the big leveled salt ponds, where they will finally die in the "pickle" and other ponds. The Sacramento and Feather rivers tributaries have also been greatly benefited by the heavy fresh- ets. Old tailing piles, quartz mill sand deposits, have been washed out down to clean gravel beds, where the trout will find natural spawning places. The shifting sands, sludge, hydraulic silt, etc., where the trout spawned heretofore, smothered a big per- centage of the fish egs. At the California Anglers' Association annual meet- ing last week the following board of officers were elected for the ensuing year: Dr. L. T. Cranz, pres- ident; V. C. Howe, first vice-president; Ed Cohen, second vice-president; Herman Cohn, treasurer: Floyde Spenee, M. Uri and Frank Duryea, directors. San Francisco Striped Bass Club members and guests partook of the club annual banquet at a Latin quarter restaurant Saturday evening, J. C. Wallace presiding. George A. Wentworth, in the absence of the late James Watt, presented prizes won by the anglers during the past year. The Ripley "high hook" medal was awarded to Al Thornton for land- ing the largest bass, a thirty-five-pounder. Striped bass anglers at San Antone slough last Sunday did little else save repair damage wrought by the recent storms. Fishing for the striped bass has been hardly worth while lately. At all of the creeks and sloughs and upper bay fishing creeks resorts neither baited hooks nor trolling spoons avail much in the muddy waters. AT THE TRAPS. Golden Gate Gun Club — At the annual meeting this week the follow-ing officers for the ensuing year were elected: W. A. Simonton, president; A. S. Wicker- sham, vice-president; Edgar Forster, secretary-treas- urer; H. B. Vallejo, H. P. Jacobsen and Win. H. Price, directors. The board of directors will arrange and announce the trap shooting program for the coming season. A merchandise prize shoot will take place at the club grounds in Alameda on Washington's Birthday if the overflow waters have run off sufficiently, a continuance of fair weather will get the trap ground in proper shape. "Pete" Ashcroft will have charge of the club ground this season. W. E. Murdock, who for years past has given most efficient service in that respect, will be unable to resume that duty this season. * * * Exposition City Gun Club— At a meeting last week the club elected the following officers: D. M. Han- Ion, president; W. H. Sanborn, vice-president; Emil Hoelle, secretary-treasurer, and Harry Dutton, J. Her- vey Jones and Theodore Handman, directors. The club program for the season calls for five events, for which numerous prizes are hung up. Other prizes for "high guns" for the season, and gold and silver bars for "straight runs" are provided. The regular club shoots will take place at Easton, San Mateo county, beginning Sunday, February 22. The short- ening of the duck shooting season has added an extra monthly club shoot to the schedule. * * * Wing Shoots — The California Wing Cluub will shoot at Sobrante this season, the opening will take place, as usual for the past thirty-five years, on the first Sunday in March. * * * Nemours (Ladies) Trapshooting Club. — A clear, beautiful sky and a delightfully warm atmosphere with no wind brought out many visitors and shooters to the traps this afternon (January 29) at the Wil- mington, Del., ground, so states Blue Bird. Mrs. Thomas Starr King, one of the best field shots in Delaware, made her first appearance at the traps today. With a little practice she will soon be shoot- ing blue rocks quite as well as she does snipe. Among the visitors at the club this afternoon were Mr. Walter Huff and Mr. Joseph Terry, two well known shooters from Georgia. These gentlemen were most encouraging and made many helpful suggestions to the ladies. Miss Hammond was high in the regular event, scor- ing seventeen breaks out of 25. In the Booklover's Contest (handicap event) Miss Alice Riley, Miss Jennie P. Hirst and Mrs. Harry Stidham tied, but in the shoot-off Miss Riley won and became the possessor of the third book in the contest, entitled "Roosevelt's Thrilling Experiences in the Wilds of Africa." Miss Hirst who has been sojourning in Florida for several weeks celebrated her return today by making a run of twelve straight. Scores with handicaps follow: Score Hdc. Total Mrs. Riley 7 14 21 Mrs. Stidham 13 12 25 Mrs. King 7 Miss Hammond 17 7 24 Miss Riley 11 14 25 Miss Carson 13 9 22 Miss Moody 14 g 22 Mrs. Wilson 5 17 22 Mrs. Joslyn 13 S 21 Miss Hirst 16 15 25 * * * New Zealand Traps. — We have frequently noted the excellent work of lady shooters at the Nemours Gun Club traps in Wilmington, Del., by way of exam- ple for the fair shotgun devotees of the Coast, and there are a number who can do some good shooting too. By w~ay of contrast we give below an account of a shoot last month near Christchurch, N. Z., as given in the Weekly Express, showing how the ladies of the antipodes shoot by proxy: "On Saturday week the members of the Springston Gun Club held their annual Ladies' Day,' and despite the very inclement weather the invitations issued were accepted by about a hundred persons. The competition was for a gold bracelet presented by the club, and each shooter had to be nominated by a lady. Some good performances were put up. more especially by the winner, Mrs. S. Bennett (S. Ben- nett), who put on the 'possible.' The distance condi- tions were: Twenty-one clay birds (handicap), un- known angles. First prize, gold bracelet; second, silver hot-water jug; third, pair vases. The follow- ing are the results (the shooter's name being given in parentheses): — Hdcp. yds. Kills. Mrs. S. Bennett fS. Bennett) 12 21 Mrs. Jno. Simpson (J. Simpson) 19 20 Miss Eddy ( F. 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The poultry exhibits at the Expo- sition will be a part of the livestock display and will include the choicest and most perfect birds from every quarter of the globe. A distinctive feature of the poultry exhibits will be their continuity during the entire Ex- position. The competition for prem- iums will occur during the fall months. Gomhauit's Causilc Balsam The Worlds Greatest and Surest Gg Veterinary Remedy fm HAS IMITATORS BUT NO COMPETITORS I SAFE, SPEEDY AND POSITIVE. Supersedes All Cautery or Fir- ing. Invaluable as a CURR for FOUNDER- WIND PUFFS, THRUSH, DIPHTHERIA, SKIN DISEASES, RINGBONE. PINKEYE, SWEENY, 1 BONY TUMORS, LAMENESS FROM SPAVIN, QUARTER CRACKS, SCRATCHES, POLL EVIL. PARASITES. REMOVES BUNCHES or BLEMISHES, SPLINTS, CAPPED! rCK, STRAINS TENDONS. SAFE FOR Ah /ONE TO USE. 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IhaToosed GOMIUULT'S CAUSTIC BALSAM for ten I ! years; have been very successful In caring earn, ringbone, I capped hock and knee, bad ankles, rheumatism, and al- | most every cause of lameness in horses Have a stable of I forty bend, mostly track and speedway horses, and car* I tainly can recommend it.— r. C. CBAHER, Training I Stable*. 990 Jennings Street, Hew Tort City. " a~o«c? Ayents for the United States and Canada* The Lawrenee-Williams Co. TORONTO,, ONT, CLEVELAND, OHIO. onward McGregor (Yearling- trial % in 33 seconds.) Onward McGregor was sired by Jay McGregor 2:07^4. (sire of 8 in 2:10). He was the leading sire of race-winning trotters for 1913. He had out nine new performers and sixteen with reduced records, of which only five were pacers. These twenty-five performers won sixty-two races, of which fifty-four were won by the trotters and eight by the pacers. Jav McGregor was sired bv Jav Hawker 2:14% (sire of Country Jay 2;0Zy4> Susie Jay 2:06V, and 5 others in 2:10) out of Notre Dame 2:23% (dam of 4 and gran dam of Colorado E. 3, 2:04%) by Robert McGregor 2:17%; second dam Chris- tine 2:25% (dam of 6 in 2:30) by Hambrino 2:21^4; third dam Kate by Mambrino Fos- ter. Onward McGregor's dam was the good game campaigner Mary Gordon 2:09% (also dam of Gordon McGregor, trotting trial 3, 2:19%, over a half-mile track) by Gordon 3127 (a sire), son of Onward 2:25% and Camlet (dam of Cyclone 2:23%) by Hamlet 160; grandam Favorite 2:34% (dam of Favorite Wilkes 2:24*4 and 5 sires of 137 in 2:30) by Abdallah 16; great grandam Lizzie Peebles by Wagner, etc. Onward Mc- Gregor's grandam was Nell by Young Octoroon (sire of 4 besides Santos, dam of Peter the Great 2:07%, J. Malcolm Forbes 2:08 and 5 others in 2:30). This stallion young Octoroon was one of the most remarkable horses ever foaled. He won a trotting race in 2:40 under saddle, then a few minutes after won a racking race, and the same afternoon won a hurdle. Onward McGregor is a very stylish mahogany bay three-year-old stallion. His size, color, style, conformation, natural speed and breeding should commend him to broodmare owners. He is the only son of that fashionable sire. Jay McGregor, in Cali- ifornia, while his dam was a 2:09% performer and she traces to the best of Hamble- tonian blood, blended with that of the good broodmare sire Young Octoroon, whose descendants are so eagerly sought after in the East today. Onward McGregor will make the season of 1914 at the Pleasanton Stock Farm. Terms: $30 for the season, with usual return privilege. For further particulars address BERT WEBSTER, Manager, Pleasanton Race Track, Pleasanton, Cal. Makes Bern Sound SMITH'S WONDER WORKER Keeps Them Sound Allays fever and inflammation at once, this must be done to effect a cure. UNEXCELLED AS A REMEDY for bone and bog spavins, curbs, splints, ringbones, capped hocks, shoe bolls, wind puffs, thoroughplns and bunches of all kinds.bowed. strained and ruptured tendons, shoulder, hip and stifle lameness, weak Joints, sweeny, cording up, throat trouble and rheumatism. Relieves pains and soreness without loss of hair or a day's let up. As a leg and body wash it has no equal, in- vigorates and restores the distressed horse between heats and after hard workouts. Price $2.00 per bottle, prepaid on receipt of price. $16.00 per dox. ; $ JO. 00 per gal. THE GREATEST MONEY-WINNER IN 1912, OR OF ANY OTHER YEAR, JOE PATCHEN II 2:031-4 Reg. No. 47491. Son of Joe Patchen 2:01% (sire of Dan Patch 1:55%. sire of 13 in 2:10, Joe Patehen II. 2:03%, Star Pointer 2:04%, Beth Clark 2:05%, Sara Ann Patch 2:06%, Patchen Lass 2:0S%, and Fan Patch 2:09); dam Bessie Bonehill 2:05%, also dam of Empire Direct 2:07% by Empire Wilkes 2:29% (sire of 11 iai 2:30), son of Geo. Wilkes 2:22 and Jane Mose- Iy (dam of 2) by Mambrino Patchen 5S, etc. Joe Patchen II. 2:03% had for a grandam Arab Girl (dam of 7, 1 sire of 4 and 2 dams of 3) by Crittenden 433 (sire of 13 and the dams of 6 in 2:10), son of C. M. Clay Jr. 22 and Flora by Pilot Jr. 12. Arab Girl's dam was Saieda Bashaw by Bashaw Jr. 2:24% (son of Bashaw 50 and Fanny Foss by Green Mountain Morgan 186S, and Saieda Bashaw's dam was the imported Arabian mare Saieda (dam of Adnock, sire of the dam of Dolli- kens 2:14i£. Joe Patchen 2:01%. the sire of Joe Patchen II. 2:03%, was by Patchen Wilkes 2:29% (sire of 70 in 2:30 including 2 in 2:10, 29 sires of 140 and 30 dams of 36) out of Josephine Young (dam of Director o-onii-, v,„ r -tr „ ,„ ■ . Joe 2:°9%. Donera T. 2:18% and Miss .losie 2.20%) by Joe Young 2:18 (sire of 8 and 17 dams of 30) by Star of the West 2:26% (son of Flying Cloud 134 and Grey Fanny by Eureka, son of Black Hawk 24). Patchen Wilkes 2:29% was by Geo. Wilkes 2:22 out of Kittv Patchen (dam of 2, 1 sl/t,-°,, aJd 4„d„ams of 9> by Mambrino Patchen 58: second dam Betty Brown (dam of T\ likes Boy 2:24%, and 2 others in 2:30, 1 sire of 97 and 4 dams of 8 in 2:30) bv Mambrino Patchen 58; third dam Pickles by Mambrino Chief 11. The rare combina- tion of bloodlines in his pedigree makes Joe Patchen II. 2:03% a most desirable stal- non to be bred to choice mares. He is a worthy representative of early and extreme speed and with his rich inheritance he should prove to be one of the greatest sires ever brought to California. Joe Patchen II. 2:03% in individuality alone would be entitled to distinction even if he had never captured every race but one he started in in 1912 and won $23,050 a larger amount than was ever won by a pacer in the world in one season. He stands over 16 hands, a beautiful dark bay with four white legs and blaze. In conformation he is a model of excellence, his clear cut, beautiful head, large, prominent eye, wide jowls, magnificent shoulders, short legs, heavy quarters, great depth through the heart, round barrel and perfect legs and feet. There never was a more popular horse to face a starter and his action is as near perfection and the poetry of motion as it is possible to conceive. He has never been bred to many mares as he has been raced every year, but the few that he has at Pleasanton show that he transmits all his qualities of form, soundness, disposition, gameness, speed and soundness to a re- markable degree. He is a sure foal getter. Terms: $100 for the season, with usual return privilege. VERNON McKINNEY 2:011-2 Reg. No. 53803. Son of Guy McKinney 37625 (sire of 4 in the list), he by McKinney 2:11% (the leading sire) out of Flossie Drais by Guy Wilkes 2:15% (sire of 4 and dams of 7 in 2:10); grandam Blanche Ward (dam of China Maid 2:05%) by Onward 2:25% (sire of 11 and dams of 10 in 2:10); great grandam Blanche Patchen by Mambrino Patchen 58, etc. Ver- non MeKinney's dam was Maud Vernon by Mount Vernon 2:15% (sire of 2 and dam of Leata J. 2:03) by Nutwood 2:18% (sire of 2 and 20 in 2:10); out of Daisy S. 2:33 (also dam of Chief Thorne 2:20) by Chieftain (sire of 4) ; grandam Beauty by Old Dock. Maud Vernon's dam was Mag, by Gen. McClellan 144 (sire of 3, 4 sires of 7 and 8 dams of 12 in 2:30) by North Star. Vernon McKinnev's dam being by Mount Vernon 2:i5% out of a mare by Gen. McClellan makes her a sister in blood to the dam of Leata J. 2:03, the /■„-!„„„ „<• en <»c> o>. greatest money-winning pacing mare in 1913 (winner of §11,6^0). She was also by a son of the great McKinney 2-11% Vernon McKinney 2:01% is a magnificent stallion, stands over 16 hands, a bright bay in color, and individually as fine a type as ever was foaled. He has all the quali- fications to make a sire and the few colts by him show that he transmits his perfect conformation, color, good disposition and extreme speed to his progeny. He was the fastest pacer out m 1911 and in 1912 he paced to his present record— 2:oi%— when quite lame from an injury. He is bred in the very best of speed producing lines The superabundance of the blood of Geo. Wilkes 2:22, through Alcyone 2:23, sire of McKin- ney 2:11%, his celebrated sire. Guy Wilkes 2:15%, and Onward 2:25%, and back of that cross to Mambrino Patchen and Nutwood 2:18%, the great sire of famous speed pioducmg broodmares, backed up by the stoutest of old line thoroughbred blood, makes him a remarkable stallion from which any owner of a well bred mare has a right by breeding to him to expect the fastest pacer in the world! No horse living ever paced with greater ease or has a greater natural flight of speed, and the few foals he has are perfect likenesses of him in every way. Terms: $50 for the season, with usual return privilege. THE PERFECTLY FORMED AND GAITED TROTTER. ZOMBLACK 2:26 (Trial 2:08%) Reg. No. 54955. Son of Zombro 2:11 (the greatest of MeKinney's sons as a sire of performers and as a siro of sires and dams) out of Madeline Marshall (also dam of Zoblack 2} 2:24%), by Demonio 2:11% (sire of 15 in 2:30 including 5 in 2:10), son of Chas. Derby 2:20 and Bertha (dam of 13 including 5 in 2:10) by Alcantara 2:23. Zomblack's grandam was Mamie Comet 2:23% (dam of Nutwood Demonio 2:11^4, Comet Wilkes 2:21, a sire, Macleay 2:21 and the dam of 2 in 2:30) by Nutwood 2:18% (the world's greatest sire of broodmares), and his great grandam was Black Betty by Sportsman, son of Easton's David Hill out of a mare by St. Clair 16675, sire of the dam of Manzanita 4, 2:16, Wildflower 2, 2:21. Zomblack 2:26 is a perfectly pure gaited trotter, and were it not that he was taken sick would have earned a record faster than any other Zombro ever foaled. He has been timed in 2:08%. In color he is a coal black, no white, stands about 16 hands, and his conformation is such that the leading horsemen on the Grand Circuit unanimously agreed he was the handsomest horse either in action or repose that ever came from California, and it was a question if his equal is to be found in America. He is a sound, muscular made, perfectly proportioned stallion, having a beautiful head, neck, ears and legs, sloping shoulders, short back, is round ribbed, close coupled and a beautiful type of a perfect horse. His disposition is of the sweetest, while his breeding is of the best. That he will be a sire of speed and gameness no one who has given the subject of breeding and selection any consideration-will deny. Terms: $50 for the season, with usual return privilege. WILL MAKE THE SEASON OF 1914 AT THE Pleasanton Driving Park The best of care taken of mares in any manner owners may desire, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address CHAS. L. DeRYDER, Superintendent. Saturday, February 7, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 SAVE-THE-HORSE (Trade Kuk ReglsteredJ Four Years After— Still Sound H. G. PUTNAM Dealer in Coal and Wood, Dry Goods, Tin Ware, Etc. Danvers, Mass., Oct. G, 1913. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. Y. 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You never can tell when you'll need It, and when horse does not need entire rest while using: Kendall's Spavin the time does come, you'll be mighty glad you had the foresight to Cure. Light work and careful handling are better than prepare. Here are samples of the thousands of letters we receive standing in the barn. If the horse was in the pasture not many from grateful horse owners every year. Mr. J. J. Sandlin, New people would take proper care of him. 1 use the Spavin Cure Hope, Ala., writes:— "I ata a great believer in Kendall's fapavin a week at least, sometimes three, according to the severity of Cure. A few applications have just taken an unnatural growth off the trouble. There is enough in one bottle to cure three largo my horse's back, thereby increasing his value J25.00 at least." Spavins if used according to directions. It is excellent for Mr. J. B. McCullors, Haleysville, Ala., writes: — "Last July I bought bruises, both for man and beast. Your Spavin Cure will cure a mule for S65 00. He had a bad Spavin and was unable to work Thoropin in a hurry. With over twenty years' experience with but after using three bottles of your Spavin Cure, I cured it and this remedy I know what I say to be true. If one doubts my he was sold in March for £180.00. I advise all horse owners to use my wordhe may bring me a horse with a Blood Spavin on one Kendall's Spavin Cure." And Mr. Wm. Booth, of Grovette. Ark., leg. Bone Spavin on the other and Thoropin on both and I can writes:— "I have cured both Blood and Bone Spavins, taking the make him a sound horse in six months. What I have done I can bunch all off and leaving the horse as sound as be ever was. The do again and what I have done others can do." Why experiment with other remedies — when you know what Kendall's has done ?nd can do. You can get Kendall's Spavin Cure at any druggist's, 51.00 per bottle, 6 tor S5.00. Ask for free book. "Treatise on the Horse," or write direct to Dr. B. J. Kendall Company, Enosburg Falls, Vt„ U. S. A. SPECIAL ADVERTISING. Wanted, For Sale and Miscellaneous advertisements under this head will be set in nonpareil (same type below) and will be published at the rate of 2 cents per word each insertion, or 6 cents per word by the month. Count each abbrevi- ationand initial as a word. The Grandly Bred Stallion LOGAN POINTER 25167 For Sale or Lease For the Season of 1914. This is a handsome, well made bay stallion by Star Pointer 1:59% out of Effie Logan (Jim Logan 2:027-i and two others in 2:08). For terms and particulars address J. ELMO MONTGOMERY, Davis, Cal. STANDARD McKINNEY STALLION FOR SALE.— Scott McKlnney 33749, by HcKinney, dam Primrose (great brood- mare) by Sidney; second dam Brown Rose by Privateer; third dam Lady Bald- win by The Moor; fourth dam daughter of Ben Lippincott, son of Williamson's Belmont. Scott McKinney is a handsome bay horse; weighs about 1100; good gait- ed, and all his get are fine indviduals and show speed. Has State license for this year. Address DR. M. F. SCHALTEN- BRANDT, 4051 20th St., San Francisco. FOR SALE. — THE DEMON 2:29%, black horse, six years old, absolutely sound and a sure 2:10 trotter. "Worked a mile in 2:12y-> over Pleasanton track and trotted last half in 1:03^. Will sell cheap for cash. W. A. BARSTOW, 1042 The Alameda, San Jose, Cal. FOR SALE. — Some very fine pointer pups whelped December first. . Mother has taken first prize in Los Angeles bench show; sired by as fine a field dog as a man could wish to shoot over. Address JOHN A. BUNTING, Jr., Centerville, Alameda Co., Cal. FOR SALE — Fine seventy-five dollar Frazier road cart, in perfect condition. Price $30. Address JOHN A. BUNTING, Jr., Centerville, Alameda Co., Cal. ANNUAL MEETING. The Annual Meeting of the stockholders of Heald's Business College will be held at the office of the corporation, 1215 Van Xess Ave., San Francisco, California, on Saturday, February 21st, 1914, at 2 o'clock p. m., for the election of directors and the transaction of other business. F. O. BARDIXER, Secretary. By order of the President, McKINNEY STALLION FOR SALE.— Standard and registered, weighs 1200 pounds, absolutely sound, good disposi- tion, sure foal getter and show horse. Has trotted miles in 2:16 and has sired speed. He is by McKinney 2;11}4 and is one of his best bred sons, if not the best. For . further information address BREEDER & SPORTSMAN, San Francisco, Cal. ARSORBINE M*- TRADE MARK REG.U.S.MT. OFF. Removes Bursal Enlargements, Thickened, Swollen Tissues, Curbs, Filled Tendons, Sore- ness from any Bruise or Strain; Stops Spavin Lameness. Allays pain Does not Blister, remove the hair or lay up the horse. $2.00 a bottle, delivered. Book 1 K free. ABSORBINE, JR., the antiseptic lini- ment for mankind. For Synovitis, Strains, Gouty or Rheumatic deposits, Swollen, Painful Varicose "Veins. Will tell you more if you write. SI and $2 per bottle at dealera or delivered. Manufactured only by W, F. YOUNG, P. D. F„ 54 Temple St, Springfield, Masi. For nale by Langley i Michaels, San Francisco, Calif.; Woodward, Clark &, Co , Portland. Ore ; Cal. Ding A Ctaem. Co., Brnnawlg Drag Co., Western Wholesale Drag Co., Lot Angeles, Calk Kirk, Clear? St. Co.. Sacramento, Calif.; Pacific Drag. 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MALCOLM FORBES 2:03. HIS DAM, EPISODE 2:18, IS NOT ONLY A FAMOUS BROODMARE, BUT SHE IS ALSO HALF-SISTER TO AMERICA'S LEADING TROTTING SIRE, PETER THE GREAT 2:07|4- Sired by Bingen 2:06*4 (sire of Uhlan 1:58, Admiral Dewey 2:04%, The Leading Lady, 3, 2:07, J. Malcolm Forbes 4, 2:0S, and 8 others in 2:10, 144 in the 2:30 list) by May King 2:21*4 (son of Electioneer), out of Young Miss (dam of 3, 2 sires of 148 and 3 dams of 6) by Young Jim (son of Geo. Wilkes 2:22), grandam Miss Mambrino by Red Wilkes (son of Geo. Wilkes 2:22), etc Robert Eingen's dam was a trotter. Episode 2:18 (dam of 1 in 2:30 and Mr. Pinker- ton, sire of Peter the Seeond 2:04%, Pinkerton 2:17 and two others in 2:30. Episode also produced the dam of Victor Forbes 2:23%). by Ambassador 2:21% (sire of Ambu- lator 2;0S%, Susie T. 2:09% and 12 others in 2:30), son of Geo. Wilkes 2:22 and Lady Carr (.dam of 4, 4 sires and 4 dams of standard performers) by American Clay 34; grandam Kate by Sir Wallace. Robert Bingen's second dam was Santos (dam of Peter the Great 2:07%, the great- est sire of extreme speed ever foaled, J. Malcolm Forbes, the great sire. Chimes of Normandv 2:16% and 3 others in 2:30) by Grand Sentinel 2:29% (sire of 22), he by Sentinel 2:29% (sire of S) out of Maid of Lexington by Mambrino Pilot 2:2S*£ (sire of 9), son of Mambrino Chief 11 and Juliet by Pilot Jr. 12. Maid of Lexington's dam was bv Imported Leviathan. Robert Bingen's third dam was Shadow (dam of 4) by Young Octoroon (broodmare sire), he bv Octoroon out of a mare by Joe Brown, son of Davy Crockett. The fourth dam was Swallow by Joe Hooker 1S5, he by Mambrino Chief 11 out of the Warren Mare (dam of Governor 2:30) by Canada Chief. Robert Bingen is a beautiful bay stallion, foaled in 1905, standing full sixteen hands, is perfect in conformation, has a splendid disposition, and will undoubtedly lower his record this year. He is young, sound and vigorous, has only been bred to a few mares and the owners of his progeny declare they are perfect likenesses of their sire and in every way promising trotters. Although Robert Bingen 2:14% obtained this record as a pacer he is a natural trotter and as a two-year-old trotted very fast but trained off and his owner put him to pacing. This horse will be given a trotting record and it will be a fast one. He is strictly trotting bred. His breeding shows for itself and it is a question if there is a better bred Bingen in America today. PRINCE ANSEL 2-201-2 Registered No. 29220. Cal. License Certificate No. 1053. Sire of LOTTIE ANSEL (2) 2:1414 — Champion two-year-old trotting filly of 1912. PRINCE LOT 2:07%— Fastest trotting gelding in the West in 1912. ARISTA ANSEL (2) 2:18>/4— Winner of the Canfield-Clark Stake in 1912. PRINCE ANSEL was sired by Dexter Prince 11363, sire of Bernice R. 2:07%, Lison- jero 2:0S%, Eleata 2:08%, James L. 2:09%, Edith 2:10 and 60 others, out of Woodfiower (dam of Seylex 2:15%, Prince Ansel (2) 2:20%) by Ansel 2:20 (son of Electioneer 125), Bire of 14 in 2:30, 6 sires of 16 and 14 dams of 17 in the list; second dam Mavflower 2:30%, dam of Manzanita 2:16 and Wildflower 2:21, by St. Clair 16675. PRINCE ANSEL is a very handsome bay stallion; stands 15:3 hands, and weighs 1200 pounds. He is noted for siring colts and fillies that are endowed with early and extreme speed. During 1910 six of his get took records, and four were three-year-olds and under. In 1911 Adansel, a three-year-old, obtained his mark of 2:14%, while Prince Lot and Wesos lowered their records. In 1912 Lottie Ansel, a two-year-old, won all the Futurities she started in, getting a mark of 2:14%, the Coast record for fillies, and heads all record-holders of her age in America for the year. Arista Ansel, another two-year-old Futurity winner, got a record of 2:18%, while Prince Lot lowered his record to 2:07%. In 1913 Laura Rogers lowered her record to 2:11% and Ima Dudley got a mark of 2:27%, whil e John Malcolm, out of one of Prince Ansel's daugh- ters obtained the world's record for two-year-old pacers, 2:11%. Prince Ansel's prog- eny is noted for intelligence, soundness, perfect action and stamina. SEASON OF 1914 AT THE RACE TRACK, WOODLAND, CAL. Terms: For Robert Bingen 2:14'/2, $75 by the season. For Prince Ansel 2:20/2, $50 For Quintell 2:12J4( $25. With usual return privilege. Pasture for mares during season at $5.00 per month; not responsible for ac- cidents or escapes. For further information, address HARRY DOWLING, Manager Woodland Stock Farm, Woodland, Cal. TO GET A CHAMPION, BREED TO A CHAMPION. JIM LOGAN 2'M\ (3) 2:05!/;,, world's record to 1912; (5) 2:041^, (6) 2:03|4, (7) 2:02^4. AM winning race records. Registry Number 44997- By CHAS. DERBY 2:20 (brother to Klatawah (3) 2:05i/2l etc.), sire of Jim Logan 2:0234, Don Derby 2:04' 2. CaDt. Derby 2:06'. 2» Dan Logan 2:07/2 and 6 others In 2:10. Dam, EFFIE LOGAN, California's greatest producer of extreme speed (dam of Jim Logan 2:02%, Sir Albert S. 2:03%, and Dan Logan 2:07%, sire of John Malcolm (2) 2:11%, champion two-year-old of 1913), by Durfee 11256, son of Kaiser 2:28 and Julia. by Revenue 2:22%; second dam Ripple, sister to Creole 2:15, bv Prompter 2305, sire of the dam of Gratt 2:02%, etc.; third dam Grace (dam of Daedalion 2:08^, Creole 2:15 and Eagle 2:19%), by Buccaneer 2656, sire of "the dams of 2 in 2:10; fourth dam Man-, great broodmare, by Flax tail. JIM LOGAN is a handsome dark bay horse, stands 16 hands and weighs 1075 pounds. After setting a world's record of 2:05% at three years of age, he has lowered his record even* season he has been raced and is absolutely sound, showing he has the best of feet and legs. He has only a few living foals and all of them that have been trained have shown speed towarrant his being a sire. His full brother, Dan Logan, sired the winners of the Breeders' Futurity of 1912 and the two and three-year-old events of 1913, John Malcolm, his two-year-old, getting the world's record of 2:11%. In the stud, season of 1914, at Woodland Race Track. FEE: $50 for season, with usual return privilege, or $75 to Insure living colt. Fees payable at time of service or before removal of mares. Excellent pasture at $4 per month, with best of care for mares, though no responsibility will be assumed for acci- dents or escapes. Call at race track, or address J. ELMO MONTGOMERY, Davis, Cal Montbaine 48667 Son of MOKO 24457; sire of 7 in 2:10, dams of five in 2:10, 100 standard Derformers: dam. KREM MARIE, dam of four trotters by KREMLIN 2:07?£, sire of dams of six in 2:10; second dam, Mavmont, by Blackmont, sire of dam of Minnehaha 2:09#; third dam, Maywood (dam of Mayhill 2:19, . 2:17%) by Blackwood 74, etc. MONTBAINE is an exceedingly handsome ma- hogany bay horse: stands 15.3% hands and weighs 1200 pounds. He has proven a very sure breeder, and his colts are fine individuals of ample size, quality and pronounced natural speed. He will make the season of 1914 at The Suisun Stock Farm, at a fee of $40 for the season, with return privilege. Moko and Kremlin rank among the greatest sires of today, and you can make no mistake by breeding to Montbaine. For particulars, call at barn, or address THE SUISUN STOCK FARM, B. F. Rush, Suisun, Cal, (Rush & Haile.) MOKO HALL 2:111 Son of Walnut Hall 2:081-4 Winner of the Kentucky Futurity for Two-year- olds, and sire of The Harvester 2:01 The World's Champion Trotting Stallion. Martha Tipton S0% Warner Hall U) 2:Mh, OTfeil 2rt%. etc. The dam of MOKO HALL was by the most fashionable sire of trotters in the United States today, and that horse is MOKO. MOKO HALL is bred in the top crosses just like The Harvester, who was also by Walnut Hall, out of a mare by Moko, the sire of 104 in 2:30, including such stake winners as Fereno 2:05%, Tenara 2:05%, Xative Belle (3) 2:0G%, Manrico (3) 2:07%, Susie N. (3i 2:09%, and Brenda York (3), pacing, 2:04%, and his sons are siring early and extreme speed also. MOKO HALL is one of the handsomest and most uniformly made stallions in California. There is not a weak spot or place on him. As a trotter he proved himself to he most level-headed and game, as well as possessed of a high turn of speed in all his racing on the California Circuit last season. At Sacramento he forced ilaymack to trot a mile in 2:08% to beat him. A year- living filly by him trotted a quarter in 34% seconds at Santa Rosa last Sep- tember. Will make the season of 1914 at Agricultural Park, Sacramento, Cal. FEE: $75 for the season. Tsual return privileges. Good pasturage, and the best of care taken of mares in any manner that owners may desire, at reasonable rates, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. For further particulars address F. J. RUHSTALLER, Sacramento, Cal. ONE OF THE STRONGEST BRED SONS OF McKINNEY. The "Golden Cross" McMYRTLE George Wilkes Electioneer i Sire of John Gwynne 2:11%.) By McKINNEY 2:11'4. SIRE OF 24 AND THE DAMS OF 6 IN 2:10; HIS SONS HAVE SIRED 37 IN 2:10. Dam. Myrtledale, by Iran Aito 2:1214 (sire of 16 trotters, 1 pacer), fastest and most prolific son of Palo Alto 2:08%, and out of Elaine 2:20 (dam of 4 trotters, 1 sire, and 2 dams of S trotters and 1 pacer), by Messenger Duroc 109. Second dam, Nettie Nutwood (dam of Hillsdale 2:15, one of the best three-year- olds of his dav, and Twentv Third, dam of Sterling MeKinnev 2:06% and Unimak 2:22%). by Xutwood 2:18%, sire of 2 and the dams of 20 in 2:10; third dam, daughter of Ethan -Allen Jr. 2903, one of the prolific members of the great family of Black Hawk 5; fourth dam by Williamson's Belmont. McMYRTLE is an extremely handsome individual, rich bay in color. 15.3 hands in height, and weighs 1150 pounds. He is a clean-going trotter, with a trial of 2:17 before retirement to the stud. His opportunities as a sire have been extremely lim- ited, but his colts are the kind that it pays to breed — large, solid color, handsome and good movers. Onlv one was ever trained, John Gwvnne, who got a record trotting of 2:11%. SEASON OF 1914 at PETALUMA AND SAN RAFAEL, CAL. Terms, $30 for the season, $40 to insure. Best of care of mares, but no responsi- bility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address for all further information, DELCINO & DELCINO, Petaluma, Cal. PALO KING 2-28! Reg, No. 44910 George Wilk«s Efectio Sire of Little Lucille, p. (3) 2:09, fastest filly of her age on Pacific Coast, and The Bulletin (2) 2:28|/2( trotting. By Marengo King 2:28'/2 (sire of Marie X. 2:08%, etc.), son of McKinney 2:11% and By By. great broodmare, by Xutwood 2:18%; dam Palo Belle 2:24!/2, by Palo Alto 2:08%, son of Electioneer and sire of the dams of High Admiral 2:07%, Mahomet Watts (3) 2:10, etc.; second dam Belle Isle, great broodmare, by Piedmont 2:17%; third dam, Idabelle, great broodmare, by Hambletonian 10; fourth dam, Godfrey Star, by American Star 14. PALO KING is a bay horse of excellent size and conformation, a pure gaited trotter, and ranks as one of the most potent sires of his age in the world. His get are uniformly good colored, large, finely turned, good headed and endowed with natural speed. Season of 1914 at Woodland Race Track, where you can see his colts step. TERMS: $25 for the season, or $40 to insure. Call or address H. S. HOGOBOOM, Owner, Woodland. Cal. NEW EDITION OF JOHN SPLAN'S BOOK "Life With the Trotter* PRICE, $3.00 POSTPAID "Life With the Trotter" gives us a clear insight into the ways and means to be adopted to increase pace, and preserve it when obtained. This work is replete with interest, and should be read by all sections of society, as it inculcates the doctrines of kindness to the horse from start to finish." Address, BREEDER and SPORTSMAN, P. O. Pacific Bldg., Cor. Market and Fourth Sts. Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal. Saturday, February 1914.] THE BREEDER 4.ND SPORTSMAN RALLISTITF !■# A PERFECT Lh Jdense" smokeless powder absolutely waterproof There are other qualities such as high velocities, light recoils and non-fouling of gun which make BALLISTITE The Favorite Powder of many trap and field shooters Every pound of BALLI sTITE is guaranteed to have the highest chemical stability and ballistics attainable. Look for BALLISTITE on the carton when buying your shells. Shoot BALLISTITE and you are sure of your powder at the traps or afield. il n DUPONT POWDER CO. Established Wilmington 1S02 Delaware C. A. Haight, Mgr Chronicle Bldg. San Francisco, J. H. Willman, Mgr. Maynard Bldg. Seattle, Wash. W. C. Howard, Mgr. Savings Bank Denver, Colo HERCULES A WINNER Shouters of Hercules Powder Lead at Midwinter Handicap Infallible and E, G, to be favorites during 1914 Pinehurst, N. C, Jan. 24. — Infallible and E. C. were among the most popular powders with shooters at the Midwinter Handicap which closed here today. F. H. Storr, of Richmond, Va., who shot Hercules E. C, was high tor the entire program including the handicaps, with 752 x 800. He also tied for first on all 10 yd. targets, breaking 509 out of GOO. The Preliminary Handicap was won by E. S. Ford, of Washington, D. C„ who smashed 95 x 100. Mr. Ford is a new claimant for trapshooting honors and those who watched his performance here prophesy that he will be heard from often. Mr. Ford also shot Hercules E. C. The popularity of Infallible and E. C. was a much noticed feature of the shoot, and predictions were freely made that they would be the favorite powders with trapshooters during 1914. The most dependable and trustworthy form of advertising comes unsolicited from a disinterested source. When in doubt as to what make of gun to buy for game or trap shooting ask those who shoot PARKER GUNS The greater the distance at which it is shot in competition with other guns., the more THE OLD Hi: I.1A Bl.J : l'AKKKR shines. The faultless balance, extreme simplicity and durability of the PARKER, combined with its superior shooting qualities, make it the ideal game gun, the pioneer forerunner of small bo»-es, having popularized them and put them per- manently on the map. 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First Federal Trust Company Capital $1,500,000 JOS. G. HOOPER. Manner. s TALLION CARDS Send for Our SAMPLES and CATALOG oE Horse Cuts Horse Books Impregnators, Supports, Serving Hobbles Remedies Everything a Stallion | Owner Needs Our Stallion Folders, Posters, Sale and Farm Catalogs Compiled and Printed cheaper than you can get — the printing alone. Send for samples and prices. Oar Stallion Service Books are the cheapest and best. We make a five-genera- tion pedigree (blood lines only) for $1. A (our- gene rati on tabula- tion with ancestor's record progeny lor S2; five-generations for S3— all on a blank 14x17. A handsome five-generation tabula- tion, 16x20, printed in two-colors for framing, for $6, two copies for $6.50 or five for $7. Address [ Magnus Flaws & Co., 542 S. Dearborn St, Chicago, DL Tabulated Pedigrees 1 16 THE BREEDER AND SPOKTHMAN [Saturday, Februa ry 7, 1914. J 1913 Official Amateur Average won by MR. BARTON LEWIS \ of Auburn, Ills., using exclusively "Steel where steel belongs" FACTORY LOADED SHELLS MR. LEWIS SHOT AT GOSO TARGETS DURING THE YEAR. AND BROKE 5811 an average of 95.58' , Allot this shooting was done with Peters Shells, in large part the Medium Priced Loads. Mr. Lewis is known to trapshooters and sportsmen throughout the country as the winner of the Amateur Championship of the United States, at the Grand American Handicap Tournament at Dayton, Ohio, in June, 1913. His score in that event — made with the P brand was 195 s 200 from 18 yards. THE HIGHEST AMATEUR HONORS IN TRAP SHOOTING HAVE BEEN WON WITH THE P BRAND 1913 — Barton Lewis shot at 4645 — broke 4440 — average 95.59 per cent. 1912 — Barton Lewis shot at 4280 — broke 4164 — average 97.28 per cent. 1910 — James S. Day shot at 6080 — broke 5811 — average 95.58 per cent. THE PETERS CARTRIDGE CO.. Pacific Coast Branch: 583-85 Howard St., San Francisco, Cal. 3 out of the past 4 years W1MCHB5TZK 12 GUAGE MODEL 1912 HAMMERLESS SHOTGUN Nickel Steel Throughout. Weight about 7% pounds. List Price, $30.00. WHAT TRAPSHOOTERS THINK OF THE MOST PERFECT REPEATER A representative recently showed one of the new Winchester 12 Gauge Hammeriess Repeating- Shotguns at the shoot of a well-known gun club. There were forty shooters present and most of them were eager to try or feel of the gun that the trapshooting world has been looking for. The verdict of the shooters on the new gun is best expressed by their acts. Twenty-eight of them ordered one then and the:e. This incident is significent. It shows what expert and critical trap shooters think of the latest Winchester. What's more, the enthusiastic endorsement and approval of this, "The Most Perfect Repeater," is not restricted to trap shooters, nor does it seem to have any geographical limitations. U comes from bird and duck hunters as well as trap shooters from all parts of the country. A lone criticism, which we consider a compliment, has reached us. It came from a competitor and it was this, "The gun is too good for the money." That is skursely detrimental. Look one of the new guns over at your dealer's or send to us £or an illustrated, descriptive ci.oular and decide upon the merits of the gun for yourself. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO., NEW HAVEN, CONN. By Invitaton, Member of The Rice Leaders of the World Association. '£<<<-*r\^\^rZ<<~\^y^\^\<^^^^ Valley Quail Close Feb. 15 P. M. all districts except No. 6 which closed already That's only one more week that you can go out after the gamiest little bird on the Coast. Make that week count — lay your plans carefully, take FERSH SELBY LOADS, and if the birds are there you'll get 'em. Why? Because — FRESH SELBY LOADS SHOOT TO FACTORY STANDARD. For Sale by All Dealers Special Loads On Short Notice SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO. San Francisco and Seattle VOLUME LXIV. No. 7. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1914. Subscription — ?3.00 Per Year THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, February 14, 1914. The Bondsman 37641 Trial 4-2:11 B3* Baron "Wilkes 475S, dam Sorrento (dam of 6) by Grand Sentinel 865 (sire dams of Peter the Great 2:07%. J. Malcolm Forbes 2:08, etc.); next dam Empress, great broodmare, by Abdallah Mambrino 3715. Sire Colorado E. (3), race record 2:04% World's Champion 3-year-old stallion. Col. Franklin (1913) 2:06% The Plunger (4) 2:07% A "winner in both America and Europe. Creighton 2:08% Grace Bond (2) 2:15 2:09% "Winner of 2 and 3-year-old futurity. of Carmen McCan 2:09^ Lizzie Brown (1913) 2:10 Arion Bond (a sire) 2:11 The Clansman (a sire) 2:13>£ Mary Brown (1913) 2:15% Bon Ton (1913) 2:15V. Cecil Bond (p) (1913 2:15% And 16 others in 2:23 and better. And others in two-thirty and better. THE BONDSMAN will make the season of 1914 at THE SAN JOSE DRIVING PARK, San Jose, Cal. He will be limited to sixty mares only. TERMS: $100 at time of service with return privilege in 1915, or money refunded at our option. Good accommodations and best of care to mares sent. Address all correspondence to CAPT. C. P. McCAN, Whitehouse Ap'tb, Orchard St., San Jose, Cal. 1 COP A DE ORO 1:59 |" & Winning Performance ra ^:-^:h^:-^:^:-^:-^:-^:-^:-^:-^:^-:^:-^:-^:-^:^-^:^:^-;«-h DURFEE'S STALLIONS CARLOKIN 2:071-2 Eihlbitlon Mile 2:051-4 -:- CHAMPION PACING STALLION OF THE WEST Reg. No. 527S5. Licensed Pure Bred, Cert. Xo. 1298 Sire of Chango (2) 2:13'/2; Gold Lily (2) 2:24/2I Con- tention B. (2) 2:24|/2; De Oro (2) 2:27J/2. Fastest stallion on the Pacific Coast, and one of the handsomest horses in the world. Golden bay, stands 15.3^ hands high and weighs 1200 lbs. By Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%; dam Atherine 2:16%, by Patron 2:16%; second dam Athene, by Harold 413; third dam Minerva, by Pilot Jr. 12; fourth dam, Bac- chante Mambrino, by Mambrino Chief 11. Copa de Oro is destined to be one of the greatest of all pacing sires. His colts show remarkable speed, stamina and manners. I trained two 2-year-old pacers by him this summer and either could step a half close to a minute. FEE: $75 for the Season, Usual return privilege I am especially well equipped for caring for mares at reasonable rates in any way responsibility is assumed for accidents or escapes. Further particulars may be had by applying to Reg. No. 36548. Licensed Pure BrecL Cert. No. 1297. Champion Trotter and Champion Sire of Trotters in the West. Mahogany bay, stands 15.1% and weighs 1060. Sire of Esperanza (2) 2:14^; John Warwick (2) 2:17; Carsto (2) 2:22,/2: Santiago (3) 2:24'/4; Carlrich (2) 2:24!/2; Ethel D. (2) 2:26'/2; El Carbine (2) 2:27'/2; The Lark (2) 2:28'/2; Carlos (2) 2:29>A, and Fulton G. (2) 2:30, May Marion (3) 2:24'/4. Esperanza Won Breeders' Futurity 1913, Two-Year- Old Trotting Division. John Warwick Won State Fair Futurity 1913, Two- Yea r- Old Trotting Division . Chango Won State Fair Futurity 1913, Two-Year- Old Pacing Division. Sired by McKinney 2:11%; dam Carlotta Wilkes (dam of Inferlotta 2:04^, Mary Dillon 2:06 Vi, Guv Borden 2:07%, Carlokin 2:07^>, and 6 others in the list) by Charley Wilkes 3653; next dam Aspasia (dam of 10 in 2:30 list) by Alcantara 2:23; next dam Miss Buchanan (dam of 5 in 2:30 list) by Clark Chief 89. Carlokin raced from the time he was three years old. He won over $17,000 in one season, and after his races were over trotted an exhibition mile at Lexington in 2:05%. He is one of the purest-gaited trotters ever raced, and has been shown on numerous occasions in standard classes, always taking first premium. FEE: $75 for the season, Usual return privilege that owners may desire. Every attention will be given mares in my charge, but no W. G. D U R F E E, 2019 So. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, Cal. bsst for foundations, dairy floors, fruit dryor floors, oto. sto. MT. DIABLO CEMENT : drysr floors, oto. oto. SANTA CRUZ LIME MT. DIABLO LIME boat for brloklayicf snd slsstorlnc- bast for spnyinj snd whitewashing. WRITE FOR INFORMATION AND PRICES ON ALL BUILDING MATERIAL. HENRY COWELL LIME & CEMENT COMPANY 9 MAIN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. JUST TO FILL IN BETWEEN SEASONS REMINGTON UMC Remington UMC Shooters All Around Winners at Pinehurst, N. C. Midwinter Tournament REMINGTON UMC MIDWINTER HANDICAP, won by C. H. Newcomb, 95 x 100 from 21 yards with Remington-UMC Arrow Speed Shells. HIGH AMATEUR OX ALL TARGETS INCLUDING HANDICAP, C. H. Newcomb, T4G x 800— shooting Remington-UMC Arrow Speed Shells. OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS "PRESIDENT'S TROPHY," Preliminary Handicap. Class A, won by C. A. Edmonson, 91 x 100, shooting Remington-UMC Pump Gun and Nitro Club Speed Shells. "GOVERNOR'S TROPHY." Preliminary Handicap, Class B, tied for by A. E. Ranney, 92x100, shooting Remington-UMC Arrow Speed Shells. "SECRETARIES' TROPHY," Preliminary Handicap, Class C, won by H. C. Wolfe, 90x100, shooting Remington-UMC Arrow Speed Shells. "CAPTAIN'S TROPHY," Preliminary Handicap, Class D, won by E. G. Southey, 91x100, shooting Remington-UMC Arrow Speed Shells. TO GET ON 1914's TRAPSHOOTING HONOR ROLL — TIE TO REMINGTON-UMC — THE PERFECT SHOOTING COMBINATION. REMINGTON ARMS- UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. 299-301 Broadway New York City Saturday, February 14, 1914.] BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast. (Established 1882.) Published every Saturday. P. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. OFFICES: 363-365-366 PACIFIC BUILDING Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. National Newspaper Bureau Agent, 219 East 23rd St., New York City. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco Post-Office. Terms — One Year, *3; Six Months, J1.75; Three Months, »1. Foreign postage $1 per year additional; Canadian postage 50c per year additional. Money Bhould be sent by Postal Order, draft or registered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley, P. 0. Drewer 447, San Francisco, Calif. Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and address, Dot necessarily for publication, but aa a private guarantee of good faith. STALLIONS ADVERTISED. CARLOKTN 2:07% W. G. Durfee, Los Angeles COPA DE ORO 1:59 W. G. Durfee, Los Angeles JIM LOGAN 2:02% J. Elmo Montgomery, Woodland JOHANO H. S. Feindel, Pleasanton JOE PATCHEN II. 2:03% C. L. DeRyder, Pleasanton KINNEY DE LOPEZ 2:23..Hemet Stock Farm, Hemet McADRIAN 2:24 E. D. Digges, Red Bluff, Cal. McMTRTLE Delcino & Delcino, Petaluma MOKO HALL 2:1214 F. J. Ruhstaller, Sacramento MONTBAINE 48667 Suisun Stock Farm, Suisun ONWARD McGREGOR Bert Webster, Pleasanton PALO KING 2:28'/, H. Hogoboom, Woodland PRINCE ANSEL 2:20% Harry Dowling. Woodland ROBERT BINGEN 2:14% Harry Dowling, Woodland THE BONDSMAN Capt. C. P. McCan, San Jose VERNON McKINNET 2:01% . .C. L. DeRyder, Pleasanton WILBUR LOU 2:10%.. Hemet Stock Farm, Hemet, Cal. ZOMBLACK 2:26 C. L. DeRyder, Pleasanton DATES CLAIMED FOR FAIRS. Santa Rosa — August 31st to September 5th (inclusive). Woodland— September 8th to 10th. Sacramento (State Fair) — September 12th to 19th. Pleasanton — September 23rd to 26th. Fresno — September 29th to October 3rd. Hanford — October 5th to 10th. Los Angeles — October 12th to 17th. Riverside — October 19th to 23rd. SCORES OF OUR leading publicists, "boosters," advertisers, promoters, etc., have devised ways to exploit the advantages California possesses over all other States in the production of immense crops of cereals, fruits of all kinds, livestock, oil, gold, silver and all precious minerals; the magnitude of our medicinal springs and their marvelous healing prop- erties; our climate, in which every temperature can be reached in a few hours in our valleys, foothills and mountains; our livestock, and how California is recognized almost as the natural habitat of every animal made for man's uses. All these have been described and published in daily newspapers, weekly and monthly publications and pamphlets, illustrated with beautiful half tones and strengthened by sta- tistics which are almost incredible in their scope when compared with those from other States. This publicity has been a good thing for California; but to make it better, more effective and satisfactory there is another phase of advertising which should not be overlooked. That is the display of all these extensively described products at our State and Dis- trict Fairs. The necessity for fairs is recognized by every farmer, stockman, banker, merchant, in fact, every man and woman in the community. Peo- ple are invited to come to a certain district, perhaps upon the invitation of a real estate operator, the chamber of commerce or the editor of the local news- paper; all these are interested in having new people come and invest their money and make their homes among them. At no time during the entire year can they give these guests a better or more comprehen- sive idea of just what the district is capable of pro- ducing than during the week set aside for the district fair, where competition to win cash prizes or ribbons is keen, and where exhibitors are always willing to tell of the crops, the soil and the climate. The district fair supplies the time, the place and the exhibit, and that is why every one is anxious to have our legislators take up this subject and pass a bill granting appropriations that will in a measure pay premiums at these fairs. At the same time it is understood that NOT ONE DOLLAR OF THIS MONEY SHALL BE PAID FOR THE RACES. Referring again to the benefit of making good dis- plays at our fairs as a means of enlisting the atten- tion of people of every class. A land show was held in the city of San Francisco last fall; it was in the nature of a combination of district fair exhibits. There were over 220,000 paid admissions during the ten days of its duration and hundreds of inquiries were made by land and home seekers; as a result many good sales were consummated. It proved a success from every standpoint. Thousands who attended never visited even a district fair, and, if there had been a splendid livestock exhibit in eon- junction with it, interest would have been propor- tionately greater. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN At a meeting of delegates from the various dis- tricts in California last Saturday in this city there seemed to be an unanimity of opinion regarding district fairs, and to make them still more attractive. as well as educational, a resolution was passed that it was the desire of all interested that the Univer- sity State Farm at Davis send its collection of choicely bred and carefully selected livestock to these fairs and that the professors in their charge deliver lectures upon animal husbandry, selection of cattle, swine and poultry, and thus give the people an idea of the benefits of using better judgment in their purchase of livestock, also the latest methods of dairying, butter making, etc., and show to all visitors the difference between "scrub" and pedigreed livestock. Cash premiums and medals can be awarded the boys and young men in the districts who may select the best specimens of each breed. District fairs have heretofore been only semi- educational, but in this era of electricity, labor-saving devices and successful results along the line of breeding, they can be made the greatest educational institutions in the land. California needs them. Its geographical position, its great length and distances between its big cities and towns makes it imperative that the people who live in the interior shall have every opportunity afforded them to learn as much as if they lived in any of the. closely populated middle western or eastern states. Hence, the holding of state supported district fairs should be encouraged. TELEGRAPHIC dispatches from New York which refer to the meeting of the National Trotting Asso- ciation are so meagre and indefinite that we will wait until more complete particulars are received before commenting upon the changes in the rules. ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING HELD IN THIS CITY. THE AGITATION begun some six years ago to eliminate all rules governing the registration of trot- ting and pacing bred horses save the blood standard, or, in other words, confining registration to the prog- eny of horses already registered, came to an abrupt end at the meeting of the Register Association held in Chicago last Tuesday when it was voted to MAKE NO CHANGE IN THE PRESENT RULES. Curiously enough, the decision was rendered on the viva voce vote of less than a dozen stockholders representing less than one-quarter of one per cent, of the stockholders of the Register Association, those holding the majority of the proxies not voting. The presumption is that the registration officials were not sufficiently optimistic as to the success of the proposed change as a business proposition, conse- quently allowing those present to determine the action of the association along the lines of least re- sistance. The action, however, will agree with the majority of the breeders of the country who believe the time is not yet ripe for a blood standard, and that it will be many years yet to come before the breed built on the speed standard can be changed to the blood basis. o A COMMITTEE composed of officers and direc- tors of the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Association and several of the leading officials of the Exposition Board visited the site of the race- track on the fair grounds last Tuesday. The rainy season prevented progress at this place but now that it is almost a certainty that clear weather will pre- vail, a number of men and horses will be employed to cover the foundation of the course with clay, an ample deposit of this suitable material fortunately having been discovered within the inclosure. A portion of the infield has been graded and workmen are busy preparing it for seeding as it will be used as a polo field. The life-saving station which is directly in the path of the back stretch will soon be moved away, then nothing will prevent the work of having this track in perfect order this fall. Lumber for the box stalls, grandstand, fencing, and the pavil- ions for the livestock, can be placed upon the grounds in one week, and with an army of carpenters and laborers it will not take long to make this place a model in every respect. MALCOLM FORBES (4) 2:08, that is so closely related to Robert Bingen 2:1414 (now at the Wood- land Stock Farm) is a wonderful sire. He is the world's champion five-year-old sire; the champion six-year-old sire; the champion sire of yearlings; the champion show horse to light harness, and is also the sire of U. Forbes (1) 2:21%, the world's cham- pion yearling over a half-mile track. The service fee for J. Malcolm Forbes is $250. Robert Bingen 2:14% is by his sire, Bingen 2:06%, and his dam is a half-sister to J. Malcolm Forbes 2:08, but his service fee is only $75. Competent judges claim that the stallion at Woodland is handsomer than the one at Lexington, Kentucky. Over fifty enthusiastic representatives of the agri- cultural fair and racing associations convened at the Palace Hotel last Saturday, in answer to a call issued by the association of California Agricultural District Fairs, of which E. E. Hall of Alameda is president. The greatest harmony prevailed and the meeting was pronounced one of the best ever held. There seemed to be a disposition to boom not only the fairs but also the races, and when such a unan- imity of opinion was manifest it betokened a desire to give the managers of the fairs and those in con- trol of the racing situation a free hand. After very little discussion it was decided that fairs should be held at Santa Rosa from August 31st to September 5th inclusive, at Woodland from Sep- tember 8th to 10th, at Sacramento September 12th to 19th, at Pleasanton from September 23rd to 26th, at Fresno from September 29th to October 3rd, at Hanford from October 5th to 10th, at Riverside from October 6th to 10th, and at Los Angeles from Octo- ber 12th to 17th. W. F. Price of Santa Rosa put up a brisk fight to have the date for the State Fair at Sacramento postponed a week later than mentioned. He said that Marin and Sonoma county products would be in better shape for exhibition at the later date. He was opposed, however, by A. L. Scott, president of the State Agricultural Society, who declared that the date had been set after consulting with the Sacra- mento committee, and it would be impossible to change it, and it was also pointed out that this would be an earlier season on account of the early rains, anyway. Price then threatened to make a move to arrange a system of district fairs throughout the State, ir- respective of the big event at the capital, but after it was pointed out that his was the only dissenting voice in the programme as made, he stated that he was a good loser, and would defer to September 12th to 19th inclusive as the time. To obviate the difficulty of obtaining legislative aid because of too many places applying for fairs and financial benefits, a resolution was adopted de- claring it to be the sense of the association that district fairs should be held in seven cities only in addition to the big one at Sacramento, and the fol- lowing letter fijom Governor Hiram Johnson to President E. E. Hall was read: Sacramento, Sept. 12, 1913. Mr. E. E. Hall, Pleasanton, Cal. My dear Mr. Hall: I was glad to receive your recent letter and observe the plans that you have outlined for the creation of vari- ous District Fairs, but, unfortunately, in each session of the Legislature, when the subject was agitated the Districts were made so numerous that our plan to create a few and to extend state aid to them was nullified. If the scheme that you outline could be carried into effect I am perfectly confident that at the next session of the Legislature we could create the districts that showed sufficient vitality to go forward as you suggest, and could give them an appropriation which would aid in carrying out their object. Sincerely, HIRAM W. JOHNSON. Decision as to just what places those would he was left to the Legislature, but it was intimated by several of the speakers that they would be the same as now. Scott said the appropriation asked for should be $100,000, to be expended during two years for the giving of cash premiums for exhibits. On the other hand, J. E. Dickinson of Fresno said he thought the amount too much, and suggested a percentage basis. The question of whether fairs should be held throughout the State next year dur- ing the Panama-Pacific Exposition was answered in the affirmative by a resolution. The recommendation of the committee on classi- fication that the classifications for exhibits of the State Agricultural Society be adopted by all the dis- tricts was adopted. The State farm was encouraged by resolution to exhibit at all the district fairs, but not on a basis of competition with the farmers for premiums. The proposed bond issue of $750,000 to be voted by the people of the State for the exposition was unani- mously indorsed. It was also urged that $100,000 be appropriated by the Legislature for special premiums to California owned and exhibited live stock and poultry at the Panama-Pacific exhibition. The usual tilts between the purely agricultural and racing interests occurred, but resulted in an amicable agreement in regard to both dates and entries. A five per cent, deduction from money winners will prevail at all races. It was decided that in addition 1 per cent, should be paid at entry. 1 per cent, thirty days after entry, 1 per cent, thirty days before the meeting, and 2 per cent, at entry. Should a horse fail to enter, previous payments will be forfeited, but no suspension made. Officers for the coming year were elected as fol- lows: E. E. Hall, president; W. F. Price, vice-presi- dent, and W. J. Dakin, secretary and treasurer. The following directors were named: I. L. Borden, San Francisco; H. S. Maddox, Woodland; E. J. Delorey, Los Angeles; J. E. Dickinson, Fresno; J. E. McGreg- or, Riverside; E. E. Hall, Pleasanton: W. F. Price, Santa Rosa, and A. G. Robinson, Hanford. THE BREEDEK AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, February 14, 1914. WILSON'S BLUE BULL. Blue Bull 75 (Wilson's I. a chestnut horse, foaled in 1S54. by Blue Bull, son of (Merring's), of unknown breeding, dam Queen, by Young Selim, grandam. Bet, breeding unknown; bred by Elijah Stone, of Switzer- land county, Indiana. In 1S65 Blue Bull 75 passed to James Wilson, of Rushville. Indiana, whose prop- erty he died in 1880. This noted horse was a phenom- enally fast pacer. There have been more changes and more improve- ment in breeding harness horses in the last thirty years than has ever taken place in the previous one hundred and fifty years. In 1G65 the Dutch settlers at the Dutch settlement, where New York City now stands, were running their horses four-mile races. All of the other horses that had any speed at this time were pacers. In 1731 the Rev. MeSperren, of the English Church, writing back to his country from Providence, R. I., told of the wonderful pacers owned by the Dutch. He mentioned in particular the pacing races between the colony of Rhode Island and Virginia, saying that the horses owned by the Virginians were almost equally as good as those owned by the Dutch in New York. He spoke of the straightaway mile track and further in his letter said: "I have seen these horses pace miles in a little more than two minutes and a good deal less than three." They had, or thought they had, 2:30 pacers then. Between 1710 and 1810, the English by selecting run- ning bred sires, attempted to smother the pacing habit of action. From 1750 to 1S00 they sent to this country about fifty running-bred stallions, among them Diomed, winner of the first English Derby, and the gray horse, Messenger. No attempt was made to record a history of the running bred horses until 1810, at which time the first volume of the English running horse register was issued. In the United States the pacers were crowded to the new territory, as it became settled. The Naraganset pacer, of Rhode Island, had its day and all that was left to show was the tradition, a small pacing horse, commonly sorrel in color, lifting both feet on the same side at the same time when traveling, and commonly used by women to ride, as is given in "The Last of the Mohicans." Most of the pacing horses of the last half of the 18th century, possessed very steep rumps and were fast for short distances. Up in Vermont there was a family of horses de- veloped from using a Dutch sire on one of the pacing mares of the country. This experiment was made at West Springfield, Mass., and taken by Justin Morgan, a school teacher, to Randolph, Vermont. As a family the resultant cross was a coarse hair, with heavy tails, wide between the eyes, very intelligent and quick, trappy gaited. They were very little like the running horses of the country. The settlers liked the steep rumped horses to be used under saddle. In the South and West part of the country we find that, during the twenties, a blue roan horse had been bred which during the winter of 1S26-27 had been purchased by John Merring. of Paddy's Run. Butler county, Ohio. He was a strong horse and a fast natural pacer, his family breeding on in the blue roan and dun colors. This horse died the property of Mr. Merring in the year 1843 or 1844. It is noted that Mr. Merring owned him. This particular horse was called Ohio Farmer. During the last years of his life he sired a dun horse that was foaled in 1844. His dam was of untraced breeding and was bred by Samuel McKean, of Butler county, Ohio. He was sold to Absolom McKean, then to Solomon Bedinger of Harrison, Hamilton county, Ohio. He was again sold and taken to Boone county, Kentucky, where he was owned by Charles Griffin, who sold him to J. N. Early and in 18G1 became the property of G. B. Loder, who kept him in the same county until the year 18C3, when he was traded to James Pruden, of near Elizabeth, Hamilton county, Ohio. He was a large pacer, a large, strong and rather coarse horse, leaving his habit of action and color to many of his offspring. Blue Bull, as noted, was foaled in 1854, sired prob- ably before his sire was taken to Kentucky. The blue roan color of his grandsire and possibly some of his characteristics, seem to have hung to both the Merring horse and the horse known as Pruden's. Jay Eye See and Maud S. had trotted in 2:10 and there was pacing blood on their dams* side. I had watched Bayard and his get. most notably Bliss 2:21%, who was out of Dolly Hazzard, by Sam Haz- zard. A black horse by the same name and probably the sire of Dolly Hazzard had been brought to South- west Missouri. Blue Bull's son sired fifty or better 2:30 trotters and I decided to dig up his history first handed. I went to the old farm where he was buried and saw his grave and tablet of memory. I saw there Kinder- garten, the most inferior of all his sons. I also saw Dona Guffin, a large bay mare, and Maggie Wiley, both of which have made Blue Bull history. For the first time I was told by Rich Wilson, and his father- in-law. that Blue Bull was a handsome sorrel horse about 15% hands high. Brussells, then owned by Mrs. Joe Johnson, while smaller was more like his sire, than any son he left. I saw Hunt's Blue Bull and Rich Wilson told me that his dam was the best farm mare he ever worked. I saw Green Wilson at the Shelbyville, Ind., fair, and the people told me they did not know what they would do if they had run the fair without the services of "Uncle Green." I asked Rich plenty of questions, bi t at last he said, "If you want to find out every- thing about Blue Bull, go to 'Uncle Green.' " I took his word and went down and spent Sunday with "Uncle Green." He had lost his pacing horse by Tom Crowder and bought Red Buck to take his place in the stud. "Uncle Green" said: "I heard of a fast three-year-old at Rising Sun and I went up and saw him. He was by Pruden's Blue Bull and dam of untraced breeding. I heard the stories about her sire being either Blacknose or Truxton, but they did not know anything about her. I was undecided where I heard Queen was driven 85 miles between sunrise and sunset. I went to the postmaster and he wrote out a statement that he knew that Queen was driven 85 miles as per stories, and also that she was carry- ing a colt at the time. Four other citizens of the town signed the statement along with the post- master. I took it in lieu of a pedigree. I took him to my farm, 12 miles southwest of Shelbyville and made three seasons with him under the name of Young Lexington. "The horse was small and did not take well with the breeders and in 1861 or 1862, 'Jim' wanted a teaser for his Jacks and I consented that he take him and use him for the purpose desired. 'Jim' and the boys called him 'Little Sam' and that was the name he went under until Susan Loder bit out one eye and broke his knee cap and was bred to him because she would not produce a mule. The result- ant foal was Purity 2:30, and 'Little Sam' was ten years old at the time of the service. "As the young men of the neighborhood began to want 'Little Sam' colts, the competition began to make fun of the Blue Bull pacers. Rich was hand- ling the horse and Sam and Gus Gladden were hand- ling his colts. As you know 'Jim' got things a little mixed at times and when the boys went to him with their stories and wanted it stopped, he said: 'No, sir-r, we'll call him Blue Bull,' and from that day on he went under the name of Blue Bull." If Blue Bull was bred to the class of mares that Hambletonian 10 was mated with, he would have bred on with wonderful success through both his sons and daughters. In all, Blue Bull could not have sired more than one-third the number sired by Ham- bletonian 10, yet he has more standard performers in the list by ten than Hambletonian, with an average faster and more winning heats to the horse. Dexter 2:17% was the fastest perfomer to the credit of Hambletonian 10 and his record was made against time, although he has eighty-seven winning heats to nis credit. Zoe B. 2:17%, by Blue Bull, made her record in the fifth heat of a winning race. Blue Bull and Bashaw 50 were lost to the breeders of the country by their environments, and not for the lack of greatness. Bayard at the head of a breeding farm would have equaled any son of Ham- bletonian ever sired, although he lacked both Ham- bletonian and Clay blood. Kitty Bayard 2:12%, dam Doll by Billy Campbell, twenty years ago on a half- mile track was a better race mare with her fifty- seven winning heats than was sired by a son of Hambletonian 10. and he surely had at least six hundred to pick from. Even today our greatest sires run to the pacing blood before three generations are reached in their pedigree. — L. E. Clement in norse Journal. E. J. TRANTER HEADS FASIG-TIPTON COMPANY. After fifteen years in active service as directing head of the largest horse selling concern of its kind in the world, Ed. A. Tipton has resigned as presi- dent and retired from the Fasig-Tipton Company to devote his time and attention to other interests, the chief among these being the Kentucky Trotting Trotting Horse Breeders' Association at Lexington, of which Mr. Tipton was originally the secretary and is now the president. E. J. Tranter, for ten years vice-president and manager of the Fasig-Tipton Company, succeeds Mr. Tipton as president. Mr. Tranter is, or was, a Buf- falo boy, who got his enthusiasm for the trotters at the old Buffalo Driving Park, where Dexter 2:17% broke the record, and at C. J. Hamlin's Village Farm, where he had charge of the office when nineteen years old. In later years he was one of the four sponsors for the Grand Circuit meetings at Buffalo, and was president of the Lake Erie Circuit about fifteen years ago. He also managed the Titusville (Pa.) Driving Park, and in 1902 organized the Tranter -Kenney Company, which two years later conducted the sensational dispersal of J. Malcolm Forbes' stud in Boston, at which Bingen 2:06% was sold for $32,000, and Nancy Hanks 2:04, and many other famous trotters brought extraordinary prices under the hammer. It was immediately after this great sale that Mr. Tipton, who is a good judge of men as well as horses, made overtures to Mr. Tranter to join the forces of the Fasig-Tipton Company as manager of its trotting horse department, and since May, 1904, he has been the active man of the concern in this field. The business of Fasig-Tipton Company practically dates from 1884, when W. B. Fasig started in the sale business at Cleveland, Ohio. From 1884 until 1892 Mr. Fasig confined his efforts to Cleveland, but when the Tattersalls, of England, decided to organize a department devoted to trotting horses he came to New York and took charge of it, with American branches at Cleveland, Chicago and Lexington. At that time a large part of the business of selling thoroughbreds by auction in America was controlled by the Tattersalls, William Easton being the man- aging director. In the spring of 1895 the Tattersalls gave up their American business and the trotting horse depart- ment was soon taken over by the firm of W. B. Fasig & Co., in which Ed. S. Hedges was a partner, while the thoroughbred department became the William Easton Company. In February. 1899, the Fasig-Tipton Company was incorporated and controlled jointly by W. B. Fasig and Ed. A. Tipton, who prior to that time had been secretary of the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders' Association and in charge of the horse affairs of Marcus Daly, of Montana, at that time one of the leading breeders of both thoroughbreds and trotters. With the advent of Mr. Tipton the business took on new life, increased rapidly and the company soon became the leading sales concern of the country in this field. From 1899 to date nearly every great trotter and pacer sold at auction in New York has been sold by the Fasig-Tipton Company, and there is scarcely an important harness racing event in America or Europe in which one or more of the lead- ing contestants have not passed through the great sales of this company. In 1900 the Fasig-Tipton Company absorbed the William Easton Company, and from that time until the race tracks were closed by adverse legislation practically all the thoroughbred business of the country was done by the Fasig-Tipton Company, this branch of the business alone running into millions of dollars each year. Mr. Fasig died February 19, 1902, and was succeeded as president by Mr. Tipton. At a conservative estimate the company of which Mr. Tranter is now the president has handled $25,000,000 at its auction sales of trotters and thor- oughbreds in Madison Square Garden and elsewhere. Its offices are in the Garden tower. New York City. o HEMET NOTES. The Hemet Driving Club has not made its plans for 1914, therefore the racing dates have not been set, as there is a matinee circuit in this locality, comprising San Bernardino, Riverside and Hemet, and it is possible that a meeting may be given by the three clubs. In the way of a little news will say that the Hemet Stock Farm horses are wintering nicely. We have several of the last of the Kinney Lou's now two-year-olds, which are promising. The pick of the lot is a chestnut colt out of Zeta W. by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, dam Zeta Carter by Director 2:17, dam Lida W. bv Nutwood (dam of Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%; Alberta, p. 2:03%; Zoe W. p. 2:20). This youngster trotted an eighth in 18% seconds last August in his yearling form. Another good one is a brown filly, out of the dam of the world's cham- pion three-year-old pacing gelding, Hemet p. 2:08%. This filly trotted a mile in 2:42 as a yearling; anoth- er out of a daughter of Sterling McKinney, a quarter in 40 seconds. Having been breaking to harness, the first crop of colts by Wilbur Lou. 1, 2:19%; 3, 2:10%, and we think that they will compare favorably with the get of any young sire in the country. There are six in number, five trotters and one pacer, and this pacer can sure step some for a baby. When she was nine months old stepped a lGth in 10 seconds. Her dam is Fiesta Queen, p. 2:22%, by On Stanley, a son of Direct, grandam Fiesta by Bob Mason, dam of three on the list. A chestnut colt out of Lady Zom- bro is the image of his dad in color and gait. This one puts them down right. I have also in the stable a black filly by Wilbur Lou, dam Bonnie Ailse, p. 2:07%, that is a nice trotter; also two fillies by The Bondsman, owned by A. L. Scott, president of the California State Society; a filly by Escabado, owned by Alex Grant of Los Angeles. These yearlings are a credit to their owners. R. J. Sebastion has six head here that he is wintering, including a promising son of Neernut; this horse has trotted a mile here in 2:19, with very little work, and looks like a comer. Southern California has at present one of the best — or worst — rainstorms it has had for some years, but it is just what it needs to make it about the best place in the country. — Frank Rees in Horseman. THE BEST ATHLETIC FIELD IN AMERICA. The plans for the athletic field at the Panama- Pacific International Exposition, where the great international athletic events and games are to be held in 1915, were made public this week by the athletic department of the exposition. The field will be laid out inside the mile trotting track and will consist of a cinder track and a straightaway course of a quarter mile, 30 feet wide; two baseball diamonds, each of regulation size; foot- ball, soccer, hockey and lacrosse fields, and probably a swimming pool 330 feet in length and 40 feet wide, with a depth of from 4 to 15 feet. The grandstand is to be 740 feet in length and will be so constructed and arranged as to command a view of all the events. The plans call for the greatest care being exer- cised in the construction of the infield and cinger track. No pebble larger than a quarter inch in diam- eter will be allowed either on the infield or the cinder track. The infield is to be carefully graded and grassed with a slope of 5 inches in 100 feet toward the track. It is to be subsurface drained with a sys- tem of farm drains laid 18 inches deep and covered with coarse cinders.. The track is to be built up of clean, steam boiled cinders to which clay or light loam is to be added for the final layer. Water connections will be installed 400 feet apart to facilitate sprinkling. Runways varying from 75 to 140 feet in length will be con- structed for the high jump, the pole vault and the running broad jump. Geo. Ramage. Sam'l Norris, Frank E. Turner and several others are training horses on the Santa Rosa race track. Saturday, February 14, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN THE "FAMINE" IN HARNESS RACING MATERIAL PACIFIC BREEDERS' FUTURITY STAKE No. 12. The "famine" in harness racing material is not an impending event; it is here. There may be some who will disagree with this statement, but those who hold such views will not be found among those who have been trying to buy good racing prospects, those which have shown the qualifications necessary to enable them to race successfully in good company. Now that the scarcity of trotters and pacers of rac- ing calibre is not a thing of the future, but of the present, what measures can be formulated to remedy the conditions? And what reasons have contributed most to bringing about the present conditions? To answer the last question first, it would seem as though one of the principal reasons may be found in the increased rate of speed which horses must and do show, in order to race successfully, and the fur- ther fact, that racing methods have unduly favored the trainers with a wealthy clientele, which has enabled them to race a large number of horses at a comparatively lower cost than the so-called small trainer could race a small number. The adoption of the uniform three per cent, entrance fee for each and every horse entered in early closing events by the Grand Circuit and other circuits will, it is ex- pected, exert a beneficial influence in this respect, but there are other conditions, which must be changed before the so-called famine conditions are removed. It is useless to expect harness racing to reach a great degree of popularity unless the general public is actively interested in the production and develop- ment of harness horses, as was the case 25 years ago. When breeding becomes restricted to a few wealthy men. and racing stables are restricted to a comparatively small number of trainers, each with as many sensational performers as unlimited money can buy, then the sport will be at a low ebb. It was when thoroughbred racing reached this stage that it was forced to fall back on the gamblers for sup- port, becoming almost entirely a gambling game, instead of a real sport. Harness racing, while it may retrograde farther and farther in popularity, will never become a gambling game for the reason that the public sentiment, which has been engendered by the methods followed on the running tracks, will prevent such an outcome. If there were no grounds for hope that the existing conditions will be recti- fied there would be little need for worrying over the famine in racing material, for with the sport con- tinually retrograding in public favor it would only be a question of time when a very small number of horses would be sufficient to supply the demand. It will, fortunately, take more than one generation of discouraging conditions to breed out the natural love of harness horses, which is a characteristic of the American people. It only remains for the persons most deeply interested in the future breeding and racing of harness horses to surround racing condi- tions that will directly interest the same proportion of the public that was interested in it a quarter of a century ago, when every hamlet possessed one or more men, who were breeding horses and well bred stallions were well patronized in every locality. — THE WILD HORSE CONTROVERSY AGAIN. South American naturalists have revived a contro- versy over the wild horse which is likely to spread to this country because of the interest here in the same question. The question is: Are the wild horses of Argentina descended from the horses brought over by the early Spanish conquerors or from horses in- digenous to the country? The same question has been argued here as to our wild "Western horses. If memory serves correctly, fossil remains have been found in the West of a small animal which is believed to be that of the pre- historic horse. Nevertheless, the opinion has been practically unanimous that our wild Western horses were not descended from this prehistoric horse, but were the descendants of Spanish horses of the early days. We know the Spanish brought over horses and used them in the Southwest, possibly as far north and east as Kansas. The South American controversy has been rather one-sided to date in favor of the Spanish horse side. It has always been regarded as a historical truth that the natives had never seen a horse of any kind up to the time of the first Spanish expedition into the wilds of Argentina— that of Don Pedro de Men- doza in 1535. Now comes Senor Cardoso of the Argentine Na- tional Museum to the rescue of the prehistoric horse theory. He shows geological remains of the Pleisto- cene Equus Erectus. Moreover, he produces writ- ings of members of Mendoza's expedition which re- cite that wild horses were occasionally encountered by them in the Argentine wilds. The controversy is perhaps rather interesting than important. But it is decidedly interesting because of the fact that the past of the horse is wrapped in mystery. It was already a domesticated animal de- voted to the service of man in prehistoric times. Moreover, the natural history of the horse is fascin- ating. His pedigree goes back to a time when he was an animal not much larger than a fox and had separate toes on his feet and presumably climbed a tree. It is to be hoped that Senor Cardoso may be able to make out a case that will convince naturalists. But there is no use denying that the burden of proof is on him and that his work is cut out for him. The accepted belief is that the prehistoric horse of the Western hemisphere became extinct and that the Americans were without horses at the time the ani- mal was brought over by the Spaniards. The following is a list of ninety-eight fifth pay- ments made in the Pacific Breeders' Futurity Stake No. 12, for foals of 1912, — now two-year-olds. The two-year-old divisions of this stake will take place at the meeting of the Breeders' Association this fall. H. G. Angevine's b. f. Loma Logan by Prince McKinney, dam Berta Logan by Bert Logan. J. R. Balkwill's bl. c. by Black Hall, dam Estrella B. by Athaneer. L. A. Bangs' b. f. Anita B. by Chestnut Tom, dam Dolly B. by Welcome. L. E. Barber's b. c. Bob Evans by The Bondsman, dam Madge by Silver Bow, Jr. C. J. Berry's bl. c. Carlito by Carlokin, dam Subito by Steinway. I. L. Borden's s. c. Sheldon B. by Barney Barnato, dam Ramona by Prince Robert; b. c. Dr. Smith by Tom Smith, dam Wanda II. by McKinney; b. f. Little Florence by Barney Barnato, dam Hester McKinney by McKinney; b. c. Portola by Barney Barnato, dam Kate Lomax by Son of Nutwood. Mrs. L. J. Boyd's br. c. Carlchen by Carlokin, dam Bon- nie Ailse by Faustino. Mrs. F. H. Burke's b. c. Texas Tommy by Tom Smith, dam Carrie B. by Alex. Button. Chas. Butters' ch. c. Honey Back by The Bondsman, dam Lottie Lynwood by Lynwood W. J. J. Campbell's b. f. Mabel Bond by The Bondsman, dam Kate Kopje by Cresceus; ch. c. Great Bow by Peter Wilton, dam Silver Fir by Silver Bow. Eugene Cerciat's br. f. Greatness by Peter Wilton, dam Abbie McNutward by Guy McKinney. C. H. Chandler's br. f. Birdie Bond by The Bondsman, dam Lady Search by Searchlight. J. M. Clark's b. f. Lucille Clark by Palo King, dam Mat- tie J. by Arthur W. Chas. Colquhoun's b. c. by Montbaine, dam Lady by Nut- wood Wilkes. F. W. Cooper's rn. f. Cal. 1915 by Sir John S., dam Jennie L. by Moses S. S. H. Cowell's b. c. Eugene Bond by The Bondsman, dam Winta Rose by Eugeneer. Wm. E. Detels' s. f. Melba Bon by Bon Guy, dam Melba T. by Nutwood Wilkes; b. c. Palade by Palite, dam Daphne McKinney by McKinney. E. Dolan's b. f. Letitia Rose by Expressive Mac, dam Red Bird by Athadon. Mrs. W. G. Durfee's b. c. Nicolo B. by Carlokin, dam Atherine by Patron. W. G. Durfee's bl. g. by Tom Moko, dam Reta H. by Mc- Kinney; b. g. by Copa de Oro, dam Leonor McKinney by McKinney; b. f. Helen Belle by Carlokin, dam Carolyn C. by Axtell; bl. g. by Carlokin, dam My Irene S. by Petigru; b. g. by Copa de Oro, dam Lady H. by Del Coronado; b. c. by Moko, dam Salu- rian by Wilton; b. c. Silvas by Silico, dam Countess Leyburn by Arion. F. E. Emlay's bl. f. Roseletta by Washington McKinney, Jr., dam Hermia by Soudan. E. L. Fissel's ch. c. King Diablo by Palo King, dam Babe by Diablo; b. f. Exposition by Diomax, dam Mabel by Alex.. Button. E. A. Gammon's br. f. Mabel Bondsman by The Bonds- man, dam Linet by Seymour Wilkes. Chas. A. Graves' s. c. Juan Elwood by Chas. Elwood, dam Nellie. Geo. F. Helman's bl. f. by Mohammed, dam Pitiless by Searchlight. Hemet Stock Farm's br. f. Allie Lou by Kinney Lou, dam Lady Zombro by Zombro; ch. c. Oro Lou by Kinney Lou, dam Zeta W. by Nutwood Wilkes; ch. c. Sterling Lou by Kinney Lou, dam Louise R. by Ster- ling McKinney. J. W. Hatch's b. c. The Mortgage Lifter by The Bonds- man, dam Ruinda by Kebir. H. S. Hogoboom's b. c. by Palo King, dam Miss lone by Iran Alto; b. c. Yolo King by Palo King, dam Viola by Prince Ansel; b. f. Little Express by Alto Ex- press, dam Diwalda by Diablo. Ed. O. Johnston's b. c. William Ervis by Copa de Oro, dam California Girl by Zombro. M. C. Keefer's b. c. by Prince Ansel, dam Advosta by Advertiser. La Brea Rancho's br. c. by Alconda Jay, dam Sweetheart by Chalais. Frank Lieginger's ch. f. Lucille L. by McAdrian, dam Ida May by Major P. Mrs. Mabel Lipson's b. c. Palanada by Best Policy, dam Alta Almont by Prince Almont. D. H. Livingston's b. c. Beirne Allertonian by Beirne Holt, dam Miss Bonnie Allertonian by Allertonian. Leo Lynch's b. f. Gleaming by Wonder Light, dain Lena Thorup by Prince Charles. D. Lynn's b. c. A Bondsman by The Bondsman, dam Belle Lynn by Diablo. R. J. MacKenzie's b. c. Bonquin by Quintell, dam by McKinney. Frank Malcolm's br. c. Midnight Express by Expressive Mac, dam Fresno Girl by Seymour Wilkes. Chas. R. Marley's b. f. Maude Bond by The Bondsman, dam Nusta by Nushagak. J. W. Marshall's foal by The Bondsman, dam Madeline by Demonio; c. by Sirius Pointer, dam Ramona by Demonio; foal by The Patchen Boy, dam Leota by Diablo. W. J. Miller's b. c. Bondalean by The Bondsman, dam Katalina by Tom Smith. J. E. Montgomery's bl. c. Zombro II. by Zombro, dam Cynara by Highland C. Nichols & Holaday's b. f. Alma Bond by The Bondsman, dam Alma Dexter by Dexter Prince. R. L. Ogden's ch. f. Rowena by Palo King, dam Irish Rose by Lynwood W. K. O'Grady's b. c. Joe Geary by Aerolite, dam Helen Boswell by Hart Boswell. F. W. Perkins' b. c. by The Bondsman, dam Rose Trix bv Rose Corbit. C. S. Ramsay's b. f. Dona Lee by Donasham, dam Bay Leaf bv Telephone. Hiram B. Rapelje's b. f. Angela R. by Tom Smith, dam Burnside bv Antrim. D. R. Rogers' b. f. Las Palmas Bell by The Bondsman, dam Sallie Rogers by Chas. Derby. Henrv Rohner's bl. f. Eureka Girl by Nearest McKinney, dam Little Light by Nutwood Wilkes. F. J. Ruhstaller's br. f. Tennie Hall by Moko Hall, dam Tennie by Temescal. Homer Rutherford's br. c. Geo. N. Patterson by On Voy- age, dam Yu Tu by R. Ambush. A. L. Scott's b. f. Lady Corage by Le Voyage, dam Ora by Ira: b. f. Lady Ino by Le Voyage, dam Lady Nez by Nutwood Wilkes. W. L. Selman's b. f. Miss Emily by Knight of Strath- more, dam Dulce Yedral by Milo McKinney. D Short's b. c. Blue Beard by Skido Wilkes, dam Honda Girl. Shreve & Jaggar's b. c. Ben Bond by The Bondsman, dam Silver Haw by Silver Bow. P. H. Smith's b. f. by Zombro, dam Katherine S. by Diablo. C A. Spencer's b. c. by The Bondsman, dam Dawn. Jas. S. Stewart's ch. c. by Copa de Oro, dam Easter D. by Diablo. F. B. Stockdale's br. f. Mayflower by Black Hall, dam S P. Pointer by Star Pointer. C. H. Thompson's br. c. Baron Holt by Beirne Holt, dam Prodigal Baroness by Prodigal. Thompson & Shippee's f. by The Bondsman, dam Dowina by Bon Voyage. L. H. Todhunter's f. Janette Bondsman by The Bonds- man, dam Sweet Bow by Bon Voyage. Dr. I. L. Tucker's b. c. Oro Bond by The Bondsman, dam Babe T. by Rajah. Valencia Stock Farm's foal by Direct Heir, dam La Belle by Sidney. F. W. Wadham's br. f. Bonnie Treat by The Bondsman, dam Johanah Treat by Thos. Rysdyk. D. W. Wailis' b. c. Bondholder by The Bondsman, dam Corinne Sidmore by Sidmore; b. c. Angel Searcher by El Angelo, dam Record Searcher by Searchlight. F. E. Ward's b. c. Freckle Beirn by Beirne Holt, dam Frecklebird by Red Freckles. Geo. L. Warlow's b. f. Tewana by E. G. Diablo, dam Cora Wickersham by Junio; bl. c. Neil Hall by Black Hall, dam Strathalie by Strathway. Geo. W. Warren's b. f. Bonnie Malone by Bon Voyage, dam Angie Malone by Alex Malone. Bert Webster's b. c. Rodney Patchen by Joe Patchen II., dam Miss Harris by Sidney Dillon. Dr. E. J. Weldon's b. f. Banostine Belle by Lijero, dam Mater Expedio by Knight. O. H. Whitehouse's b. f. May Alto by Alto Express, dam Maymonio bv Demonio. T. D. Witherly's bl. f. Claire Wilton by Peter Wilton, dam Blanche Richmond by D. D. H. Woodland Stock Farm's b. f. Ruth Ansel by Prince Ansel, dam Lottie by San Diego; s. c. Prince Majella by Prince Ansel, dam Majella B. by Nushagak. A. J. Zabala's b. c. Sidney Bond by The Bondsman, dam Miss Sidney Dillon by Sidney Dillon. STATE FAIR RACES. The California Agricultural Society, which was represented at the meeting in the Palace Hotel last Saturday by President A. L. Scott, Director I. L. Bor- den and Secretary J. L. McCarthy, has taken the lead in offering a tentative programme, which contains a $10,000 trot and $5,000 pace, besides the futurities and other big stakes. The tentative programme fol- lows: Saturday, September 12th. — Three-year-old trot, futurity; 2:14 special trot, $2000, horses with records over 2:18 not eligible; 2:12 special pace, $2000, hors- es with records over 2:17 not eligible. Monday, September 14th. — Two-year-old pace, fu- turity; 2:08 trot, $2000; 2:15 pace, amateurs, $1000. Tuesday, September 15th. — Occident stakes, three- year-old ; 2:16 trot, amateurs, $1000 ; 2:07 pace, $2000. Wednesday, September 16th. — California stake, 2:10 pace, $5000; 2:20 trot, amateurs, cup; free-for- all trot, amateurs, $1000. Thursday, September 17th. — Two-year-old trot, fu- turity; 2:12 trot, Governors' stake, $10,000; three- i ear-old pace, futurity. Friday, September 18th. — Pace, 2 : 20, amateurs, cup ; 2:2 Otrot, $2000 ; free-for-all pace, amateurs, $1000. Saturday, September 19th. — Stanford stake, three- year-old; free-for-all pace, $1000; 2:20 pace, $2000; free-for-all pace, $1000; 2:20 pace, $2000; free-for-all trot, $1000. Secretary McCarthy explains that, while the pro- gramme is tentative, a couple of innovations have been planned. The idea of the two special races on the first day is to give the horses in the specified classes a chance for first money. The practice of a green horse — one that has no record — of coming out each season and making a clean-up down the line will be done away with. A horse entered in the 2:14 trot is not eligible» if he has a slower record than 2:18. It is the same in the pace, for no horse with a record slower than 2:17 is eligible. In races of this kind such speed burners as Maymack and Guy Borden could not start and other racers would have a chance to break into the "win" column. The matter of entrance money and percentage of the winners' money was brought up at this meeting and discussed. President Scott proposed a plan call- ing for a 3 per cent, to enter, 2 per cent, of the purse to start and a cut of 10 per cent, of the first horse, 7Yz of the second, 5 of the third and 2V2 of the fourth. It was referred to the racing committee, Colonel Kirkpatrick, chairman, but did not meet with its approval. No uniform system was adopted, as it was left to the racing committee to make a suggestion. JOHN SPLAN'S WAY. The simplest, shortest and most effectual plan to stop the practice of laying up heats is proposed by John Splan in a recent interview. In effect he says the way to stop laying up heats is to stop it. "There has probably been more space and time expended writing about laying up heats than anything else con- nected with the game," he declares. "Everybody seems to think there is no way of stopping it. To begin with, I do not believe it is practiced half as much as some of the reformers would like to make us believe it is. I never saw anybody get rich cheating anywhere, let alone on a racetrack, and I believe would be pretty easy to put this practice out of ex- istence. Tell every driver not to do it. For the first offense, suspend him for the balance of the season, and for the second, expel him for life. If one of the short drivers had to walk around on the ground it would mean some difference to him, and if a man who had a big stable of horses should be foolish enough to jeopardize his income, let him take the consequences." There is no doubt that Splan's method, vigorously applied, would put a quietus upon the pernicious practice, but the trouble is in the inability of the judges to determine with absolute certainty when the drivers are resorting to it. There are ways in which it can be done that defy the inspection of the sharpest judges. A skillful driver can force his horse to make a break and no man but himself can posi- tively know whether it was accidental or done pur- poseiy. Mr. Splan's plan is too severe to justify ap- plication except when the evidence is most conclu- sive. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, February 14, 1914. NOTES AND NEWS * There will be no change in the rules of registra- tion, so every owner can breathe easier. ©©© The question of registration of trotters and pacers is answered and it is hoped it will not be broached again for rears. © ffi ffi Harrie Jones will campaign the pacer Dustless McKinney 2:12%, by McKinney 2:11%, this year on the Grand Circuit, ©ffi© Salinas will undoubtedly give its meeting a week or two before the Santa Rosa fair. Where the Breed- ers will hold their race meeting this year has not been decided. ©ffiffi The new lessee of the San Jose Driving Park is "rustling" around among the horsemen and hopes to have a number of the "Knights of the Sulky" there soon. He promises to keep the track in perfect order. ffi©© Oniska (dam of San Francisco 2:07%, etc.) heavy in foal to Bonaday 2:11%, is one of the Woodland Stock Farm mares. She is a fine-looking individual and will be bred to Robert Bingen 2:14%. ffi ffiffi Chas. Whitehead left Pleasanton on Monday for San Jose, where he will live in the future. Mr. White- head had a number of horses offered him for training but the owners insisted on the training being done in San Jose. ffiffi© Whoever wants a first-class trotting horse, eligible to the 2:30 class and able to trot close to 2:12, sound and all right in every way, will find that W. A. Bar- stow's good trotter The Demon 2:29% fills the bill and is offered for sale cheap. See advertisement. © s © The harmony which prevailed at the meeting of the delegates from the various fairs and race meet- ings last Saturday shows that everyone interested is determined to do everything possible to bring our fairs to a higher degree of excellence and make them more attractive. ©©© ' There will undoubtedly be a great scarcity of trot- ters and pacers on the Pacific Coast this year. There are plenty of youngsters coming along but the older one "gifted in speed" are not plentiful. It is time for owners to begin to send those they have to the race tracks to be sampled. ©©S> K. O'Grady of San Mateo has several very prom- ising young trotters and pacers he is handling. He lias me by Aerolite 2:06% that is a remarkably fast pacing prospect. This colt has size, bone and plenty of muscular development. The way he can sift along at the pace would make one believe he is some kin to Joe Patchen n. 2:03%. ©©© Al. McDonald is extremely happy. His horses at Pleasanton are doing and acting fine; he has great hopes of winning considerable money with the "green" stallion Rapallo, the three quarter brother to San Francisco 2:07%, which is in his string, be- longing to Messrs. Dunn & Mendenhall. Step® A gentleman was heard to remark: "What a pity we are so far away from New York City, where the Old Glory sale is to take place next week. There are some mares there I would like to buy and a Peter the Great colt, but it is too late now: I will have to wait until next year and be there in time to get the best." ©©© The trotting gelding, Major By By 2:19%,. that Frank Childs will race on the Grand Circuit this year, won twelve races over the half-mile tracks the past year, eight of them being for $1000 or more. He has worked in 2:08%, with the last half in 1:02 and the last quarter in 29% seconds. © © © If your good broodmare has a foal, send us the news. If you are to breed your mare to a stallion, send us the news. If you intend to have any trotters or pacers trained this summer, send us the news. If you are not going to do anything, why, send us the news. Some one will be pleased to hear you have enough to retire on. ©ffi® A. B. Coxe. the well known Pennsylvania horse- man and breeder, was very favorably impressed with L. H. Todhunter's Peter the Great colt. Peter Mc- Gylo, which Jim Thompson is handling at the Sacra- mento race track. He should be, for this is not only a splendid individual but is also about the best bred Peter the Great outside of Kentucky. © © ffi Ed. Keyt, who now makes his headquarters at the Fair Grounds. Salem, Ore., is getting his good trot- ting mare. Wild Girl 2:22%, by Wild Nutling, ready to race this year. She raised a colt by King Seal 2:11%, last j'ear; she has a world of speed and should make a good campaign as she is sound again. Mr. Keyt will also train Arlene, a green five- year-old pacer by R. Ambush 2:09%, and a two-year- o"d trotter by On Voyage 2:25%, the latter two out of Mildred bv Coeur d Alene: she is the dam of King Seal 2:11%.' The Vienna Trotting Club distributed $291,000 in purses and stakes last year. This is more than three times as much money as any association in this country paid out in 1913. Harness racing in Austria is centered at a few tracks, where long meetings are held, while the sport here extends to something like one thousand tracks, with few meetings exceed- ing four days' duration. ©©© On the opening day of the Ottawa ice races two world's records fell. Eel Direct won the Stallion Stake in 2:14%, 2:15 and 2:15%, after dropping the first heat to Blue Line in 2:15, shattering both the three and four heat records. In the 2:15 trot the Waterville, N. Y., mare, Lucy Patchen 2:15%, won the second and third heats in 2:17%, reducing the former record of 2:18% held bv Monarchal Lady 2:17%. ©ffiffi Governor Hiram W. Johnson's recent declaration that he is in favor of District Fairs (a number not exceeding eight) shows that he, like everybody else that has given this subject any consideration, realizes it is one of California's greatest and most pressing needs. We want to hear what the other candidates for the gubernatorial position have to say on this subject, too. To ignore it means a loss of thousands of votes. ffiffiffi Another illustration of how good horses live on from one generation to another is shown in the case of Jane L. 2:19%, bred in Oregon thirty-five years ago and developed by Lute Lindsey into one of the best trotters of her day. A daughter of hers pro- duced Knight Onwardo 2:04%. Twelfth Knight, the sire of Knight Onwardo, is now owned in Central Oregon. ffiffiffi There seems to be a concerted movement on the part of the tax-paying farmers and stockmen that appropriations for at least seven district fairs must be made at tie next session of the legislature. Let all voters remember this and impress upon the legis- lators from their respective districts the necessity of voting for a measure that will give us District Fairs. ©©© D. W. Wallis of Los Banos is assembling a number of his choicely bred trotters and pacers and will have quite a string ready when the time for entries close. Mr. Wallis has had a celebrated trainer of Kentucky saddlers busily engaged for the past year preparing some fine single footers to supply the ever increas- ing demand for this class of horses. ©©© The proposition to have the Legislature set aside the sum of $100,000 as premiums at the Panama- Pacific International Exhibition for all California- owned and exhibited livestock and poultry is a most excellent one and should pass both houses and re- ceive the Governor's signature. In all other States where fairs of this nature have been held more liberal appropriations even than this have been granted. 5 55 S. Christenson paid a flying visit to Sacramento to see his colts and fillies that are being handled by Jim Thompson at the Agricultural Park there and was delighted with what he saw, and as it was the first time he was able to leave this city in four months to look at his mares and foals he says he could hardly believe the youngsters could possibly improve so much, while all his mares appear to be in the pink of condition. ©ffi© S. B. Wright of Santa Rosa has a five-year-old sister to Sonoma Girl 2:04% that is pronounced a handsomer mare than the latter, and gives every indication of becoming a very fast trotter. Some gentlemen from Boise City, Idaho, have been over making inquiries about her and doubtless she will be taken there and placed in J. D. Springer's care. Mr. Springer, it will be remembered, trained, drove and sold Sonoma Girl, the winner of over $41,000 in stakes and purses. © © © There is some talk of an attraction being intro- duced at the State Fair this year which, if offered, will create great enthusiasm and draw a big attend- ance, viz., a steeplechase race between ten or twelve thoroughbreds. They can give exhibitions every other day and then be sent on to other fairs. The day of brutal cowboy exhibitions has passed and the people would welcome races like the ones proposed, especially if these horses are properly trained and ridden bv competent jockeys. ©ffi© J. E. McGregor of Riverside was a visitor to this city last Saturday. He reports the last fair and race meeting held there was the most successful ever given. Over 20,000 paid admissions were received at the gates. Encouraged by this the managers have recently purchased a tract of 40 acres on which a half-miie track, grandstand, buildings and stalls will be built immediately, so that everything will be in readiness for the big race meting there this fall. ©©© Cris Peterson, a well known western trainer, died at Livingston, Mont., Christmas week. Many years ago he left California for Montana and worked for Marcus Daly at the Bitter Root breeding and training stables." A few years ago he trained and campaigned Albert R. 2:12, and Patsy Rice 2:20, both bv Gold. During the last three years he had been in charge of the Livingston, Montana, track and fair grounds. He was 59 years old at the time of his death. Frank E. Wright of Sacramento, who is a candi- date on the Republican ticket for Surveyor-General and will, if he gets it (and everybody that knows him will work hard to see that he succeeds) be a worthy successor to his father, who occupied that position with honor once, is also a great friend of Daniel Hoffman's, president of the California Driving Club. Last Monday he gave the latter a half inter- est in a Prince Ansel filly he owns that Dan will get ready for the 1915 races. Like all the Prince Ansels, she is a very promising trotter. ©©© Charley Dean, just back from a trip to California, says that Charles L. DeRyder took him and his son, Charles, Jr., and the well known starting judge, Dr. F. E. Stone, to San Francisco in his big touring car last Saturday, where they visited the race track at the Panama-Pacific fair grounds, and they are ex- travagant in their praise of its situation and state that world's fair visitors will witness the best racing ever seen in California, on the prettiest situated track in the world. — Chicago Inter Ocean. ©©ffi D. O. Lively, chief of the department of livestock for the Panama-Pacific Exposition, returned to San Francisco this week from a six months' tour of South America as a member of the exposition commission. Lively's itinerary included Venezuela, Brazil, Uru- guay, Argentina, Chili, Bolivia, Peru and Panama. Each of these countries promised fitting representa- tion at the exposition, and several have since made appropriations for pavilions and exhibits. Lively visited many Eastern fairs before sailing and pro- cured a variety of important stock exhibits. ©©© P. W. Hodges, in speaking of the Moko stallion Montbaine, which he brought to California and is now at Rush & Haile's Suisun Stock Farm, says he brought two of this horse's progeny East and he never saw such natural trotters; good-headed, good- limbed and pure-gaited, and it seemed easier for them to trot fast than any colts of their age he saw in the East. He says he knows of no horse that if given an opportunity will sire better looking or faster trotters than Montbaine, and his foals, from the mares on the Suisun Stock Farm, will all make names for themselves. ffi©© Wm. G. Durfee has a small but very choice collec- tion of broodmares in Los Angeles, and every day lately he has been anxiously watching for their foals. As they were all bred by him and bred because he believed the sires and dams suited each other, he has a right to take more than a passing interest in the advent of these youngsters. Visions of Futurity stakes loom up mighty big and strong when certain ones appear. It is human nature, Mr. Durfee: we have all been there, but few of us have ever had the animals of such class as you have, and none of us is fitted naturally to train and develop them so skilfully and win races. ffi©© On the Panama-Pacific Exposition fair grounds a life-saving station, which has stood for over thirty years near the beach, and which, unfortunately, is in a direct line with the back stretch — in fact, the back stretch cuts through this property — is to be moved about three hundred yards farther west im- mediately. Then the track builders will finish their work of making the course for the 1915 race meet- ing ready. It is claimed it will be open for horses to work over it this fall. To make it really a "safe" and "fast" track it needs to be packed by the hoofs of fast horses, and the sooner they begin to "beat time" on it. the better. ©ffi© Chas. L. DeRyder is a busy man. He is never idle a moment from dawn to sunset. If not driv- ing trotters or pacers he is around superintending the employes who are making so many changes at the Pleasanton Driving Park, or he is looking after the broodmares and their foals. He is one of the hardest workers ever seen at Pleasanton but, as he is thoroughly systematic in everything he under- takes, accomplishes more than two men would who did not understand how. Breeding season commences soon and that part of the business was mastered by him years ago, away back in the middle western States, and owners of broodmares who send them to be bred to any of the stallions in his care, can rely upon having everything that can be done to get these mares with foal. ffiffi© Chicago's annual social function among horsemen, which this year will be a banquet held at the Audi- torium hotel, Tuesday, Feb. 17th, owing to the pres- ence of so many distinguished racing officials at the American Trotting congress and the Great Western Circuit meeting, will have an array of talent as speakers seldom equaled. W. P. Ijams of Terre Haute, Ind., president of the American Trotting As- sociation, will act as toastmaster, assisted by Judge James C. Dooley, who will present the season's trophies. Among the speakers will be W. H. Smol- linger, secretary of the Great Western circuit; H. J. Kline of Cleveland, secretary of the Grand Circuit: Ed. J. Curtin. speed superintendent of the Iowa State Fair; Walter Palmer, secretary of the Illinois Valley Circuit; Dr. Frank E. Stone, starting judge; J. C. Simpson, secretary of the Minnesota State Fair; George D. Connor, Detroit, secretary of the Short Ship Circuit, and W. H. Knight, secretary of the American Trotting Association. These gentlemen are not only prominent in harness horse affairs in Amer- ica, but some of them are orators of more than ordi- nary ability. Saturday, February 14, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Charles E. Jones, of the firm of Jones and Hensley, Auburn, Cal., writing to Spirit of the West, is en- thusiastic in regard to some young trotters owned by the firm. One is a three-year-old chestnut, sired by Iowa Sentinel and out of a good Iowa-bred mare. Another is a two-year-old sired by Moko Hall, a son of Walnut Hall 2:0S^4, owned by a Sacramento fancier. Messrs. Jones and Hensley moved to the coast country from Nebraska. They are nicely lo- cated on a 2S0-acre alfalfa ranch, and with the push and enthusiasm of the young men from Nebraska, may be depended on to achieve success in their new environment. In view of the fact that the Pacific Coast region of the United States is as yet undeveloped in a live stock sense and in view of the fact that land-owners in this region as well as in Latin America and the Orient are rapidly awakening, not only to the value, but to the absolute necessity of pure bred live stock, the Panama-Pacific International Exposition will mark an epoch in the live stock industry of the country. New lands will be opened up and new mar- kets developed for the breeders and no exhibitor need return his animals for want of an opportunity to sell at remunerative prices. It is with a knowledge of these facts and that their favorite breed may be put to the front that the American Shropshire Asso- ciation has recently doubled their appropriation which was set aside for special prizes to be awarded at San Francisco in 1915. ©©© Ed Geers, the most noted trotting horse driver in the world, in a communication to the Chief of the Live Stock Department of the Panama-Pacific Inter- national Exposition, has announced his determina- tion to be a competitor for the immense purses to be awarded at the exposition meets. Geers will winter in California this year and will bring a large string of his horses with him. He is known through- out the world as a driver of trotters and according to sportsmen the fact that he is scheduled to drive for the $20,000 trotting purse will add to the interest of the occasion in horse circles. Magnificent Arabian horses, the development of centuries of breeding, will be exhibited at the Pan- ama-Pacific International Exposition by Turkey, ac- cording to the Honorable Vahan Cardashian, Im- perial Ottoman Adjutant, High Commissioner and Executive Director to the exposition, in a statement made this week to D. O. Lively, the chief of the department of Live Stock. Turkey is noted for its Cypress Jacks, sires of the highest quality of mules, and a large number of these will be sent to the expo- sition. Included in the live stock exhibit promised by the commissioner are Angora goats of special breed, cattle of various kinds, Karakules and fat-tail sheep. ©s© Director 2:17 won $21,625 during his racing career. Col. Conley said of him: "Director was the most tractable and most easily placed trotter in a race I ever knew of. His disposition was splendid and he had the will to do what was asked of him, and seemed to know and understand just as much as his driver of what was going on in a race. He was an ideal race horse, except for being a little slow getting away. He was rapid gaited, not a very long strider, went well under himself, and was a line trotter. He was gaited something like Axtell in front. He was easily balanced and required less attention about his feet and shoeing than most trotters. Johnny Goldsmith kept him well-booted for protection, but Johnny went to school with the Volunteers. They needed a lot of boots. Director was an easy horse to train, and after each heat he would soon blow out; his recuperative powers were abnormal. He had large nostrils, and I presume great lung capac- ity. He was always a sound horse." ©©© Mr. Johnson N. Camden, president of the Kentucky Racing Commission, is a thoughtful and well-balanced - man, and in a recent address to the horse breeders of Kentucky, said: "There is not a successful stal- lion in the world today, not a single horse of any merit as a sire, who does not trace in male line from one of three Arab stallions. The dynasties are known as Herod, Eclipse and Matchem. The Arab horse of the period stood about 14% hands. For the mod- ern breeder to go back to the horse of the desert would be like present-day transportation using the farm traction engine instead of the one-hundred-ton mogul." The thoroughbred race horse had a start, just as the thoroughbred trotting horse had, but the policy has been to breed ;ip, not down, through the introduction of foreign, non-tested lines, and he is now a commanding individual of 16 or more hands, with speed enough to distance the Arab horse in a race from a half to three or four miles. Mr. Cam- den's handsome place is near that of Mr. Lucas Brod- head at "Versailles, and the two gentlemen of thought based upon experience frequently exchange views on the breeding question. Mr. Brodhead, by the way, is a firm advocate of the blood basis, and he has done much to promote the best interests of the American Trotting Register Association. I have talked on sev- eral occasions with Mr. Camden about the future of the running turf and was interested in his words of warning: "There is some point which is readily grasped by the American mind and which I wish to emphasize. It is my belief that it would be an eco- nomic crime if an uncompromising, unheeding man- agement of racing makes it possible for fanaticism to banish the thoroughbred horse from this conti- nent." Mr. Camden believes in racing for the im- provement of the horse, but is opposed to a continu- ous grind for the promotion of speculative odds. NATIONAL TROTTING ASSOCIATION MEETING. New York, February 11. — Nearly 400 members, representing all the district boards of the National Trotting Association, were present today at a con- gress, which adopted racing rules to conform to those of the American Trotting Association. The changes which came up for consideration, one of which was thrown out. were those raised at a meet- ing of the joint committee of the organization in Chicago last December. The National Association re-elected its officers, including P. P. Johnston of Lexington, Ky., for terms of six years each. Fred Postal of Detroit was elect- ed a member of the board representing the Western district, and J. H. Booth, Roseburg, Ore., the Pacific district. The by-laws were amended to admit Arizona to the Pacific district. One of the amendments adopted reads: "When a series of races are given for entrance fee and a portion of the purse given for each heat or race, the winner of each heat or race shall acquire a record or bar, which shall be considered in determining eligi- bility to compete in races." The following sentence was added to section 1 of the same rule: Time made in preliminary or trial heats or handicaps does not constitute a record or bar unless a portion of the premium is awarded the winners of the same." A ruling bearing on eligibility was passed provid- ing that in determining the right of horses to com- pete in public races only records made by winners of races shall be considered. This bars out of any consideration time made by horses in performances against time and by non-winning horses in public races. It was voted also that a horse with a record made on a mile track shall be allowed four seconds when entering on a half-mile track, provided the class to which he would be eligible under this allowance is not slower than his record on a half-mile track. It was decided that hopples shall not be used, either in races or performances against time, on three-year-olds or under. The rule committee of the American Trotting As- sociation will meet next week in Chicago, and it is expected the rules of both associations will be nearly uniform thereafter. AN ENGLISHMAN ON INBREEDING. Of course inbreeding to a bad or weak strain must give bad or worse results; but where a breeder has the opportunity of mating two representatives of a* strain of proven excellence, and, as it were, massing his forces for a given purpose, then I think it is un- wise and unprofitable to turn aside from the oppor- tunity of adding good to good. If we were supplied with tables giving the failures who were not inbred set against those undesirables who are inbred I ven- ture to think that the balance would be against the former. We hear much nowadays from separate sources about male ancestry, and female ancestry, with one served up to the exclusion of the other. Should we not attend equally to both? How often do we hear of mares who will practically breed winners to any stallion? Are they not factors in building up suc- cessful families? Mares such as these will be forces in any pedigree, and are likely to transmit their ex- cellence to their children's children. Modern methods of breeding may try to achieve more than has been done by men who laid the foun- dations of British stud success; but without being pessimistic, it is not too much to anticipate that if these methods are applied generally we shall lower our standard of horses and undo all the good of past generations. Why attribute our present-day failures to inbreeding and kindred causes? Are causes not more easily found in the paddock, and the food- house? A hundred (and less) years ago breeders bred horses for themselves under natural conditions. Nowadays, quite 75 per cent, are bred for sale at Doncaster, Newmarket, or Dublin. The result is that these "sale" yearlings in a number of cases are unnaturally "forced" so that when they come to bear the strain of training they break up and ford food for selling races, the van, and the knacker. I know I have gone wide of the title of my notes and for my delinquency I claim the reader's pardon; but I wish to plead for more natural treatment of our young blood-stock. In this connection I am glad to observe that the leading breeder-owners have taken the van, and that they are being rewarded. RICHEST RUSSIAN DOES LOVE HORSES. The young man has an earnest face, however. His eyes are large and have a certain melancholy ex- pression. His nose is sharp and curved and a little thin mustache hides his upper lip. He dresses in the latest product of the London tailor, never appear- ing "horsey." Talking of horses, he said in a recent interview: "They are all I care for. I have a stud in Tiflis of fifty horses, another in Warsaw of sixty, and now I am about to start a third in Paris. "I am well pleased with my English purchases. I have bought twenty-eight mares and foals and one two-year-old. I have eighty horses in training this year, and next year I hope to have ninety. "The best stock in England I found was not for sale. I was told that Nell Gow was for sale, and I wired Lord Rosebery, but he replied that Xell Gow could not be bought. In two other cases also I found there was no use in making an offer. "I race my horses in Warsaw, Moscow, St. Peters- burg and Paris, and one of my horses, Grimsa* won the Grand Prix of the Empress, which is the Russian Derby. When my stable in Paris is founded I hope to enter a horse for the English Derby. "My one ambition in the world is to have one of the best stables, and I am eager to do all I can for horse breeding." o SACRAMENTO TRACK NOTES. London, Jan. 25. — M. Mantaschoff, reputed to be the richest man in the world, has been visiting Lon- don, and naturally has been the object of much curiosity. His passion is horses and he estimates his stables to be worth altogether $1,500,000. The Russian Croesus, who is 33 years old, is said to be wealthier than John D. Rockefeller. Like Mr. Rockefeller, his riches consist largely of oil prop- erties. His ambition is to improve the breed of horses in his native country. Caring nothing for politics, he almost lives in his stables. He is little like the grand duke types of Russia with which European capitals are familiar. In fact, he has been called a true cosmopolitan with- out the disagreeable idiosyncrasies of any nation. He bid enormous sums for mares and foals at Newmarket, seemingly being absolutely reckless how much it cost to accomplish his purpose. He admits he does not know even approximately how much his income is. He delegates money matters to others. Moko Hall, the fast and game race horse owned by Frank J. Ruhstaller, will be returned to the stud this season, according to an announcement made re- cently by the owner. This speed marvel has proved himself a worthy producer as well as a performer. Ruhstaller has two colts by Moko Hall which are showing a wonderful amount of speed, and will be trained for the big races at the Panama-Pacific In- ternational Exposition races in San Francisco during 1915. Expedio 2:08, also belonging to the Ruhstaller sta- bles, will be trained for the matinee events this spring. This animal will be entered in all of the free-for-all trots and is expected to land good marks. Wilbur Smith, the business man at the local track, who is in charge of the Charles F. Silva stable, has all of Silva's old champions and a number of colts in preparation for the racing circuit this season. A colt by Teddy Bear under his care is showing a world of class, while a colt by Lijero has evidenced the speed of his sire in the preliminary workouts. Besides these Smith has two young prospects he is keeping under cover, but says they will capture some of the $10,000 stakes offered at the 1915 races. W. J. Ivey has eight head in his stable he is pre- paring for the coming season. A colt by Moko Hall which shows evidence of his breeding in the work- outs is all trot. Ivey also has a colt by Lijero which he says is good enough to win easily from any of the grand circuit youngsters that will try for the 1915 stakes. He is preparing a colt by Montbaine with a wonderful amount of natural speed. This animal will be shown in the matinee events this season. Walter Tryon is handling a colt by Moko Hall that is all trot. Walter says he has never worked a horse with a better racing spirit. President Thomas Coulter has called a meeting of the Sacramento Driving Club for February 13th, when the annual election of officers will be held. The program for the matinee season will probably be mapped out at this meeting. — Record Union. Two appointments to the State Agricultural Soci- ety were made by the Governor recently. John M. Perry, of Stockton, was appointed to succeed himself and E. Franklin, of Colfax, to succeed E. W. How- ard of of San Mateo. Five more members of the board with date of expiration of their terms are as follows: C. J. Chenu, Feb. 1, 1913; H. A. Jastro, Feb. 1, 1914; T. H. Ramsay, Feb. 1. 1914; Theo. Gier, Feb. 1, 1914; E. F. Mitchell, Feb. 1, 1914. If the Governor fills this entire list with new men, the balance of power and control of the State Fair will be in the hands of these appointees. As the voters of the State will be called upon this coming fall to sanction a big appropriation of $750,000 for the pur- chase of more land and the erection of more modern buildings for the State Fair, the personnel of the appointments as directors of the State Agricultural Society will be of great interest to the farmers and fair exhibitors. New York, February 6. — Ed. Custer 2:10 has just been added to the long list of fast American trotting stallions sold for export. Ira Ryerson, a well known trainer, acting for Pitanak of Vienna, purchased the stallion from A. G. Danforth of Washington, Illinois. Ryerson will go abroad with the trotter this month and will train a string of trotters for Pitanak during the coming season. Besides Ed Custer, Ryerson will take with him the fast six-year-old trotting stsllion. Mason Matthews 2: 13*4, for which he was reported to have paid $6000 last summer; Halloween 2:18*4 and probably several others yet to be purchased. W. P. Murray, owner of Toddington and a very select of band of broodmares, is on his way to Cali- fornia where he contemplates remaining at least two months. SAYS-CURED THREE BONE SPAVINS, AND A CURB 1662-4th Ave., Terre Haute. Ind. December 21, 1913. Dr. B. J. Kendall Co.. Enosburg Falls, Vt. Gentlemen: I have cured three bone spavins and one curb with your Spavin Cure and Blister, and find many more valuable receipts in vour TREATISE ON THE HORSE. Tours respectfully, GEO. H. HANKER. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, February 14, 1914. I ROD, GUN AND KENNEL * I CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT. IMPORTANCE OF CONSERVATION. "Game Conservation and Its Importance" is the subject of an article which is being sent out by President Xewbert of the State Fish and Game Com- mission, to the various organizations of sportsmen throughout the State. The article tells of methods of game conservation and is of interest to all sports- men. It follows: A comparison of past and present conditions has clearly demonstrated the fact that our native game supply is rapidly decreasing, and that there is a decided need for game conservation. Therefore, the question naturally arises as to the best methods of conservation along this line. These methods may be summed up briefly under two heads, (1) certain game law restrictions; and (2) certain means of increasing the present game supply. Under the first head eminent conservationists agree that the greatest single measure needed at the present time is a law prohibiting market hunt- ing and the sale of wild game; for of all the causes which have led to the decrease and in some cases to the extermination of certain species of game, that of market hunting may be placed first. The fol- lowing statement is made by William T. Hornaday Director of the New York Zoological Park, in his recent book on "Our Vanishing Wild Life." "Beyond reasonable doubt this awful traffic in dead game is responsible for at least three-fourths of the slaughter that has reduced our game birds to a mere remnant of their former abundance. There is no influence so deadly to wild game as that of the market gunner. "To rid yourelf of the vampires, etc., you place a bounty on them, and when you permit the sale of game you have placed the greatest bounty possible on wild life. "The true sportsman hunts during a very few days only each year. The market gunners shoot early and late, six days a week, month after month. When game is abundant the price is low, and a great quantity must be killed in order to make it pay well. When game is scarce the market prices are high, and the shooter makes the utmost exertions to find the last of the game in order to secure the big money." The destruction of the vast herds of buffalo, and the immense flocks of passenger pigeons, once found in certain sections of the country, may be traced directly to the fact that the hides of the one and the flesh of the other were of value commercially. It is, in fact, "a fixed principle that every wild species of mammal, bird or reptile that is pursued for money making purposes eventually is wiped out of exist- ence." Of the one million ducks killed in California last year nearly one-half were killed by market hunters, and practically all of them were shipped into the larger markets. This fact goes to show that the greatest drain on our wild game is coming from the demands of the limited number of people in the larger cities and towns who can afford to buy this game, for the prices at which it is sold make it pro- hibitive to the poor man. Careful investigations show that at the present rate of decrease, "ten years more will see the prac- tical extermination of that part of our game which is an object of commercial exploitation." The time has come, therefore, in California when we must face the issue squarely and decide once and for all wrhether we shall allow our wild game to be destroyed simply as a food product, or whether we snail conserve it as one of the valuable natural resources of the State to be passed down to future generations. Surely the pleasure of the few people who in the one case consume this wild game merely as a lux- ury, can not compare with the benefit which may derive from the outdoor life stimulated by the pres- ence of this wild game. It is well for us to always keep in mind the fact that the wild life of California belongs to all the people of the State — not to a lim- ited number. In the past .spring shooting has played an impor- tant part in reducing the supply of game birds, for killing at this time, when the birds are breeding, leads to the decrease of the future as well as the present supply. Measures prohibiting all spring shooting wrould do much to bring up the depleted numbers of certain kinds of game, especially if these measures were supplemented by others providing for smaller bag limits and shorter seasons on cer- tain species which show a marked decrease. With the ever-increasing drain on wild game, it becomes expedient to supplement the game law re- strictions with certain other methods of increasing the present game supply. Among these may be included the establishment of game refuges and of public and private game farms. Probably the most effective of these is the establishment of game ref- uges. There are in the State large tracts of land which are unfit for agricultural purposes, but which might be utilized as refuges where game birds and animals could breed unmolested. If all shooting were prol ibited on these tracts of land, the game would Increase rapidly and the overflow from these refuges each year would serve to restock the surrounding country as well. While the propagation of fish has been success- fully carried on for many years, work on game prop- agation is still in the experimental stages of its development in this country. It deserves, however, the earnest thought and support of conservationists everywhere; for the establishment of game farms, where game birds and animals can be propagated for general distribution, will do much to supplement the native game supply. The value of this method of conservation has already been demonstrated in Eng- land, where such a plan is successfully carried on. Private game farms may also play an important part in plans for game preservation. Experience has shown that certain of the deer family, and sev- eral species of birds, can easily be raised in cap- tivity. With proper provisions, in time this domes- ticated stock would without doubt supply the market demand, and thus the desire for game could be satis- fied without drawing on the already depleted supply of wild game. While still other conservation methods might be enumerated, in this article we have endeavored to touch upon a few of the most important present day needs. GAME ASSOCIATION MEETING. An interesting meeting of the Marin Game Protec- tive Association was held last Saturday afternoon with Robert Pearson presiding, states the San Ra- fatel Independent. While the executive officers were preparing papers and reports for submission. Sheriff Keating related many entertaining tit-bits of observation in his late Eastern trip, among them that the only game he saw exhibited in the New York markets were wire tail ducks and game labeled as imported were seen on the market slabs of Washing- ton. Communications announced the first bulletin of the California State Fish, Game and Forest Protective League in which it was pointed out that the United States Supreme Court had decided that the game belongs to the people and that it was too valuable an asset in the encouragement of outdoor recreation to he used as a source of personal profit to any indi- vidual as contemplated in the defeat of the non-sale of game law; that the State Fish and Game Commis- sion had made overtures to the Supervisors of Santa Cruz county to abandon the management of the Brookdale Hatchery to the county, owing to a lack of State funds to continue its operation. The secretary reported that he had hoped to have an answer to his own letter to the State Fish and Game Commission requesting a list of those author- ized by that body to trap quail in the county, but that no word had been returned. The secretary was instructed to write again as rumor of much trapping of quail in the sequestered valleys made it necessary to begin active inquiry into the matter without wronging those having permits by either suspicion or arrest. A letter has since been received stating that permits had been given under assurance of propagation and study and treatment of the birds to the following: B. Ivancovich, Ross, to hold 10 pair; A. T. Hinz. Sausalito, 3 pair; M. Michelson, Ross, one pair: N. W. Netherton. San Rafael, 10 pair trapped for him by Wm. Swalve of Novato; J. S. Rapp, Ross, to trap and hold three pair; M. A. Lauff. Bolinas. to trap and hold 12 pair: H. W. Davis, Sau- salito, to trap and hold six pair; O. Verneal, Nicasio, to trap and hold four pair; D. A. Hagens, Mill Val- ley, to trap and hold 2 pair. Under the head of reports general satisfaction was declared to be found among the sportsmen of the county with the closing of the open quail season on January 1st, and the deer season on July 15th. The oil dumping on the bay. was reported as not being serious and the biggest catches of the largest striped bass on record had been enjoyed during the season. There was a general report of a sensitive public opinion being found, especially among the women voters, as to any abuse of the rights of the quail and song birds that might lead to total game closures if irritated in the least. In view of which the Secretary was instructed to communicate with the twenty sporting clubs of the county to employ every care in hunting to avoid any outrage of public sentiment in the matter of the native game of the county. Under new business the secretary was instructed to set forth the stand the Association had taken with the crab fishermen of the county in securing fairer closures on crabs and to urge the value of membership of said fishermen in the Association for the cause of conservation of the wild life of the sea and the land. An amendment was submitted to have the affairs of the Association carried on by an executive com- mittee of twelve members with authority to call annual or semi-annual reunions of the Association, owing to the divergent residence of the members throughout the county. The possibility of the State abandoning the Brook- dale Hatchery in Santa Cruz county, the only fish hatchery convenient to the streams entering the ocean near the Golden Gate streams in which fully 70 per cent, of the rod fishing of the State is en- joyed, was generally deplored by the members pres- ent as being a poor encouragement to rodmen who would probably enrich the Commission's exchequer the coming six months by $100,000 in fish licenses. It was suggested that should the abandonment of Brookdale be due to any lack of scientific adaption to fish culture, that the advantages of the Lagunitas creek for piscalture might be set forth before the Commission. No action, however, was taken. FEDERAL AND STATE GAME LEGISLATION FOR 1913. The bulletin issued a short time ago by the De- partment of Agriculture giving the more important features of the recently enacted Federal law regu- lating interstate commerce in game, with a brief synopsis of the game laws enacted in 1913 in the various States of the Union and Provinces of the Dominion of Canada, is one of the most popular yet published for the benefit of game hunters, and al- ready the Department is finding it a problem of no small proportions to supply the demand for it. In 1913 the bulletin states that legislative sessions were held in forty-eight of the American States, eight of the Canadian provinces and in Newfound- land, and in nearly even- instance bills affecting game were introduced, while regulations for the protection of migratory and insectivorous birds in the United States and big game in Alaska were pro- mulgated by the Department of Agriculture. In the new laws there are many novel as well as important provisions and of these the bulletin says: Ohio and Pennsylvania now require a licensee to wTear a badge conspicuously exposed, bearing the number of his hunting license. In order to minimize shooting accidents, Manitoba requires hunters to wear a white coat or sweater and cap, and Saskatch- ewan insists that those who hunt big game must wear a complete outer suit and cap of white. The latter province has recently made the penalty for accidentally shooting a person a fine ranging from $500 to $1,000. or imprisonment for six months, and suspension of further license privileges for ten years. To the present list of six States prohibiting the use of silencers — namely, Maine, New Jersey, North Da- kota, Washington, Mississippi and Louisiana — are now added Minnesota and Wyoming. Connecticut has provided that any hunter who shall injure a fence or let down a bar without replacing it shall forfeit his hunting license and the license privilege for two years. Connecticut. Pennsylvania, and Brit- ish Columbia require license applicants under 16 years of age to furnish the written consent of parent or guardian. Vermont has a similar restriction for those under 15, and Oregon does not permit children under 14 years old to hunt except on the premises of their parents, relatives or guardians. Many States are restocking preserves with elk and other big game. In the effort to protect this game Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wiscon- sin have protected elk for a term of years, and in Massachusetts, where a few moose have escaped from the Whitney Game Preserve into the adjoining woodlands, a perpetual closed season for moose has been provided in the hope that this area may event- ually be restocked from this nucleus. Among the more marked features of the year's legislation was the progress in the establishment of bird and game refuges. By order of President Wil- son four great national bird reserves were created. They are the Aleutian Reservation, which takes in the entire chain of Aleutian Islands in Alaskan waters; the smaller reservation of Walker Lake in Arkansas, Petit Bois Island on the Alabama coast, and Anaho Island in Pyramid Lake, Nevada, which brings the total number of national bird reservations up to sixty-four. There is also available an appro- priation for the completion and maintenance of an elk refuge in Wyoming. In addition to these Fed- eral creations, there was also created during the year State game preserves in fifteen of the States of the Union, and four of the Canadian provinces. The records show that the general trend of State legislation in the matter of seasons seems to have been toward a still further restriction of hunting and greater uniformity of laws. This fact is illus- trated by the enactment of a general game law in Florida, which made the seasons uniform throughout the State, and the passage by the Wisconsin Legis- lature of a law in which was adopted the same open- ing date for upland game as is in force in the neigh- boring States of Minnesota and North Dakota. In New York a close season was placed on quail for five years, while Kansas added both quail and prairie chickens to the close season list until 1918. Ohio suspended hunting in quail, ruffed grouse, and doves fo rtwo years; Pennsylvania eliminated the open season on doves, kildeer, plover and black- birds; Utah extended complete protection to doves, swans, and all shore birds except snipe, while in Florida the robin was removed from the game list. Delaware shortened by a month the season on ducks, and by two weeks the season t>n wild geese, and Indiana shortened the dove season by six weeks, and that on quail and ruffed grouse by ten days. New Jersey cut down the season on upland game by twenty-six days, and on woodcock nineteen days, while in Pennsylvania the woodcock season is two weeks shorter. In the matter of the export and sale of game the bulletin imparts the following information: The sale of imported game was permitted or facil- itated in Colorado, Montana, New Jersey, Oregon and Wyoming, while Arizona repealed the provision Saturday, February 14, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN permitting the sale of imported game by hotels and restaurants. The industry of rearing game in private preserves received impetus in the form of legislation permit- ting the sale of game raised in captivity in Minne- sota, New Jersey and Oregon, but Maine repealed the provision permitting sale of game raised in private preserves . The sale of all protected game was prohibited in Nevada, Oregon and Wyoming, while New Jersey enacted provisions similar to those of all game be- longing to a family any species or subspecies of which is native to and protected by the State law. Other interesting sale provisions are the contin- ued suspension of sale of deer in Southeastern Alas- ka until August 15, and the prohibition in Pennsyl- vania of the sale of quail and ruffed grouse wherever taken. Michigan permitted transportation and sale of rabbits lawfully killed and the sale and export of deerskins or green or mounted buck deer heads un- der permit; while Vermont permitted deer to be sold during the open season and for a "reasonable time thereafter" and rabbits during the open season. The change in bag limits, as usual, tend toward further restrictions, while license measures received the consideration of the Legislatures of sixteen of the States in the Union and four of the provinces of Canada. In Delaware, Florida, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania resident licenses were adopted for the first time. The bulletin also promulgates the new regulations for carrying into effect the recently enacted Federal law for the protection of migratory birds. The reg- ulations as proclaimed by President Wilson lists the migratory birds affected by the new law as brant, wild ducks, geese, swans, little brown, sandhill, and whooping cranes, coots, gallinules, sora and other rails, yeilow legs, oyster catchers, plover, sandpipers, snipe, surf birds, turnstones, willet, woodcocks, knots and other shore birds, wild pigeons and doves. The insectivorous birds which for the purposes of the regulations, are considered migratory birds, are considered migratory girds, are bobolinks, catbirds, chickadees, grosbeaks, humming birds, cuckoos, fly- catchers, flickers, kinglets, martins, meadow larks, nighthawks or bull bats, nuthatches, orioles, robins, shrikes, swallows, swifts, tanagers, titmice, thrushes, vireos, warblers, waxwings, whipporwills, woodpeck- ers, wrens, and all other perching birds which feed entirely on or chiefly on insects. Regulations 2. '3. 4 and 5 are those that specify tae closed seasons as approved by the President and are as follows: Regulation 2, Closed Season at Night. — A daily closed season on all migratory game and insectivor- ous birds shall extend from sunset to sunrise. Regulation 3. Closed Season on Insectivorous birds. — A closed season on migratory insectivorous birds shall continue to Dec. 31, 1913, and each year thereafter shall begin Jan. land continue to Dec. 31, both dates inclusive, provided that nothing in this or any of these regulations shall be construed to prevent the issue of permits for collecting birds for scientific purposes in accordance with the laws and regulations in force in the respective States and Territories and the District of Columbia; and pro- viding further that the closed season on reed-birds or ricebirds in Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia and South Carolina shall begin Nov. 1 and End Aug. 31 next following, both dates inclusive. Regulation 4. Five-Year Closed Seasons on Cer- tain Game Birds. — A closed season shall continue until Sept. 1, 1918, on the following migratory game birds: Band-tailed pigeons, little brown, sandhill, and whooping cranes, swans, curlew, and all shore birds, except the black-breasted and golden plover, Wilson or jack snipe, woodcock, and the greater and lesser yellow legs. A closed season shall also continue until Sept. 1, 1918, on wood ducks in Maine, New Hampshire, Ver- mont, Massachusetts , Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minne- sota, Iowa, Kansas, California, Oregon, and Wash- ington; on the rails in California and Vermont; and on woodcock in Illinois and Missouri. Regulation 5. Closed Season on Certain Navigable Rivers. — A closed season shall continue between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31 both dates inclusive, of each year on all migratory birds passing over or at rest on any of the waters of the main streams of the following navigable rivers, to wit: The Mississippi river be- tween Minneapolis, Minn., and Memphis, Tenn., and the Missouri river between Bismarck, N. Dak., and Nebraska City, Neb., and on the killing or capture of any such birds on or over any point within the limits aforesaid, or at any point within the limits aforesaid, from any boat, raft, or other device, float- ing or otherwise, in or on any such waters. Sportsmen and others interested in wild game in the United States and Canada may procure copies of the bulletin by application to the Superintendent of Government Documents in Washington. The price is 10 cents. BREEDING WILD DUCKS IN CAPTIVITY. Recovery of a Banded Pintail Duck. — Mr. Jefferson C. Wenck of New Orleans informs me that one of the guides at the Delta Duck Club killed a female pintail at Cubit's Gap, near the mouth of the Mis- sissippi river, in December, 1912, that had a band on the right leg, marked 186A. It will be of interest to know where this bird was tagged. — A. K. Fisher, U. S. Biological Survey, Washington, D. C. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Lord William Percy, a well-known English sports- man and ornithologist, who recently made a trip to this city, has outlined a scheme which, it is believed, will prove of importance in the breeding of wild ducks in semi-captivity in order to increase the sup- ply of wild game in this country. In a letter to Frederic C. Walcott, a director of the American Game Protective Association, who has done much in the experimental breeding of wild ducks in captivity, Lord Percy describes the methods of duck breeding in vogue in England, and such an arrange- ment would be of great value if put into effect in America. The letter is published in the February Bulletin of the American Game Protective Asso- ciation. The English method, it is related, is to pull the stumps of wing clipped ducks just before the migra- tion time comes, so that when the feathers have grown again, in approximately three weeks, the ducks will not go north but will nest in the immedi- ate neighborhood. Lord Percy's letter is as follows: — "Assuming the possession of an area of country which is suitable for ducks to breed in, experience has shown that the number of ducks that breed in that area can be greatly increased by the following method: It is not suggested that a sub-arctic species can be induced to extend its breeding range by many hundreds of miles, though to some extent the effort in England to induce species that thirty years ago were scarce breeders, and whose nearest normal breeding ground was Iceland, to breed within the British Isles, has been very successful. "The widgeon, gadwall and pintail may all be said to have been in that category, and today they are comparatively common, breeders throughout the northern part of the British Isles; but the system is mainly useful as a means of increasing the number of individuals of a species that already breeds in the locality where the system is worked. "The ducks are caught throughout the winter in traps and turned out into a large wire enclosure, the flight feathers of one wing of each bird being cut sufficiently short to disable it from flying over the six foot wire. They are fed in this large enclosure throughout the winter, and when the time for the northward migration in the spring arrives, these birds are, of course, unable to follow their instinct to join in that migration. "Toward the latter part of the migration period each of the wing-clipped ducks is caught and the stumps of the feathers in the wing that are cut are pulled out by hand. This is easily done, but care must be taken to hold the bird's wing firmly in a natural position to avoid risk of injury, and the bird is put back in the enclosure till it has regained its power of flight. This takes place in eighteen to twenty-four days, and as each bird regains the power of flight it leaves the enclosure and flies out to the nearest suitable nesting place. "These birds are at this time of the year sexually ready to breed, and, their migration having been artificially delayed in the manner above described, their inclination is to pair at once and nest in the immediate neighborhood. Not only does this insure an increase in the number of birds breeding in that locality, but it also insures with no less certainty that any young birds that have been successfully reared by the liberated birds will themselves return to that locality to breed in the following spring. "The system of cutting flight feathers instead of permanently pinioning birds is well worth attention from every point of view. As a general rule, pin- ioned wild caught birds will not breed in captivity except in a very small percentage of cases, and there is little, therefore, to be gained by keeping such birds in captivity, whereas a wing clipped bird can be kept for as long a time as is desired without permanently depriving it of the power of flight. "Ducks renew their flight feathers once a year, and once only, and that renewal takes place between June 15th and August 15th (the exact date varies with each species), and therefore if it is desired to keep a bird in a state of semi-captivity all that is necessary is to catch it again when the new wing feathers have three parts grown and cut one wing as before. It will then be unable to fly for another twelve months, but can at any time be restored to liberty by pulling out the stumps of the cut wing." Describing the traps which the English breeders use in catching the birds in winter. Lord Percy says: "The trap in general use in England is the old and simple device of a wire enclosure about twenty feet by thirty, and four feet high. The only important thing about this structure is that the top or roof of the trap should be kept as light as possible: heavy crossrails are to be avoided, as anything heavy over- head seems to scare the birds. The trap should be made so that one-fifth of it is in the water. "The front of the trap is pegged or hooked up so that the birds can swim in and out at will, and they are fed there regularly every day and come in after dark to get the food. When the ducks are coming freely, which is easily seen by the quantity of food taken, the front of the trap is pegged down and a wire funnel two feet wide outside and narrowing inside to such dimensions as will only just alow a duck to pass along it, is inserted in the center of the front of the trap. On the outside the funnel should be flush with the outside of the trap and should extend at least two feet into the inside of the trap." RICE GROWING THREATENED BY GEESE PROTECTION. That the new federal regulations protecting all migratory birds and which have been adopted by the State Fish and Game Commission may have the effect of thwarting in its infancy a new agricultural industry of this State is the opinion of many sports- men and farmers of Tulare county. Under the new regulations the duck season was closed February 1, but not only that, it will be a misdemeanor to shoot a wild goose or even a mud- hen after that date. The wild goose of California has always proved a sore menace to the farmer and why it should be given protection is a matter of wonderment not only to the farmers but to the shotgun experts, for they declare there is no sport at all attached to slaugh- tering the birds and have been passed up except by market hunters. Even a bigger joke appears to be the protection to the mudhen, which as one sports- man puts it "is good for absolutely nothing." For some time past there has been a strong agi- tation in favor of the raising of rice in California and many of this county have been considering the idea of utilizing low lands for that purpose this season. The protection of the geese, however, has raised the doubt if the crop can be given a chance to start before it is gobbled up. The farmers argue that unless they are given a chance to protect the crop it will be swallowed up in the sprouting stage by the voracious birds. In many parts of the State wild geese are even now a strong menace to wheat and barley fields and thousands of acres have been destroyed within the twinkling of an eye by the ravages of these fowls. Visalia sportsmen, many of them, are strongly of the opinion that the federal game authorities are attempting to do too much on too small a scale, or to put it another way that the regulations are altogether too sweeping and that not enough zones have been established. "The habits of all wildfowl in California are dif- ferent from the habits of the same birds in other parts of the country," said Judge E. A. Bagby of the Teal Gun Club recently in discussing the matter. "Different conditions obtain even in different parts of this State, hence the establishment of sev- eral districts. This fact does not seem to have been recognized by the federal commission with the re- sult that three zones are made to do duty for the entire country." Should the protection to the wildfowls be found to work as great a hardship on the California farm- ers as many are now inclined to believe it will it is probable that a strong movement will be inaugurat- ed to secure a change. THE ESQUIMO DOG IS A BAD ONE. In a communication received from F. J. Koch rel- ative to the propagation and breeding reindeer by the federal government the following interesting data on the "native husky" is given. Uncle Sam has already his reindeer farm, which Northern breeders will soon imitate, and he is keep- ing an eye open on an experiment in Labrador that has for its object the extinction of the Esquimo dog, as beast of burden, and the substitution of the deer. Thousands of reindeer have been shipped to Lab- rador from Lapland for this purpose. The varied uses of the deer seem in themselves to justify the experiment. The skin shall furnish the natives with tent-material; the horns and the bone yield varied utensils; the milk — and the butter made from it — are staples of diet; the venison is the beef of the land; the hair goes to cloth, the fat to tallow or candles and the like. In addition there is the ani- mal's utility as a beast of burden. In the North, until these importations, there were substantially only the caribou, at all akin to the rein- deer. A few reindeer had once been turned loose in Newfoundland and there are stories of their being seen here and there — traditions with about as much basis of truth as are the vague reports of camels in Death Valley, for Uncle Sam, it will be recalled, attempted camel-transportation on our southwestern desert, and when it failed turned the animals out to range. At the lone Hudson Bay Company post at Cart- wright there is a little youngster, Stuart Swaffield by name, son of the "factor" or company agent at the post, whose story gives the reason, in a nutshell, why the reindeer were brought to Labrador. When Stuart was a baby, five or six years of age, his mother sent him out to play while she attended to her household duties. By and by she heard a great commotion among the Eskimo dogs, of whom the post maintains quite a pack for drawing the sledges in the winter time. At first she thought nothing of it. for the dogs often fight among them- selves. Wilder and wilder, however, grew the snarls and yelps (for the Eskimo dog, being really a wolf and not a dog, does not bark), until curiosity got the better of her and she went to the window to see the cause. To her consternation, the entire pack of dogs had set upon the child, who had perhaps stumbled up among them in his play; while her own dog "Bouncer," brought from the home-land, was alone attempting to defend him. It was with the utmost difficulty that the pack was at last driven off, and when the child was rescued the clothes fairly clung to the skin, so numerous were his wounds. He could only whisper, "The dogs bit me," and then fainted away. lb THE BREEDER ANL SPORTSMAN [Saturday, February 14, 1914. In a lone cemetery out on the wind-swept cape at Rigolet there is a monument to two trappers, father and son. The two had come in to trade their pelts and left the post in high spirits. That was the last that was seen of them. Later in the spring the dogs were found gnawing their bones on the beaches. Two or three of these grim mementoes were rescued and were buried here. The very first piece of advice a native of Labrador will give you is not to pet the dogs, and, above all, not to stumble or fall among them; for at that in- stant the pack will fall upon you. In the summer the dogs forage for themselves, feeding largely on the fish that come close in shore. or on the offal of the fishing settlements. They are great, beautiful creatures, snowy white or mottled slightly with brown. In winter, however, their vo- racious appetites know no bounds. At the Post, food is cooked for them and served hot; but it seems this never suffices. Harnessed up, and driven along the snow trails of the northern wilds, it is only fear of the driver's whip and knowledge of his skill, by which, with his thirty-foot sealskin lash, he can reach any dog of the pack, that keeps them down. Let one dog turn upon him and he shoots to kill; otherwise the pack is on him at once. Many, indeed, are the men in the lone wilderness of the northland who have been devoured by their dogs. Hence the need of bringing in the reindeer to take the place of the dogs. Dr. Grenfell, however, has one difficulty to meet in trying to replace the dogs with the deer, for the people here are used to the dogs and claim to know just how to handle them, while they do not know how to use the reindeer. Moreover, no reindeer can be put into use in a settlement until all the dogs thereabouts are gone, for the dogs will smell a deer when miles away and then the pack will "go" for it at once. What, then, can the people do between the time when the deer are brought in and are being broken to use and the necessary killing or sending away of the dogs? What, too, shall be done with the dogs? At pres- ent, when a dog bites anyone he is shot; the skin is dressed and sold for about three dollars. But many of the dogs are gentle, some are thoroughly tame and reliable and the people are loath to part with them. Only a stern law can make them do this — and to get such a law passed and enforced needs influence and determination. One wonders what the post will seem like when, instead of the beautiful dogs coming down the path to the dock, stopping to throw out their forefeet and lean out to yawn, or lick at one's shoe — running so soon as one lifts a hand, for fear of the probable stone — the reindeer will browse in the corrals. Reindeer-moss abounds here and on it they can feed, even through the snow. Ut at St. Anthony's, where Dr. Grenfell's Mission has a hospital, the three hundred deer that he has had brought there are now flourishing. With them this important experiment will be tried of substituting the deer for the dog. The world awaits the result with interest. GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN. The duck-shooting season closed without anybody's gun barrels being badly strained. In many shooting districts, notably so on the lower Alameda marshes, duck blinds wrere flooded and under water, and the hunters were unable to take their usual shooting positions. The early closing of the wild fowl season, coupled with the scarcity of birds in many hunting terri- tories, put the market hunters out of business for the time being. One hunter, A. J. Buckley of Los Banos, so it is reported, has turned his attention to linnets, these birds not being on the protected list. His initial shipment to this city counted up 65 dozen, picked and skewered, for which he received 40 cents a dozen. Whether they were shot or trapped is not known; at all events, linnets under arother name may be a popular dish at some of the downtown cafes. Following that, the gay and festive sparrow is in line for culinary honors — reedbirds, becassin petit, or under any other old name. Small birds are pal- atable when broiled or fried. Fixed up in sautes or pies, the meat shreds off from the tiny bones; the latter are sharp and liable to prove hot mouthfuls if carelessly munched. San Pedro Gun Club members, including Fred Park, J. Custer, Jack Mori, Bob Garry, Mike Kionan and others all returned with well filled quail bags from a shoot last Sunday on the club preserve in the San Mateo hills, three miles from Rockaway Beach. A. D. McClellan came within two of a limit string, shooting on the Linahan ranch, back of Halfmoon bay. Fred Garcander and Clarence Horvious found enough birds in the coverts of the Lobitas hills for a morning's pleasing shoot. C. F. Breidenstein hunt- ed over the San Gregorio foothills Sunday and Mon- day and bagged a nice bunch of birds. Al Hughes found good quail grounds back of Hay- ward a week ago. C. C. Nauman is working his fine setter dog Danger in that section today. Fred Tobil- man fancies the country back of Pinole for his quail hunt. For the sportsmen who prefer the rifle instead of a shotgun, July 1 is not so far away that anticipation is already bringing up pleasant visions of contem- plated deer hunts. For those who like venison on the hoof recent advices from the mountain districts generally are to the effect that deer are exceedingly rjentiful. Various reasons are given in accounting for the number of deer seen in the Sierra foothills and lower sections of the upper Sacramento valley. The main reason is. however, that the late floods drove the deer out of their retreats in the willow thickets along the streams. They were obliged to take to higher and more open ground and in conse- quence were readily counted. The San Francisco Fly-Casting Club's annual mid- winter fly-casting meeting will take place at Stow lake Monday, February 23. Numerous prizes will be awarded the winning rod wielders in various events for light and heavy fly tackle and lure cast- The hint given by the Breeder and Sportsman a week ago prompted the anglers who are behind the movement to change the present steelhead law by initiative proceedings to alter the phraseology of the petitions, so that now the documents are in con- formity with statutory requirements in such cases. Numerous petitions are now being circulated and daily receiving many signatures. The initiative bill as it will be presented at the fall election calls for an open season for taking steel- head trout, with hook and line only, from April 1 to March 1 in tide waters, leaving but one month closed during the year. Above tide water, in coast streams the closed season set out runs from November 1 until April 1, four months closed fishing in and about the headwater spawning beds. The daily individual catch is limited to fifty steel- heads or fifty pounds only of the Coast river trout. The sale limit is placed at fish of one pound and not less than twelve inches in length. Fish pond bred and raised trout are not affected by the provisions of the initiative bill. The use of nets, spears or any device save hook and line will be prohibited. * * * Despite the unfavorable striped bass angling con- ditions recently, a fine, big flsh weighing fifty-eight and a half pounds was taken a week ago by Guy Fisher, who made a lucky try on Petaluma creek near Blind bay. The use of flsh nets in San Francisco. San Pablo and Suisun bays and the Sacramento and San Joa- quin rivers is to be restricted to a certain extent in the interest of commerce and navigation. A public hearing on the rules which will be framed so as to prevent fish nets and appurtenances being a menace to boats passing through these waters is to be held in San- Francisco before H. L. Demeritt, Assistant Engineer, U. S. A., at 10 a. m. on Satur- day. Jan. 24, when all those interested will be heard in the matter. Col. T. H. Rees of the engineering corps of the army, with headquarters at San Fran- cisco, has advised the city council of this fact and the rules to be framed, following the public hearing, will be sent to the Secretary of War for his approval. * * * The killing of 5,180 deer in Maine, New Hamp- shire, Vermont and Massachusetts last fall cost the lives of 13 persons and more or less serious injuries to 72 others. Maine, as usual, leads the northern New England States in the number of deer hunting fatalities. Of the eleven persons killed in that State, four were mistaken for deer and shot by other hunters, six were killed by the accidental discbarge of their own weapons, and a little girl was accidentally shot by an elder brother who was cleaning a rifle. More than sixty persons were wounded in gunning accidents. The New Hampshire and Vermont hunting sea- sons were accompanied by one fatality each. Four persons were wounded in New Hampshire and two in Vermont. No one was killed during Massachusetts' open week on deer, but four persons were slightly wound- ed, one being shot as he was bringing a deer out of tne woods on his shoulders. Deer seem to have been more plentiful in this State than in other parts of New England. Although the season was of only one week's duration, 1,580 animals were killed. There were only three counties in the State in which deer were not shot, Suffolk and Dukes and Nantucket counties, comprising Martha's Vineyard and Nan- tucket Islands. Since the Maine season opened on October 1, more than 1,900 deer and 45 moose have been killed. In New Hampshire, where each county had its own open hunting season, about 100 deer have been shot. The same conditions prevail in Vermont, where 1,600 deer have been killed. * * * According to statements made by the State Fish and Game officials there has been a marked change of sentiment in regard to the game laws. In the past the people regarded violations of the law in the light of a joke. The sympathies of the public were with the violators of the game laws rather than with the officers. All this is changed. The people now realize that the man who kills illegally or exceeds the bag limit is infringing on their rights. Citizens now aid in enforcing the laws when formerly all their aid went to the man breaking the law. The deer season which closed October 31 last year in districts 1, 3 and 7 furnished some interest- ing facts along these lines. Deer were plentiful in the first and third districts and most of those who sought this game secured fine specimens. It was particularly noted that in Sections where deer had been well-nigh extinct they were quite numerous. It is estimated that forty deer were killed within forty-five miles of Sacramento. Efficient protection of the game brought about the improvement. The change in sentiment toward the game laws and their violation was marked by a great increase in the number of convictions under the law. During the season last year there were three convictions for violations of the deer law and fines aggregating 5100. This year the convictions numbered ten and the fines amounted to $500. These figures show not increased violations of the game laws, but on the contrary they prove that the citi- zens are taking a hand in the enforcement of the laws. The deputies of the Fish and Game Commission have tried faithfully to enforce the laws, but with the great stretch of territory to cover there were countless violations of the law that they could not discover. Many of the violations of the law resulting in fines last year were reported by the people and the arrests were made on this information. Public sentiment is backing the fish and game commission as never before. On one occasion, according to officials of the com- mission, a citizen telephoned that a doe had been killed near Auburn. Within twenty-four hours a deputv had arrested the slayers and they were fined $50. It is no longer profitable to violate the game law. FIXTURES. Tournaments Registered. April 14, 15, 16. — Oaklahoma City, Okla. The Interstate Association's Second Southwestern Handicap Tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Capital City Gun Club; $1,000 added money. Winner of first place in the South- western Handicap guaranteed $100 and a trophy; win- ner of second place guaranteed $75 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $50 and a trophy! Sev- eral other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pittsbugh, Pa. May 5 and 6 — Wenatchee, Wash. Washington State tournament, under the auspices of the Wenatchee Rod and Gun Club, Chas. E. Owens, President. May 28, 29, 30. — Salt Lake City, Utah. Utah State tour- nament, under the auspices of the Salt Lake Gun Club. A. R. Bain, Secretary. June 3 and 4. — Milbank, S. D. South Dakota State tour- nament, under the auspices of the Milbank Gun Club. W. J. Martens, Secretary. June 16, 17, 18. — Bradford, Pa. The Interstate Associa- tion's ninth Eastern Handicap tournament, under the auspices of the Bradford Gun Club; $1,000 added money. Winner of first place in the Eastern Handicap guaran- teed $100 and a trophy: winner of second place guar- anteed $75 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pitts- burgh, Pa. July 20, 21 and 22.— Portland, Ore. The Interstate Asso- ciation's ninth Pacific Coast Handicap tournament, un- der the auspices of the Portland Gun Club; $1,000 added money. Winner of first place in the Pacific Coast Han- dicap guaranteed $100 and a trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $75 and a trophy; winner of of third place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Man- ager, Pittsburgh, Pa. Sept. 8, 9, 10 and 11. — Dayton, Ohio. — The Interstate As- sociation's fifteenth Grand American Handicap tourna- ment on the grounds of the N. C. R. Gun Club; $1,500 added money. Winner of first place in the Grand Amer- ican Handicap guaranteed $600 and trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $500 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $400 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be guaranteed. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager. Pittsburgh. Pa. Nov. 7. — Williams, Ariz. Williams Gun Club, R. M. Reese, Secretary. Nov. 9, 10 and 11. — Phoenix, Ariz. Arizona State tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club, W. B. Twitchell, President. Trap Shoots. Feb. 22. — Golden Gate Gun Club. Feb. 22. — San Jose Blue Rock Club, San Jose, Cal. March 1. — San Jose Blue Rock Club, opening shoot, San Jose, Cal. Feb. 22. — Los Angeles Gun Club. Blue rocks, Venice grounds. Bench Shows. Feb. 23-26 — Westminster Kennel Club, at New York city, James Mortimer. Superintendent, Room 801 Townsend Building, 1123 Broadway, New York city. Entries close January 29. March 13-14. — Pasadena Kennel Club. A. K. C. rules. April 14-16. — Golden Gate Kennel Club, 5th annual show. A. K. C. rules. Mav 28-30 — San Francisco Kennel Club, 17th annual show. N. D. B. A. rules. Saturday, February 14, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 WHAT DRAWS THE CROWDS. Some of the delegates to the convention referred to the difference between the receipts at the fairs for entrance to races and the amount spent for purses and stakes at a "loss." Loss seems hardly the right word, as the difference between what the horsemen pay in for entrance and the privilege of racing and the amount paid them in purses and stakes should be considered the "cost" of giving the racing attrac- tions. The horsemen could hardly be expected or reasonably asked to train and ship their horses to a race meeting and pay in to the association giving the race meeting as much money in the aggregate for the privilege of racing their horses as the total amount of winnings would come to. There is no question but the fair and the race meeting belong together as much as a circus and a menagerie, and tuat it is very difficult to make either one a success if given without the other. Referring to the fact that the greatest attendance at the State Fair was the afternoon of the railroad collision, it is well to remember that that day was "Sacramento Day," and was declared by the business people in Sacramento a holiday to permit their em- ployes to go to the fair. The day before the collision took place, when there was nothing on the program except harness racing and high diving, both grand- stands were filled, and it was necessary to send into the city for a number of big vanloads of chairs which were placed on the lawn, and then there were several thousand people unable to find seats. It takes all kinds of attractions at a fair to draw a big attend- ance, and there is no question but the leading attrac- tion in most places, in fact in nearly all, is the harness horse racing. THE BOOM IS ON. We have recently passed through one of the worst periods of business depression that has been known, and we will admit that, for a time, the horse indus- try, at least that branch of it that pertains to the production of the light harness horse, seemed des- tined to receive one of the greatest setbacks it had ever experienced. But now that the darkest clouds have been left behind and all lines of industry have taken on new life, with prospects bright and fore- casting one of the best business years in the history of this great country of ours, we can look ahead with an assurance that the harness horse will continue to be produced in large numbers and that the market for trotters and pacers will greatly improve. If we but stop to consider the period between 1893 and 1897, when many a well bred stallion, matron, colt or filly was led into the sale ring and out again without even a bid being offered for it, we will have to confess that the breeding industry during the late depression was not anywhere near so badly off as it has been on former occasions, and that we will see it improve from now on until the industry reaches the highest point of success in its existence is our firm belief. Considering the prices that even our lowest grade of trotting stock brought at the auction sales in vari- ous parts of the United States last fall, horses sold higher in proportion to their real value than any stock or bond that was dealt in on the stock ex- changes during the same period. It would seem, therefore, that, after all, the horse business has been no greater sufferer than any other business in which mere man is engaged, and if those having good mares will breed them this spring to first-class stallions, they are sure to obtain the best prices for their foals that they have experienced in recent years, if not in the history of the industry — Horse Breeder. A LUCKY ESCAPE. Writing of Ormonde and his own6r, ths late W. O'B. Macdonough, "Audax," one of the best turf writers in England, in the last issue of "Horse and Hound" says many people have probably forgotten that in the autumn 'f 1891 the late James Hume Webster had much to do with a syndicate to bring the renowned horse back to stand in England, but fortunately for English breeders this scheme fell through. However, he had actually secured twenty subscribers for three seasons — 1892-3-4 — at 300 guin- eas, and the conditions of the syndicate were that Ormonde should be limited to thirty-five foaling mares in each season. This was a lucky escape indeed for breeders, as most of them would, of course, have had no produce from their mares. Hume Webster offered Mr. Henry Chaplin subscriptions, he being then a large breeder of thoroughbreds, but this gen- tleman refused on the ground of the horse being a roarer. These letters between Messrs. Chaplin and Hume Webster were published in I forget now what paper, and the former's refusal led to Hume Webster writing him a second much longer letter (also pub- lished) from Marden Deer Park, on Nov. 9, 1891. In this he wrote, "I submit that it is an open question whether roaring has increased of late years. It may be so, because horses in training live, in the judgment of many, a more artificial life than they used to do." A little further on he says, "I cannot from my own knowledge accept the statement that roaring is hereditary; indeed we have the direct contrary af- firmed by distinguished veterinary surgeons and other persons of great experience. I prefer to refer to the statistics of the 'Stud Book' to settle this question, and I find there that roaring stallions and roaring mares are now great and successful 'tap- roots,' and their descendants show no proneness to this fault, but are among the most valued and sought after. I claim to prove this by mentioning three among many well-known examples, namely, the mare Pocahontas and the stallions Longbow and Mel- bourne. Pocahontas was a very bad roarer, and her first foal, the colt Cambaules, was trained and ran, but had his dam's failing; yet all the rest of her produce were sound animals, and three-fourths of the greatest horses of the last thirty years, as well as the present day, including St. Simon, are her descend- ants. As to the roarer Longbow, he was the sire of the winner of the One Thousand Guineas in 1860, Sagitta, who was a roarer; but he was the sire of Toxophilite, who was again the sire of Musket, one of the soundest horses and best stayers of modern days. Melbourne was a very bad roarer and was the sire of Rockingham, who won the St. Leger, and who was a roarer. He was also the sire of Young Mel- bourne, said to have been a roarer, but he was sire of Pell Mell, a very sound horse and sire of Carlton, one of our best stayers. The roarer Melbourne was again the sire of West Australian, who swept the board something like Ormonde." I may add that in his first letter on Nov. 4th, in answer to Webster's of Oct. 30th, Mr. Chaplin says of Ormonde, "I believe him, with perhaps the exception of St. Simon, to be the best horse I have ever seen." This is my view, but I think St. Simon would have beaten the other, and he told me so not very long before his untoward and so did Fred Archer, who had ridden them both, end on Nov. 8, 18S6. AGRICULTURAL BILL PASSED BY SENATE. Washington, February 7. — The House agricultural extension bill passed the Senate with amendments today without a dissenting vote. The bill provides for demonstrations on the farm of approved methods and scientific discoveries as to farming and home economics made in the State agri- cultural colleges, experimental stations and in the Federal Department of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture and land-grant agricultural colleges are to outline plans for carrying out the demonstra- tions. As agreed to in the Senate the bill would appro- priate unconditionally $10,000 annually to each State. In addition a sum of $600,000 for the coming year, with a yearly increase of $600,000 for the next seven years, would be provided for distribution among the states on a basis of rural population, conditioned on each state appropriating a sum equal to its portion of the Federal funds. After seven years the bill would provide a permanent appropriation of $4,800,- 000 annually. An amendment requiring that negro colleges be permitted to share in the fund was defeated by a vote of 32 to 23. The bill was amended, however, as a result of a fight on the race question by placing the distribution of the funds in the hands of the Sec- retary of Agriculture and respective State Governors in States having more than one agricultural college, and also specifying against race discrimination in the demonstration work on the farms. The bill probably will be considered shortly in con- ference between the two houses. ALFALFA IS AS OLD AS HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION. Few people realize that alfalfa is not a recent in- troduction to the rancher of the world. While it is only a few years ago that farmers here in California fully appreciated its value, it has been cultivated since 450 B. C. F. D. Colburn, in a very interesting book, tells that alfalfa or lucerne, has been cultivated since civiliza- tion. It is said to have grown spontaneously in the high dry regions of Southern and Central Asia. It was first familiar to the Egyptians, Medes and Per- sians. About 450 B. C. alfalfa became known in Greece. The Romaans estimated it highly as forage for the horses of their armies and its cultivation has been maintained in Italy to the present time. From Italy it was introduced into Spain and Southern France and was carried to Mexico in the Spanish invasion. When the Spaniard turned his attention to the lands of the Incas, alfalfa found its way to the West- ern coast of South America, where, escaped from cul- tivation, it is said yet to be found growing wild over large areas. There in the semi-arid regions of the Andes it no doubt received a great strengthening of its already strong tendency to survive in a scorching sun, upon a parched earth. From Chile it reached California in 1854 and here, mainly, under irrigation, flourishes today as perhaps in no other place in the world. Eastward from the Pacific Coast was not, however, the only rout of introduction of alfalfa into America. It was early known in Germany and other northern countries of Europe, but never became so popular there as farther south. As early as 1820, years before it reached California, it was grown in New York, but seems to have been little appreciated. It is interesting to know that such old time agri- cultural authorities as Columella and Jethro Tull were familiar with alfalfa. French lucerne was introduced into England as early as 1650, but was much neglected for many years. In 1765 a farmer in Kent had fourteen acres. It is stated that at that time alfalfa was recognized as increasing the milk of kine, but an authority who knew it well asserted that cattle "were apt to grow tired of it and are subject to be blown by it." These statements are interesting from the fact that so many consider alfalfa a new plant. Chico, February 7. — Bids for the sale of Speedway park were opened Saturday afternoon, but no bid was accepted and no definite action will be taken in the matter of a sale for at least two weeks. This postponement is made in order to allow other bids that are known to be on the way to arrive. At any rate the directors of the Speedway association are confident the purchaser, whoever it may be, will con- tinue to maintin the property as a race course and that under no circumstances will the track be aban- doned and the property subdivided into lots, as has been reported. . THE GREATEST MONEY-WINNER IN 1912, OR OF ANY OTHER YEAR. JOE PATCHEN 2:031-4 f Reg. No. 47491. By Joe Patchen 2:01% (sire of Dan Patch 1:55% and 13 in 2:10). Dam, Bessie Bonehill 2:05% (dam of two whose time averaged 2:05%) by Empire Wilkes 2:29%, son of George Wilkes 2:22. Second dam, Arab Girl (dam of 5, 1 sire of 4, 2 dams of 3) by Crittenden 433 (sire of 13 and dams of 6 in 2:10), son of C. M. Clay Jr. 22. Joe Patchen II. 2:03%, in individuality alone would be entitled to distinction. The rare combination of blood lines in his pedigree makes him a most desirable stallion to breed to choice mares and he is worthy representative of early and extreme speed. As a race horse his glory will ever shine; he won more money in his 1912 campaign than was ever won by a pacer, $27,100, winning evefy race except one and in that he was second. "Joe" is a ebautifu ldakr bay, with four white legs and a blaze, 16 hands and will weigh 1200 pounds. In conformation he is a model of excellence, his clear cut, beautiful head, large, prominent eye, wide jowls, magnificent shoulders, short legs, heavy quarters, great depth through the heart, round barrel and perfect legs and feet. There never was a more popular horse to fact a starter and his action is as near perfection and the poetry of motion as it is pos- sible to conceive. He has never been bred to many mares as he has been raced every year, but the few that he has at Pleasanton show that he transmits all his qualities of form, disposition, gameness, speed and soundness to a remarkable degree. He is a sure foal getter. ..Terms: $100 for the season, with usual return privilege. Limited to thirty mares. | VERNON McKINNEY 2:01 1-2 | Reg. No. 53803. Bright bay, stands 16 hands and will weigh 1200 pounds. By Guy McKinney 37625 (sire of 4), son of the great McKINNEY 2:11|/4 (sold for $50,000 at 17 years— the lead- ing living sire, including 25 in 2:10). Dam, Maud Vernon, by Mount Vernon 2:15% (sire of 2 and dams Vernon McKinney 2:01^ and Leata J. 2:03). Second dam Mag, by General McClellan 144 (sire of 3 and dams of 12, including Vernon McKinney 2:01^ and Leata J. 203). Leata J. was raced on the Grand Circuit in 1913, winning $17,500, the largest money-winning pac- ing mare in 1913. She was also by_a son of the great McKinney. Vernon McKinney 2:01% is a magnificent stallion, stands over 16 hands, a bright bay in color, and individ- ually as fine a type as ever was foaled. He has all the qualifications to make a sire and the few colts by him show that he transmits his perfect conformation, color, good disposition and extreme speed to his progeny. He was the fastest pacer out in 1911 and in 1912 he paced to his present record — 2:01%;— when quite lame from an injury. He is bred in the very best of speed producing lines. The suberabundance o fthe blood of Geo. Wilkes 2:22, through Alcvone 2:23, sire of McKinney 2:11%. his celebrated sire, Guy Wilkes 2:15%, and Onward 2:25%, and back of that cross to Mambrlno Patchen and Nut- wood 2:18% ,the great sire of famous speed producing broodmares, backed up by the stoutest of old line thor- oughbred blood, makes him a remarkable stallion from which anv owner of a well bred mare has a right bv breeding to him to expect the fastest pacer in the world! No horse living ever paced with greater ease or has a greater natural flight of speed, and the few foals he has are perfect likenesses of him in every way. Terms: $50 for the season, with usual return privilege. I ZOMBLACK 2:26 J Reg. No. 54955. (Trial (3) 2:08%. By Zombro 2:11 (sire 15 in 2:10 and the dam o£ Heraet Dam, Madeline Marshall, (dam of 2) by Demonio 2:11% (sire of 15, including 5 in 2:10). «■-.,.■«..« Second dam. Mamie Comet 2:23% (dam of 3) by Nut- wood 2:18% (sire of 200 and dams of 390). Zomblack 2:26 (three-year-old trial 2:08%) is a pure- gaited trotter, and were it not that he was taken sick would have earned a record faster than any Zombro ever foaled In color he is a coal black, no white, stands about 16 hands, and his conformation is such that the leading horsemen on the Grand Circuit unanimously agreed he was the handsomest horse either in action or repose that ever came from California, and it was a question if his equal is to be found in America. He is a sound, muscular made perfectly proportioned stallion, having a beautiful head ' neck, ears and legs, sloping shoulders, short back, is round ribbed, close coupled and a beautiful type of a perfect horse. His disposition is of the sweetest, while his breeding is of the best. That he will be a sire of speed and gameness no one who has given the subject of breeding and selection any consideration will deny. Terms: .*50 for the season, with usual return privilege. These stallions will make the season of 1914 at the PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK The best of care taken of mares in any manner owners may desire, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address CHAS. L. DeRYDER, Superintendent. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, February 14, 1914. THE FARM I AUTO USED TO KILL GROUND SQUIRRELS. A cheap and effective method of ex- worked out by Horace G. Learned, a farmer living near Stockton. His method is simplicity itself. He mere- ly runs his auto out into an infested field, conducts the exhaust of his en- gine down the burrows by means of a rubber hose and fills the holes with the deadly gas. By using distillate at six cents a gallon he has found that a great saving is effected, as the gov- ernment formula for making gas costs about a dollar a gallon. The effectiveness of the plan has been demonstrated by several of the ranchers thereabouts. In some in- stances whole colonies of ground squirrels have been destroyed in an hour's time. One farmer discovered that after a few minutes' application smoke was seen to issue from holes a considerable distance from the point of entry. By stopping these up he was able to devitalize the air in the underground passages for a radius of several yards, thus killing thousands of the pests. Farmers who do not own automo- biles are using stationary gas engines mounted on trucks. These are hauled about the fields and operated wherev- er required. This method of killing squirrels was suggested by the death of a couple of launch men who died from inhaling fumes from their engine exhaust while asleep. — Stockton Record. GET BACON TYPE OF HOG FOR MEAT. Most of the bacon and ham used in California is brought from the middle West in brine and is here smoked and marketed. The trouble with most of the native hams is that they are poor- ly shaped and the bacon is thick at one end and narrow at the other, be- sides being too fat. This is the result of not having the bacon type of hog. A hog, to produce "Xo. 1" hams and bacon, can never have a short, heavy body, nor thick jowls, neck or shoul- ders. The body must be long — that is, the more lean bacon that can be pro- duced between the hams and the shoulders, the more valuable the ani- mal. The side of bacon must he the same thickness from end to end. Where the forequarters and belly are large, the bacon is heavy at the ends and thin in the middle. Another requirement of the bacon hog is that it he thick in the flanks, long in the hindquarters and square in the hams. A shapely, square ham sells itself when hung up in the market, whereas, if the body is short, the hams are going to be irregular and long and make a very poor appearance in a stall. 1 Warranted to give satisfaction. GOMBAULT'S CAUSTIC BALSAM A safe, speedy and positive cure for Curb, Splint, Sweeny, Capped Hock, Strained Tendons, Founder, wind Puffs, and all lameness from Spavin, Ringbone and other bony tumors. Cures all skin diseases or Parasites, Thrush, Diphtheria. Removes all Bunches from Horses or Cattle. as a HrMAX REMEDY for Bhen- matlim, Spralue, Sore Throat, eta-. It la invaluable. Ererv bottle ot Can«tlc Balaam Fold 1b Warranted to pive satisfaction. Price Sl-50 per bottle. Sold bj druejrists, or cent by ex- press, charges paid, with lull directions for Its use. 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FOR SALE. — THE DEMON 2:29%, black horse, six years old, absolutely sound and a sure 2:10 trotter. Worked a mile in 2:12 over Pleasanton track and trotted last half in 1:03%. Will sell cheap for cash. W. A. BARSTOW, 1042 The Alameda, San Jose, Cal. The Grandly Bred Stallion LOGAN POINTER 25167 For Sale or Lease For the Season of 1914. This is a handsome, well made bay stallion by Star Pointer 1:59% out of Effie Logan (Jim Logan 2:02?i and two others in 2:0S). For terms and particulars address J. ELMO MONTGOMERY, Davis, Cal. STANDARD McKINNEY STALLION FOR SALE.— Scott McKinney 33749, by McKinney, dam Primrose (great brood- mare) by Sidney; second dam Brown Rose by Privateer; third dam Lady Bald- win by The Moor; fourth dam daughter of Ben Lippincott, son of Williamson's Belmont- Scott McKinney is a handsome bay horse: weighs about 1100; good gait- ed, and. all his get are fine indviduals and show speed. Has State license for this vear. Address DR. M. F. SCHALTEN- BRANDT, 4051 20th St., San Francisco. FOR SALE — Bay colt, two years old, by Scott McKinney; sound and well broke, good disposition. Must be sold. Apply 13SS-45th Avenue, San Francisco. ANNUAL MEETING. The Annual Meeting of the stockholders of Heald's Business College will be held at the office of the corporation, 1215 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, California, on Saturday, February 21st, 1914, at 2 o'clock p. m., for the election of directors and the transaction of other business. F. O. GARDINER, Secretary. By order of the President. McKINNEY STALLION FOR SALE.— Standard and registered, weighs 1200 pounds, absolutely sound, good disposi- tion, sure foal getter and show horse. Has trotted miles in 2:16 and has sired speed. He is by McKinney 2:11% and is one of his best bred sons, if not the best. For further information address BREEDER & SPORTSMAN, San Francisco, Cal. Stock Ranch For Sale 7,000 Acres, Humboldt Co., at $9 Per Acre 7,000 acres, southern Humboldt county, lying directly on the railroad. Well fenced, and subdivided, with good im- provements in the way of dwelling house, barns and outbuildings. Has a large num- ber of slopes and comparatively level places which would be good for general farming and for fruits, particularly ap- ples, pears and prunes. At the present time, at least until the railroad is com- pleted from Ukiah to Eureka, this ranch is best adapted to raising cattle and hogs. President of a large commercial bank declares- this 7,000 acres to be a magnificent cattle ranch, and to have on it the best feed of any place in this section. There were thousands of acres of it where the grass was from one to two feet high all summer, much of it be- ing wild oats. This ranch has 300 to 400 cattle and other personal property now on the premises, which can be bought at a very reasonable price. 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Get our valuable boob "Treatise oq the Horse"— Free at your drupjrlst or write to us. DR. B.J. KENDALL COMPANY Enosburc Falls, Vermont, U.S.A. Saturday, February 14, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Breed To The Very Choicest Stallions ROBERT BINGEN 2.UI (Reg. No. 45033) THREE QUARTER BROTHER TO J. MALCOLM FORBES 2:08. HIS DAM, EPISODE 2:18, IS NOT ONLY A FAMOUS BROODMARE, BUT SHE IS ALSO HALF-SISTER TO AMERICA'S LEADING TROTTING SIRE, PETER THE GREAT 2:07/4. Sired by Bingen 2:06% (sire of Uhlan 1:58, Admiral Dewey 2:04%, The Leading Lady, 3, 2:07, J. Malcolm Forbes 4, 2:08, and 8 others in 2:10, 144 in the 2:30 list) by May King 2:21% (son of Electioneer), out of Young Miss (dam of 3, 2 sires of 148 and 3 dams of 6) by Young Jim (son of Geo. Wilkes 2:22), grandam Miss Mambrino by Red Wilkes (son of Geo. Wilkes 2:22), etc Robert Bingen's dam was a trotter, Episode 2:18 (dam of 1 in 2:30 and Mr. Pinker- ton, sire of Peter the Second 2:04%, Pinkerton 2:17 and two others in 2:30. Episode also produced the dam of Victor Forbes 2:23%), by Ambassador 2:21 % (sire of Ambu- lator 2:08%, Susie T. 2:09% and 12 others in 2:30), son of Geo. Wilkes 2:22 and Lady Carr (dam of 4, 4 sires and 4 dams of standard performers) by American Clay 34; grandam Kate by Sir Wallace. Robert Bingen's second dam was Santos (dam of Peter the Great 2:07%, the great- est sire of extreme speed ever foaled, J. Malcolm Forbes 2:0S, the great sire. Chimes of Normandy 2:16% and 3 others in 2:30) by Grand Sentinel 2:29% (sire of 22), he by Sentinel 2:29% (sire of 8) out of Maid of Lexington by Mambrino Pilot 2:28% (sire of It), son of Mambrino Chief 11 and Juliet by Pilot Jr. 12. Maid of Lexington's dam was by Imported Leviathan. Robert Bingen's third dam was Shadow (dam of 4) by Young Octoroon (broodmare sire), he by Octoroon out of a mare by Joe Brown, son of Davy Crockett. The fourth dam was Swallow by Joe Hooker 185, he by Mambrino Chief 11 out of the Warren Mare (dam of Governor 2:30) by Canada Chief. Robert Bingen is a beautiful bay stallion, foaled in 1905, standing full sixteen hands. Is perfect in conformation, has a splendid disposition, and will undoubtedly lower his record this year. He is young, sound and vigorous, has only been bred to a few mares and the owners of his progeny declare they are perfect likenesses of their sire and In every way promising trotters. Although Robert Bingen 2:14% obtained this record as a pacer he is a natural trotter and as a two-year-old trotted very fast but trained off and his owner put him to pacing. This horse will be given a trotting record and it will be a fast one. He is strictly trotting bred. His breeding shows for itself and it Is a question if there is a better bred Bingen in America today. PRINCE ANSEL 2, 2:201-2 Registered No. 29220. Cal. License Certificate No. 1053. Sire of LOTTIE ANSEL (2) 2:14|/4 — Champion two-year-old trotting filly of 1912. PRINCE LOT 2:07%— Fastest trotting gelding in the West in 1912. ARISTA ANSEL (2) ,2:18l/4— Winner of the Canfield-Clark Stake In 1912. PRINCE ANSEL was sired by Dexter Prince 11363, sire of Bernice R. 2:67%, Lison- Jero 2:08%, Eleata 2:08y2, James L. 2:09y2, Edith 2:10 and 60 others, out of Woodfiower (dam of Seylex 2:15%, Prince Ansel (2) 2:20%) by Ansel 2:20 (son of Electioneer 125), sire of 14 in 2:30, 6 sires of 16 and 14 dams of 17 in the list; second dam Mayflower 2:30%, dam of Manzanita 2:16 and Wildflower 2:21, by St. Clair 16675. PRINCE ANSEL is a very handsome bay stallion: stands 15:3 hands, and weighs 1200 pounds. He is noted for siring colts and fillies that are endowed with early and extreme speed. During 1910 six of his get took records, and four were three-year-olds and under. In 1911 Adansel, a three-year-old, obtained his mark of 2:14%, while Prince Lot and Wesos lowered their records. In 1912 Lottie Ansel, a two-year-old, won all the Futurities she started in, getting a mark of 2:14%, the Coast record for fillies, and heads all record-holders of her age in America for the year. Arista Ansel, another two-year-old Futurity winner, got a record of 2:18%, while Prince Lot lowered his record to 2:07%. In 1913 Laura Rogers lowered her record to 2:11% and Ima Dudley got a mark of 2:27%, whil e John Malcolm, out of one of Prince Ansel's daugh- ters obtained the world's record for two-year-old pacers, 2:11%. Prince Ansel's prog- eny is noted for intelligence, soundness, perfect action and stamina. SEASON OF 1914 AT THE RACE TRACK, WOODLAND, CAL. Terms: For Robert Bingen 2:14'/2, $75 by the season. For Prince Ansel 2:20y2, $50 With usual return privilege. Pasture for mares during season at $5.00 per month; not responsible for ac- cidents or escapes. For further information, address HARRY DOWLING, Manager Woodland Stock Farm, Woodland, Cal. ■'V-^M 1 1 .- i . V Tj ^^■a* !* r™ '*:.: .. _ ■ ■ TO GET A CHAMPION, BREED TO A CHAMPION. JIM LOGAN 2:02 \ (3) 2:05|/z, world's record to 1912; (5) 2:04/4, (6) 2:03|/4, (7) 2:023^. AM winning race records. Registry Number 44997- By CHAS. DERBY 2:20 (brother to Klatawah (3) 2:05/2. etc.), sire of Jim Logan 2:02%, Don Derby 2:04|/2, Capt. Derby 2:06|/2, Dan Logan 2:07/2 and 6 others in 2:10. Dam, EFFIE LOGAN, California's greatest producer of extreme speed (dam of Jim Logan 2:02%, Sir Albert S. 2:03%, and Dan Logan 2:07%, sire of John Malcolm (2) 2:11%, champion two-year-old of 1913), by Durfee 11256, son of Kaiser 2:28 and Julia, by Revenue 2:22%; second dam Ripple, sister to Creole 2:15, by Prompter 2305, sire of the dam of Gratt 2:02%, etc.; third dam Grace (dam of Daedalion 2:08%, Creole 2:15 and Eagle 2:19%), by Buccaneer 2656, sire of the dams of 2 in 2:10; fourth dam Mary, great broodmare, by Flaxtail. JIM LOGAN is a handsome dark bay horse, stands 16 hands and weighs 1075 pounds. After setting a world's record of 2:05% at three years of age, he has lowered his record every season he has been raced and is absolutely sound, showing he has the best of feet and legs. He has only a few living foals and all of them that have been trained have shown speed" towarrant his being a sire. His full brother, Dan Logan, sired the winners of the Breeders' Futurity of 1912 and the two and three-year-old events of 1913, John Malcolm, his two-year-old, getting the world's record of 2:11%. In the stud, season of 1914, at Woodland Race Track. FEE: $50 for season, with usual return privilege, or $75 to Insure living colt. Fees payable at time of service or before removal of mares. Excellent pasture at $4 per month, with best of care for mares, though no responsibility will be assumed for acci- dents or escapes. Call at race track, or address J. ELMO MONTGOMERY, Davis, Cal Montbaine 48667 Son of MOKO 24457; sire of 7 in 2:10, dams of five in 2:10, 100 standard performers; dam, KREM MARIE, dam of four trotters by KREMLIN 2:07%, sire of dams of six in 2:10; second dam, Maymont, by Blackmont, sire of dam of Minnehaha 2:09%: third dam, Maywood (dam of Mayhill 2:19, . 2:17%) by Blackwood 74, etc. MONTBAINE is an exceedingly handsome ma- hogany bay horse; stands 15.3% hands and weighs 1200 pounds. He has proven a very sure breeder, and his colts are fine individuals of ample size, quality and pronounced natural speed. He will make the season of 1914 at The Suisun Stock Farm, at a fee of $40 for the season, with return privilege. Moko and Kremlin rank among the greatest sires of today, and you can make no mistake by breeding to Montbaine. For particulars, call at barn, or address THE SUISUN STOCK FARM, B. F. Rush, Suisun, Cal. (Rush & Haile.) MOKO HALL 2:11} Son of Walnut Hall 2:081-4 Winner of the Kentucky Futurity for Two-year- olds, and sire of The Harvester 2:01 The World's Champion Trotting Stallion. Martha Upon 2:0JJi, Warner Hall (4) 2-Mh, 0'Nell 2:07M. etc. The dam o£ MOKO HALL was by the most fashionable sire of trotters in the United States today, and that horse is MOKO. MOKO HALL is bred in the top crosses just like The Harvester, who was also by Walnut Hall, out of a mare by Moko, the sire of 104 in 2:30, including such stake winners as Fereno 2:05%, Tenara 2:06%, Native Belle (3) 2:06%, Manrico (3) 2:07%, Susie N. (3) 2:09%, and Brenda York (3), pacing, 2:04%, and his sons are siring early and extreme speed also. MOKO HALL is one of the handsomest and most uniformly made stallions in California. There is not a weak spot or place on him. As a trotter he proved himself to be most level-headed and game, as well as possessed of a high turn of speed in all his racing on the California Circuit last season. At Sacramento he forced Maymack to trot a mile in 2:08% to beat him. A year- living Ally by him trotted a quarter in 34% seconds at Santa Rosa last Sep- tember. Will make the season of 1914 at Agricultural Park, Sacramento, Cal. FEE: $75 for the season. Usual return privileges. Good pasturage, and the best of care taken of mares in any manner that owners may desire, at reasonable rates, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. For further particulars address F. J. RUHSTALLER, Sacramento, Cal. The "Golden Cross" McMYRTLE George Wilkes Electioneer Reg. No. 58007. (Sire of John Gwynne 2:11%.) By McKINNEY 2:11i/4, SIRE OF 24 AND THE DAMS OF 6 IN 2:10; HIS SONS HAVE SIRED 37 IN 2:10. Dam, Myrtledale, by Iran Alto 2:12l/4 (sire of 16 trotters, 1 pacer), fastest and most prolific son of Palo Alto 2:0S%, and out of Elaine 2:20 (dam of 4 trotters, 1 sire, and 2 dams of 8 trotters and 1 pacer), by Messenger Duroc 109. Second dam, Nettie Nutwood (dam of Hillsdale 2:15, one of the best three-year- olds of his day, and Twenty Third, dam of Sterling McKinney 2:06% and Unimak 2:22^). by Nutwood 2:18%, sire of 2 and the dams of 20 in 2:10; third dam, daughter of Ethan Allen Jr. 2903, one of the prolific members of the great family of Black Hawk 5; fourth dam by Williamson's Belmont. McMYRTLE is an extremely handsome individual, rich bay in color, 15.3 hands in height, and weighs 1150 pounds. He is a clean-going trotter, with a trial of 2:17 before retirement to the stud. His opportunities as a sire have been extremely lim- ited, but his colts are the kind that it pays to breed — large, solid color, handsome and good movers. Only one was ever trained, John Gwynne, who got a record trotting of 2:11*4. SEASON OF 1914 at PETALUMA AND SAN RAFAEL, CAL. Terms, $30 for the season, $40 to insure. Best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address for all further information, DOLCINI & DOLCINI, Petaluma, Cal. George Wilkes Electioneer PALO KING 2-2812 r Sire of Little Lucille, p. (3) 2:09, fastest filly of her age on Pacific Coast, and The Bulletin (2) 2:28|/2, trotting. By Marengo King 2:28!/2 (sire of Marie N. 2:08*4, etc.), son of McKinney 2:11% and By By, great broodmare, by Nutwood 2:18%; dam Palo Belle 2:24|/2, by Palo Alto 2:08%, son of Electioneer and sire of the dams of High Admiral 2:07%, Mahomet Watts (3) 2:10, etc.; second dam Belle Isle, great broodmare, by Piedmont 2:17%; third dam, Idabelle, great broodmare, by Hambletonian 10; fourth dam, Godfrey Star, by American Star 14. PALO KING is a bay horse of excellent size and conformation, a pure gaited trotter, and ranks as one of the most potent sires of his age in the world. His get are uniformly good colored, large, finely turned, good headed and endowed with natural speed. Season of 1914 at Woodland Race Track, where you can see his colts step. TERMS: $25 for the season, or $40 to insure. Call or address H. S. HOGOBOOM, Owner, Woodland, Cal. i ONWARD McGregor & Mahogany bay, 15^ hands, 1050 pounds. :33.) '/4 il 1911 ire of 7 in 2:10 and dam Leading sire of race- (Yearling tria Foaled By Jay McGregor 2:07% ( of Colorado E. (3) 2:04% . winning trotters in 1913. Dam Mary Gordon 2:09% (race record), by Gordon 3127 (sire of 1 in 2:10) byOnward 2:25%. Second dam, Nell (dam of 1 in 2:10) by Young Octoroon (sire of grandam . of PETER THE GREAT 2:07'/4, J. MALCOLM FORBES 2:08, etc.). Onward McGregor is a grand individual with faultless disposition. His breeding should commend him to broodmare owners. He is the only son of that fashionable sire Jay McGregor, in California, while on his dam's side he traces directly to Onward and to the world's leading sire of 2:10 trotters, Peter the Great. Will make 1914 season at the Pleasanton Driving Park. Terms: $30 at time of service, with usual return privilege, (Limited to 20 mares.) Especially well prepared to care for mares but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. For further particulars and tabulated pedigree, address BERT WEBSTER, Manager, Pleasanton, Cal. ■1'HE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, February 14, 1914. IHEMET STOCK FARM Hemet, Cal. ^ §W. F. WHITTIER, Pres. (Incorporated) BUDD DOBLE, V. P. and Mgr. t| Home of the Champion Three-Year-Old Trotter §| I WILBUR LOU 2:10 J I Sired by KINNEY LOU 2:07 3-4 Sire of Wilbur Lou 2:1 01 , True Kinney (2) 2:19 21 Standard Performers Son of McKinney 2:11% and Mars Lou 2:17 LOUISE CARTER, 3, 2:24 | Dam of 5& Wilbur Lou (3)2:10% .® Mamie Shvin 2:12 ^ Martin Carter (3) 2:29Ji J§ Daughter of ChestnutTora'2:15 p| by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16% ai WORLD'S CHAMPION YEARLING TROTTING STALLION 1910 Unbeaten Two-Year-Old In 1911 Winner of California State Pair and Pacific Coast Breeders' Association Futurities in 1912. Record in Third Heat of a winning race. Also holder of the World's Record of a Five-Heat Race by a 3-year-old Stallion. Limited number of approved mares at $100 the season. KINNEY de LOPEZ 2:23 Betsey Direct by Direct 2:05%. the Season Son of Kinney Lou 2:07% $50 $ Terms: Cash at time of service with usual return privilege, or money re- : 3> funded at our option. Excellent pasturage and best of care taken of mares, ! © but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. |k "They have both shown by this year's crop to be sires of early speed: ™ FIESTA LOU by Wilbur Lou at 9 months old paced 1-16 in 10 seconds; §a BILLIE BOYD by Wilbur Lou at 8 months old trotted 1-16 in 12 seconds; H DON McKINNEY by Kinney de Lopez at iy2 months old trotted 1-16 in © 14 seconds; and all the rest are showing equally well" A Valuable Service Offered Free to Readers All readers of this paper who have lame horses will welcome the following announcement by the McKallor Drug Co. of Binghamton, N. 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We absolutely guarantee Mack's $1,000 Spavin Remedy to cure Spavin, Bone or Bog Spavin, Curb, Splint, Ringbone, Thoroughpin, Sprung Knee, Shoe Boil, Wind Puff, Weak, Sprained and Ruptured Tendons, Sweeny, Shoulder or Hip Lame- ness and every form of lameness affecting the horse. We have deposited One Thousand Do! lars in the bank to back up our guaran- tee. Cures while he works. No scars, no blemish, no loss of hair. Your druggist will furnish you with Mack's $1,000 Spavin Remedy. If he hasn't It in stock, write us. Price S5 per bottle, and worth it. Address Binghamton, New York ADVERTISE YOUR STALLION IN THE BREEDER & SPORTSMAN Subscribe for "The Breeder and Sportsman.' THE STANDARD TROTTING STALLION. JOHANO Black stallion, 15.2 hands, sired by Carlokin 2:07% (sire of 8 two-year-olds in the list that are conceded to be the best ever seen in the West). Son of McKinney 2:11%, the greatest sire of 2:10 performers, out of Carlotta Wilkes (dam of 10 in 2:30, of which 4 are in 2:07% or better) by Charley Wilkes 2:213,4; grandam Aspasia (dam of 4) by Alcantara 2:23; great grandam Miss Buchanan (dam of 1 and dams of 5 in 2:30) by Clark Chief, etc. Johano was out of Johanah Treat 2 :24v-'i idam of Zulu Belle, trotting 2:10%, pacing 2:06%; Del Coronado 2:09% (sire of Teddy Bear 2:05. Cora 2:08%, Little Bernice 3, 2:09%, etc.); My Irene S. 2, 2:28% (dam of Esperanza 2, 2:14%, Carlos (2) 2:29%, and the dam of Nutway 2:29%. Johanah Treat was by Thomas Rysdyk 10649 (a sire), son of Rysdyk 653 and Largesse 2:25 by Scott's Thomas 2:21 grandam Fanny Howard by Woful, son of Black Hawk 24. Johanah Treat's dam was Kate Treat by Venture 2:27% (sire of the dams of Directum 2:05%, Sidney Dillon, sire of Lou Dillon 1:58%, etc.) by Williamson's Belmont. Johano is a pure-gaited trotter. As a yearling he trotted quarters in 33 seconds; then, meeting with an accident which fractured his lower jaw, he was laid up for two years. He has entirely recovered and recently trotted a mile in 2:30, and it is predicted by those who have seen him that he will get a very low record this season. He is a very stylish, well made stallion with a splendid disposition. He is one of the best bred sons of Carlokin, as can be seen by the above, and seekers after stallions that carry the blood of the futurity winners in their veins and are anxious to get colts and fillies that will have a natural inheritance of beauty, soundness, early and ex- treme speed should not overlook this grand looking young stallion. Will make the season of 1914 at Pleasanton Driving Park. Terms: $25 for the season, with usual return privilege. Address HORACE FEINDEL, Pleasanton Driving Park, Pleasanton, Cal. _ McADRIAN 2:24 Sire of Bert Kelly 2:12^ Trix McAdrian (2) 2:23% Grace Chalmers (mat.) .2:20^ Olive McAdrian (2) tr. .2;22 Sired by GUY McKINNEY (sire of Vernon McKinney 2:01 y>. Linden Girl 2:22, etc.); dam MAPLE LEAF 2:34% by Adrian 2:26y2 (sire of Rosetta A. 2:1434), son of Reliance 2:22Mi and Adriana by Skenandoah: McAdrian's grandam was OLLIE RAY 2:39%, dam of Acclamation 2:24% (sire of Lizzie C. 2:15), Vendome, dam of McKinley 2:29: his great grandam was MARY BLAINE by Signal 3327 (sire of the dam of Prussian Maid 2:19, etc.). Guy McKinney, sire of McAdrian 2:24, was by McKinney 2-1114 out of Flossie D., by Guy Wilkes 2:15%; second dam, Blanche Ward (dam of China Maid 2:0514), by Onward 2:25V2; third dam, Blanche Patchen, by Mambrino Patchen 58 etc McAdrian is one of the handsomest and strongest made grandsons of McKinney in California. He has no faults; is a pure gaited trotter and a sure foal getter He will make the season of 1914 at the race track, Red Bluff. Terms, $30 for the season For further particulars, apply to or address E. D. DIGGES, Owner, Red Bluff, Cal. SAVE-THE-HORSE TRADE RECT. THE TIME IS NOW ALL the winter long the troubled owner of a lame horse reads our adver- tisements. Then, day after day slips away, while he talks, laments, listens, takes advice and hesitating,— FAILS TO ACT,— till the Springtime is on him and his horse is not yet able to work. Meantime, the thrifty, prosperous, reso- lute man, reads, considers the evidence carefully — decides Promptly and his horse is working in, say, ten days to two weeks. That's exactly what happens every winter. Why not govern your own course by the proven experience of others? After Doctors Give Uu Prieeburg, Pa., Nov. 12, 1913. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. Y.: Please send me your Save-The-Horse book. 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The horse was unable to put heel to the ground, when walked she would barely touch toe and then jump with other foot. I gave first treat- ment Sunday. I put her in team Thursday and went for load of wood; got in place where they had to do their best or stay there. She lifted as hard as ever I saw her. Expected to see her lame next morning, but she was not. How long shall I continue to treat her?" $5 TROY CHEMICAL COMPANY Binghamton, D. E. NEWELL, 80 Bayo Vista Ave, Oakland. N.Y. Cal. NEW EDITION OF JOHN SPLAN'S BOOK "Life With the Trotter* PRICE, $3.00 POSTPAID "Life With the Trotter" gives us a clear insight into the ways and means to be adopted to increase pace, and preserve it when obtained. This work is replete with interest, and should be read by all sections of society, as it inculcates the doctrines of kindness to the horse from start to finish." Address, Pacific Eldg. BREEDER and SPORTSMAN, P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal. Cor. Market and Fourth Sts. 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A four-generation tabula- tion with ancestor's record progeny for S2; five-generations for 53— all on a blank 14x17. A handsome five-generation tabula* tion, 16x20, printed in two-colors for framing, for $6, two copies for $6.50 or five for $7. Address [ Magnus Flaws & Co., 542 S. Dearborn Si, Chicago. DL Tabulated Pedigrees 1 16 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, February 14, 1914. N*X3^-*AX*k3WkJ»»3^*3k*3k3Ck*%3^\3SVC^ i 1913 Official Amateur Average won by MR. BARTON LEWIS of Auburn, Ills., using exclusivel} "Steel where steel belongs" FACTORY LOADED SHELLS l MR. LEWIS SHOT AT 6080 TARGETS DURING THE YEAR, AND BROKE 5811 an average of 95.58% Allof this shooting was done with Peters Shells, in large part the Medium Priced Loads. Mr. Lewis is known to trapshooters and sportsmen throughout the country as the winner of the Amateur Championship of the United States, at the Grand American Handicap Tournament at Dayton, Ohio, in June, 1913. His score in that event — made with the P brand was 195 x 200 from 18 yards. THE HIGHEST AMATEUR HONORS IN TRAP SHOOTING HAVE BEEN WON WITH THE P BRAND 3 out of the past 4 years THE PETERS CARTRIDGE CO., Pacific Coast Branch : 583-85 Howard St., San Francisco, Cal. 1913 — Barton Lewis shot at 4645 — broke 4440 — average 95.59 per cent. 1912 — Barton Lewis shot at 4280 — broke 4164 — average 97.28 per cent. 1910 — James S. Day shot at 6080 — broke 5811 — average 95.58 per cent. WfMCffZSTMK | 12 GUAGE MODEL 1912 HAMMERLESS SHOTGUN 1 Nickel Steel Throughout. Weight about 7^4 pounds. List Price, $30.00. WHAT TRAPSHOOTERS THINK OF THE MOST PERFECT REPEATER A representative recently showed one of the new Winchester 12 Gauge Hammerless Repeating Shotguns at the shoot of a well-known gun club. There were forty shooters present and most of them were eager to try or feel of the gun that the trapshooting world has been looking for. The verdict of the shooters on the new gun is best expressed by their acts. Twenty-eight of ' them ordered one then and theie. This incident is significent. It shows what. expert and critical trap shooters think of the latest "Winchester. What's more, the enthusiastic endorsement and approval of this, "The Most Perfect Repeater," is not restricted to trap shooters, nor does it seem to have any geographical limitations. It comes from bird and duck hunters as well as trap shooters from all parts of the country. A lone criticism, which we consider a compliment, has reached us. It came from a competitor and it was this, "The gun is too good for the money." That is skursely detrimental. Look Dne of the new guns over at your dealer's or send to us for an illustrated, descriptive circular and decide upon the merits of the gun for yourself. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO., NEW HAVEN, CONN. By Invitaton, Member of The Rice Leaders of the World Association. Sa&BK«K&$ffiK©K©H$^ Valley Quail Close Feb. 15 P, M. all districts except No. 6 and Marin County which closed already Get that — this is your last chance to go hunting until next season. Make the day count — pick out your country, take FRESH SELBY LOADS, and if the birds are there you'll get 'em. For Sale by Your Dealer. FRESH SELBY LOADS SHOOT UP TO FACTORY STANDARD SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO. San Francisco and Seattle VOLUME LXIV. No. 8. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1914. Subscription — $3.00 Per Year 'i^iw^-'i '-," ' THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, February 21, 1914. The Bondsman 37641 Trial 4-2:11 By Baron Wilkes 475$, dam Sorrento (dam of 6) by Grand Sentinel 865 (sire dams of Peter the Great 2:07%. J- Malcolm Forbes 2:08, etc.); next dam Empress, great broodmare, by Abdallah Mambrino 3715. Sire Colorado E. (3), race record 2:04% World's Champion 3-year-old stallion. Col. Franklin (1913) 2:06% The Plunger (4) 2:07% A winner in both America and Europe. Creighton 2:08% Grace Bond (2) 2:15 2:09% Winner of 2 and 3-year-old futurity. of Carmen McCan 2:09^ Lizzie Brown (1913) 2:10 Arion Bond (a sire) 2:11 The Clansman (a sire) 2:13^ Mary Brown (1913) 2:15% Bon Ton (1913) 2:15V* Cecil Bond (p) (1913 2:15% And 16 others in 2:23 and better. And others in two-thirty and better. THE BONDSMAN will make the season of 1914 at THE SAN JOSE DRIVING PARK, San Jose, Cal. He will be limited to sixty mares only. TERMS: $100 at time of service with return privilege in 1915, or money refunded at our option. Good accommodations and best of care to mares sent. Address all correspondence to CAPT. C. P. McCAN, Whitehouse Ap'ts, Orchard St., San Jose, Cal. 1 COP A DE ORO 1:59 I" 5-:^-H5-:-^:-*:^:-^:-^:-^-:-*-:-^-;-5-:^-:-5-:-^:-5-r^-^-;-*s5-:-5-K i Winning Performance DURFEE'S STALLIONS -T- CARLOKIN 2:071-2 -:-- Exhibition Mile 2:051-4 -^:-^:-^:^:-^:^:^:-*-:-^;-^:-k-^:-£-:^-:^:^:^:-k-.k-.k-s « CHAMPION PACING STALLION OF THE WEST Reg. No. 52785. Licensed Pure Bred, Cert No. 129S Sire of Chango (2) 2:13|/2; Gold Lily (2) 2:24/2; Con- tention B. (2) 2:24!/2; De Oro (2) 2:27[/2. Fastest stallion on the Pacific Coast, and one of the handsomest horses in the world. Golden bay, stands 15.3% hands high and weighs 1200 lbs. By Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%; dam Atherine 2:16*4, by Patron 2:16*4; second dam Athene, by Harold 413; third dam Minerva, by Pilot Jr. 12; fourth dam, Bac- chante Mambrino, by Mambrino Chief 11. Copa de Oro is destined to be one of the greatest of all pacing sires. His colts show remarkable speed, stamina and manners. I trained two 2-year-old pacers by him this summer and either could step a half close to a minute. FEE: $75 for the Season, Usual return privilege I am especially well equipped for caring for mares at reasonable rates in any way responsibility is assumed for accidents or escapes Further particulars may be had by applying to Reg. No. 36548. Licensed Pure Bred. Cert. No. 1297. Champion Trotter and Champion Sire of Trotters in the West. Mahogany bay, stands 15.1% and weighs 1060. Sire of Esperanza (2) 2:14|/4; John Warwick (2) 2:17; Carsto (2) 2:22'2; Santiago (3) 2:24i/4; Carlrich (2) 2:24!/2; Ethel D. (2) 2:26^; EI Carbine (2) 2:27J/2; The Lark (2) 2:28l2; Carlos (2) 2:29!/4, and Fulton G. (2) 2:30, May Marion (3) 2:24|/4. Esperanza Won Breeders' Futurity 1913, Two-Year- Old Trotting Division. John Warwick Won State Fair Futurity 1913, Two- Year-Old Trotting Division . Chango Won State Fair Futurity 1913, Two-Year- Oid Pacing Division. Sired by McKinney 2:11^4: dam Carlotta Wilkes (dam of Inferlotta 2:04%, Mary Dillon 2:06*4, Guy Borden 2:07*4. Carlokin 2:07%, and 6 others in the list) by Charley Wilkes 3653: next dam Aspasia (dam of 10 in 2:30 list) by Alcantara 2:23; next dam Miss Buchanan (dam of 5 in 2:30 list) by Clark Chief 89. Carlokin raced from the time he was three years old. He won over $17,000 in one season, and after his races were over trotted an exhibition mile at Lexington in 2:05*4. He is one of the purest-gaited trotters ever raced, and has been shown on numerous occasions in standard classes, always taking first premium. FEE: $75 for the season, Usual return privilege that owners may desire. Every attention will be given mares in my charge, but no W. G. D U R F E E, 2019 So. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, Cat. MT. DIABLO CEMENT b««t for foundations, dairy floors, fruit dryer floors, «to. tto. SANTA CRUZ LIME b»tt for brlokUyiet and plastering. MT. DIABLO LIME bait far spraying and whltswishing. WRITE FOR INFORMATION AND PRICES ON ALL BUILDING MATERIAL- HENRY COWELL LIME & CEMENT COMPANY 9 MAIN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. JUST TO FILL IN BETWEEN SEASONS REMINGTON UMC Remington UMC Shooters All Around Winners at Pinehurst, N. C. Midwinter Tournament REMINGTON UMC MIDWINTER HANDICAP, won by C. H. Newcomb, 95x100 from 21 yards with Remington-UMC Arrow Speed Shells. HIGH AMATEUR ON ALL TARGETS INCLUDING HANDICAP, C. H. Newcomb, 746 x 800— shooting Remington-UMC Arrow Speed Shells. OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS "PRESIDENT'S TROPHY," Preliminary Handicap, Class A, won by C. A. Edmonson, 91x100, shooting Remington-UMC Pump Gun and Nitro Club Speed Shells. "GOVERNOR'S TROPHY," Preliminary Handicap, Class B, tied for by A. E. Ranney, 92x100, shooting Remington-UMC Arrow Speed Shells. "SECRETARIES' TROPHY," Preliminary Handicap, Class C, won by H. C. Wolfe, 90x100, shooting Remington-UMC Arrow Speed Shells. "CAPTAIN'S TROPHY," Preliminary Handicap, Class D, won by E. G. Southey, 91x100, shooting Remington-UMC Arrow Speed Shells." TO GET ON 1914's TRAPSHOOTING HONOR ROLL— TIE TO REMINGTON-UMC — THE PERFECT SHOOTING COMBINATION. REMINGTON ARMS- UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. 99-30 1 Broadway New York City Saturday, February 21, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast. i Established 18S2.) Published every Saturday. P. W. KELLEV, Proprietor. OFFICES: 363-?65-366 PACIFIC BUILDING Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. National Newspaper Bureau Agent, 219 East 23rd St., New York City. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco Post-Office. Terms — One Year, $3; Six Months, ¥1.76; Three Months, $1. Foreign postage jl per year additional; Canadian postage 50c per year additional. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or registered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley, P. O. Drewer 417, Sao Francisco, Calif. Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee of good faith. STALLIONS ADVERTISED. CARLOKIN 2:07% W. G. Durfee, Los Angeles COPA DE ORO 1:59 W. G. Durfee, Los Angeles JIM LOGAN 2:02% J. Elmo Montgomery, Woodland JOHANO H. S. Felndel, Pleasanton JOE PATCHEN II. 2:03% C. L. DeRyder, Pleasanton KINNEY DE LOPEZ 2:23..Hemet Stock Farm, Hemet McADRIAN 2:24 E. D. Digges, Red Bluff, Cal. McM YRTLE Delcino & Delcino, Petaluma MOKO HALL 2:12% F. J. Ruhstaller, Sacramento MONTBAINE 4S667 Suisun Stock Farm, Suisun ONWARD McGREGOR Bert Webster, Pleasanton PALO KING 2:28% H. Hogoboom, Woodland PRINCE ANSEL 2:20% Harry Dowling, Woodland ROBERT BINGEN 2:14% Harry Dowling, Woodland THE BONDSMAN Capt. C. P. McCan, San Jose VERNON McKINNEY 2:01% . .C. L. DeRyder, Pleasanton WILBUR LOU 2:10%.. Hemet Stock Farm, Hemet, Cal. ZCMDLACK 2:2G C. L. DeRyder, Pleasanton DATES CLAIMED FOR FAIRS. Santa Rosa — August 31st to September 5th (inclusive). Woodland — September 8th to 10th. Sacramento (State Fair) — September 12th to 19th. Pleasanton — September 23rd to 26th. Fresno — September 29th to October 3rd. Hanford — October 5th to 10th. Los Angeles — October 12th to 17th. Riverside — October 19th to 23rd. WITH every mail comes the news of large num- bers of people making final preparations to leave their homes in the Eastern, Middle, Southern and Western States for California, while the European newspapers also contain news of a similar character. "Everybody wants to go to California!" is the head- ing of a leading journal in Manchester, England, and, if all who express the desire to come, succeed, we shall find people crowding over each other in their endeavor to get settled in their new home. The Panama-Pacific International Fair Commissioners are receiving word every day of some big conven- tions coming here. Over 235 have already com- pleted arrangements to come, and as the majority of those who will arrive are taking steps to stay be- yond the limit of time set by each convention so as to visit our mountains, foothills and valleys in inspecting the natural resources of this great State, can any one assert that they will not be well pleased with what they see, and that they will be content to remain in the places whence they came? Upon their return they will "preach California," and once that germ finds a resting place in their thoughts it will grow in size and power; influencing its possessor to come and share with the fortunate ones here, who love this State, enjoy its advantages of climate and soil productiveness, cherish its institutions and up- hold its worth on every occasion. There will be hundreds of thousands; some are optimistic enough to claim that the population of California will be increased two millions at the end of 1915. These will come prepared to work, pre- pared to buy and prepared to make their homes here. They will have to patronize our stock breeders for their horses, cattle, sheep, hogs and poultry; they will be compelled to buy seed, trees, vines and agricultural machinery; they will have to build homes, and, to do so, must buy lumber, cement and hardware, and to furnish these homes they must patronize our furniture, carpet and household goods stores. They will have to lay in supplies of mer- chandise, groceries, meats, etc.; build fences, barns and paddocks, sink wells, and in numerous other ways invest large sums of money besides the amount actually paid for the land. Can any one comprehend what all this means? The question naturally arises then: "Are we prepared to supply all these?" A market will be formed that must, perforce, test the limits of our supplies, and the shrewd, far-sighted stock breeder and merchant who gets ready for this increased demand will reap the full benefit. Several of our leading stockmen are now replen- ishing their herds and flocks with representatives of the choicest families, while horsemen who are engaged in breeding draft stock have of late made many purchases of imported stallions and mares for breeding purposes, knowing there will be a good demand at big prices for all they can raise. They figure that it will not pay the newcomers from the East to pay heavy freight charges on draft stock for farm use. There will be scores of the very choicest representatives of the most fashionable draft families in the world at the Panama-Pacific fair, and most of these will find buyers ere the fair closes — buyers from all parts of the world. In light harness horses — the most useful of all breeds — there will also be a decided and lasting re- vival, and, if all reports are true as to the number of seekers after the choicest trotters and pacers that will come, then the best of these will bring very high prices. With the promise of one of the largest crops of hay and grain ever harvested and the assurance that the price of forage will be lower in 1914 and 1915 than it has ever been, owners of good mares should take advantage of these conditions and breed them to the best stallions advertised. With foals by these sires at foot these mares will bring a great deal more money than if they were not bred. Pas- turage will be low, and with plenty of green feed mares and foals will thrive well; and everybody knows that in the eyes of prospective buyers nothing has a more magnetic influence in drawing big prices than good fat stock, horses, mares and foals, as well as cattle, sheep and hogs. Taking this view of the situation, which is not an exaggerated one, the prospects for every one who has anything fit to sell in California in 1914, 1915 and 191G are exceedingly bright and promising. There is only one drawback, however: some people never know when to sell; they fall in love with the stock they raise and cannot decide to part with any of them even at prices far beyond their value. The quicker they overcome this costly habit the richer they will be. THE associated press dispatches regarding the changes in the rules of the National Trotting Asso- ciation made at the Biennial Congress held in New Tork City are not sufficiently clear to intelligently comment upon. The daily press reports published in this issue do not take up the matter in a way suffi- ciently clear to show just what the changes are. The official report of the Secretary and new copies of the rules will soon be published, and it will be time then to comment upon the work accomplished. AT THE PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK. No better evidence is needed to convince a person that the prospects in California for 1914, from an agricultural standpoint, are brighter than they ever were before in the month of February, than a trip through the country at this time. The heavy rains and warm weather which followed them last month have caused the mountains, valleys and plains to be covered with verdure. The bright rich shadings of green on the hillsides seem to be based upon the darker greens of the trees and bushes lining the ravines. Here and there, as one rides along the smooth roads, a grove of fruit trees (some of them almonds in full bloom), looms up with remarkable beauty and clearness. Every little ravine has its stream of clear, flowing water, and the rankness of the natural grasses, alfilleria and clover along their banks attest the richness of the soil and give promise of a bountiful supply of feed. The creek which flows through Niles Canyon has been "booming" for weeks, and it has only been a few days since the lower portion showed signs of being absorbed in its gravelly bottom. The upper end, toward Sunol, is still supplying its full quota of water, and rocks which have been standing like senti- nels in the bed of this creek for several years are almost submerged by the deep, swift flowing current. The track at Pleasanton has stood the heavy rains this year far better than it ever did. Mr. DeRyder, the able superintendent, having made a lifelong study of drainage, seems to have succeeded in draining this course so that within ten hours after the heavi- est rainstorm horses can be driven over its smooth surface. The trainers, . however, are fond of using the half-mile course and every morning some twenty of them with their grandly bred trotters and pacers can be seen jogging around this "inner circle." Last Monday Mr. and Mrs. MacKenzie entertained at this place a party of old friends who recently arrived from the North. In the afternoon, the traps were set up and blue rock shooting indulged in. These hardy men of the north showed that the sto- ries told of their unerring marksmanship at the traps were based upon facts. Then, all who wished, were given "mounts" behind the trotters and pacers, and every means possible was taken to make their visit an enjoyable one. The party included the following from Winnipeg: Hector McLeod, Thos. Bell, Harry Bell, Wm. McLeod, Wm. Errington and Duncan Campbell, besides Jack Adkins of Toronto. Famous horses were jogged regularly and many favorable comments were made as to their condition. Especially was this true of Joe Patchen II., May- mack, Zomblack, Perfection, Frank Perry and EI Zombro. These, and in fact, all the horses at Pleas- anton wintered nicely; there is not a sick or ailing horse at the track. What the programme for Mr. MacKenzie's horses for this year is, remains unde- cided. He only arrived from Canada Monday and has hardly had time to confer with Mr. DeRyder. That he will have two strings of good horses ready is a surety, and as it is too early in the year to select the ones that will be fit to start, it is useless to offer any suggestions. Some of the "wise" Eastern turf journals, however, have made selections for Mr. MacKenzie, but that is a way those turf writers have, and, as it does not do to be throwing cold water on their hot-air plans we will refrain from doing so, and wait patiently until something more definite is decided upon. In the meantime, a number o£ men are busily en- gaged in setting out trees, planting lawns, fixing roads, cutting away weeds and getting the infield that is unsown ready for alfalfa. Soon the lumber tor the boundary fences to both tracks will be here and put up so that in a few months it will be all that its owner contemplated when he set out to make this an ideal driving park. o ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION. Pleasanton, Cal, Feb. 14, 1914. At the annual stocknolders meeting of The Ala- meda County Fair Association, held this afternoon, it was unanimously resolved to increase the capital stock of the corporation from $10,000 to $50,000, it having been found that the present capitalization was not sufficient to conduct the fair as it should be conducted. Steps also are to be taken towards changing the name to "Pleasanton District Fair, No. 3 ' in anticipation of a legislative act forming dis- trict fairs. The directors elected for the ensuing year are as follows: J. N. Arendt, Pleasanton; Manuel Brown, Warm Springs; C. L. Crellin, Pleasanton; C. L. DeRyder, Pleasanton; W. J. Dakin, Pleasanton; E. E. Hall, Pleasanton; Henry Lachman, Mission San Joe; Abe P. Leach, Oakland; H. P. Mohr, Pleasan- ton; Wm. McDonald, Livermore; Fred Stensel, San Lorenzo; E. H. Stevenson, Centerville; C. H. Schween, Pleasanton; F. C. Winton, Hay ward, and C. H. Wente, Livermore. At the directors meeting which followed, Mr. E. E. Hall, in whose mind the idea of a fair was first conceived and under whose leadership as president for the past two years it owes its prosperous career, in a few well chosen words placed Mr. Charles L. DeRyder in nomination for president, and Mr. De- Ryder was accordingly elected. Mr. Lachman w_as elected vice-president, and Mr. Mohr and Mr. Dakin elected treasurer and secretary respectively. The following was adopted: "That this Association recommend to the State Highway Commission, that the road now surveyed through Sievers Lagoon be constructed from Warm Springs through Mission San Jose, thereby connect- ing with the original Stockton Pass road on to Sunol and Pleasanton." After which the directors adjourned with a full determination to make the coming fair a larger and better fair than ever before. W. J. DAKIN, Secretary. YOLO COUNTY WILL HAVE A 1914 FAIR. Yolo county will have a fair this year. That was definitely determined at a meeting of interested cit- izens held Saturday afternoon at the Yolo county board of trade rooms in Woodland. Just where the fair will be held was a question which was discussed at length. Many are of the opinion that the best place for the agricultural, hor- ticultural and domestic display would be in this city, with the Armory hall as the central point. Others thought that to again combine the displays and the racing at the Woodland Stock Farm grounds would be advisable. To determine that question the board of directors will be called together on March 2nd in this city. Harry Dowling, representing the Woodland Stock Farm, is firmly convinced that to divide the attrac- tions will make it impossible to hold the race meet. He cites other places as examples. Others who dis- cussed the matter thought that the fact that both the fair and races would be held at the same time, would not detract from the attendance at the races, and with the exhibits in town many more people would be enabled to see them and that a much larger number of exhibitors would be attracted. The old board of directors was again elected to serve for the year 1914. These directors will be communicated with and asked to find the sentiment in their various communities on the location and be ready to determine the matter at the meeting on March 2nd. — Mail. o THE NORTHWEST FORMS NEW ASSOCIATION. Vancouver (B. C.), February 13. — Decision to with- draw from the National Trotting Association and the American Trotting Association was made here today by the North Pacific Fairs Association, who decided to form a new organization to govern racing in the Northwest and to include Oregon, Idaho, Montana, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and any other states or provinces that wish to join. During discussion it was stated that racing associations of the Northwest found themselves under the domina- tion of the Californian race-horse men, and the racing regulations being different, a hardship was worked on the Northwest associations. A committee was formed to proceed with organization work. The new body will be known as the North Pacific Harness Racing Association. W. C. Brown of Vancouver was appointed temporary president. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, February 21, 1914. FAMOUS CALIFORNIA MATRONS. What a Few of Them That Were Foaled at the San Mateo Stock Farm Accomplished. All the California stock farms started by Messrs. Stanford. Rose, Corbitt. Hobart, Pierce Bros., Valen- sin, Salisbury, Haggin, and at least a dozen others, established world-wide reputations for the excellence of the trotters and pacers bred thereon, but all hare passed out of existence. Outside of the empty barns and paddocks on a few of these places nothing re- mains to show that they were ever used as stock farms. The only link which connects them with the trotters of today is supplied by the sons and daugh- ters of the stallions and mares which formed the principal attractions on these places in years gone by. Some day a few turf statisticians will arise and place the credit of producing so many really good horses where it belongs, and show that although one breeder may not have been gifted with foresight, neverthe- less, as a judge of form and a student of breeding he stood far above his fellow breeders, and William Corbitt (long deceased), proprietor of the San Mateo Stock Farm, San Mateo, was one of these. From early boyhood he loved good horses, and the first large amount of money he ever earned while working in a grocery store in Montreal, Canada, he invested in a trotter, and, after having it raced, sold it for twice the amount he paid for it and put every cent he received, with a few more pounds he had saved, into a fund and bought another which also proved a profitable investment. Coming to Oregon in early days, where he engaged in the grocery business with another Canadian named Macleay. he found plenty of time and numerous opportunities to indulge in his passion for good horses. His partner and he took large contracts to supply the Indian reservations with merchandise, groceries, meats, etc. For days Mr. Corbitt would he in the saddle riding the rough- est trails imaginable, fording streams and always striving to make everything count. He was a keen, shrewd business man, a splendid buyer and one of the best of salesmen. He had a strong constitution, was energetic and untiring, and never knew what "fail" meant in anything he undertook; strictly hon- est in all his dealings, Mr. Corbitt was destined to be a very rich man. He was a good friend and a very bitter enemy. There were no half-way measures with him. His decisiveness of character, brusqueness and blunt way of expressing his opinion about men and horses, however, cost him many friendships. After accumulating a substantial fortune in Oregon he came to California and selected four hundred acres of land in San Mateo county, about eighteen miles below San Francisco, for the purpose of build- ing a home and also engaging in the horse breeding industry. This land extended in a strip about sixty acres wide from the shores of the San Francisco Bay to what is now called Burlingame, the most fashionable of San Francisco's suburbs. He bad sur- veyors lay out this land and gardeners beautify the grounds, planted eucalyptus trees along the roads and paddocks and fields, erected over 100 large box- stalls, built a three-quarter mile racetrack and put up beautiful stallion barns. The old "homestead" he renovated and with his two daughters moved in. He went east and purchased the brothers Arthurton and Irvington, sons of Hambletonian 10 out of Imogene by American Star; grandam Curry Abdallah, to use as his premier sires, and bought a few California bred mares to mate with them. Irvington proved a very shy breeder and when John Kerr, of Nelson, New Zealand, came here in 1SS2, Mr. Corbitt sold him this stallion for $22,000. Irvington left but very few foals even in his far-away home, but one of his sons, Toung Irvington, sired Dolly, the dam of Ribbonwood. the champion pacer of New Zealand that got a record of 2:09 in 1903. Arthurton, like Irvington, as I remember, was a pony built, round made horse; Irvington was brown in color, while Arthurton was bay. In action they trotted wide both front and behind and resembled the Morgan breed more than they did the Ham- bletonian. Arthurton being a son of Hambletonian, Mr. Corbitt claimed he should be a good sire and his daughters from the California bred mares should be good producers. To argue the point with this owner was out of the question. Encouraged by the showing made by some of the youngsters by Arthurton he had, Mr. Corbitt deter- mined when the time arrived he would go East and buy a good Geo. Wilkes stallion. When Mr. Kerr paid him for Irvington be felt that he could not afford to lose any time, and meeting Samuel Gamble one day the latter advised him by all means to go and "buy that three-year-old George Wilkes stallion that was owned in Cincinnati, Ohio, by Wm. Dunn, called Guy Wilkes, for he was out of a Mambrino Patchen mare." Mr. Corbitt did so, paying $9,000 for this bay colt. He then went to Lexington and purchased a big, growthy dark bay colt by Almont, out of Jessie Pepper by Mambrino Chief 11, which was called Le Grande. This colt grew to be almost seventeen hands high, but having a scrotal rupture was unable to stand training. He was a beautifully gaited trotter, however, and got a trial of 2:24 over the three-quarter mile home track. As a broodmare sire he proved quite successful considering the few foals he sired. To stock the farm Mr. Corbitt at various times visited Los Angeles, Sacramento, Stockton and every place where he heard there was a well-bred mare for sale.' It did not take him long to make his selec- tions, and although a close buyer his confidence in his stallions as sires of good game racehorses made him liberal when it came to buying a mare that suited then. He was one of the best judges of form I ever saw and a glance through the band of matrons on his farm would convince anyone that he knew what he wanted when he made his selections. He cared very little for a long pedigree. If the mares traced to Williamson's Belmont, and his sons Langford, Bell Alta and Venture, General Taylor, Gen. McClellan 144, Jack Hawkins, John Nelson 187, Winthrop 505, Skenandoah 92G, Geo. M. Patchen Jr. 2:27 and his son Billy Hayward 489, Signal 3327, Old St. Clair, Echo, Whipple's Hambletonian, Speculation. A. W. Richmond. Buccaneer and others that with very lim- ited opportunities bad shown great merit, he was satisfied. This was the foundation trotting stock of California and to these he figured that by breeding them to Arthurton to get the Hambletonian-Star cross, to Le Grande to get the Almont and double crosses of Mambrino Chief blood blended with that of Pilot Jr. 12, he would be making no mistake in breeding the daughters of these matings to Guy Wilkes. He had neither the time nor the inclination to go East and pay extravagant prices for female de- scendants of Mambrino Patchen, C. M. Clay Jr. 22, Jilot Jr. or the other sires that were making his- tory through their breeding-on qualities. He was sat- isfied to have a few daughters of Nutwood, Steinway, Director, Anteeo, Volunteer, etc. Electioneer he did not care for, if he did he never expressed himself, for there never was any love lost between Senator Stanford of Palo Alto and himself. In fact, they had no use for each other or for the stallions or mares they bred. This was a great pity, for if these two breeders had "buried the hatchet" and exchanged services between their trotters the great value of the Wilkes-Electioneer or the Electioneer-Wilkes cross would have manifested itself sooner to the lasting benefit and greater glory of both families. My attention was recently called to the brood- mares on the old San Mateo farm by Mr. Alexander B. Coxe, of Paoli, Pennsylvania, who was anxious to know something about a mare called Hannah Price whose produce I shall write of further. Hannah Price was a brown mare a little over 15 hands. She was bred by Mr. Corbitt who bought her dam Price- less from Jim Price, a very careful horseman whom he afterwards hired and kept in his employ until the stock was dispersed: then he secured a position for him with Mr. Walter S. Hobart, who kept him until his death, some seven years ago. That was another trait in Mr. Corbitt's character that many over- looked. A better employer never lived. He endeared himself to his men and was always willing to say a good word for them. He set a splendid table and saw that there should be no complaining about the food. But to return to Priceless: She was brought from the East across the plains by Mr. Price and trotted a mile for him over a half-mile track in 2:45. Her sire was a horse called Mystery, said to be by Cassius M. Clay IS (sire of Geo. M. Patchen 2:23%). The dam of Priceless was Maid of Honor, a fast long- distance trotting mare by a horse called Prince Lerove, that stood at Eaton, Canada. When Price was engaged by Mr. Corbitt to attend to the brood- mares Mr. Corbitt bought the mare Priceless from him and she was one of the first to be bred to Ar- thurton; that was in 1880, the resultant foal being Hannah Price, a very strongly made brown mare, standing 15.1 hands. She was never trained but a full brother (a year younger) trotted a trial in 2:26, was taken sick and died. Hannah Price as a four- year-old was bred to Le Grande and her first foal was Annie G„ one of the best of the San Mateo broodmares. Hannah Price also produced Lesa Wilkes 2:09, Adwriter 2:20%, Charles James 2:22%, Anita 2:25% (dam of Anita S. 2:20% and Whalebone 2:24), Last Chance 2:26%, My Budd 2:21% (sire of Fanny P. 2:09%), Hanna (dam of Olga 2:29%), An- nie G. (dam of Savant 2:20%, Buffington 2:20%, sire of Billy Buff 2:10% and 11 others in 2:30; Chris Lang 2:21%, Odora S. 2:23%, Oranie 2:23% and Hand Annie 2:20%). Hannah Price was also the dam of Dorothy T., dam of Adlon (3) 2:07%, Rusti- coat (1) 2:22%, and Edna Saunders, one of the choice mares J. W. Considine purchased in New York to place on the Woodland Stock Farm, where she is at present, knee-deep in alfalfa and heavv with foal to Prince Ansel (2) 2:20%. "Whenever this Arthurton mare Hannah Price was mated with a stallion that traced to Geo. Wilkes she always produced a good one, and when mated with Advertiser 2:15%, son of Electioneer and Lulu Wilkes by Geo. Wilkes 2:15%, she produced Dorothy T., the dam of so many noted for early and extreme speed. This emphasizes the regrettable fact that the blend- ing of Electioneer blood with the Arthurton strain was not more frequent. With the additional crosses to Geo. Wilkes' descendants it became still more powerful. In Hannah Price's case there is another deplorable fact: her pedigree has never been cleared, and it is hoped that this publication may be the means of attracting the attention of some old-time horseman who can furnish further particulars re- garding Mystery and Prince Lerove. There were many Arthurton mares which figured as famous broodmares on this farm. One in particu- lar was John Goldsmith's choice and that was the chestnut mare Blanche out of Nancy by Gen. Taylor, the famous long-distance trotter which still holds the world's record of 30 miles, — 1:47:59, and was one of the best sires of high class roadsters that ever crossed the plains in early days. His name appears in the pedigrees of some of our greatest campaigners but none of his daughters proved as prolific a pro- ducer of speedy performers as Nancy's daughter Blanche, that first saw the light of day beneath the tall eucalypti on the San Mateo Stock Farm. She was the dam of that good campaigner Hazel Wilkes 2:11%, one of the best money-winners of her era, Una Wilkes 2:15, Guyson 2:24, Native Sun 2:26%, Silver Spray 2:28, Rapids 2:22% and Blanche God- dard 2:25% — 7 in all. One of Blanche's sons sired one and two of her daughters produced two in the standard list, but it did not prove to be as good a "breeding on" family as that of Hannah Price. Another Arthurton mare was called Huntress; she was a large, lengthy brown mare, stood almost 1G hands. Her dam was a mare called Old Huntress that had a trial of 2:24. She was by Skenandoah 926, a sire of horses noted for their excellent feet and legs and also for their game qualities; his sire was called Broken Legged Kentucky Hunter. The gran- dam of Huntress was a horse called Easton's David Hill which was brought here from Vermont by Wm. Easton of Millbrae. Easton's David Hill sired a num- ber of good horses and was one of the few sons of Hill's Vermont Black Hawk here. Huntress produced Hidalgo 2:27, Beverly 2:24%, Sable Hunter 2:29%, two sires of 3, and one dam of one in the standard list. Huntress was bred to all the stallions that she could be sent to for she had foals bv Sultan 224, Del Sur 2:24, Guy Wilkes 2:15%, Le Grande and Sable Wilkes 2: IS. Another Arthurton mare produced Arthur Wilkes 2:28%, the sire of Maynnaek 2:08%, Welcome 2:10%, Wayland W. 2:10%, the sire of Bolivar 2:00%, Nelly R. 2:10, etc. Freedom 2:29%, the first yearling trotter that ever beat 2:30, was out of an Arthurton mare. There were only seven sons of Hambletonian 10 ever brought to California, viz.: Echo, Electioneer, Arthurton. Irvington, Speculation. Mohawk Chief and Ulster Chief. Next to Echo, who stood for a number of years in Southern California and was bred to the choicest mares there, which made him second as a speed producer to Electioneer, Arthurton, standing at the head of this little stock farm, comes third. It is doubtful if he sired seventy foals during his stud career: nevertheless, he has six trotters to his credit in the standard list, two of his sons were sires and twenty-five of his daughters produced forty-three trotters and three pacers. While Echo, with greater opportunities, had the same number of producing daughters, yet they only had thirteen trotters and eighteen pacers to their credit. In this respect Ar- thurton outranks this son of Hambletonian 10 and Fanny Felter by Magnolia, a son of American Star. The Star cross so close up in Arthurton's breeding, backed up by another cross to Abdallah 1, sire of Hambletonian 10, had much to do with making every daughter he had, when bred to a stallion tracing to Hambletonian 10, a producing broodmare. BREEDERS SHOULD REGISTER THEIR FOALS. The action of the stockholders of the American Trotting Register Association in deciding to leave the registration rules as they have been for several years. and not limiting registration to one rule, the produce of a registered stallion and a registered mare, will un- doubtedly meet with general approval. Ideals are hard to attain and a forcing of any project is apt to result in confusion and often in never attaining the cherished goal. While the argument is plausible that the trotter has advanced to the stage where one rule will suffice is a plausible one, still there are certain facts that cannot be overlooked. The most promi- nent one is that for a variety of reasons the breeders of the country have never registered their foals as they should. In consequence there are many good mares and not a few stallions whose produce would be ineligible to registration if rule one were the only one in force. The trotter is different from other breeds of blooded stock for the blood lines were orig- inally founded on speed performances, and while the average breeder of today is a stickler for blood, in- sists on having the best pedigree possible, still the lat- ter without performance is of little value says the Western Horseman. If the other rules had been eliminated it is highly probable that many fast trot- ters and pacers would appear in the future that would not be eligible to a place in the association's books, yet would be considered most desirable by the prac- tical race horse man and practical breeder. If these should increase in considerable numbers it would not be long before registration would not be held in high esteem by those in search of racing material, for in the latter field speed is the great requisite. A campaign of education, showing the value of registration, should be carried on constantly, for there are a considerable number of small breeders who set but little store on registration papers and these are not convinced under present methods until a good sale is lost because of the lack of registration. Some means should be used to secure the conversion of this class without such practical lessons, for the latter are just as like as not to drive the breeder from the field as it is to convince him that it is an excellent thing not only for himself, but for all breeders, and for the trotter as a breed. Let us have a little more education along these lines before an attempt is again made to restrict registration to rule one. From Melbourne, Australia, coines a story of one of the largest winnings ever made by a small invest- ment on racing events. Australian bookmakers of- fered odds of £2,000 to £3, against Aurifer and Posinatus, coupled, the first named to win the Caul- field Cup, and the second to win the Melbourne Cup, both of which were run at Victoria. Albert Caulfield, of Melbourne, a business man, backed the pair for £60, and, as each won its respective race, he realized £40,000, or about $200,000. He said the odds, which he considered extraordinary, appealed to him. — New York Herald. Saturday, February 21, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN CHANGES IN TROTTING TURF RULES. A total of 394 tracks were represented by delegates or proxies at the Biennial Congress of the National Trotting Association at the Murray Hill Hotel, New York. The session lasted nearly four hours and many changes in the rules governing harness racing sport were discussed and adopted. With one exception, the rules drafted by the joint rule committee of the American and National Asso- ciations in Chicago last December, were passed unan- imously, the congress being compelled to take a vote on one rule alone. Every recommendation made by the Grand Circuit stewards at their annual meeting last month was acted upon favorably, while in the judgment of the delegates, representing almost every State in the Un- ion, all the new rules and changes or amendments in the old ones were such as to benefit harness racing in the future. John C. Welty, chairman of the rule committee, read each change and amendment and under the ruling of President P. P. Johnston they were voted upon separately with very little argument or discus- sion. Before reading the docket. Chairman Welty called the attention of the delegates to the fact that in approving or opposing the changes they must bear in mind that there is a mutual understanding be- tween the two parent associations to make the rules absolutely uniform, consequently it was the desire of the rule committee to pass all as drafted. This idea was adhered to throughout the session and the result was that the changes made in the schedule already prepared were very few and of lit- tle importance, in most cases nothing more than merely changes in phraseology. There was practically no argument or any serious discussion until the new rules pertaining to what is known as the three-heat plan of racing was reached, the section added to Rule 40, reading as follows: "When a series of races are given for one entrance fee and a portion of the purse is given for each heat or race, the winner of each heat or race shall acquire a record or bar, which shall be considered in deter- mining eligibility to compete in public races." H. O. Bain of Poughkeepsie at once objected to the rule — which was recommended by the Grand Circuit stewards to be withdrawn — that it was contrary to another rule just passed. He did not see the justice of not penalizing a heat or money winner in all other systems but this. He was strongly backed by Ed. A. Tipton, E. J. Tranter and others. Homer J. Kline, secretary of the Grand Circuit, who was present, but not as a delegate, was given the privilege by a unan- imous vote of the congress. In a long speech Mr. Kline explained the necessity of upholding this plan which was in favor with many racing associations and showed how the adoption of the rule as it read, will sound the death knell of the popular system. Other speakers, including A. J. Welch of Hartford, argued on the same line, while Mr. Tranter presented a substitute embodying the recommendation made by leading racetrack man- agers. After lengthy arguments and discussions the Tran- ter substitute was put to a vote and was defeated by 298 against it and only 41 in favor. The rule as recommended by the rule committee was therefore adopted. The other important recommendation made by the Grand Circuit stewards was adopted. This pertained to the eligibility of horses to races by their records made in winning races, and not by records taken in performances against time or in non-winning events. This rule was intended to become effective this year, but the stewards wanted to have it applied to all horses that have taken similar records "prior to 1914 and any time thereafter." The adoption of this amendment greatly pleased the big line representa- tives and more than repaid the loss of the thvee-heat system. Entries made in any form will hereafter be consid- ered as made strictly under the published conditions of the race, and while heretofore only owners, driv- ers and riders were held for the agreement signed on the entry blank, "lessees, managers, agents and nominators" will be held responsible; also any "other person having control of the horse." Track secretaries are now compelled to publish a full list of the entries and mail a copy to every nominator and the national association "within seven days after the entries close." Heretofore there was no time limit. Secretaries must also be prompt in sending out all withdrawals, declarations and sub- stitutions, or they cannot hold nominators liable for non-payment of entrance fees. Any man making an entry as "agent" can hereafter be forced, if need be, to give the name and correct address of the real owner; if not he can be suspended until the information is given. In case a horse is suspended for non-payment of entrance fees the sec- retary of the national association can allow the horse to compete in races, if the circumstances so warrant, and collect 15 per cent, of the gross winnings, to apply pro rata on suspensions. In all cases pertaining to records and bars to eligibility, the words "in a race that he won" are inserted, while exceptions are noted in all cases where the new rules pertaining to "time allowances," now and hereafter, become effective. Stakes and installment plan purses are now defined more min- utely than in the past, so that the words "an install- ment plan" precedes the word "purse" quite fre- quently, if such is the case. Hereafter all trotters and pacers that have taken records in losing races or in starts against time in the past or technically "prior to 1914" will not be penalized unless they have a record made in a win- ning race. And furthermore a horse that has failed to lower his record through a whole season or win a race, will be allowed a full second "for each year," provided the same is claimed by the nominator. Racing associations can make other time allowances under their published conditions, such as has been already planned by the Grand Circuit stewards. Upon the suggestion of Mr. Tipton, the rule allow- ing three seconds for records made in mile tracks when horses are entered on half-mile tracks, was changed to four seconds, the rule otherwise remain- ing as worded. This means that a horse with a mile track record of, say 2:0S^4, can be raced over the two-lap tracks in a 2:13 class. The change was adopted without any discussion. To make the rule pertaining to the identification of horses stronger, the following sentence was added: "and when appealed to the Board of Review, if the horse is not identified, he shall, together with the owner, nominator and driver, be expelled or sus- pended." The word "horse" is substituted for the word "animal" throughout. When, hereafter, "an installment plan purse," or what is known as an early closing event, is declared off, under the rule governing such cases, "the en- trance money and forfeits shall be divided equally among the nominators eligible to start." This rule was passed originally at the suggestion of Mr. Tip- ton, who had to return the forfeits to all entrants last fall at Lexington when there were postpone- ments on account of rain. Starters' licenses hereafter will cost five dollars and at meetings where the premiums do not exceed $3,000, they will act also as judges. The duty im- posed on timers are more minutely defined and they are required to be at the stand fifteen minutes before the races are called, elect a chairman, and are in- structed how to time and sign the judges' book. Any man signing an entry list as "agent," can not be held for entry fee provided he gives the name of the owner or the person having legal control of the horse, unless it is proven that he has any "contin- gent interest in the horse or his winnings." The only rule against the hopple now is that the straps shall not be used in any kind of performance on 3-year- olds or under, neither the members should allow the use of their tracks as defined under penalty of heavy fines and suspensions. Three notable changes were recommended by the rule committee, all favoring the active race drivers. It is said that they were due to Walter R. Cox, who represented the drivers and trainers on the commit- tee, and won the points by his argumentative ability. He had the rule against carrying a watch when driving or riding in a race, abolished altogether and convinced the committee that those who recommend- ed the rule — "loafing part of the way, shall be con- sidered laying up," — did not know what they were talking about, and had it scratched off. He also fought against the rule which allowed the judges or starters to impose fines and penalties with- out warning and had the rule abolished. Cox cer- tainly knows what this rule meant for often he has been fined silently and knew nothing of it for a day or two afterward. ""After the fifth heat in all races, only heat winners shall be permitted to start, but the horsey ruled out will be entitled to his winnings, if any. Under a new section, however, "a horse sent to the barn or ruled out cannot improve his position in the race." The distance on mile tracks will be 60 instead of 80 yards and SO instead of 100, with eight or more starters, while on half-mile tracks they will be SO and 100 instead of 100 and 150. A fine imposed on any racing association for sup- pression of time will include the president, secretary and all other officials of that member. Time made in preliminary trial heats in handicaps does not con- stitute a record or bar unless a portion of the prem- ium is awarded to the winner of same. Under a new clause, time made in any foreign country will be considered a record or a bar. The new rule that a representative of the National Association must be present at all meetings where horses are sent against time records was adopted in its entirety. If a horse takes a record in a race for which the announced premiums are not given, said record can be canceled at the request of the owner, provided "said owner relinquishes all claim to the money won in said race." All fines collected go for the benefit of needy and disabled drivers. Hereafter track managers become solely responsi- ble for the payment of the premium of any race pro- moted by another party or parties, as long as the race is contested over the member's track. This was said to refer to the racing of different futurities. Mr. Tipton raised objection to its adoption, but withdrew it. The former rule pertaining to circuit stewards, which is still in force in the American rules, was revived and passed. Colts and fillies shall be eligible alike to all stakes for horses of their age, but 2-year-olds are not allowed to compete with aged horses if the race is at a great- er distance than mile heats, two in three. A list of the members of the Board of Review as prepared by a committee was adopted, also the report of the treasurer which was read by Secretary Gocher. Before adjournment the Congress unanimously agreed to appropriate a certain sum of money to investigate a false attack on Secretary Gocher published by a turf weekly in New York. The article was read by Mr. Welty, and further investigation was strongly advocated by Mr. Sandles. who was loudly applauded. The Congress then adjourned, after electing officers for the next two years. HASH. Editor Breeder and Sportsman: This is the glad season when everybody horsey tells how to fix the rules to make harness racing popular so it won't die out. In the first place, it's flourished for 75 years under all kinds of handicaps, and you can't kill it. Anyway, not while the "Old Guard" live. After that I don't know? For nearly every boy from ten to eighteen can tell the make of any auto at a glance and how many aviators were killed last week, but they never heard of Uhlan or Peter Volo. The fundamental principle of all sports is to de- termine a winner, and by the same token "to the winner belongs the spoils." To my notion what the rules need after they are fixed on by the N. and A. T. A.'s, is a good letting alone, long enough so an aver- age crowd can get some idea of what horse is the winner and what he has won. In baseball the rules are exactly the same from Boston to San Francisco and 95 per cent, of a B.B. crowd know just what is going on. In harness racing every other secretary between Boston and San Francisco feels called on to get out a new set of rules and a weird division of money, from 3 in 5 to catch as catch can, and 60 per cent, of the crowd in a close split race don't know which has won. And as to amount won, it would take an expert accountant to figure that. How would a summary of the Panama-Pacific $20,000 look, supposing it happened like this. And according to the conditions it could happen just like this: A. 6 6 5 2 1; wins ?2500. B. 7 5 6 1 2; wins 1250. C. 4 4 1 4 3; wins 4250. D. 3 2 4 3 4; wins 3000. E. 2 3 3 5 5; wins 2750. F. 1 1 2 7 dis. G. 5 7 8 6 r.o. H. 8 S 7 8 r.o. Here the winner, if a late entry, gets a mark and $1250 net. The horse that stands sixth, if an early entry gets $5300 net and no mark. The second horse if a late entry wins just enough to pay his entrance, nothing net. Not a bad idea, after all, to split $20,000 up pretty well, but not very satisfactory to the winner of first money, especially if the winner gets a mark of 2:07 or 2:08. By the fall of 1914 possibly there will be heat winning and pull- ing enough so the second money horse will be hand- ed a record, and in this case nothing else to show for it. Horsemen are the brightest class in some things and biggest suckers in others of any class on earth. They will spend talent and brains enough and lie awake nights figuring on how to get some lobster to going good enough to enter and keep them broke for the next winter; start out on a circuit, double the railroads so as to pay all the freight or express possible, pay a little more at a hotel and for nearly everything else than others are charged; come up smiling the next summer and do it over again. I would rather try to build a railroad than a few things California horsemen did last year. S. S. Bailey's and Frank Childs' trip over the East and winning their share of races with the green five-year-old Leata J., up against T. W. Murphy, the generally considered greatest race driver since Mc- Henry and the best pacer that ever went down the G. C. in the slow classes in any vear bar 1901 and 190S. C. L. DeRyder winning 16 out of 17 starts with May Mack. Her record for 1912 was four starts and four flags, and it only took her the first heat in three of the starts to grab three flags. Don't know her 1913 groomster's name, but have to figure him in on it. C. A. Durfee winning on a pace in 2:06% with Zulu Bell and the next week beating 2:10 in the best trotting race on the Coast in 1913. Have seen a few successfully switched from trot to pace, but never heard of one going so fast as this from pace to trot so soon. I always thought C. A. could drive a limber necked one faster than anybody (perhaps bar Maben), but think this about the best piece of horsemanship he ever did. W. G. Durfee drove a two-year-old filly a half around 1:01 on a trot last fall and won the three best California colt stakes in 1913 with a three-legged one. Montgomery beat a 2:02 pacer with Jim Logan with about the same as three legs. Principally because Jim was garner — didn't know when he was beat and kept trying and Montgomery kept driving. And incidentally, because Durfee had too many other races on his hands that day. Fred Ward started out with one with two legs and won several races and came within an ace of win- ning a $5,000 purse when they were going in 2:10. Ted Hayes won the best two-year-old race on the Coast in 1913 with Bon Courage, and later gave him a world's record of 2:12%. Now, I would as soon expect to run the S. P. sys- tem as do the above, and next year these same men will be out doubling the railroads. Paying for 3,000 pounds express or freight charges on a 900-pound horse; $5 at $3 hotels, down to 15 cents for a 5-cent shine, and having owners ask, "What made you let him break?" OBSERVER. H. Feindel of Pleasanton purchased a big, fine bay mare by Silver Bow 2:16 out of a mare by Tempest; grandam Geraldine by Commodore Belmont, last spring. She had been bred for seven years but "failed to catch." When Mr. Feindel bought her he bred his handsome Carlokin stallion Johano to her and in a month or so she will, it is believed, drop a fine foal. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, February 21, 1914. | NOTES AND NEWS j Moko 24457 was the leading broodmare sire of 1913, with 20 trotters and two pacers to his credit. ffi©© Jack Adkins, the well-known horse trainer, will race Bert Kelley 2:12% on the California Circuit this year. ©©ffi The world's record of five miles on ice was beaten February 4th at Hull, Can., by Merry Direct p. 2:11%, who won in 12:27%. ©©© J. Malcolm Forbes 2: OS is back in the stud at Lex- ington, Ky., after a short stop in Thomas W. Mur- phy's training stable at Poughkeepsie. 9 S © Joe Patchen n. has been bred to Effie Logan (dam of Jim Logan 2:02%, etc.), Adroze (dam of Happy- Dentist 2:05%, etc.), and Arawana B. bv Sidney Dillon. ffi©ffi Livermore horsemen will give their annual horse show at that place on February 28th. Already enough stock has been pledged to exhibit to insure the suc- cess of the undertaking. ©ffi© The stallion season promises to be very successful and if the inquiries continue to come as they have the past week everyone at Pleasanton will be more than pleased with the results. ffi©© W. M. Hunt who is breaking and looking after the yearling colts for DeRyder at Pleasanton, has sev- eral promising ones in his string and several of tbem show three minute speed. ffi©© The beautiful Zombro two-year-old colt called Zom- bro n.. whose picture appeared in our issue last week, is for sale quite reasonable by J. Elmo Mont- gomery, who has this good trotter at the Woodland racetrack. ©©ffi Frank Perry (1) 2:15, and Spriggan, a colt owned by R. J. MacKenzie, have been castrated and are taking their work regularly on the Pleasanton race track. Mr. DeRyder says it was a most beneficial act to use the eraseur. ©ffi© The youngsters by Colorado E 2:04% are showing up well, four yearlings by him having stepped quar- ters in 38 seconds or better. The three-year-old champion is being prepared with a view to lowering the stallion record this year. ffi ffi© Ben Walker is back at Pleasanton. While at Co- lumbus the horse he was driving collided with another, throwing Ben out on his head and almost killing him. This well known reinsman is slowly recovering from the injury. ffi©© Louis Lissak, former steward of the California Jockey Club, and one of the best known racing men that California ever knew, died Sunday morning. He had been ill for some time, and his death was not unexpected by his friends and family. ©©© The popular starter and presiding judge, Magnus Flaws of Chicago, has been re-engaged at six of the places where he officiated last year, including Logans- port and Frankfort, Indiana, and the State Fairs at Desmoines, Hamline, Huron and Memphis. ©©© H. G. Smith has a roan mare by San Francisco, 2:07%, out of Birdie (dam of Bodaker, 2:13) by Jay Bird that improves even.* time she is worked at Pleasanton. Looks like Henry is going to have a real good one in this big good-looking mare. ffi©© Al. McDonald is handling a very promising colt by The Bondsman. Speaking of The Bondsman's colts, everyone who has one declares it will win every futurity stake. They are all very promising, level- headed, pure-gaited, good limbed and handsome. ©©© Trainer Al. Pennock of Cleveland, O., acting for W. P. Murray, owner of Toddington 2:20, by Moko, has purchased the trotting mare Nettie Freeman, by Peter the Great 2:07%, dam Ethel Vaughn by Arion 2:07%, grandam Roxie Allerton bv Allerton 2:09%. © ffi © Lavr, the American-bred but half-Orloff son of John A. McKerron 2:04%, that last season won the three-year-old championship of Russia, was recently the victor in an important stake event at St. Peters- burg, in which he defeated a high-class field for a rich purse. ffi©ffi The U. S. stock reports show that Nevada gained in the number of its horses last year, from 75,000 in 1913 to 76.000 head in 1914. Mules just held their own, while dairy cows gained from 20,000 to 22,000. Beef cattle gained 4,000 head, and sheep 30,000. Hogs also increased in number, from 32,000 to 33,000. ffiffiffi J. W. Pendleton of Oakland, Cal., is the gentleman who bred, named and carried the Peter Wilton filly Greatness in all the futurities, which he recently sold to Messrs. Martin & Cerciat of this city. She is one of the best "prospects" of her age in this State and Mr. Pendleton is to be congratulated on breeding such a good one. A seven months' old colt by The Bondsman out of Miss Harris by Sidney Dillon showed so much speed the other day at Pleasanton that one of the gentle- men who timed him offered the owners $500 for him, but it was refused. ffiffiffi Airedale 2:15%, holder of the record for yearling trotters, has been shipped to Alonzo iucDonald, at Indianapolis, to prepare for the coming campaign. Airedale is owned by J. Howard Ford, of Stony Ford, N. T., and is now three years old. He is eligible to the Kentucky Futurity and several other important colt races. ffiffi© An anti-racetrack gambling bill which, if enacted, will put all the racetracks in the state out of busi- ness, was introduced in the Maryland Legislature on February 6th. It prohibits pool-selling or book- making in any form whatever, in writing or without writing, at any place in the state, on land or water, at any time and under any conditions, ffiffiffi Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 18. — When the Mercantile Bank failed here last week for a large amount one of the heavy losers was "Pop" Geers, the veteran harness driver. He had deposited $20,000. His wife is now in a precarious condition from the shock. Geers was intending to build a new home and spend the remainder of his days here. ffiffiffi With Joe Patchen n. 2:03%, and Empire Direct 2:07%, to her credit, Fred Dietz's old Speedway pacer, Bessie Bonehill 2:05%, now ranks among the great producing mares, particularly from a money winning point of view. Her two sons won $34,835 in 1912 and 1913. No other mare with an equally fast record ever produced two such winners, ffiffi© The good weather the past two weeks has stimu- lated the trainers at Pleasanton, and they are get- ting right down to business. Any day one can see some clever work through the stretch. Of course, no exceptionally fast time has been made but the horses are going good gaited and seem to take in- terest in the work as well as the trainer, ffiffiffi W. Oke, London, Ont., has a couple of speed pros- pects that will be trained and raced. One is a black five-year-old by Oro Wilkes 4, 2:11, the other a three- year-old filly by Kentucky Todd 3, 2:08%, and both can fly at the trot. They are out of Clarissa D. (trial in 2:18 at two years), by Baron Wilkes 2:18, and will be in the Durfee racing stable, of Los Angeles, ©©© Allen & Ryan have a sensational yearling by The Bondsman, dam Miss Harris by Sidney Dillon, at Pleasanton, that worked an eighth for Bert Webster in 25 seconds and this little Miss was never hooked to a cart of any kind until after Bert Webster opened his public stable in January. The boys re- ceived quite a handsome offer from a millionaire horse lover, but the offer was refused. ©©© For hiring others to poison horses, two brutes, of New York City, were recently sentenced to not less than one year and nine months, nor more than three years and eight months, in Sing Sing prison. One of the men, David Kalhofer, was president of the East Side Horse Owners' Protective Association, and the other, Max Swersky, was his business partner, and they were convicted of hiring men to poison the horses belonging to competitors. ©©© A number of men in Tulare formed a company and recently purchased two fine draft stallions. Both are imported. They were purchased from the Mc- Laughlin Percheron Company of Oakland, California, paying a large sum for the same. They are consid- ered to be the best draft stallions ever brought to this country. One is a chestnut Belgian, for which they paid $4,800: the other a black Percheron, cost- ing $4,600. Mr. Lipson has these at the Tulare Fair grounds in his charge. ©©© During the last three days of the Kentucky Trot- ting Sale at Lexington, 227 trotting bred horses of all classes were sold, for a total amount of $68,905, or an average of a shade over $300 per head. The fact that only one horse was sold for over $1,000, the general and average prices received are consid- ered satisfactory, and is taken as an indication that horse values for the year will not suffer as has been expected since last fall. ©©S C. W. Todd, who now lives at Baker, Ore., but sells horses on the Portland market, last week bought from Ben. F. Jagger, Portland, the pacing gelding, Maurice S 2:06. This is the horse Dick Wilson raced for Mr. Jagger in 1912 and took East last year but trained off and was not started. Todd will probably race him on the North Pacific circuit as he will be eligible to the 2:10 class on half-mile tracks if the proposed change in the rules is adopted. He should he hard to beat in that sort of company if he trains sound. ©©© John D. Rockefeller, Jr., son of America's wealth- iest man, drives a pair of trotting bred high steppers from his New York residence, in East Fifty-fourth street, every morning and in all sorts of weather, to his office at No. 26 Broadway, a distance of five miles. If other men of large affairs would but fol- low the younger Mr. Rockefeller's lead, instead of riding to business in heated limousines, they would arrive there in a happier frame of mind and their nerves, doubtless, would more readily stand the strain which accompanies the busy life of money getting. Ray G. Pratt, C. K. G. Billings' engineer, spent a day in Cleveland last week inspecting the North Ran- dall track and consulting with H. A. Watterson and officials of the Forest City Live Stock and Fair Co., in regard to building a track at Curls' Neck Farm, the celebrated breeding establishment owned by Mr. Billings. Mr. Billings wants the track at his Vir- ginia farm built along the same lines as the North Randall course. ©©ffi Chas. A. Durfee has leased the good pacer Hal J. 2:09% from H. E. Armstrong and will drive him on the California Circuit this season. Hal J. was sired by Hal B. 2:04% out of Jessie M. (trial 2:22). dam also of Delia H. 2:10, by Del Norte 2:08; second dam by Roekwood 1467, third dam by Oneco 2:29%; fourth dam by Oregon Pathfinder, son of Morrill 380. It would not surprise us if Mr. Durfee places this good gelding well inside the 2:05 list. If anyone can do so, it is he. ©©© Messrs. J. L. Bulloch and I. M. Lipson of Tulare have recently purchased Uganda 53942, son of Nut- wood Wilkes 2:16%, dam Ida May (dam of Homeward 2:13%, sire of George G. 2:05%, Albert Derieda 2:14%, Homeway 2:14%, Azalia, two-year-old trial 2:26%, and Dewdrop, dam of Andy Direct 2:25). Ugan- da is a four-year-old, and it is the intention of the owners to breed their choicely bred mares to him and give him a chance in 1915. He is marked iden- tically as Copa de Oro 1:59 and is the same golden shade of bay. He was bred bv L. G. Dollenmayer of Hanford, Cal. ©©© The latest addition to R. J. MacKenzie's string of good ones is a handsome brown mare that Chas. L. DeRyder selected for him at Phoenix, Arizona. She is called Zombro Belle, sired by Zombro 2:11 out of Belle Raymon (dam of Don Reginaldo 2:12% and the sire Colonel Green) by Raymon; grandam Gip- sey (dam of Delilah 2:06%, Gazelle G. 2:11%, dam of Zolock 2:05%, Zephyr 2:07%, Gazant 2:10%, etc.; Ed. Winship 2:15, and Dixie W. 2:27) by Gen. Booth 2:30%, great grandam Echo Belle (dam of Princeton 2:29%, grandam of Conn 2:15%) by Echo 462. Zom- bro Belle is a trotting mare that looks as if she will be another 2:10 performer to the credit of her sire. ©©© Paris, France, Feb. 7. — Napoleon's famous charger, Vizier, having worn out its third tail since his master's death, has just been supplied with a fourth flowing appendage for the benefit of next summer's American visitors. Vizier, except for his tail, is the "authentic" war horse ridden by Napoleon. After the animal's death, the skin was stuffed and placed among the Napoleonic collection at the Invalides Museum and became one of the objects which has attracted the attention of most visitors. Of the three tails that have already disappeared at the hands of sightseers, despite the vigilance of the guardians, it is believed that- at least two are in America in small detachments. ©©© There are but three American 2:10 mares that have produced trotters in Austria-Hungary that en- tered the 2:30 list. Of this trio. Neeretta 2:09%, by Neernut 2:12%, out of Bess, by Nutford, is credited with three, while Lilly Young 2:09%, by Young Ful- lerton 2:20% out of Nora T. by Ten Broeck, and Contralto 2:10 by The Conqueror 2:12% out of Red Rose, by Jester D., contributed one performer each. Neeretta 2:09% has produced, so far, Demission 2:23, by Baronaise 2:20% or Deservist: Geeretta 2:28, by Dillon Boy 2:09%, and Hexenmeister 2:28%, bv Lord Revelstock 2:12%. Lilly Young 2:09% is the dam of Lilly Caid, 3, 2:23%, by Caid 2:07%. Contralto 2:10 is the dam of Tenore, 3, 2:28%, by Argonaut 2:15% (son of Caid 2:07%). ©ffi© Frank S. Turner has quite a string of good horses at Santa Rosa, including the finely formed stallion Guy Dillon 2:21% (sire of Guy Borden 2:07%, etc.), and the mares Caratina by McKinney 2:11% out of By By, in foal to the Exponent 2:11%: Centerguy by McKinney 2:11% out of By Guy by Guy Wilkes 2:15%; Caritone by Antone out of Biscari (dam of 11) by Director 2:17; Guy's Caritone by Guy Dillon 2:21% out of Caritone, in foal to Exponent 2:11%. Carimoo C. by McKinney 2:11% out of Adioo by Guy Wilkes 2:15%, and an Exponent colt, one of the finest in the United States, besides the black stallion Guy Carlton 2:30, brother to the unfortunate Guy Borden 2:07%. Mr. Turner has not fully decided where he will locate permanently with this band of choice trotters. He has been looking for a suit- able place for several months. ffiffi© Havis James arrived at Indianapolis last week after a long vacation from the horses, spent at his home in Hamilton, Ont. The change of scenery and home cooking has put the glow of health in his face, and he is prepared for a busy year. During his ab- sence Colusa, the fast green pacer, brought from California last spring, and the colt Hedgewood Patch- en. by Hedgewood Boy p. 2:01, have been jogged by Johnny Hettle, for a number of years James' right- hand man. Colusa is in very fine order, and the same can be said with emphasis of Hedgewood Patch- en. If he trains to suit. Colusa will be raced, but Hedgewood Patchen, now a four-year-old, will only be developed with a feeling that he might be the Joe Patchen n. of 1915. Grand Opera p. 2:12%, that was quite a star last year in northwestern Canada, is to be sent to James about March 1st, as will also Vaster p. 2:09%, raced last year and this winter upon the ice by George Spencer. Spencer expects to invade the Canadian half-mile rings. — Horse Review. Saturday, February 21, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN D. O. LIVELY'S WORK FOR THE EXPOSITION. The mantle of Noah has fallen on D. O. Lively, head- of the department of livestock of the Panama- Pacific International Exposition. He is booking a variegated assortment of livestock for a ten months' engagement at the big 1915 show, which would have made the Ararat impresario green with envy. While the bizarre make-up of Lively's animal crew will lend itself chiefly to popular interest, it will not detract from the fact that the Exposition livestock exhibit will constitute a memorable representation of a great world industry. Lively and his assistants have taken up the task of bringing to the Exposition the best representation of livestock which the world today affords, and all the nations of the world will send their best products of animal culture. From thousands of proposed en- tries the best achievements of scientific breeding will be selected. Any person wishing to study a highly specialized line of stock breeding will find animals typifying the narrowest lines of class selection and breeding. The livestock of every clime, from Greenland to the trop- ics, will be represented. It will require a strip of ground nearly a mile long to accommodate the livestock exhibit, including the mile track, on which, in connection with the livestock exhibit, running and trotting races will be given. Contracts will be let and work will be begun on the livestock buildings before the end of this month. The buildings will be grouped around a great central forum, which will be the main exhibit and judging area, and which will be 676 by 420 feet in area. The forum will be surrounded by eight stables, two on each side, with a total of 1,124 stalls. The seating capacity of the main grandstand will be 18,000 and that of a smaller forum grandstand 2,680. East of the forum will be a large congress and office building, with halls for livestock conventions, reception rooms and offices for exhibitors and live- stock commissioners. South of this will be a dairy building and a pavilion for a permanent poultry ex- hibit. A study of the experience of other great stock exhibits has been made, and in the stabling of ani- mals and the arrangements for their care many novel arrangements have been made which will obviate difficulties of other shows. The mile track, which is in the form of a long, narrow ellipse, has been completed, with the excep- tion of surfacing, and the enclosure, which will be used for a drill ground and athletic field, has been turfed. The track is of a uniform width of sixty feet, except on the home stretch, where it is eighty feet, and is built up at the turns for a two-minute gait. The main horse show and the Exposition races will be held in connection with the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Futurity races. Like the heads of other Exposition departments, Lively will attempt to achieve a close parallel be- tween the exhibits and live stock congresses, in order to give a visitor the opportunity to get the utmost practical value out of the live stock studies and their demonstrations in the stalls. The Live Stock Asso- ciation of America, at its recent Denver meeting, at which the Exposition was represented by I. D. Graham, assistant chief of the department of live stock, voted to hold its 1915 meeting in San Fran- cisco, and with it will come seventy-six allied asso- ciations. These congresses will be augmented by other gatherings of live stock men, which will bring the total of congresses and conventions concerned with live stock to fully 100, and possibly more. Unique studies and competitions are being planned by these various bodies, in co-operation with the Exposition management, among which is an egg- laying contest, which will continue from November 14, 1914, to November 15, 1915. Lively, with Felix Martinez of El Paso, Texas, and William J. Barr of New York, was a member of the United States Commission to South America, repre- senting the Exposition, which recently toured South American countries. The commission visited Venez- uela, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Peru, and all these countries were found to be mak- ing definite preparations for elaborate exhibitions at San Francisco in 1915. The commission found in many cases that not only had funds for fitting exhibits been appropriated, but that the actual work of collecting exhibits was well under way. At Buenos Ayres, where the commission was received by Acting President de la Plaza, the Secretary of Foreign Relations and the Minister of Agriculture, the commission was informed that the Argentine Congress already had asked for an appro- priation of 3,000,000 pesos, equivalent, approximately, to $1,300,000, and that a large part of this already had been provided. Venezuela, the first country visited by the com- mission, will use $350,000 for the display of its rich and varied products, and a considerable part of this fund will be expended on the live stock exhibit. Brazil has, by act of Congress, fixed the amount to be expended at the Exposition at $500,000, and will also concentrate on a showing of its live stock resources. o William Simpson is one of our oldest and most thoughtful breeders. He has two family building stallions in McKinney and Axworthy, but realizes the prepotency of Peter the Great and has booked Lill Worthy, Queen Worthy, Baron Worthy and Haw- thorne to the sire of Peter Volo. The breeder who takes advantage of great speed producing lines trav- els in the most direct way to success. Mr. Simpson, in a long and active career, has invested not less than one million dollars in trotting horse breeding enterprises. CALIFORNIA STABLES TO TRAIN AT NORTH RANDALL. Lured by the desire to grab the major portion of the rich purses which will be divided among the winners on the Grand Circuit this coming season, and confident that their charges are capable of turn- ing the trick, three Western trainers, now quartered at the Exposition track at Los Angeles, Cal., will bring their stables East for the 1914 campaign down the big line. The stables which will make the long journey from the Pacific Coast are those being trained by W. G. Durfee, Charlie Atkinson and Arlie Frost, and the fact that men of their experience will take their charges such a distance should certainly indicate that the horses which they will bring are of exceed- ingly high class. Otherwise they would be raced on the Pacific Coast. The fact that these three stables, which, by the way, are among the best in training, will take part in the Grand Circuit competition will be of especial interest to Cleveland horsemen owing to the fact that all will finish their early training at the North Randall track, according to present plans, the stables being shipped to the local course about the first of June. Even at this early date it is easy to predict just which horses Frost and Atkinson will take to the races, but in regards to the Durfee string it is almost impossible to guess the makeup which will campaign in the East. At present Durfee is wrorking with some sixty head, many of which will not be sent to the races until the 1915 campaign. Of the horses which will hear the bell ring this season, some will come East under the personal care of Durfee, while others will make a campaign over the Pacific Coast circuit under the supervision of one of Durfee's assistant trainers. This division of the stable will be made owing to the fact that Durfee has so many good ones eligible to the same classes. This is especially true in regard to the three-year-old trots. In the Durfee stable are the pacers Don Pronto, 2:02%; Chango (2), 2:13%; Phyllis Barnette (3), trial, 2:10; the trotters Honey Healy, 2:29%; Rags (3), 2:12%; Ethel D. (2), 2:26%; Josephine Watts (2), 2:24%; Virginia Barnette (2), trial, 2:17%; Bertha Pointer, trial, 2:12; Nellie Mac, trial, 2:10%; Esperanza (3), 2:14%; John Warwick (2), 2:17; Whittier, trial, 2:11; Crescendo B., trial, 2:12%, and a host of green ones. Of the above list it is almost a certainty that Don Pronto, Chango, Phyllis Barnette, Honey Healy, Rags, Virginia Barnette, Bertha Pointer, Nellie Mac, Esperanza and Whittier will be seen at North Randall, and that more will be included in the Eastern bunch is doubtful. These horses are really the cream of the Pacific Coast. Not one but which has shown the speed to warrant Durfee to believe that he has one of the greatest stables in his. long career as a horseman. Although Durfee has brought out such great history makers as Copa De Oro, 2:01; Don Pronto, 2:02%; Manrico, 2:07%; Helen Stiles, 2:06%; Carlokin, 2:07%, and Del Coronado, 2:09%, the famous West- ern driver believes that at least two of his young stars, the two which will be seen in the trotting and pacing futurities, are destined to become the most famous horses he has ever handled. Virginia Barnette, by Moko, dam Zephyr, by Zombro, is the hope of the Durfee stable for the three-year-old trotting futurities, and although she will have to compete against all the great two-year- olds of 1912, including the great Peter Volo, 2:04%, yet Durfee and many others believe that Virginia will be returned the greatest three-year-old trotter of the 1914 season. As a two-year-old, Virginia Barnette has stepped a full mile in 2:17%, and ripped off halves in 1:06, 1:03 and 1:00%. Age for age she is faster than Manrico, that won the greatest of futurities. She has never been trained at a tender age. as has Peter Volo, yet she has had plenty of work, and has shown indications of sensational speed. Phyllis Barnette is a daughter of Copa de Oro, and a half sister to Manrico, and should prove just as sensational as either of the latter. She is a natural pacer, and has as a two-year-old negotiated the full distance in 1:15, and had little trouble in working at that clip. She certainly will bear watch- ing. Chango is another candidate for the three-year- old pacing classics. He is a good-going little wiggler, by Copa De Oro, dam Lady H, by Del Coronado. As a two-year-old Chango started four times and gathered three firsts, one second and a record of 2:13%. Don Pronto, 2:02%, is too well known to need introduction to local horsemen. That he is still able to travel with the best was shown last summer, when he reeled off several heats in 2:03 or better. Coming to the trotters of the Durfee stable, Rags, the rough looking trotter that as a three-year-old took a mark of 2:12%, and was the unbeaten champion of the Pacific Coast, will be entered in all the feature events to which he is elgible. Rags certainly looks his name. If offered at auction, horsemen unacquainted with his ability would hardly offer 30 cents, but that appearance certainly has nothing to do with his ability as a campaigner, as was evidenced by his 1913 record. Honey Healy, Nellie Mac, Esperanza, Whittier and Crescendo B. will be seen in the slow stake and class events. The latter is a full brother of Copa de Oro, and has already trialed better than 2:10. While the greatest interest will be centered in the U-rfee stable owing to Phyllis and Virginia Barn- ette being numbered among its members, yet the Frost and Atkinson stables should figure prominently in any event in which one of the members starts. The headliner of the Atkinson string is the sensa- tional pacing filly, Little Bernice, 2:09%, by Del Coronado, dam Pearl Pointer, by Sky Pointer, the filly that last year as a three-year-old forced Will- iam to step in 2:05% and 2:05, the latter heat being the fastest ever credited to a three-year-old wiggler. As a three-year-old Little Bernice faced the starter on fifteen different occasions, won six races, was second seven times, unplaced once and once finished behind the flag. In all she won $4,150. She is now eligible to the stakes for 2:10 pacers, and will make the trip down the entire Grand Circuit. Since last season she has filled out to a wonderful degree, and should be there or thereabouts when the winner flashes under the wire. In addition to Little Bernice, Atkinson has Barney Ted, 2:14% to wagon, by Norval King, dam by Master MeGrath, a trotter that will be prepared for the slow classics. He also has four other green trottters that are due for the class events. King Daphne, the big black horse that took down almost $5,000 on the Great Western Circuit in 1913, is the top notcher in the Frost stable. He will be entered throughout the big line, and from the man- ner in which he wound up last season one is led to believe that King Daphne will be one of the good ones of 1914. In Hal Wilkes, a green pacing gelding, by Young Hal, Frost believes he has something good. This fellow is a nice going pacer, and recently stepped a half over the Los Angeles oval in 1:01, going the distance in a manner which would indicate that he could have traveled the full mile in 2:05 or better Five other green ones complete the Frost stable — Trotter and Pacer. THE N. T. A. AND A .T. A. DO NOT AGREE. Chicago, February 17.— Harness racing in the Unit- ed States during the next two years will not be under uniform rules. The effort to harmonize these racing laws failed tonight when the American Trotting As- sociation, at its biennial meeting, rejected important amendments adopted two months ago by joint com- mittees of the American and the National Trotting Associations. Most of the amendments were adopted, however, and the association voted to keep alive the commit- tee on rule revision and another attempt will be made two years hence to make one set of rules for the various trotting associations. There was a heated argument over the amend- ment of the rule dealing with the eligibility of a horse which stated that ''only the records made by the winners of races shall be considered." Many horsemen claimed that in the "every heat a race" system — money divided each heat, records made by winners of any heat should stand. An amendment which stated that records made against time and in public races by non-winners on the two in three or three in five place — money divid- ed according to rank in final summary, shall not be considered a bar to eligibility in races was adopted. Three directors were re-elected and will meet in May to elect executive officers. Cleveland was awarded the opening date of the Great Western circuit here today at a meeting at which forty horsemen, representing nine states, were present. The events will take place there the week of July 20th and purses will total $40,000 for the six days' races. The events at Cleveland, and those which follow at Detroit, Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo, will be conducted jointly by the Great Western and the Grand Circuits. The complete list of Great Western dates and the purses offered was given out as follows: Date and City — Purse. July 20th-25th, Cleveland $10,000 July 27th-August 2nd, Detroit 40,000 August 3rd-Sth, Grand Rapids 32^000 August 10th-15th, Kalamazoo 41,000 August 17th-22nd, Decatur, IH 15 000 August 24th-2!3th, Galesburg 15,000 August 31st-September 5th, Des Moines 16.000 September 7th-12th, Hamline, Minn 28,000 September 14th-19th. Milwaukee 26 000 September 21st-26th. Springfield, 111 35,000 September 2Sth-Oetober 3rd, Sedalia, Mo 15,000 October 5th-10th, Muskogee, Okla 12 000 October 20th-25th, Dallas, Tex 40,000 November 9th-14th, Phoenix, Ariz 30,000 VIRGINIA BARNETTE SOLD FOR $15,000. Last Saturday E. T. Barnette of Los Angeles closed a deal by which Clarence J. Berry, the Alaska mining magnate, purchased the remarkably fast filly Virginia Barnette for $15,000 cash, and will have her trained especially for the Panama-Pacific Exposition race meeting in 1915. Wm. G. Durfee, who has always handled her, will continue and have her in perfect readiness to meet the fastest four-year-old trotters in the world. Virginia Barnette was foaled in 1911, sired by Moko. the great sire of futurity winners, out of Zephyr 2:07% by Zombro 2:11; grandam Gazelle 2:11% (dam of Zolock 2:05% and three others in 2:30) by Gossiper 2:14%, etc. As a two-year-old she trotted a trial mile in 2:17%, halves in 1:06, 1:03 and 1:01%, timed by reputable and capable timers, who claim they never saw as perfect a gaited trotter or one that trotted with greater ease. Mr. Roscoe D. Staats of Independence, Oregon, bought the bay stallion Nogi 2:10% from A. Ottinger of this city and shipped him to his place. Nogi should make a most valuable sire. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, February 21, 1914. J ROD, GUN AND KENNEL 1 I CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT. § THE COLORADO DELTA COUNTRY. It is not very generally known that within two or three days' ride of Los Angeles, there are waters all unknown and as rarely visited as any waters in the wide world. Reference is made to the lower Colorado river and the northern extremity of the Gulf of California. To visit those waters was the purpose of a cruise with several gentlemen on board the Searchlight several seasons ago. "We were made very comfortable indeed in the Searchlight; a good cook and an abundant commis- sary had been provided," states Col. W. F. Holabird in narrating the principal incidents. ""We tied up every night along the wooded banks of the river around a huge camp fire, and listened to entertaining stories of early days, full of thrilling incidents and hairbreadth escapes. Capt. Jack Mellon told us that in 1S52 a seventy- five ton schooner, called the Sierra Nevada, George A. Johnson, master, sailed up the Colorado river to a point about thirty miles above the present mouth of the Hardy river. She was loaded with freight for the army, and received $150 a ton to carry the freight from San Francisco to Yuma — a promiscuous cargo, which had to be lightered up the river from a point thirty miles above Hardy's Colorado to Yu- ma. Guards were constantly fighting the Indians, who protested against the invasion of whites, while a large crew of white men toiled laboriously through the marshes, willows and mesquite brush, hauling the towline of the huge barges. , In 1859 the schooner Arno was wrecked at an island called Arno, a few miles below the mouth of the Hardy. She carried 150 barrels of Kentucky whisky, which undoubtedly lies buried today in the sands of the treacherous Colorado. Future floods and erosions, causing changes of channel, may expose the hulk of the Arno, and who knows what some ad- venturous hunter may yet drink of this whisky while hunting pigs in the tule swamps of the Hardy. In 1862 the bark Rollins, an ex-slaver, which, after carrying many a cargo of poor, miserable blacks from Africa to the southern ports of the United States, had been forced to give up her nefarious trade, only to be wrecked on her first A'Oyage to the mouth of the Colorado. The tide in the northern extremity of the gulf is the second highest tide of North America during the full moon, and the 'bore,' so termed, is one of the tremendously awful sights illustrating the forces of nature. The Rollins went in at high tide and an- chored on what appeared to be safe anchorage ground. When the tide went out, she was left on a steep slope lying on her side thirty feet or more from the water line. The channel of the Colorado river has changed many times during the interval that has elapsed since Capt. Mellon explored and navigated its waters. When the Indian troubles in Arizona, just a few years prior to the completion of the Southern Pacific rail- road to Yuma, demanded the presence of a large number of soldiers in the Territory, practically the only way for supplies to be carried into the Territory was from San Francisco to Yuma by water. Point Isabel, just east of Montague Island, in the northern extremity of the gulf, was selected as the shipyard and transfer port from ship to barge, and in 1864 a shipyard was commenced, and it was maintained for thirteen years thereafter, together with a drydock. without the knowledge of the Mexican government druing all that interval. It may be well enough to remark, however, that during that period the Mexi- cans had troubles of their own, and were too much engrossed with matters of greater importance to look into a little detail like this. In 1877 the Southern Pacific reached Yuma, which naturally put an end to traffic operations on the Lower Colorado river. The islands of the northern part of the gulf are full of mystery, some of them said to be peopled by cannibal Indians, who have never yielded to the civilizing influences of the whites. Some of them are mountainous in character, and others great flat stretches of sediment covered by water at extreme high tides. Countless myriads of wild fowl of every description frequent and breed in these waters, nesting upon the uninhabited islands. To the west, the bleak, barren mountain range stretches from San Jacinto to La Paz. We found the possibilities of navigation on the lower Colorado and the northern extremity of the gulf exceedingly limited. During the last thirty-five or forty years, the bed of the channel has gradually been raised, until the river, prior to its breaking awa ytwo years ago, when it flowed into Salton basin, was higher than the bed of Hardy's Colorado, a trib- utary to the main river coming in from the north- west. During all of this period the banks at normal stage of water were from 4% to 6% feet above the surface of the water. Now there is no bank at all above the surface of the water, and the water over the bars of the river is shallower than at any period during its navigable history. This clearly shows that when the flow of the river turned into Salton basin, there was a precipitation in the old river channel of the solids to a very unusual degree, and at the mouth of the river bars have been formed, shutting off apparently the chief navigable channel bea.ing eastward toward point Isabel, and forming an entirely new island between Montague and the mainland in Sonora. It appears that there is a nav- igable channel at extreme high tides still open on the gest side of the gulf from the mouth of the Col- orado. Hardy's Colorado carried a very small percentage of silt, but was only navigable for vessels drawing twenty-four inches of water and as far as the mouth of the Pescadero. This stream is said by engineers to flow through the trough of a basin lower than the channel of the Colorado river, and it would ap- pear that, with no bank to control the main Colorado, the levee built by the California Development Com- pany, protecting an overflow into Salto sea, through Alamo river, there is every probability that the Col- orado river may find an entirely new channel, leaving the main river at a point twenty miles or so below the boundary line of Arizona and Sonora, flowing southwest to what is now known at Hardy's Colo- rado. Should the river make a wide channel into the Pescadero, it is very probable that it would per- manently flow into Hardy's Colorado and thence to the gulf. We saw opportunities for the redemption of tide lands of enormous area, at the mouth of the Colorado on both sides of it, which will doubtless be accom- plished during the next generation at least, as dykes can be thrown up economically, restraining both flood and tide, and permitting irrigation through its banks. The tule lands, occupying the triangle be- tween Hardy's Colorado and the present channel of the main Colorado, covering an area of at least 100,- 000 acres, are enormously rich, and would justify their early redemption. It is in this region that Prof. Swingle, of the Department of Agriculture, at Wash- ington, says the culture of the date palm will achieve its greatest success. Much of the area can be irri- gated twice a month during the flood tides, as the water is not as salty as the waters used under similar conditions in the old world to irrigate lands largely devoted to date culture. The California-Mexican Land and Cattle Company has about 18.000 head of cattle, occupying the great valley of the Hardy and the Colorado, in Lower Cal- ifornia. We saw a very few of these cattle, 18,000 making a very small showing in so large an expanse of country. This was written in camp at the head of Hardy's Colorado at Volcanic lake, in sight of the geysers, which cover several miles square in area. Capt. Mellon tells us that there have been tremendous physical changes in this immediate locality since his first visit in 1873. Much of the area that was covered with geysers at that time is now like the rest of the country, entirely free from any extreme evidence of the existence of the springs he tells us about. The volcanic region is situated about twenty miles due south of the American boundary line, at Calexico, Cal. The volcanic evidences of today are comprised solely in mud geysers. There are many hundreds of these geysers, throwing out great volumes of mud and a great deal of hot water. The water is highly saturated with mineral substances, doubtless much soda, alum and iron. The area covered by the gey- sers consists of about 6000 acres, and is of fascinat- ing interest — the most weird, uncanny landscape to be found on the Pacific Coast. Sensational stories have been written concerning this region before the railroad penetrated Imperial and made the country easy of access. A pool covering some twenty acres had been described as a lake of ink, when it is really a lake of hot water, very muddy, due to geysers below the surface of the water constantly disturbing the mud. Capt. Jack Mellon of Yuma, who was our oracle, has a rather novel theory as to the dyke that ex- tends from the coast range on the west to Yuma, which, when formed, cut off the Salton basin from the gulf of California. The generally-accepted the- ory has been that this dyke was formed by sediment brought down by the Colorado river, and when the deposit became so great that the water of the river could not spread out over it, the channel sought the path of least resistance, and flowed, as it now flows, into the gulf of California. Then the dyke, or barrier, grew by vegetation, and the deposit of drift and sand upon its surface until the level was a few feet about that of the ocean, and then the indescribable heat of the desert sun evaporated the waters of Sal- ton basin. Capt. Mellon's theory is that during the great erup- tive period on the Pacific Coast, which occurred ages ago, the mountain known as "Black Butte," which stands just on the margin of the volcanic area, was the center of all volcanic disturbance in this im- mediate region, and simultaneous with its great eruption, the geysers or water-and-mud volcanoes burst out in the bottom of the gulf, and that the eruption from these geysers created the dyke, rather than the sediment brought down by the Colorado. His theory appears reasonable, when you consider the vast quantity of material brought up every day by the geysers that now exist. The force, however, I believe is rapidly being spent, as the material is not thrown into the water one-third as high today as it was when I visited this region five years ago. All of Lower California, embracing in what is known as the Delta of the Colorado, beginning at the American boundary line and extending to the mouth of Hardy's Colorado, and westward to the summit of the Cocopah, range, excepting some 50,000 acres lying east of Calexico along the boundary line, is the prop- erty of the biggest cattle-ranch company on the Pacific Coast, the California-Mexico Land and Cattle Company, composed mainly of Los Angeles capital- ists. It appears to me that they embrace the last opportunity to create a great stock ranch, possessing fertility far beyond that of any cattle ranch known in North America. The total area owned by this company comprises nearly 1,000,000 acres in Lower California and 1,100 acres in the United States. They have redeemed from a desert condition, by irrigation, 6500 acres during the last four years, having planted 4000 acres to alfalfa, which produces marvelously, and have 2500 acres in annual crops, all of which are devoted to fattening cattle, sheep and hogs for the market. After having visited this great ranch, at intervals of two or three years apart, four different times, I conservatively estimate 500,000 acres as being sus- ceptible to irrigation, 350,000 acres of which can be brought to the highest standard of fertility and pro- duction, yielding, if devoted to forage crops alone, crops the value of which annually would pay the interest upon a valuation of $200 an acre. It is also without question, as demonstrated in the Imperial valley, lying a few miles to the north, that the soil and conditions are wonderfully favorable to the cul- ture of the raisin grape, and doubtless other crops of high market value will be found adapted to the soil and climate. I am informed that the ranch carries about 18,000 head of cattle, 900 horses, 6000 hogs, and 1500 high- grade sheep, all of the stock being bred up to the very' highest standard of excellence by using pedi- greed animals to improve their herds. For the sportsman there are unlimited opportuni- ties for both furred, feathered and bristled game. Hunting territory in which the big horn sheep and bucks can be found can be easily reached belowT the border line in Lower California. The vast tule jungles and the shallow shore flats of the river mouths are the abiding places of countless thousands of all kinds of aquatic wildfowl and shore birds. The wild pigs of the Colorado Delta are hard customers to get away with and game to the core. Good quail hunting also abounds in many places on both sides of the line. The headquarters in Mexico, about six miles from the boundary line, and in the United States, just north of the boundary line, are models of comfort and convenience. It is one of the greatest object lessons in arid America, and I could not but thiuk of the vast areas on the Upper Nile in Egypt, where lands of a similar character which, under irrigation, produce four bales of cotton to the acre, sell for $200 gold per acre. These lands possess all the qualities of the Egyptian lands, hut are far superior in quality of soil and in environment — that is, being within nine hours' ride of the city of Los Angeles, right upon a great transcontinental railway, and close to the navigable waters of the Gulf of California. Indeed, Hardy's Colorado, with a little straightening and dredging, could bring navigation right into the heart of the property. There are vast forests in the land, comprising willow, Cottonwood find mesquite. I should estimate 150,000 acres of forest. What this means in an arid country can only be appreciated by those who have lived and developed a treeless region. Probably the cottonwood forest has a com- mercial value for paper pulp wood far exceeding its value for fuel purposes. It is not the vision of a dreamer when I predict that, within the next twenty years, Imperial valley and the Delta of the Colorado in Lower California will produce more tonnage, worth more money, than any similar area on the Pacific Coast from Alaska to the Panama canal. All of the waters of the Colo- rado will ultimately be required for irrigating the lands. o Good Salmon Crop Assured. — The fall take of sal- mon eggs at the United States fisheries at Mill creek, Baird and Hornbrook has closed. Captain G. H. Lambson. superintendent of all the fisheries, reports that the season's take to date is as follows: Mill creek, Tehama county, 16,000,000; Battle creek, Tehama county, 15.000,000; Baird, Shasta county, 2,000,000; Hornbrook, Siskiyou county, 4,000,000. All of these are salmon eggs, except that at Hornbrook, half of the take is silver salmon eggs. Captain Lamb- son estimates that this year's take will double the number taken last fall. Fifteen men are employed at Mill creek, a like number at Battle creek, eight at Baird and ten at Hornbrook. * * * Striped bass anglers are looking forward to an im- provement in the sport. The recent fair weather has aided materially in clearing up and settling the brackish back waters from the flooded local and upriver freshets. Last Sunday a strong delegation of "bullhead" tossers were on the San Antone sloughs. Good luck attended the efforts of several fishermen. Gus Christiansen was top rod with a thirty-two- pound fish. M. Miller tallied three bass, three, four and twenty-four poxinds in weight respectively. Last Thursday Howard Vernon tried the creek. An eight- pounder was the largest take. * * * Anglers will doubtless be interested to know that the Fish and Game Commission has decided to re- open the Ukiah fish hatchery, which has been closed for several years, and will again propagate young trout for distribution in the streams. Colonel La Motte, who for years had charge of the hatchery, was so notified last week. Saturday, February 21, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN YANKEE DOLLARS AND ENGLISH DOGS. It is common knowledge that for many years Brit- ish pedigree stock of all sorts — horses, cattle, dogs or poultry — has been readily purchased by other countries, and without it they would have been in a bad way, says A. Croxton Smith, in the London Country Life. Between Great Britain and the United States a constant traffic in dogs and dollars is pro- ceeding, sometimes to such an extent as to cause uneasiness lest we should be sending across the At- lantic leading specimens that are wanted at home. No matter how proud a man may be of breeding an outstanding dog, if the price is only run up sufficient- ly high he may be induced to part against his better judgment and at the expense of his feelings, unless he happens to be wealthy enough to indulge in a luxury. For there comes a point at which the prob- able money value of the animal is passed, taking into consideration the risks to life. Speaking per- sonally, I would rather see the American dollar less potent, less alluring, for many of the dogs attracted annually by the magnet would be of great value to us; but, as it is our own fault if they are not re- tained, we have really small ground for complaint. However, some of our friends on the other side are becoming restive under the frequent successes of the importation, the feeling being voiced by a specialist paper, which suggests that in future cham- pionships should be restricted to the home-bred article only, and hints that the matter may assume concrete shape in a proposal before the American Kennel Club. The argument is advanced that Amer- icans are not competing with England on equal terms, "tbe vastly greater facilities, the heritage of many years, the peculiar conditions of country life, the great workingman, fancy money prize shows exclu- sively— all contribute to the advancement of their breeding interests. There the race is not to the rich — it is any man's game, and the $5 a week laborer or mill hand often as not provides the champion for the man to win prizes with and enjoy." This does not seem a very convincing argument for excluding the best and granting the coveted title of champion to inferior ones, and tbe most important factor in the count is omitted. How is it that men of small means contrive to breed these good dogs for the rich to buy? Simply because they have the genius and perseverance for doing it. A hobby of this kind has such a fascination for all grades of British born men and women that difficulties are merely made to be overcome, and in the process an immense amount of thought and patience is expend- ed. That we have the heritage of many years at the gack of us is not the only explanation, for in the course of a few generations we do precisely the same thing with foreign breeds newly imported, and we are at no advantage in this respect over other nations so long as we freely sell them the produce of our labors, thereby placing them on terms of equality with ourselves. It is open to any one with a long purse to take up the game at the same point as ourselves and to enjoy an immeasurably greater opportunity than our poorer men because he can select the cream of our stock dogs and bitches. If he has the skill all the compounds are ready to his hands for the mixing. The everydoy experience in this country teaches us that the cleverest man will always triumph over him with the longer purse, not perhaps in the show ring so much as in the records of the stud book. Have we not constant examples among us of rich men getting together commanding kennels from which anything of excellence rarely comes? I can- not help feeling that Americans could do it just as well as we can if they were prepared to take the trouble, but it seems to me that many of them are in such a hurry to see the results that nothing but ready-made goods will content them. Everything, I suppose, depends upon one's object. If success in the show ring is the only or the most desirable end money and a clever agent are all that is necessary. Mr. Farwell's wonderful kennel of fox terriers is a proof that Americans can breed the very best if they lay themselves out for it, and I imagine that the same storjr could be told of other breeds. DOINGS IN DOGDOM. "Made in Germany" is a label that might be af- fixed to the benches of at least four of the breeds that will be talked about at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show. German shepherd dogs are in favor for police duty as watchdogs, and the fashionable men and women who have taken them up mostly live on their country estates, but do not keep sheep. They are in favor as personal bodyguards when the owners take their walks abroad. Doberman Pinschers are an active, rough coated terrier type, valued most by those who knew them in the home land and who claim they are a valued gun dog when trained, in this respect having the ubiquity of the Airdale terrier. Dachshunds are old favorites. Companionable above all other hounds, they are re- garded here as merely quaint pets, but in Germany they are in constant service to hunt bears, hares and rabbits. The Boxer, classified at the Westminster show for the first year, is an active, smooth coated terrier, larger than, but usually much resembling, the Boston terrier in looks, with the familiar brindle and white markings. There are eleven entered, the best known owner being Herbert Lehman, the banker. His brother. Justice Lehman, of the New York Supreme Court, made a household pet of one for years. Jesse Straus also has some Boxers. Schipperkes stand well in favor. A friendly little black dog, it never wags a tail in greeting. This is because nature has omitted for generations to pro- vide them with a caudal appendage, so that the Manx cats may not boast to them about being the sole possessors of this distinction, if it is one. In Belgium the Schipperkes are the watchdogs of the canal boats; hence the slang title of the "bargees' dog." Mastiffs make a renewed claim to attention with five candidates, and the bloodhounds are also a quin- tet, but those old breeds of value, Irish water spaniels and clumber spaniels, have only single representa- tives. There is also but one otter-hound. Bedling- ton and Skye terriers, with three and two, respec- tively, barely gain a place, and from their merits and odd sort of beauty might well be higher up in the estimation of American fanciers. Sealyham terriers and West Highland white terriers have much the same rough and ready manners and coats of the Bedlingtons. But the Highlanders are very pretty in their tousled white jackets, however crabbed they may be in disposition, and the Sealyhams, while qui- eter and always more at ease in the open than about the house, have also handsome white and tan coats to commend them to popularity. Certainly, both the Hielanders and the little ter- riers named for the swift flowing otter and badger haunted Sealy river, in Wales, are now much the fashion. Ten years ago neither type was known to the New York show, while both Bedlingtons and Skyes were occasionally benched. It may be a turn of the tide will bring them to the front. This has been the case within three years with the Dandie Dinmonts, once only a reminder by single specimens in the Westminster miscellaneous classes that Wal- ter Scott had written of them in his novels. This year there will be seventeen benched. Scottish ter- riers, long a languishing breed here, is now booming, and the record of sixty-eight dogs and 114 entries will bring into competition the best imported and home-bred specimens ever seen at a Westminster show. Boston terriers and the counterpart as to size, but more gentle in moods, the French bulldogs, keep very strong with their friends. Both struck the Westmin- ster shows at about the same period, some fifteen years ago, the former by admittance to the homebred standard and the latter by recognition as a foreign breed. Mr. Raper judged them the first year and gave the blue to a miniature English bulldog owned by the late George Work, who promptly had its stall decked with a new broom and gay ribbons. English toy spaniels retain their admirers, many of whom breed them from sentiment with their his- torical associations, and Yorkshires will never die, but the trend of fashion in toy dogs is all for the exiles from the Orient, Japanese spaniels and Peking- ese. The latter, as racing men say, is just now set- ting the pace. Pugs, through the prominence of the new blacks, promised to come back as pets, but it proved to be a flash in the pan. Griffons Bruxellois remain quaint oddities and among the rarities. Styles in dogs ebb and rise with the changing tides of fashionable caprice, but the Westminster Kennel Club always gets the best for its annual shows. * * * If seven thousand persons should pay admission to see the first day's exhibition of the Westminster Kennel Club this month there would be more or less astonishment created. No doubt there is a great and growing interest in dogs here in America, and in point of numbers of dogs actually benched there is no show in the world that surpasses the one held in this city. Still, one could hardly dream of such a thing as seven thousand persons paying on one day to see the blueblooded aristocrats striving for rib- bons. At the Birmingham show, in Bingley Hall, re- cently, however, there were more than seven thous- and spectators. * * * The talk of the terrier rings at Birmingham was of the departure to America of the famous fox terrier bitch Matford Vic, which is to be in the same kennel with Raby Dazzler. The brace is said to have cost the new owner more than $5,000, and it is remarkable that the pair was picked up last year for the proverb- ial song. Dazzler was bought of an East Riding farmer for a five pound note, while Vic was consid- ered quite good value at two pounds, for she was bought of a Devonshire breeder for work with the ferret. Mr. Trimble, who is so well known in Eng- lang as a successful breeder of spaniels, saw the bitch and thought there was good in her, and she was sent to Cartledge, at Ruislip, to condition. Shown at Weston-Super-Mare, she captivated all who saw her, and Mr. G. Thomas would have paid $1,000 for her had Mr. Trimble been inclined to sell. She won the bitch championship and has gained many high honors since then. * * * The governors of the American Fox Terrier Club have voted to present to the English Fox Terrier Club, in token of friendship and fox terrier interests, a sterling challenge cup to be open to the world for the best brace of fox terriers, wire or smooth. A committee consisting of Messrs. Keyes, Barker and Hunnewell have the matter in hand and the cup will be forwarded at an early date. Vickery Estelle has been proclaimed the American Fox Terrier Club champion for 1914, winning the Grand Challenge Cup at New York and Boston. At the last Westminster Show 1,9S0 dogs were benched, while at the last Crystal Palace Show, in London, there were 1.735 dogs on exhibition. At the initial Westminster Show, held in May, 1S77, about eight hundred were benched. At the inaugural show there were 331 pointers and setters and 150 field spaniels, retrievers and Chesapeake Bay dogs. There were no classes for Pomeranians then, but there were for Spitz dogs. Thus do times and fancy change. * * * The murder of Mme. Sauvrain, a lodging house keeper, in the rue Linne, in Brussels, for which an Englishman named Wilson is wanted by the Belgian police, is likely to have a novel sequel. When the body of Mme. Sauvrain was discovered by the police, a small spaniel which had been a great pet of the slain woman was found in tbe room. The dog was howling piteously and growled savagely at the policemen. One of the latter, an- noyed by this struck it with a heavy stick, killing it at one blow. This brutal act has caused great indignation, and the Belgian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has started proceedings against the police- man for the "murder" of the dog. Dogs would, indeed, appear deserving of especial consideration in a country, where they are made to render extraordinary services — dragging costermong- ers' carts and assisting the police in affrays with roughs; they are even used in the army to draw light machine guns. NEW YORK SHOW ENTRIES. Nineteen hundred dogs, which by duplication make 3,080 entries, have been nominated for the thirty- eighth annual fixture of the Westminster Kennel Club at the Grand Central Palace, February 23 to 2G. There is a slight increase in both respects over last year, which maintains the show's pre-eminence as the largest in the world as to dogs actually benched. The entries for the pack specials, each pack to be of five couples from a recognized hunt club, for Amer- ican foxhounds, English foxhounds, harriers and beagles, are not included in this tabulation. They are to be judged on "hound day," the last day of the show. Bulldogs lead in numerical strength, with 115 nominations. Next in line are the Boston terriers, 105, and cocker spaniels, 80, a twenty per cent, ad- vance since last year. Pointers and English setters are the largest classes in a long time. There are double the number of Chow Chows and Pekingese named than appeared in 1913. This is the case also with the Scottish terriers; the other terriers holding their strength, the Airedales, with 84, forming the strongest breed. The five variety classes, a new feature, have drawn Gl entries, the dogs named in each division being of such a high quality that the English judge, Midgley Marsden, will have his work cut out to select the winners. The list follows: — Breed. Dogs. Entries. Bloodhounds 5 S Otterhounds 1 l Mastiffs 5 9 St. Bernards 30 51 Great Danes 40 66 Russian wolfhounds 44 SO Irish wolfhounds 6 16 Scottish deerhounds 5 7 Greyhounds 9 14 American foxhounds 48 41 Harriers 12 15 Pointers 70 127 English setters 6S 9S Gordon setters 6 7 Irish setters 29 43 Retrievers 7 10 Irish water spaniels 1 1 Slumber spaniels 1 1 Field spaniels 8 10 Cocker spaniels 80 126 Beagles 47 104 Dachshunds 65 111 Whippets 5 5 Collies 67 132 German shepherd dogs 57 94 Old English sheepdogs 19 28 Poodles 34 85 Chow chows 52 90 Dalmatians 33 49 Samoyedes S 19 Boxers 11 15 Doberman Pinschers 10 15 Bulldogs 115 162 Airedale terriers 84 165 Bull terriers 53 97 Shetland sheepdogs 6 6 French bulldogs 60 82 Boston terriers 105 134 Fox terriers, smooth 29 75 Fox terriers, wires 58 92 Sealvham terriers 29 53 Irish terriers 62 114 Scottish terriers 68 114 "West Highland white terriers 28 41 Welsh terriers 29 43 Skye terriers 2 3 Dandle Dinmont terriers 15 20 Bedlmgton terriers 3 4 Black and tan terriers 14 23 Schipperkes 23 29 Pomeranians 55 73 Japanese spaniels 18 21 Pekingese 64 68 Pugs 6 6 Toy poodles 2 2 Griffons, Bruxellois 3 4 Shihuahuas 7 7 Italian greyhounds 1 1 Variety classes — 61 Miscellaneous 12 12 Totals 3.0S0 1,902 -o- BOSTON SHOW ENTRIES. Entries for the Eastern Dog Club Bench Show, which is to be held at Boston February 17 to 20, include 1,025 dogs, and everything points to a most successful show. The full list follows: — I treed. Entries. Dogs. Bloodhounds 1 1 i ttt.-rhr.unds 4 2 Mastiffs 4 3 St. Bernards 21 13 Great Danes 27 15 Russian wolfhounds . 22 15 Irish wolfhounds 6 4 lb THE BREEDER ANL SPORTSMAN [Saturday, February 21, 1914. Scottish deerhounds 6 Graphounds 9 Fox hounds (American) 48 Fox hounds (English) 26 Pointers 42 English setters 50 Gordon setters 2 Irish setters 20 Irish water spaniels 3 Field spaniels 2 Cocker spaniels 86 Beagles 74 Dachshunds 34 Whippets 19 Collies ■ ' German sheepdogs 19 Old English sheepdogs lj Poodles J" Chow chows £> Dalmatians l^J Pinschers (Doberman) 12 Bulldogs 'i Airedale terriers . ' ^ Bull terriers |» Boston terriers 1*£ Fox terriers (smooth) 4o Fox terriers (wire haired) 69 Sealyham terriers 19 Irish terriers 1£ Scottish terriers '% West Highland white terriers 2b Welsh terriers 19 Skve terriers % Dandle Dinmont terriers j* Schipperkes ,*! Pomeranians %\ English toy spaniels °* Japanese spaniels ° Pekingese spaniels *» Pugs ", Tov poodles ? Torkshire terriers z* Maltese terriers z Tov black and tan terriers g Griffons. Bruxellois r Papillons JL Miscellaneous !| Miscellaneous i.A. Variety classes °J_ Totals 1,1X1 37 -.7 26 2S 1 14 1 1 57 3S 16 10 43 13 10 10 52 43 25 96 18 41 11 34 3S 17 13 2 2 S 27 46 5 21 2 3 16 1 4 2 3 13 13 GAME LAWS FOR 1914. \ letter has been received at this office from the Fish and Game Commission giving an abstract of the law governing the hunters during the year 1914. It would be well "for sportsmen to paste these rules in their hats for easy reference: It shall be unlawful to hunt birds and animals without first having procured a hunting license. To take tuna, yellow-tail, jewfish, black sea bass, albicore, barracuda, bonito, rock bass, California whiting, corbina, surf-fish, yellow-fin, or spot-fin croak- er salmon, steelhead or other trout, charr, white- fish, striped and black bass for sport without first having procured a sporting angling license. To refuse to show any game fish in possession upon the demand of any duly authorized officer. To make a false statement on the application blank for an angling license. To fish for profit for any fish without first having procured a special market fishing license. To sell fish, wild ducks, wild geese or rabbits by ■wholesale without first having procured a license. To buv, sell, offer for sale, barter or trade any game, except hare, rabbits, wild ducks and wild geese. (Domesticated game may be sold under restrictions.! To fail to show any hunting, fishing or wholesale dealer's license upon demand of any duly authorized officer. To take game or fish from one district into another when the season is not open in both districts. To ship striped bass or trout or game out of the State. To shoot resident game between one-half hour af- ter sunset and one-half hour before sunrise. To ship game or trout in concealed packages or without a tag bearing the name and address, exact contents of the package and name and address of the shipper. To take or kill or have in possession does, fawns, antelope and mountain sheep, beaver or sea otter. To kill an elk is a felony punishable by two years' imprisonment; killing a sea-otter punishable by $1,000 fine. To have in possession doe or fawn skins, or any deer skins from which the evidence of sex has been removed. To use more than one dog to the person in hunting deer. To use any animal other than a dog as a blind to approach any wild duck or water fowl, except geese. To shoot at any duck from a power boat in motion. To take or kill any wild pheasant, swan, bobwhite quail, imported quail, partridge or wild turkey. To net, trap or hold any protected game or birds of any kind or their nests or eggs without having procured written authority from the Fsh and Game Commission. To take or kill non-game birds, except blue jay, butcher bird, English sparrow.' sharp-shinned hawk. Cooper's hawk, duck hawk, great horned owl, or Cal- ifornia linnet. To hunt any wild game upon the Pinnacles and Cleveland game reservations, except predatory ani- mals, and then only with a written permit from the Fish and Game Commission. To take fish in any way within 50 feet of a fishway or by any means except hook and line within 300 feet of one. To fish for trout between one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise. To take any black bass or trout other than with hook and line and in the manner commonly known js angling. To buy, sell or offer for sale wild trout under 12 inches in length, or to import into the State domes- tically reared trout under one pound in weight, or to sell steelhead trout less than 12 inches in length or one pound in weight. To sell Quinnat saimon of less than 5 pounds in weight. To fish for salmon, shad, or striped bass with nets on Saturday and Sunday. To take salmon, except with hook and line, within two miles of a spawn-taking station, or a state or U. S. hatchery. To take salmon, shad or striped bass with any net. the cork line of which is below the surface of the water. To take salmon, shad or striped bass in nets less than 6%-inch or more than 9%-inch mesh. No max- imum size in Klamath, Mad or Eel rivers. To take, buy, sell or have in possession at any time, striped bass less than 3 pounds in weight. (It will be lawful to use 5%-ineh mesh net for taking striped bass and shad above the Vallejo Light until July 1, 1914, after which date nets must be 6%- inch mesh. Striped bass may be lawfully taken with a 5%-ineh mesh net in San Francisco and San Pablo bays.) To take salmon in Mad or Eel rivers above tide- water, or in the Klamath river with any other than a gill net. To take any fish in Eel river with a net above East's ferry. To take any fish in Mad river with a net above Carson's bridge. To use nets in Cache slough, Napa and Mokelumne rivers. Bolinas bay, False bay, Lake Tahoe, Lake Merritt, Monterey and Santa Cruz reservations (with exceptions) and within 3 miles of Santa Catalina Island. To use any paranzella or trawl net in Monterey bay or in district No. 6. To use 2- or 3-mesh trammel nets, except in Mon- terey bay and in the Pacific ocean, outside of the one-mile limits. To use any 2- or 3-mesh trammel nets in the bay of Monterey of less than 7%-inch mesh, or in the ocean of less than 9-inch mesh. To allow any 2- or 3-mesh trammel net to remain in a fixed or set condition for a period of more than six hours from the time of casting. To bring to shore any crabs or crawfish in such condition that the size cannot be taken, or to sell any crab or crawfish meat not in the shell. To pickle, can or preserve in any way crab or crawfish taken in the waters of California. To export dried or fresh abalone or abalone in cans of more than one pint. Articles made from shells excepted. T take abalones in any district by means of spears. To take abalones for other than food purposes or to bring abalones ashore unless they are alive and in the shell. To use diving apparatus, or to take any black aba- lones. or to take more than 10 abalones of other species in one day in district No. 6. To take or to have in possession pismo clams less than 13 inches in the longest circumference or to take more than 200 in one day. To use explosives in taking fish or to cause the pollution of any stream. To use any set net, Chinese sturgeon lines, set lines or any fixed contrivance, except fyke nets with- out wings (used solely for the purpose of taking cat-fish and only in the San Joaquin river between its mouth and the south boundary of San Joaquin county) for catching any fish or shell fish. To fish through the ice for any fish. To take yellow-fin or spot-fin croaker or any Cali- fornia whiting, also known as surf-fish, except with hook and line. To have in posses sion any dried California shrimp or shrimp shells. To take by means other than by hook and line or to sell Sacramento perch, crappie, bluegill or green sunfish in district No. 3 at any time. To kill or have in possession any sturgeon under 25 pounds in weight. To buy. sell, or offer for sale, or ship any salt water perch between the first day of May and the fifteenth day of July. To catch the young of any fish without at once returning them alive to the water, or to catch fish, except with hook and line, in any stream upon which a fish hatchery is maintained. THAT DUCK DISEASE. AT THE TRAPS. The Exposition City Gun Club will start the club season tomorrow at the Easton trap ground. The regular club program consists of 4 events — club medal race, 20 targets, trophy race, 20 targets (class shooting), grub race, 15 targets and challenge trophy race. 20 targets. Twenty shooters were at the grounds last Sunday indulging in a practice shoot. * * * San Jose and Los Angeles are both down for big blue rock shoots tomorrow. The "Two Sisters" Tournament will start at San Diego, under the auspices of the Pastime Gun Club, May 11 and run three days, after which the fun will be resumed on the Los Angeles Gun Club grounds from May 15 to 16 inclusive. The added money purse for each shoot is $1000, and no doubt there will be a big crowd. The experiments carried on at the lakes tended to prove beyond a doubt that there was some con- stituent in the water of the lake that was the re- sponsible agent for the disease of the ducks. And, after a careful study of the water itself it seems that there was definite proof that it is not the mineral contents of the lake that was the direct cause of the malady. Then it must be some organic agent which develops during the hot weather of the summer and dies or passes into a latent state during the winter. This latter view accords with the facts of the occur- rences and appearances of the disease. One thing positive, that is: the disease is one of slow poison- ing, and the post-mortems showed quite plainly that it was not a strychnine, phosphorus, or arsenic poi- soning. None of the local theories for the disease stand a rigid examination now that the investigators have many new facts. After a careful count and estimates it is figured that there were at least 50,000 ducks besides many other water birds which died in and around Tulare lake last summer and fall. There were at least 15,000 ducks which died down on Buena Vista lake in Kern county, besides many other water birds. The matter is summed up as follows in the con- cluding paragraph of a bulletin issued by the Fish and Game Commission: "It is hoped that by further examination the spe- cific factor of the malady may be brought to light, and that it may prove expedient to effect means by which this great loss of birds may be greatly reduced, or even prevented." FIXTURES. Tournaments Registered. April 14, 15. 16. — Oaklahoma City, Okla. The Interstate Association's Second Southwestern Handicap Tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Capital City Gun Club; $1,000 added money. Winner of first place in the South- western Handicap guaranteed $100 and a trophy; win- ner of second place guaranteed $75 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $50 and a trophy" Sev- eral other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pittsbugh. Pa. May 5 and 6 — Wenatchee, Wash. "Washington State tournament, under the auspices of the "Wenatchee Rod and Gun Club, Chas. E. Owens, President. May 19 and 19. — Salem, Oregon. Oregon State tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Capital Citv Rod and Gun Club. Mark Siddall, Secretarv. May 28, 29, 30. — Salt Lake City. Utah. Utah State tour- nament, under the auspices of the Salt Lake Gun Club. A. R. Bain, Secretarv. June 3 and 4. — Milbank, S. D. South Dakota State tour- nament, under the auspices of the Milbank Gun Club. W. J. Martens, Secretary. June 16, 17, IS. — Bradford, Pa. The Interstate Associa- tion's ninth Eastern Handicap tournament, under the auspices of the Bradford Gun Club; $1,000 added money. Winner of first place in the Eastern Handicap guaran- teed $100 and a trophy; winner of second place guar- anteed $75 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pitts- burgh, Pa. July 20, 21 and 22. — Portland, Ore. The Interstate Asso- ciation's ninth Pacific Coast Handicap tournament, un- der the auspices of the Portland Gun Club; $1,000 added money. Winner of first place in the Pacific Coast Han- dicap guaranteed $100 and a trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $75 and a trophy: winner of of third place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Man- ager, Pittsburgh, Pa. Sept. 8, 9, 10 and 11. — Dayton, Ohio. — The Interstate As- sociation's fifteenth Grand American Handicap tourna- ment, on the grounds of the X. C. R. Gun Club: $1,500 added money. Winner of first place in the Grand Amer- ican Handicap guaranteed $600 and trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $500 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $400 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be guaranteed. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa. Nov. 7. — Williams, Ariz. Williams Gun Club, R. M. Reese, Secretary. Xov. 9, 10 and 11. — Phoenix, Ari2. Arizona State tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club, W. B. Twitchell, President. Trap Shoots. Feb. 22. — Golden Gate Gun Club. Feb. 22. — San Jose Blue Rock Club, San Jose, Cal. Feb. 22. — Los Angeles Gun Club. Blue rocks, Venice grounds. March 1. — San Jose Blue Rock Club, opening shoot, San Jose, Cal. May 11, 12, 13. — Pastime Gun Club, San Diego. May 15, 16, 17 — Los Angeles Gun Club, Venice grounds. Bench Shows. Feb. 23-26 — Westminster Kennel Club, at New York city, James Mortimer, Superintendent, Room 801 Townserid Building, 1123 Broadway, New York city. Entries close Januarv 29. March 13-14. — Pasadena Kennel Club. A. K. C. rules. April 14-16. — Golden Gate Kennel Club, 5th annual show. May 2S-30 — San Francisco Kennel Club, 17th annual show. N. D. B. A. rules. Fly-Casting. Feb. 22. — Midwinter tournament. Stow lake. S. F. Fly-Casting Club, Secretary Harry S. Nealley says that the follow- ing conditions may govern the three-heat-every-heat- a-race contests at the New York State Fair: "In a $10,000 purse the first heat $3,200, the second heat $3,300, and third heat $3,500. Division of smaller purses in the same proportion. The horse winning two heats or standing best in the summaries will be declared the winner of the race. In case of a tie in the summaries the horse winning the largest amount of money is the winner. Any horse winning the first two heats shall be declared the winner and shall have the privilege of being drawn for the third heat, pro- viding notice is given to the judges by the owner or driver to the announcement of the second heat, oth- erwise he will be required to race for the third heat strictly according to rule." Saturday, February 21, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 AFTERMATH OF THE BIENNIAL CONGRESS. From all parts of the United States criticisms will be made regarding the rules adopted last Wednesday. A. G. Asdikian, the able turf "writer on the New York Telegraph, is the first to give his impressions. He says: The general result of the National Trotting Asso- ciation's biennial congress held on Wednesday has certainly proved satisfactory to all interested horse- men and racetrack managers, who believe that the rules just adopted and the changes reported favor- ably will help boom the sport this season and there- after. For once in the long history of the parent asso- ciations the action of the congress fully demon- strated that the endeavor to adopt uniform rules to govern both organizations was sincere and that in the future one ruling power will not take undue ad- vantage of the other for the sake of securing larger membership by making concessions to racing asso- ciations that are detrimental to the general welfare of the turf and the improvement of the sport. With one solitary exception all the rules and amendments passed were acceptable to all interest- ed parties, be they managers of mile or half-mile track racing, and that one apparently was advocated by a few. It was perhaps the first time in the history of the National Association when everybody agreed unani- mously to let others have what they wanted and treat the big and small tracks with equal liberality irrespective of what the prevailing opinion was; it was rather disappointing, therefore, that the dele- gates failed to carry on the same sentiment in the single case which caused practically all the discus- sion and required the calling of the total proxy vote for a final decision. The rule as adopted now and which was brought before the congress of the American Association this week in Chicago, does away with the three-heat system of racing, which, although not in general practice, is liked by many racing organizations, who look upon it as the only method under which racing early in each season can be made practicable. The arguments presented at the congress in favor and against the system were no doubt equally strong. Speaking for those who favored the system, Mr. Bain claimed and justly so, that while a horse winning a heat or two in the other plans of racing could not be penalized with a record or a bar affecting its eli- gibility to a race unless the horse won the race, he could not see the justice of so penalizing the horse that wins a heat in a three-heat system event, espe- cially when the fact is that such a horse wins less money than the other no matter what the amount of the premium contested for. In opposition, A. P. Sandles of Columbus, who held fifty-eight proxies, the largest number of any dele- gate, argued that while a horse winning a heat in other races wins nothing in case he gets distanced, another in the three-heat system retires with his winnings if left behind the distance flag. It will be seen that both arguments are well taken and have equal merit. Horsemen then and now believe, however, that the compromise offered by Ed. A. Tipton should have over-balanced both and been accepted for the benefit of those who advocated it, with no apparent harm to those who opposed it. Mr. Tipton said that per- sonally he was not in favor of the system, had never adopted it in his meetings, either at Lexington or elsewhere, and perhaps never will, but as long as some tracks wanted it, why not let them have it. Later on it developed that Mr. Bain, who strongly advocated the system, was of the same opinion as Mr. Tipton, showing that the system has some merits which deserved consideration. One of the strongest arguments presented by the advocates of the three-heat or dash system racing, with their forty-one proxy votes, against the oppo- nents' 309, was that through it meetings earlier in the season than at present, can be held, yet many doubt whether this can be proven if the rule was changed. The failure of the congress to grant this one con- cession among others asked by the racing stewards, apparently has not caused the disappointment the hard fight in the session gave indications it would, for it was said yesterday that after the congress President Devereux was informed by wire that the Grand Circuit stewards lost but 10 per cent, of what they asked. That small percentage evidently was the loss of the dash system. The concessions made to track managers by the two clauses under the caption of "time allowances" are considered most liberal. Under these new rules horses that have taken records in losing races or in starts against time in the past can now be entered in classes to which they are eligible by their actual winning marks, which, in some cases, will mean even to start in the green classes. Besides these, any horse that has raced in past seasons without lowering its record or winning a race will have the benefit of one second for each such season, and, on top of all, the rule allows racing associations to make their own conditions pertaining to further time allowances. That the last clause is the best favored is shown by the fact that on the Grand Circuit next season a non-winning horse can have the benefit to the extent of four seconds. Race drivers under the new rules have received more concessions than they were given at any time in the history of the National Trotting Association, and at least three rules, which they have never fav- ored in the past, have been eliminated, much to their satisfaction. The changed rules governing entrance fees and payments are such as not only benefit owners to a certain extent, but help avoid most of the disputes of the past. Everything considered, there will from now on be a better and more friendly relation be- tween the governing powrers and active horsemen than at any time in the past. REGISTER ASSOCIATION MEETING. According to announcement, the annual meeting of the stockholders of the American Trotting Register Association was held at the offices of that organiza- tion in Chicago last Wednesday, February 4th. The chief matter to be brought before the meeting was the proposed revision of the rules of the trotting Standard, which involved the abolition of all the present provisions but Rule 1 which reads: "The produce of a registered Standard trotting stallion and a registered Standard trotting mare." Much agi- tation and discussion regarding this contemplated procedure have been a feature of recent trotting af- fairs and the action of the Register Association has been eagerly awaited in many quarters. In conform- ance with the prediction made editorially several weeks ago, the proposed action was not taken. When voted upon, only two of the board of directors, Mssrs. F. E. Marsh and Paul C. Wilson, voted "Tea," all the other members, either personally present or represented by proxies, voting "Nay." In consequence the Standard which has now been in vogue for the past sixteen years — the present form of that instru- ment having been adopted in 1S9S — will remain in force for another year, at least, and quite probably for an indefinite period. The reading of the reports of the secretary and treasurer developed the fact that the Register Asso- ciation is losing ground financially. This is largely due to the decreasing sales of the Year Book, whose publication and circulation in 1913 involved a net loss of some $4,800. As the present cash surplus of the association is only about §4,000, there was doubt expressed as to the advisability of continuing the publication of the work, at least in its present form and at present expense. The matter was referred to the executive committee, which voted that it was the duty of the association to continue the publication of the Year Book. If the loss upon the new volume (Vol. 29) is, however, as great as was that upon Vol. 28, it will be seen that the present surplus will not offset it and the association will have to assume the indebtedness in order to pay for it. Under these conditions it was, of course, not thought advisable to declare a dividend, it being the sense of the direc- tors that the surplus should be conserved for the future needs of the business. The following directors for the ensuing year were chosen in executive session: Messrs. W. G. Bennett, of West Virginia; H. J. Schlesinger, of Wisconsin (to succeed Augustin Boice, of Indiana, deceased) ; David Bonner, of New York; A. B. Coxe, of Pennsylvania; A. H. Danforth, of Illinois; W. J. Davis, of Illinois; W. W. Estill, of Kentucky; Harry E. Hooper, of Iowa; Reese Blizzard, of West Virginia; L. C. Webb, of Michigan; F. G. Perkins, of Rhode Island, and John H. Shults, of New York — Mr. Blizzard succeeding John Donovan, of Missouri, deceased, and Mr. Webb succeeding Henry Exall, of Texas, deceased. The old officers, President W. R. Allen, of Massachusetts; Vice-President H. N. Bain, of New York, Secretarv- Treasurer W. H. Knight, and Registrar Frank E. Best, were all re-elected. OMAHA MAN HAS TWO FOR GRAND CIRCUIT. It transpires that the extra good, far western, slow class trotting gelding of last year, Major By By 2:1914, has recently been sold at a long price but none of these reports have contained the correct name and address of the buyer. The latter is Ed. Peterson, an extensive grading contractor, residing in Omaha, Neb., who purchased the gelding from A. B. Eakin of Miles City, Mont. Mr. Peterson, it seems, has been engaged in railroad construction in the new Canadian northwest during the past few years, and during this time has become interested in harness racing, which, as is well known, flourishes in that section. When Mr. Peterson was at his home in Omaha, a year ago. he purchased the good trotter. Tom Smith 2:11%, for the purpose of racing that fast trotter at the big Canadian meetings, but it will be remembered that this gelding was injured in a fire at the Moose Jaw, Sask.. track, soon after reaching there, and could not be raced last year, but Mr. Pet- erson still owns him, and it is hoped that he will do to race this year. In order to have a formidable stable. Mr. Peterson purchased Major By By 2:1914, the six-year-old chestnut gelding, by Major Dillon 2:1s1/,; dam the great broodmare By Bv (dam of Rapidan Dillon 2:12%), by Nutwood 2:1S%, since the Major was generally conceded to be about the best or most promising young race trotter seen in that section last year. Anyway, the gelding won about $6,500 last season in the Canadian circuit without getting a record faster than 2:19%. It was no secret, among the followers up there last summer, that James Stewart, the veteran Los An- geles, Cal., driver, who was racing the gelding for Mr. Eakin, managed the horse well, and no doubt could have won much more money, had he been will- ing to mark the gelding faster. This reminds me that I saw him win a heat, or rather finish in front on heat, early in July at the big Winnipeg, Man., meeting, as fast as 2:16%, but fortunately the judges set him back to last place, for alleged foul driving, thus saving him from so fast a record on that oc- casion. Since the gelding is credited with an authen- tic public trial of 2:08%, over the Portland, Ore., mile track, it is needless to say that Mr. Peterson was compelled to pay a nice price. The horse is now in the stable of Frank Childs, at the Pleasanton Driving Park, and also the fast, seven-vear-old slow class pacer. Hal Boy 2:24%, trial 2:08, sired by Hal B. Jr. 2:04%, also owned by this Omaha contractor, is on the Spokane, Wash., track. It is reported that Frank Childs, the son of Lou Childs, who raced the great pacing mare Leata J. 2:03 so successfully last year, through the Grand and Western Circuit, will bring them both East the forthcoming season, to race at the big meetings. ^:->:-:--:-->:~r»:^>:~i-:-->:->>i>-:->>i''->K-s»:-t>:-^:-^:-'-:-'-:- JOE PATCHEN 2:031-4 1 Reg. No. 47491. THE GREATEST MONEY-WINNER IN 1912, OR OF ANY OTHER YEAR. By Joe Patchen 2:0114 (sire of Dan Patch 1:55^4 and 13 in 2:10). Dam, Bessie Bonehill 2:05% Cdam of two whose time averaged 2:05*4) by Empire Wilkes 2:29*4, son of George Wilkes 2:22. Second dam, Arab Girl (dam of 5, 1 sire of 4, 2 dams of 3) by Crittenden 433 (sire of 13 and dams of 6 in 2:10), son of C. M. Clay Jr. 22. Joe Patchen II. 2:03*4, in individuality alone would be entitled to distinction. The rare combination of blood lines in his pedigree makes him a most desirable stallion to breed to choice mares and he is worthy representative of early and extreme speed. As a race horse his glory will ever shine; he won more money in his 1912 campaign than was ever won by a pacer, $27,100, winning every race except one and in that he was second. "Joe" is a ebautifu ldakr bay, with four white legs and a blaze, 16 hands and will weigh 1200 pounds. In conformation he is a model of excellence, his clear cut, beautiful head, large, prominent eye, wide jowls, magnificent shoulders, short legs, heavy quarters, great depth through the heart, round barrel and perfect legs and feet. There never was a more popular horse to fact a starter and his action is as near perfection and the poetry of motion as it is pos- sible to conceive. He has never been bred to many mares as he has been raced every year, but the few that he has at Pleasanton show that he transmits all his qualities of form, disposition, gameness, speed and soundness to a remarkable degree. He is a sure foal getter. ..Terms: $100 for the season, with usual return privilege. Limited to thirty mares. -:-i->?->?-:->:~>->i-:-i-:->:^^i-:->;- ^;^>;^-:-^;-sv->:-^>>>>>^ tTv'^v*'i-,-j;-'-l%,-l I VERNON McKINNEY 2:011-2 | Reg. No. 53803. Bright bay, stands 16 hands and will weigh 1200 pounds. By Guy McKinney 37625 (sire of 4), son of the great McKINNEY 2:11!/4 (sold for ?5O,O00 at 17 years — the lead- ing living sire, including 25 in 2:10). Dam, Maud Vernon, by Mount Vernon 2:15*4 (sire of 2 and dams Vernon McKinney 2:011,4; and Leata J. 2:03). Second dam Mag, by General McClellan 144 (sire of 3 and dams of 12, including Vernon McKinney 2:01% and Leata J. 203). Leata J. was raced on the Grand Circuit in 1913, winning $17,500, the largest money-winning pac- ing mare in 1913. She was also by a son of the great McKinney. Vernon McKinney 2:01% is a magnificent stallion, stands over 16 hands, a bright bay in color, and individ- ually as fine a type as ever was foaled. He has all the qualifications to make a sire and the few colts by him show that he transmits his perfect conformation, color, good disposition and extreme speed to his progeny. He was the fastest pacer out in 1911 and in 1912 he paced to his present record — 2:01% — when quite lame from an injury. He is bred in the very best of speed producing lines. The S'iberabundance o fthe blood of Geo. Wilkes 2:22, through Alcvone 2:23, sire of McKinney 2:11*4, his celebrated sire. Guy Wilkes 2:15*4, and Onward 2:25*4. and back of that cross to Mambrino Patchen and Nut- wood 2:1894 .the great sire of famous speed producing brcodmaren, backed up by the stoutest of old line thor- oughbred blood, makes him a remarkable stallion from which any owner of a well bred mare has a right by breeding to him to expect the fastest pacer in the world! No horse living ever paced with greater ease or has a greater natural flight of speed, and the few foals he has are perfect likenesses of him in every way. Terms: $50 for the season, with usual return privilege. 1 ZOMBLACK 2:26 I Reg. No. 54955. (Trial (3) 2:08%. By Zombro 2:11 (sire 15 in 2:10 and the dam of Hemet (3) 2:08*4). Dam, Madeline Marshall, (dam of 2) by Demonio 2:11 Vi (sire of 15, including 5 in 2:10). Second dam. Mamie Comet 2:23% (dam of 3) by Nut- wood 2:18% (sire of 200 and dams of 390). Zomblack 2:26 (three-year-old trial 2:08%) is a pure- gaited trotter, and were it not that he was taken sick would have earned a record faster than any Zombro ever foaled. In color he is a coal black, no white, stands about 16 hands, and his conformation is such that the leading horsemen on the Grand Circuit unanimously agreed he was the handsomest horse either in action or repose that ever came from California, and it was a question if his equal is to be found in America. He is a sound, muscular made, perfectly proportioned stallion, having a beautiful head, neck, ears and legs, sloping shoulders, short back, is round ribbed, close coupled and a beautiful type of a perfect horse. His disposition is of the sweetest, while his breeding is of the best. That he will be a sire of speed and gameness no one who has given the subject of breeding and selection any consideration will deny. Terms: .$50 for the season, with usual return privilege. These stallions will make the season of 1914 at the PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK The best of care taken of mares in any manner owners may desire, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address CHAS. L. DeRYDER, Superintendent. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday. February 21, 1914. THE FARM | CLEANLINESS IS FOE TO HOG CHOLERA. The greatest foe of the pig is hog cholera, and the greatest enemy of hog cholera is cleanliness. Never select a heavy, lazy sow for a breeder, nor one that has a bad tem- per. The best boars have heavy bones. Watch this if you are about to pur- chase one. Many hogs are bothered with worms. Examine the droppings. To make fall pigs do well they must be provided with warm sleeping quar- ters. Provide charcoal for the hogs. o SUGGESTS NAMES ON GATES. The State Grange of California at its session in San Jose last October adopted a resolution recommending that all owners of property outside the limits of cities and towns place their names in front of their farms where they may be plainly seen from the county road. This is in line with the work of many improvement clubs in their efforts to have road signs posted frequently at crossroads. There is only one safe way to pro- hibit the entrance of contagious abor- tion into a herd. That is, to consider every abortion contagious and treat it as such. In cases where the abor- tion is accidental no ill effects result if the dairyman or breeder guards against contagion. An essential rule to follow is not to breed an aborting cow until a sufficient period of time has elapsed for her to have entirely recuperated from the accident, which is after the time she naturally would have calved had she gone the full time. The owner of the cow or her at- tendant should watch her very closely at calving time and for the first 48 hours following. Upon the first indi- cations of the approach of milk fever tie air treatment should be applied. This treatment is absolutely success- ful in case milk fever has not ad- vanced to the point where the cow has lost control of her limbs. Occasion- ally where cows have been left too long it is impossible to save them even with the air treatment and it must be remembered that this treat- ment, like all other remedies, is far more valuable as a preventative than as a cure. o By all means build the roost plat- at the back of the poultry house and build them high enough from the floor so that the fowls can work under them. If they are cleaned every few days it will do much to keep the hen house in good condition. ""I Warranted give satisfaction. GOMBAILT'S CAUSTIC BALSAM A safe, speedy and positive core for Curb, Splint, Sweeny, Capped Hock, Strained Tendons, Founder, Wind Puffs, and all lameness from Spavin, Ringbone and other bony tumors. Cures all skin diseases or Parasites, Thrash, Diphtheria. Removes all Bunches from Horses or Cattle. Aa ft nr>IA\ EEMKDT for Bhen* matlim, Sprain*, Sore Throat, et*-, it Is Invaluable. Every bottle of Cnnntlc Balaam Fold Is Warranted to pive satisfaction. Price SI. GO per bottle. Sold by draeglfits, or sent by ex- press, charg-es paid, with full directions frr its ose. Send for descriptive circulars, testimo- nials, etc Address TH LiWRKSCK-WILLUKS 09KP1FT, Clereland, 0)u» THICK, SWOLLEN GLANDS that make a horse Wheeze, Roar, have Thick Wind or Choke-down, can be reduced with ABSORBINE also any Bunch or Swelling1. No blister, no hair gone, and horse kept at work. Con- centrated— only a few drops required at an application. $2 per bottle delivered. Book 3 K free. ABSORBINE, JR., antiseptic liniment for man- kind, reduces Cysts, Wens, Painful, Knotted Varicose Veins, Ulcers. $1 and $2 a bottle at dealers or delivered. Book "Evidence" free. W. F. YOUNG, P, u. F., 54Temple St, Springfield, Mass. For sale by Langley & .Michaels, San Francisco, Calif.; Woodward, Clark & Co , Portland. Ore : Cal. Drag & Cham. Co., Branswig Prog Co.. Western Wholesale Drag Co., Los Angeles, Calii. Kirk, Cleary & Co.. Sacramento, Calif.: Pacific Drag. Co., Seattle. Wash.; Spokane Dm 5 Co., Spo- kane, Wash.; Coffin, Eedington Co., San Francisco, CaL f Blake, Moffit & Towne D..l.r. in PAPER 37-1st St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake, McFall & Co., Portland, Ore. Blake, Moffit and Towne, Los Angeles al Mcdonald PUBLIC TRAINING STABLE Pleasanton Driving Park Horses Trained and Campaigned. Fu- turity Stake Entries Given Careful Preparation. Best of Care Guaranteed al Mcdonald, , Pleasanton, Cal. 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New York City SPECIAL ADVERTISING. FOR SALE. — THE DEMON 2:29%, black horse, six years old, absolutely sound and a sure 2:10 trotter. Worked a mile in 2:12 over Pleasanton track and trotted last half in 1:03^. Will sell cheap for cash. W. A. BARSTOW, 1042 The Alameda, San Jose, Cal. The Grandly Bred Stallion LOGAN POINTER 25167 For Sale or Lease For the Season of 1914. This is a handsome, well made bay stallion by Star Pointer 1:59% out of Effie Logan on't wait— write today for FBEE literature, and a sample of Dr. Korineb's Gall Powder. KORINEK VETERINARY REMEDY CO. MEOFORD, OREGON, U. S. JL Saturday, February 21, 191-1.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 Breed To The Very Choicest Stallions ROBERT~BINGEN 2:141 (Reg. No. 45033) THREE QUARTER BROTHER TO J. MALCOLM FORBES 2:08. HIS DAM, EPISODE 2:18, IS NOT ONLY A FAMOUS BROODMARE, BUT SHE IS ALSO HALF-SISTER TO AMERICA'S LEADING TROTTING SIRE, PETER THE GREAT 2:07!^. Sired by Bingen 2:06*4 (sire of Uhlan 1:58, Admiral Dewey 2:04%, The Leading- Lady, 3, 2:07, J. Malcolm Forbes 4, 2:0S, and 8 others in 2:10, 144 in the 2:30 list) by May King 2:21% (son of Electioneer), out of Young Miss (dam of 3, 2 sires of 148 and 3 dams of 6) by Young Jim i son of Geo. Wilkes 2:22), sire of 4S, dams of 94; grandam Miss Mambrino by Red Wilkes, one of the best sons of Geo. Wilkes 2:22, etc. Robert Bingen's dam was a trotter, Episode 2:18 (dam of 1 in 2:30 and Mr. Pinker- ton, sire of Peter the Second 2:04%, Pinkerton 2:17 and two others in 2:30. Episode also produced the dam of Victor Forbes 2:23%). by Ambassador 2:21% (sire of Ambu- lator 2:09*£, Susie T. 2:09=4, Abnet 2:102-4 and 70 others in 2:30), son of Geo. Wilkes 2:22 and Lady Carr (dam of 4, 4 sires of 84 and 4 dams of 7 standard performers) by American Clay 34, sire of 3, 3 sires of 7 and 33 dams of 47 in the list; grandam Kate bv Sir Wallace. Robert Bingen's second dam was Santos (dam of Peter the Great 2:07%, the great- est sire of extreme speed ever foaled, J. Malcolm Forbes 2:0S, the great sire, Chimes of Normandy 2:1634 and 3 others in 2:30) by Grand Sentinel 2:29% (sire of 22), he by Sentinel 2:29% (sire of S) out of Maid of Lexington by Mambrino Pilot 2:2S*£ (sire of 9), son of Mambrino Chief 11 and Juliet by Pilot Jr. 12. Maid of Lexington's dam was by Imported Leviathan. Robert Bingen's third dam was Shadow (dam of 4) by Young Octoroon (broodmare sire), he by Octoroon out of a mare by Joe Brown, son of Davy Crockett. The fourth dam was Swallow by Joe Hooker 1S5, he by Mambrino Chief 11 out of the Warren Mare (dam of Governor 2:30) by Canada Chief. ?a«bert Bingen is a beautiful bay stallion, foaled in 1905, standing full sixteen hands, is perfect in conformation, has a splendid disposition, and will undoubtedly lower his recor* this year. He is young, sound and vigorous, has only been bred to a few mares and -ie owners of his progeny declare they are perfect likenesses of their sire and In «rnry way promising trotters. Although Robert Bingen 2:14^2 obtained this record as a pacer he is a natural trotter and as a two-year-old trotted very fast but trained off and his owner put him to pacing. This horse will be given a trotting record and it will be a. ivjK. «ne. He is strictly trotting bred. His breeding shows for itself and it is a questiwn a mere is a. eetter bred Bingen in America today. PRINCE ANSEL 2, 2:201-2 Registered No. 29220. Cal. License Certificate No. 1053. Sire of LOTTIE ANSEL (2) 2:14|/4 — Champion two-year-old trotting filly of 1912. PRINCE LOT 2:07% — Fastest trotting gelding in the West in 1912. ARISTA ANSEL (2) 2:18/4— Winner of the Canfield-Clark Stake In 1912. PRINCE ANSEL was sired by Dexter Prince 11363, sire of Bernice R. 2:07%, Lison- Jero 2:08%, Eleata 2:0SM>, James L. 2:09^, Edith 2:10 and 60 others, out of Woodflower (dam of Seylex 2:15%, Prince Ansel (.2) 2:20%.) by Ansel 2:20 (son of Electioneer 125), sire of 14 in 2:30, 6 sires of 16 and 14 dams of 17 in the list; Ansel 2:20 sired Norris 2:22% who sired the dams of Lady Maud C. 2:00*£ and Hedgewood Boy 2:01, etc.; second dam Mavflower 2:30*/>, dam of Manzanita 2:16 and Wildflower 2:21, by St. Clair 16675. PRINCE ANSEL Is a very handsome bay stallion; stands 15:3 hands, and weighs 1200 pounds. He is noted for siring colts and fillies that are endowed with early and extreme speed. During 1910 six of his get took records, and four were three-year-olds and under. In 1911 Adansel, a three-year-old, obtained his mark of 2:14*^. while Prince Lot and Wesos lowered their records. In 1912 Lottie Ansel, a two-year-old, won all the Futurities she started in, getting a mark of 2:14%, the Coast record for fillies, and heads all record-holders of her age in America for the year. Arista Ansel, another two-year-old Futurity winner, got a record of 2:1S%, while Prince Lot lowered his record to 2:07%. In 1913 Laura Rogers lowered her record to 2:11% and Ima Dudley got a mark of 2:27*2, whil e John Malcolm, out of one of Prince Ansel's daugh- ters obtained the world's record for two-year-old pacers, 2:11%. Prince Ansel's prog- eny Is noted for intelligence, soundness, perfect action and stamina. SEASON OF 1914 AT THE RACE TRACK, WOODLAND, CAL. Terms: For Robert Bingen 2:14|/2, $75 by the season. For Prince Ansel 2:20/2r $50 With usual return privilege. Pasture for mares during season at $5.00 per month; not responsible for ac- cidents or escapes. Fop further information, address HARRY DOWLING, Manager Woodland Stock Farm, Woodland, Cal. TO GET A CHAMPION, BREED TO A CHAMPION. JIM LOGAN 2:02 ^ (3) 2:05!/2, world's record to 1912; (5) 2:04!^, (6) 2:03^, (7) 2:02^. All winning race records. Registry Number 44997- By CHAS. DERBY 2:20 (brother to Klatawah (3) 2:05|/2, etc.), sire of Jim Logan 2:0234, Don Derby 2:04|2. Capt. Derby 2:06|/2, Dan Logan 2:07/2 and 6 others in 2:10. Dam, EFFIE LOGAN, California's greatest producer of extreme speed (dam of Jim Logan 2:02%, Sir Albert S. 2:03%, and Dan Logan 2:07%, sire of John Malcolm (2) 2:11%, champion two-year-old of 1913), by Durfee 11256, son of Kaiser 2:2S and Julia, by Revenue 2:22%; second dam Ripple, sister to Creole 2:15, by Prompter 2305, sire of the dam of Gratt 2:02%, etc.; third dam Grace (dam of Daedalion 2:0S%, Creole 2:15 and Eagle 2:19%), by Buccaneer 2656, sire of the dams of 2 in 2:10; fourth dam Mary, great broodmare, by Flaxtail. JIM LOGAN is a handsome dark bay horse, stands 16 hands and weighs 1075 pounds. After setting a world's record of 2:05% at three years of age, he has lowered his record every season he has been raced and is absolutely sound, showing he has the best of feet and legs. He has only a few living foals and all of them that have been trained have shown speed towarrant his being a sire. His full brother, Dan Logan, sired the winners of the Breeders' Futurity of 1912 and the two and three-year-old events of 1913, John Malcolm, his two-year-old, getting the world's record of 2:11%. In the stud, season of 1914, at Woodland Race Track. FEE: $50 for season, with usual return privilege, or $75 to insure living colt. Fees payable at time of service or before removal of mares. Excellent pasture at §4 per month, with best of care for mares, though no responsibility will be assumed for acci- dents or escapes. Call at race track, or address J. ELMO MONTGOMERY, Davis, Ca! Montbaine 48667 Son of MOKO 24457; sire of 7 in 2:10, dams of five in 2:10, 100 standard performers; dam, KREM MARIE, dam of four trotters by KREMLIN 2:07%, sire of dams of six in 2:10; second dam, Maymont, by Blackmont, sire of dam of Minnehaha 2:09%; third dam, Maywood (dam of Mayhill 2:19, . 2:17%) by Blackwood 74, etc. MONTBAINE is an exceedingly handsome ma- hogany bay horse; stands 15.3% hands and weighs 1200 pounds. He has proven a very sure breeder, and his colts are fine individuals of ample size, quality and pronounced natural speed. He will make the season of 1914 at The Suisun Stock Farm, at a fee of $40 for the season, with return privilege. Moko and Kremlin rank among the greatest sires of todav, and you can make no mistake by breeding to Montbaine. For particulars, call at barn, or address THE SUISUN STOCK FARM, B. F. Rush, Suisun, Cal. (Rush & Halle.) MOKO HALL 2:11} Son of Walnut; Hall 2:081-4 Winner of the Kentucky Futurity for Two-year- olds, and sire of The Harvester 2:01 The World's Champion Trotting Stallion. Martha Tipton 2:0^ . Warner Hall H) 2:t6 ,, O'Jietl 2:0J%. etc. The dam of MOKO HALL was by the most fashionable sire of trotters in the United States today, and that horse is MOKO. MOKO HALL is bred in the top crosses just like The Harvester, who was also by Walnut Hall, out of a mare by Moko, the sire of 104 in 2:30, including such stake winners as Fereno 2:05%, Tenara 2:05%, Native Belle (3) 2:06%. Manrico (3) 2:07%, Susie N. (3) 2:09%, and Brenda York (3), pacing, 2:04%, and his sons are siring early and extreme speed also. MOKO HALL is one of the handsomest and most uniformly made stallions in California. There is not a weak spot or place on him. As a trotter he proved himself to be most level-headed and game, as well as possessed of a high turn of speed in all his racing on the California Circuit last season. At Sacramento he forced Maymack to trot a mile in 2:08% to beat him. A year- living filly by him trotted a quarter in 34% seconds at Santa Rosa last Sep- tember. Will make the season of 1914 at Agricultural Park, Sacramento, Cal. FEE: 875 for the season. Usual return privileges. Good pasturage, and the best of care taken of mares in any manner that owners may desire, at reasonable rates, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. For further particulars address F. J. RUHSTALLER, Sacramento, Cal. The "Golden Cross" McMYRTLE George Wilkes Electioneer Reg. No. 58007. (Sire of John Gwynne 2:11*4.) By McKINNEY 2:11|4, SIRE OF 24 AND THE DAMS OF 6 IN 2:10; HIS SONS HAVE SIRED 37 IN 2:10. Dam, Myrtledale, by Iran Alto 2:12^ (sire of 16 trotters, 1 pacer), fastest and most prolific son of Palo Alto 2:08%, and out of Elaine 2:20 (dam of 4 trotters, 1 sire, and. 2 dams of 8 trotters and. 1 pacer), by Messenger Duroc 109. Second dam, Nettie Nutwood idam of Hillsdale 2:15, one of the best three- year- olds of his day, and Twenty Third, dam of Sterling McKinney 2:06*4 and Unimak 2:22*A). by Nutwood 2:18%, sire of 2 and the dams of 20 in 2:10; third dam, daughter of Ethan Allen Jr. 2503, one of the prolific members of the great family of Black Hawk 5; fourth dam by Williamson's Belmont. McMYRTLE is an extremely handsome individual, rich bay in color, 15.3 hands in height, and weighs 1150 pounds. He is a clean-going trotter, with a trial of 2:17 before retirement to the stud. His opportunities as a sire have been extremely lim- ited, but his colts are the kind that it pays to breed — large, solid color, handsome and good movers. Only one was ever trained, John Gwynne, who got a record trotting of 2:11*4. SEASON OF 1914 at PETALUMA AND SAN RAFAEL, CAL. Terms, $30 for the season, 340 to insure. Best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address for all further information, DOLCINI & DOLCIN1, Petaluma, Cal. THE STANDARD TROTTING STALLION. JOHANO Black stallion, 15.2 hands, sired by Carlokin 2:07*A (sire of 8 two-year-olds in the list that are conceded to be the best ever seen in the West). Son of McKinney 2:11*4, the greatest sire of 2:10 performers, out of Carlotta Wilkes (dam of 10 in 2:30, of which 4 are in 2:07V-; or better) by Charley Wilkes 2:21% : grandam Aspasia (dam of 4) by Alcantara 2:23; great grandam Miss Buchanan (dam of 1 and dams of 5 in 2:30) by Clark Chief, etc. Johano was out of Johanah Treat 2:24% (dam of Zulu Belle, trotting 2:10V4, pacing 2:06*4; Del Coronado 2:09% (sire of Teddy Bear 2:05. Cora 2:0SV4, Little Bernice 3, 2:09*4, etc.); Mv Irene S. 2, 2:2S% (dam of Esperanza 2, 2:14Vi:, Carlos (2) 2:29*4, and the dam of Nut way 2:29*4. Johanah Treat was by Thomas Rysdyk 10649 (a sire), son of Rvsdyk 653 and Largesse 2:25 by Scott's Thomas 2:21 grandam Fanny Howard by Woful, son of Black Hawk 24. Johanah Treat's dam was Kate Treat by Venture 2:27V4 (sire of the dams of Directum 2:05*4,, Sidney Dillon, sire of Lou Dillon 1:58*£, etc.) by Williamson's Belmont. Johano is a pure-gaited trotter. As a yearling he trotted quarters in 33 seconds; then, meeting with an accident which fractured his lower jaw, he was laid up for two years. He has entirely recovered and recently trotted a mile in 2:30. and it is predicted by those who have seen him that he will get a very low record this season. He is a very stylish, well made stallion with a splendid disposition. He is one of the best bred sons of Carlokin, as can be seen by the above, and seekers after stallions that carry the blood of the futurity winners in their veins and are anxious to get colts and fillies that will have a natural inheritance of beauty, soundness, early and ex- treme speed should not overlook this grand looking young stallion. Will make the season of 1914 at Pleasanton Driving Park. Terms: $25 for the season, with usual return privilege. Address HORACE FEINDEL, Pleasanton Driving Park, Pleasanton, Cal. PALO KING 2-28! Reg, No. 44910 George Wilkes Electioneer Sire of Little Lucille, p. (3) 2:09, fastest filly of her age on Pacific Coast, and The Bulletin (2) 2:28/2, trotting. By Marengo King 2:2S/2 (sire of Marie N. 2:08*4, etc.), son of McKinney 2:11*4 and By By, great broodmare, by Nutwood 2:18%: dam Palo Belle 2:24|/2, by Palo Alto 2:0S%, son of Electioneer and sire of the dams of High Admiral 2:07%, Mahomet Watts (3) 2:10, etc.; second dam Belle Isle, great broodmare, by Piedmont 2:17*4; third dam, Idabelle, great broodmare, by Hambletonian 10; fourth dam, Godfrey Star, by American Star 14. PALO KING is a bay horse of excellent size and conformation, a pure gaited trotter, and ranks as one of the most potent sires of his age in the world. His get are uniformly good colored, large, finely turned, good headed and endowed with natural speed. Season of 1914 at Woodland Race Track, where you can see his colts step. TERMS: $25 for the season, or $40 to insure. Call or address H. S. HOGOBOOM, Owner, Woodland, Cal. . r±E BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, February 21, 1914. IHEMET STOCK FARMj -!- Hemet, Cal. V * W. F. WHITTIER, Pres. (Incorporated) BUDD DOBLE, V. P. and Mgr. S Home of the Champion Three- Year-Old Trotter @ I WILBUR LOU 2:101 I $ KINNEY LOU 2:07 3-4 §Sire of Wilbur Loo 2:1 OK True Kinney 12) 2:19 ^ 21 Standard Performers §£ Son of McKinney 2:11% and ffl Man Lou 2:17 LOUISE CARTER, 3, 2:24 I Dam of -'.- Wilbur Lou <3> 2:1014 ® Mamie Alvin 2:12 % Martin Carter (31 2:29^ © Daughter of Chestnut Tom 2 :15 T£ by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16X2 i£ V WORLD'S CHAMPION YEARLING TROTTING STALLION 1910 Unbeaten Two-Year-Old in 1911 t Winner of California State Fair and Pacific Coast Breeders* Association Futurities in 1912. Record in Third Heat of a winning race. ^ Also holder of the "World's Record of a Fire-Heat Race by a 3-year-old Stallion, •j. Limited number of approved mares at $100 the season. KINNEY de LOPEZ 2:23 -'- Son of Kinney Lou 2:07=4 and Betsey Direct by Direct 2:05%. © yi $50 the Season £ © Terms: Cash at time of service with usual return privilege, or money re- ^j ^ funded at our option. Excellent pasturage and best of care taken of mares, © © but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. V |r> "They have both shown bv this year's crop to be sires of early speed: j. Sp FIESTA LOU bv Wilbur Lou at 9 months old paced 1-16 in 10 seconds; j-. pa BILLIE BOYD bv Wilbur Lou at S months old trotted 1-16 in 12 seconds; Si Se DOX McKIXXEY by Kinney de Lopez at 7% months old trotted 1-16 in % iTi. 14 seconds; and all the rest are showing equally well" ©®^^^^©^©^^k5©^©^^^^©^©^^K©^^^^^K^r6^^©a$©^©^^K©^©^©^^ The Imported-Registered Shire Stallions Anwick Arthur Reg. No, 29025. Foaled 1908, Sired by Harbling Arthur 23368: dam Blossom 65974 by Sheffield Armour Plate 17616. A handsome, pow- erfully built young horse, stands 17.3 hands and weighs 2150 pounds. SERVICE FEE; S25. with return privilege. BLACK HAWK MERRY BOY Reg. No. 14064. Am. Shire Horse Ass'n. (Foaled April 23, 1912.) Sired bv Elvedon Hero 27313, dam Flawford Daisy 63656 by Whitestone Ring O' Bells 15927. Service Fee $20, with return privilege. BLACK HAWK HAROLD Reg. No. 14065. Am. Shire Horse Ass'n. (Foaled April 16, 1912.) Sired bv Fvlde Monk 29418, dam Quanea Diamond 6S287 bv Moulton Gallant Prince 16254. Service Fee: $20, with return privilege. The above stallions will stand at THE BLACK HAWK RANCH BURLINGAME, SAN MATEO CO., CAL. Young stock, one to five years old, broodmares, and stallions for sale. The best of care taken of mares bred to the above stallions, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Excellent pasturage at $5 per month. For further particulars apply to HARRY CLARK. Manager, Burlingame, Cal. DR. I. B. DALZIEL, 530 Fulton St., San Francisco. Cal. Makes Them Soand SMITH'S WONDER WORKER Keeps Them Sound Allays fever and Inflammation at once, tbis must be done to effect a cure, UNEXCELLED AS A REMEDY for bone and bog spavins, curbs, splints, ringbones, capped hocks, shoe boils, wind puffs, fhoroughpinB and bunches of all kinds, bowed, strained and ruptured tendons, shoulder, hip and stifle lameness, weak joints, sweeny, cording up, throat trouble and rheumatism. Relieves pains and soreness without loss of hair or a day's let up. As a leg and body wash it has no equal, in- vigorates and restores the distressed horse between heats and after hard workouts. Price $2.00 per bottle, prepaid on receipt of price. $16.00 per doz.; $10.00 per gal. ADVERTISE YOUR STALLION IN THE BREEDER & SPORTSMAN I onward mcoregor I I i Mahogany bay, 15*4 hands, 1050 pounds. (Yearling trial 'A in :33.) Foaled 1911 Bv Jay McGregor 2:07% (sire of 7 in 2:10 and daro of Colorado E. (3) 2:04?; . Leading sire of race- winning trotters in 1913. Dam Mary Gordon 2:09% (race record), by Gordon 3127 (sire of 1 in 2:10) byOnward 2:25*4. Second dam, Nell (dam of 1 in 2:10) by Young Octoroon (sire of grandam of PETER THE GREAT 2:07' i, J. MALCOLM FORBES 2:08, etc.). Onward McGregor is a grand individual with faultless disposition. His breeding should commend him to broodmare owners. He is the only son of that fashionable sire Jav McGregor, in California, while on his dam's side he traces directly to Onward and to the world's leading sire of 2:10 trotters, Peter the Great. Will make 1914 season at the Pleasanton Driving Park. Terms: $30 at time of service, with usual return privilege- (Limited to 20 mares.) Especially well prepared to care for mares but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. For further particulars and tabulated pedigree, address BERT WEBSTER, Manager, Pleasanton, Cal. McADRIAN 2:24 Reg. No. 45391 Sire of Bert Kelly 2:12% Tris McAdrian (2) 2:23% Grace Chalmers (mat.) .2:20% Olive McAdrian (2) tr..2:22 Sired bv GUY McKINNEY (sire of Vernon McKinney 2:01%, Linden Girl 2:22, etc.): dam MAPLE LEAF 2:34?4 by Adrian 2:26V, (sire of Rosetta A 2:14si). son of Reliance 2:22% and Adriana by Skenandoah; McAdrian's grandam was OLL1E RAY 2:39?4, dam "of Acclamation 2:24% (sire of Lizzie C. 2:15), Vendome, dam of McKinley 2:29; his great grandam was MARY BLAINE by Signal 3327 (sire of the dam of Prussian Maid 2:19, etc.). Guy McKinney, sire of McAdrian 2:24, was by McKinney 2:11*4, out of Flossie D., by Guy "Wilkes 2:15U^ second dam, Blanche "Ward (dam of China Maid 2:05i4), by Onward 2:25V;: third dam, Blanche Patchen, by Mambrino Patchen 58, etc. McAdrian is one of the handsomest and strongest made grandsons of McKinnev in California, He has no faults; is a pure gaited trotter and a sure foal getter. He "will make the season of 1914 at the race track, Red Bluff. Terms, $30 for the season. For further particulars, apply to or address E. D. DIGGES, Owner, Red Bluff, Cal. SAVE-THE-HORSE THE TIME IS NOW ALL tie winter long the troubled owner of a lame horse reads our adver- tisements. Then, day after day slips away, while he talks, laments, listens. takes advice and hesitating, — FAILS TO ACT, — till the Springtime is on him and his horse is not yet able to work. Meantime, the thrifty, prosperous, reso- lute man, reads, considers the evidence carefully — decides Promptly and his horse is working in, say, ten days to two weeks. That's exactly what happens every winter. Why not govern your own course by the proven experience of others? After Doctors Give Uu Priceburg, Pa., Nov. 12, 1913. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, X. T.: Please send me your Save-The-Horse book. I used your Spavin Cure and it cured my horse — after doctors blistered him a num- ber of times. I got no results until a man told me about Save-The-Horse. I gave some to a neighbor. His horse had a ringbone, but it cured him. I am a firm Save-The- Horse believer. R. J. TINSLEY. NOTE THE WORK THIS HORSE DOES IN FIVE DAYS. Mr. R. H. TVilliams, of Svkesville, Mi, Sept. 13, 1913, writes: "Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. T.: Have used Save-The-Horse five days: it is wonderful. The horse was unable to put heel to the ground, when walked she would barely touch toe and then jump with other foot- I gave first treat- ment Sunday. I put her in team Thursday and went for load of wood; got in place where they had to do tlaeir best or stay there. She lifted as hard as ever I saw her. Expected to see her lame nest morning, but she was noL How long shall I continue to treat her?" We originated the plan of — Treating Horses — Under a signed Guaranty-Contract to return the Money if Our Remedy Fails. SAVE-THE-HORSE is sold by Druggists and Dealers Everywhere, with a binding contract to refund money or cure any case of BONE AND BOG SPAVIN. THOROUGHPTN, RINGBONE (except low), CURB, SPLINT, CAPPED HOCK, WTNDFUFF, SHOE BOIL, INJURED TENDONS AND ALL LAMENESS. No scar or loss of hair. Horse works as usual. TROY CHEMICAL COMPANY Binghamton, N.Y. D. E. NEWELL, 80 Bay* Vista Ave. Oakland., Cal. NEW EDITION OF JOHN SPLAN'S BOOK $5 "Life With the Trotter* PRICE, $3.00 POSTPAID "Life With the Trotter" gives us a clear insight into the ways and means to be adopted to increase pace, and preserve it when obtained. This work is replete with interest, and should be read by all sections of society, as it inculcates the doctrines of kindness to the horse from start to finish." Address, BREEDER and SPORTSMAN, P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco, CaL Pacific Bldg., Cor. Market and Fourth Sts. Saturday, February 21, 1914.] THE BREEDER A.ND SPORTSMAN The (§» 1914 Trophy Offers To Amateur Shooters The Long Run Trophy — Solid Gold Watch Fob. The Season Trophies — Diamond Cuff Links. The Special Awards — 10 Attractive Trophies. The High Average Quail Pins — Solid Gold. The Trapshooting Club Trophy — Sterling Silver Watch Fobs. CONDITIONS OF AWARD: The Long Run Trophy: — Awarded amateur trapshooters for straight runs of 100 or over when using Dupont Eallistite, Schultze or Empire pow- ders. The Season Trophies: — Awarded the 3 amateur trapshooters making the greatest number of points under the following system, and when using Dupont, Eallistite, Schultze or Empire Powders. Runs of 50 to 59 will receive 1 point Runs of 60 to 69 will receive 2 points Runs of 70 to 79 will receive 3 points Runs of 80 to 89 will receive 4 points Runs of 90 to 99 will receive 5 points Runs of 100 to 124 will receive 6 points Runs of 125 to 149 will receive 7 points and so on. The Ten Special Awards:— Awarded the 10 amateur trapshooters making the greatest number of points under the above system for runs under 100, when using Du Pont Powders. Only shooters not making a run of 100 or over are eligible to win a Du Pont Special Trophy. While shooters winning Long Run Trophies are not eligible to win a Special Trophy, winners of the special trophies are eligible to win the Long Run and Season Trophies. It will be noted that runs of 50 straight or better are recognized. The Solid Gold Quail Pin: — Awarded amateur and professional trapshoot- ers (provided the shooter has not won one) winning the amateur and pro- fessional averages, respectively, at an advertised program tournament, when using Du Pont Powders. The Trapshooting Club Trophy: — Awarded Active Trapshooting Clubs for a series of club shoots. FOR PROFESSIONAL SHOOTERS. Three Season Trophies: — Diamond Cuff Links will be awarded the pro- fessional making the greatest number of points under above system when using Du Pont Powders. Note: Scores in registered tournaments only apply to the Du Pont Long Run Trophy, the Season and Special Trophies. Further details furnished upon application. Address Trapshooting Department. DUPONT POWDER CO. Established Wilmington 1802 Delaware C. A. Haight, Mgr Chronicle Bldg. San Francisco, J. H. Willman, Mgr. Maynard Bldg. Seattle, Wash. W. C. Howard, Mgr. Savings Bank Denver, Colo HERCULES A WINNER Shooters of Hercules Powder Lead at Midwinter Handicap Infallible and E. C. to be favorites during 1914 Pinehurst, N. C, Jan. 24. — Infallible and E. C. were among the most popular powders with shooters at the Midwinter Handicap which closed here today. F. H. Storr, of Richmond, Va., who shot Hercules E. C, was high for the entire program including the handicaps, with 752 x 800. He also tied for first on all 16 yd. targets, breaking 569 out of 600. The Preliminary Handicap was won by E. S. Ford, of Washington, D. C, who smashed 95 x 100. Mr. Ford is a new claimant for trapshooting honors and those who watched his performance here prophesy that he will be heard from often. Mr. Ford also shot Hercules E. C. The popularity of Infallible and E. C. was a much noticed feature of the shoot, and predictions were freely made that they would be the favorite powders with trapshooters during 1914. The most dependable and trustworthy form of advertising comes unsolicited from a disinterested source. When in doubt as to what make of gun to buy for game or trap shooting ask those who shoot PARKER GUNS The greater the distance at which it is shot in competition with other guns, the more THE OLD RIOl.IALH.i; 1'ARKER shines. The faultless balance, extreme simplicity and durability of the PARKER, combined with its superior shooting qualities, make it the ideal game gun. the pioneer forerunner of small bores, having popularized them and put them per- manently on the map. For full information regarding guns in gauges from 8 to 28, addresi PARKER BROS., Meriden, Conn., New York Salesroom, 32 Warren Street, or A. W. du Bray, P. O. Box 102, San Francisco, Cal. GOLCHER BROS. (Wholesale and Retail) All Makes of Guns All Shotgun Loads HUNTING SUITS, DECOYS, FOLDING BOATS, OIL SKINS AND SWEATERS Telephone Kearny 1883. Send for Price Catalogue. 510 Market St., San Francisco, Cal. 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We make a Bve-genera- liou pedigree (blood lines only) for $1. A four- gene rati on tabula- tion with ancestor's record progeny lor $2; five-generations lor $3— all on a blank 14x17. A handsome Bye-generation tabula- lion, 16x20, printed in two-colors for framing, for $6, two copies for $6.50 or Bve for $7. Address I Magnus Flaws & Co., 542 S. Dearborn St, Chicago, DL Tabulated Pedigrees 16 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday. February 21, 1911. Tbe Best Horse Boots The onlj Manufacturer of Horae Boots on the P»cific Coast. 1913 Official Amateur Average ■v ». i. ■* *.>.-.»»-, won by MR. BARTON LEWIS of Auburn, Ills., using exclusive!} "Steel where steel belongs" FACTORY LOADED SHELLS MR. LEWIS SHOT AT 6080 TARGETS DURING THE YEAR. AND BROKE 5811 an average of 95.58f/c Allot this shooting was done with Peters Shells, in large part the Medium Priced Loads. Mr. Lewis is known to trapshooters and sportsmen throughout the country as the winner of the Amateur Championship of the United States, at the Grand American Handicap Tournament at Dayton, Ohio, in June, 1913. His score in that event — made with the P brand was 195 x 200 from IS yards. THE HIGHEST AMATEUR HONORS IN TRAP SHOOTING HAVE BEEN WON WITH THE P BRAND 3 out of the past 4 years THE PETERS CARTRIDGE CO., Pacific Coast Brancb : 583-85 Howard St, San Francisco, Cal. 1913 — Barton Lewis shot at 4645— broke 4440 — average 95.59 per cent. 1912 — Barton Lewis shot at 4280 — broke 4164 — average 97.28 per cent. 1910 — James S. Day shot at 6080 — broke 5811 — average 95.58 per cent. I ^c-:->S5H^s~>~i-r:->:-5r;->:->:->:--3-K^ -:^:-i--:^">:^-:^-:^:-^:^:-i-:-j-:-^:^:-^*->^:- :-:->:<-K->iH-:s^^'^--;-*4^-»rf-->^>:- ^.-^.~^\~j~^r^~^\~^^^\~rr^^- I WfHCfftSTtK I 12 GUAGE MODEL 1912 HAMMERLESS SHOTGUN Nickel Steel Throughout. Weight about 7*4 pounds. List Price, $30.00. WHAT TRAPSHOOTERS THINK OF THE MOST PERFECT REPEATER A representative recently showed one of the new "Winchester 12 Gauge Hammerless Repeating Shotguns at the shoot of a well-known gun cluh. There were forty shooters present and most of them were eager to try or feel of the gun that the trapshooting world has been looking for. The verdict of the shooters on the new gun is best expressed by their acts. Twenty-eight of them ordered one then and there. This incident is significent. It shows what expert and critical trap shooters think of the latest Winchester. What's more, the enthusiastic endorsement and approval of this, "The Most Perfect Repeater," is not restricted to trap shooters, nor does it seem to have any geographical limitations. It comes from bird and du ck hunters as well as trap shooters from all parts of the country. A lone criticism, which we consider a compliment, has reached us. It came from a competitor and it was this. "The gun is too good for the money." That is skursely detrimental. Look one of the new guns over at your dealer's or send to us for an illustrated, descriptive circular and decide upon the merits of the gun for yourself. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO., NEW HAVEN, CONN. By Invitaton, Member of The Rice Leaders of the World Association. %-^^~\^rr*-\^\^^r\^\^^ SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO. San Francisco and Seattle You Can Still Use Your Shot Gun Even though the season is over you don't hare to put your gun away. Blue Rock shoot- ing has started and you can "break "em" to your hearts' content. Of course, to get the best results your ammunition must be fresh. Shoot the Coast Loaded SELBY LOADS and be sure of Fresh Shells — then you won't hare to shoot against an ammunition handicap.. Get fresh Selby Loads from your dealer. HE WILL ORDER SOMETHING SPECIAL FROM THE FACTORY IF TOU WISH. VOLUME LXIV. No. 9. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1914. Subscription — 53.00 Per Year THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, February 28, 1914. The Bondsman 37641 Trial 4-2*11 State License Pure Bred Xo. 272 11 1111 I fa»ll By Baron Wilkes 475S, Sam Sorrento (dam of 6) by Grand Sentinel S65 (sire dams of Peter the Great 2:07%, J. Malcolm Forbes 2:08, etc.); next dam Empress, great broodmare, by Abdallah Mambrino 3715. Colorado E. (3), race record 2:04% World's Champion 3-year-old stallion. Col. Franklin (1913) 2:06i4 The Plunger (4) 2:07% A "winner in both America and Europe. Creighton 2:08>4 Grace Bond (2) 2:15 2:09>4 Winner of 2 and 3-year-old futurity. Carmen McCan 2:09% Lizzie Brown (1913) 2:10 Arion Bond (a sire) 2 :11 The Clansman (a sire) 2:13% Mary Brown (1913) 2:15% Bon Ton (1913) 2:15V. Cecil Bond (p) (1913 2:15% And 16 others in 2:23 and better. And others in two-thirty and better. THE BONDSMAN will make the season of 1914 at THE SAN JOSE DRIVING PARK, San Jose, Cal. He will be limited to sixty mares only. TERMS: $100 at time of service with return privilege in 1915, or money refunded at our option. Good accommodations and best of care to mares sent. Address all correspondence to CAPT. C. P. McCAN, Whitehouse Ap'ts, Orchard St., San Jose, Cal. ^■r^rZ<^r&^r^r^r^\^^<^--r^-^:-^^^-^r^rmem COP A DE ORO 1:59 CARLOKIN 2:071-2 Winning Performance Exhibition Mile 2:05 1-4 DURFEE'S STALLIONS 1 1 -" g Reg. No. 36548. Licensed Pure Bred. Cert No. 1297. Champion Trotter and Champion Sire of Trotters CHAMPION PACING STALLION OF THE WEST Reg. Xo. 52785. Licensed Pure Bred, Cert No. 129S Sire of Change (2) 2:1314; Gold Lily (2) 2:24/2; Con- tention B. (2) 2:24|/2; De Oro (2) 2:271/2. Fastest stallion on the Pacific Coast, and one of the handsomest horses in the world. Golden bay, stands 15.3^ hands high and weighs 1200 lbs. By Nutwood Wilkes 2:16^; dam Atherine 2:16*4, by Patron 2:16*4; second dam Athene, by Harold 413; third dam Minerva, by Pilot Jr. 12; fourth dam, Bac- chante Mambrino, by Mambrino Chief 11. Copa de Oro is destined to be one of the greatest of all pacing sires. His colts show remarkable speed, stamina and manners. I trained two 2-3'ear-old pacers by him this summer and either could step a half close to a minute. FEE: $75 for the Season, Usual return privilege I am especially well equipped for caring for mares at reasonable rates in any wav responsibility is assumed for accidents or escapes. Further particulars may be had by applving to the West. Mahogany bay, stands 15.1^4 and weighs 1060. Sire of Esperanza (2) 2:1414; John Warwick (2) 2:17; Carsto (2) 2:22' 2; Santiago (3) 2:24%; Carlrich (2) 2:24j/2; Ethel D. (2) 2:26/2; El Carbine (2) 2:27i/2; The Lark (2) 2:28' 2; Carlos (2) 2:2914, and Fulton G. (2) 2:30, May Marion (3) 2:24J4. Esperanza Won Breeders' Futurity 1913, Two-Year- Old Trotting Division. John Warwick Won State Fair Futurity 1913, Two- Year-Old Trotting Division ■ Chango Won State Fair Futurity 1913, Two- Year- Old Pacing Division. Sired by McKinney 2:11%; dam Carlotta Wilkes (dam of Inferlotta 2:04%, Mary Dillon 2:06Vi, Guy Borden 2:07*4. Carlokin 2:07*£, and 6 others in the list) by Charley Wilkes 3653; nest dam Aspasia (dam of 10 in 2:30 list) bv Alcantara 2:23; next dam Miss Buchanan (dam of 5 in 2:30 list) by Clark Chief S9. Carlokin raced from the time he was three years old. season, and after his races were over trotted an exhibition mile at Lexington in 2:05%. He is one of the purest-gaited trotters ever raced, and has been shown on numerous occasions in standard classes, always taking first premium. FEE: $75 for the season, Usual return privilege that owners may desire. Every attention will be given mares in my charge, but no He won over $17,000 in one W. D U R F E E, 2019 So. 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ASK YOUR DEALER TO SHOW YOU THIS MODERN ARM OR WRITE TO US FOR BOOKLET DESCRIBING IT REMINGTON ARMS- UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. 299-301 Broadway New York City Saturday, February 28, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast. (Established 1SS2.) Published every Saturday. F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. OFFICES: 363-?65-366 PACIFIC BUILDING Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. National Kewspaper Bureau Agent, 219 East 23rd St., New York City. Entered aa Second Class Matter at San Francisco Post-Office. Terms — One Year, $3; Sis Months, $1.75; Three Months, 51. Foreign postage ?1 per year additional; Canadian postage 50c per year additional. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or registered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley, P. 0. Drewer 447, San Francisco, Calif. Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee of good faith. STALLIONS ADVERTISED. ANWICK ARTHUR Harry Clark, Burlingame BLACK HAWK HAROLD Harrv Clark, Burlingame BLACK HAWK MERRY BOY. Harry Clark, Burlingame CARLOKIN 2:07% W. G. Durfee, Los Angeles COPA DE ORO 1:59 W. G. Durfee, Los Angeles JIM LOGAN 2:02% J. Elmo Montgomery, Woodland JOHANO H. S. Feindel, Pleasanton JOE PATCHEX II. 2:03% C. L. DeRyder, Pleasanton KIXXEY DE LOPEZ 2:23. .Hemet Stock Farm, Hemet MeADRIAN 2:24 E. D. Digges, Red Bluff, Cal. McMYRTLE Delcino & Delcino, Petaluma MOKO HALL 2:12% F. J. Ruhstaller, Sacramento MONTBAINE 4S667 Suisun Stock Farm, Suisun ONWARD MCGREGOR Bert Webster, Pleasanton PALO KING 2:2SV. H. Hogoboom, Woodland PRINCE ANSEL 2:20% Harry Dowling, Woodland ROBERT BINGEN 2:14V, Harry Dowling, Woodland THE BONDSMAN Capt. C. P. McCan, San Jose VERNON McKINNEY 2:01%. .C. L. DeRyder, Pleasanton WILBUR LOU 2:10%.. Hemet Stock Farm, Hemet, Cal. ZOMBLACK 2:26 C. L. DeRyder, Pleasanton DATES CLAIMED FOR FAIRS. sentiment attached to such an ownership will sur- vive as long as life lasts, and be always a pleasant and refreshing remembrance. Santa Rosa — August 31st to September 5th (inclusive). Woodland — September 8th to 10th. Sacramento (State Fair) — September 12th to 19th. Pleasanton — September 23rd to 26th. Fresno — September 29th to October 3rd. Hanford — October 5th to 10th. Los Angeles — October 12th to 17th. Riverside — October 19th to 23rd. THE RETURNS from the recent sales of trotting stock in Lexington and New York City were ex- ceedingly gratifying to consignors and proved that the demand for well-bred youngsters, broodmares and stallions is improving fast. There were no foreign buyers at these sales, men who are willing to pay as much for high class trotters today as they were five years ago. In their stead there were many new buyers who see there is a future in the trotting horse industry. They have been watching the change in the tide of affairs and were ready when the National and the American Trotting Asso- ciations saw fit to make changes to popularize the sport which should have been made many years ago. They were prompt in attending the sales then and getting material to place in the hands of com- petent trainers, believing that the prospects for making money with the right kind of horses are vastly improved under the new system just adopted. Many sales have been made privately and several notable ones on the Pacific Coast, for instance, the sale of Virginia Barnette for $15,000, and Major By By, $5,000, during the past month; also the sale of Robert Bingen 2:14% for $10,000, and for others large prices have been offered and refused. The supply of really high class trotters and pacers is diminishing because the earning capacity of these had been lessened through the arbitrary and one- sided rulings which have been in vogue for many years. But there is a rift in the horizon, a silver lining in the dark clouds of mystery, doubt and failure. These forboding harbingers of sorrow have been dispersed and hope and brighter prospects are presenting themselves in their stead. While the demand for the best is increasing so plainly and we can see the supply diminishing for want of patronage, this is the time for the far- sighted breeder to take advantage of the situation and send his best mares — all of them — to the very choicest stallions procurable. It makes little dif- ference where they are; if a horse is standing in Los Angeles, San Jose, Sacramento, Woodland, Pleas- anton or anywhere in California, whose bloodlines the owner of the mare believes will nick well with his animal, he should never figure on the cost of transportation but make arrangements to get that mare, or mares, if he has more than one, to that stallion at once. The resultant foal will bring joy and gladness to him, for it was "bred for a purpose," and as it was predestined to be a good one, in nine cases out of ten it will be, and tne price realized from its sale or the amount won by it upon the race tracks will more than pay for all that has been expended in its behalf. We believe the knowledge that one has bred a record holder is never expressed in fitting language, for that is an impossibility; the WOULD it not be a good idea if the amateur driv- ing clubs from San Francisco, Sacramento, Stockton, Rocklin and other places where they are flourishing would unite and hold a big matinee race meeting over the new track on the Panama-Pacific Interna- tional Fair Grounds? This course will be ready in about one hundred days and if the grandstand and stalls are completed, what a crowd will be attend- ance. Our amateur driving clubs have been keeping alive the interest in light harness horse events on this Coast and they should receive encouragement. ORMONDALE Stock Farm, founded by the late Wm. O'B. Macdonough, has issued a catalogue of all its thoroughbreds which is pronounced by all who have seen it to be the most complete as well as handsomest publication of its kind ever issued on this Coast. THE TOTAL motor car licenses in California are estimated to amount to between $1,000,000 and $1,500,000 per year, and this amount must be paid. Some automobilists will begin to think that horses are cheaper after all. MATERIAL CHANGES IN THE RULES OF TROTTING FOR 1914. No performance against time or in a losing race of best 2 in 3 or 3 in 5 heats is a bar in classification. All winning performances in three-heat races are records for classification. All entries made conditionally will be held as though made strictly under the published conditions. Full list of the entries must be mailed to the nom- inators within seven days after the entries close. A person making an entry as agent must give the name and address of the principal. A record horse will be allowed one second in clas- sification for every year that he has raced and failed to equal or reduce his record. A horse that has record made on a mile track will be allowed four seconds in classification when en- tered on half-mile tracks. When an installment plan purse is declared off the forfeits shall be distributed among those only who have kept their horses eligible. Those who have declared out will not share. Licensed starters must pay a fee of $5 per annum, and act as judges at meetings where the purses do not exceed $3,000 in the aggregate. All horses three years old or under are prohib- ited from wearing hopples under a penalty of $100 fine, or suspension or expulsion. A driver must be warned before a penalty can be imposed. Drivers will be permitted to carry watches if de- sired. "Loafing" part of the heat, i. e., going the first half in 1:09 and the last half in 1:02, will not be con- strued as "laying up." In 3 in 5 races only horses standing for a part of the money can start in the fourth heat and only heat winners can start after the fifth. Distance on half-mile tracks will be 80 yards when less than eight horses start, and 100 yards when eight or more start. On mile tracks 60 yards for less than eight and 80 yards for eight or more. Time made on foreign tracks is recognized as a record or bar on American tracks. A horse which wins a race the purse of which is not paid will not be penalized with the record therein made. All fines imposed upon drivers will be reserved for the relief of needy or disabled members of that pursuit. Any person who gives counterfeit money or a bad check in payment of an entrance fee will be fined the amount thereof and suspended until the fine and fee are both paid. No two-year-old will be permitted to start against horses of greater age if the race is longer than 2 in 3. SACRAMENTO DRIVING CLUB ELECTION. In recognition of his efficient administration of the affairs of the Sacramento Driving Club during the past several years, Thomas Coulter was re-elected president of the club at a meeting held last night in the Nicolaus building. George Vice was selected vice-president; Sam Smith, treasurer; M. J. Murray, secretary, and John Silva, official collector. Plans for a busy season of harness racing were outlined at the meeting, which was attended by a large number of members. The series of matinee meets will open about the middle of April. The election of Coulter, who is now a candidate for city commissioner, assures the club another suc- cessful leadership. During his administration the club has been built up until it is now the strongest organization of its kind on the coast, and noted for its advancement of the harness racing game in this section. "We feel quite proud of our club," said Coulter recently, "and this year we should have the best season in our history. Our members have acquired new horses and I am sure that we will see some keen competition when we hold the first matinee meet in April. We have a good membership, and it is made up of lovers of the horse, and we have been furnish- ing good clean sport and amusement which I am sure the public enjoys quite as well as do the men who belong to the club. "In holding matinee meets every two weeks here during the season we provide a place of amusement that is entirely free of admission. It is for the love of the game that we bring out our horses for these races. We have only one meet during the year at which admission is charged, and that is when we give our annual charitable meet. We have contrib- uted about $500 a year to some of the worthy chari- ties of Sacramento. It is a great pleasure for the members of our club to be able to do this as it brings out a large attendance at these meetings to help the charitable cause as well as increase the popularity of good, clean horse racing. "I greatly appreciate the fact that the members of the club have again elected me as president, and I will continue to give the driving club the best ad- ministration possible. I believe that our club has its plac^. in the community, and if we can continue to provide good racing we will do our share toward building up and maintaining that great breed of horses — the American standard bred trotters and pacers." The driving club will hold meets every other Sun- day during the summer and will invite clubs from Woodland, Marysville, Chico, San Francisco, Stock- ton, Rocklin and other cities. When not racing at home the club members will take their horses to these other cities. Committees for the ensuing term were appointed as follows: Executive Committee — Charles F. Silva, F. E. Wright, E. J. Weldon, F. J. Ruhstaller, George Vice, J. F. Heenan. Sgeed Committee — Walter Try- on, H. C. Pike, John Silva, J. F. Heenan, William Ivey. Reception Committee — F. J. Ruhstaller, C. F. Pike, P. A. Weber, H. C. Cowell, W. H. Gaffett, Her- man Davis, Dr. A. Eberle, Fred Wallner, F. E. Hollis- ter, Walter Chenoweth, Joe Marty, William Wacker, Marshals — M. T. Hunt, Tevis Paine. — Sacramento Union. ALLOWANCES MAKE OLD HORSES NEW. Now that records made in winning races are the orly ones that count in classifying trotters and pacers under the rules of the N. T. A., horsemen will do well to look up the performances of horses before passing them by as outclassed. The system of han- dicapping harness horses has just been revolution- ized, and so have values in very many cases. There are doubtless numerous trotters and pacers whose fast records would have rendered them all but worth- less for campaigning purposes under the old rules but that may now be worth ten times their former value by the mere operation of this new provision of the turf code. It is well to remember also that a horse will be allowed one second for each year in which he has started and failed to win or equal his previous record. Still another factor affecting values is the new time allowance of four seconds instead of three for horses having records made on mile tracks when starting in races on half-mile tracks. The allowance of three seconds was found to be of little consequence, but another second is like the added inch on the end of man's nose. It should turn many a loser of last season into a winner in 1914. All these rules are retroactive and mandatory, and thus apply to all records in all races. They are not quite clear, perhaps, as to whether the word record always means the record made in a winning race, but to be consistent this interpretation would seem to be necessary. If a horse with a record of 2:12 made in a losing race is eligible to start in the 2:20 class on a mile track then it would seem to be unjust and even absurd to force him to start in the 2:20 class on a half-mile track, since this interpreta- tion of the rule would deprive him of his time allow- ance of four seconds, representing the difference between mile tracks and half-mile tracks. Giving him his additional allowance, he would be eligible to the 2:24 class on the half-mile rings. PATCHEN WILKES FARM FILES SUIT IN COURT. The Patchen Wilkes Stock Farm Company, Incor- porated, which operates a breeding farm at Lexing- ton, Ky., filed suit last Monday in the Supreme Court to recover $1,900 from Harry Burgoyne, manager of the Walnut Hall Farm at Lexington, Ky. In its complaint the plaintiff says it was the owner of a registered stallion, Peter the Great, and in 1910 paid a regular service fee of $400, and the two suc- ceeding years $500 each. For these payments the Patchen Wilkes Stock Farm Company was entitled to stand Peter the Great at the above prices. Mr. Burgoyne is alleged to have bred four mares by the stallion for which he has not paid the service fee, amounting to $400 for the year 1910 and $500 for 1911 and 1912. The mares are named as Hazel Nutwood, by Nut- wood, now claimed to be Hattie Nutwood; another claimed to be a bay filly by Jay McGregor, a third Hazel McGregor, now claimed to be Hattie McGregor, and the fourth Miss Ormond, now claimed to be Lady Ormond. J. David West of 1265 Golden Gate avenue is agent for Sells' celebrated Turf Goods. Tuttle & Clark's electric stallion shield, and carries a full line of harness, blankets and veterinary medicines and lini- ments. If in need of anything in that line, give him a call. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, February 28, 1914. FLORA LANGFORD BY LANGFORD. One of the Foundation Mares Whose Descendants Will Always Keep Her Name Prominent On Trotting Tracks. In last week's issue the greatness of a few of the Arthurton mares on the San Mateo Stock Farm was shown, but there were other sires whose daughters on this farm have produced some famous horses, the most notable of which, outside of the mares tracing to that remarkable fountain-head of speed, The Moor, was a pacing mare with a trial record of 2:24, she was called Flora Langford, and in the first catalogues issued by William Corbitt was credited and undoubt- edly was by the thoroughbred Langford, sire of. the great mile heat winner, Thad Stevens. Langford was by Williamson's Belmont out of Liz Givens, by Imported Langford; second dam Charlotte Pace by Sir Arehy; third dam by Imported Restless; fourth dam Green's Celer Mare by Celer, etc. Imported Langford was by Starch out of Peri by Wanderer; second dam Thalestris by Alexander; third dam Rival by Sir Peter Teazle, etc. Langford had only a few of his daughters bred to trotters, yet they are the dams of Carrie T. (p.) 2:20% and Belle Spencer 2:26%. This daughter of his, Flora Langford, how- ever, when bred to Arthurton (son of Hambletonian 10 and Imogene by American Star 14; grandam Curry Abdallah, by Abdallah) produced Joe Arthur- ton, the first of the Arthurtons to be trained. He obtained a record of 2:20% and proved to he a very consistent performer. Next to Arab 2:15 he was the fastest of the Arthurton tribe. A sister of Joe Ar- thurton's called Lyla A., when bred to Sable Wilkes 2:18 (son of Guy Wilkes 2:15% and Sable, dam of 4, by The Moor) produced the famous broodmare Laura B. (dam of Lauretta 2:08%, Laurels 2:13, Bertha Bennet 2:14%, The Montana 2:18%, The Lawyer 2:25%, Joe Chilton 2:29% and the dams of Geo. E. 2:18%, Lauretta Onward 2:24% and Howard Mann (2) 2:30. Another of Flora Langford's daugh- ters is the dam of John W. Patterson 2:12%. Flora Langford also produced a very promising colt called Sol Wilkes that trotted as a four-year-old a trial mile in 2:25 with only 90 days' work over the three-quar- ter mile home track. This colt unfortunately died. She also produced a mare by Arthurton called Kate Arthurton, full sister to Joe Arthurton 2:20% and Lyla A., and her daughter Flora Grande is the dam of the pacer Kenneth 2:17%. Nine years after Flora Langford produced Joe Arthurton she had Lillian Wilkes, a brown filly by Guy Wilkes 2:15%, which took her record of 2:17% in the second heat of a race at Petaluma, August 29, 1889. This record when taken was the fastest that had been credited to a filly of that age. She was a very handsome, blood-like mare, very pure gaited, and when called upon for extreme speed moved with such vim and determination as to cause the most favorable comment among beholders on account of her wonderful vitality and power. In this event she was troubled with a splint which pained her for weeks prior to the day of the race; consequently Mr. Goldsmith could not give her the amount of work necessary to bring her finely wrought organism to anything like its highest perfection. That race in- creased her lameness and unfitted her for further training. Mr. Corbitt, in speaking of her said: "Some exceedingly good ones have been handled at San Mateo, and we have met many good ones outside of the farm, but it is questionable whether one of naturally greater power than Lillian Wilkes has fallen within our experience or observation." A prominent horseman said at the time: "In her way of going, her unflinching gameness, her vim and electric force, she is a close counterpart of Dexter, once King of the Trotting Turf; but in this, her first competing race as a three-year-old, handicapped by a bad splint, she took a record only half a second slow- er than he accomplished against time at full matu- rity after many years of track development, and a faster one than he ever took in a race." Lillian Wilkes started in a purse race for three- year-olds, the week before (August 15, 1S89), at Napa. The stories of her marvelous speed frightened all owners of the other entries and though she came upon the track slightly "nodding," the judges asked John A. Goldsmith, her driver, if he thought she would go a fast mile. He replied: "You can see she favors that leg; that splint hurts her. I want to give her a record anyway and will try and give her a good one." He sent her around and she trotted the mile in 2:18, the fastest ever made on that track up to that time by any three-year-old. The next week she started in Petaluma against Sunol (Marvin) and Margaret S. (McDowell), and the following account of this race was published in the Breeder and Sports- man. There were no pneumatic tired sulkies in those days and this track was considered from two to three seconds slow: There was a feeling of half suppressed excitement per- vading the atmosphere about the stables and among the horsemen when the bell tapped, calling out the three- year-olds. That it was to be a race for blood no one doubted for a moment. It was Electioneer and the thor- oughbred cross against Guy Wilkes, the whole Wilkes familv and this purely bred trotter. Margaret S. was in fairlv good fix, but her late sickness prevented her being put in proper trim for a bruising race. The other two were fit to race for a man's life, and they were perfect pictures of a horseman's dream when they passed through the gates and jogged out upon the track. It was the betting event of the day, and a pile of monev went into the boxes, Sunol of course selling fav- orite," bringing $50, Lillian Wilkes §25, and Margaret S. $5. In the mutuals it was Sunol and the field, with plenty of backers for the Palo Alto filly, every boy in the stable putting up his little screw upon the pride of the place. Sunol came out first, and as she jogged up the straight her beautiful golden bay coat shining and glistening ir the afternoon sun like a handsome piece of satin, three t\ousand pairs of eyes watched her closely, and noted the animal's smooth, gliding gait which marks the per- fection of speed and action. Margaret S. next showed up, and there were many warm comments upon the good mare. Goldsmith was last out with Lillian Wilkes. She, too, presented a hand- some appearance, going steadily along with that machine- like gait which has already carried her around the circle in 2:18. Sunol had the pole, Lillian Wilkes was second and Mar- garet S. third. They scored but twice and then La Rue gave them the word. They went oft with Sunol slightlv in advance, but, going into the turn, Lillian Wilkes made a bad break, and before she got down Sunol and Margaret S. were at the quarter post in 34 seconds, Sunol trotting smoothly and without effort, Margaret S. a length behind her. Going down the backstretch Margaret S. on the outside went up to Sunol's wheel and at the half was at her flank. Lillian Wilkes got down near the Quarter and came on at last, over a distance and a half behind the leaders. Marvin took Sunol well to the front on the lower turn and then waited for Lillian Wilkes. In the straight Sunol drew away to a three lengths' lead and finished in the slowest kind of a jog, Margaret S. three lengths back, and Lillian Wilkes two lengths inside the distance flag. Time — 2:21%. Quarters — :33%, 1:0914, 1:46. Second Heat. — Sunol went away out of sight in the auc- tions, selling at $25 to §5 for the field, with few takers for the field. The three cooled out well and came to the score all the better for the heat- Once, twice, three times they scored, and then went off, Sunol leading, Margaret S. stopped at her wheel, with Lillian Wilkes a length be- hind. When they strung out on the turn Sunol was an open length first, Margaret S. second, and Lillian Wilkes the same distance back. These were the positions at the head of the backstretch. Then Goldsmith began to move Lillian up. A hundred yards from the quarter she lapped Margaret S-, half way down she collared the Director filly and passed her. TV hen the half was reached Lillian Wilkes was at Sunol's wheel and both going like the wind. They drew away from Margaret S. as if she were standing still. On the turn Sunol went a good length in front and had that much lead at the head of the straight. Lillian Wilkes commenced to crawl up. Sunol went faster: so did Lillian. Lillian still gained. Half way home from the three-quarters Lillian had her head at the favorite's wheel. Marvin leaned away over in his sulky and raised his whip. He held it poised for a mo- ment as if undecided, then the lash came down. The filly spurted forward. Lillian was with her. The Wilkes filly, with a burst of lightning speed, got to the favorite's flank. Then the lash fell again and again. Sunol swerved from the pole. Thirty yards from the wire they were even; then Lillian shoved her head in front and went under the wire first by a length and a half. Margaret S. was just inside the red flag. Time by quarters: :34t4, 1:10%, 1:45, 2:17%. The people yelled themselves hoarse as the finish was made, and "Lillian wins! Lillian wins!" was the great cry that went up from the densely packed grandstand. Third Heat. — There was a rush for the betting shed and the money poured in. The greatest chop on record was the result. Lillian Wilkes was sold as favorite against the field, bringing a steady price of $90 against §32, the big double eagles coming up on the auction counter in fistfuls. By and by Lillian sold with Margaret S. at $50 against $15 for Sunol. They had five scores before they got off, with Margaret S. having the best of the go. Sunol went to the fore in the turn a length ahead of Margaret and two open lengths from Lillian. Margaret closed up and was even with Sunol at the quarter, and Lillian three lengths back, broke. There was a cry from the crowd. Sunol went into the back- stretch with Margaret at her neck. Lillian got her feet again just past the quarter and was a good six lengths behind. Sunol drew away from Margaret and passed the half, two lengths to the good of her and seven lengths away from Lillian Wilkes. Goldsmith began to drive his filly at the lower turn. She walked up on Margaret and passed her. Then she started for Sunol, three lengths away at the head of the straight. Marvin was already driving Sunol and kept throwing his head around each time to see Lillian Wilkes crawling up. Half way home, when Lillian was at her wheel, Sunol again got the whip, and for once she could not respond. Lillian came on like a machine, regular, level and sure. Marvin gave the fills- two or three sharp cuts in a last effort, but she was no more in it, quitting dead away. Marvin pulled her up and Lillian Wilkes went under easy. Margaret S. was two lengths inside the flag. Time by quarters: 0:35, 1:10%, 1:46 and 2:22. The crowd went wild. Sunol went back to her stall in bad shape, and dry as a bone. Thev couldn't get a scrape out of her. Fourth Heat. — Pools sold, field $50. Sunol $5. They scored twice and got the word. This time Lillian went off into the turn in the lead, Sunol second, Margaret S. third. They went around the turn very slow at the quarter, Lillian was a length to the good and Margaret S. and Sunol were together. Down the back stretch Sunol got up to Lillian's wheel. In this order the3" reached the half, then Marvin moved Sunol up faster. He got her to Lillian's flank and then to her head, and they rounded into the straight on even terms. Margaret S. came up near them and the tliree in a bunch trotted for home, Sunol doing her best, but Lillian Wilkes well in hand. They reached the drawgate with Sunol and Lillian head and'head, then the three drivers drew their whips. The fillies were tired, but Lillian Wilkes had more in her in reserve, and under a hard drive she won the deciding heat by two lengths, Marvin drawing up. Margaret S. finished third, close up to Sunol. Time: 2:25. There never was a blanker looking crowd than Sunol's hackers after the race. That the filly would be beaten no one dreamed. When sent East and sold Lillian Wilkes proved her worth as a broodmare and her produce is rated among the very best in the United States today. Bred to Axworthy (3) 2:15%, whose sire, Axtell (3) 2:12, was by William L., a full brother to Guy Wilkes 2:15%, sire of Lillian Wilkes 2:17%, she produced Guy Axworthy (2) 2:23%, race record (4) 2:08%, champion four-year-old stallion of 1906, sire of Muda Guy 2:09, world's champion on a half-mile track as a three-year-old, 2:12%. Captain Guy 2:16%, Mamie Guy (4) 2:16%. Axworth (3) 2:10, Meta Guy 2:17%, Dromore (2) (timed in a race at two years, 2:12%) 2:24%, and eight others in 2:30, and grandsire at eleven years of Drogheda (2) 2:26% and Mary G. (4) 2:26%.* At that age Guy Axworthy has fifteen trot- ters in the list, leading all stallions of his age, in- cluding Peter the Great 2:07%, Axworthy 2:15%, Moko and Walnut Hall 2:08%, and at his age today (1914) none of these celebrated sires had either a producing son or a producing daughter — truly a remarkable record. Lillian Wilkes is also the dam of Lilly Stranger 2:15%, Guy Thistle 2:18% (sire of Lotta 2:08%), and Lilworthy (dam of Frank Perry 2:15, the cham- pion yearling pacer now at Pleasanton, the property of R. J. MacKenzie), Worthy Cord 2:19% and Lil Cord 2:27%. It is a family that breeds on. Another curious thing about the blending of the blood of Guy Wilkes with that of Langford: there were several instances of it on the San Mateo Stock Farm. Lallah Wilkes 2:26 had for her grandam a daughter of this good son of Williamson's Belmont, Lindale (dam of Lynwood W. 2, 2:20%, sire of 10, including Charley Belden 2:08% and Sonoma Girl 2:04%, the greatest of money-winning trotters for the time she was raced), had for a grandam a mare by Langford. Roseate, by Guy Wilkes 2:15% (dam of the bay mare Frank Wilkes 2:29% and Oro Guy, sire of Oro May 2:24%) had for her third dam a very fair race mare called Katydid, by Fireman, son of Langford. Katydid was the dame of Inez 2:30, dam of Vesolia (2) 2:29%, and Rosedale, dam of Calabar 8559, sire of two, and one of her daughters is Coinci- dent 2, 2:20, dam of three in the standard list. It was not alone to the blood of Langford in the matrons that such phenomenal success followed the breeding operations on this farm. Mr. Corbitt be- lieved in Williamson's Belmont and attributed much of his success in obtaining good race-winners to the fact that he had so much of it through this remark- able thoroughbred and his sons, Bell Alta, Capt. Web- ster and Venture. On top of these he added the blood of The Moor, and how beautifully it blended with that of Guy Wilkes and his sons, Sable Wilkes 2:18 and Oro Wilkes 2:11. In a future article will be shown some surprising results of this breeding and the lesson they teach of the benefits to be derived from breeding for a purpose. Mr. Corbitt was a stickler for conformation and soundness and wanted his mares to have a natural aptitude or disposition to trot; but among all the mares he bred and raised he invariably insisted that Lillian Wilkes should, if all the rules he followed be true, become one of the greatest matrons to produce colts and fillies, having early and extreme speed ever foaled, and time has proven his prediction to be a correct one for this daughter of the old mare, Flora Langford, that had a pacing trial of 2:24! 0 HOW THE CASSIARS WERE BRED. Rohnerville, Cal., Feb. 22, 1914. Editor Breeder and Sportsman: In your issue of November Sth you have an inquiry about Maud McAtee, etc. Herewith I send you this information. The sire Cassiar was foaled on the Moorland Stock Farm near Milpitas in 1892. He was never bred to a mare until 1902, when he was ten years old. He has ten colts with matinee records ranging from 2:12 to 2:30. Cassiar received his first regular training when he was eleven years old. He took a record of 2:26. At thirteen years of age he lowered this to 2:22 and at the age of fifteen trotted in 2:15 to a Miller cart. [We can find no record of him getting such a mark. In the Year Book he is credited with 2:26 only. — Ed. B. and S.] The following sired by him, with the exception of Maud McAtee, obtained their records hitched to Miller carts; she pulled a sulky over the half-mile track here: Maud McAtee (mainee) 2:12, dam Moun- tain Maid by Green Mountain Boy; second dam by Idaho Patchen. Johnny Green (p) 2:16%, full broth- er to Maud McAtee. Billy J. (p.) 4, dam Juanita by Secretary 2:22: second dam Queen (dam of Anteeo Richmond 2:24%) by A. W. Richmond. Johnny Green 2:16% and Billy J. 2:20 are the only ones, I believe, that are given to the credit of Cassiar 2041 in the Year Book, but the following is a list of those that have earned the records opposite their names: Lady Wattles 2:22%,, full sister to Billy J. 2:20; May March (4) 2:20, dam by Beecher, son of Waldstein 2:22%; Cassine 2:23%, trotting, dam Thora Stanford by Truman 2:12, son of Electioneer; Evely E. (4) 2:25, dam Phyllis by Dexter Prince; Ramono (4) 2:30, dam bv Mustapha, son of Guy Wilkes 2:15%; Octo C. 2:30, dam Ladv Sistein by Waldstein 2:22%; Cyrus E. (4) 2:30, dam by Waldstein 2:22%. This colt paced a trial in 2:10 and a quarter in 28% sec- onds, and then fell dead on the track. This is a list of all Cassiar's colts that have been worked except one, a two-year-old, and he raced in 2:35; all are pacers excepting Cassine and they were worked over a half-mile track. I believe it would be no trouble to get ten more which can pace just as fast as Maud McAtee and Johnnie Green, some of them closely related to these. Cassiar was sired by Soudan 2:27% out of that famous broodmare Carrie Malone (also dam of Car- rie B. 2:18 and 1 sire of 2 pacers, and 3 dams of 6) by Steinway 2:25%; grandam Katie G. (dam of Chas. Derby 2:20 and 4 others in 2:30) by Electioneer 125. Respectfully yours, W. J. EAST. THE PROPER THING. "Section 11. Any person or persons who pay an entry, suspension or other claim sent for collection either direct to a member by the Secretary of the National Trotting Association by a draft, check, order or other paper, which upon presentation is pro- tested, payment refused, or otherwise dishonored, and who by virtue of such payment compete in races over a track in membership with the National Trot- ting Association, shall with the person or persons and horses thus competing be subject to a fine not exceeding the amount of said draft, check or order, and the winnings of the horse or horses declared illegal and said persons and horses suspended until the dishonored amount and fine are paid and the illegal winnings returned." — Rule 51, Section 11, National Trotting Association. 0 Harrv R. Small of Riverton, N. J., has made an offer of $1200 for the stallion Del Coronado 2:09%, by McKinney, now owned at Stanstead, Can. Saturday, February 28, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN b AT THE SAN JOSE TRACK. The many claims which this celebrated course has as a place to develop light harness horses make it more attractive every year to trainers. Its prox- imity to San Jose, one of the finest and most beauti- ful cities in California; a city noted for its climate, schools, residences, gardens, and the miles of rich agricultural land surrounding it; a city that earned the appellation "Garden City" over fifty years ago and by which it is still designated. Santa Clara county, of which it is the county seat, has for the past four decades been noted for its stock farms, whence some of our best thoroughbreds as well as choicest trotters and pacers have come. Its people seemed to have been natural horsemen, for the long stretches of level roads were conducive to speed and the temptation to drive the well-bred horses over them could hardly be resisted by owners. For many years there was a splendid mile track controlled by the San Mateo and Santa Clara Agricultural District; it was situated between Santa Clara and San Jose, the entrance being on the Almaden road. This track was sold and subdivided into building lots a few years ago and all traces of the old course over which many exciting races were contested are obliterated. Beautiful homes, surrounded by gardens and grav- eled walks, mark this place, which is now considered one of the choicest residential sections in Santa Clara county. After this course passed out of ex- istence the San Jose Driving Park was started on the old Monterey Road, about three miles south of San Jose. A mile track was laid out and some two hundred box stalls erected. At first, it was patron- ized by the leading horsemen, who found it to be an ideal training ground. A local driving association was formed and under its auspices a series of races was given. Finally, disputes arose among the mem- bers, and several deaths depleted their ranks, until the association is now a thing of the past. Deep wells have been sunk on each side of the enclosure and water from them is piped to the in- field, where the land was prepared on the check sys- tem for the planting of alfalfa. Today a splendid stand of this rich lucerne may be seen, and it is claimed that five crops a year will be harvested from it. There are not many horses there at present; the long spell of wet weather has had a deterrent effect here similar to that noticed elsewhere in California, and horse owners have been very loth to send their horses to be trained, not knowing when the tracks would be fit to be worked over. Many have signified their intention, however, of sending their promising trotters and pacers here next month. In the mean- time, during my visit last week, I had the pleasure of seeing Capt. C. P. McCan's good stallion, The Bondsman, looking very well and no doubt pleased to get back from "moist and foggy Oregon." Capt. McCan has already booked twenty-five mares to this horse and believes that in thirty days more his book will he filled. This is a far better showing than was made during any of his previous seasons. Every owner of a Bondsman is proudly praising it. A Mr. Lynn of Salinas has a colt by this horse that Henry Helman drove a quarter in forty seconds after fif- teen days' work. That's pretty speedy for this season of the year and the duration of his training. The Cavalier, Capt. McCan's latest purchase, is a beautifully formed light roan colt by Barongale 2:11% (son of Baronmore 2:14% and Nightingale 2:10% by Osgood's Patchen; grandam Mabel, dam of 6 including Cresceus 2:02% by Mambrino How- ard). Cavalier's dam was Nella Jay (3) 2:14% (dam of Director Jay 2:08%, etc.) by Jay Hawker 2:14% (son of Jay Bird and Sorrento by Grand Sentinel, etc.); second dam Paronella (dam of Country Jay 2:05%, Kentucky Todd 3, 2:08%, Ormonde 2:08%, etc.) by Parkville 6050; third dam Minnie Merrill, great broodmare, etc. Cavalier was purchased by Capt. McCan on a telegraphic order and shipped in a crate by express to this coast. He is a pure-gaited trotter and if he was older there would be no trouble in getting a "book full of mares" for him. Mr. Lidworth has charge of these stallions. Lou Taylor, the trainer of the La Siesta Stock Farm horses, has a string of four trotters and they appear to be in perfect physical condition. Mr. Tay- lor does not believe in "razooing" these youngsters, but will have them seasoned and "ready for the word" when the bell in the judges' stand rings. He has a handsome chestnut colt called Yoncalla by Bon Voyage 2:08 out of Birdie (dam of Bodaker 2:13, etc.) by Jay Bird. Luana, a very handsome three-year-old by Kinney Lou 2:07%, out of Bonita B. 2:25%, by Stam B. 2:11; second dam Salinas Maid (also dam of Dia- blita 2:15) by Junio 2:22; third dam Mamie V. by Carr's Mambrino. She is as pure gaited as she is good looking and is bred to be one of the very fastest of the Kinney Lou tribe. Another is a well muscled, round-turned roan mare five years old called Weltha. She was sired by Bird- man out of that famous broodmare Wanda 2:14% (dam of 5) by Eros 2:29%. She and Yoncalla were bred by Mrs. Frank H. Burke, who has a farm ad- joining this driving park and has recently moved into her $10,000 bungalow there, one of the neatest specimens of architecture to be found in Santa Clara county. The last one looked at is called Texas Tommy by Mrs. Burke's handsome stallion Tom Smith 2:13%, out of Carrie B. 2:18 (dam of the brown mare Love- lock 2:05%, registered Lovelocks, Ray o' Light 2:08%, etc.) by Alexander Button 2:26%; second dam Carrie Malone (dam of 3, 1 sire of 2, and 3 dams of 6) by Steinway 2:25%; third dam Katie G. (dam of Chas. Derby 2:20, etc.) by Electioneer, etc. Texas Tommy bids fair to become the best representative of sire and of dam ever foaled. He is a pure-gaited trotter and well entered in all the California stakes. Mr. Taylor has several others he intends to take up and work after March 1st. Ed. Dowling, who was formerly with Budd Doble, has several here, viz.: Belle de Lopez, a black four- year-old by Kinney de Lopez 2:22 out of a mare by Sunrise. Another is a six-year-old mare called Ruby by Diamond Mc out of the same mare, also a trotter. Princess, a six-year-old mare by Dexter Prince Jr. These are also doing well. Mr. Dowling happened to be away when I called, so I was unable to get more definite information about his horses. Charley Whitehead has shaken the dust of Pleas- anton off and is located here. He has a very sturdy looking dark chestnut three-year-old filly by Peter the Great 2:07% out of Delia Derby 2:11%, by Chas. Derby 2:20; second dam Nora D. 2:22% by Del Sur 2:24; third dam Juana by Crichton. This filly is the property of J. W. Anderson, of Salinas, and as she has all the "signs" of stamina and is bred to be a fast trotter, there is no doubt she will be a lead- ing factor in the Futurities when she starts. Jack Villar has a few head and will soon have his row of stalls filled. There is some talk of Mr. Dowling taking charge of this track; if he does, it will not be long before there will be plenty of horses working there, for the course is one of the safest and best in California. OUR PLEASANTON LETTER. February 23, 1914. Editor Breeder and Sportsman: Very few seasons that a sensation is not sprung on the'trainers and owners, and this season will be no exception to the rule. Allen & Ryan, two young men in DeRyder's employ, have a bay filly by The Bondsman out of Miss Harris by Sidney Dillon, that is just seven and one-half months old on the first of March, and the first time this little miss knew what shoes were was January 8th. She was never hitched to a vehicle of any kind until after January first, and by February 15th she had stepped an eighth in 22 seconds. That she is a little trotting marvel no one who has seen her can doubt, and that she wants to learn to trot fast seems to be her ambition in life, for she improves whenever Bert Webster thinks she ought to be allowed to go a little faster. We are very glad of the boys' good fortune, for they have been with DeRyder a long time and have been faithful, and we trust that the $750 that was refused for her some weeks ago will be doubled before long. The boys have her well staked in the California Futurities and also in many big Eastern engagements. Miss Harris is destined to be a great broodmare, as she has a two-year-old by Joe Patchen II. that is equally as promising. This colt belongs to Bert Webster and last fall as a yearling worked a quarter' in 32 seconds. He was turned out all the fall and not taken up until the first of the year, so has only been jogged; but whenever he is turned the right way of the track he will give a good account of himself. Miss Harris is now thought to be in foal to Frank Perry (1) 2:15. Bert named the colt Rod- ney Patchen. Let us hope that he will be as game a race horse as Mr. Rodney J. MacKenzie is an owner. The famous Kentucky Sales Company completed their auction of trotters February 14th at an average of $305.50 each. Seven head by Jay McGregor 2:07% brought $3200, or an average of $457 each, while seven head by Peter the Great 2:07% brought $2735, or an average of $390 each. The best Peter the Great brought $1,100, while the best Jay Mc- Gregor brought $1,000. The Jay McGregors that were sold were all trotters, viz.: Jay Tell, b. g. (6), 2:15%, $500; Lolie McGregor, b. m. (6), $350; Kylo, br. m. (7), $290; Rubena, br. m. (6), $210; Beauty McGregor, br. m. (6), $425; Volumbia, br. m. (7), $425, and Jay Mack, b. g. (6), 2:15%, $1,000. Bert Webster, the manager of the young three- year-old stallion Onward McGregor, who was a very fast yearling trotter, doing an eighth in 16 seconds, called my attention to the fact that the Jay Mc- Gregors were eagerly bid in at top prices and that Mr. Colomh had refused an offer of $2500 for Onward McGregor as a yearling, from the gentleman who owned the dam of Peter Volo (2) 2:04%, world champion; and that every time he sat behind this colt he liked him better. He is the admiration of every one at this track, as he has style, beauty, size and the best of conformation. He is a typical Jay McGregor. Bert has booked seven mares to him, including Eugenia B. by Zombro, full sister to Zom- alta 2:08%, Corinne Nelson (trial 2:12), and dam of Perfection (tr.~2:06%) and sold by C. L. DeRyder to Mr. Esterbrook of Denver, for $10,000. This gentle- man was unfortunate enough to lose her before she ever carried his colors; a mare by Nutwood Wilkes; a three-year-old filly by Bon Guy, and one that will be shipped in from Newman. He has several others on the string and will give their breeding later. H. H. Feindel has his young Carlokin stallion Jo- hano in fine shape for the stud season, and wishes the "Breeder" to state that he has a splendid 200 acre pasture and that he can keep mares by the month or by the year, just as the owners prefer, and that his rates are very reasonable. It would pay any one who has a good mare to write for rates, and the tabulated pedigree of his grand-looking, well- bred colt. C. L. DeRyder will hold a combination sale at the Pleasanton Driving Park on Saturday, April 4th, or 11th. He intends to make this the best sale ever held in California. Keefer & Spencer will consign fifteen or twenty colts (well staked), broodmares and race horses. Charlie Spencer developed Bernice R. 2:07%, Prince Lot 2:07-%, Kid Cupid 2:08%, Bon- nie Princess 2:25% (trial 2:07%), and a host of others, and knows a good prospect when he has handled it. His consignment will have several that it will pay to continue educating. We have been shown letters from Eastern buyers who will invade California this spring in search of good racing material. There will also be several from "across the water" who make California their headquarters. It is up to the owners to have their horses in shape to show what they can do and not tell what they have done. Live buyers want live horses and the best way is to show the goods. There are over two hundred horses stabled at the Pleasanton track and it looks like old times to see the cavalcade out on the track. It is a regular pro- cession. Jim Sutherland, who had his arm crushed by a vicious bite of a horse stabled at the track, is im- proving, and while his arm is still in a sling, he is seen at and on the track daily. It would not be the same old place without him. We take off our hats to Charlie DeRyder as a farmer. He was anxious to get the lawn grass seed sown before the rain, so pulled off his coat and gave a helping hand to the men doing the work. Wherever Charlie did the sowing himself the stand of grass is all one could ask, but in the other places it is just a little thin, but we expect it to "bob up serenely in due time." Mr. and Mrs. MacKenzie and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Errington and the Misses Errington came down on Monday to spend several days. They want to see the "babies" trained a little. It is a grand sight to see these young "bred in the bone" trotters strive to please. For generations they have been bred to trot and that is what nearly every one of the babies try to do. It is worth going miles to see, and, is it a wonder men have strong attachment for the horse when one sees how hard even the little "tots" try to please, and they like to be petted? They also have a large amount of curiosity. You often hear the expression, "Let the horse smell of it," when in reality the horse wishes to feel of it with his lip, which is as sensitive as the tips of one's fingers. Yours, BRINNEY. SANTA ROSA FAIR. Plans looking toward the coming District Agri- cultural Fair, to be held here August 31st to Sep- tember 5th, this year, were talked over by the direc- tors of the Chamber of Commerce in meeting Wed- nesday night. A petition was adopted addressed to the Board of Supervisors asking them to donate $3000 from the advertising fund for premiums for the fair. The petition will be sent to various promotion bodies throughout the county and then to individual citizens for signature. The petition reads as follows: To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Sonoma coun- ty, California — Gentlemen: Believing that the years of 1914 and 1915 mean more to us in Sonoma county than ever before in its history on account of the great immigration of people to this state, attracted here, no doubt, because of the publicity given to California in connection with the world's great- est fair, the Panama-Pacific exposition, to be held here in 1915; and feeling that we of Sonoma county should reap some of the fruits of immigration, and that there can be no better way to place before the newcomer the attractiveness of Sonoma county for a countv to locate in than by giving an Agricultural District Fair: there- fore, we petition your honorable board to set aside the sum of three thousand ($3,000) dollars as an advertising fund to be used in the payment of premiums to the farm- ers, stock and poultry growers and other exhibitors at our Agricultural District Fair to be held August 31 to September 5, 1914. The same is now being done by the supervisors for Pleasanton, Fresno, Hanford and other places. With the exception of the selection of a permanent secretary the directors perfected their organization. The officers elected were as follows: John Rinner. first vice-president; F. A. Brush, second vice-presi- dent, and J. P. Overton, treasurer. Applications for the position of secretary were re- ceived from the following: John Y. Beatty, former editor of the Luther Burbank Press; Walter H. Na- gle, James A. Hamilton, both of Santa Rosa; Frank Potter, a recent comer to the coast from Buffalo, where he was connected with the Chamber of Com- merce; C. G. Redmond, former secretary of the Wat- sonville Chamber of Commerce and managing direc- tor of the Watsonville Apple Show and the El Do- rado Pear Show at Placerville, and a Mr. Ruppert, a recent arrival from Portland, Oregon. It was the sense of the meeting, however, that the position should go to some local man, but that the first appointment would be made for a limited time in order to see whether the man made good or not. The choice of secretary was left to a committee consisting of the president, two vice-presidents and two secretaries to be named by the president. Director Price reported that an exhibit had been placed at the Citrus Fair, but that it had been hur- riedly gathered together. The president and a party of directors will visit the fair Monday in automobiles, and each will carry a pennant with "Santa Rosa" displayed thereon. — Santa Rosa Republican. The foreclosure proceedings which had been filed against the association owning the Rockingham Park track, Salem, N. H., has been postponed until Apri, 15th The change is for the purpose of giving the present stockholders more time to make arrange- ments with their creditors. The action is for the foreclosure of a mortgage amounting to $100,000 on the property. It is said that the two fairs and Grand Circuit meeting caused a total loss of over $40,000 to the management. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, February 28, 1914. J NOTES AND NEWS 1 Directum I. 2:02% will probably have a new trainer this year, John J. Ryan having resigned the task, ©©ffi Lu Princeton (3), by San Francisco 2:07%, owned by Dawson E. Van Sickle of Sussex, N. X, is touted as a coming 2:10 trotter. ffiffiffi A. B. Coxe of Paoli, Pa., who is at present in Cali- fornia, is one of the luckv breeders who has a mare booked to Etawah (3), 2:07%. Lady Sirius 2:10%, owned by Wm. Howell of Boise, Idaho, foaled a filly February 20th, by Graham Bellini, and it is a little beauty. ©©© St. Louis. February 24. — The Cuban Government purchased 3000 horses here today for an aggregate price of $500,000. The animals are for the cavalry of the island republic. ©©© The annual horse show takes place at Livermore today. A number of the most famous trotters and pacers at the Pleasanton Driving Park will form a part of the stock parade. ffiffiffi W. L. Snow, one of the "big four" Grand Circuit drivers, is driving to pole Evelyn W. 2:00% and Sadie Hal 2:05%. He is also making a team of the trotters Fan Patch 2:09 and Grand Marshall 2:07%. ©©© Pasadena, Feb. 22. — S. W. Allerton, Chicago mil- lionaire and one of the best-known men in the har- ness racing world ten years ago, died at his home her© today. He was known as a breeder of racing horses. ©©© It is currently reported that W. G. Durfee is not going East with his string of trotters and pacers this year. He did mighty well on the Pacific Coast Circuit last season and every one wants to see him do the same thing again. ©©© Australian parties have offered $5,000 for King Daphne p. 2:04%, but Sidney Goldman, his owner, refused the offer and will race the horse in the East this year under the management of Arlie Frost. He will leave Los Angeles in May. ©©© Mat Zahner, the well-known trainer and driver of San Jose, is going to Hollister to locate. He will take with him the standard bred and registered stal- lion "Fred Branch," who was timed separately in a race at Pleasanton in 1912, in 2:11. ©©© John H. Wilson, Springfield, O., owner of Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, has just sold to Robert Deming, Ionia, Mich., a seven-months-old full sister of Major Stout (3) 2:24%, and one IS months old, which is out of the dam of Ocean Wave 2:14%, both by Nutwood Wilkes. ffiffi© It is hardly likely that Messrs. Spencer & Keefer will take their string of good horses East this year. The risks are too great, and unless one has some extraordinarily fast "prospects" it is foolhardy to take any others to compete with the pick of the best stables and stock farms there. ©©© The highest prices ever paid for trotting mares have always been given for the world's champions. Robert Bonner paid $40,000 for Maud S. 2:08%, and $41,000 for Sunol 2:08%; J. Malcolm Forbes paid $45,000 for Nancy Hanks 2:04, and Hamburg Bell 2:01% cost H. M. Hanna $50,000. All were bought merely through sentiment and did not prove paying investments. ©©© T. W. Cheeny of Turlock is the owner of Sonoma King, by Lynwood W. 2:20% out of Maud Fowler 2:21% (dam of Sonoma Girl 2:04%, Major Dillon 2:18%, sire of Major By By 2:19% that recently sold for $5,000), and says there is a big demand for his services. Sonoma King was bred by S. B. Wright of Santa Rosa. ffi©S Announcement was made on February 4th that $10,000 has been added to the 1914 Kentucky Derby by the new Louisville Jockey Club, according to the secretary, Mr. Lyman H. Davis. This amount, added to nomination and starting fees, is expected to bring the total value of the historic stake to $15,000, dou- ble the value of any Kentucky Derby in the past. ©©© Fred Ward has a fast green trotter by Wayland W. 2:12% at Los Angeles that may also race in the East. He has not been drilled much as yet, but worked an easy mile in 2:13 last week. Jim Stewart, who sold Major By By 2:19% for $5,000 several weeks ago, has a two-year-old pacer by Copa de Oro that has been a half in 1:07 and an eighth in 15 seconds, and he refused $2,000 for him last week. ©©© It is regrettable that the three-heat system of racing has been made impossible by the refusal of the delegates to the congress of the National Trot- ting Association to amend the Rule 40 so that horses racing under that system, and failing to win a race would not be penalized by records in case they won a heat. The system gave the best of satisfaction wherever it has been tried and it would have been employed on more tracks than ever this year had it :jOt been for the action of the congress. Julien E. Billingsley, of Linville, Tenn., who spent several weeks in California last fall and who is the owner of The Abbe, p. 2:04, and Margot Hal, p. 2:04%, will ship the four-year-old pacing colt Bwana, by McEwen 2:18%, dam Stelene (dam of 4), by Brown Hal, p. 2:12%, to Lon McDonald at Indian- apolis, for racing. Mr. Billingsly sold a yearling filly by Twinkling Dan, p. 2:06%, to Mrs. Flora Aguire, Hanford, Cal. The Abbe will be in the stud at Cleburne Farm, Spring Hill, Tenn. ©ffi© Senator Joseph W. Bailey through Ed. A. Tipton has sold to C. K G. Billings for Curls Neck Farm at Cotman, Va., nine choice trotters, now at Fairland Farm near Lexington, Ky. Thev are: Lucille Mar- low 2:09%, Minna Ward 2:10, Louise Wilson 2:10%, Kingston Belle 2:10%, all by Prodigal and with the exception of Minna Ward, in foal to Guy Axworthy 2:08%; Zarrine 2:07%, by Silent Brook; Lucille Bin- gen 2:16%, by Bingen; two-year-old chestnut filly by Peter the Great; Mokomo 2:28%; yearling bay filly by Bingen; Louise Wilson, and yearling bay filly by Guy Axworthy-Lucille. ffiffi© Mainleaf, 3, 2:08% changed hands at private sale this week for the reported sum of $13,500. James R. Magowan sold him to John White Trimble, one of his young friends and neighbors at Mt. Sterling, Ky. Trimble is a lawyer and farmer, who has a fondness for trotters, being a nephew of John White, who used to own and race a number of good ones, includ- ing Dolly Wilkes 2:11%. Mainleaf will remain there in charge of H. C. Moody, as had been arranged by Magowan before his sale. This leaves Magowan with one stallion only, that horse being J. Malcolm Forbes 2:08. Forbes will be returned there from Tommy Murphy's stable at Poughkeepsie, N. T., next week, and will make the season at Orchard Park, in charge of H. C. Moody. ffiffi© Sacramento, Feb. 23. — Statistics made public by the State Viticultural Commission today show the value of the grape crop during 1913 to have been $26,875,000, of which $7,000,000 was for table grapes, $15,000,000 for grapes sold to the wineries and $4,875,000 for grapes used to make raisins. Two hundred thousand tons of grapes were used during 1913 in the manufacture of 17.135,000 gallons of sweet wines and 180,000 tons to make 25,000,000 gal- lons of dry wines. Brandy to the amount of 1.544,000 proof gallons was produced from 45,000 tons of grapes. Nevertheless some people in California would destroy this great industry, ffiffiffi Not all the good racing material for the coming season has been picked up by Tommy Murphy and the other big trainers. At least one first-class trotter is described in this issue by Mac. T. Nichols, of Crescent City, 111., in the six-year-old Myrtle Dillon, by Sidney Dillon, dam Oddity Maid 2:10, by Oddity. This mare was in five races last season, of which she won three, and in her last engagement she won a heat in 2:13%. but did not win the race. Under the former rules she would start in the 2:14 class this year, but by the system of allowances adopted by the Congress of the N. T. A. last week, she will be classed according to her best performance in a win- ning race, which is 2:19% Thus she can start in the 2:20 class. — Trotter and Pacer, ©ffi© A well known horseman invited some friends out to the Stadium, Golden Gate Park, to see a horse trot that he had been bragging about. The poor ani- mal did his best but it was a sorrowful exhibition. One of the spectators who had come from San Jose to see this horse was disgusted, and said it reminded him of a well-known tenor, who, when asked to sing at a dinner, although he had no music with him, went on to the platform to try. He did his best, but he broke down in the middle and retired. He was cheered up by an elderly man sitting next to him, who tapped him on the shoulder and said: "Never mind, lad, tha's done thy best; but th' feller as asked thee to sing owt to be shot." ffi©© In 1913 the War Department paid out approximately $350,000 for horses and mules. For this sum about 2,000 head were purchased, making an all around average price paid of about $175 per head. Undoubt- edly the purchases would have been heavier if suit- able animals could have been found at prices within the instruction of purchasing agents. The 2,000 head bought represented only about one-sixteenth of the number of horses and mules now owned by the War Department, and the supply of these on hand is far from adequate. In fact, the purchases made in 1913 included a good many colts which have yet to be de- veloped and trained, something which possibly would not occur if it were possible to get developed animals in sufficient numbers. ©ffi© The stallion Denver Huon paced two miles over the new track at Auckland, New Zealand, December 31st, in 4:281/5. This wipes out the record made by Em- meline in Dunedin May 4, 1912, 4:30, and the record of 4:31 made by King Cole, August 11, 1911. The last record, however, was made in a race he won for Mr. R. O. Duncan of Christchurch. Denver Huon was sired by Huon Jr. 2:24%, son of Huon 2:28% (son of Hamlin's Almont and Polly by Hamlin Patchen, etc.) and Lucille by Nephew 1220; second dam Lu- cinda by General McClellan 143; third dam Lucretia by Morgan Rattler. Denver Huon was out of a mare called Leila. Huon Jr., his sire, was bought in Aus- tralia by Laurie Wilson, a prominent Christchurch horseman, and died at his place, Loudon, Tedding- ton, about ten years ago. Harry S. Nealley says that the following condi- tions may govern the three-heat-every-heat-a-raee contests at the New York State Fair: "In a $10 000 purse the first heat $3,200, the second heat $3,300, and the third heat $3,500. Division of smaller purses in the same proportion. The horse winning two heats or standing best in the summaries will be declared the winner of the race. In case of a tie in the summaries, the horse winning the largest amount of money is the winner. Any horse winning the first two heats shall be declared the winner and shall have the privilege of being drawn for the third heat, providing notice is given to the judges by the owner or driver prior to the announcement of the second heat, otherwise he will be required to race for the third heat strictly according to rule." ©©© John E. Madden condemns the conditions attached to some of the futurity events for trotting and pacing colts which permit the promoters to make a profit if the advance fees amount to more than the guaran- teed amount of the purse. He proposes a rule which will compel all moneys subscribed to a purse, stake or futurity to be applied to the race for which the purse or stake is offered, so that in case a futurity or other purse guaranteed to be worth $10,000, but in which the subscriptions may amount to $11,000 or more, the horsemen shall be privileged to race for the full amount subscribed. In other words he would have a jackpot with all of it going to the win- ners. The associations which get a great many en- tries have been having a soft snap in taking the residue from these over-payments. ©©© John W. Considine's Northwestern stable, trained by Jim Irwin, was shipped this week from "The Meadows," Seattle, to Walla Walla, to be prepared for the season's campaign in Western Canada and the Northwest. The move was made because Mr. Considine and Trainer Irwin consider the Walla Walla track the best place for early spring training. Practically every track that the horses will race over are half-mile, consequently they want to train on a half-mile ring, and the climate and track at Walla Walla are the best in the west. The horses shipped were Gayristo, trotting stallion by Nusha- gak; Georgie K, bay mare by Prince Ansel; Irma Dudley, bay mare by Prince Ansel; Shasta Girl, bay mare by Nutwood Wilkes. Lottie Ansel (2) 2:14% and True Kinney (4) 2:12% will not be raced this year; they will remain at Seattle where True Kinney will be in the stud in charge of Robt. Fulton. ffi©© The presence of Lady Carr, dam of Ambassador 2:21%, and two others by American Clay 34, in Rob- ert Bingen 2:14% and in Baronmore 2:14%, the latter one of the greatest speed propagators in the Wilkes tribe, is not her only title to fame as a breeding-on matron outside of her first generation produce. With four sons speed sires and four daughters dams of seven performers this close up, as the lines reach out still more are brought in at every remove, giving her a long list of descendants, some of them with a large measure of renown. The Baronmore tribe is one of the expanding ones resting on her as close as the fourth remove, though not a credit appearing in the Tear Book under her name. Two sons of Baronmore, Barongale, sire of Justice Brooke (2) 2:09%, and Ongale, sire of Tim Ongale 2:08%, dem- onstrate the carrying of the blood coursing their veins from this fertile source, and there are others coming on, it seems, wherever she is found in speed- productive connections. Great was Lady Carr. ©ffiffi One of the American-bred stallions that has won a place among the successful German sires of the day is Diamant, now in the stud at the Altona-Bahrenfeld track, in the suburbs of Hamburg. Diamant was bred by John H. Shults, at his well-known Parkville Farm, Brooklyn. N. T., and was sired by Stranger 3030, dam Nehusta 2, 2:30, by Stamboul 2:07%. Stranger was the noted son of General Washington and Goldsmith Maid 2:14, the dam of General Washington having been Lady Thorn 2:18%. As will be remembered, after a distinguished stud career in this country, Stranger himself was also exported to Germany, where he spent the last part of his life. Diamant, who is now getting well along in years, has begotten a large number of German winners, his get being credited with having won over 215,000 marks ($43,- 000) on the tracks of the "Vaterland." Among his representatives have been Hurrah, a winner of the German Trotting Derby, while others have captured many of the leading German fixed events. ffi©ffi An experiment in the raising of horses is now being made in the Yukon territory about 175 miles west of White Horse. Owing to the abundance of fine lands available for pasturage in Alaska and Yukon, should the experiment meet with success, the raising of horses will become an enormous industry in these regions. After the horses have lived for some time in these localities their hair grows longer as a meth- od of Nature to protect them from cold. Horses have even been seen with a crop of"hair as thick and long as that of the buffalo. Twenty-five broodmares were imported from Vancouver about a year ago and placed on the experiment ranch on the Duke river. All of these animals have got through from the Oregon ranges to do transportation work in 1911, including several mares which foaled last spring, and their colts all lived and were hardier animals than their ancestors. It is believed that when the horses are native to the regions their added hardihood will greatly increase their availability for transportation p eposes. Saturday, February 28, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN The 1914 trotting and pacing season promises to be the best and the most successful in the history of the harness game. The Grand Circuit is arranged to eliminate long jumps which will save thousands of dollars in railroad mileage. There is a reduction in the entrance fee for horses and two new rules will solve the handicap problem which has perplexed for so many years. Another big factor that makes for a successful season is the reawakened enthusiasm in the trotting fraternity and the certainty that be- cause of the new rules many of the men prominent in trotting circles years ago who retired will do a real come-back. One of the new rules, received with delight, provides that if a horse with a 2:10 mark fails to win in that class he may be entered in his next start in the 2:11 class. If he fails to win a race in the 2:11 class, he can go back to the slower classes until he wins a race, no matter if it carries him back to the 2:20 class. Under the old rules if a 2:15 horse won a heat in 2:10 he would thereafter be placed in the 2:10 class whether he won the race or not. The new rules provide that only the race winner will be penalized with his best heat record. ffi©© A. B. Coxe, the successful breeder of Paoli, Pa., who is on a visit to the Pacific Coast, has the fol- lowing mares that make up his famous band of matrons: The Leading Lady 2:07, by Bingen 2:06%; Czarevna, 3, 2:07%, by Peter the Great, 4, 2:07%; Erirange, 2, 2:22, by Prodigal 2:16; Tuna 2:0S%, by James Madison 2:17%; Bertha C. 2:10%, by Baron- more 2:14.%; Mrs. Stokes, 3, 2:10%, by Peter the Great; Bisa 2:10%, by Bingara; Muda Guy 2:09 (world's champion half-mile track record, 2:12%), by Guy Axworthy 2:08%; Jane Jones, 3, 2:14%, bv Bar- ongale 2:11%; Miss Griffiths 2:14%, by Bonnie Di- rect; Bird Eliza, 3, 2:20, by Peter the Great; Mar- garet Prima. 3, 2:14%, by Peter the Great; Chimes of Normandy 2:16%, by Chimes; Lady Brussels (dam of six, including Zarrine, 4, 2:07%, Lord Brussels, 3, 2:12, and Eleanor G. 2:10) by Wilton 2:19%; Ruth Mary (dam of two) by Directum 2:05%; Aunt Nancy, 3, 2:23%, by Peter the Great; Eileen Bacon,, 3 by Peter the Great; Deulla 2:22%, by The Director General; Hazel Bingen, by Bingen 2:06%; Nelda Worthy 2:12%, Dorothy Axworthy, Vonia Worthy 2:21%,' Nve Worthy 2:26;, and Nell Worthy 2:22%, all by Axworthy 2:15%, and Fruity Olcott, 3, 2:26%, by Olcott Axworthy 2:08%. THE MIDWINTER SALE. One of the Best Ever Held in New York. The returns for the opening day of the Midwinter trotting horse sale at Madison Square Garden were more than satisfactory to the management, consign- ors and horsemen, as the prices paid for the quality of offerings and the lively bidding demonstrated an existing demand for horses for racing and breeding purposes. The day's best record was $5,000, at which figure the promising trotter Peter Billiken 2:10% was sold. after brisk bidding. For a time it looked as though the stallion was destined to become the property of foreigners, but luckily the agent stopped at $4,500. The successful bidder was Henry S. Nealley, for- merly racing secretary of the New York State Fair, who "said that the purchase was made for the ac- count of the Syracuse Syndicate Stables. Peter Billiken is considered one of the best racing prospects of his class, and as he has shown speed on both mile and half-mile tracks, he will be entered extensively next season. Who are the horsemen that make up the Salt City syndicate or who will train and drive the promising son of Peter the Great will be known soon after Peter reaches Syracuse, for the chances are he might go somewhere else, possibly to his former trainer, Vance Nuckols, of Cleveland, who was at the Garden. The total as well as the general average for the thirtv-one two-year-olds consigned and sold by Wal- nut Hall Farm, Lexington, Ky., made a much better showing than was anticipated. They brought a total of $10,760, or an average of $347 per head. The highest price of this lot was $1,575, paid by a Toungstown, Ohio, buyer for Gov. Cox, by Moko, out of Melva J. 2:10%, by Peter the Great. Another by Moko sold for $800, and one for $700, yet the get of the farm's premier stallion averaged less than the two-year-olds by the young sire, San Francisco. Following were the best sales of the first day: Border Ranger, gr. g. (3), by Border Knight- Nelly Boca, by Clay King; TV. H. Minton, Boston, Mass S525 Nelly Boca 2:18-1, gr. m. (16), by Clay King-Frances Strong, bv Strong Boy; W. R. Cox, Dover, N. H. 200 The Jester 2:14%, ch. s. (6), by Zuronia-Regina, by Venture: J. V. Gyles, Paterson, N. J 310 The Governor 2:17%, ch. g. (6), by John R. Gentry- Kate, by Chestnut Hal; G. B. Sammis, McAfee, New Jersey -- Grace A. 2:12%, ch. m. (13), by Anderson V\ ilkes- Ivy Leaf, by Elector: J. D. Keith. Stellarton, N. S. Meda Patch, b. m. (7), by Joe Patchen-Alameda, by Altamont; J. A. Smith, New York City Zoar b. s. (4), by Zombro-Twenty- Third, by Direc- tor; P. J. Leonard, Richfield Springs, N. T Orianna 2:14%, blk. m. (11), by Orator-Feronia, by Alfonso Vincent; W. B. D. Stokes. New York.. Aronwald 2:19%, br. s. (6). by Walnut Hall-Andorra, bv Nobel: C. Morris. New York City Belake 2:27%, b. m. (5), by Bingara-Hazel, by Red Lake: Edw. L. Clarkson, Tivoli. N. Y May Todd, b. m. 10), by Todd-The May Fern, by Red Fern; W. E. D. Stokes, New York City Hal Direct I. 2:10%. blk. s. (13), by Direct Hal-Chime of Bells, by Mambrino King; E. C. Quin, Phila- delphia, Pa King Lar, b. s. (5). by Walnut Hall-Pattie Sterling, bv Baronmore; Jos. Engleman, Monticello. N. Y. Sadie Finlev 2:2i1?. br. m. (7), by Silent Brook-Cora, bv Bermuda; B. A. Bulkley, Soutbport, Ct Junior Dan Patch 2:05%, blk. s. (10), by Dan Patch- Zell, by Goldenwing; A. J. Furbush, Brighton, Mass Peter Billiken 2:10%, ch. s. (6). by Peter the Great- Baron Lassie, by Baron Wilkes; Syndicate Sta- 300 2S5 250 210 275 430 510 275 450 210 330 570 bles, Syracuse, N. Y 5,000 Gay Moko, b. c. (2), by Moko-Gaiety Lee, by Bin- gen; F. E. Masland, Philadelphia, Pa 235 Countlyne, b. c. (2), by Moko-Kinglyne, by May King; G. G. Gallaway, Charlotte, N. C 210 Victor Moko, br. c. (2), by Moko-Miss Victoria, by Peter the great; Wm. Conner, Pittsburg, Pa 700 Governor Cox, b. c. (2), by Moko-Melva J., by Peter the Great; David Tod, Youngstown, 0 1,575 Monesko, b. c. (2), by Moko-Monevless Maid, by Prodigal; John Walker, Boston, Mass 2S5 Nausett, b. c. (2), by Moko-Nautilus. by Chimes; Jas. Fennessey, Renfrew, Ont 250 Plevno, b. c. (2), by Moko-Pluvia, by Walnut Hall; F. McMahon, Syracuse, N. Y 200 Bondinello, b. c. (2), by Moko-Rosina Bellini, by Bellini; S. K. Bresee, Syracuse, N. Y 235 The Gloaming, b. f. (2), by Moko-Twilight Maiden, by Peter the Great; Curls Neck Farm, Cotman, Virginia 500 Bellemere, b. f. (2), by San Francisco-Belle Moko, by Moko; C. H. Burch, Copake, N. Y 210 Beronda, b. f. (2), by San Francisco-Baroness Hall, by Walnut Hall; Jacob Roth. South Orange, N. J. 475 El Canto, b. c. (2), by San Francisco-Contraste, by Mobel; J. H. Jackson 335 Chilcoot, ch. c. (2), by San Francisco-Chimes Girl, by Chimes; A. Johnson, Jersey City, N. J 510 Dunsmuir, br. c. (2), by San Francisco-Desiree, by Mobel; C. N. Payn, Pitman, N. J 285 Dos Palos, b. c. (2), by San Francisco-Driftlet, by Moko; W. R. Cox, Dover, N. H 525 El Caso, b. c. (2), by San Francisco-Ethelynn Hall, by Walnut Hall; J. H. Jackson 245 Northspur. b. c. (2), by San Francisco-Mary North, by Moko; John Walker, Boston Mass 625 Colonel Tipton, br. c. (2), by San Francisco-Martha Tipton, by Walnut Hall; James Fennessey, Ren- frew, Ont 275 Mary Putney, b. f. (2), by San Francisco-Mendocito, by Mendocino; W. H. Cox, Dover, N. H 925 Prince Blue, b. c. (2), by San Francisco-Queen Blue, by Victor Blue: C. L. Tresiden, Ottawa, Ont.. 300 Babette and Babinette, pair of bay mares (S) ; A. Smith, New York City 325 Isa Custer, ch. m. (4), bv Ed. Custer-Es, by Parole; F. James, New York City 250 Fergus Boy, ch. g. (S); Cavanagh Bros., Manches- ter, N. H 390 Blink Bonnie, ch. m. (5), by Star Chief; P. O'Con- nor, Rosemont, Pa 500 Mollie Winslow, ch. m. (6) ; Ivers P. Lawrence, Fitchburg, Mass 300 Toshie Coehato, b. f. bv Cochato-Lilv Stranger, by Stranger; R. H. Clark, New York City 200 Delecta 2:19%, b. m. (S), by Directum Kelly-Delijah, by Delmarch; TV. E. D. Stokes. New York City.. 280 Master Heart, blk. gr. (4), by Joe A. Shin-Evelyn Dillon, by Baron Dillon; Henry Hayes, Philmont, N. Y 200 Linda S. 2:24%, b. m. (6), by Lvnne Bel-Emily Nut- wood, by King Nutwood: William Bradley, New York City 360 May Worthv 2:29%, b. m. (12), by Axworthv-Alti- vosa, bv Altivo: W. G. Bennett, Weston, W. Va. 310 Sidney Direct 2:22%, ch. g. (9), by Direct- Smilax, by Sidney; R. W. Bartlett, Boston, Mass 200 Intrigue Patchen, br. g. (8), by Joe Patchen-Lady Intrigue, by Intrigue: Z. M. Crane, Dalton. Mass. 510 Rex Dragon, blk. g. (5), by The Dragon-Lady In- trigue, bv Intrigue; D. Normile. Hayes. N. Y. .. 220 Dawson Dillon 2:13%, b. m. (11), by Baron Dillon- Dawson Lake, by Nutbreaker: Glen Gillis, Cam- bridge, Md 330 Bav mare 17), bv Nabob II.-Kiowa, by Wilkes Boy; John Sehultz, Gettysburg, Pa 220 Lady Wanda, b. f. (4), by Alvander-Argotine, by Argot Wilkes; J. H. Ackerman. Patterson, N. J.. 260 Sultana Pandit, br. m. 16), bv Pandit-Sultana Wilkes: C. W. Smith, New York City 210 Red S.. eh. g. (6), bv Altonian-Birthday Belle, by Will Carleton; Frank Wilcox. Gloversville, N. Y. 300 Lignum Vitae, b. g. (6), by Ondiara-Endive, by Ar- eola; C. W. Smith, New York City 235 Polonius, Jr., b. g (7); J. C. Thompson, New York City 210 Second and Closing Day. The consignments from Patchen Wilkes and Fair- land Farms, with those from individual sellers, drew a large crowd to the Garden and the selling ring was packed from start to finish. The highest price of the day was $2,100, which the Lexington trainer, Hunter C. Moody, paid for the stallion Guy Axworthy (4) 2:0S%. This horse was conceded to he the star of the sale and while Auctioneer Bain was getting ready for bids it looked that way, as many well known horse- men and breeders had gathered around the ring. When the last bid was reached prospective buyers pulled away for reasons not known and the price was considered one of the best bargains of recent years. Guy Axworthy returns to Lexington and will be placed at the stud by his present owners. Walter R. Cox paid the next best price of the day when at his bid of $1,600 the two-year-old Peter the Great colt, Peter Potempkin, was knocked down to hitu. Cox paid $1,500 for the trotting mare Morine 2:09%, which he raced last year for Sam B. Hast- ings, of Boston. The chances are she will go back to be trained and raced again this year. The fifteen Peter the Great yearlings sold by Patchen Wilkes Farm brought an average of $452 per head, the highest price being $1,525, which Sena- tor David Tod of Youngstown, O., paid for Lady Becker, by Peter the Great, dam Tuskegee Chimes, bv Liberty Chimes. " The twenty head sold by Senator Bailey, headed by- Guy Axworthy, sold for a total of $11,445, or an average of $572 per head, one of the highest sale averages recorded for that many head in recent years. The second highest price was $1,000. which was paid by Curls Neck Farm. Cotman, Va., for the nine-year-old mare Gertrude Dillon 2:10%, by Sid- ney billon. The same buyer also paid $800 for the roan mare Baroness Evelyn (7), 2:12%, by Baron Review. Myra Prodigal (6) 2:20%, by Prodigal, also joined the Curl's Neck Farm broodmare list at a cost of $600. Following are the best sales of the closing day: Reid's Patchen, b. c. (6), by Joe Patchen- Julia Mans- field, by Mansfield; J. Reid, Goshen, N. Y 200 Banara, b. m. (S), by Bingara-Rusalka, by Mazat- lan; A. M. Nixon, Philadelphia, Pa 205 Tramp Heir, b. c. (4). by Trampfast-Florine Town, by Heir at Law; John H. Dillon, New Haven. Ct. 700 Burton Hale 2:2S?i. br. s. (3), by Senator Hale-Anna Julius, by Saint Julius; P. Conolly. Philadelphia, 300 Bobby Hale, 2:21, b. g. (4), by Senator Hale-Julia Windsor, bv Saint Julius: Esek Brownell, Cam- bridge, N. Y 650 Black colt (2), by Senator Hale-Toddy Cross by Todd; Geo. B. Powers, Oyster Bay, L. 1 285 Bay colt i2), by Senator Hale-Alma Wood, by Elec- tric Bell; Dr. Mitchell Walter, So. Bethlehem, Pa. 300 Brown colt (2), by Senator Hale-Amelia Wood by Electric Bell; H. A. Goodman, Bryantville, Mass. 250 Bay colt (2), by Senator Hale-Helen H.; W. J Jer- ome, Worcester, Mass 200 Radium Silk 2:13%, br. m. (8), by Silk Cord-Bertha Derby, by Charles Derby; Chas. Burant, New- burgh, N. Y 40o Ecce Volo 2:29%, b. s. (4), by Binvolo-Extasy, by Baron Wilkes; A. J. Furbush, Brighton, Mass... 310 A Kentucky Belle 2:17%, ch. m. (8), by Peter the Great-Maggie Onward, by Onward; J. R. Magow- an, Mt. Sterling, Ky 275 Claty Latis 2:0S%, ch. m. (12), by Pilatus-Mavmie Nutwood, by Nutwood: George M. Archer, Pearl River, N. Y 245 Scientia 2:11%, blk s. (9), by Admiral Dewev-Lucy- neer, by Electioneer; F. E. Hyde, Hartford, Ct... 485 Nora Creina 2:25, blk. f. (3), by Scientia-Finca, by Norris; L. S. Gray, Swansea. Mass 225 Emerald 2:25%. blk, m. (5). by Seientia-SunoUght, by Sunole; H. N. Milam, Leominster, Mass 425 Guy Axworthy 2:08%, b. s. (12), by Axworthy-Lillian Wilkes, by Guy Wilkes; H. C. Moody, Lexington, „ Ky 2,100 Gertrude Dillon 2:10%, b. m. (9), by Sidney Dillon- Biscari. by Director; Curl's Neck Farm, Cotman, Virginia i 000 Olhe Burnett, ch. f. (2), by Axworthv-Lucille Mar- low, by Prodigal; William Conner, Pittsburg, Pa. 650 David Rankin, blk. c. (1). by Bingen-Lois L., by Al- len Lowe; J. D. Grover, Georgetown. Ky 875 Nell Cord 2:26%. ro. m. (5), bv Silk Cord-Nell Wor- thy, by Axworthy; George H. Tipling, Cleveland, O. 550 Bonnie Hill 2:13%, b. f. (6), by Prodigal-Gardenia, by Ashland Wilkes; George Howard, New York City 900 John Garner, ch. c. (1), by Guy Axworthv-Bonnie Hill, by Prodigal; Buttonwood Stock Farm, Get- tysburg. Pa 225 Gardenia, b. m. (10), by Ashland Wilkes-Sweetheart, by Sultan: A. B. Hastings, Boston, Mass 750 Annie Wade 2:26%. b. m. (4), by Prodigal-Zaraida, by Stamboul: W. M. Halstead. New York City.. 425 Myra Prodigal 2:20%. br. m. (6), by Prodigal-Gracca, by Artillery; Curls Neck Farm. Cotman, Va 600 Mona Caithnet, blk. m. (9), bv Allerton-Belle Vara, by Vatican: D. G. Byerly, Glen Moore. Pa 410 Laurel Crown, br. m. (10). by Baron Wilkes-Belle Vara, by Vatican; J. R. Magowan, Lexington, Ky. 400 Baroness Hester, b. m. (12), by Baron Wilkes-Annie McGregor, by Robt. McGregor; W. G. Bennett, "Weston. W. Va 385 Dorothy Chimes, b. m. (9), by Chimes-Princess Ruth, by Mambrino King; J. R. Magowan, Mt. Sterling. Ky 300 Baroness Evelyn 2:12%. ro. m. (7). by Baron Re- view-Virginia Reynolds, by Jay Bird; Curls Neck Farm, Cotman, Va 800 Seth Cobb, b. c. (1), by Guy Axworthy-Rena B., by Cyclone: J. D. Grover, Georgetown, Ky 200 Beulah Wilson, b. m (4). by Prodigal-Gardenia, by Ashland Wilkes: A. B. Hastings. Boston. Mass. 275 Peter Red 2:11%, b. s. (9). by Peter the Great-Mora, by William L. ; H. N. Milam. Leominster, Mass... 625 Prince McKinney, blk. s. (9). by McKinney-Extasy, by Baron Wilkes: H. X. Milam. Leominster, Mass. 650 The Romanoff, b. c. (3) by Peter the Great-Aben- glome. bv Bow Bells; Wilton Greenwav, Rogers Forge, Md 335 Peter Potempkin. b. c. (21. bv Peter the Great- Alice Dillon, by Sidney Dillon: W. H. Cox. Dover, N. H 1,600 Petress Volo. b. f. (2). bv Peter the Great-Nervolo Belle, by Nervolo: E. T. Bedford, New York City 500 Gay Actress, b. f. (2), bv Peter the Great-Miss Gay, by Ashland Wilkes: H. F. Pierce. Stanstead, Queb. 275 Peter Bond, b. c. (2), by Peter the Great-Priscilla Bond, by The Bondsman; George Howard, New York Citv 210 The Great Buffalo, b. c. .(2), by Peter the Great- Buffalo Maiden, by Jerome Eddy; Buttonwood Farm, Gettysburg, Pa 500 The Great Maggie, ch. f. (2), by Peter the Great- Maggie Onward, by Onward; Buttonwood Stock Farm, Gettysburg. Pa 500 The Great Madam, b. f. (2), by Peter the Great- Madam Bates, bv Cvclone; Dan Fenelon, Ripon, Wis 610 The Great Miss Russell, b. f. (21. bv Peter the Great- Mildred Russell, bv L. W. Russell; G. M. Ingalls, Danville, Quebec 300 Lady Booker, ro. f. (2). by Peter the Great- Tuske- gee Chimes, by Liberty Chimes; David Tod, Youngstown. Ohio 1,525 The Scarlet Lady, ch. f. (2). by Peter the Great- Patchen Purple, by J. J. Audubon; T. G. Hinds, New York City 300 St. Joseph II., b. c. (2). by Peter the Great-Joseph- ine. II., bv J. J. Audubon; W. T. Althouse, Phoe- nixville. Pa 300 Great Nellie, gr. f. (2), by Peter the Great-Nell Gwynne, by Alevone: Ernest Plath, New York City 400 Alice the Great, b. f. (2), by Peter the Great-Alice Frazier, bv John G. : D. W. Malonev, White Plains, N. J 550 Phyllis the Great, br. f. (2). by Peter the Great-Gay Phyllis, bv Gavton: W. P. Webber, Rochester. N.Y. 300 Silver Peter, blk. c. (2). by Peter the Great-Sultana Silver, by Onward Silver: Jos. P. Farrell, Albany, N. Y 310 Happy Peter, eh. c. (2). bv Peter Donna-Gypsy Oueen. bv Baron Wilkes Jr.; E. C. Quin, Phila- delphia. Pa 550 Maior Hunter 2:11%, b. g. (11). by Clarence C- Albina Wilkes, by Albion Wilkes; C. A. Smith, Brooklyn, N. Y 525 Lew Perkins 2:09%. b. g. (S), bv Platte Jr -Lou Ross, bv Eugene Ross; Cavanagh Bros.. Manchester, X. H 365 Stranger 2:16%. b. g. (8). bv Ttburiel-Loretta M., bv Imprint; T. G. Hinds, Jersey City. N. J 500 Sandv Millerton 2:18%. b. g. (7). by Millerton-San Sifter, bv San Mateo: Geo. Howard, New York City . . ' 325 Coehato Chief, ch. o. (2). by Cochato-Dreamwold Gossin. by Ashland Wilkes; H. C. Briggs. Brock- ton. Mass 275 Lurkv Baldwin 2:22%, b. g. (5), by Galbetor- Spbinxia. bv Sphinx: C. A. Smith. Brooklyn. NY. 275 Morine 2:09%. b. m. (7). bv Mobel-Leetell. by Axtell: W. R. Cox. Dover. N. H 1,500 Winifred, br. m. (8), bv The Director General- Anna B., bv Guardsman; I. P. Lawrence, Philadelphia, Pa. ." 310 Dr Pointer 2:12^.. h. g. (7). by Elastic Pointer, dam bv Patoskv: D. Fenelon, Ripnn, Wis 1.100 Ophelia Direct !>:15U. b. m. (8). bv Direct Hal- Oohelia, bv Strathmore: I. E. Wotton, Lowell, Mass 425 Vice Crystal 2:25. b. s. (fi). by Vice Cnmmodore- flrystal Vincent, bv St. Vincent: John Dillon, New Haven .Ct 725 Denton Nownod 2:1S%. b. e- (10), by Xnwnod-Miss Coggswell. bv Dunton Wilkes: H. W. Jackson, Jersey Citv. X". J 310 Fearnought Abby. cb. m. (6). by MacDongall-Rose ■Reed by Alcantara: C. W. Carpenter. Shrub Oak, X". Y. .' 250 Leona H.. b. m. (7). bv Monteleone-Florence Han- cock, bv Nutwood: W. c. TTrban. New York C'tv 225 Rondel F. '2:19%. eh. g. (11). bv Fulano-Radiant. bv Elvria; Dr. J. B. Hopper, Ridgewood. N. J 285 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, February 28, 1914. 1 ROD, GUN AND KENNEL 1 UNCLE SAM A SHREWD FUR MERCHANT. | CONDUCTED BY J. X. DaWITT. g ECHOES FROM THE NORTHWEST. Speaking of foxes, Thomas McClelland of Fort McMurray, reports that people should not forget his district as one of the centers for the capture of these valuable animals. McClelland, who is a fire ranger in the McMurray district, finds profitable occupation during the winter months in trapping. That he is successful is shown by the fact that upon his arrival in Edmonton recently he brought a bundle of 126 fox pelts. These include one prime black skin, three silvers, and twenty-nine cross foxes, the rest being of the red variety. * * * When C. C. Helliwell, known all over the western country as "Tip" Helliwell, died at Brandon, Man., hospital the night of February 9, following an opera- tion, one of America's oldest hunters was gathered to his fathers. He was a native of Ontario, born in Toronto 75 years ago. After wandering all over the North American continent, he went to Brandon in 1881 where he settled on a homestead. Before that time he spent some time on the Canadian Pacific surveys in the Rocky mountains. As an expert in any form of game hunting he had few equals and no superiors, and owing to this fact he was specially chosen to accompany the Duke of York (now King George) during his visit to Canada, to Senator Kirek- hoffer's shooting base at Tork Lodge. Latterly he has been a clerk in the Land Titles office at Bran- don. * * * Freighters operating north of Edmonton to the settlements beyond the 55th parallel of latitude, re- port that thousands of tons of freight and supplies will not reach their destination this season, owing to the mild weather and lack of snow. Hundreds of men are on the way north at the present moment and hundreds more expect to start within the next 30 days. At the latest the breakup was expected by March 10. * * * Henry Rosenbaum, representing the firm of Ramel- son & Levinson, fur dealers, arrived in Edmonton a few days ago from the Battle river district, bring- ing with him foxes and pelts to the value of $14,000. The consignment consisted of two live black and three live silver foxes, and 11 silver fox skins. The animals have been purchased for breeding purposes by Edmonton ranches, while the pelts, with others, will be sent to St. Petersburg, Russia. * * * The Edmonton Hide and Fur Company reports buying $40,000 worth of fox, lynx, mink and marten skins for shipment to England, Germany and Russia. M. Hogue of Grouard, Alta., sold eleven black and silver foxes, captured in the north country, in Ed- monton recently for $9,750. The animals were shipped to eastern parts. He also brought with him from the north a large number of fox pelts. [By August Wolf.] Edmonton Old Timers' Association, composed of men who came to the present capital city of the province of Alberta prior to 18S5, when it was a trading post, entertained representatives of the King, the provincial and civic government and scores of members at its annual banquet in the Corona hotel, the night of February 12, when yarns of the pioneer territorial days were "swapped" while the elaborate menu, including buffalo meat, was dis- cussed. The waitresses were attired as squaws, the painted faces and ornamentations adding a pictur- esque touch to the surroundings. Joseph H. Picard, president of the association, presided as chairman and toastmaster. He was sup- ported by real pioneers, every one representing some phase of development in the far western country. Most of them recalled Edmonton when it was the outpost of civilization. His Honor G. H. V. Bulyea, lieutenant governor of Alberta, representative of H. M. the King, and Hon. Wilfrid Gariepy, minister of municipalities, repre- senting the government of Alberta, responded to the toast, "Our Country." The latter also endorsed the proposal of Mrs. Arthur Murphy (Janey Canuck), for the preservation of the Hudson's Bay fort build- ings in Edmonton, also the necessity of preserving the records of the old timers of the west. Captain Harry Watts, responding to the toast "The Tenderfoot," made a witty epigram in defining the term, said: "He is what you were; he may be what yon are." Major W. A. Griesbach. ex-mayor of Edmonton, who was here when Donald Ross and "Jim" Gibbons came to Edmonton with a cayuse, a shot gun and some bedding between them, reflected that he had less than either of them, as he had no money, no clothes, no teeth and scarcely any hair — this being his humorous way of saying that he is a native son of the West. He spoke of the courage of the old timers on the trail and on the chase for big and small game in the days when strong friendships were made. Other speakers were Thomas Lauder, chief of the fire department and Rev. Dr. D. G. McQueen. The latter in replying to the toast to "the Old Timers," said that he had been accorded the greatest honor that it is possible for his church to bestow, but he did not value it higher than the privilege of asso- ciating with the men who had blazed the trail for the incoming multitudes. Their heads might be tinged with gray, but they were as young in heart and as full of hope and ambition, as many of those who were now coming into the country. The old timers did not always get the credit that was com- ing to them. The chief item on the menu was supplied by Dr. Roche, Minister of the Interior, who gave permission to kill one of the buffalo of a herd of 1,000 at Wain- wright, Alta. The association sent him a letter of thanks for his courtesy. * * * Benjamin Lawton, chief game warden of Alberta, has issued a notice that the new game laws pro- taking foxes between April 1 and Oct. 31, also that no one is permitted to shoot or capture any prong horn antelope before October 1, 1917, elk or wapiti before November 15, 1915, or bison or buffalo at any time. Ducks and swans are protected between Jan- uary 1 and September 1, and grouse, partridge, pheasant, ptarmigan and prairie chickens from De- cember 1 to October 1 in the following year. Not more than 10 birds of this family can be taken in one day nor more than 100 in one season, and Eng- lish pheasants cannot be taken at any time. Hun- garian partridge, however, which were protected during the entire year formerly, may be shot during October and November. The penalties range from $50 to $200 for each offense. Farmers and home- steaders and members of their families or those liv- ing north of the 55th parallel of latitude in the province, are exempt from the necessity of obtaining a license or permit, but others must not only have a license, but also a button, which is given with the license. * * * Colin Fraser, who has been trading in the north country the last 26 years, arrived in Edmonton a few days ago with a catch of furs, which, he said, is the largest he has made in 10 years. His pack included pelts of 17 silver, 70 cross and 45 white foxes. 56 otter. 30 lynx, 460 marten, 21 wolverines and several bear skins. He made the trip south from Fort Chipewyan to Fort McMurray with four dog teams, and from the last named point to Athabasca with horses. Fraser was much incensed over re- ports sent out by irresponsible parties in the north that he was lost. One of these reports was acted upon by the Royal North West Mounted Police, who dispatched a man to search for him. D. S. Mackenzie of Fort McMurray, who accom- panied Fraser on the down trip, brought these pelts: Red foxes, 189: silver, 21: mink, 479; lynx, 69; rats, 113; bear, 9; wolves, 14; wolverines, 2; weasels, 137: otter, 20; skunk, 15 and two coyotes. THE BOY AND THE GUN. Every boy likes a gun. Every parent likes his boy, and wants to please him, so very many parents purchase guns for their boys and neither boy nor parent thinks of the consequences. Every boy with a gun wants to kill something, and he will go around popping away at any and every small bird he sees. Sometimes these kids become expert and slaughter off very many of our most beneficial birds. There is a law, backed with severe punishment, for killing birds, but the small boy neither knows nor cares about it. No real small "boy has any regard for law. All he knows is to satisfy his pleasures, and one of these, and it is an instinctive pleasure, is that of killing. Probahly the instinct has been inherited from our savage ancestors, with whom killing was a necessity of their lives, and the mighty hunter was the boss. In our progress, from the beginning of life to maturity, we are said to pass through all the phases that have been passed through in our prog- ress from protoplasm to man. The small boy reaches the savage phase and then wants to kill. He never thinks of the damage he does or the pain he inflicts. He is proud of his prowess. As we grow older we realize what it all means, at least some of us do, and then we stop. We kill within reason, and are controlled by laws which seek to protect wild life. But the boy with the gun slaughtering small birds is one of the most serious dangers the farmer and gardener has to fear. Every bird one of these thoughtless boys kills, means a friend destroyed and a wider field left for insect depredation. There is no greater insecticide than our small birds. They devour insects in all stages by thousands, and when they are nesting their days are one continuous effort to discover and convey destructive insects from our trees, shrubs and plants to their nestlings. Every such bird killed means thousands of insect pests left untouched, they and their descendants, to worry and rob the farmer for all time, and every boy with a gun will kill tens to hundreds of them. The boy with a gun is an added burden to the agriculturist. He is not usually a bad boy, but he thoughtless. He would not wilfully injure or hurt anything, but the one thing uppermost in his mind is the fun he is having — never the damage he is inflicting. He should be taught, and never intrusted with an instrument of death until he is old enough to know right from wrong. In December of the year just passed sealskins were, for the first time, sold under government sanc- tion in this country! The market was held in St. Louis, where it is to be a permanent annual indus- try, with agents of Uncle Sam auctioning off the skins in lots to the highest bidders, regardless of nationality or sex. Gradually the Old Gentleman in the star-spangled waistcoat has realized that he turned over all his assets to his careless children too early in life; that they have been riotously dissipating what should have lasted them, and their heirs, well into the country's ripe old age, so he is now getting back control of the business and starting in to conserve. First the forests were taken over and now the valuable fur-bearing animals of land and sea, and both are coming under the direct supervision of the Government. Naturally the seal icomes first in, importance, because of its rarity and the rapidity with which it is dying out, although the scarcity and costliness of the blue fox really give that animal the premium as an expensive luxury. The "Yankee merchant," as the striped-trousered Uncle Sam has been called abroad, because of his business sagacity, is giving especial attention to seeing that his spend- thrift family do not get further chance at the reve- nues accruing from the annual seal killing for sev- eral years to come. There are only three herds in the whole world, and these were diminishing in size at an alarming rate when the ban was put upon further depreda- tions. Of these the largest is that on the Pribilof Islands, known as the American herd, and contain- ing at present about 100,000 seals. A comparison of this estimate with the number given in a Congress- ional report for 1913 shows that in a period of twelve months the herd had depleted to the extent of 115,- 000. These seals breed on the islands of St. George and St. Paul, of the Pribilof group, situated in Bering Sea, about 2,000 miles from the nearest mainland. The United States came into possession of this herd by the transfer of Alaska from Russia to this country in 1867. So long as the annual killing was confined to land it was easy for the Government to regulate it so as to permit the taking of between 60,000 and 70,000 seal and yet maintain the herd at a high degree of activity. This was done by killing off surplus two and three year old males and the saving of all females and the fittest males to the required number. During the final years of the lease of the islands by a commercial company of Alaska, certain persons, chiefly Canadians of Victoria, British Columbia, hit upon a plan of hunting seals in the open ocean, which could be carried on with great profit to them- selves, but to the physical harm of the herd and financial loss to this country. Various international complications followed and frequent theories have been advanced and experi- ments at safeguarding tried without in any way checking the yearly decrease of the size of the herd. The most ambitious act was that of July, 1911, when the United States, Great Britain, Japan and Russia entered into a convention for the protection of fur- seal and fur-otter which frequent the waters of the northern Pacific Ocean and made it unlawful for any person, except "Indians, Aleuts, or aborigines dwelling on the American coast of those waters, and who were accustomed to go out in small boats and kill sufficient seal for food and clothing." The second seal herd is owned by Russia and con- tains approximately 18,000 seals, while Japan owns the third and smallest, estimated at about 6,000. Meanwhile, seal skins are prohibitive in the States to any but American millionaires; even women of wealth are content to have a small collar and cuffs, or bands of genuine seal and to use "Hudson" or "Baltic" seal for such larger accessories as muffs and stoles and coats. Sagacious as a merchant, Uncle Sam has been acting rather selfishly toward his formerly unappre- ciative offspring! The great world market for fur skins is in London. There this Government has an- nually taken its stock of blue fox and mink, marten and seal skins and sold them in competition with the other fur-raising countries. Now, however, Uncle Sam has established a mar- ket here and although the results of the first sale do not compare with the prices he received last year in London, the wily administrator will be better off, for he has done away with competition. Pleased with his venture as a seal merchant. Uncle Sam has also gone into business as a fur-farmer in the Great Northwest, for the ostensible purpose of preserving the fast-dying mink and marten and beaver, raccoon and fox. One of the last measures introduced by the late Senator Heyburn, of Idaho, asked for an addition of $3000 to the estimated expenditures of the Depart- ment of Agriculture's Biological Survey for the establishment of such a farm on part of the National Forest in his State. It was allowed and, suubse- quently, the services of G. W. Gates, a woodman known as an expert on wild animal life and wood- craft, were enlisted. In the London market a good mink skin brings $6, where it formerly brought half that sum; each of the beautiful dark stripes in a mink garment rep- resents a skin. Even the most modest muff must have three stripes, so it can be readily surmised that an entire coat of this fur is only to be had after a very good day in Wall street. Uncle Sam decided, therefore, that mink was the staple with which to begin operations, with marten a close second and sables — really Russian marten — and silver, blue and Saturday, February 28, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN black foxes as added "crops" to be raised on the farm. The increased cost of nearly every fur has driven women into wearing civet cat and the formerly lowly and despised skunk to such an extent that the wily farmer-merchant will probably set his Indians out West to killing and skinning that offensive animal before long. A perfectly good skunk can be "bought off" any Navajo or Hopi Indian for the sum of $1, undressed, or £1.50 killed, skinned and cured — mean- ing the skin, not the pest. So why should the Gov- ernment let individuals dispose of inch-wide skunk fur bands at ?1 a yard when all those lucrative ani- mals are running about positively annoying the resi- dents of such places as Keams Canyon and Leupp, Arizona ? Muskrat are listed at prices which preclude their being sold for reasonable sums in the retail trade, and such formerly unassuming skins as mole and Sir Reynard are soaring way above normal. The head of the Biological Survey stated that the object of the Idaho fur farm is "to raise these fast dying out animals in captivity and to interest indi- viduals in raising them" (vision of going placidly into one's backyard and executing a few minks with which to "build" the winter overcoat!) "Of course," was the diplomatic expplanation, "if the ^project proves successful, and there is an abundance of skins, these will be sold." It is significant that at this first American sale in December such skins were listed with the seals and foxes. In case any gentle reader contemplates starting such a farm it might be worth while to know that the survey announces one may feed the animals about as one does a house cat — with scraps from the table and only one full meal a day, or two light ones. The mink and marten need perfect cleanliness, individual care and moderate and varied feeding. To begin with the Government ordered ten breeding females and two males, to be placed in wire enclosed cages and a regular frontier fort built around to keep them in. There is only one brood a season, but a mink comes to maturity so quickly that the feeding period is brief. The smallness of the animal — it is only twenty-four inches in length with a seven-inch tail — necessitates the use of such a large number of pelts in fur garment making that the demand is great; the matching of pearls is no more taxing a job. They who should come in for a word of praise are the lonely ones who give their lives — at so much per year — amid the cold of Alaska, the perils of the Northern waters and the dreary forest confines, to carry out these animal life saving and surplus-swell- ing "deals" of "the Yankee merchant." A section of the Couer d'Alene Forest reserve was set aside for the fur-farm in Idaho, and there the chief farmer occupies a typical hunter's cabin amid the silent, bitter cold of a winter in the Northern woods, sur- rounded by nothing human, braving solitude, sick- ness and possible attack by a hungry lord of the forest. On the Islands of St. Paul and St. George in the Pribilof group, storekeepers, teachers and other wrhite employes of the Government spend one-half their year entirely cut off from the mainland, in a weary monotone of days among uncongenial natives — and all that the seal species may be preserved and that My Lady of Fashion may luxuriate in her fur- lined opera cloak. THE CARE OF A BAIT-CASTING LINE. HOUNDS AND TERRIERS. NEW YORK SPORTSMEN'S SHOW. Visitors to the Travel, Vacation and Sportsman's Exhibition at the Grand Central Palace, March 5-14, will have an opportunity of seeing for the first time the two most valuable fur-bearing animals on earth. These are a black and a silver fox, valued at $30,000, which will be brought from Canada especially for the exposition. Ernest Seton Thompson will exhibit ten species of live fur-bearing animals, some with their young, and will deliver a lecture on fur farming. The New Brunswick Guides' Association will show a complete log camp, with twelve guides in attendance. There will be special nights to receive such organ- izations as the Campfire Club, Boone and Crockett Club, Canadian Camp Cluub, Arctic Club and the Ex- plorers' Club, and on other nights the guides will give talks on the different shooting and fishing ter- ritories in the United States and Canada. Day and night open-air trap shooting competions on the roof 250 feet above the level of the street, will be novel features of the show. The events have the sanction of the Interstate Association, and will be in progress for six hours by daylight and for two hours at night under electric lights, with two sets of traps in use. Women will compete in an amateur ladies' indi- vidual championship for the first time in connection with a Sportsman's Exhibition, and there will also be an interclub team match for women. The other events will be amateur and professional individual championships, and intercity team match, with en- tries from Manhattan, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Wil- mington, Del.; Boston, New Haven, and probably Providence. There will also be an intergun club team match and one for teams from athletic, golf, yacht and country clubs, beside an intercollegiate team contest that will bring together the crack shots of the leading Western universities. There will be additional special events, one a "moonlight" tournament. All the prizes are of ex- ceptional beauty and value. There will be extra prizes for the daily high run of the tournament. A fly-casting tournament will also be held on the Palace roof, the casts to be over a 200 foot tank, for which the programme has not yet been com- pleted. To insure ease of casting and to guard against burning the thumb, a bait-casting line must be made of silk, soft braided and of small diameter. While silk is easily affected by the acids and alkalies found in various waters it is the only material that is smooth and does not burn the thumb. It must be soft braided, because the hard braided line is diffi- cult to cast, owing to its stiffness and to the fact that it swells badly when soaked with water, making it still harder to cast. Also the hard braided line frequently kinks and cuts itself, causing unlooked-for breaks. Therefore the soft braided silk line of small diameter is the ideal casting line, but to insure a satisfactory length of life it must be well taken care of. A frequent cause of lines breaking is casting with a backlash on the reel. The loops stick out and strike the reel pillars with great force as the reel spins and the line whips in two. This can only be prevented by untangling the line before making any more casts. If the line is dry only one cast may be necessary to whip it in two, but if it is wet several casts can be made, but it will finally whip in two. Too much care and attention cannot be given your line, as your success depends largely on the condition of the line. In the first place, a line should be carefully selected with due regard for its suita- bility to the bait you intend to cast. Always bear in mind that the lighter the bait the lighter must be the line and it must be soft and pliable. Such a line will not stand the wear that a hard-braided, stiff and heavy line will, but if well taken care of it will give you satisfactory service and will be easier to cast. It should be oiled frequently and dried out care- fully at every opportunity. Dry your line when you stop for lunch as well as when you quit for the day. Always dry the line in the shade, never in the sun, as the hot rays of the sun steam and bleach out the line and ruin it. After drying, cut off your bait and leader, if one is used, and drag the line for about twice its length through the grass and weeds or through the brush to get rid of possible twists and kinks. Kinks can also be taken out when in the boat by dragging the empty line behind the boat for a few minutes. When fishing you should test the strength of the line four or five times at least every day and should you find it getting weak cut off a lit- tle at a time until good line has been reached. It will not take much, as the wear is mostly in the few feet next to the hook. After you have had as much service as possible out of the end you are using, reverse the line and you then have a new end that is as strong as ever. A good time to do this is after drying the line. When changing baits you should cut the line instead of untying it or un- snapping a leader, as by this means you will be sure to get rid of the weakest part of your line, as the line very soon gets worn near the hook. For this reason we do not advise using a leader when fishing for bass, and we especially advise against a wire leader when fishing with the "Coaxer" bait, as it is apt to overweight the bait and cause it to sink, and besides it is not at all necessary. Tie your line di- rect to the bait and cut it when you wish to change and you will save many a fish that would otherwise have gotten away through breaking the line. A good plan to lengthen the life of a line is to add about twenty or twenty-five feet of heavier line to the end you are using. This will not interfere with your casting if a neat knot is tied, and the heavy line will have all the rough work to bear and your line will last much longer and be safe at all times. Oiling your line will lengthen its life two or three times over, and besides a carefully oiled line casts better than a waterlogged one. A number of different oils can be used successfully on bait-casting lines. Even vaseline can be used and is used by many anglers with success. The best way to apply vaseline is to heat it in a pan until it is in liquid form and then carefully coil the line in the pan and allow it to stand at about the boiling point for about a minute ; or, you can leave it on the spool and boil for ten minutes. Then remove from the pan and stretch it out full length, if you have the space, and go over it carefully with a rag and re- move all the surplus vaseline or else the line will be hard to cast. Then allow to dry in the open air over night or several hours at least. Then go over it again with a clean rag before putting it on your reel and you will have a line that will cast well and last from' two to three times as long. The operation may be repeated as often as is necessary. When using oils it is well to soak the line for an hour or two, then stretch out and allow to dry as long as possible. This can be done in the house by- putting up hooks at each end of the room and carry- ing the line from one to the other until it is all on the hooks, care being taken to keep the line spread as much as possible. When well dried go over it carefully with a rag and wind onto the reel. Veg- etable oils are best'for this purpose as they do not injure the fabric. However, any kind is better than none. Oils used for waterproofing shoes are good, but care must be taken to wipe off all the surplus. It is impossible to unqualifiedly recommend any cer- tain oil. The best way is to experiment a little your- self. You will soon settle on some kind that will suit your particular case better than anything that some one else could recommend to you. Anyway, by all means, oil your lines. 'Things to remember: Always cut the line; never break it, as it strains and injures the fibre. Dry the line frequently. Oil it often and don't forget to test it from time to time when fishing. Fill your reel at least three-fourths full and be sure that the end is tied to the spool before winding it on. Apart from its intrinsic interest, the late Mr. J. A. Doyle's essay on Harriers, published in "The Kennel Encyclopedia," possesses the melancholy interest that it was the last article the author ever wrote, writes John Brown in "The Asian," a most interest- ing writer on kennel topics, by the way. It was in fact the effort of a dying man. The editor remarked: "At the time of its being written, its author was suffering from the illness which was to prove fatal. In his last letter to me he said that he hoped to be able to finish it. How well he accomplished the task and with what breeziness of expression and scholarly style all can see." Indeed, if only as a model of literary exposition the essay is worth reading from end to end; but it is much more than that: in every line it shows Mr. Doyle's sterling judgment and common sense. To take one passage only on the subject of the essential difference between fox-hound and harrier; apart from the question of size, Mr. Doyle says: "The harrier should, I venture to think, be less tightly and solidly built. He should be more flewed and looser in skin. Above all, he does not need — I could put it more strongly and say he is better without — those ideally straight legs which I venture to think an exaggerated fashion prescribes for the fox-hound. I know this will seem to some blasphemy. But first of all, let it be remembered that a harrier needs to turn and to check himself when almost at full speed ten times for once that a fox-hound has. Now a perfectly true formation of shoulder and elbow is best of all. But if shoulders are upright and a trifle heavy, a compensation is sometimes to be found in a certain looseness of elbow. That, at least, is far better than the decep- tive appearance of straightness given by clean-look- ing shoulders pinned in at the elbows. Again, owing to the necessity for "coming round" without strain or effort, and also the fact that so much of his work has to be done on sloping ground, well-laid shoulders are even more essential in the harrier than in the fox-hound. And I think no one can doubt that though the fashionable fox-hound type of leg with bone right down to the toes may not be inconsistent with good slope of shoulder; yet the two do not nat- urally go together. It is much to expect from Na- ture that she should give us a shoulder well-sloped from wither to elbow and then continue the limb plumb down from elbow to toe. So, too, a certain slope of pasterns may be dispensed with in the fox- hound. In the harrier it is absolutely indispen- sable." All this is very much to the point, and introduces an interesting train of thought. Whatever was the exact origin of the hound, it is now so lost in ancient history that it will never be known; but there is no doubt that, whether "fox-dog" or harrier, it was evolved from the old Talbot or Southern hound, a creature "dew lapped and crook-kneed like Thes- salian bulls," with a voice of deep, solemn music, very slow and sure on the scent, and dwelling on the scent with such enjoyment and deliberation that unless a pack had time to hunt the quarry by their laborious methods they would never kill at all. Grad- ually there arose a demand for a faster hound, possibly the greyhound cross was resorted to in order to produce the modern fox-hound; at any rate a galloping hound was produced, and instead of the pack with patience and perseverence spreading and casting for themselves, while the huntsman sat qui- etly on his horse, the assistance and science of the huntsman came very much into play. The old-day methods of the Southern hound have, in the case of the fox-hound, disappeared; in the case of the harrier they are to some extent retained. In fox- hunting an exciting gallop is the main aim, the hare and harrier are not for that purpose, but to show good hound work, which is a very different thing. That does not mean that the modern harrier is necessarily slow, although the immortal Jorrocks remarked, "When I see a chap on the road with a strong pair of shoes and a cudgel, I say, "There is a man well mounted for the 'arriers.' " As long ago as 1S22 "Nimrod" wrote: "Harriers now go the pace of fox-hounds, and fox-hounds that of grey- hounds, and the style of horse, and the seat upon him, all have -been revolutionized." Nevertheless the harrier retains some of the old characteristics, he must be allowed to do his own work without the hurry and bustle of a huntsman racing about and casting for him. The independence of the harrier has to be cultivated, or you only unsettle him. If you must cast," it has been said, "lead the hounds into the belief that they are doing it themselves." To retain these characteristics, the best harriers need also to retain some of the physical features of the old hound, and that is why Mr. Doyle says he should be "more flewed and looser in skin." On the subject of shoulder and elbow and leg formation, Mr. Doyle's words are also pregnant with meaning. The straight leg with bone right down to the toes is a great point of beauty in the fox- hound, it may not possibly add to his usefulness, but we do not know that it detracts from it. In the case of the harrier, however, the perfectly straight leg, and the upright pastern, too, often accompanied by pinned-in elbows and a deceptive appearance of shoulder, are no advantages and have other defects. And this fact again brings us to the consideration of another question. It has often been held to be Te- markable that, with all his exceptional knowledge, Mr. Doyle was not more successful in breeding show fox-terriers, although he bred so largely. The ex- planation may be this. The fox-terrier, except in the matter of head, is supposed to be modeled on the lines of the fox-hound. To say that a terrier resem- bles a fox-hound in build is meant to be praise; yet lb THE BREEDER ANL SPORTSMAN [Saturday, February 28, 1914. if the harrier needs to be so built that he can "come round" without strain or effort, the terrier, almost with stronger reasons, needs the same build. But in the show ring, every one must have noticed how often a terrier, straight in leg, pinned-in at the elbow, and with only apparently good shoulders, wins over one which may not be so show-like in outline but which is really far better in make and shape for the work a terrier has to perform. All of us, too, who have worked terriers, whether under or above ground, must have felt the force of Mr. Doyle's con- tentions. There is a perfect formation of shoulder and elbow and leg. which is not only beautiful but is also useful. But it is too much to expect from Nature that she should favor us with perfection not attained, a certain looseness of elbow is fre- quently a compensating virtue. The show terrier, which is not perfect in make, but which presents a deceptive appearance of perfection, is often nothing like so useful in work as one whose defects are more obvious to the eye. Now Mr. Doyle was far too astute to be deceived by a "flat-catcher." In holding the balance, while beauty was at one end of the scale, he never forgot that utility was at the other. He required each quality to exert its utmost effort, but he would not breed fox-terriers which, though they might deceive a judge, he knew to be badly made. He bred very good terriers, they were not perfect, hut they did not fail to win because they were not perfect, they did not win because other terriers, also not perfect and not so useful, presented in the ring a more attractive appearance. This ex- planation is given for what it may be worth, but with some experience of Mr. Doyle's theories and practice, with his methods as breeder, exhibitor, and judge, and with the principles he enunciated in his writings, it may perhaps be claimed that the reasons for any want of success Mr. Doyle experienced are not far-fetched. PLEA FOR MARIN COUNTY FISH AND GAME. AT THE TRAPS. MIDWINTER FLY-CASTING TOURNAMENT. The San Francisco Fly-Casting Club's annual mid- winter Sy-casting meeting came off last Monday with a fairly good entry of contestants and attendance of spectators, considering weather conditions were not overly inviting up to Monday morning. Good average scores were cast in the nine events on the program. Two new events were added to the club's regular schedule — salmon fly distance casting and accuracy light tackle fly casting. No records were broken, the weather conditions being unfavorable for extra good results In Event 1. heavy tackle, distance fly, the winners mere: E. A. Mocker, 98 feet T. C. Kierulff and S. A. Wells, tie, 90 feet each. The other scores were: Rogers 88 feet, Kewell 85, Forbes 85, Shattuck 82, Cooper 80. Event 9, accuracy light tackle fly. the winners were: Wells 99.28%, Forbes 99.21. Other results were: Cooper 99.12. Kewell 99.S, Brooks 99, Young 99.1, Bell 98.8, T. C. Kierulfl 98.48, Mocker 97.56, Thomson 97.4S, Burpee 97.56, Gardner 9S.S. Rogers 9S., Russell 94.48, Davis 97.52, Shattuck 98.12. In other contests the high scores for prizes were: Accuracy percentage — first, Gardner 99.24, second, Wells 99.6. Lure casting, percentage — first, Forbes 96.8, second, Kierulff 96.4. Lure casting, average in distance — first, Rogers 130 feet, second. Brooks 126.6. Dry fly accuracy, percentage — first. Kewell 99.4, second, wens 98.10. Light tackle distance fly — first. Wells 89 feet, second. Rogers 86. The scores in the foregoing events follow: Midwinter Tournament. Stow Lake, Feb. 23, 1914. Wind, north. Weather, cloudy. Judges — E. A. Rodgers. Dr. W. E. Brooks. H. A. Rus- selL Referee, C. H. Kewell. Clerk, S. O. Ritter. 2 3 4 5 6 7 a b c F. J. Cooper.. .199.8 I97.48I98.3019S.9 196.1 ] IS 198.6 | 81 104 199.4 126.6 1 81 195.1 )... 82 124 ISO 100 98.5 97.11 96.101 95.9 ... I 86 98.101 89 C. H. Kewell. .'.99.8 198 199. 20198. 40193. 3 Dr. W.E.Brooks 198. 32197. 32'99.30'9S. 31194. 8 C. G. Toung...!9S.40 9S.36 9S.4019S.Ss 94.7 F. V. Bell 198.40196 197.40196.50191.6 F. M. Haight.. 198. 4S'S6.40T9S. 30'97. 351 T. C. Kierulff. .19S. 32 9S. 12 99.10198.41 96.4 E. A. Mocker.. 198.8 98.24199.50199.7 195. S H. A. Thomson'97.40'9S.2497.2y97.52 S1.5 L. G. Burpee.. 196. 52197. S 198.30197.49190 C. H. Gardner. 199. 24198. 32'9S. 10198. 21192. 5 E. A. Rogers.. 199. 4 197 198.20197.40191 Sam Wells ... .199.16 98. 32199. 40199. 6 194.6 H. A. Russell.. 196.28196. 24197. 50197.7 I W. J. Dai-is. .J9S.2S197. 4 I98.40I97.B2I S. Forbes 199.4 198.16199.50 99.3 196.8 P. W. Shattuckl 197.24J98.509S.7 1 NOTE. Event 1 — Heavy tackle, distance fly, average in feet, five casts. Event 2 — Accuracy fly. casting at rings, 30 inches in diameter; 30, 35 and 40 feet distant: per- centage. Event 3 — Delicacy and accuracy fly-casting combined, a, accuracy percentage: b, delicacy percentage; c, net percentage. At rings 30, 35 and 40 feet distant- Event A — Lure casting accuracy; aA ounce frog, five buoys — 60, 70, 80, 90 and 100 feet distant, percentage. Event 5 — Distance lure casting, i~ ounce frog, five casts average in feet. Event 6 — Dry fly accuracy, five buoys — 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 feet distant. Event 7 — Light tackle dis- tance fly-casting, average in feet, five casts. All buoys 30 inches in diameter. [By H. C. Hall, Secretary Marin County Game Pro- tective Asociation.] Marin county is the portal into a most picturesque and well stocked game and fishing territory. It is easily and cheaply accessible to one million human beings that cluster about the bay counties points. Rifle, shotgun and rod are here very busy in taking t_e wild life that clings most desperately to the for- ests and streams. Here the blood lust of the heartless huntsman relentlessly seeks its surfeit even to the death of the last inmate of the woods. Yet contrary to this the loftiest sense of justice to the game pervades the souls of a host of hunters that kill with a sparing hand and even then, only when every just condition of woodcraft has been conserved. The hunter who lives with the game is more likely to be found in this latter class, yet many such are led into reckless regard for the rights of the game when they observe passing and exclusive sportsmen taking advantage of a lax execution of the game protective laws. A great hunter in this and another in San Mateo county were recently heard to exclaim, almost in the same words: "A man is a fool to heed game laws and get no game, when others, indifferent to the laws, get big bags at such times as suits their fancy." Poorly executed game laws smack of tyranny more keenly than other laws, because there is a common ownership in game that is readily outraged if one person gets much more of it than another person. Better have no game laws at all than to have state mandates softened by favoritism or lax execution. Owing to the crowded hunting in Marin county there should be a very strong array of game wardens as closely watching the unlawful acts on private game preserves as they may he seeking in the open grounds and highways. Camps and campers should be strictly watched by state wardens in July and August and the run of steelhead should be well- guarded during the spring freshets. In Marin county these elements will hereafter have much bearing upon the game — one to -kill when and where they may, one to stay killing at all, and a compromissory body that believes in short killing periods and small bag limits. There is a strong contingent of citizens in the county who so love to see wild deer fleeting like a spirit through the woods or to hear the piping of quail in the thickets, that total closure on hunting is apt to be successful at any moment At a recent meeting of the supervisors, sportsmen asking for a short open quail season from October 15 to January 1, were asked by the super- visors if a closure on quail for two years would not he best for the county. Men interested in large and well-equipped preserves had better heed the hand- writing on the wall and unite with the best-spirited hunters advocating small and short kills ere the total closure sentiment rises supreme and prohibits hunt- ing entirely. Two big gun clubs are already wisely anticipating the issue by sharing a partial enjoyment of their grounds with resident neighbors and guests and absolutely obeying the laws. Contra to this, in another club is an ultra aristocrat who has sneeringly proclaimed his love for the woods and the wild life of Marin, while having no respect for the "people and the politicians of the county." Yet these "people and politicians" could end with one stroke the outdoor enjoyment of the lordly sports- man in question by a permanent closure of the game season. Organized co-operation of fair-minded sportsmen to insure the survival of the native game and the sport of hunting, has become imperative. It has led to the organization of the Marin County Game Pro- tective Association, in which earnest men are making a strong fight for fair play to the game and the sportsmen. State laws have been found too lavish in bag limits and open season to fit local game con- ill .198 '97 .196.6 Rock Fishing. — Weather permitting, splendid shore fishing can be enjoyed along the San Mateo shores. Many fishermen recently made fine catches of sea trout, capazoni, eels, rockfish and other varieties of salt water fishes. The afternoon ebb tide may offer low enough water to gather mussels. Many baskets and sacks of big rock mussels, some six inches in length, have also been picked recently. One Alameda Ground Open. — The Bay View Gun Club will start the club blue rock season tomorrow on the old grounds situated at the south end of High street, alongside the San Leandro bay entrance channel. 101.6 ........ ditions and the policies of state game authorities seem to lack force and consistency for the best con- servation of game; hence, the association has found it necessary to appeal for county ordinances and county wardenship, and to urge more vigorous state action, even to appealing to the Governor and legis- lature. The State Fish and Game Commission, having fixed its eye most persistently on the mountain lions as the only destructive pest to game worthy of its proscription, and indisposed to hunt to the death the coyote which is many times more deadly to deer and other game, the former acting only in inaccessi- ble haunts of little value to general hunting while the latter is desolating convenient game fields, the Marin Association was forced to ask its supervisors for a bounty ordinance on vermin, resulting in keen and lucrative woodcraft for boys mainly, to the ex- tent of some hundred dollars monthly, and the larg- est run of quail and fawns observed in the county for years. The big quail bag of twenty per day in an open season of three and a half months, was conisdered to be so nearly exterminative of the species that a committee of the association appeared before the supervisors and urged a shorter season. The county ordinance will be vigorously and impartially execut- ed by a strong body of county wardens. The Marin Association has resolved that oil refuse and murderous nets must not check the splendid run of striped bass it has helped to secure in the bay, that better trout fishing and hill and marsh hunting shall be secured, even if the Governor need be ap- pealed to for assistance. Fund Used Up. — We are advised by Secretary E. Reed Shaner as follows: "Please announce in" the Trap Department that the amount of the Interstate Association registered tournament fund set aside for niinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Virginia and Wisconsin has been exhausted, and we will not be able to make any more contributions this vear to gun clubs in the States named." * * * Live Bird Notes. — The California Wing Shooting Club's forty-second annual meeting was held Thurs- day evening, February 12. The officers elected for the ensuing year were: W. W. Terrill, president; Captain A. W. Du Bray, vice-president: W. A. Simon- ton, secretary-treasurer: E. L. Schultz, Toney Prior and C. C. Naunian, directors. The club's opening shoot will take place Sunday, March 1. The club programme will consist of a twelve-bird medal match in the forenoon, a twelve- bird purse shoot in the afternoon, followed by six and ten bird pool shoots. The same program as heretofore, but with some added features which will prove interesting to the contestants. * * * Flooded Grounds. — Just what the Golden Gates are going to do for the opening shoot, Sunday March 15, is a hit of a puzzler. The Alameda grounds are a vast lake, a shoot there is out of the question. An attempt was made to secure the now closed Cali- fornia Jockey Club track, an ideal place, but contem- plated real estate deals put that matter on the tobog. It is possible that a suitable trap ground may be found near San Leandro, the place where the annual "cherry shoot" has been held for several seasons past a good ground too and easily reached from this city and all bay points. The club will apply for Saturday and Sunday, March 30 and 31, to hold a two-day tourney under Interstate Association registered tournament rules. * * * Registered Tournaments. — A glance over the Fix- ture column will show an increase in Coast club tournament announcements. The system is a very popular one judging from the large and increasing number of tournaments scheduled for all parts of the country. FIXTURES. Tournaments Registered. April 14, 15, 16. — Oaklahoma City, Okla. The Interstate Association's Second Southwestern Handicap Tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Capital Citv Gun Club- 81,000 added money. Winner of first place in the South- western Handicap guaranteed $100 and a trophv win- ner of second place guaranteed $75 and a trop'hv and winner of third place guaranteed $50 and a trophv" Sev- eral other trophies will also be awarded. Eimer E Shaner, Manager, Pittsbugh, Pa- May 5 and 6 — Wenatchee, 'Wash. Washington State tournament, under the auspices of the Wenatchee Rod and Gun Club, Chas. E. Owens, President May 11, 12, 13 — San Diego, Cal. Pastime Gun Club. M J Towes, Chairman. May 19 and 19.— Salem, Oregon. Oregon State tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Capital Citv Rod and Gun Club. Mark Siddall, Secretary. May 2S. 29, 30.— Salt Lake City, Utah. Utah State tour- nament under the auspices of the Salt Lake Gun Club. A. R. Bain, Secretary. May 30 — Lindsay, Cal. Lindsay Gun Club. Harrv Ogil- vie. Manager. June 2, 3 — Colorado Springs, Col. Roekv Mountain Inter- state Sportsmen's Association's State tournament (Col- orado, Wyoming and New Mexico), under the auspices of the Colorado Springs Gun Club. John W Garrett Captain. June 3 and 4-— Milbank, S. D. South Dakota State tour- nament, under the auspices of the Milbank Gun Club W. J. Martens, Secretary. June 3, 4, 5— Ely, Nev. White Pine Rod and Gun Club J. S. Bennett, Pres. June 16, 17, IS.— Bradford. Pa. The Interstate Associa- tion's ninth Eastern Handicap tournament, under the auspices of the Bradford Gun Club; $1,000 added money Winner of first place in the Eastern Handicap guaran- teed $100 and a trophy: winner of second place guar- anteed $75 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager Pitts- burgh, Pa- June 23, 24 — Hotchkiss, CoL Hotchkiss Gun Club. C. U. I Emry, Secretary. July 20, 21 and 22.— Portland, Ore. The Interstate Asso- ciation's ninth Pacific Coast Handicap tournament, un- der the auspices of the Portland Gun Club: $1,000 added money. Winner of first place in the Pacific Coast Han- dicap guaranteed $100 and a trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $75 and a trophy: winner of of third place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Man- ager, Pittsburgh, Pa. Sept 8, 9, 10 and 11. — Dayton, Ohio. — The Interstate As- sociation's fifteenth Grand American Handicap tourna- ment on the grounds of the X. C. R. Gun Club; $1,500 added money. Winner of first place in the Grand Amer- ican Handicap guaranteed $600 and trophv; winner of second place guaranteed $500 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $400 and a trophv. Several other trophies will also be guaranteed. Elmer'E. Shaner Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa. Xov. 7. — Williams, Ariz. Williams Gun Club, R. M Reese Secretary. Nov. 9, 10 and 11. — Phoenix, Ariz. Arizona State tourna- ment under the auspices of.-the Phoenix Gun Club W B. Twitchell, President Trap Shoots. March 1. — San Jose Blue Rock Club, opening shoot San Jose, Cal May 11, 12, 13.— Pastime Gun Club. San Diego. May 15, 16, 17 — Los Angeles Gun Club, Venice grounds. Bench Shows. March 13-14.— Pasadena Kennel Club. A. K. C. rules April 14-16. — Golden Gate Kennel Club, 5th annual show A. K. C. rules. May 28-30 — San Francisco Kennel Club, 17th annual show N. D. B. A. rules. V . Saturday, February 28, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 THE AUTO TAX LAW IS VALID. LIVERMORE HORSE SHOW TODAY. A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT. The motor vehicle act, passed at the last session of the California Legislature and effective on Jan- uary 1st of this year, is constitutional. It was so declared yesterday in two decisions handed down by the State Supreme Court. Therefore, automobile owners hereafter must pay a special annual registration fee, graduated according to the number of horse-power of the automobiles they own, and chauffeurs must pay a fee of 52 per year. Operators other than owners or chauffeurs need pay no fee. Also every automobile must display in front and rear a distinctive number, assigned by the State Department of Engineering. On January 1st, the day the act became effective, Attorney Percey E. Towne, a member of the Cali- fornia State Automobile Association, at the organi- zation's instance, became a voluntary defendant for the purpose of testing the validity oi the new law, and particularly that part of it which requires pay- ment of registration on the scale graduated as to horse-power. He was found guilty by Police Judge Shortall and went before the Supreme Court on a writ of habeas corpus. Alfred J. Sehuler, manager of the Del Monte Auto Rental Company, was arrested on the same day to test the same part of the law; Charles Stork became a defendant to test the chauffeurs' license fee, and Douglas Mitchell in Los Angeles was arrested to test that part of the law requiring special numbers on automobiles. Justice Henry A. Melvin wrote the decision in- volving the cases of Sehuler, Towne and Mitchell, while Justice P. W. Henshaw wrote that in the case of Stork. In both instances the writs were dismissed and the prisoners remanded. All the other Justices concurred. The contestants held that the law was unconsti- tutional, among other things, because the automobile owner was required to pay another tax besides a property tax on the machine, which was in the guise of a fee for license, and that this license fee is to be turned over to the use of the counties for road funds, whereas the Constitution provides that coun- ties must raise taxes in their own territories for funds for roads within their boundaries. The decision declares that under certain amend- ments to the Constitution, the Legislature has power to establish a system of State highways and to ex- tend aid for the construction and maintenance of the whole or any part of such system. It declares that it was undoubtedly the intention of the makers of the new law to impose a road tax irrespective of the disposition of the funds and that similar laws have been upheld in other States. It declares that the law is not local or special in its nature, because the greater portion of the funds derived for licenses are to be expended outside of the cities of the State. It goes on to state that the law is partly a police measure, although its exactions extend far beyond the limits of such. It says: "It is evident the bill was passed principally for raising revenue for the use and upkeep of such highways." As to the objection that the clause imposing a license tax graduated as to horse-power was in viola- tion of constitutional rights granting the people due process of law before arbitrarily taxed, the Court gives an interesting criticism on automobiles. "The State is charging for the privilege of using the roads," states the decision, "for these highly de- structive vehicles which attain a rate of speed not possible to those propelled by animal power." As to the point that the automobile is doubly taxed by the new law, the Court holds that the law was framed undoubtedly with some reference to the destructive or wearing power of motor vehicles and that the graduation into horse-power for rate of fee is simply because the machine with high horse- power is usually heavier than the machine of small horse-power. This means that an immense sum of money will be added to the road fund of California annually. [By Wm. McDonald, Secretary Livermore Horse Show Committee.] At the meeting called to make arrangements for the horse show today in Livermore, one of the speakers urged as an argument for holding the show the importance of the same as a means of adver- tising one of the main products of the Livermore Valley, a valley noted once upon a time for its great yield of wheat and barley but now recognized as a leader in the production of hay, wine and horses. If one could arrive at a correct mathematical calcula- tion as to the sum total of the receipts for the last twenty years from the above-named products it would be surprising to see how close the amount of money received for horses would come to the amount received from either of the other two, and if one were to make the statement that more clear money had been received from the sale of horses than from either of the others he would be able to make the fellow who disputed it put up a good argument to prove the contrary. The horse shows heretofore held in Livermore have been one of the best mediums as an advertise- ment that the valley and the horse industry have ever had, and at no time in the history of the valley has the opportunity for holding a good horse show been better than they are today, for at no time in the past has there been so much good material to draw from. When horse shows were first inaugurated in Liv- ermore over sixty per cent, of the sires and offspring shown were graded animals of the different breeds, some being quarter breed, some half and some three- quarters. At each recurring show, however, one could notice the decrease in the number of graded animals on exhibition and a corresponding increase in the number of full-blooded sires, and if no other benefit than the advertising given our colts have been derived from the shows this one alone will fully compensate every effort made in behalf of the past annual stock exhibits in Livermore. The climatic conditions in this section of Califor- nia are so nearly perfect for stockraising that breed- ers are not required to pay that attention to their stock during the winter months that breeders in other sections of the State are required to do, and this fact has been a drawback to our shows, for when a farmer is approached with a request to enter a few of his colts at the annual show he is likely to say, "Well, I would be glad to make entries but my colts have been running out all winter and are not in con- dition to show." But breeders are awakening to the fact that it pays to care for the colts a little more carefully during the winter and are finding out that it pays to do so as the development of colts depends largely on the treatment they receive during the first two years of their existence. In a field near the S. P. depot at Hayward every morning for the past month passengers on the morning train could see nine colts of draft stock breed and it is certainly a pleasure to look at them, for each and all of them are high-class animals and one can easily see that they have been well cared for during the winter as they are all fat and sleek, ready to be put on exhi- bition at any time, and their owner need have no fear but that they will bring the price when placed on the market for, all arguments to the contrary not- withstanding, the market for good horses is in a healthy condition Lodi (San Joaquin Co.), Feb. 27 — Two petitions are being circulated throughout the county to re- quest the board of supervisors to make an allowance for a big county fair in Stockton next fall and it is expected that the lists bearing thousands of names will be presented to the board at its next regular meeting. The petitioners ask that the board take out the necessary funds for the fair from the exposi- tion funds available by the county supervisors in order that the county may have a big fair this year. That eminent authority on all matters pertaining to the light harness horse, The Horse World, has the following on the three heat system which meets our approval: While the work of the Biennial Congress of the National Trotting Association in New York last week was admirable, on the whole, it was greatly disap- pointing to those who have looked upon the three- heat, every-heat-a-race system as one of the most de- sirable innovations ever introduced on the harness tracks. By relieving a heat-winner in a two-in-three, or three-in-five race, when he does not win the race! from a record penalty and refusing to extend the same relief to a heat-winner that does not win a three-heat race, the three-heat system is virtually killed. As before stated, this is greatly disappoint- ing to a large number of the persons deeply inter- ested in the future of harness racing, for where the three-heat system has been tried it has greatly pleased race-goers as well as the owners and train- ers. It becomes more and more apparent that it would perhaps be better for the interests of both the mile and half-mile tracks in the chain of Grand Cir- cuit tracks and such other mile tracks as desired to connect themselves with them, to have their own governing body and leave to the present parent asso- ciations the work of governing the half-mile tracks and such of the mile tracks as prefer to race under the same conditions as are favored by the half-mile track associations. OVERSHOES FOR HORSES. Every teamster and driver of horses who applies at the headquarters of the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at Sixteenth and Alabama streets within the next few days, will be given free one set of non-slipping carpet over- shoes for his horse, according to the decision reached last week by the board of trustees at their regular weekly meeting in the Mills building. Numerous complaints last Monday from residents of the Fairmont Hotel that horses were slipping and falling on the wet streets in that vicinity led the society to place several sets of the shoes in the switchman's tower at California and Powell streets, where they can be obtained by any driver who has difficulty in getting his horses up the steep hill. There were 172 reprimands administered, 29 dis- abled horses moved in ambulances and 21 horses, 250 dogs and 151 cats were humanely destroyed. Com- plaints unsustained were 7, referred to public of- ficials 3, referred to other societies 1; water troughs visited and cleaned 30, slippery streets inspected 17, animals placed in homes 40. YOLO COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION MEMBERS. The following will comprise the Yolo County Fair Association this year: E. A. Bullard, T. G. Sehmeiser, H. E. Van Norman, J. S. Scott. M. H. Stitt, F. W. Wilson, W. O. Russell, Wm. Leinberger, J. L. Stephens, C. F. Day, F. B. Edson, J. L. Harlan, E. L. Furlong, W. H. Gregory and T. B. Gibson. Representative farmers, stockmen and merchants gathered in the board of trade rooms Saturday after- noon to elect the directors of the 1914 Yolo County Fair Association, and to discuss plans for the coming fair, to be held from September 8th to 10th inclusive. The directors, as named above, were appointed and they will hold an early meeting to elect officers. The question of where to hold the exhibits, etc., was left in the hands of the directors. Dr. J. F. McKenna of Fresno, president of the California State Veterinary Medical Association, has received word from the executive committee of that association to the effect that the next meeting will be held in Madera, Cal., on March 10, 1914. JOE PATCHEN 2:031-4 I Reg. No. 47491. THE GREATEST MONEY-WINNER IN 1912t OR OF ANY OTHER YEAR. By Joe Patchen 2:01*4 (sire of Dan Patch 1:55% and 13 in 2:10). Dam, Bessie Bonehill 2:05% (dam of two whose time averaged 2:05%) by Empire Wilkes 2:29%, son of George "Wilkes 2:22. Second dam, Arab Girl (dam of 5, 1 sire of 4, 2 dams of 3) by Crittenden 433 (sire of 13 and dams of 6 in 2:10), son of C. M. Clay Jr. 22. . Joe Patchen II. 2:03%, in individuality alone would be entitled to distinction. The rare combination of blood lines in his pedigree makes him a most desirable stallion to breed to choice mares and he is worthy representative of early and extreme speed. As a race horse his glory will ever shine; he won more money in his 1912 campaign than was ever won by a pacer, §27,100, winning every race except one and in that he was second. "Joe" is a ebautifu ldakr bay, with four white legs and a blaze, 16 hands and will weigh 1200 pounds. In conformation he is a model of excellence, his clear cut, beautiful head, large, prominent eye, wide jowls, magnificent shoulders, short legs, heavy quarters, great depth through the heart, round barrel and perfect legs and feet. There never was a more popular horse to fact a starter and his action is as near perfection and the poetry of motion as it is pos- sible to conceive. He has never been bred to many mares as he has been raced every year, but the few that he has at Pleasanton show that he transmits all his qualities of form, disposition, gameness, speed and soundness to a remarkable degree. He is a sure foal getter. ..Terms: $100 for the season, with usual return privilege. Limited to thirty mares. | VERNON McKINNEY 2:01 1-2 | Reg. No. 53803. Bright bay, stands 16 hands and will weigh 1200 pounds. By Guv McKinney 37625 (sire of 4), son of the great McKINNEY 2:11^ (sold for ?50,000 at 17 years— the lead- ing living sire, including 25 in 2:10). Dam, Maud Vernon, by Mount Vernon 2:15% (sire of 2 and dams Vernon McKinney 2:01% and Leata J. 2:03). Second dam Mag, by General McClellan 144 (sire of 3 and dams of 12, including Vernon McKinney 2:01% and Leata J. 203). Leata J. was raced on the Grand Circuit in 1913, winning §17,500, the largest money-winning pac- ing mare in 1913. She was also by a son of the great McKinney. Vernon McKinney 2:01% is a magnificent stallion, stands over 16 hands, a bright bay in color, and Individ- ually as fine a type as ever was foaled. He has all the qualifications to make a sire and the few colts by him show that he transmits his perfect conformation, color, good disposition and extreme speed to his progeny. He was the fastest pacer out in 1911 and in 1912 he paced to his present record — 2:01% — when quite lame from an injury. He is bred in the very best of speed producing lines. The suberabundance o fthe blood of Geo. Wilkes 2:22, through Alcvone 2:23, sire of McKinney 2:11%. his celebrated sire, Guy Wilkes 2:15%, and Onward 2:25%, and back of that cross to Mambrino Patchen and Nut- wood 2:18% .the great sire of famous speed producing broodmares, backed up by the stoutest of old line thor- oughbred blood, makes him a remarkable stallion from which any owner of a well bred mare has a right by breeding to him to expect the fastest pacer in the world! No horse living ever paced with greater ease or has a greater natural flight of speed, and the few foals he has are perfect likenesses of him in every way. Terms: $50 for the season, with usual return privilege. ZOMBLACK 2:26 1 Reg. No. 54955. (Trial (3) 2:08%. Bv Zombro 2:11 (sire 15 in 2:10 and the dam of Hemet (3) '2:08%). Dam, Madeline Marshall, (dam of 2) by Demonio 2:11% (sire of 15, including 5 in 2:10). Second dam, Mamie Comet 2:23% (dam of 3) by Nut- wood 2:1S% (sire of 200 and dams of 390). Zomblack 2:26 (three- year- old trial 2:08%) is a pure- gaited trotter, and were it not that he was taken sick would have earned a record faster than any Zombro ever foaled. In color he is a coal black, no white, stands about 16 hands, and his conformation is such that the leading horsemen on the Grand Circuit unanimously agreed he was the handsomest horse either in action or repose that ever came from California, and it was a question if his equal is to be found in America. He is a sound, muscular made, perfectly proportioned stallion, having a beautiful head, neck, ears and legs, sloping shoulders, short back, is round ribbed, close coupled and a beautiful type of a perfect horse. His disposition is of the sweetest, while his breeding is of the best. That he will be a sire of speed and gameness no one who has given the subject of breeding and selection any consideration will deny. Terms: .$50 for the season, with usual return privilege. These stallions will make the season of 1914 at the PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK The best of care taken of mares in any manner owners may desire, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address CHAS. L. DeRYDER, Superintendent. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, February 28, 1914. ! THE FARM I SOME USES FOR CONCRETE. Among the most satisfactory uses to which concrete can be put on the farm is making water and feeding troughs. Ther are sanitary and easy to construct, and last indefinitely. Old lumber free from splits and knot holes may be used for forms, so the troughs need cost very little. Feed Troughs. — To make a hog trough it is necessary only to nail two boards together in the shape of an inverted V. These are placed on a board platform or other even sur- face and surrounded with a board frame, which is then filled with con- crete. The concrete is struck off while fresh to insure an even bottom. No special finish is required and very rude work will answer the purpose. The dimensions of the trough will of course depend upon the length and size of the board forms. Small troughs for chickens may be made with equal facility. Another simple method of making a small trough is to substitute for the V shaped boards half of a drain tile or terra cotta pipe for the inside form. Where the boards are used the side coming in contact with the con- crete should be oiled, to make re- moval of the forms easy. A mixture of 1 part of Portland cement, 2 parts sand, and 4 parts crushed stone or gravel will make a suitable concrete for this purpose. In making the hog trough, it is de- sirable to use cross pieces on the top of the trough, to prevent hogs from crowding or getting into the trough. To provide for bolting the cross pieces, holes should be bored in the platform at required intervals and the bolts set in with the thread end down. The bolts depth that will insure sufficient protection for the strap iron cross pieces and the nut. The concrete should be "sloppy wet" mix and thoroughly puddled in the form. It should be kept in the form several days and protected from hot sun and wind. When sufficiently hard on the exposed surface to resist indentation with the thumbnail, the forms may be removed. The concrete should then be sprinkled twice a day for a period of a week. The strength of a trough of this character will increase with age. It may be easily cleaned and will resist the hardest usage. The longer it is exposed to the weather the more durable it will become. A detailed plan for such a feeding trough will be sent persons desiring it who write to this department. Watering Troughs. — Watering troughs may be made with or without reinforcing, but troughs without rein- forcing should have a greater thick- ness of concrete. Troughs may he built with a solid base or set on bench Warranted to give satisfaction. GOMBAULT'S CAUSTIC BALSAM A safe, speedy and positive cure for Curb, Splint, Sweeny, Capped Hoct, Strained Tendons, Founder, Wind Puffs, and all lameness from Spavin, Ringbone and other bony tumors. Cures all skin diseases or Parasites, Thrush, Diphtheria. Removec all Bunches from Horses or Cattle. AJ • Hr«l\ KIIIMT for Khen- mntura. Nprnlur, Sore Throat, eu.. It la Invajuablo. Every bottle of Cnn.tlc Boham Bold !s warranted to Klvc satisfaction, price Sl.fio per botllt. Sold by drujrelsts, or sent by ex- press, charges paid. with full directions fcr its use. Send for descriptive circulars, testimo- nials, etc. Address m UirRIHCB-WIlLIiifStOlfPlirr.CltTsland, Ohis blocks. One of the sizes in common use is S feet long, 2 feet wide at top and 1% feet at bottom, and 1% feet deep, all inside measurements, which may be varied to suit convenience. Select a level piece of ground and build well braced, bottomless box from 2-inch stuff, the inside measurements being 8 feet S inches long, 2 feet 8 inches broad and 2 feet 1 inch deep. Ram the ground hard inside the form. Grease the form well and put in a layer of concrete, one part Portland cement, two parts clean, coarse sand and four parts of broken stone, mixed to jelly-like consistency, 2V2 inches deep, and tramp well. Place a sheet of woven wire fabric over the con- crete, letting it come to within 1 inch of the top of forms at side and ends. Put in 2% inches more concrete over the bottom and ram lightly to bring mortar to the surface, and smooth it carefully. As soon as it is laid and before it has begun to set, put the inner form (well greased) in place, taking care to keep it at equal dis- tances from the sides and ends. This inner form should be made of 2-inch stuff and slightly wedge shape. The outside dimensions may be as fol- lows: Eight feet long 1% feet deep, 2 feet broad at top of trough, and 1% feet broad at bottom. Fill in the spaces between the two forms with soft concrete, tamping lightly or pur- dling. Remove forms next day, or as soon as concrete will bear press- ure of thumb, and smooth off irregu- larities in surface, then, as soon as hard enough not to crumble, paint with pure cement mixed as thick as cream. Inlet and outlet holes may be made by putting pieces of pipe in place be- fore filling in the concrete, or a greased, tapering wooden plug to be drawn out when concrete has set. A trough with a solid concrete base should be made in the same general way, the forms carried up to the de- sired height of trough and the rein- forcing imbedded in the concrete a few inches from the inside. Troughs should be protected from the sun and currents of air for several days and kept wet by sprinkling. You Can't Cut Out 4. BOG SPAVIN.PUFF or THOROCGHPINt but ARSORBINE ** TRADE MARK REG.U.S.PAT. OFF. will clean them off permanently, and you work the horse same time. Does not blister or remove the hair. $2.00 per bottle, delivered. Will tell you more if you write. Book 4 K free. ABSORBINE, JR., the antiseptic liniment for mankind, reduces Varicose Veins, Ruptured Muscles or Ligaments. Enterged Glands, Goitres. Wens. Cysts. Allays pain quickly. Price SI. 00 and S2.Q0 i bottle at druggists or delivered. Manufactured only by LV. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 54 Temple St, Springfield, Mass. For sale by Langley & .Michaels, San Francisco, Calif.; Woodward, Clark. 4 Co , Portland, Ore ; Cal. Ding 4 Chem. Co., Branflwig Prug Co., Western Wholesale Drag Co., Los Angeles, Calii. Kirk. Cleary , James L. 2:091/£. Edith 2:10 and 60 others, out of Woodflower (dam of Seylex 2:15%, Prince Ansel (2) 2:20y2) by Ansel 2:20 (son of Electioneer 125), sire of 14 in 2:30, 6 sires of 16 and 14 dams of 17 in the list; Ansel 2:20 sired Norris 2:22% who sired the dams of Lady Maud C. 2:00% and Hedgewood Boy 2:01, etc.; second dam Mayflower 2:30%, dam of Manzanita 2:16 and Wildriower 2:21, by St. Clair 16675. PRINCE ANSEL is a very handsome bay stallion; stands 15:3 hands, and weighs 1200 pounds. He is noted for siring colts and fillies that are endowed with early and extreme speed. During 1910 six of his get took records, and four were three-year-olds and under. In 1911 Adansel, a three-year-old, obtained his mark of 2:14%, while Prince Lot and Wesos lowered their records. In 1912 Lottie Ansel, a two-year-old, won all the Futurities she started in, getting a mark of 2:14%, the Coast record for Allies, and heads all record-holders of her age in America for the year. Arista Ansel, another two-year-old Futurity winner, got a record of 2:18%, while Prince Lot lowered his record to 2:07%. In 1913 Laura Rogers lowered her record to 2:11% and Ima Dudley got a mark of 2:27%, whil e John Malcolm, out of one of Prince Ansel's daugh- ters obtained the world's record for two-year-old pacers, 2:11%. Prince Ansel's prog- eny is noted for intelligence, soundness, perfect action and stamina. SEASON OF 1914 AT THE RACE TRACK, WOODLAND, CAL. Terms: For Robert Bingen 2:14^, $75 by the season. For Prince Ansel 2:20/2, $50 With usual return privilege. Pasture for mares during season at $5.00 per month; not responsible for ac- cidents or escapes. Fop further information, address HARRY DOWLING, Manager Woodland Stock Farm, Woodland, Cal. TO GET A CHAMPION, BREED TO A CHAMPION. JIM LOGAN 2:02^ (3) 2:05!/2, world's record to 1912; (5) 2:04|4, (6) 2:03!/4, (7) 2:02%. All winning race records. Registry Number 44997- By CHAS. DERBY 2:20 (brother to Klatawah (3) 2:05J/2r etc.), sire of Jim Logan 2:02%., Don Derby 2:04'/2, Capt. Derby 2:06J/2r Dan Logan 2:07|/2 and 6 others in 2:10. Dam, EFFIE LOGAN, California's greatest producer of extreme speed (dam of Jim Logan 2:02%, Sir Albert S. 2:03%, and Dan Logan 2:07V>, sire of John Malcolm (2) 2:liy2, champion two-year-old of 1913), by Durfee 11256, son of Kaiser 2:28 and Julia, by Revenue 2:221/<; second dam Ripple, sister to Creole 2:15, by Prompter 2305, sire of the dam of Gratt 2:02%, etc.; third dam Grace (dam of Daedalion 2:08y2, Creole 2:15 and Eagle 2:19y2)> by Buccaneer 2656, sire of the dams of 2 in 2:10; fourth dam Mary, great broodmare, by Flaxtail. JIM LOGAN is a handsome dark bay horse, stands 16 hands and weighs 1075 pounds. After setting a world's record of 2:05V2 at three years of age, he has lowered his record every season he has been raced and is absolutely sound, showing he has the best of feet and legs. He has only a few living foals and all of them that have been trained have shown speed towarrant his being a sire. His full brother, Dan Logan, sired the winners of the Breeders' Futurity of 1912 and the two and three- yearr old events of 1913, John Malcolm, his two-year-old, getting the world's record of 2:ll%r. In the stud, season of 1914, at Woodland Race Track. FEE: $50 for season, with usual return privilege, or $75 to insure living colt. Fees payable at time of service or before removal of mares. Excellent pasture at $4 per month, with best of care for mares, though no responsibility will be assumed for acci- dents or escapes. Call at race track, or address J. ELMO MONTGOMERY, Davis, Cal Montbaine 48667 Son of MOKO 24457; sire of 7 in 2:10, dams of five in 2:10, 100 standard performers; dam, KREM MARIE, dam of four trotters by KREMLIN 2:07%, sire of dams of six in 2:10; second dam, Maymont, by Blackmont, sire of dam of Minnehaha 2:09y2; third dam, Maywood (dam of Mayhill 2:19, . 2:17%) by Blackwood 74, etc. MONTBAINE is an exceedingly handsome ma- hogany bay horse; stands 15. 3^ hands and weighs 1200 pounds. He has proven a very sure breeder, and his colts are fine individuals of ample size, quality and pronounced natural speed. He will make the season of 1914 at The Suisun Stock Farm, at a fee of $40 for the season, with return privilege. Moko and Kremlin rank among the greatest sires of today, and you can make no mistake by breeding to Montbaine. For particulars, call at barn, or address THE SUISUN STOCK FARM, B. F. Rush, Suisun, Cal. (Rush & Haile.) MOKO HALL 2:11 Son of Walnut; Hall 2:081-4 Winner of (he Kentucky Futurity for Two-year- olds, and sire of The Harvester 2:01 The World's Champion Trotting' Stallion. Martha Tipton 2:09!.,. Warner Hall (1) 2:0«>w, O'NeU 2-.0TA. etc. The dam of MOKO HALL was by the most fashionable sire of trotters in the United States today, and that horse is MOKO. MOKO HALL is bred in the top crosses just like The Harvester, who was also by Walnut Hall, out of a mare by Moko, the sire of 104 in 2:30, including such stake winners as Fereno 2:05%, Tenara 2:05%, Native Belle (3) 2:00%, Manrico (3) 2:07%, Susie N. (3) 2:09%, and Brenda York (3), pacing, 2:04%, and his sons are siring early and extreme speed also. MOKO HALL is one of the handsomest and most uniformly made stallions in California. There is not a weak spot or place on him. As a trotter he proved himself to be most level-headed and game, as well as possessed of a high turn of speed in all his racing on the California Circuit last season. At Sacramento he forced Maymack to trot a mile in 2:08% to beat him. A year- living filly by him trotted a quarter in 34*4 seconds at Santa Rosa last Sep- tember. Will make the season of 1914 at Agricultural Park, Sacramento, Cal. FEE: $75 for the season. Usual return privileges. Good pasturage, and the best of care taken of mares in any manner that owners may desire, at reasonable rates, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. For further particulars address F. J. RUHSTALLER, Sacramento, Cal. The "Golden Cross" McMYRTLE George Wilkes Electioneer Reg. No. 58007. (Sire of John Gwynne 2:11%.) By McKINNEY 2:11!/4, SIRE OF 24 AND THE DAMS OF 6 IN 2:10; HIS SONS HAVE SIRED 37 IN 2:10. Dam, Myrtledale, by Iran Alto 2:12^ (sire of 16 trotters, 1 pacer), fastest and most prolific son of Palo Alto 2:08%, and out of Elaine 2:20 (dam of 4 trotters, 1 sire, and 2 dams of 8 trotters and 1 pacer), by Messenger Duroc 109. Second dam, Nettie Nutwood (dam of Hillsdale 2:15, one of the best three-year- olds of his day, and Twenty Third, dam of Sterling McKinney 2:06% and Unimak 2:22VO- by Nutwood 2:18%, sire of 2 and the dams of 20 in 2:10; third dam, daughter of Ethan Allen Jr. 2S03, one of the prolific members of the great family of Black Hawk 5; fourth dam by "Williamson's Belmont. McMYRTLE is an extremely handsome individual, rich bay in color, 15.3 hands in height, and weighs 1150 pounds. He is a clean-going trotter, with a trial of 2:17 before retirement to the stud. His opportunities as a sire have been extremely lim- ited, but his colts are the kind that it pays to breed — large, solid color, handsome and good movers. Only one was ever trained, John Gwynne, who got a record trotting of 2:11%. SEASON OF 1914 at PETALUMA AND SAN RAFAEL, CAL. Terms, $30 for the season, $40 to insure. Best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address for all further information, DOLCINI & DOLCINI, Petaluma, Cal. THE STANDARD TROTTING STALLION. JOHANO Black stallion, 15.2 hands, sired by Carlokin 2:07^ (sire of 8 two-year-olds in the list that are conceded to be the best ever seen in the West). Son of McKinney 2:11%, the greatest sire of 2:10 performers, out of Carlotta "Wilkes (dam of 10 in 2:30, of which 4 are in 2:07^ or better) by Charley Wilkes 2:21%; grandam Aspasia (dam of 4) by Alcantara 2:23; great grandam Miss Buchanan (dam of 1 and dams of 5 in 2:30) by Clark Chief etc. Johano was out of Johanah Treat 2:24% (dam of Zulu Belle, trotting 2:10%, pacing 2:06i4; Del Coronado 2:09% (sire of Teddy Bear 2:05. Cora 2:08%, Little Bernice 3, 2:09%, etc.); My Irene S. 2, 2:28% (dam of Esperanza 2, 2:14y2, Carlos (2) 2:29%, and the dam of Nutway 2:29%. Johanah Treat was by Thomas Rysdyk 10649 (a sire), son of Rysdyk 653 and Largesse 2:25 by Scott's Thomas 2:21 grandam Fanny Howard by Woful, son of Black Hawk 24. Johanah Treat's dam was Kate Treat by Venture 2:27% (sire of the dams of Directum 2:05%, Sidney Dillon, sire of Lou Dillon l:58Vif etc.) by Williamson's Belmont. Johano is a pure-gaited trotter. As a yearling he trotted quarters in 33 seconds; then, meeting with an accident which fractured his lower jaw, he was laid up for two years. He has entirely recovered and recently trotted a mile in 2:30, and it is predicted by those who have seen him that he will get a very low record this season. He is a very stylish, well made stallion with a splendid disposition. He is one of the best bred sons of Carlokin, as can be seen by the above, and seekers after stallions that carry the blood of the futurity winners in their veins and are anxious to get colts and fillies that will have a natural inheritance of beauty, soundness, early and ex- treme speed should not overlook this grand looking young stallion. Will make the season of 1914 at Pleasanton Driving Park. Terms: $25 for the season, with usual return privilege. Address HORACE FEINDEL, Pleasanton Driving Park, Pleasanton, Cal. PALO KING 2-28! Reg. No. 44910 George Wilkes Electioneer Sire of Little Lucille, p. (3) 2:09, fastest filly of her age on Pacific Coast, and The Bulletin (2) 2:28y2, trotting. By Marengo King 2:28i/2 (sire of Marie N. 2:08%, etc.), son of McKinney 2:11% and By By, great broodmare, by Nutwood 2:18%; dam Palo Belle 2:24!/2, by Palo Alto 2:08%, son of Electioneer and sire of the dams of High Admiral 2:07%, Mahomet Watts (3) 2:10, etc.; second dam Belle Isle, great broodmare, by Piedmont 2:17%; third dam, Idabelle, great broodmare, by Hambletonian 10; fourth dam, Godfrey Star, by American Star 14. PALO KING is a bay horse of excellent size and conformation, a pure gaited trotter, and ranks as one of the most potent sires of his age in the world. His get are uniformly good colored, large, finely turned, good headed and endowed with natural speed. Season of 1914 at Woodland Race Track, where you can see his colts step. TERMS: $25 for the season, or $40 to insure. - Call or address H. S. HOGOBOOM, Owner, Woodland, Cal. - 1MB BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, February 28, 1914. IHEMET STOCK FARM! Hemet, Cal. § W. F. WHITTIER, Pres. (Incorporated) BUDD DOBLE, V. P. and Mgr. jjj Home of the Champion Three-Year-Old Trotter Jg WILBUR LOU 2:10 J Sired by KINNEY LOU 2:07 3-4 Sire of Wilbur Lou 2:1 OK True Kinney (2) 2:19 21 Standard Performers Son of McKinney 2:llM and Mary Lou 2:17 LOUISE CARTER, 3, 2:24 Dam of Wilbur Lou (3) 2:1014 Mamie ilwln 2:12 Martin Carter 13> 2:29Ji Daughter of Chestnut Tom 2 :15 by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16% i 1 e WORLD'S CHAMPION YEARLING TROTTING STALLION 1910 Unbeaten Two-Year-Old in 1911 | Winner of California State Fair and Pacific Coast Breeders' Association K Futurities in 1912. Record in Third Heat of a winning race, g Also holder of the World's Record of a Five-Heat Race by a 3-year-old Stallion. g Limited number of approved mares at $100 the season. KINNEY de LOPEZ 2:23 Son of Kinney Lou 2:07% and Betsey Direct by Direct 2:05%. $50 the Season § S Terms: Cash at time of service with usual return privilege, or money re- ^ J£ funded at our option. Excellent pasturage and best of care taken of mares, g* £ but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. & S "They have both shown by this year's crop to be sires of early speed: ^ e FIESTA LOU by Wilbur Lou at 9 months old paced 1-16 in 10 seconds; £g 2 BILL1E BOTD by Wilbur Lou at 8 months old trotted 1-16 in 12 seconds; ^ E DON McKINNEY by Kinney de Lopez at 7% months old trotted 1-16 in q g 14 seconds; and all the rest are showing equally well" ^ The Imported-Registered Shire Stallions Anwick Arthur Reg. No. 29025. Foaled 1908. Sired by Horbling Arthur 23368: dam Blossom 65974 by Sheffield Armour Plate 17616. A handsome, pow- erfully built young horse, stands 17.3 hands and weighs 2150 pounds. SERVICE FEE: $25, with return privilege. BLACK HAWK MERRY BOY Reg;. No. 14064. Am. Shire Horse Ass'n. (Foaled April 23, 1912.) Sired by ElVedon Hero 27313, dam Flawford Daisy 63656 by Whitstone Ring O" BeUs 15927. Service Fee $20, with return privilege. BLACK HAWK HAROLD Reg. No. 14065. Am. Shire Horse Ass'n. (Foaled April 16, 1912.) Sired by Fylde Monk 29418, dam Quanea Diamond 6S2S7 by Moulton Gallant Prince 16254. Service Fee: $20, with return privilege. The above stallions will stand at THE BLACK HAWK RANCH ADVERTISE YOUR STALLION IN THE BREEDER & SPORTSMAN Subscribe for "The Breeder and Sportsman." BURLINGAME, SAN MATEO CO., CAL. Young stock, one to five years old, broodmares, and stallions for sale. The best of care taken of mares bred to the above stallions, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Excellent pasturage at §5 per month. For further particulars apply to HARRY CLARK, Manager, or Burlingame, Cal. DR. I. B. DALZIEL, 530 Fulton St., San Francisco, Cal. I onward McGregor 1 ':;-"^;:Sr;^:;£T;+K-^;-« Mahogany bay, 15% hands, 1050 pounds. (Yearling trial '/4 in :33.) Foaled 1911 By Jay McGregor 2:07Vi (sire of 7 in 2:10 and dam of Colorado E. (3) 2:04% . Leading sire of race- winning trotters in 1913. Dam Mary Gordon 2:09% (race record), by Gordon 3127 -ONWARD MCGREGOR (sire °f 1 in 2:10) »y Onward ™5Y<- Second dam, Nell (dam of 1 in 2:10) by Toung Octoroon (sire of grandam of PETER THE GREAT 2:0714, J- MALCOLM FORBES 2:08, etc.). Onward McGregor is a grand individual with faultless disposition. His breeding should commend him to broodmare owners. He is the only son of that fashionable sire Jay McGregor in California, while on his dam's side he traces directly to Onward and to the world's leading sire of 2:10 trotters, Peter the Great. Will make 1914 season at the Pleasanton Driving Park. Terms- $30 at time of service, with usual return privilege. (Limited to 20 mares.) Especially well prepared to care for mares but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. For further particulars and tabulated pedigree, address BERT WEBSTER, Manager, Pleasanton, Cal. McADRIAN 2:24 Reg. No. 45391 Sire of Bert Kelly 2:12% Trix McAdrian (2) 2:23% Grace Chalmers (mat.) .2:20% Olive McAdrian (2) tr..2:22 Sired by GUY McKINNEY ("sire of Vernon McKinney 2:01%, Linden Girl 2:22, etc.); dam MAPLE LEAF 2:34% by Adrian 2:26% (sire of Rosetta A. 2:14%), son of Reliance 2:22% and Adriana bv Skenandoah; McAdrian's grandam was OLLIE RAY 2:39%, dam "of Acclamation 2:24% (sire of Lizzie C. 2:15), Vendome, dam of McKinley 2:29; his great grandam was MARY BLAINE by Signal 3327 (sire of the dam of Prussian Maid 2:19, etc.). Guy McKinney, sire of McAdrian 2:24, was by McKinney 2:11%, out of Flossie D., by Guy Wilkes 2:15%; second dam, Blanche Ward (dam of China Maid 2:05%), by Onward 2:25%; third dam, Blanche Patchen, by Mambrino Patchen 58, etc. McAdrian is one of the handsomest and strongest made grandsons of McKinney in California. He has no faults; is a pure gaited trotter and a sure foal getter. He will make the season of 1914 at the race track, Red Bluff. 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The Season Trophies: — Awarded the 3 amateur trapshooters making the greatest number of points under the following system, and when using Dupont, Ballistite, Schultze or Empire Powders. Runs of 50 to 59 will receive 1 point Runs of 60 to 69 will receive 2 points Runs of 70 to 79 will receive 3 points Runs of 80 to 89 will receive 4 points Runs of 90 to 99 will receive 5 points Runs of 100 to 124 will receive 6 points Runs of 125 to 149 will receive 7 points and so on. The Ten Special Awards: — Awarded the 10 amateur trapshooters making the greatest number of points under the above system for runs under 100, when using Du Pont Powders. Only shooters not making a run of 100 or over are eligible to win a Du Pont Special Trophy. While shooters winning Long Run Trophies are not eligible to win a Special Trophy, winners of the special trophies are eligible to win the Long Run and Season Trophies. It will be noted that runs of 50 straight or better are recognized. The Solid Gold Quail Pin: — Awarded amateur and professional trapshoot- ers (provided the shooter has not won one) winning the amateur and pro- fessional averages, respectively, at an advertised program tournament, when using Du Pont Powders. The Trapshooting Club Trophy: — Awarded Active Trapshooting Clubs for a series of club shoots. FOR PROFESSIONAL SHOOTERS. Three Season Trophies: — Diamond Cuff Links will be awarded the pro- fessional making the greatest number of points under above system when using Du Pont Powders. Note: Scores in registered tournaments only apply to the Du Pont Long Run Trophy, the Season and Special Trophies. Further details furnished upon application. Address Trapshooting Department. DU PONT POWDER CO. Established 1802 C. A. Haight, Mgr Chronicle Bldg. J. H. Willman, Mgr. Maynard Bldg. Wilmington Delaware San Francisco, Seattle, Wash. W. C. Howard, Mgr. 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The State Agricultural Society OFFERS THE FOLLOWING Guaranteed Stakes for Harness Horses To be given at the ENTRIES CLOSE JUNE 1, and AUGUST 1, 1914. CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR, 1914. SEPTEMBER 12, to SEPT. 19, 1914. No. No. No. DAILY PROGRAM. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH. 1. Three-Year-Old Trot, State Fair Futurity No. 3... ....(Closed) THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH. No. 4. No, 5. No. 6. No. 7. No. 8. No. 9. No. 10. No. 11. No. 12. 2. 2:14 Special Trot, Horses with no records or slower than 2:18 not eligible $1,000 3 2-12 Special Pace, Horses with no records, or slower than 2:17 not eligible $1,000 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH. Two-Year-Old Pace, State Fair Futurity No. 3 (Closed) 2:08 Trot $1.500 2:15 Pace, for Amateurs Only, owners driving, hobbles barred $600 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH. Occident Stake, for Three-Year-Olds (Closed) 2:16 Trot, for Amateurs, owners driving $600 2:07 Pace "• • ■ • $1,500 No. 13. Two-Year-Old Trot, State Fair Futurity No. 4 (Closed) No. 14. 2:12 Trot, Governor's Stake $5,000 No. 15. Three-Year-Old Pace, State Fair Futurity No. 3 (Closed) FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH. No. 16. 2:20 Pace, for Amateurs Only, owners driving Cup No. 17. 2:20 Trot ' $2,000 No. 18. Free-for-AII Pace, for Amateurs Only, hobbles not barred $600 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH. No. 19. Stanford Stake, for Three-Year-Olds (Closed) No. 20. Free-for-AII Pace $1,00(J No. 21. 2:20 Pace $2,000 No. 22. Free-for-AII Trot $1,000 AMATEUR STAKES FOR CUP. 2:20 Trot Close August 1st. 2:20 Pace Close August 1st. before 5 o'clock the night before the race. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH. 2:10 Pace, California Stake $2,500 No. 11. 2:20 Trot, for Amateurs Only, owners driving Cup Free-for-AII Trot, for Amateurs Only $600 No. 16. Entrance and payments on these stakes will be due and payable as follows: 1% June 1st, 1% July 1st, 1% August 1st and 2*/ GENERAL CONDITIONS: Nominators failing to make payments when the same fall due shall be declared out, without liability for entrance money, but shall forfeit all entrance money paid in. No notice necessary for nominators to be declared out. No race longer than three heats. One-third of purse awarded in each heat, money divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. A distanced horse in these races shall be entitled to money already won. Entrance fee five per cent. (5r/r) of purse. Two per cent. (27c) on all additional entries, which must accompany entry on June 1st; Nominators will be allowed to start but one horse in a race. Five per cent. (5 W. G. Durfee, Los Angeles CHESTNUT TOM R. S. Irvine, Modesto COPA DE ORO 1:59 W. G. Durfee, Los Angeles JIM LOGAN 2:02% J. Elmo Montgomery, Woodland JOHANO H. S. Feindel, Pleasanton JOE PATCHEN II. 2:03% C. L. DeRyder, Pleasanton KINNEY DE LOPEZ 2:23..Hemet Stock Farm, Hemet McADRIAN 2:24 E. D. Digges, Red Blurt, Cal. MeMYRTLE Delcino & Delcino, Petaluma MOKO HALL 2:1214 F. J. Ruhstaller, Sacramento MONTBAINE 48667 Suisun Stock Farm, Suisun ONWARD MCGREGOR Bert Webster, Pleasanton PALO KING 2:2S¥. H. Hogoboom, Woodland PRINCE ANSEL 2:20V> Harry Dowling, Woodland ROBERT B1NGEN 2:14V4 Harry Dowling, Woodland THE BONDSMAN Capt. C. P. McCan, San Jose VERNON McKINNEY 2:01% . .C. L. DeRyder, Pleasanton WILBUR LOU 2:10%.. Hemet Stock Farm, Hemet, Cal. ZOMBLACK 2:26 C. L. DeRyder, Pleasanton DATES CLAIMED FOR FAIRS. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Santa Rosa — August 31st to September 5th (inclusive). Woodland— September 8th to 10th. Sacramento (State Fair) — September 12th to 19th. Pleasanton— September 23rd to 26th. Fresno — September 29th to October 3rd. Hanford— October 5th to 10th. Los Angeles — October 12th to 17th. Riverside — October 19th to 23rd. ALTHOUGH there are few, if any, better paying advertisements in our daily newspapers than those which automobile manufacturers and agents insert, and although columns are used in exploiting the merits, not only of these machines, but their acces- sories, it seems there is a growing disposition on the part of the leading editorial writers to recognize the merits of the horse at last. For years these gentlemen have been heralding new motor cars and rejoicing in the "passing of the horse." Hence, it is refreshing to pick up any of the most prominent and influential newspapers published and see what a change in the views of these writers has recently taken place. In New York, Chicago, Boston, Cleve- land, St. Louis, Kansas City, Denver, and, in fact, every large city, the value of horses is being most favorably commented upon, and it is noted they are increasing in price while the automobiles and auto- cars are rapidly becoming cheaper. The following from our esteemed contemporary, the "Sacramento Union" of February 27th, is self-explanatory and shows that there is still room on this earth of ours for man's best and most faithful friend, the horse: In the automobile journals and in the daily papers we are told frequently of the "passing of the horse," and we are almost given the impression that Dobbin is becoming a rare specimen. So general is this impression among those who take the trouble to look at the figures that farmers are fre- quently heard to say that there is no money in raising horses. Some figures compiled by the dean of the state agricul- tural college of Minnesota will prove interesting as shed- ding light on the real facts and going to show that after all there are a few horses left. This expert finds that the value of the horses and mules in the LTnited States is {2,823,467,000. While it is a difficult matter to get even an estimate as to the value of the automobiles in the country it has been stated that they represent in cash a little more than one billion dollars. In other words, the horse represents nearly three times as much money as the automobile. Not only that, but the actual price of horses is advanc- ing in spite of the fact that for many purposes man's faithful friend has been displaced by the motor. For all farm work the horse is now and must remain supreme. No, Old Dobbin may be passing but he has not yet passed. That time of which enthusiastic motor car men have spoken when the horse will be found only in muse- ums not only has not come, but it can not be forseen in the dim distance of the years to come. For generations man's loyal friend and faithful servant will continue to plod his way through the fields and over the country roads hauling to market the food supplies of the world. O ■ D. O. LIVELY, chief of the live stock division of the Panama-Pacific International Fair, has made a very sensible suggestion, one that will meet with the hearty approval of a large number of people in this State, and that is, the holding of a monster work- horse parade during the fair. We had one a few years ago and Ira Barker Dalziel, who had charge of it at the time, says there were 2,150 horses in line and almost 1,000 teamsters, The sum of $9,000 was given in prizes, watches, cups, ribbons, etc. Should another be gotten up he believes it would eclipse that successful one, for horseowners from all the big cities in California would send their very best horses to compete and it would he an occasion never to be forgotten, by them or those who witness it. By all means let us have a stupendous horse parade during one day at the fair. We can show as fine draft horses as there are in any part of America and some of the most skillful teamsters. Now is the time to begin to agitate this. ATTENTION is called to the guaranteed stakes for light harness horses offered by the State Agricul- tural Society which are published in our business columns. These are to be contested for at the Sep- tember meeting and entries will close June 1st and August 1st. It will be noted that nothing less than $1,000 are offered in the regular events and in the 2:12 Governor's Stake the sum of $5,000 is to be paid out. The terms of payment or entrance are most liberal and are graduated so that they will be easy for nominators. The State Agricultural Society is to be commended for issuing their programme so early as it will have the effect of keeping horse- owners and trainers here who might be induced to take the long journey east and have the best horses and the best drivers in the world to contend with, and also have to submit to rulings in the judges' stand which savor of favoritism and are unfair. HOW can I race on the Pacific Coast and win money in the big $20,000 Eastern Futurity? That is easily explained by reading the advertisement of the "Horseman $20,000 Futurity" for foals of 1914, which appears in this issue, entries for which will close March 16th, and the entrance fee is only two dollars. The conditions are unique and should appeal to every owner of a mare due to foal in 1914. Entry blanks may be obtained upon application to this office, and as futurity stakes are the only ones that enhance the value of young trotters and pacers this rich one should not be overlooked. The conditions of entry are remarkably low and liberal. THE GROWTH of the saddle horse industry has been exceedingly rapid during the past five years and the directors of the State Agricultural Society, quick to recognize the merits of these horses, has inaugurated a futurity for fine gaited saddle horses open to the world. This futurity stake is for the produce of any mare bred in 1913 to a stallion regis- tered in either the American or Pacific Coast Gaited Saddle Horse Associations. These youngsters to be shown as weanlings, yearlings, two-year-olds and three-year-olds. Entries will close April 1st. Read the advertisement in this issue. THE entries in State Fair Futurity No. 6 will ap- pear in our next issue. PANAMA-PACIFIC FAIR RACES. Secretary Kelley of the Panama-Pacific Interna- tional Exposition race meeting has issued the follow- ing announcement to horse-owners: On Wednesday, April 1st, you will have another opportunity to take advantage of the extremely lib- eral terms offered by the Panama-Pacific Interna- tional Exposition for entrance in the Four $20,000 Stakes to be trotted and paced at the coming Ex- position to be held in 1915 at San Francisco, Cal. A Payment of Two Per Cent. Made April 1st will entitle you to start in the class to which your horse is eligiole without further payments of any kind. A large number of horsemen will avail themselves and enter liberally, as all breeders of harness horses and all those who are interested in racing them should join in their efforts to make these meetings so successful that they will place harness racing far in the front ranks of the world's most popular amusements. The transportation companies have assured the management that a special rate will be granted on horses shipped for exhibition and racing at the Ex- position. Arrangements will be made for special accommodations to shippers at the time, and they may count on prompt and careful service. There are terminal facilities on the Exposition grounds, and cars will be unloaded at the track. The Sum of $227,000 is Offered in purses and stakes for the Exposition meetings, an average of nearly $10,000 a day, with races for all classes. The number of heats in a race has been limited and the programme arranged so that a horse may be started several times each week of the meet- ing with ample time between races to rest up. The track has been laid out and is rapidly ap- proaching completion. It will be raced over this summer, which will put it in perfect condition for those who wish to work their horses over it next winter to give them the final preparation for the big events. No expense or trouble will be spared to make this the fastest and safest track in the United States. The Panama-Pacific International Exposition will be the center of attraction for the whole world in 1915. The race meeting will be the greatest and most interesting ever given, and it is expected it will bring horses not only from all parts of North America where harness racing is held, but from foreign countries as well. The possibility of a good horse winning big money at this meeting is greater than has ever been offered before. PROMINENT CANADIANS VISIT PLEASANTON. ANTON. Before leaving for an extended business trip to the Eastern States and Canada on Monday, Mr. R. J. MacKenzie invited a number of friends to visit him at Pleasanton last Saturday. Some of these he had known since childhood, and it was to show them why he had chosen this beautiful place where he could gratify his taste for driving light harness horses, that he had invited them. It was an ideal day; one that the guests will long remember, many of whom had journeyed direct from frozen Mani- toba, where the thermometer marked 32 degrees below zero, to this fertile valley surrounded by evergreen hills and mountains, where the weather was warm and gentle summer winds carried the fragrance of green grasses, clover and flowers. There were among those who sat beneath the shade and watched the greatest aggregation of famous trotters and pacers in California parade over the smooth track, Sir Rodmond P. Roblin, Premier of Manitoba and Lady Roblin; Senator A. M. Bernard, of Winni- peg; D. J. McDonald, a prominent lumberman of Winnipeg; J. R. Cameron, Assistant General Man- ager of the Canadian Northern Railway; D. R. Camp- bell, Superintendent of Construction of the same; W. J. Cowan, one of the most prominent railroad contractors in Canada; Thos. D. Bell of Winnipeg and J. Adkins, who hails from Montreal. Mr. R. J. MacKenzie who, with Mrs. R. J. MacKen- zie, entertained these folk, was recently elected vice- president of the Western Division of the Canadian Northern Railway, a line that — when it has closed a gap of less than 260 miles — will be transconti- nental, extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific and tapping many hundreds of miles of the richest agricultural portion of America. The building of this railway and its tributaries throughout that great northern country is the realization of the life strug- gle of Sir Wm. MacKenzie, the father of R. J. MacKenzie. It is not generally known, however, but this young man, before purchasing the Pleasan- ton Driving Park, personally superintended the con- struction of more miles of railway than any man of his age. His attention to details and ability to handle large bodies of men, his foresight, and thorough knowledge of every branch of the business, made his name familiar in all engineering circles and a household word among the people he led in that land where the severity of a wintry climate can hardly be realized by those who have never been farther north than Shasta, in California. Mr. D. J. McDonald, one of the visitors, donned a suit of "togs" and had the pleasure of driving several of the best trotters there; among them, San Felipe 2:0a^4, the unbeaten trotter of 1912. Mr. McDon- ald and Mr. MacKenzie have driven against each other many times in Winnipeg and both are above the average of amateur reinsmen. An inspection of the stalls, in which there are almost 200 horses, furnished many surprises. Then, after a sumptuous luncheon, all the best horses, stallions, mares, colts and fillies on the Pleasanton track were led out for inspection, and many favorable comments were made as to their condition. It was quite late when the party in autos started for San Francisco, delighted with the day's outing and appreciative of all that was done to make it so by their host and hostess, who accompanied them to the city. The improvements under way to make this driving park a show place in 1915 and thereafter, demon- strates that rare taste is being displayed in every part of the grounds. The alfalfa in the centerfield, the outer and inner new fences, enclosing both tracks, the neat rows of stalls, graveled walks and roads, newly-sown lawns and gardens, and the plant- ing of hedges and trees will undoubtedly give this place a name second to no other park in America. And those who visited it during the time the late Monroe Salisbury had it and revisit it now will be most agreeably surprised and pleased to see what a complete and radical change has taken place, and give due credit to Superintendent Chas. DeRyder. who has so faithfully brought to fruition the ideas advanced by Mr. MacKenzie. Tom Gahagan, the clever sporting writer, has this to say in the souvenir number of the "Western Horse- man," and its truth cannot be denied: "Years of experience have taught me that the complimentary things you may pen about men or horses are seldom read by the interested parties — if you are to judge by the lack of words of appreciation from the same parties. But let a mistake or a word of even the mildest criticism creep in and your troubles come thick and fast." THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, March 7, 1914. IN ACTIVE TRAINING AT PLEASANTON TRACK. The Largest Number of Trotters and Pacers Ever Assembled at This Historic Place, And All Are in Splendid Condition. About the first of March it is customary in Cali- fornia for owners of trained and untrained trotters and pacers to make arrangements to send them to the racetracks to be developed. Some of these "prospects" have been kept at these places all win- ter, but good weather and track can hardly be de- pended upon, even at the best locations. This was true this winter, for there never were such pro- tracted rains and consequently more "stall kept" horses. But, about the first of this month (March) the weather clears and trainers and their assistants get busy. Horses are taken up and shod, sulkies and carts put in order, harness bought or repaired, boots are ordered made, and a regular routine of work is outlined for each trotter and pacer. Great care must be exercised in starting in to work horses, however, and the one who thinks this is the proper time to "reef" or "razoo" any that is "gifted with speed" will find to his sorrow that a horse gets knocked out quicker and more permanently at this season of the year than any other. Muscles are soft and flabby; superfluous internal layers of adi- pose tissue are present; tendons are soft, and so are joints and hoofs after the animals have been run- ning over wet ground all winter; hence, great care must be exercised, not only in working horses but in feeding and caring for them afterwards. There is a great tendency among the caretakers of our horses nowadays to "do them up" too quickly and put them back in their stalls without giving them the proper cooling out by walking them until they are dry and ready to be put away. The value pf this important branch of training cannot be overestimat- ed, and that is one part of the old system of training which has never been improved upon, and has been a subject of comment among the old trainers for several years. Many of them claim, and rightfully, too, that a good, painstaking, capable caretaker is entitled to more credit for keeping a campaigner in perfect order than he generally receives from trainer or owner. But this is not what I wished to refer to, although it is not out of place in this article. At Pleasanton last Saturday, while Mr. MacKenzie was entertain- ing his guests from Canada — men he had known from childhood — a visit to the various rows of stalls re- vealed the fact that there are more horses in train- ing there than was ever known before at this season of the year. H. G. Smith has charge of all of Col. J. C. Kirk- patrick's horses. The Colonel is the president of the Palace and Fairmont hotels company and has always been an ardent horseman. He has the fol- lowing horses here: Charley D. 2:06% by McKinney 2:11%, out of Flewy Flewy by Memo. Last year his first crop of colts made their appearance on a race track, and all that started obtained records which they will lower considerably this season. Black Mack 2:24%, Charles II. 2:25 and Mountain Dee 2:24%, all pacers, and Mr. Smith says they are sounder and faster than they have ever been. There is a handsome three-year-old black gelding by Bon Voyage 2:08 out of Flewy Flewy (dam of Charley D. 2:06%) that is a very promising pacer. In the next stall is a beautiful yearling filly by The Bondsman out of Lucretia 2:13% bv Nazote 2:28%. John Gwynne 2:11%, by that splendidly bred stal- lion McMyrtle. son of McKinney 2:11%, is also in training. This completes Colonel Kirkpatrick's stable. There is a fine Charley D. stallion here out of Hat- tie J. by Nazote 2:28%; grandam a sister to Palo Alto 2:08%, that is also a pacer. He belongs to Mrs. T. Judge. One of the fastest and most promising green pacers at this track is in an adjoining stall. He is called Alton S., and is sired by that little black pacer Alton which belonged to Lou Mativia of Dixon and recently became the property of W. G. Harris, the famous live stock auctioneer. Ramona is the name of a green Demonio pacer here, the black mare Delia H. 2:10%, and a fine roan trotting mare by San Francisco 2:07% out of Birdie (dam of Bodaker 2:131 by Jay Bird; these complete Mr. Smith's string. All are looking and doing well. Like the balance of the trainers, no at- tempt has been made to show any remarkable flights of speed so far this season. In this respect good judgment is being displayed. Jos. Twohig of Irvington, who formerly trained at the San Jose Driving Park, has quite a string of "prospects" here, mostly young things. From these he will doubtless discover some rare gems to take to the races. He has a two-year-old trotting filly by Bon Guy 2:11% out of Melba by Nutwood Wilkes 2 16%; a two-year-old by Palite out of Daphne Mc- Kinney (dam of Frank N. 2:07%, etc.), by McKinney 2:11%, and a very good looking trotting mare, Tina by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, out of Petrina bv Pied- mont. This trio belongs to Wm. E. Detels, the local harnessmaker, who is a great student of breeding and has been quite successful in picking good ones. He owned and developed the fine three-vear-old Bon Guy 2:11%. In a stall adjoining Tina's, Mr. Twohig has a very handsome two-year-old by The Bondsman out of Madge by Silver Bow Jr., which belongs to 'F. E. barber, of Milpitas. Joe McKernan of Welcome Jr. 2:10 fame, has sent another good pacer to this Joe, a gelding by a son of Welcome 2:10% out of Elsie P., by Egyptian Prince. A. J. Zabala's Bondsman colt out of a Sidney Dil- lon mare is doing very nicely also, and will be another good one to the credit of the sire of Colo- rado E. 2:04%. The last one looked at is a yearling filly by Bon Guy 2:11% out of Melba T. (dam of May T. 2:15 and Charles II. 2:25), and judging by the way this filly moves, Mr. S. S. Bailey, the owner of Bon Guy, has reason to be proud of him as a sire, and it is easy to be seen that Mr. Twohig also appreciates the way this Ally is doing. Barney Simpson, one of the old-time reliable train- ers, who spent so many years with the late L. H. Mcintosh, owner of that good sire Arthur Wilkes 2:28%, has only two to care for; one is a filly by The Fleet 2:22 out of a mare by Welcome 2:10%; second dam Hibla by Director 2:17; third dam Rosie by Chieftain; fourth dam Bonnie Belle by Williamson's Belmont. This one belongs to Wm. Meek of An- tioch. The other is a filly by Lord Alwin (brother to John A. McKerron 2:04%) out of Lady Direct, by Direct 2:05%. Her owner is M. C. Joseph of Irv- ington. Harry Bell, formerly of Winnipeg, has Stella Mc- Ewen 2:11% out of Stelline (dam of Star Gentry 2:13%) by Brown Hal; grandam Stella Hal by Tom Hal Jr. Mr. Bell has wisely decided to breed this stoutly bred pacing mare to Joe Patchen II. 2:03% this year. His gray gelding by Re-Election, dam by Almont 1746, has gone lame, much to his disappointment, for he has carried this very fast trotter along for the past three years and now he sees no chance of racing him. The trotting mare Craighton Girl 2:12% by Ash- land Wilkes out of Jessie Woodson (dam of 6) by Bayard, which he brought with others from Winni- peg, he will also breed to some good stallion. Homer Rutherford has a very smooth going young trotter he calls George N. Patterson, sired by Bon Voyage 2:08 out of Yu Tu by R. Ambush 2:09%. If this "black rascal" continues to improve Homer says he will be all he cares to look out for; so he "must be a good one." Millard Sanders, one of the most notable trainers of trotters and pacers in the world, is here, but he has only a few at present. Several more are to come to him in the next few weeks: Mamie Alwin 2:12, that beautiful chestnut mare belonging to A. L. Scott, president of the State Agricultural Society, is in his care. This mare suffered from a serious break- down two years ago but in Mr. Sanders' hands is going sound again. She is an ideal trotter in con- formation, gait, size, breeding and disposition. In the next stall is another of Mr. Scott's trotters, Nutwood Lou 2:25%, by Nutwood Wilkes 2:1G% out of Cora (dam of Lady Inez 2:12%) by Ira, etc. This gelding will lower his record easily this year. O. U. C. is the peculiar name of a pacing colt belonging to L. Crellin of Pleasanton. He was sired by C. The Limit 2:03% out of Rosie Woodburn 2:16 and is very promising. Another pacer in this string, a gelding, has the alphabetical name A. B. C. He was sired by a son of Monterey 2:09%. The last one led out was Ed Johnston's two-year- old trotting colt by Copa de Oro 1:59 out of a mare by Zombro 2:11. All of Mr. Sanders' horses appear to be in the pink of condition and ready to begin work on. John Quinn, formerly of Sacramento, is now a "Pleasantonian." He has charge of the horses in training belonging to Mr. I. L. Borden, director of the State Agricultural Society, treasurer of the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Association, all-around farmer, livestock breeder, and one of our most enthusiastic trotting horsemen. The first one driven was Albaloma 2:09, and by the way he moves and acts he will be a 2:05 performer this year. I never saw such an improved horse. Making a geld- ing of him also made him a better and a faster horse. Carlos 2:29%, a black trotting gelding bv Carlo- kin 2:07% out of My Irene S. 2:2S% (great brood- mare) by Petigru. Loch Lomond 2:09% by Zolock 2:05 has also filled out and is pacing satisfactorilv for Mr. Quinn. Gold Lily (p) 2:24% by Copa de Oro 1:59 out of Lily Mac 2:24% by McKinney 2:11%, grandam Pond Lily 2:29% by Geo. M. Patchen Jr. 2:27, will get a low mark this season. Alta Barnato is a fine pacing gelding by Barney Barnato 2:19% (son of Zombro 2:11) out of a mare by Altamont 2:26. That is the cross whence the majority of Zombro's 2:05 performers came and this one will be added to that number unless all signs fail. Mr. Borden has another handsome filly by his old favorite, Cresco Wilkes 2:10%, and it is also a pacer and very promising. A roan Charley D. filly was next hitched up; she is out of Directola by Direct 2:05%; grandam Stein- ola (dam of 2, and 1 dam of 2) by Steinway. Noth- withstanding she is by a pacer and her dam was by a pacer she is a very pure gaited trotter, and is also beautifully proportioned. Besides a Dave Ryan filly and a three-year-old by Guy McKinney (sire of Vernon McKinney 2:01%), Mr. Borden has also sent to Mr. Quinn his latest purchase, the coal black stallion Sir Guy Dillon 2:29%, by Guy Dillon 2:21% out of Carlotta Wilkes (dam of 10) therefore, a full brother to the good pacer Guy Borden 2:07% which died last year after making one of the most successful campaigns of any pacer that year. This colt is a heavier made fellow and would pace and pace fast if converted to that way of going. Harry Feindel is working his good Carlokin colt Johano every day and as he has been giving him plenty of slow jogging all winter this youngster is "hard as nails" and will undoubtedly get a lowr rec- ord. He is remarkably well bred, is very much like his famous sire and is one of the best foal getters in California. Al McDonald, one of the best-known of our Pacific Coast trainers and a very careful and painstaking one, too, is gathering quite a big string of good ones. The "king pin" of the lot, however, is the bay stal- lion Rapallo by Greco B. out of Oniska (the dam of San Francisco 2:07%). Rapallo is owned by Messrs. Asa Mendenhall and Dr. J. Dunn, and if nothing happens will be one of the sensational trotters of 1914. He is a "big little" horse, differing entirely from his famous half-brother in this respect, but is as fast if not faster than the latter. He has perfect trotting action, bold, strong and frictionless, and has every appearance of being able to trot all day. He has no record and is seven years old. Heather Queen, a three-year-old chestnut pacer by Charlie D. 2:00%, out of Ruth C. (dam of 2) by Guide 2:16%, and Maybelight, a four-year-old bay filly by C. The Limit 2:03% out of Ruth C. by Guide 2:16%, are doing fine and Al is well pleased with them. Asa Pointer, a five-year-old light bay pacer by Star Pointer 1:59% out of Eva H. by Washington Mc- Kinney 2:17%, showed he could pace last fall close to 2:15. A green four-year-old trotter by Greco B. out of Grace by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16% is just being taught the way to go. An unnamed two-year-old pacing filly by Cole Pointer (son of Star Pointer 1:59%) out of Filagree by Beau B. ; second dam Lady Isle by Piedmont 2:17%, looks as if it will pay to train her Jack Dunn, a brown gelding by Chas. Derby 2:20 out of Inex by Sweepstakes, is Dr. Dunn's favorite, but he does not want him trained to go too fast. Surety, a very well-made, strong-limbed filly foaled "last May by The Bondsman, out of Eva H.; second dam by Milliman's Bellfounder; third dam by Ken- tucky Hunter; fourth dam by Bell Alta, son of Wil- liamson's Belmon, is as promising as any Bondsman here. Chas. McCarthy has his good Nutwood Wilkes stallion Geo. Hammett 2:15% in fine fettle and will start him this year on the California Circuit. Messrs. Chadbourne & Sutherland bring their horses out from their stables back of the Rose Hotel and are jogging them every day. They have a big, plain looking gelding by Joe Patchen II. 2:03% that, shows all his plebeian looks except when in action; then he is a good loker and the ease with which he glides over the ground is remarkable. He is out of Nutwood Lass, dam of Bert Kelly 2:12%, and belongs to Jas. Sutherland. J. W. Marshall, of Dixon, has a good looking four- year-old pacer bv Zolock 2:05% out of Tricks (dam of 7) by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, in the next stall. Bon Cres. a three-year-old trotter by Bon Voyage 2:08 out of Kate Kopje by Cresceus 2:02%. This one belongs to J. J. Campbell. The Mighty, a very fine looking stallion, the prop- erty of Wm. Meese of Danville, Cal. Mabel Bond, a two-year-old filly by The Bondsman out of Kate Kopje (dam of Bon Cres) by Cresceus 2:02%, also the property of J. J. Campbell of Van- couver, B. C. Zorena, by Zolock 2:05%, a pacer belonging to F. J. Chalmers, of Stockton. Vallejo King 2:12% by Gen. J. B. Frisbie out of Reinette by Dexter Prince; the property of Thos. Smith of Vallejo. The next ones led out were: A very promising filly belonging to J. W. Marshall of Dixon, which was sired by Vernon McKinney 2:01%; and a gelding by Sirius Pointer belonging to the same owner. This completes the string of horses that these well- known trainers are handling. The track is so good and the weather so fine, the real work of develop- ment will commence soon. Frank S. Childs, the remarkably skillful and suc- cessful young trainer, has Leata J. 2:03, that good game pacer, and Mr. Peterson's latest purchase. Major By By 2:19% (trial 2:08%) in training. This last named is one of those pure-gaited trotters that will not wear out a tire easily, and I look for him to be one of .the best money winners on the Grand Circuit this year. Leata J. will not have so many opportunities to start as he. Mr. S. S. Bailey's good stallion Bon Guy 2:11% that was laid up all summer is going sound and will be a starter this season. Harry Daley has only three and is giving them slow work. They are, Redeem 2:09%, Delia Lou 2:15% and Prince Delmar, the property of Jasper Paulsen of Palo Alto. Ben Walker has Kinneysham 2:13% and is just jogging him. Ben is gradually recovering from the effects of that fall he received in Columbus last year whereby his skull was badly fractured. He says he finds he is growing stronger every day. The complete list of horses in charge of Chas. L. DeRyder and Bert Webster will appear next week. $1,575 was the top price for the Walnut Hall Farm two-year-olds at last week's Midwinter sale in New York. Strange as it may seem, the get of San Fran- csico 2:07% in this consignment averaged $387, as against $323 for the Mokos! Saturday, March 7, 1911.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN MERCED COUNTY HAS FINE HORSES. In the last few years Merced county has come to the front as a producer of horses "bred in the pur- ple," and in the very near future people will "sit up and take notice" of her fine display of horseflesh at some of our county fairs. We should have a good fair every year. We will just make a brief mention of some of the blooded stock in this immediate vicinity, says the Merced Evening Sun. Mr. D. D. Dowst purchased at an auction sale about a year ago in San Francisco a filly registered under the name of Eva Smith, and her breeding is extra fine as she was sired by Tom Smith 2: 13%, one of the best sons of the mighty McKinney 2:11%; the dam of Eva Smith is Ateka 2:19, sired by Athasham 2:09%, directly from the great Athadon family. J. P. Berry has a few very fine animals also "bred in the purple": a splendid large mare by Dictatus, dam Salinas Bell; and also a two-year-old colt by Chestnut Tom, dam by Algona; and a filly coming two years old sired by Expressive Mac, and another filly by Ingomar, he by the great Mendocino 2:19%. F. L. Landram has a fine mare by Wild Nutling, dam by Claude, son of the great Electioneer. A. N. Ames is the proud possessor of a five-year-old mare that is hard to beat in breeding, being a beau- tiful black in color and of good size. This filly, Stella Marvin, is by the remarkably good horse Don Marvin 2:22, a grandson of Electioneer, and Stella Marvin's dam was an extraordinarily fine animal by Director. Mr. Ames' mare has- a fine colt two weeks old by her side, by Bonnie Steinway 2:06%; he by Steinway, dam Bon Bon by Simmons, he by George Wilkes. Dr. W. W. Thomas has a very fine animal and a beauty in form, and no one understands a good horse better than the doctor. The mare is by Dexter Prince, Jr., out of a fine mare, and in a short while Dr. Thomas will have a young Bondsman that one would travel a long way to see. 0. A. Baker, lumber man and long time resident of Merced, is the owner of a very fine yearling filly by Bonnie Steinway 2:0G%, dam by Expressive Mac. A. Abbott has a handsome stallion named Lustri- don, he by Athadon. This horse Lustridon has size and speed and his get are fine, large colts and show breeding. J. H. Peak has a very good mare by Expressive Mac, and this mare has a yearling colt by Bonnie Steinway, that in the near future Mr. Peak will be giving the dust to the best of them. Frank J. Hipp has a mare which for style, breed- ing and speed is hard to beat. She was formerly owned by the late Jesse Potter, and as a matinee racer was hard to pass. J. T. Ragsdale has some as good animals as one wishes to see. You might know that if a Missourian does well he is sure to have some good horses around him. Mr. Ragsdale has a fine sorrel mare, good size and looks. She is sired by Guy McKinney, first dam 1*' Dexter Prince. Guy McKinney sired this pacer Vernon McKinney that sold for $10,000 and paced a mile in 2:01%. Going some! J. B. Garibaldi has a pacing mare sired by Strath- way, first dam Oakland Boy. This mare has a record of 2:19 and has gone trials in 2:11. She is really a valuable mare. John Traeger has a very fine pacer that can go along close to 2:10, sound as a dollar and a good looker. His name is Frank C, sired by Gossiper, first dam Algona. And Mr. Traeger also owns a fine trotting stallion that is royally bred. His name is Prince Royal, he by Royal Envoy, by Red Royal; first dam Daisy Gear by Harry Gear, he by Echo. Manuel Tavares has a good mare by Pathro; first dam by Don Marvin. This mare is good enough to have track work. Dan Tavares has a mare by Pathro and a young colt by Bonnie Steinway, which in a year or two will command a good price from any one who wants her. These are only a few out of hundreds of very fine bred horses in Merced county and in the very near future this will be the "blue ribbon" county on blooded stock. CARE OF NEW BORN FOALS. ENCOURAGING NEWS. Dealers and breeders and wagon builders are dis- cussing with gratification the records recently com- piled to show the number of horse drawn vehicles used for business purposes in the principal cities of the United States from year to year. With motor vehicles going down in price, increasing in efficiency and coming into very general use, a falling off in the number of horses used was naturally to be expected, particularly in the large cities, where streets are paved and repair shops handy. But the figures are agreeably disappointing, for only six of the forty cities listed show a falling off. In New York the de- crease was merely eight-tenths of one per cent, and in Chicago one-half of one per cent. In Detroit, the head center of the automobile manufacturing indus- try, there was an increase of 14 per cent, in the num- ber of horse drawn vehicles. Boston returns disclose an increase of 2.6 per cent; Buffalo an increase of 1.5 per cent, Pittsburg an increase of 11.4 per cent., Montreal 13.8 per cent and Atlanta 14.2 per cent. Statistics compiled by the Department of Agricul- ture at Washington show a steady increase in the number of horses on American farms as well as in American cities. There are now 20,962,000 on the farms, according to the government records, as com- pared with 19,833,000 five years ago. The increase is thus almost 1,000,000 in five years. The estimated value of horses on farms is now about $2,500,000,000, an increase of more than $100,000,000 in one year. The horses of California are rapidly increasing in value. The 1910 census showed that the value of mature horses at that time was considerably over twice that of 1900. Since 1910 there has been a still further increase. The total value of our horses in 1910 was $62,242,037, with several million additional for mules and mule colts. These figures show the importance of the horse breeding industry of the State and suggest the im- portance of saving the greatest possible number of the foals born each year. At present it is estimated that in Wisconsin and several other progressive States that 25 per cent, of the annual foal crop is lost. In Iowa an investigation showed that 22.3 per cent of the colts are lost. We have no figures at hand for California, but the percentage is probably not much less. With good horses in such demand, and high values prevailing, this is a matter of vital importance. More- over, the loss of the colt is not all, as when a mare is properly cared for she has been given extra atten- tion in order that the new-born foal might have a vigorous start in life. Furthermore, the broodmare has been permitted to rest and to be used only oc- casionally in light work. The service fee also has been wasted. Most of this mortality might be prevented by prop- er care of the mare and giving immediate and proper attention to the navel and bowels of the new-born foal. Intelligent management and feeding of the brood- mare during pregnancy will do much to ensure a good start for the foal at birth. A foal that is born strong, fully developed and robust, is in the best state to resist disease. It will quickly "stand up and suck" and then will be likely to thrive apace, if other conditions are favorable. After foaling leave the mare alone for a time, if she is lying down. If she does not expel her after- birth promptly when she rises from resting, inject into her womb one-half gallon of lukewarm 1 per cent, solution of coal tar disinfectant, or other mild antiseptic. If the afterbirth then does not come away within an hour or two, it should be removed by hand. An expert should be employed for this op- eration, and when it has been performed the womb should again be flushed out with an antiseptic solu- tion. Half an hour after the birth of the foal, or about that time, offer the mare a pailful of lukewarm water and again at intervals of two hours. Mares are thirsty at this time and should be abundantly supplied with water. An hour after foaling the mare may eat a mash of steamed oats and bran, if she has been accustomed to such feed; otherwise give her a small feed of her ordinary grain ration. Ills of the Young Foal. — It sometimes happens hat the new born foal cannot breathe — does not estab- lish the function of respiration. With such, steps must be taken quickly to establish respiration by blowing violently up the muzzle and into the mouth, and by briskly rubbing the body. If breathing is slow, a few tablespoonfuls of brandy and water, given after the first few respirations, will be of ma- terial service in invigorating the low vital processes. As soon as the mare has recovered from the shock of giving birth, she should be allowed to tend the foal, for it will be physically benefited thereby. If she refuses to dry and caress her foal, a little flour sprinkled over the back of the latter will often at- tract her to it. Should she still refuse, the foal must be dried with a soft flannel, aided to find the teat, and assisted to obtain its first meal. It is essential that the new-born foal get the first milk from the dam. This fore-milk differs materially in composition from the subsequent milk. It is a natural purgative and contains principles adapted for the removal of the material which has accumu- lated in the digestive tract of the foal during the last few days of its development. The prompt re- moval of this material is essential to the life of the foal, and for this reason it is highly necessary that the infant foal should be supplied with the first milk from its own dam, at least until this material has been expelled and the bowels have assumed their natural function. Constipation. — Notwithstanding the purgative ef- fects of the colostrom or first milk, the young foal frequently suffers from constipation of the bowels, especially if the mare has not been in good health during the latter periods of pregnancy. Then again, the dam may have something wrong with her first milk, or the young foal through weakness may not get a good draft. Whatever the cause, if the diges- tive tract has not been cleaned of its contents within twenty-four hours and the foal presents a droopy, listless appearance, eyes not bright, ears lopped over, something must be. done to stimulate the action of the bowels. The bowels will ordinarily be stimulated to action by administering two ounces of olive oil or castor oil, and an injection of warm water into the bowels. The water should be at blood heat and have added to it a little glycerine — a teaspoonful of glycerine and enough warm water to make two or three ounces, not more. Never try to fill the little foal with copious douches of soap suds, as is often done. Only a very little is needed. Inject gently into the rectum with a common two ounce hard rub- ber syringe, taking care not to rupture the tender membrane. This will lubricate the passage and induce the foal to endeavor to pass the fecal matter, which is of a yellowish, rather hard, waxy substance. If given as directed, the injection can do no harm and may be repeated every hour. In five hours relief will usually have been gained and the appearance of the youngster will have changed greatly for the better. Diarrhea or Scours. — This disease is rather preva- lent among suckling animals, and is often fatal. Although less subject to it than calves, foals often die from it within a short period of time after birth. The best treatment is to avoid conditions likely to cause such disorders, as unclean surroundings, allow- ing the mare to become feverish, as from too rich foods, or pasturing on a rank growth of succulent grass. If the dam is properly fed and exercised there is very little danger. One should attend to the foal at the first appearance of digestive disorders and re- move the cause, even then it may be too late. If it is due to an over supply of rich milk, the dam should be milked in part by hand. In treating, one must keep in mind the nature of the trouble, that it is caused by an irritant in the stomach or bowels which must be removed before a cure can be effected. Hence, one should be cautioned against giving an astringent with a view to cutting off the discharge. The best policy in all such cases is to expel the dis- turber with a laxative, such as two ounces of castor oil, and later when the irritant has been expelled to check the discharge by a weak solution of gum arabic, of slippery elm or by well-boiled linseed tea or starch, or the like. Navel Infection. — Another disease common to young foals is the so-called navel infection or joint disease. This disease is due to filth germs that gain access to the body of the foal by way of the open umbilical vein of the navel at birth. When these germs enter they set up irritation and inflammation; pus forms and is absorbed into the circulation from the navel abscess, and other abscesses are formed in all parts of the body, notably in the joints of the limbs. The foal is seen to have a swollen joint and one is likely to think the mare caused the injury: but soon other joints will be affected, and it may extend to the throat and poll. It is comparatively rare that an infected colt can be saved after the disease has reached the pus-forming stage. It has been proved that simple hygienic measures will prevent the disease. The stall in which the mare foals should have every bit of old bedding, litter and dirt removed, and the young foal should be born only on clean, fresh bedding. It is safer to wash the stump of the umbilical cord, which should not be cut unless absolutely necessary, but allowed to break of its own accord, with a saturated solution of boracic acid and then dust it with boracic acid powder. Seventy-five per cent, of the cases of this disease affect the foals during the first three weeks of life. Fat, flabby foals with extra large navel cords — often the get of overfed, pampered, under-exercised stal- lions— are especially prone to the disease and are most likely to succumb. Foals that have small navel cords and are lively at birth, soon on their feet and nursing, are much less liable to attack. Dr. Alexander recommends, in order to prevent this disease, saturating the stump of the navel cord im- mediately after it breaks off or is tied off, with the following disinfectant: Powdered corrosive sub- limate, 2 drams; boiling water, 1 pint. When it has cooled, color the solution with 2 drams of tincture of iron, label the bottle "poison" and keep it out of the way of children. Repeat the application twice a day until the cord shrivels up, drops off, and no raw- spot remains. To keep the solution from blistering the foal's belly smear carbolized vaseline or unsalted lard around the navel before making the first appli- cation. Where daily attention can not be paid to the navel the following treatment may be given instead of using the corrosive sublimate solution. Saturate the stump of the navel with full strength tincture of iodine and then apply frequently, until perfectly coated, a dry dressing powder composed of one part each of calomel, powdered alum, and either tannic acid or starch, along with five parts of boric acid. Use the powder as often as found necessary to keep the navel well coated. "THE GOLDEN CROSS.' There are few sons of the great McKinney 2:11% (the world's greatest trotting sire) standing for public service in California and none as well bred in the center of California as the beautiful bay stallion McMyrtle 58007, owned by Dolcini & Dolcini of Petaluma. Myrtledale should have been given a record, for he always had speed enough to trot in 2:16. He is out of Myrtledale, one of the hand- somest, bloodlike mares ever sired by that good game racehorse and sire, Iran Alto 2:12%, the best son of Palo Alto 2:08% and out of Messenger Duroc's best daughter, Elaine (4) 2:20, and she was out of Green Mountain Maid (dam of nine and the great Electioneer, sire of Palo Alto 2:08%, etc.). McMyr- tle's second dam was Nettie Nutwood (dam of Hills- dale 3, 2:15 and Twenty-third, dam of Sterling Mc- Kinney 2:06% and Unimak 2:22%) by Nutwood 2:18%, the greatest of broodmare sires; the next dam was by Vick's Ethan Allen Jr., and the fourth dam by Williamson's Belmont. This is royal breed- ing and McMyrtle is in every wav an honor to it. He never had a show in the stud, only one of his colts ever being handled for speed and that was John Gwynne 2:11% (trial 2:09). Since changing ownership McMyrtle will have a better show as a sire, and to the people of Sonoma and Marin coun- ties who have well bred mares and desire to breed so as to get the highest type of money winners, colts and fillies having size, color, bone, conformation, disposition and perfect trotting action and speed, we most earnestly recommend McMyrtle, feeling assured that all who send mares to him will never regret it. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, March 7, 1914. ©3©*©*©*ffiH^!©mK©*ffi«©*©mmK©»©*©S^ I NOTES AND NEWS J Have you read the State Fair race programme in this issue? It not, it will pay you to do so. ffiffiffi The horse show at the Panama-Pacific fair will be the largest and best ever seen in the United States. ©©© Mainleaf (3) 2:08%, by Mainsheet, sold for $13,500 recently at J. R. Magowan's, Mt. Sterling (Ky.) farm. ©©© The get of San Francisco, ten in number, averaged $418.50 at New York last week, while nine of Moko's averaged $450 each. ©©ffi Many applications are coming in for the sale of trotting stock to be held by Chas. L. DeRyder at the Pleasanton race track next month. ©©© Prospects are good for the trotting breeding inter- ests all over the country and a great number of well- bred mares are being purchased by breeders. ©ffiffi Many mares are being booked to Joe Patchen II. 2:03% by broodmare owners who have seen this horse and are anxious to own foals by him. ©©© The attention of horsemen is called to the pre- liminary announcement of the Western Canada Fair and Racing Circuit which commences May 22nd. Over $200,000 is to be paid out in purses. ffiffi© F. W. Perkins of Willows has succeeded in getting his mare Rose Trix registered and he also registered her foal by The Bondsman as Junipera Serra 01940. Mr. Perkins says he is a real good one. ©©© Walter H. Cox paid $1600 for the two-year-old bay colt Peter Potemkin, by Peter the Great out of Adioo Dillon, at the Old Glory sale. He also paid $925 for the two-year-old Mary Putney, by San Francisco. ©ffi© Junior Dan Patch 2:05%, black pacing stallion, developed in the Northwest and owned by J. F. El- well, formerly of Spokane, was sold at the recent New York sale, going to A. J. Furbush, Brighton, Mass., for $570. ffi©© Admitting that there is a famine of trotters capa- ble of winning in good time, what term can be applied to the future when it is quite certain that 2:10 trotters will be very much harder to find and buy than at present? ©ffi® The Colorado State Racing Commission has adopt- ed the rules of the A. T. A. for trotting races in the State and rules of the Kentucky Racing Commission, with some changes for running horses. Starters must procure a state license. ffiffiffi The Gloaming, by Moko, dam Twilight Maiden, by Peter the Great; Gertrude Dillon 2:10%, by Sidney Dillon, and Baroness Evelyn 2:12%, by Baron Re- view, are late additions to C. K. G. Billings' breed- ing farm at Curls Neck, Va. ffiffi© E. M. Harrington of Alexander, N. Y., has sold Derby Axworthy 2:25%, by Axworthy 2:15%, dam Derby Princess 2:08% (dam of two) by Charles Derby 2:20, to Samuel De Boer of Nappanee, Ind., who will send the horse to Europe, ffiffiffi The National Trotting Association at the beginning of the racing season will publish a condensed list of horses that have made records during the past four years, records made and the class to which each horse is eligible under the new handicap rules, ffiffiffi Uhlan 1 : 58 is roughing it in a big paddock at Curls Neck Farm, in Virginia, but he is expected back in New York next month, and it is hoped that Mr. Billings will exhibit him under saddle at the April horse show in Durland's Riding Academy. ffiffiffi The horse show at Livermore last Saturday was a great success, the number of thoroughbred draft horses, mares, colts and fillies in the procession proved a revelation to visitors and stamped this por- tion of California as the center of this industry, ffiffiffi R. J. MacKenzie, owner of Maymack 2:08%, by Arthur Wilkes; Joe Patchen II. p. 2:03%, by Joe Patchen: Vernon McKinney, p. 2:01%, by Guy Me- Kinney, etc., has been elected vice-president of the western division of the Canadian Northwest Railroad Lines. ©©© Peter Billiken 2:10% out of Adioo by Guy Wilkes brought the high price ($5,000) of the recent New York sale. Although full commission was paid on the sale, it was rumored among horsemen gathered for the Chicago sale that the horse was shipped back home. ffiffiffi Great preparations are being made in Dixon for the holding of- the annual May Day picnic there. The Chamber of Commerce and the Women's Improve- ment Club will take charge of it this year and are enlisting the support of all the leading people of Solan'; county. H. H. Weatherly, of Barton, Vt., will endeavor to make a long distance ride to saddle this summer, starting from Barton on September 3rd with the stallion Delille, by Direct, dam Happy Girl. He will go to Hartford. Detroit,' Poughkeepsie, Cleveland, Toledo and Lexington, Ky. ffiffiffi Frank O'Reilly, of Junction City, Kansas, owner of the handsome trotting stallion Amorist 2:27%, by Zombro 2:11, dam Zaya (dam of All Style 2:10), by Bay Bird, advises that after June 1st he will place the horse in active training and hopes to materially reduce his record during the racing season of 1914. ffiffiffi The' general opinion of all stockmen is that natural feed was never so plentiful in California in thirty-five years as it is this year. Grass, clover and alfilleria are higher, stronger and richer than they have ever been and our livestock does not seem able to eat it off. Surely this will be a splendid year in Cal- ifornia. ffiffi© Richard D. Ledgett, a well known horseman who owned several good trotters and raced them over the Bay District Track, but latterly was identified with the thoroughbreds, died at Oakland last month. "Dick," as he was more familiarly known, had a large circle of acquaintances who will regret to hear of his demise. ffi©© A. B. Coxe of Paoli, Pa., after visiting nearly all the principal places noted for trotting stock in the northern and central portions of California is now at Los Angeles, where he is enjoying himself by watching Will Durfee, Bob Smith, Fred Ward, Walter Maben and the rest of the well-known drivers work- ing their horses. ©ffiffi J. C. B. p. 2:16%, by Hal B. p. 2:04%, owned by Fred Woodcock, Forest Grove, Ore., will be raced this vear. Mr. Woodcock also has Hal Paxton, pacer, by Hal B., dam by Altamont 2:26%, Ruth Hal, 3, by Hal B., dam Dictatress p. 2:08%, May Day Hal p., by Hal B„ and others by Zolock p. 2:05%, The Bonds- man and Montana Director. ffiffiffi The speed program for the races to be given in connection with the Vancouver, B. C, exhibition is out. The stakes run from $500 to $1200, with $1000 each for the free for all trotting and pacing and $1200 for 2:12 trotting and 2:14 pacing. Entries close May 15th; three per cent, to start and seven per cent, from money winners. ffiffiffi Oil meal for colts should be fed in small quantities. Linseed oil meal is an excellent conditioner and every horseman should keep some on hand. This by- product contains 27 or 28 per cent, digestible protein and when used in small quantities its effect soon becomes apparent in the pliable skin and smooth, oily coat. It forms the basis of many of the condi- mental stock foods on the market, ffiffi © Dr. Chas. Keane, State Veterinarian, is making a state-wide crusade against cholera among hogs by vaccination with an anti-cholera hog serum. Dr. C. Masoero of this city advocated this two years ago and declared it was the only way to prevent its spread. The loss in California is over $2,000,000 a year through this terrible disease. ©©© J. T. Wilkinson of Vancouver, B. C, recently pur- chased his partner's (W. G. Blanchfield) interest in Oro Wilkes Jr. 2:12% (registered as Oro Willis Jr.) and will stand him the season of 1914 at Chilliwack and Vancouver. This son of Oro Wilkes 2:11 is one of the handsomest and best bred this stake winner sired and should be well patronized. ©ffi© There is a Vernon McKinney pacing gelding at Pleasanton. a two-year-old. that can step quarters in 31% seconds. He is out of a Diablo mare and Chas. DeRyder says he believes he will be one of the sen- sationally fast pacers of his year. There are several other Vernon McKinneys around Pleasanton and all seem to have inherited his size, solid color, friction- less gait and speed. ©ffi© There is a dearth of stallions that are sires of 2:10 trotters in nearly all the western states, and this condition will result in one of two things; the decrease in production of 2:10 trotting speed, or the very liberal patronage by broodmare owners of those stallions fitted by breeding to become 2:10 sires. The young stallion of today may be the 2:10 sire of tomorrow. ffi©© Following is a list of officers elected in the Rocklin Driving Club who are to serve for the coming year: President, Parker Whitney; vice-president, Harry Blackwell; secretary, A. Levison;- executive commit- tee, W. E. Tuttle, Sam'l Hendrickson and Harry Blackwell; treasurer, F. W. Quast. The prospects for this club holding many good matinee meetings this year are very bright. ffiffiffi Budd Doble, general manager of the Hemet Stock Farm, Hemet, Cal., reports all the horses doing well. He has so many promising colts and fillies that it is difficult to determine which is best. He likes a pacing filly which he calls Fiesta Lou and mailed a photo of her to this office. She was sired by Wilbur Lou 2:10% and her dam was Fiesta Queen (p.) 2:22% by On Stanley 2:17%. She paced a six- teenth in 11% seconds wrhen seven and a half months old, and when nine months old she paced the same distance in 9% seconds. Some of our leading teamsters and draymen have been attending the big sales of draft stock in Iowa and Ohio and bought several carloads of young horses which are to arrive here in a few days. They report a big advance in the prices of horses of all kinds in the East. ffiffiffi Every owner of a mare bred in 1913 should make an entry in the "Horseman $20,000 Futurity." Entry blanks for this, one of the richest and best stakes in the United States, may be had by writing to the "Breeder and Sportsman." Entries close March 16. ffi©© The California State Fair has started an innova tion which should meet with the approval of all interested. It is to give a Futurity for fine gaited saddle horses, entries to which will close April 1st, 1914, and it is for the produce of any mare bred in 1913 to a stallion registered in either the American or Pacific Coast Gaited Saddle Horse Associations. ffiffiffi W. P. Murray of Cleveland, Ohio, owner of Tod- dington 2:20 and a string of royally bred trotters and pacers, is visiting California. He has been in Los Angeles and Pleasanton and says he will be here in 1915. Mr. Murray is one of the leading members of the celebrated Cleveland Driving Club and one of the best patrons of the light harness horse industry in America. ffiffiffi John J. Ryan said at the Garden sale last week that the widely circulated report of his having re- signed as trainer of James Butler's horses was with- out foundation. He attributed the report to the fact that he had been spending the winter at his home in Chester, Pa. He expects to return to East View Farm next month and take charge of his old pupils, Directum I. 2:02%, and the rest. ffiffiffi Jas. Carson of Winnipeg, Manitoba, owner of Col- lege Gent 2:09% by Kentucky Patterson out of Bella H. by Senator Crisp 42050. writes that credit has not been given Kentucky Patterson as one of the leading money winning pacing sires. College Gent started in eleven races and only lost three heats. His total winnings were $9,5u0, over some of the worst tracks imaginable. This is a most remarkable showing. ffiffiffi Among 2:10 trotters sold for export, the following have died either on ship-board or else in foreign lands: Onward Silver 2:05%, Stroller 2:05%, Tom- my Britton 2:06%, *Dolly Dillon 2:06%, Golddust Maid 2:07%, Belle Kuser 2:08, General Forrest 2:08, Genteel H. 2:08%, *Marie N. 2:08%, Baron Rogers 2:09%, B. B. P. 2:09%, Ellard 2:09%, Lecco 2:09%, *Athanio 2:10. Those marked with a * were bred in California. ©ffi© It is not generally known but at the Blackhawk Stock Farm, the property of Ansel Easton, near Bur- lingame, there are eight of the finest Shire mares and two of the highest bred Shire stallions ever importe*d from England to America. No better can be found on any stock farm and their colts and fillies attest their value and the virtues of this climate for the development of horses of this, the most fashionable and eagerly sought after breed of draft stock in the world today. ©ffi© John W. Phippen, the well-known horseman who for over thirteen years was first assistant trainer under Chas. Marvin, at Palo Alto, slipped and fell breaking his leg above the ankle, January 31st. He is doing as well as expected and says it is exasperat- ing to think that, after being thrown out of breaking carts and sulkies and having all kinds of experiences breaking horses and never even having as much as a broken finger, a little fall on the pavement should have resulted so seriously. ©ffi® Directors of the Riverside County Fair Association, representing all parts of the county, have organized with the election of J. F. Backstrand, president; J. M. Davison, vice-president; O. P. Sanders, secretary and M. M. Miller, treasurer. It has been decided to sell memberships at the rate of $25 each, the first 1,000 subscribers to constitute the charter members, and to be entitled to a life membership ticket, admitting the holder to the fair during all exhibit days. At a meeting to be held within a week, the matter of a permanent site for the fair will have consideration. ©ffiffi Francis S., a green trotting mare, full sister to the great pacer, Maurice S. 2:06, arrived in Chco last Friday, having been shipped from Marysville by her owner, J. E. Strain, to become a member of the L. B. Daniels string at the speedway. She is five years old, has shown great promise and Daniels expects to get her in shape to win some Canadian money this season. She will be taken on the northern trip by Daniels. All of his horses are doing well. He has driven John Malcolm miles better than 2:15 and also Capitola miles in 2:15. Both of these are by Dan Logan 2:07%. ffiffi® Sidney Goldman of Los Angeles has leased the Del Coronado pacing filly Little Bernice 2:09% and will send her East in charge of Arlie Frost with King Daphne 2:04%. She is eligible to the 2:10 class races and those who have watched her declare she is a 2:03 or better pacer, and as she is absolutely sound and is in the hands of one of the our greatest speed makers it is not too much to expect that she will fulfill the hopes of all who know what she has done, for as a three-year-old Little Bernice faced the starter on fifteen different occasions, won six races, was second seven times, unplaced once and finished once behind the flag. In all she won $4150. Saturday, March 7, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN The New York Herald of last Sunday said: "That the big snowstorm last week will prove to be the best thing that has happened to the horse business since automobiles were invented is the opinion of many observers. The efficiency and economy of the genuine article as compared with substitutes were demonstrated in a variety of ways that should strike home to thousands of thoughtful business men who have to deal with problems of transportation and travel. Two or three more old-fashioned snow- storms— and they are likely to come at any time — would make a demand for draught, delivery and driv- ing horses which could not be supplied, the dealers say. Now that the worst is over it would be inter- esting to know what might have happened to the big city with its four million inhabitants if it had been dependent on the abandoned automobiles which dotted the landscape for miles around." ©©© Wm. H. Cowan of Cannington, Ontario, who is one of the leading railroad contractors and builders of Canada, is an ardent admirer of a good horse and always keeps a few. He has known R. J. MacKenzie for the past thirty years and last Saturday stated that he will send all his horses to his track at Pleasanton next fall. They are in charge of Wm. Fleming, who piloted Joe Patchen II. 2:03% to vic- tory so often in 1912. He has Baroness Helen 2:18 by Baron Review out of Durnelle 2:29%, by Axtell 2:12; Tropic Dawn 2:18% by Symboleer, out of Pan- dora by Allerton; Princewood (p.) 2:09%, by Guy Princeton out of Miss Ada Wood (dam of Bowwood 2:09%) by Witchwood; Lavina E. by Peter Wilton out of Cherry Ripe 2:14%. by Numidian; grandam Lulu S. by Glencoe Golddust, and a four-year-old pacer by Mobel. Mr. Fleming made many friends at Pleasanton and if all the Canadian trainers keep their promises about coming to this track Billy will have his hands full showing them around. Mr. Cowan is enthusiastic over the California climate in com- parison with the weather in Ontario. fflffi© Now that the American and National associations have adopted the rules recommended by the joint rules committee and have resumed reciprocal rela- tions, racing throughout the country should he on a firmer and better foundation than ever. Trainers should race to rule and give the public a run for their money, as they can not seek favors by jumping from one section to another. There is no reason why they should seek favors if the rules are just and enforced without fear or favor. That is all anyone can ask if racing on the level. With the present lib- eral rules in regard to handicap records there is no excuse for any trainer if he does not show the public the best he has. The people who pay their money at the gate are the ones who should he catered to by giving them the best racing possible. If they do not get it they are not going to pay their money at the gate, and what is needed to make the sport successful is larger and not smaller gate receipts. If the train- ers will cut out "'loafing" and other tactics that make the public dissatisfied with the sport and race, and race hard, the racing associations will derive a rev- enue from the public that will allow them to reduce entrance fees. If the sport is not such as to attract the public then horsemen will have to continue "racing for their own money." It is up to the owners and trainers. — Western Horseman. SCARCITY OF HORSES IN CALIFORNIA. HAMILTON BUSBEY ON THE USE OF HORSES. WALTER NAGLE ELECTED SECRETARY. The special committee of the Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce in meeting Saturday morning appoint- ed Walter Nagle secretary of the Chamber of Com- merce to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of E. H. Brown. Mr. Nagle will assume his duties at once, as there are a number of important matters that have been awaiting the direction and action of a new secretary. The appointment of Walter Nagle will give the greatest satisfaction to all concerned in the Chamber of Commerce. He is a progressive, wide-awake man who will adopt the methods of "Push and Boost" that have made the Santa Rosa chamber so well known. Mr. Nagle will adopt a broad policy of the greatest good to the community regardless of the individual. He is a worker and will devote much care and at- tention to the office, which is a decidedly important one. The committee meeting was attended by President Kellogg, vice-presidents John Rinner and Frank H. Brush, and directors E. C. Merritt and A. H. Dono- van, composing the special committee. A number of applications were considered hut the choice of Walter Nagle for the position was unanimous. — Santa Rosa Republican. o Lexington (Ky.l, March 5. — Fantasy, by Chimes 2:06, famous trotting mare and the holder of many world records during her racing career, died today at the farm of her owner, J. R. McGowan, Mount Sterling, Ky. She was the first three-year-old to beat 2:10, and when four years old made a record of 2:06. Her three-year-old record stood for four- teen years, until displaced here in 1907 by General Watts. Her four-year-old record stood for sixteen years until lowered by Joan in 1910. A REMEDY TRIED AND TRUE. For 35 years Kendall's Spavin Cure has been tried and proven true. No advertised cure for spavin, curb, splint, ringbone, sprains and lameness that was ever made can compare with it. Thousands of testimonials from horse- owners, teamsters and trainers prove that it does all that is claimed for it, and as a safe, reliable and positive remedy it is unequaled. It sells for ?1.00 per bottle. Send a postal to the Dr. B. J. Kendall Company, Enosburg Falls, Vermont, for a free book entitled "Treatise on the Horse." Men are busy scouring the country in the search of draft horses. In almost every valley in California, these buyers are striving to get good ones to fill their orders, but report the greatest scarcity of even light draft stock. Prices have advanced twenty per cent, on all horses since January 1st, and as there will be more hay and grain harvested, more fruit gathered, and more grapes picked this year than ever before it is only reasonable to expect horse- owners to keep their horses, for they will need them. There is another phase of this question. The sub- division of large tracts of land into 20, 40 and 60 acre tracts means the use of horses to till the ground, and every landholder needs from two to four to do this work. To supply this rapidly grow- ing demand breeders are realizing higher prices than they have ever received before. The "slump" in breeding light and heavy draft stock during the past five years is being felt now and will be for several years. The wise man who wants to get at least $150 for every yearling colt he raises cannot make money easier by raising any other livestock, for he can work the dams of these foals until within a month of foaling. There are rumors of war with Mexico; if these prove true and war is declared, can any one prophesy what the United States Government will have to pay for artillery and cavalry horses? Where are they to come from? For years Uncle Sam's officers have been striving to get remounts for ridiculously low prices; the breeders having had to divide with the agents and naturally becoming tired of this way of selling they have disposed of their horses to private parties who do not compel them to force their horses to undergo such severe tests. With the growth of our cities and suburban towns and consequent demand for horses of all kinds and the death rate which depletes the ranks of our horses every day, it is plain to understand the situation confronting us; and, therefore, to the far-sighted farmer and breeder there is much encouragement to breed good horses. The day of the range horse like that of the buffalo has passed away, and those who have had to use better bred and more docile horses are among the best buyers of Shires, Percherons, Belgians and Clydes and are satisfied that, by giving the young- sters more care, they can realize a larger profit on a bunch of these than they can from a like number of cattle. The automobile and the autocar have their places in the world's progress, but the day will never come when horses will be a thing of the past. In the bliz- zard which swept from Cleveland to the Atlantic ocean last Monday, business which depended upon motor cars was suspended and the only merchants who were able to satisfy their customers were those who used horses for the distribution of their goods. Hundreds of automobiles and motor cars were stalled and ruined. Hence, many of the leading merchants have decided to put their machines in the garages from November until April and use horses exclusively in their business. The day of "Dobbins" has arrived and in a few years he will be back again doing the work he always has done bet- ter than ever, for the breeds of horses are improving every year. BREED TO A CHAMPION! Owners of good mares who desire to raise colts or fillies they know will prove handsome, fast and level- headed, should have no hesitancy in sending them to that world's champion Jim Logan 2:02%, a horse that lowered his record every year he started, and whose speed limit has not been reached. Aside from this, — the greatest desideratum, — Jim Logan is a handsome horse, solid in color, remarkably strong at all points and beautifully proportioned, having the very best of feet and legs and an iron constitution. His" gameness is unquestioned, and a glance at his pedigree will show whence this stamina comes. His sire, Chas. Derby, was as game a horse as ever lived, getting his record of 2:20 in the sixth heat of a hard- fought race. He was by a world's champion, Stein- way 2:25%, Strathmore's best son, and his dam, Katy G., was the best of Electioneers daughters as a speed producer, and she traces back fifteen crosses through a line of the stoutest of thorough- breds Jim Logan's dam, Effie Logan, was as game a mare as ever was foaled. She needed no whip to urge her and no road was too long for her: she never seemed to be tired and was by Durfee, one of the very stoutest bred horses ever brought to Cali- fornia; ' George Wilkes-Dictator-Smuggler-Ethan Al- len and thoroughbred blood flowed in his veins. Then Effie Logan's dam was a sister to Creole 2:15 (sire of Javelin 2:08%), by Prompter, a noted sire of early and extreme speed, one of the best of Blue Bull's sons. The next dam, Grace (dam of Daedalion 2:08% and two others in 2:20) was by Buccaneer (a grandson of Green's Bashaw), and the next dam was Mary 2:45 a famous broodmare by Flaxtail, he by a son of Old Pilot, sire of Pilot Jr. 12. Effie Logan is the dam of Jim Logan 2:02%, Sir Albert S. 2:03%, Dan Logan 2:07%, trial 2:02% (sire of John Mal- colm 2:11%, the fastest two-year-old in 1913 in the world). With such an inheritance where there is not a weak spot anywhere, Jim Logan's book should fill at once. His foals are very handsome and prom- ising. Jim Logan is at Woodland, where he can be seen and where his owner, J. Elmo Montgomery, will be pleased to show him. There was one thing that did not escape attention in the railway run through the prairies of Illinois and Indiana on a day that King Blizzard was abroad. Not a motor car was in sight, but, at every station, there were horse drawn vehicles for the purpose of carry- ing passengers to their homes. The motor car is a weak dependence in snow or mud and the ever faith- ful horse, which the hired writers for the daily press have banished from the face of the earth, is there full of vitality. He is, indeed, the friend of those in need. The zero waves were hard upon live stock in the open reaches, but the thoughtful grazier does his best to guard against such suffering. He pro- vides shelter for emergencies, and it pays him to do so. Only the trust-to-luck farmer complains of severe losses after the fury of the storm has been spent. In Ohio, I found, on the National and other roads, only horse drawn vehicles. The automobile is not a thing of beauty or security when snow or mud blocks the wheels. The pleasure car is then kept in the garage, waiting for the days when birds begin nest building. On stormy days, the farmer drives to town and back in a top buggy splattered with mud; and the vehicle is not given a bath until the weather is thoroughly settled. The seasoned horse stands the work well, and he jogs with appar- ent cheerfulness, even when the cold wind is directly in his face. The light driving horse is, in truth, man's best friend. In a little swing around the circle, I talked with representatives of different states, and was gratified to discover a feeling of cheerfulness. The outlook for meetings in such states as Ohio, In- diana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma is bright, and the circuits already formed will give employ- ment to scores of trainers and hundreds of horses. These combinations may change to some extent, but they are not ephemeral, and will put new heart into the light harness horse breeding industry. The sport provided by thoughtful managers of mile and half- mile tracks will quicken the heart-beats of millions of people and banish care for a few hours at least from a multitude of homes. The betting odds are not telegraphed from trotting tracks to city pool- rooms and press agencies, and the contests which take place do not widely stimulate a gambling thirst. The horses move from track to track and leave be- hind them, in each locality, a pleasant glow. The amusement does not swell the ranks of idlers, but, through an occasional respite from toil, it freshens desire for that labor which places individuals and families above want. The horse of strength and action is an important factor in the life of the nation, and he will be with us after all who read these lines have entered the shades of silence. — Horse Breeder. YOLO COUNTY FAIR. The question holding the attention of the Fair Association directors on Wednesday was whether or not a county fair should be held this year and if so, under just what circumstances. The officers of the association met with the board of supervisors during the morning and out of the conference came the appointment of a committee of three, composed of E. L. Furlong, J. H. Harlan and T. B. Gibson, who were to make selection of officers for the year, and also a committee composed of T. B. Gibson, J. H. Har- lan, A. W. Morris, T. G. Schmieser and W. H. Greg- ory, to confer with Harry Dowling, manager of the Woodland Stock Farm, relative to improved accom- modations for the care of show stock during the fair. This committee was in conference with Mr. Dow- ling during the afternoon and it is understood that a tentative plan has been outlined which will permit of the building of cattle barns in the triangle im- mediately to the south end of the race track. Mr. Dowling stated that work is now going on in the construction of a water system which will eliminate any danger of a shortage of water for all purposes and that certain other improvements are contem- plated. In line with the promotion of a fair, the commit- tees appointed met during the afternoon and elected C. F. Day, president; John L. Stephens, vice-presi- dent. The office of secretary was not filled. — Mail, of Woodland. NOTES FROM SANTA BARBARA. Ed. Breeder and Sportsman: Nellie Gwynn II., a beautiful chestnut mare, pre- sented her owner, J. A. Alshouse of Santa Barbara, with a fine colt January 5th, by Prince McKinney 51803, (2) 2:29%. The little fellow is entered in the Breeders' Futurity Stakes No. 14 and his owner feels proud of the fact that he is perhaps the first foal born this vear entered in that stake. * * * The handsome brown mare. Duckins by Baronward, owned by Mr. Paul Harvey, an artist of "Garden- holme," Montecito, dropped a fine filly February 14th. by Prince McKinney (2) 2:29%. Mr. Harvey is at present in Boston, and being a great lover of horses will take a keen interest in the rearing of this well- bred colt upon his return home this spring. * * * M. W. Beadle, our local dealer in high class har- ness and leather goods, has bred his Star Pointer mare, dam by Direct (2:05%), to Prince McKinney (2) 2:29%. The expected foal has been entered in the Breeders' Futurity Stakes No. 14 and Mr. Beadle has a right to expect something away above the av- erage as this breeding is second to none. SANTABAR. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, March 7. 1914. ®|©aj©si©a®a38KKmt3a8l3S*SS3^^ ROD, GUN AND KENNEL I CONDUCTED BY NEW YORK SHOW. The thirty-eighth annual bench show of the 'West- minster Kennel Club opened Monday for a four-day run at the Grand Central Palace. It excelled all the preyious exhibitions in numbers of dogs, dogs benched, in noyelties. and attendance. Many society women were interested spectators and exhibitors. The large building was taxed to its capacity, and three floors with almost every inch of their available space occupied by the exhibition. All the known breeds seen in competition during the last decade, in addition to several new types, were brought together, and the collection presented a most representative gathering of canines . Many authorities noted for their skill in European countries, where certain of the breeds now fostered in America originated, had been engaged to pass upon the merits of the dogs, and a general international atmosphere pervaded the exhibition. Probably the most interesting of the innovation breeds were those for the boxers and German sheep- dogs, both of which were judged by Lieut. Baron von Forsiner of Stuttgart, Germany. The boxer breed is a distinct innovation, and as yet there is little known in America about their characteristics. In the section of the benches devoted to boxers are eleven nominations owned by Nathan Straus Jr.; Jesse I. Straus, and H. H. Lehman, states the New York Times. The dog is a well-formed animal with an abundance of bone. It is supposed that the breed originated in Germany, with mastiff and bull terrier strains in it. Its head is typical of that of the bull terrier, while its body shows the lines of the mas- tiff. It is of medium size, standing about twenty inches from the ground .and runs in the neighborhood of forty pounds. The sheepdog, although well known at present in America, is making its best showing at the present show, and the early classes brought out unusually well balanced fields. This dog is particularly known for its adaptability as an adjunct to safety and is finding favor with society as a watchdog or body- guard. One of the most important classes of the after- noon session w'as that for wire-haired fox terriers. The surprise of the class, and really that of the en- tire day's awards, was the showing of Vickery Ken- nels' Vickery Simplex of Chicago. This dog was just passing its second year and is a newcomer. It had the distinction of being placed above Raby Dazzler, entered by George W. Quintard. Raby Daz- zler was a sensation in the rings of England, and an easy winner at the recent Boston All-Breeds Show, but when put through its paces yesterday wTas sec- ond to the new sensation. Raby Dazzler and Mat- ford Vic, a bitch, were bought by their present owner for $5,000. Competition for bitches in the same breed wTas keen, but Matford Vic retrieved its kennel mate's lost laurels by easily taking the best of the awards. After an unusually long class, following the defeat of Raby Dazzler, Matford Vic stood out above the others and was received with a round of applause as it carried off the blue. In the winners' class for dogs Vickery Simplex repeated its performance in the open division, as did Matford Vic. It is not customary for a puppy to go from the puppy classes to those of winners, but the exception to the rule was noticeable several times yesterday. One of the most remarkable of these was the Man- chester terrier Violet, entered by P. Cahill of Jersey City, which went through from novice to winners' classes in bitches. The same was the case with Mrs. A. L. Holland's "Peke" puppy Kew-Pie of Hydegrade, which went to reserve winners in its breed. Mrs. Richard P. McGrann of Lancaster was the judge in the Pekingese division and her decisions, which caused a second puppy-to-winners selection in "Peke" bitches, created much comment. In the class for bitches Sun Low, a puppy entered by Thomas E. Hudson, went through the field, starting in the low- est class and finishing with winners' bitches. In taking the award it triumphed over Mrs. R. E. Knight's Tyt See of Egham, winner of "the best in the show" at the recent Tov Dog Show at the Wal- dorf. Mrs. Tyler Morse, with her string of champion old English sheepdogs, swept the boards in this division, which was strong in both quality and quan- tity. In the open classes for dogs she took first honors with Champion Midnight and rounded out the division with winners' dogs. In the first section for bitches the Morse nominations scored first and re- serve in winners, the ribbons going to Champion Ominous, and Champion Nightmare, respectively. The former Morse favorite. Champion Brentwood Here, was defeated for reserve winners in dogs by the Kinnelon Kennels' Night Rider. In the brace anil team classes the others could not figure against the Morse dogs, with the result that both of these went carry out a gratifying performance for the Morse entries. The casual observer in making the rounds of the benches, found much to interest himself, and the elaborateness of many of the large kennels attracted spect-itors a long time. One of the dogs which was grea ly admired was the French poodle, Orchard J. X. DeWITT. Snowstorm. It is the joint property of the Misses Grace and Alger of Great Neck, L. I. It is snow-white and closely trimmed on the hindquarters. It has won forty blue ribbons and is hearing its champion- ship, having won numerous awards in the miscel- laneous classes. Orchard Snowstorm was imported five years ago from England by its present owners. Coupled with a jet-black kennel mate. The Juggler, the pair have won consistently in brace classes. Champion Slumber, an old English sheepdog owned by Mrs. Taylor Morse, was the choice of the judges for best dog of any breed exhibited at the West- minster Kennel Club Chow at the Grand Central Palace Wednesday. Upward of fifty w-inners opposed Slumber in the contest for the highest honor, and, as one of the close followers of the dogs expressed it, Slumber won "hands down." Vickery Fast Freight, a wire-coated fox terrier owned by the Vickery Ken- nels, won the second highest award. The same winners were entered in the variety class for champion dogs and bitches of any breed that hav ewon the title of champion under the Amer- ican Kennel Club rules, and they were placed in the same order by Midgley Marsden. the noted English judge. At the conclusion of the judging of the variety class Mr. Marsden paid a remarkably high compliment to Slumber. He declared that this old English sheepdog was undoubtedly the best dog of his type that ever lived and supplemented this declaration by saying that Slumber came closer to the accepted model of perfection than any dog he had ever seen. The choice was decidedly popular, despite the fact that the sheepdog was opposed by some of the most consistent winners at shows both here and abroad. Strathtay Prince Albert, the bulldog owned by Alex H. Stewart of Chicago, which was adjudged best dog in the Westminster show' a year ago. and picked on Tuesday as the monarch of all of its type at the present show, w-as among the long list of win- ners that had to bow to Slumber in the class for winners. Prince Albert attracted considerable at- tention in the ring and easily ranked above most of the winners, but fell somewhat short of the general class of Slumber. The placing of Vickery Fast Freight ahead of Strathtay Prince Albert was by a narrow margin, and Mr. Marsden declared that the 1913 champion was entitled to third honors. Matford Vic, the wire-haired fox terrier which was recently brought from England with an unbeaten record and added to its previous triumphs at Boston, failed to qualify for a place in the final judgment for the best dog of the show. Matford Vic had gone through the bitch classes of w-ire-haired terriers, but in the special competition for the Challenge Cup had been beaten by Vickery Fast Freight and thereby eliminated from the "big stake." In speaking of the English champion at the close of the judging, Mr. Marsden declared that in his opinion Matford Vic was a fine specimen of the breed when properly shown, but considered that the dog has not been perfectly right during the present show. He added that Matford Vic would eventually defeat Vickery Fast Freight, which twice got the award in yesterday's competitions. A recent decision at the Pomeranian show at the Waldorf was made in the class for toys, champions barred, which was one of the variety specials. Young Gold Spec, from Swiss Mountain Kennels, was placed above Mrs. J. L. Pultz's St. Julien. The winner is of wolf sable, with fine head, small ears, immense coat, and short back. The face is a little too dark, but in every other point St. Julien won handily. The heaviest winnings in poodles went to the Red Brook Kennels of the Misses Grace and Alger, with their entries of the big, racy type of poodle, which has not the true curly coat. The old-fashioned curly coat was seen in the entries from H. G. Trevor's Meadowmere Kennels, which in the days of the cham- pion Milo was the strongest of the breed. While tehse dogs excelled in color and texture of coat, they were excelled by the wonderfully sound legs and feet, long, clean skulls, and alert expression of the Red Brook entries. Orchard Snowstorm wTas the winner in dogs, while Orchard Columbine defeated the Trevor entry in the class for bitches of this breed. A remarkable Russian wolfhound, direct from the hunting ground of the Grand Duke Alexis, in Russia. won first honors in dogs of this type, but only after a vigorous struggle on points with the American-bred puppy. Defiance o' Valley Farm. Postrel of Woron- zova. the importation which carried off the first award, is a huge red-shaded fawn and scored in legs, feet, shoulders, and quarters over the puppy. Both were entered from Valley Farm. The bitches in this class also brought out some high class entries, with Dr. De Mund's Champion Belkis finally getting the award. Harrison Van Schaick made good a prediction he made last year after he had failed to win with two imported West Highland white terriers. He prom- ised to win in this class this year and his newcomers of this breed won both the team and brace classes from the entries of Mrs. R. A. Rainey. Mr. Van Schaick's Harrison May Beauty was winner in bitches and later won the cup for the best of the breed, the list of defeated including Coneje Check- mate and other famous champions. Spirited and spectacular judging of the packs of foxhounds, harriers, and beagles marked the climax of the closing session of this year's show. As a fitting final feature the day was designated Hound Day, and hunting dogs reigned supreme. Will Nichols of Canada passed upon the merits of the fox- hounds and harriers, Elliott Cowden. 2nd. adjudicated the beagles, and Dr. E. Lester Jones judged the American foxhounds. The spectacular features were provided by the condition of the classes which required the masters' hunt servants to appear in the ring in the orthodox hunting costume of their club. The Special Chal- lenge trophy was a duel between the Middlesex and Brandywine hunts, the drafts of five couples being shown by the respective M. F. H. Middlesex won and scored in loftiness and quarters. The Brandywine hounds were sounder in front. The special for American hounds had only the dog and bitch packs from the Piedmont Hunt. The mas- ters wore the old-fashioned eowhorn horns instead of silver ones used in England. They furnished a surprise in their general cleverness, splendid condi- tion and perfect control. The bitch pack beat the dogs. The beagle championship went to the Wheat- ley Hunt. J. S. Phipps, master, which defeated the Somerset with George B. Post, master. Three packs of harriers made a w-onderful show- ing. It was the first competition for such packs ever held in this country and was for a cup presented by the Glen Arden Hunt. The, Millbrook dog pack shown by E. H. Carle, won with the bitch draft re- serve. The Hopeland Harriers, shown by R. P. Hunt- ingdon, while hard in condition and in fine control, lacked the bloom of coat displayed by the Millbrook entries. The master and servants wore the formal green coat. In accordance with the custom adopted at the Peterborough and other time-honored foxhound shows in England. Hound Day was introduced during the morning, when English foxhounds were judged. The innovation scored such a success that next year the American foxhounds will be judged in the same way, the essential difference from the usual dog show method in this country being the recognition of hunt- ing ability and the merit of the hounds to breed the true hunting stock. Will Nichols, huntsman of the Montreal Hunt Club, proved to be a consistent and thorough judge. While many of the hunting set. especially the Southerners, criticised the points of several of the winners, apart from a palpable "toeing in," the majority of the hounds showed soundness and quality. The first honors went to Middlesex all the way through, with the master, A. Henry Higgin- son, in charge. The Brandywine entries were close up with a level lot, which, while in several instances lacking the bone of the Middlesex hounds, otherwise were equally good in legs and feet and shoulders and loins. The class which called for two couples o( entered bitch hounds went to the Middlesex, with a rattling ertry of heavyweights, which had the bet- ter of J. Watson Webb's nomination in coat and possibly shoulders. Third place went to Middlesex with a medium-weight four, somewhat on the Harrier type, perhaps, but a very classy lot. Fourth place went to Brandywine, with a team which almost equaled the winners. The special cups given by the members of the Westminster Kennel Club were won by the following: Richard H. Williams, President's Cup, for the Best Team. — Mrs. Tyler Morse's Old English sheepdogs: re- serve. George W. Quintard's wire-haired fox territers. Francis R. Hitchcock, Vice President's Cup, for the Best Brace. — Mrs. Tyler Morse's Old English sheepdogs. H. K. Knaop. Treasurer's Cud. fo«- K^st St. Bernard. — Mrs. R. H. Beardsley's Altar Lady Guide. Louis A. Eldridge, Secretary's Cup. for the Best and Largest Exhibit of Any One Breed. — Vickery Kennels' wire-haired fox terriers. William Rauch. Chairman's Cup. for the Best English Foxhound Dog. — Middlesex Hunt'Ss Ranger. Winthrop Rutherfurd. for the Best Fox Terrier. — Vick- ery Kennels' Ch. Cickery Fast Freight. S. K. de Forest, for the Best Bull Terrier. — Xoross Kennels' Xoross Patrician. Charles ML Chapin, for the Best Airedale Terrier. — Harold Ober's Ch. Bingley Blossom. Harry Payne Whitney, for the Best West Highland White Terrier. — Harrison Hennels' Harrison's May Beauty. Louis S. Thompson, for Best English Setter. — Meadow- view Kennels' Ch. Wyoming Valley May Belle. George B. Hopkins, for the Best Scottish Terrier. — Walter T. Stern's Bapton Beryl. B. R. Kittredge. for Best Brace' of Irish or Gordon Setters. — Yesdihc Kennels' Gordon setters. Herman R. Duryea, for Best English . Setter fshown with two of his get). — E. B. Chase's Bob White Lady Madcap. Edward Bement, Best Cocker Spaniel iBtch (with two of her produce). — Charles H. Mason's Lady Bettina. Henry Walters, for the Best Collie. — Thomas P. Hunt- er's Seedley Sterling. J. Seaver Page, for the eBst Irish Terrier. — J. R. Thorndike's eh. Thorncroft's Marksman. Henry W. Bull, for the Best Irish Terrier Bitch. — John G. Bates's eh. Blarney Belinda. Roswell Eldredge. for the Best Poodle. — Red Brook Kennels" Orchard Columbine. H. K. Bloodgood, for Best Brace of Sporting Spaniels Bred by ExDibitor. — Cassilis Kennels. F. R. Halsey. for Best French Bulldog. — Xoswai Ken- nels' Sikdar's Princess. Coleman Randolph, for the Best Bulldog. — Alexander H. Stewart's Strathtav PrPinee Albert. Mrs. Charles S. Guthrie, the Charles S. Guthrie Memorial, for the Best English Setter in the Field Trial Class. — Dr. James E. Hair's Albert's Pride. Joseofa P. Knaop. for the Best Boston Terrier. — Mrs. S. P. Hastings's Trimont Lida. Charles Raymond, for the eBst English Setter. Bred in the United States and Canada. — Meadowview Ken- nels' ch. Wyoming Valley May Belle. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, March 7, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN THE GAME BIRD OF THE FUTURE. The pheasant, especially the Chinese ring-neck and English varieties, is the most valuable insectivorous bird as well as the most attractive and eagerly sought game bird of all the species that can be reared in captivity or in a semi-domestic way and be kept in the district in which it is propagated, writes \V. H. Olin in "Ranch and Farm." The great majority in numbers and kinds of the insectivorous birds are migratory — are only with us a short time — while the pheasant, especially the kinds above mentioned, becomes attached to the locality and will breed and remain there as long as it is pro- tected and can secure food. Thousands of these gorgeously plumed pheasants with a wealth of feathered adornment, some of which shine in the sunlight as burnished gold and bronze of many shadings, and with grace of form and car- riage, are kept on exhibit at City Park, Denver, for the education and entertainment of the visitors. Thousands of tourists as well as local people visit this exhibit and carry away pleasant memories, giv- ing City Park an international reputation, yet few realize their economic value other than their beauty, which always appeals to the finer sentiment and love of nature's inimitable handiwork. Within an- other year the popularity of the pheasant, because of its usefulness, which even exceeds its great beauty, will become extensively recognized throughout America. The pheasant is naturally an insectivorous bird and where such food is obtainable he will eat compara- tively little else. The variety of the insect food of the pheasant is larger than that of any other bird so far as known. Investigation shows that over 130 species of insects, including earthworms, are eaten by the pheasant, and doubtless many more will be found to share in its menu. In addition to this it is especially fond of small rodents such as field mice, young gophers and small snakes. In England a number of pheasants have been found choked to death in the attempt to swallow worms larger or longer than they could manage; also several pheasants have been found dead choked on small rodents. The keeper of most any large pheasantry has seen his pheasants catch mice that were stealing the grain from the birds. This is verified by Mr. Fred Barnett, superintendent of the pheasantries at City Park, Denver. Br. Barnett says that a pheasant hen will catch and destroy a mouse as quickly as a cock pheasant or cat, as he has frequently watched them in the act. They usually pick the' head off first, then tear and eat the body or swallow the small ones whole. Among the insects destroyed by the pheasants are included smelling bugs that most insectivorous birds will not touch — this makes these birds more valuable to the farmer than any other. Prominent among the pests ravenously destroyed are the Colorado potato beetle, the squash bug, the cucumber beetle, bean leaf beetles, tomato worms, cut worms, and the millers which deposit the eggs for the wire worms. The pheasant also digs for and eats the wire worms, as it does all ground worms and bugs, and practically all kinds of ground beetles. Most birds avoid the potato and other bugs on ac- count of their obnoxious odors, but the pheasant hunts and eats them. The Southern people are importing the pheasant to eat the cotton boll weevil and its larvae, stating that one pheasant will eat as many of this destructive pest as a number of quail. Many of the insects that are injurious to the corn crop are destroyed by the pheasant, and the pheasant will not attack the grain or ear of the corn until late in the season after insect food is scarce. The professors of agronomy of our agricultural colle'ges state that the chinch bug, which destroys $100,000,000 worth of wheat annually, is hunted and eaten by the pheasant both summer and winter, also the bugs and insects which destroy foliage, especially of ground plants and crops of the farmer. The difference between the pheasant and the ordi- nary fowl in eating insects is largely that the pheas- ant is continually hunting for the eggs and larvae of insects. In the grain fields and meadows the in- sect eggs are usually laid on the under side of the leaves and the plants. The pheasant as it passes through the growing grain keeps its head near the ground and turns one eye up and the other down so it sees the larvae and eggs on the under side of the leaf. It takes hold of the leaf with its bill, throwrs its head up, and clears the plant of the eggs and larvae without injuring the leaf; thus in one stroke it desroys four or five or possibly 100 embryo insects, and in a single meal often destroys many thousands of insects in the egg and larvae form, which, when matured, would have destroyed a large amount of crops and furnished enough bug food for a turkey gobbler for several days. The pheasant destroys the pests before they do any damage to the farmer's crops; the turkey and common poultry afterward. Pheasants are fond of grasshopper eggs, especially those of the locusts thet deposit their eggs in the earth in dry places, and also larvae of any insect that may be found there. Pheasants in captivity have been known to dig up light ground where there were many larvae so that they dug under the fence four inches in the ground. On examination this ground was found to contain insect eggs and larvae of insects. The pheasant chooses the dandelion and the buds of buttercups as two of its greatest vegetable delica- cies. He eats but comparatively few buds from bushes and trees, excepting in severe winters. In this way he is quite different from the grouse. Of the grasses he has liking for white and red clover, alfalfa, and red and yellow sorrel, but when there are plenty of dandelions and buttercups he will make these his principal vegetable diet. In the winter time pheasants can he seen turning over forest leaves and examining them and picking off the larvae of different tree insects deposited on the under side of the leaves; also picking over the top soil around bushes and trees for the bugs and larvae. Along streams and wet grounds the pheasant finds many snails for food, also crustaceans. The pheas- ant being a terrestrial it eats mostly from the ground or within 12 inches of same when food is abundant, and seldom eats grain such as wheat, oats and bar- ley, until late in the season after it has been har- vested and threshed and when insect life is scarce. It cleans up the grain stubble fields, being especially fond of buckwheat, millet and common ordinary wheat, and when hungry will eat most any kind of grain, including beans. Tegetmeir, an Englishman, says: "The value of pheasants to the agriculturist is scarcely sufficiently appreciated; the birds destroy enormous numbers of injurious insects — upwards of 1,200 wire worms have been taken out of the crop of a pheasant; if this number was consumed in a single meal, the total destroyed must be almost incredible. "There "is no doubt that insects are preferred to grain. One pheasant shot at the close of the shoot- ing season had in his crop 72G wire worms, one acorn, one snail, nine berries and three grains of wheat. From the crop of another pheasanX 440 grubs of the crane fly and the daddy-long-legs; these larvae are exceedingly destructive to luscious vegetables. From the crop of another pheasant 48 snail shells were taken. Eight young vipers, weighing about one-fourth ounce each, were taken from the crop of a hen pheasant. "An instance is reported in the London Field of a pheasant which when found had swallowed about six inches of a viper, whilst about eight inches of the tail part of the reptile was protruding from the mouth of the bird; both the bird and the viper were dead. "Another instance is recorded of a pheasant which, on being killed, had no less than 1,225 leather pack- ets— a most destructive larvae— in its crop." It is fond of carrots, potatoes, beets, cabbage and turnips in the winter time; although if dandelions are fed to caged phaesants they will eat them, in prefer- ence to most any vegetable food, roots and all. The pheasant is also very fond of many of the wild weed seeds, such as legumes, thistles, especially the burr thistle, wild carrots, sunflowers, wild lettuce, mayweed, marsh elder and mustard seeds. As a table food and also as a game bird the pheas- ant has been held as the leading bird by kings, roy- alty, wealth and educated people of the world for more than 2,000 years, being of the greatest sport and richest delicacy. Xo other bird has held such a position and it will be a long time before any other bird can gain such distinction. The home of the Chinese ring-neck is largely in the mountains, as well as in the valleys, of China, and it is accustomed to very severe weather, as it inhabits the high altitudes and yet adapts itself to the lower altitudes, even as low as sea level. It is a thoroughbred bird and has been imported into England in consid'erable numbers to breed up the English pheasant and thus improve the birds. The government statistics show that the damages done by the growing crops of insect pests, largely owing to the destruction of insectivorous birds, is estimated at something like §800,000,000 per annum. This amount would feed and care for many millions of pheasants and other insectivorous birds. At the last annual meeting of the New York Zoo- logical Society $60,000 was given to be used entirely for the study of pheasants, and the best methods to be adopted for the introduction and distribution of these birds into the United States. In" a number of states the next legislature will be asked to pass liberal appropriations for propagating the pheasant and other insectivorous and game birds and the distribution of literature to instruct and aid the people in the hatching of the eggs and rearing of the birds about their country homes. If every farmer, land owner and bird lover in the country would either secure a setting of pheasant eggs and hatch them under a common hen and rear them like young chickens, or buy a pair of these birds, the problem of how to destroy insects would soon be solved; and I would recommend that farmers avail themselves of this economic opportunity. ECHOES FROM THE NORTHWEST. CROWDED OUT. We regret to announce that the third page of this department was crowded out this week at the last moment. Two pages of "ads" came in too late to change our make-up or run another form. In con- sequence our trap shooting notes and other matter had to be carried over until next week. o Too Much Rain. — The inclement weather Sunday. Feb. 22, caused the postponement of the announced shoots of both the Exposition City Gun Club, which is now billed for March 8. and the San Jose Blue Rock Club, set back for March 15. As it was over a score of shotgun enthusiasts went to the Easton grounds Sunday morning and despite the rain participated in impromptu matches and practice plugging at the clays. The meet was to have been the initial club shoot of the Expo City members, but was carried over in order to give [By August Wolf.] Thorough investigation will be made, by officers of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, into the re- ported murder of Radford and Street, explorers, who, according to reports brought out of the far north, were speared to death by Eskimos. Every effort will be made to bring the culprits to justice, and, in bringing this about, it is officially announced, at Edmonton, capital of the province of Alberta, that if it is necessary a strong patrol will be dispatched north to remain until the alleged slayers are run down. Reports by the mounted police, reciting the story brought to them by guides, say that Radford struck an Eskimo with a whip because the man declined to go with him after being engaged to do so. The Eskimo's excuse was that his wife had been taken suddenly ill, but Radford, not understanding, en- deavored to enforce obedience. A fight ensued, dur- ing which Radford was speared in the back, while Street was killed before he had a chance to make a fight. If the report is true, Radford, in the opinion of the officer reporting the occurrence, "showed very poor judgment when he tried to enforce obedience by striking an Eskimo so far from civilization." The mounted police, it is noted in the annual report of the department, brought from Herschell Island to Edmonton, "the earthly possessions of Hubert Darrell, explorer and prospector, who since being seen in the late fall of 1910 in Liverpool Bay. in the Arctic Ocean, has never been heard of, and who is now given up for dead." Intense human interest stories — tales of heroic daring and endurance — are contained in the jerky sentences which make up the principal text of the annual report of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, patroling the partly unexplored and sparsely in- habited parts of the vast empire north of the 54th parallel of latitude. The conciseness of the official language conceals a wealth of material available for the novelist in the north country. For instance, Sergeant Edgerton says in the report, copies of which have just been re- ceived in Edmonton, in describing Fort Fullerton, on the northern shore of Hudson's Bay: "Our isolated post has been very lonely during the winter. Constable Conway, myself and two natives being the only persons here." This notation appears in another part of the report: "An immense herd of cariboo crosed the Glacier trail during September." Here is an item of interest to those who are con- cerned in the fox industry: "A very large number of live foxes have been ex- ported during the year, sold to various persons start- ing breeding farms. This, although giving large sums to Indians and trappers at the present time, will have an injurious effect on the fur trade in the future. Indians depend largely on the catch of fur for their living, and every litter of foxes captured and taken out of the country means so many less to breed next year. The law permitting the exporting of such animals only enables a few men or companies to make large profits at the expense of the natives, who, if trapping fails, will eventually have to be fed by the government." This is the official report of the manner in which two masked men, armed and desperate, held up two employes of the Yukon Gold Company: "The custom is for one man to go to the bunkhouse at midnight, prepare the supper and have his own, then he relieves his comrade, who, in turn, gets his meal. On this night one of the men prepared and got his supper and started to relieve his companion between 12:30 and 12:45 o'clock. A short distance from the bunkhouse he was held up by two masked men, bound, gagged and laid in a ditch near the trail. His companion waited until 1:10 o'clock to be re- lieved, and then thinking something must be wrong, started for the bunkhouse. "When he got to the transformer house, which was quite near the nozzles, he also was held up. The holdup men ordered him to turn off the water, and he explained that this would cause the pipes to burst. He was then told to turn the nozzles away so that the water would not run through the sluice boxes. After doing this he was told to walk to the transformer house. On arriving there he was tied up and gagged and some sacks thrown over his head. "It was found that a quantity of gravel containing the gold and amalgam which, it is estimated, would fill about four gunny sacks, had been taken. Of course the value of this cannot be stated at this time, but it will run up in the thousands of dollars. Gamblers are given short shift in the north coun- try. Superintendent Moodie reports the raiding of two hotels at Dawson, where the proprietors and 31 players and onlookers were arrested. The following day the proprietors were each fined $100 and costs. Twenty players each paid $20 and costs. The report adds: "Every effort is made to keep professional gamblers out of the country. When one arrives he is immedi- ately warned to keep moving, and we see that he leaves the country." Commissioner Perry reports that on September 3*0, 1913, the strength of the force was 55 officers, 708 non-commissioned officers and constables, and 572 horses. Three new detachments were established on the route of the Chesana gold fields, in Alaska, which passes through Canadian territory. Detachments were opened at Fort Simpson and Fort Resolution on the Mackenzie river. Outposts were also estab- lished at Fort McMurray, Dunvegan and Lake Saska- toon in the Peace River district, north of Edmonton- lb THE BREEDER ANL SPORTSMAN [Saturday, March 7, 1914. THE FARM GOOSE FEEDING IN ILLINOIS. Ten thousand geese on a farm! There is one farm in Ilinois where one may see that many geese, if he hap- pens there at the right season. It is in Piatt county, and W. H. Firke is the daring man who assemhles that multitude of geese, for feeding only, and that a short feed, else they would speedily eat him out of house and home. Mr. Firke does not haye a goose breeding farm, for when the geese are ripe they are shipped to Xew York and sold. Geese are usu- ally bred in small numbers by small farmers and good housewiyes, mostly in Tennessee and other southern states. Then yery many of them are brought up in small flocks and shipped to a few men who are in the goose feeding business, fattened and shipped on to New York. Jewish people eat many fat geese, although consumption is not at all confined to them. It is the people of European birth, however, who most long for fat goose at holiday season. "There is nothing to the goose feed- ing business," remarked Mr. Firke. "They are the easiest things fed in make" them fat in thirty days, but to assemble the 10,000 is the work of a long time. We begin in the summer by correspondence to try to locate our geese. We have a multitude of men assisting us, local dealers all over Tennessee and other states as well. We drive them in to the railway. Some of them we will drive for sixty miles. Geese are very easily driven, the easiest animals that I know, but they get footsore after awhile and then they have to be shod. It is very rapidly and easily done. We drive them through thick pine tar and after- wards over sand. Then they have shoes and walk ever so much better, and the shoeing lasts for quite a long time. When we get them home we put them at once on a full feed of shelled corn and water. They con- sume some baled straw, and we give them grit. We prefer to feed them in sheds, as we feed lambs, but when we have 10.000 of them we have to feed all the little tots with them. They are not hard to hold with fences and they are less trouble than any other live stock that we have ever fed, only they make shelled corn melt away like Veterinary Dentistry Ira Barker Dalziel Kvery facility to g-ive the best of proles alonal eerrtces to all cases of veterinary dentistry. Complicated cases treated sue cesafully. Calls from oat of town promptly responded to. The best work at reasonable price* IRA BARKER DALZIEL. 530 Fulton St. Stock Ranch For Sale 7,000 Acres, Humboldt Co., at $9 Per Acre 7.000 acres, southern Humboldt county, lying directly on the railroad. Well fenced, and subdivided, with good im- provements in the way of dwelling house, barns and outbuildings. Has a large num- ber of slopes and comparatively level places which would be good for general farming and for fruits, particularly ap- ples, pears and prunes. At the present time, at least until the railroad is com- pleted from TJkiah to Eureka, this ranch is best adapted to raising cattle and hogs. President of a large commercial bank declares this 7,000 acres to be a magnificent cattle ranch, and to have on it the best feed of any place in this section. There were thousands of acres of it where the grass was from one to two feet high all summer, much of it be- ing wild oats. This ranch has 300 to 400 cattle and other personal property now on the premises, which can be bought at a very reasonable price. Beef cattle are being sold this season at 13^>c right on the property. After the railroad Is completed this ranch will rapidly ad- vance. Price, $9 per acre. For further particulars, address, P. W. KELLET, Breeder and Sportsman, San Francisco. CaL the morning dew. A goose will con- sume a half-bushel of corn in thirty days, and it would eat fifteen bushels of corn in a year. Where they are bred they do not get much corn, only grass, before they come to us. "We receive as much as 18 cents a pound for fat geese weighing 9 to 12 pounds. We put on about 3 or 4 pounds in our feeding. It is curious that they will not eat too much. We bring them right from the cars to the feeding pens and allow them immediately all the shelled corn they will eat. I have a new scheme — to let geese instead of pigs follow cattle. I must have three feedlots for the cattle so that the geese can clean up the corn in the droppings without being in danger of getting underfoot. There is money in feeding geese but it is a most trouble- some business to find them and buy them." Mr. Firke is an instinctive and ha- bitual feeder. When his geese have gone he puts in cattle or lambs. His great feeding sheds all have concret- ed floors and electric lights. "I am proud of our electrically lighted barns," said he. "It is in the line of true economy, . as we can feed at twelve-hour intervals and with com- fort We are planning to use Tennes- see rock phosphate on our manures this year." — Joseph E. Wing in Breed- ers' Gazette. o CHICKENS SHOULD NOT ROOST. Half grown birds should not be allowed to roost. They should be given plenty of litter to nestle down in during the night. Haymow sweep- ings, cut alfalfa straw or the commer- cially prepared poultry litters are good. The breast bone of a young chick is soft and will become bent and twisted if the chick is allowed to roost before it has hardened. If the late-hatched pullets do not start laying as early as they ought to, feed at noon a grain mash mixed with an equal amount of buttermilk. That means to 100 pounds of dry mash mix- ture add 100 pounds of buttermilk. Feed about seven pounds of this wet mash to each flock of 100. This mash acts as a stimulant and forces them along a little faster. It is, of course, fed in addition to the regular ration of dry mash in hoppers and grain in the litter. From experiments that have been made in feeding hogs on barley, it has been found to be nearly as valuable for this purpose as corn. The hull of the barley is thicker and more woody than the bran of corn, which is to the disadvantage of the former. On the other hand, barley contains a higher percentage of protein and is more nearly a balanced ration in itself than corn. Experiments have shown that practically as good results can be ob- tained by using a mixture of equal parts of corn and barley as with corn. If the hulls were removed from the barley grain, one might reasonably expect just as good results as with corn. Western Canada Fair and Racing Circuit OFFERS OVER $200,000 IN PURSES Circuit commences at Edmonton, Alberta, May 22nd Then to Saskatoon, Yorkton, Regina, Moosejaw in Saskatchewan, Calgary and Lethbridge in Alberta, Swift Current in Saskatchewan, Winnipeg and Brandon in Manitoba, Regina and Saskatoon in Saskatchewan, Edmonton and Red Deer in Alberta North Battleford and Prince Albert in Saskatchewan, Ending August 27th Circuit Programme may be had by applying to E. L. RICHARDSON, Circuit Secretary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Gombault's Caustic Balsam The Worlds Greatest and Surest W$ Veterinary Remedy fjl HAS IMITATORS BUT NO COMPETITORS! SAFE, SPEEDY AND POSITIVE, Supersedes All Cautery or 7/ir- inj. Invaluable as a. CURE tot FOUNDER- WIND PUFFS, THRUSH, DIPHTHERIA, SKIN DISEASES, RINGBONE, PINK EYE, SWEENY, BONY TUMORS, LAMENESS FROM SPAVIN, QUARTER CRACKS, SCRATCHES, POLL EVIL, PARASITES. REMOVES BUNCHES or BLEMISHES, SPLINTS, CAPPED! tCBL, STRAINE. TENDONS. We guarantee that one tablespoon tnl of Canstlo Balsam will produce more actual results than a whola bottle of any liniment or spavin mixture ever made Every bottle 6old ia warranted to g-ive satisfaction Write for testimonials showing -what the most proml nent horsemen say of it. Price, SI. 50 per bottle. Sold by druggists, or sent by express, charges paid, with t nU directions for its use. The Accepted Standard VETERINANY REMEDY Always Reliable. Sure In Results. ^^TfttSSklt"* } CLEVELAND, 0 NOTHING T*TTT GOOD RESULTS- Have used GOMBATTLT'5 CAUSTIC BALSAM for more I Jmn 20 venr*. It is the best blisterl have ever tried. I have ■ iserf it in hundreds of cases ■with best results. Itisrer- Ifectlvsafo forthe n>ost inexperienced person touse. This ; isthelnrccstbrepd.nir establishment of trot tine horses in the world, ondnse- your Uister often.— »". H. KAYJIUSD, ■Prop. Belmont i'ftrk Stock Farm, Belmont Park, llont USTCD 10 TEAT?"? STTCCESSFUTXY. Ihaveosed GOMBITJLT'S CAUSTIC BALSAM for ton rears j have been very successful in enrine curb .ringbone, I capped hock and knee, bod ankles, rheumatism, and al- i I most every cause of lameness in horses. Have a stable of I I forty head, mostlv track and speedway horses, and cer- I Italnly can recommend it. — C. C. CRAMER, Tnialaf I I Stables. 890 Jennings Street, Sew York City. ' 6o#t? Ayents for tho United States and Canada* The Lawrence-Williams Co. TORONTO, ONTr CLEVELAND, OHIO. #% PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION „#% a( 191 "5 Is ' '"' '*' " %>W^^ Race Meetings, San Francisco, California, 1915 ■1/^Srtv^' Given under the Auspices of the Pacific Coast Trotting" Horse Breeders Association $80,000 Early Closing' Stakes. Only 2 per cent to Start ENTRIES CLOSE, APRIL 1, 1914 SUMMER MEETING. JUNE. 1915. FALL MEETING. OCT. 30 TO NOV. 13. 1913. No. 17—2:10 CLASS TROTTING No. 22-2:08 CLASS PACING - $20,000 I No. 2—2:10 CLASS TROTTING $20,000 I No. 39—2:06 CLASS PACING ENTRIES MADE APR. 1, 1914, $400 TO START. $20,000 $20,000 Horses to be named with entry. Entrance fee to accompany nomination. Horses must be eligible on Jan. 1, 1915, to stakes in which they are entered. Stakes divided $5000 to the first heat, $5000 to the second heat, $5000 to the third heat and $5000 according to rank in summary. Honeys divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. — All races mile heats, 3 in 5. Xo race longer than five heats, and moneys in races not decided before the fifth heat will be divided according to rank in the summary at the termination of the fifth heat. Other guaranteed stakes from $2,000 to $5,000 for all classes, Trotters and Pacers. $227,000 for 24 Days Racing 1(1915)1 All other classes eicept the $20,000 guaranteed stakes will close the year of the race. <0hr<&Ci Right reserved to reject any or all entries or declare off or postpone any or all races on account ^/^lM^\^, of weather or other sufficient cause. 5(101^ in Members of National Trotting: Association and American Trotting Association. National Trotting ^.liyl/ /< Association rules to govern. *Pr$o iy& For entry blanks and further particulars, address F. W. KELLEY, Secretary, ^wctT^* 610 Exposition Building, San Francisco, Cal. Tiu Saturday, March 7, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 ^:^:^-:-^:-^:^;-^:-^:^-;^-:^-;^-:^:::s-:-^:-^;^^-;-j-:^h^k COP A DE ORO 1:59 Winning Performance SL DURFEE'S STALLIONS CARLOKIN 2:071-2 Eihlbition Mile 2:051-4 ^-sv.^:-.?-:-©-:-.:.-:-:.-:^:^:-^-^^ CHAMPION PAGING STALLION OF THE WEST Reg". No. 52785. Licensed Pure Bred, Cert. No. 1298 Sire of Chango (2) 2:13'/2; Gold Lily (2) 2:24/2; Con- tention B. (2) 2:24|/2; De Oro (2) 2:27/2. Fastest stallion on the Pacific Coast, and one of the handsomest horses in the world. Golden bay, stands 15.3% hands high and weighs 1200 "lbs. By Nutwood Wilkes 2:16&; dam Atherine 2:16*4, by Patron 2:16^4 ; second dam Athene, by Harold 413; third dam Minerva, by Pilot Jr. 12; fourth dam, Bac- chante Mambrino, by Mambrino Chief 11. Copa de Oro is destined to be one of the greatest of all pacing sires. His colts show remarkable speed, stamina and manners. I trained two 2-year-old pacers by him this summer and either could step a half close to a minute. FEE: $75 for the Season, Usual return privilege I am especially well equipped for caring for mares at reasonable rates in any way responsibility is assumed for accidents or escapes. Further particulars may be had by applying to Reg. No. 36548. Licensed Pure Bred. Cert. No. 1297. Champion Trotter and Champion Sire of Trotters in the West. Mahogany bay, stands 15.1^ and weighs 1060. Sire of Esperanza (2) 2:14|/4; John Warwick (2) 2:17; Carsto (2) 2:22/2; Santiago (3) 2:24|/4; Carlrich (2) 2:24|/2; Ethel D. (2) 2:26/2; El Carbine (2) 2:2714; The Lark (2) 2:28J/2; Carlos (2) 2:29'/4, and Fulton G. (2) 2:30, May Marion (3) 2:24und barrel and perfect legs and feet. There never was more popular horse to fact a starter and his action is t near perfection and the poetry of motion as it is pos- ble to conceive. He has never been bred to many mares he has been raced every year, but the few that he has Pleasanton show that he transmits all his qualities form, disposition, gameness, speed and soundness to remarkable degree. He is a sure foal getter. Terms: $100 for the season, with usual return privilege. Limited to thirty mares. ,ft coo I VERNON McKINNEY 2:01 1-2 1 Reg. No. 53803. Bright bay, stands 16 hands and will weigh 1200 pounds. By Guv McKinney 37625 (sire of 4), son of the great McKINNEY 2:11|/4 (sold for §50,000 at 17 years — the lead- ing living sire, including 25 in 2:10). Dam, Maud Vernon, by Mount Vernon 2:15% (sire of 2 and dams Vernon McKinney 2:01!/3 and Leata J. 2:03). Second dam Mag, by General McClellan 144 (sire of 3 and dams of 12, including Vernon McKinney 2:01% and Leata J. 203). Leata J. was raced on the Grand Circuit in 1913, winning §17,500, the largest money-winning pac- ing mare in 1913. She was also by a son of the great McKinney. Vernon McKinney 2:01% is a magnificent stallion, stands over 16 hands, a bright bay in color, and individ- ually as fine a type as ever was foaled. He has all the qualifications to make a sire and the few colts by him show that he transmits his perfect conformation, color, good disposition and extreme speed to his progeny. He was the fastest pacer out in 1911 and in 1912 he paced to his present record — 2:01% — when quite lame from an injurs'. He is bred in the very best of speed producing lines. The suberabundance o fthe blood of Geo. Wilkes 2:22, through Alcvone 2:23, sire of McKinney 2:11%, his celebrated sire, Guy Wilkes 2:15%, and Onward 2:25%, and back of that cross to Mambrino Patchen and Nut- wood 2:18% .the great sire of famous speed producing broodmares, backed up by the stoutest of old line thor- oughbred blood, makes him a remarkable stallion from which anv owner of a well bred mare has a right by breeding to him to expect the fastest pacer in the world! No horse living ever paced with greater ease or has a greater natural flight of speed, and the few foals he has are perfect likenesses of him in every way. Terms: $50 for the season, with usual return privilege. 1 ZOMBLACK 2:26 1 Reg. No. 54955. (Trial (3) 2:08%. Bv Zombro 2:11 (sire 15 in 2:10 and the dam of Hemet (3) 2:08%). Dam, Madeline Marshall, (dam of 2) by Demonio 2:11% (sire of 15, including 5 in 2:10). Second dam, Mamie Comet 2:23% (dam of 3) by Nut- wood 2:1S% (sire of 200 and dams of 390). Zomblack 2:26 (three-year-old trial 2:08%) is a pure- gaited trotter, and were it not that he was taken sick would have earned a record faster than any Zombro ever foaled. In color he is a coal black, no white, stands about 16 hands, and his conformation is such that the leading horsemen on the Grand Circuit unanimously agreed he was the handsomest horse either in action or repose that ever came from California, and it was a question if his equal is to be found in America. He is a sound, muscular made, perfectly proportioned stallion, having a beautiful head, neck, ears and legs, sloping shoulders, short back, is round ribbed, close coupled and a beautiful type of a perfect horse. His disposition is of the sweetest, while his breeding is of the best. That he will be a sire of speed and gameness no one who has given the subject of breeding and selection any consideration will deny. Terms: .$50 for the season, with usual return privilege. These stallions will make the season of 1914 at the PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK The best of care taken of mares in any manner owners may desire, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address CHAS. L. DeRYDER, Superintendent. bost for foundations, dairy floors, fruit dry or floors, otc. ste. MT. DIABLO CEMENT drysr floors, sto. ete, SANTA CRUZ LIME MT. DIABLO LIME bait far brloklayl ef and plastering. baat far spraying and whitewashing. WRITE FOR INFORMATION AND PRICES ON ALL BUILDING MATERIAL. HENRY COWELL LIME & CEMENT COMPANY 9 MAIN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. ADVERTISE YOUR STALLION IN THE BREEDER & SPORTSMAN THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday. 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Pleasant to use. $2. 00 a bottle, delivered. Describe your case for special instructions and Book 5 K. free. ABSORBINE, JR.. antiseptic liniment for mankind re- duces Strains, Painful, Knotted. Swollen Veins, Milk Leg, Gout. Concentrated — only a few drops required at an appli- cation. Price SI per bottle at dealers or delivered. W. f. YOUNG, P, U, f., 54 Temple St., Springfield, Mass. For laleby Langley A .Michaels, San Francisco, Calif.; Woodward, Clark & Co , Portland. Ore ; Cal. Crag & Cham. Co., Brun»wig Prog Co., Western Wholesale Drag Co., Los Angeles, CauX Klrfc, Cleary & Co., Sacramento, Calif.; Pacific Drug. Co., Seattle, Wash.; Spokane Drug Co., Spo- kane, Wash.; Coffin, Redintrton Co.. San FranciBco. Cal / The hen's place on the farm should not be a housewives' proposition, but rather, a farm proposition. The farmer should plan for them when he lays the outlines of his farm manage- ment. Little things often bring big results and the hen may be one of the neglected opportunities of the farm- -.I'll MM SAVE-THE-HORSE (Trade Mark BegirteredJ The Time Is Now All winter long-, the troubled owner of a lame horse reads our advertise- ments. Then, day after day slips away, while he talks, laments, listens, takes advice and hesitating — FAILS TO ACT, — till the Springtime is on him and his horse is not yet able to work. Mean- time, the thrifty, prosperous, resolute man reads, considers the evidence care- fully— Decides Promptly — and his horse is working in, say, ten days to two weeks. That's exactly what happens every win- ter. BE GOVERNED BY THE PROVEN EXPERIENCE OF OTHERS. Twyman's Mill, Va„ Jan. 4, 1914. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. T. Dears Sirs: Tour letter received ask- ing could you publish my letters. I never before gave my signature to a propri- etary preparation in my life, but as I consider your remedy a blessing to all owners of horses you can use this letter or previous ones if you wish. Yes, two cases of bog spavin were cured and one of thoroughpin, and all have remained well. I was so much pleased that I have ever since recommended it when I saw a case which I thought would be benefited and it has been successful. Yours truly, E. W. TWYMAN, M. D. SAVE-THE-HORSE PERMANENTLY CURES Bone and Bog Spavin, Ringbone (except Low Ringbone), Curb, Thor- oughpin, Splint, Shoe Boil, TVindpuff, In- jured Tendons, Shoulder and Hip Lame- ness. $5 per bottle, with contract to cure or refund money. TROY CHEMICAL CO. BINGHAMTON N.Y Druggists and Dealers everywhere sell Save-the-Horse WITH CONTRACT, or we send by Parcel Post or Ex- press prepaid. Blake, Moffit & Towne Outer. In PAPER 37-1st St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake, McFall & Co., Portland, Ore. Blake, Moffit and Towne. Los Angeles HEALD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE trains for Business and places its grad- uates in positions. 1215 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco KEEP YOUR HORSES IN PRIME WORKING Condition J3k BEAR BEAVER ROSE CITY PORTLAND SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES The San Francisco 6 Portland S. S. COMPANY 722 Market St. San Francisco Telephone Sutter 2344 MLACE HOTEL ENTIRELY REBUILT JINCE THE FIRE Far famed and first named wherever good hotels are mentioned. Recognized as the headquarters of the businessmen of the world. The place where you always find your friends European Plan Only. Management PALACE HOTEL COMPANY M fMNCtfCO AHORSE in the field— working for j'ou— is worth two in the barn— simply eating their heads off. There is no way otpreventiii° spavin «""- *3g*2S$F &LC^ma^SS^flayiT?-yOM horses-but there is a way of safely and has been a rfuaole SS&32 S^SSS^S^ SSOT^^JSS^ffi^fe Kendall's Spavin Cure f^\*K^^W» ^^i^^^boT&^^l? Ss3VeS Tney bu*\CtUal* ™k« »oney by using Never he without* bottle of *ZJssZtc" V '°th,ne e^' t°>' '*" .s used according to directions." remedy m,» be worth the JrSof^K, ^kJ^^Vg^aleT"™* ""' h"^M",« this Don t call your case •■hopeless" in the face of above testimony. . ehSZWilt'ffla^ 5'°Ur ?™V*fc The price is uniform. only?1.00 per bottie, me same time ask for our invaluable "Treatise on the Horse," or write to ^^B^hKBndall Co., Enosburg Falls, Vt., U.S.A. SPECIAL ADVERTISING. Wanted, For Sale and Miscellaneous advertisements under this head will b< set in nonpareil (same type below) am will be published at the rate of 2 cent: per word each insertion, or 6 cents pe word by the month. Count each abbrevi ationand initial as a word. FOR SALE. — The best bred McKinne; mare in California: first dam Much Bet ter 2:07*4; second dam None Bette 2:23%, by Allandorf 2:19y2, son of On ward 2:25%. This mare will foal ii about 30 days, to Nearest McKinne' 2:13%. T. W. BARSTOW, 1042 The Ala meda, San Jose, Cal. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY for th. right man. A thorough horseman pre ferred. Must have good references. I you are looking for something right, ad dress, G. W. GRAY & CO., Geneva, N. Y FOR SALE.— ISLAM, Black Percheron S yrs. old, Imp. and Reg., weighs 2. _ lbs., sound and a sure foal getter. "Wa first in sweepstakes wherever shown, ani won two silver cups. Also colt sired b; Islam, a 3-yr-old. For further particu lars address, I. W. CHENEY, Turlock Cal. FOR SALE. — Brindle and white femal Bull Terrier whelped July 20, 1912. j fine brood bitch, just weaning her seconi litter of nine pups each. Breeding am price on application. DR. I. L. TUCKER Oroville, Cal. WANTED. — By a sober, steady, activ man, with lifelong experience, a situatie) on a stock farm, or private stable. Under stands thoroughly the management o stallions, brood mares and foals. Is a: expert handler of colts and trainer to speed. Is not afraid of hard work carl; and late. Best of references furnished Address J AS. E. LANG, Forest Grove Oregon. FOR SALE.— ALTON, foaled in 1892, b Altamont 3600, dam by Alex. Butto 1177S; second clam by Black Eagle; thir dam by Reavis' Blackbird. Alton is th sire of Albia that raced in the northwes and won all of his races, getting a mar of 2:lli4 at Salem. Albia is not by Ira Alto. Alton also sired Alton S., now work ing at Pleasanton, and one of the bes green pacers in California. Alba's dar is by Knight and Alton S.'s dam is sai to be by Silver Bow. For further par ticulars apply to or address W. G. HAR RIS, Dixon, Cal. al Mcdonald PUBLIC TRAINING STABLE Pleasanton Driving Park Horses Trained and Campaigned. Ft turity Stake Entries Given Careft Preparation. Best of Care Guaranteed al Mcdonald, Pleasanton, Ca WM. F. EGAN, M.R.C.V.S Veterinary Surgeon 1155 Golden Gate Av*» Branch Hospital, corner Webster ana chettnt] Streets. San Francisco. Ca felOMMKStal MAKE CKANIMAL WELL L\ "Write today for a FREE )3> Sample of Dr. Korinek's Gall Powder. The Dr. Korinek Capsule the most modern develop- ment in animal medicine is easily and safely given— exact dose— quick results— do not deteriorate— always on hand for emergencies. Put up as follows: Dr. Korinek's Colic Cap- sules— Kidney Capsules- Fever Capsules — Diarrhoea Capsules — Worm Cap- sules—Tonic Capsules and Physic Capsules. Also Dr. Korinek's Gall Powder, Stock Food and Tonic, Poul- try Food and Tonic, Dis- temper Remedy, Eye Rem- edy, Roup Remedy, Ver- min Destroyer. Dog: Rem- edies and Disinfectants. For Sale in every Town or by the KORINEK VETERINARY REMEDY CO. MEDFORD, OREGON, U. S. A. Saturday, March 7, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 Breed To The Very Choicest Stallions ROBERT BINGEN 2:141 (Reg. No. 45033) THREE QUARTER BROTHER TO J. MALCOLM FORBES 2:08. HIS DAM, EPISODE 2:18, IS NOT ONLY A FAMOUS BROODMARE, BUT SHE IS ALSO HALF-SISTER TO AMERICA'S LEADING TROTTING SIRE, PETER THE GREAT 2:07'/4. Sired by Bingen 2:06% (sire of Uhlan 1:58, Admiral Dewey 2:04%, The Leading Lady, 3, 2:07, J. Malcolm Forbes 4, 2:0S, and 8 others in 2:10, 144 in the 2:30 list) by May King 2:21*4 (son of Electioneer), out of Young Miss (dam of 3, 2 sires of 148 and 3 dams of 6) by Young Jim (son of Geo. Wilkes 2:22), sire of 4S, dams of 94; grandam Miss Mambrino by Red Wilkes, one of the best sons of Geo. Wilkes 2:22, etc. Robert Bingen's dam was a trotter, Episode 2:1S (dam of 1 in 2:30 and Mr. Pinker- ton, sire of Peter the Second 2:04%, Pinkerton 2:17 and two others in 2:30. Episode also produced the dam of "Victor Forbes 2:23%). by Ambassador 2:21% (sire of Ambu- lator 2:09V2. Susie T. 2:09%, Abnet 2:10% and 70 others in 2:30), son of Geo. Wilkes 2:22 and Ladv Carr (dam of 4, 4 sires of 84 and 4 dams of 7 standard performers) by ftjnerican Clay 34, sire of 3, 3 sires of 7 and 33 dams of 47 in the list; grandam Kate by Sir Wallace. Robert Bingen's second dam was Santos (dam of Peter the Great 2:07%, the great- est sire of extreme speed ever foaled, J. Malcolm Forbes 2:0S, the great sire, Chimes of Normandy 2:16% and 3 others in 2:30) by Grand Sentinel 2:29% (sire of 22), he by Sentinel 2:29% (sire of 8) out of Maid of Lexington by Mambrino Pilot 2:28% (sire of 9), son of Mambrino Chief 11 and Juliet by Pilot Jr. 12. Maid of Lexington's dam was by Imported Leviathan. Robert Bingen's third dam was Shadow (dam of 4) by Young Octoroon (broodmare sire), he bv Octoroon out of a mare by Joe Brown, son of Davy Crockett. The fourth dam was Swallow by Joe Hooker 1S5, he by Mambrino Chief 11 out of the Warren Mare (dam of Governor 2:30) by Canada Chief. ?-©bert Bingen is a beautiful bay stallion, foaled in 1905, standing full sixteen hands, is perfect in conformation, has a splendid disposition, and will undoubtedly lower his record this year. He is young, sound and vigorous, has only been bred to a few mares and -he owners of his progeny declare they are perfect likenesses of their sire and lr. every way promising trotters. Although Robert Bingen 2:14% obtained this record as a pacer he is a natural trotter and as a two-year-old trotted very fast but trained off and his owner put him to pacing. This horse will be given a trotting record and it will be a :'a»t one. He is strictly trotting bred. His breeding shows for itself and it is a question >i »nerc is a oetter bred Bingen in America today. PRINCE ANSEL 2, 2:201-2 Cat. Registered No. 29220. License Certificate No. 1053. Sire of LOTTIE ANSEL (2) 2:14[/4 — Champion two-year-old trotting filly of 1912. PRINCE LOT 2 :073A— Fastest trotting gelding in the West in 1912. ARISTA ANSEL (2) 2:18[/4— Winner of the Canfield-Clark Stake in 1912. PRINCE ANSEL was sired by Dexter Prince 11363, sire of Bernice R. 2:07%, Lison- jero 2:08%, Eleata 2:08%, James L. 2:09%, Edith 2:10 and 60 others, out of Woodfiower (dam of Seylex 2:15%, Prince Ansel (2) 2:20%) by Ansel 2:20 (son of Electioneer 125), sire of 14 in 2:30, 6 sires of 16 and 14 dams of 17 in the list; Ansel 2:20 sired Norris 2:22% who sired the dams of Lady Maud C. 2:00% and Hedgewood Boy 2:01, etc.; second dam Mayflower 2:30%, dam of Manzanita 2:16 and Wildflower 2:21, by St. Clair 16675. PRINCE ANSEL is a very handsome bay stallion; stands 15:3 hands, and weighs 1200 pounds. He is noted for siring colts and fillies that are endowed with early and extreme speed. During 1910 six of his get took records, and four were three-year-olds and under. In 1911 Adansel, a three-year-old, obtained his mark of 2:14*4, while Prince Lot and Wesos lowered their records. In 1912 Lottie Ansel, a two-year-old, won all the Futurities she started in, getting a mark of 2:14%, the Coast record for fillies, and heads all record-holders of her age in America for the year. Arista Ansel, another two-year-old Futurity winner, got a record of 2:18%, while Prince Lot lowered his record to 2:07%. In 1913 Laura Rogers lowered her record to 2:11% and Ima Dudley got a mark of 2:27%, whil e John Malcolm, out of one of Prince Ansel's daugh- ters obtained the world's record for two-year-old pacers, 2:11%.. Prince Ansel's prog- eny is noted for intelligence, soundness, perfect action and stamina. SEASON OF 1914 AT THE RACE TRACK, WOODLAND, CAL. Terms: For Robert Bingen 2:14j/2, $75 by the season. For Prince Ansel 2:20/2j $50 With usual return privilege. Pasture for mares during season at $5.00 per month; not responsible for ac- cidents or escapes. For further information, address HARRY DOWLING, Manager Woodland Stock Farm, Woodland, Cal. TO GET A CHAMPION, BREED TO A CHAMPION. JIM LOGAN 2:02] (3) 2:05^2, world's record to 1912; (5) 2:04/4, (6) 2:03'/^, (7) 2:02%. All winning race records. Registry Number 44997- By CHAS. DERBY 2:20 (brother to Klatawah (3) 2:05|/2t etc.), sire of Jim Logan 2:02%, Don Derby 2:04'/2. Capt. Derby 2:06i/2, Dan Logan 2:07!/2 and 6 others in 2:10. Dam, EFFIE LOGAN, California's greatest producer of extreme speed (dam of Jim Logan 2:02%, Sir Albert S. 2:03%, and Dan Logan 2:07%, sire of John Malcolm (2) 2:11%, champion two-year-old of 1913), by Durfee 11256, son of Kaiser 2:28 and Julia, by Revenue 2:22%; second dam Ripple, sister to Creole 2:15, by Prompter 2305, sire of the dam of Gratt 2:02%, etc.; third dam Grace (dam of Daedalion 2:0S%, Creole 2:15 and Eagle 2:19%), by Buccaneer 2656, sire of the dams of 2 in 2:10; fourth dam Mary, great broodmare, by Flaxtail. JIM LOGAN is a handsome dark bay horse, stands 16 hands and weighs 1075 pounds. After setting a world's record of 2:05% at three years of age, he has lowered his record every season he has been raced and is absolutely sound, showing he has the best of feet and legs. He has only a few living foals and all of them that have been trained have shown speed towarrant his being a sire. His full brother, Dan Logan, sired the winners of the Breeders' Futurity of 1912 and the two and three-year-old events of 1913, John Malcolm, his two-year-old, getting the world's record of 2:11%. In the stud, season of 1914, at Woodland Race Track. FEE: $50 for season, with usual return privilege, or $75 to insure living colt. Fees payable at time of service or before removal of mares. Excellent pasture at $4 per month, with best of care for mares, though no responsibility will be assumed for acci- dents or escapes. Call at race track, or address J. ELMO MONTGOMERY, Davis, Cal Montbaine 48667 Son of MOKO 24457; sire of 7 in 2:10, dams of five in 2:10, 100 standard performers; dam, KREM MARIE, dam of four trotters by KREMLIN 2:07%, sire of dams of six in 2:10; second dam, Maymont, by Blackmont, sire of dam of Minnehaha 2:09%; third dam, Maywood (dam of Mayhill 2:19, . 2:17%) by Blackwood 74, etc. MONTBAINE is an exceedingly handsome ma- hogany bay horse; stands 15.3% hands and weighs 1200 pounds. He has proven a very sure breeder, and his colts are fine individuals of ample size, quality and pronounced natural speed. He will make the season of 1914 at The Suisun Stock Farm, at a fee of ?40 for the season, with return privilege. Moko and Kremlin rank among the greatest sires of today, and you can make no mistake by breeding to Montbaine. For particulars, call at barn, or address THE SUISUN STOCK FARM, B. F. Rush, Suisun, Cal. (Rush & Haile.) MOKO HALL 2:11 Son of Walnut Hall 2:081-4 Winner of the Kentucky Futurity for Two-year- olds, and sire of The Harvester 2:01 The World's Champion Trotting Stallion. Martha Tipton 2:09h. Warner Hall H) 2:K-4, 0'NeU 2:01%. etc. The dam of MOKO HALL was by the most fashionable sire of trotters in the United States today, and that horse is MOKO. MOKO HALL is bred in the top crosses just like The Harvester, who was also by-Walnut Hall, out of a mare by Moko, the sire of 104 in 2:30, including such stake winners as Fereno 2:05%, Tenara 2:05%, Native Belle (3) 2:06%, Manrico (3) 2:07%, Susie N. (3) 2:09%, and Brenda York (3), pacing, 2:04%, and bis sons are siring early and extreme speed also. MOKO HALL is one of the handsomest and most uniformly made stallions in California. There is not a weak spot or place on bim. As a trotter be proved himself to be most level-headed and game, as well as possessed of a higb turn of speed in all his racing on the California Circuit last season. At Sacramento he forced Maymack to trot a mile in 2:08% to beat bim. A year- living filly by him trotted a quarter in 34% seconds at. Santa Rosa last Sep- tember. Will make the season of 1914 at Agricultural Park, Sacramento, Cal. FEE: #75 for the season. Usual return privileges. Good pasturage, and the best of care taken o£ mares in any manner that owners may desire, at reasonable rates, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. For further particulars address F. J. RUHSTALLER, Sacramento, Cal. The "Golden Cross" McMYRTLE George Wilkes Electioneer Reg. No. 58007. (Sire of John Gwynne 2:11%.) By McKINNEY 2:1114, SIRE OF 24 AND THE DAMS OF 6 IN 2:10; HIS SONS HAVE SIRED 37 IN 2:10. Dam, Myrtledale, by Iran Alto 2:12^ (sire of 16 trotters, 1 pacer), fastest and most prolific son of Palo Alto 2:08%, and out of Elaine 2:20 (dam of 4 trotters, 1 sire, and 2 dams of 8 trotters and 1 pacer), by Messenger Duroc 109. Second dam, Nettie Nutwood (dam of Hillsdale 2:15, one of the best three-year- olds of his day, and Twenty Third, dam of Sterling McKinney 2:06% and Unlmak 2:22%). by Nutwood 2:18%, sire of 2 and the dams of 20 in 2:10; third dam, daughter of Ethan Allen Jr. 2803, one of the prolific members of the great family of Black Hawk 5; fourth dam by Williamson's Belmont. McMYRTLE is an extremely handsome individual, rich bay in color, 15.3 hands in height, and weighs 1150 pounds. He is a clean-going trotter, with a trial of 2:17 before retirement to the stud. His opportunities as a sire have been extremely lim- ited, but his colts are the kind that it pays to breed — large, solid color, handsome and good movers. Only one was ever trained, John Gwynne, who got a record trotting of 2:11%. SEASON OF 1914 at PETALUMA AND SAN RAFAEL, CAL. Terms, $30 for the season, $40 to insure. Best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address for all further information, DOLCIN1 & DOLCINI, Petaluma, Cal. THE STANDARD TROTTING STALLION. JOHANO Black stallion, 15.2 hands, sired by Carlokin 2:07% (sire of 8 two-year-olds in the list that are conceded to be the best ever seen in the West). Son of McKinney 2:11%, the greatest sire of 2:10. performers, out of Carlotta Wilkes (dam of 10 in 2:30, of which 4 are in 2:07% or better) by Charley Wilkes 2:21%; grandam Aspasia (dam of 4) by Alcantara 2:23; great grandam Miss Buchanan (dam of 1 and dams of 5 in 2:30) by Clark Chief, etc. Johano was out of Johanah Treat 2:24% (dam of Zulu Belle, trotting 2:10%, pacing 2:06%; Del Coronado 2:09% (sire of Teddy Bear 2:05. Cora 2:08%, Little Bernice 3, 2:09%, etc.); My Irene S. 2, 2:28% (dam of Esperanza 2, 2:14y2l Carlos (2) 2:29%, and the dam of Nutway 2:29%. Johanah Treat was by Thomas Rysdyk 10649 (a sire), son of Rysdyk 653 and Largesse 2:25 by Scott's Thomas 2:21 grandam Fanny Howard by Woful, son of Black Hawk 24. Johanah Treat's dam was Kate Treat by Venture 2:27% (sire of the dams of Directum 2:05%, Sidney Dillon, sire of Lou Dillon 1:58%, etc.) by Williamson's Belmont. Johano is a pure-gaited trotter. As a yearling he trotted quarters in 33 seconds; then, meeting with an accident which fractured his lower jaw, he was laid up for two years. He has entirely recovered and recently trotted a mile in 2:30, and it is predicted by those who have seen him that he will get a very low record this season. He is a very stylish, well made stallion with a splendid disposition. He is one of the best bred sons of Carlokin, as can be seen by the above, and seekers after stallions that carry the blood of the futurity winners in their veins and are anxious to get colts and fillies that will have a natural inheritance of beauty, soundness, early and ex- treme speed should not overlook this grand looking young stallion. Will make the season of 1914 at Pleasanton Driving Park. Terms: $25 for the season, with usual return privilege. Address HORACE FEINDEL, Pleasanton Driving Park, Pleasanton, Cal. PALO KING 2-28 1 R^. NO. Ceorg.W.lk.. 0 44910 Eloction«er Sire of Little Lucille, p. (3) 2:09, fastest filly of her age on Pacific Coast, and The Bulletin (2) 2:28!/2, trotting. By Marengo King 2:28!/2 (sire of Marie N. 2:08%, etc.), son of McKinney 2:11% and By By, great broodmare, by Nutwood 2:18%; dam Paio Belle 2:24^2, by Palo Alto 2:08%, son of Electioneer and sire of the dams of High Admiral 2:07%, Mahomet Watts (3) 2:10, etc.; second dam Belle Isle, great broodmare, by Piedmont 2:17%; third dam, Idabelle, great broodmare, by Hambletonian 10; fourth dam, Godfrey Star, by American Star 14. PALO KING is a bay horse of excellent size and conformation, a pure gaited trotter, and ranks as one of the most potent sires of his age in the world. His get are uniformly good colored, large, finely turned, good headed and endowed with natural speed. Season of 1914 at Woodland Race Track, where you can see his colts step. TERMS: $25 for the season, or $40 to insure. Call or address H. S. HOGOBOOM, Owner, Woodland, Cal. iiiE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, March 7, 1914 IHEMET STOCK FARMl -t- Hemet, Cal. § I W. F. WHITTIER, Pres. (Incorporated) BUDD DOBLE, V. P. and Mgr. | Home of the Champion Three-Year-Old Trotter <£ I WILBUR LOU 2:101 I Sired by KINNEY LOU 2:07 3-4 Sire of Wilbur Ldj 2:10' , True Kinney (2) 2:19 21 Standard Performers Son of MeKinney -:li]4 and Mary Lou -J:17 Dam LOUISE CARTER, 3, 2:24 Dam of Wilbur Lou (3) 2:10% Mamie Akin 2:12 Martin Carter (31 2:29% Daughter of Chestnut Tom 2 :13 by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16% WORLD'S CHAMPION YEARLING TROTTING STALLION 1910 p Unbeaten Two-Year-Old In 1911 gj Winner of California State Fair and Pacific Coast Breeders' Association X Futurities in 1912. Record in Third Heat of a winning race. © Also holder of the World's Record of a Five-Heat Race by a 3-year-old Stallion. « Limited number of approved mares at $100 the season. KINNEY^de LOPEZ 2:23 | Son of Kinney Lou 2:07% and Betsey Direct by Direct 2:05%. ffl $50 the Season g fii Terms: Cash at time of service with usual return privilege, or money re- M V funded at our option. Excellent pasturage and best of care taken of mares, t£ B but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. A In :33.) Foaled 1911 Bv Jay McGregor 2:07% (sire of 7 in 2:10 and daml of Colorado E. (3) 2:04% . Leading sire of race- winning trotters in 1913. Dam Mary Gordon 2:09% (race record), by Gordon 3127 1 (sire of 1 in 2:10} byOnward 2:25%. Second dam, Nell (dam of 1 in 2:10) by Young Octoroon (sire of grandam of PETER THE GREAT 2:071/4, J. MALCOLM FORBES 2:08, etc.). Onward McGregor is a grand individual with faultless disposition. His breeding should commend him to broodmare owners. He is the only son of that fashionable sire Jay McGregor, in California, while on his dam's side he traces directly to Onward I and to the world's leading sire of 2:10 trotters, Peter the Great. Will make 1914 season at the Pleasanton Driving Park. Terms: $30 at time of service, with usual return privilege. (Limited to 20 mares.) Especially well prepared to care for mares but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. For further particulars and tabulated pedigree, address BERT WEBSTER, Manager, Pleasanton, Cal. McADRIAN 2:24 Reg. No. 453 91 Sire of Bert Kelly 2:12% Trix McAdrian (2) 2:23% Grace Chalmers (mat.). 2:20% Olive McAdrian (2) tr..2:22 Sired by GUY McKINNEY (sire of Vernon MeKinney 2:01%, Linden Girl 2:22. etc.); dam MAPLE LEAF 2:34% by Adrian 2:26y. (sire of Rosetta A. 2:14%), son of Keliance 2:22% and Adriana by Skenandoah; McAdrian's grandam was OLLIE RAY 2:39%, dam "of Acclamation 2:24% (sire of Lizzie C. 2:15), Vendome. dam of McKinley 2:29; his great grandam was MARY BLAINE by Signal 3327 (sire of the dam of Prussian Maid 2:19, etc.). Guy MeKinney, sire of McAdrian 2:24, was by MeKinney 2:11%, out of Flossie D., by Guy Wilkes 2:15Vi; second dam, Blanche Ward (dam of China Maid 2:05%), by Onward 2:25%; third dam, Blanche Patchen, by Mambrino Patchen 58, etc. McAdrian is one of the handsomest and strongest made grandsons of MeKinney in California. He has no faults; is a pure gaited trotter and a sure foal getter. He will make the season of 1914 at the race track, Red Bluff. Terms, $30 for the season. For further particulars, apply to or address E. D. DIGGES, Owner, Red Bluff, Cal. A Valuable Service Offered Free to Readers Make Your Lame Horse Sound, Like This You Can Do It While He Works. 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UNEXCELLED AS A REMEDY for bone and bog spavins, curbs, splints, ringbones, capped hocks, shoe boils, wind puffs, thoroughpins and bunches of all kinds, bowed, strained and ruptured tendons, shoulder, hip and stifle lameness, weak Joints, sweeny, cording up, throat trouble and rheumatism. Relieves pains and soreness without loss of hair or a day's let up. As a leg and body wash it has no equal, in- vigorates and restores the distressed horse between heats and after bard workouts. Price $2. 00 per bottle, prepaid on receipt of price. $16. OO per dox. ; $10. 00 per gat. CHESTNUT TOM 43488 Race Record 2:171-4 Trial 2:14 Sired by Nutwood Wilkes, Dam"Zeta Carter. Will make the Season of 1914 at Lanark Park, Modesto, Cal. TERMS: $30 for the Season usual return privilege. Good pasturage at $2.50 per month. R. S. IRVINE, Lanark Park, Modesto, Cal Saturday, March 7, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN IS The mm 1914 Trophy Offers To Amateur Shooters The Long Run Trophy — Solid Gold Watch Fob. The Season Trophies — Diamond Cuff Links. The Special Awards — 10 Attractive Trophies. The High Average Quail Pins — Solid Gold. The Trapshootlng Club Trophy — Sterling- Silver Watch Fobs. CONDITIONS OF AWARD: The Long Run Trophy: — Awarded amateur trapshooters for straight runs of 100 or over when using- Dupont Ballistite, Schultze or Empire pow- ders. The Season Trophies: — Awarded the 3 amateur trapshooters making the greatest number of points under the following system, and when using Dupont, Ballistite, Schultze or Empire Powders. Runs of 50 to 59 will receive 1 point Runs of 60 to 69 will receive 2 points Runs of 70 to 79 will receive 3 points Runs of 80 to 89 will receive 4 points Runs of 90 to 99 will receive 5 points Runs of 100 to 124 will receive 6 points Runs of 125 to 149 will receive 7 points and so on. The Ten Special Awards: — Awarded the 10 amateur trapshooters making the greatest number of points under the above system for runs under 100, when using- Du Pont Powders. Only shooters not making a run of 100 or over are eligible to win a Du Pont Special Trophy. While shooters winning Long Run Trophies are not eligible to win a Special Trophy, winners of the special trophies are eligible to win the Long Run and Season Trophies. It will be noted that runs of 50 straight or better are recognized. The Solid Gold Quail Pin: — Awarded amateur and professional trapshoot- ers (provided the shooter has not won one) winning- the amateur and pro- fessional averages, respectively, at an advertised prog-ram tournament, when using- Du Pont Powders. The Trapshooting Club Trophy: — Awarded Active Trapshooting Clubs for a series of club shoots. FOR PROFESSIONAL SHOOTERS. Three Season Trophies: — Diamond Cuff Links will be awarded the pro- fessional making- the greatest number of points under above system when using" Du Pont Powders. Note: Scores in registered tournaments only apply to the Du Pont Long- Run Trophy, the Season and Special Trophies. Further details furnished upon application. Address Trapshooting Department. DUPONT POWDER CO. Established Wilmington 1802 Delaware C. A. Haight, Mgr Chronicle Bldg. San Francisco, J. H. Willman, Mgr. Maynard Bldg. Seattle, Wash. W. C. Howard, Mgr. Sa7ings Bank Denver, Colo HERCULES A WINNER Shouters of Hercules Powder Lead at Midwinter Handicap Infallible and E. C. to be favorites during 1914 Pinehurst, N. C, Jan. 24. — Infallible and E. C. were among the most popular powders with shooters at the Midwinter Handicap which closed here today. F. H. Stcrr, ot Richmond, Va., who shot Hercules E. C, was high for the entire program including the handicaps, with 752 x 800. He also tied for first on all 16 yd. targets, breaking 569 out of 600. The Preliminary Handicap was won by E. S. Ford, of Washington, D. C, who smashed 95 x 100. Mr. Ford is a new claimant for trapshooting honors and those who watched his performance here prophesy that he will be heard from often. Mr. Ford also shot Hercules E. C. The popularity of Infallible and E. C. was a much noticed feature of the shoot, and predictions were freely made that they would be the favorite powders with trapshooters during 1914. The most dependable and trustworthy form of advertising comes unsolicited from a disinterested source. When in doubt as to what make of gun to buy for game or trap shooting ask those who shoot PARKER GUNS The greater the distance at which it is shot in competition with other puna, the more THE OLD RELIABLE I'AKKER shines. The faultless balance, extreme simplicity and durability of the PARKER, combined with its superior shooting- qualities, make it the ideal game gun, the pioneer forerunner of small bores, having- popularized them and put them per- manently on the map. For full information regarding guns in gauges from 8 to 28, address: PARKER BROS., Merlden, Conn., New York Salesroom, 32 Warren Street, or A. W. du Bray, P. O. Box 102, San Francisco, Cal. GOLCHER BROS. 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The only Manufacturer of Horse Boots on the Pacific Coast. \>v\\^ UNITIONf CONTINUOUS MATCH 7 of the JO high men used Peters Cartridges. MOST CENTRES At the Indoor Rifle Tournament for the Championship of the Pacific Coast 100 SHOT MATCH BULL,S EYE MATCH Won by L. S. Hawx hurst Won by L. S. Hawxhurst ' 2451x2500 Won b^ Ge0' Armstrong lst..Henry Rroeckel 219x225 Second R. S. Wixon scoring a dead center jiinvKnn ™ , . , •■ -^ , 2nd;-E. Schierbaum 2430X2500 The 7 higb men used Peters 14 of the 20 high men used Cartridges Both used Peters Cartridges. Peters Cartridges. s The ammunition used in making the above scores was not special in any sense, but regular Peters factory loaded cartridges, loaded with Semi- smokeless powder. This is just another demonstration of the unexcelled accuracy and reliability of the P brand. THE PETERS CARTRIDGE CO., Pacific Coast Branch : 583-85 Howard St., San Francisco, Cal. I 12 GAUGE MODEL 1912 HAMMERLESS SHOTGUN Nickel Steel Throughout. 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It came from a competitor and it was this, "'The gun is too good for the money." That is skursely detrimental. Look one of the new guns over at your dealer's or send to us for an illustrated, descriptive circular and decide upon the merits of the gun for yourself. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO., NEW HAVEN, CONN. By Invitaton, Member of The Rice Leaders of the World Association. g-:^:-^:-^:-^:-^:-*-:^-:^:^:-^:-^:-^:-*-:^:-^:-^:-^-:-^:^-:^-:-^:^:-*-:-^ SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO. San Francisco and Seattle You Can Still Use Your Shot Gun Even though the season is over you don't have to put your gun away. Blue Rock shoot- ing has started and you can "break 'em" to your hearts' content. Of course, to get the best results your ammunition must be fresh. Shoot the Coast Loaded SELBY LOADS and be sure of Fresh Shells — then you won't hare to shoot against an ammunition handicap.. Get fresh Selby Loads from your dealer. HE WILL ORDER SOMETHING SPECIAL FROM THE FACTORY IF YOU WISH. VOLUME LXIV. No. 11. SAX FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1911. Subscription — $3.00 Per Tear THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, March 14, 1914 The State Agricultural Society OFFERS THE FOLLOWING Guaranteed Stakes for Harness Horses To be given at the ENTRIES CLOSE JUNE 1, and AUGUST 1, 1914. CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR, 1914. SEPTEMBER 12, to SEPT. 19, 1914. DAILY PROGRAM. No. No. No. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH. 1. Three-Year-Old Trot, State Fair Futurity No. 3 (Closed) 2. 2:14 Special Trot, Horses with no records or slower than 2:18 not eligible $1,000 3. 2:12 Special Pace, Horses with no records, or slower than 2:17 not eligible $1,000 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH. No. 4. Two-Year-Old Pace, State Fair Futurity No. 3 (Closed) No. 5. 2:08 Trot $1,500 No. 6. 2:15 Pace, for Amateurs Only, owners driving, hobbles barred $600 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH. No. 7. Occident Stake, for Three-Year-Olds (Closed) No. No. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH. No. 13. Two-Year-Old Trot, State Fair Futurity No. 4 (Closed) No. 14. 2:12 Trot, Governor's Stake $5,000 No. 15. Three-Year-Old Pace, State Fair Futurity No. 3 (Closed) FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH. No. 16. 2:20 Pace, for Amateurs Only, owners driving Cup No. 17. 2:20 Trot $2,000 No. 18. Free-for-AII Pace, for Amateurs Only, hobbles not barred $600 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH. No. 19. Stanford Stake, for Three-Year-Olds (Closed) No. 20. Free-for-AII Pace $1,000 No. 21. 2:20 Pace $2,000 No. 22. Free-for-AII Trot $1,000 AMATEUR STAKES FOR CUP. 2:20 Trot Close August 1st. 2:20 Pace Close August 1st. 8. 2:16 Trot, for Amateurs, owners driving $600 9. 2:07 Pace $1,500 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH. No. 10. 2:10 Pace, California Stake $2,500 No. 11. No. 11. 2:20 Trot, for Amateurs Only, owners driving Cup No. 12. Free-for-AII Trot, for Amateurs Only $600 No. 16. Entrance and payments on these stakes will be due and payable as follows: 1% June 1st, 1% July 1st, 1% August 1st and 2% before 5 o'clock the night before the race. GENERAL CONDITIONS: Nominators failing to make payments when the same fall due shall be declared out, without liability for entrance money, but shall forfeit all entrance money paid in. No notice necessary for nominators to be declared out. No race longer than three heats. One-third of purse awarded in each heat, money divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. A distanced horse in these races shall be entitled to money already won. Entrance fee five per cent. (5%) of purse. Two per cent. (2%) on all additional entries, which must accompany entry on June 1st: Nominators will be allowed to start but one horse in a race. Five per cent. (5%) additional from all money winners. Right reserved to declare oft any race that does not fill satisfactorily, or to change order of program. All horses must be eligible on date of entry- Stakes are for the amounts guaranteed — no more, no less. Distances in all heats SO yards: but if the field is more than eight, 100 yards. A horse distancing the field or any part thereof is entitled to first money only. There will be no more moneys than there are starters in each heat. All amateur races must be driven to sulky and not to cart. Otherwise than as herein specified, National Trotting Association (of which this Society is a member) rules will govern. J. L. MCCARTHY, Secretary, Sacramento, California. A. L. SCOTT, President. NOTE: — What constitutes ownership of horse in amateur races: Horse must have been in the ownership of the party wishing to start him at least thirty days prior to such starting and that a bill of sale with Notarial Seal attached, showing that transfer actually took place thirty days prior to such starting must be presented, if requested. I I I Race on the Pacific Coast | Win Money in the Big Eastern Futurity @. "HOW CAN I DO THAT?" YOU WILL ASK. EASY— ENTER IN THE Jg jg $20,000 HORSEMAN AND SPIRIT OF THE TIMES GUARANTEED FUTUR- ® * ITY FOR FOALS OF 1914. THE SUM OF $2,000 IS RESERVED FOR FAST- © Q EST HEATS IN RACES BY TH REE- YEAR-OLD TROTTERS AND PACERS || '& ON HALF-MILE TRACKS ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES. STAY M rft AT HOME AND WIN MONEY. ffl Then if your three-year-old proves good at home in 1916 you can send him overland the next year for the four-year-old division of §3000. THIS IS THE ONLY PUTURITT WITH BOTH POUR-YEAR-OLD AND HALF- MILE TRACK DIVISIONS. Entrance is only $2. The first year's cost is only $7 — in other big eastern futurities it is from $12 to $15. It only costs $12 to carry a colt to the year of race even if you wait till its four-year-old form. It is the most liberal futurity in the east. THE HORSEMAN $20,000 FUTURITY FOR FOALS OF 1914 Richest of all Newspaper Futurities. Every Dollar in Excess of Guar- antee is Added Money. First year cost only $7 — to year of race for $12. Most liberal System of Entrance. $10,000 for Three-Year-Old Trotters. $3,000 for Two-Year-Old Trotters. $3,000 for Four-Year-Old Trotters. $2,000 for Three-Year-Old Pacers. $2,000 for Three-Year-Old Half-Mile Track Records. Do not wait for entry blank. Send your entry in letter. Entry blanks may be had by writing the Breeder and Sportsman, San Francisco, Cal. Prepare for next year's Invasion of Eastern horsemen. You can sell your yearlings to them for more money if entered in the "Horseman Futurity." ENTRIES CLOSE MARCH 16 | ENTRANCE FEE ONLY $2 I The Horseman & Spirit of the Times 1 § 538 South Dearborn St. Chicago, Illinois, g 1 I ^-:-^:-^:-->:-^:-^:^-:^-:^:^-:-^:-^:-^:-^-:-^:-^;.^.:.^-:.^-;-^.-;-5,.:^;^,.;^-;-^;^;^,K $3000 THE CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR $3000 Five Gaited Saddle Horse Futurity No. 1 Open to tne World The produce of any mare bred in 1913 to a stallion registered in either the Amer- ican or Pacific Coast Gaited Saddle Horse Associations. To be given under the direction of the California State Agricultural Society and to be shown as weanlings, yearlings, two-year-olds and three-year-olds. CONDITIONS: Entries to close April 1st, 1914. Every foal of 1914 produced by a mare nominated herein is eligible to compete in all four divisions of this stake by its owner making payments as herein provided. Winners will not be barred. All nominations and payments must be made to the Secretary of the California State Agricultural Society, at his office in Sacramento. Each entry to be made on blanks furnished by the California State Agricultural Society. ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS. MARES. — Mares must be nominated by April 1st, 1914, when a payment of $2.00 must be made. Each mare's name, color and the name of the horse to which she was bred in 1913, must accompany the entry fee. On July 1st, 1914, the color and* sex of the foal must be given and an additional payment of $3.00 must be made. On February 1st, 1915, a payment of $10 will be due on yearlings. On February 1st, 1916, a payment of $15 will be due on two-year-olds. On February 1st, 1917, a payment of $25 will be due on three-year-olds. STARTING OR SHOW PAYMENTS. Thirty days before the opening of the Fair each year the following payments will be due: On weanlings to be shown On yearlings " " " On two-year-olds " " On three-year-olds " " 1914 $10.00 1915 15.00 1916 25.00 1917 40.00 To Sire of first To dam of first money winner money winner $10.00 510.00 15.00 15.00 25.00 25.00 50.00 50.00 CLASSIFICATION AND DIVISION OF MONEY AS FOLLOWS: Stallion, Mare or Gelding "Weanlings 1914 ? 300.00 Yearlings 1915 500.00 2 year olds 1916 S00.00 3 year olds 1917 1200.00 The amount contested for shall be divided into six moneys, as follows: To the winner 35 per cent. To the 2nd colt 20 per cent. To the 3rd colt 15 per cent. To the 4th colt 12y2 per cent. To the 5th colt 10 per cent. To the 6th colt 7% per cent. MANNER OF SHOWING. — Weanlings, yearlings and two-year-olds shall be shown to halter, and three-year-olds under the saddle. The right is reserved to declare the stake off prior to August 1, 1914, if same does not fill satisfactorily, upon the refunding of all entries received. In case a mare fails to produce a colt, produces a dead colt or foals twins, or her colt dies, the right to substitute by the owner another colt from a mare bred to a registered stallion is reserved, on or before January 1st, 1915. In case a nominated colt is dropped out. and later his owner desires to re-enter same, this mav be done upon a payment of all sums which should have been paid had the entrv been kept good and $25.00 additional. The Board of Directors of the California State Agricultural Society reserves the right to interpret and determine all questions affecting this stake. A. L. SCOTT, President. J. L. MCCARTHY, Secretary, Sacramento, Cal. Saturday, March 14, 1914.] BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast. (Established 1882.) Published every Saturday. P. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. OFFICES: 363-265-366 PACIFICBUILDING Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. National Newspaper Bureau Agent, 219 East 23rd St., New York City. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco Post-Office. Terms — One Year, S3; Six Months, $1.75; Three MontliB. ?1. Foreign postage ?1 per year additional; Canadian postage 50c per year additional. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or registered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley, P. 0. Drewer 447, San Francisco, Calif. Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee of good faith. STALLIONS ADVERTISED. ANWICK ARTHUR Harry Clark, Burlingame BLACK HAWK HAROLD Harry Clark, Burlingame BLACK HAWK MERRY BOY. Harry Clark, Burlingame CARLOKIN 2:07V- W- G. Durfee, Los Angeles CHESTNUT TOM R. S. Irvine, Modesto COPA DE ORO 1:59 W. G. Durfee, Los Angeles JIM LOGAN 2:02% J. Elmo Montgomery, Woodland JOHANO H. S. Feindel, Pleasanton JOE PATCHEN II. 2:03% C. L. DeRyder, Pleasanton KINNEY DE LOPEZ 2:23..Hemet Stock Farm, Hemet McADRIAN 2:24 E. D. Digges, Red Bluff, Cal. McMYRTLE Delcino & Delcino, Petaluma MOKO HALL 2:12% F. J. Ruhstaller, Sacramento MONTBAINE 48667 Suisun Stock Farm, Suisun ONWARD McGREGOR Bert Webster, Pleasanton PALO KING 2:2SV H. Hogoboom, Woodland PRINCE ANSEL 2:20% Harry Dowling, Woodland ROBERT BINGEN 2:14'/» Harry Dowling, Woodland THE BONDSMAN Capt. C. P. McCan, San Jose VERNON McKINNEY 2:01% ■ -C. L. DeRyder, Pleasanton WILBUR LOU 2:1054.. Hemet Stock Farm, Hemet, Cal. ZOMBLACK 2:26 C. L. DeRyder, Pleasanton DATES CLAIMED FOR FAIRS. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN dent of bloodlines which will add thousands to your bank account, and make you feel better for taking our advice. This is the year and the opportunity: will you take advantage of them? THE NEW TIME ALLOWANCE AND NO-RECORD RULES. Santa Rosa — August 31st to September 5th (inclusive). Woodland — September 8th to 10th. Sacramento (State Fair) — September 12th to 19th. Pleasanton — September 23rd to 26th. Fresno — September 29th to October 3rd. Hanford— October 5th to 10th. Los Angeles— October 12th to 17th. Riverside — October 19th to 23rd. A WELL KNOWN trotting horseman who owns a few fine mares recently remarked: "It does not pay to breed them; I can sell them to some of the horsemen who will come to the Panama-Pacific Fair next year and they can breed them to whatever stal- lions they choose." This was a most foolish declara- tion because any man will give more for a high class mare in foal to a choicely bred stallion, or that has a foal by such a horse, than he would for a mare that is not. The old days of haphazard breeding have passed away and any owner who cannot find a stallion advertised in the columns of the "Breeder and Sportsman" good enough or well bred enough to breed his mares to, has no right to own them. He should retire from the ranks as a breeder. It is not his vocation. He is keeping some enterprising, keen-sighted horsemen out of the possession of such mares; men who study the bloodlines and conforma- tion of the different stallions standing for public service, tabulate the breeding of the mares and see if they shouldn't "nick" well with them. These men, when their decisions are made, send these mares even as far as Los Angeles to be bred to some of the stallions there, knowing that if the mares come back in foal or with foals at foot by the cele- brated stallions selected they would get prices for them that would pay them handsomely for their trouble, and, by having the mares named in the Futurities the values of the foals will also be in- creased. Setting aside the monetary consideration there is an unspeakable and undefinable pride in breeding a fast colt or filly. Sentiment has much to do with this, for without sentiment there would be little incentive to work and achieve success in any pursuit we love. Some one has said that "Senti- ment has given the world its light and love and dream, the dream of brotherhood's universal dawn." It is this that has kept thousands in the horse indus- try who were born with a love for horses, a heritage that never dies. Troubles may come, sickness may follow and fortunes fade away, but the love for a good horse always remains bright and promising; and the sweet remembrance that one has bred a colt or filly which was far superior to all others in _i looks, breeding and speed contributes much toward making one feel that life has not been in vain after all. Hence, it is only right and fitting that owners of mares worthy of being considered high class should not allow them to remain idle and prevent them from furnishing to the world champions, per- haps, if they only have the opportunity. Owners of mares, take this lesson to yourselves and breed every good mare you have this season, and when the thous- ands of strangers from all over the world arrive in California next year who will dare say you will not get a price for the mare and foal from some stu- SADDLE horses are becoming more fashionable every day in all parts of the United States and more especially in California. Five years ago only a few equestrians and equestriennes could be seen in Gol- den Gate Park; the bridle paths made for the exclu- sive use of these mounts appeared almost deserted. But a decided change has taken place and it is now a common occurrence to see from 100 to 150 astride the finest of Kentucky and California bred saddle horses, cantering over these beautiful paths daily. Thousands of dollars are invested in these horses and as those who own them are rapidly learning that horseback riding is the most healthful and pleasure- affording exercise ever devised, they are inducing their friends who have been complaining of "all the ills that flesh is heir to," to come and take a few rides and see what a great improvement they will find in themselves and how they have been benefited. The State Fair and the county fairs are going to encourage this branch of the industry, and in 1915 the Panama-Pacific International Exposition is to give most valuable prizes as awards. These will be attractive enough, it is hoped, to draw some of the finest horses in America in competition. REMEMBER, April 1st is not far off, and let no one say it proved an April Fool day for you if you have a 2:10 class trotter or a 2:06 class pacer you want to start at the Summer or Fall meetings of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition race meet- ing. It only requires two per cent, or $400 to make a horse eligible in any of these four $20,000 stakes, and no more money is required from nominators who make this payment on or before April 1st. It is the grandest opportunity ever offered for a man to get a large sum of money for a very small invest- ment. Besides, the glory of winning even a part of these rich stakes over the finest track in America before the largest crowds ever gathered is something to be proud of. Read the advertisement and send for further information you may need about it to Fred W. Kelley, secretary, 610 Exposition Building, San Francisco. THE Western Canada Fair and Racing Circuit is offering $156,545 in purses for their meetings com- mencing at Edmonton May 22nd and ending at Red Deer August 21st., the first early-closing entries in which will close April 15th. The advertisement of this appears in this issue and no doubt will be read with interest by horsemen and will also induce some to go north. There are many half-mile tracks on this circuit and according to the rules all horses that have made records on one mile tracks will have the advantage of the time allowance, which will afford them an opportunity to win considerable money. For further particulars address Secretary E. L. Richardson of Calgary, who will be pleased to answer all inquiries. ATTENTION is called to the advertisement of the •JHorseman $20,000 Futurity" for foals of 1914 which appears in this issue. Entries to this, the very best Futurity stake in the Eastern States and one no owner of a really well bred trotting foal should overlook, will close next Monday, March 16th. Read the conditions and you will he surprised to find that you can race your colt on the Pacific Coast and have an opportunity to win big money in this Futurity. This is the last notification. TEN DOLLARS are due April 1, 1914, on yearlings (foals of 1913) in the Pacific Breeders' Futurity Stakes No. 13, value $7,250. Do not overlook this payment. See advertisement for further particulars. SAN FRANCISCO DRIVING CLUB. At a special meeting of the San Francisco Driving Club officers were elected for the ensuing year as follows: President, James J. Ryan; first vice-presi- dent, John Nowlan; second vice-president, George J. Giannini; third vice-president, A. Ottinger; secretary, James McGrath; treasurer, David Dillon; sergeant-at- arms, William Malough; board of stewards, F. P. Lauterwasser, Sr., J. C. Welsh, W. A. Dougherty, O. A. Martin and Joseph W. McTigue. The club has thirty-eight valuable trophies. Many of the members have purchased horses and with those that are familiar visitors at the Stadium good contests are anticipated. The special races for amateurs to be given on the California Circuit this season and at the Panama-Pacific exhibition have stimulated these enthusiasts to try and get better horses and give better racing. NATIONAL TROTTING ASSOCIATION. Records made against time, no matter when made, are not a bar to eligibility to races. Records made in losing races, no matter when made, are not a bar to eligibility to races; no record counting as a bar unless made in a winning race. A horse winning a heat in a three-heat race in which a portion of the purse is distributed for each heat, no matter where he stands in the final summary, acquires a bar if the time made lowers a record he already had or if such record is the first for that horse. A horse with a record shall be allowed one second for each year, if raced, in which he fails to equal or reduce his record or win a race if such allowance is claimed by the nominator when making the entry. Additional allowances may be made by any member. AMERICAN TROTTING ASSOCIATION. The same as the National, except that a horse winning a heat in a three-heat race in which a portion of the purse is distributed for each heat does not acquire a bar to eligibility unless he stands best in the final summary. No non-heat winner can be declared the winner of a three-heat event, as the horses must be placed by the old placing system. GRAND CIRCUIT. All the allowances granted by the rules of both parent associations are recognized as mandatory by the Grand Circuit and apply to entries in early-closing purses as well as in late-closing purses. In addition, the Grand Circuit tracks are all bound by the following rule: "A horse that has started in two consecutive races on the Grand Circuit and is outside of the money, shall be allowed to start in his next race in a class two seconds slower than his best record; if he has started in three consecutive races on the Grand Circuit and has won no money, he shall be allowed to start in a class three sec- onds slower than his best record; if he has started in four consecutive races on the Grand Circuit and won no money, he shall be allowed to start in a class four seconds slower than his best record, which shall be the limit of time allowance. These allowances shall hold good until the horse wins a race, and a horse granted any of the above allowances shall, on winning a race, be eligible only to the class in which his record, made in that race, entitles him to start. If already entered in a class to which his winning performance renders him ineligible, he shall be entitled to start in any class to which he is eligible. These provisions do not apply to early-closing events." Please note that — A horse winning a heat and lowering his previous rec- ord in a three-heat event on an American Association track, but not winning the event, is subject to the rule of the National Trotting Association if entered at a meeting of a member of the National Trotting Associa- tion. If kept on tracks of the American Trotting Asso- ciation, he is entitled to all the rights granted non- winners in two-in-three and three-in-five events. Drivers are required to make weight up to 150 pounds on all tracks of the National Trotting Association but are not required to do so on tracks of the American Trotting Association. There is no weight rule on American Trot- ting Association tracks, though any member may specify- any weight in its published conditions. Meetings on tracks of the National Trotting Associa- tion extend to 5 o'clock P. M., the last day of the week advertised in case of postponement for any cause. Meet- ings on the tracks of the American Trotting Association extend to 5 o'clock P. M. of the last advertised day and the published conditions must specify the closing day. H. J. KLINE, Secretary The Grand Circuit. SACRAMENTO DRIVING CLUB. One of the officers of the Sacramento Driving Club recently re-elected for another yearly term was M. J. Murray, who served as secretary for the past four years, during which time marked advancement has been noted in the upbuilding of the popular driving club. Murray says that when he first became secre- tary there were sixty-five members and now he has 135 on his list. While a great deal of detail work falls upon the secretary of the club, the work is not burdensome because he has assistance at all times from the mem- bers who serve on committees. The club membership roll contains many of Sacramento's best sportsmen who race their horses in this and other cities for the love of the game. The club members own about sixty head of trot- ters and pacers at present, and, if an inventory were taken, it would be found that the aggregate valuation of these stables would come close around the $100,000 mark. The world's greatest sires of the standard- bred trotters are represented in this bunch. Such noted sires as Peter the Great, Moko Hall, Walnut Hall, Jay McGregor, McKinney, The Bondsman, Kin- ney Lou, Washington McKinney, Zombro, and others. At the annual charity matinee meet on June 23, 1912, the Sacramento Driving Club accomplished a feat which no other club or racing association has ever been able to boast of. The program called for nine races with fifty-seven horses entered and ready to start. The bell called the first race to the wire at 1:30 o'clock, and by 5:30 the final heat of the ninth race was over without a hitch in the long and inter- esting program. This was the greatest number of races ever started at one race meet in the United States. Secretary Murray says that he is in favor of a grand driving club meet to open the new Panama- Pacific track in San Francisco. He suggests that the San Francisco, Sacramento, Stockton, Marysville, Chico, Rocklin and other clubs hold one or two meets at the exposition grounds with the track open free to the public like the meets that are held around the matinee circuit. Such races, if held about July, 1915, would bring out a great list of matinee horses in races for trophies. There are between sixty and seventy head of hors"s now in training at Agricultural Park here, some of which are in preparation for the 1914 races at San Francisco, and others are old campaigners that are being held over for next year's racing. By July the horses will be at their best, so a series of matinee races during this month will give the horsemen an opportunity to see what their horses are capable of doing. — Record-Union. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, March 14, DOWN THE PENINSULA. A Flying Trip to See Some Imported Shires at Easton and Some Guernsey Cattle at Palo Alto. The growth of San Francisco is extending in a southerly direction along what is known as "The Peninsula." An invitation to visit Mr. Ansel Easton's Blackhawk farm and to see the horses there and Mr. Chas. Lathrop's home. Alta Vista, and inspect the largest herd of prize winning Guernsey cattle west of Illinois was accepted one day last week, and, ac- companied by D. O. Lively, chief of the Livestock Department of the Panama-Pacific International Ex- position; Ira Barker Dalziel and F. TV. Kelley, the trip w-as rendered an enjoyable one, the weather being all that could be desired. After leaving the poor roads which extended from Daly City to LTncle Tom's Cabin at the twelve-mile house our auto moved, as all autos should, over the newly finished great highway which is to extend from San Diego to Oregon, and the part we rode over was perfect in construction. The green fields on each side of it, the orchards In bloom, with every tree along this highway in full leaf, was a delightful change from the build- ings and the bustle of city life. At Millbrae we stopped to see Mr. Jesse Robb, superintendent of this, the oldest and largest dairy in the vicinity of San Francisco. Here over 700 reg- istered cows are milked and the product shipped on the cars to the city every day. The dairy and all connected with it is kept clean and sanitary, not the least odor being perceptible. The building in which all these cows are milked was erected so as to expe- dite the work of tying, feeding and caring for them. It consists of six wings extending from the center to which the milk, after being weighed, is brought: this center resembles the hub of a wheel and all the wings, spokes. Here are the big coolers, whence the milk is poured into the cans. Several of the high-priced young Holstein bulls were shown us, as well as the choicest cows, and Mr. Lively had no difficulty in picking out the best and giving his reasons why they were. His lifelong study of live- stock has ably fitted him for the position he occupies, for it would be difficult to find a man in America bet- ter qualified by nature, study and experience to fill his place. The calves and the admirable method of feeding and caring for these as well as the older stock was commended. This farm belongs to the estate of the late D. O. Mills and extends for miles from San Francisco Bay almost to the Pacific ocean. Along the edge of the bay, however, there are at least 2,000 acres of marsh land. An immense dredger is at work here building a high and wide levee, and in a year it will have completed its task. Then siphons will be used as well as pumps to drain the land enclosed and in a few years this will form one of the most valuable portions of the farm for agriculture, grazing and building purposes. Turning our auto southward in a few moments we were riding over the perfectly made roads on the celebrated Blackhawk Farm. It consists of 1700 acres of level and rolling land and was bought over sixty years ago by the late Ansel I. Easton, about the same time his brother-in-law, D. O. Mills, bought the adjoining tract. Until 1906 this land was used as a stock farm. No doubt the elder Mr. Easton, who w-as devoted to the livestock industry, realized that at no other place upon the peninsula was there a better climate for stock, a more abundant supply of water or a greater quantity of natural feed, and that its proximity to San Francisco would make it better known than any other farm and, in time, very valuable for residen- tial purposes. In 1855 Mr. Easton sent Benjamin Fish east to buy a Blackhawk stallion for him After visiting many farms in New England he finally decided that a stal- lion owned by E. A. Birchard, called David Hill, would suit, as he was by Vermont Black Hawk out of a small English mare claimed to be a thorough- bred. Mr. Fish paid $2,800 for him and brought him to California via Panama. Mr. Fish on this visit also negotiated for the purchase of the horse after- wards known as Fish's or Morgan's Black Hawk Comet for $1750, but the owner would not ship him until the spring following, 1856. This horse sired a few roadsters but he never left as many good trotters as the Black Hawk horse called Easton's David Hill that made many seasons on this farm, and to this horse's sire the name of the farm is credited. One of David Hill's daughters produced Olivette 2:24, another was the grandam of Vanderlynn 2:21, a gelding the late Pat Farrell won many races with. One of David Hill's sons called David Hill Jr. is the sire of Old Lady, the grandam of Arthur Wilkes 2:28%, sire of Maymack 2:08%, Wayland TV. 2:12%, sire of Bolivar 2:00, Nelly R. 2:10, etc., Welcome _. sire of Welcome Jr. 2:10. Old Lady is also the grandam of Sabina 2:15% and Ravenscroft 2:19, to this horse takes his place among the few good sires brought here in early days. A few years ago Mr. Ansel Easton, a son of the founder of this farm, decided to improve about 600 acres of it by subdividing into plots suitable for the erection of magnificent villas and residences. He has miles of the finest roads, and cement sidewalks made. sewers laid, an electric railroad, and a perfect water system, and. when ready, buyers became plentiful who are rapidly converting this into one of the choicest residential tracts in the vicinity of San Francisco. And it is called Easton. That portion of the farm which lies in the foot- b.lls has been reserved by Mr. Easton for his own use and on the spacious grounds where his residence, gardens and orchard are, the visitor is astonished to find so much that is beautiful, so much that shows taste and judgment. Some distance away from the residence, coach house, garage, etc., and hid from them by a thick grove of trees, are the barns and paddocks wherein Mr. Easton has placed his latest acquisitions, some choice imported Shire stallions and mares which were selected by him and Wm. Ward of England, who has had charge of them since their arrival on this farm. Mr. Easton finds great pleasure in watching these horses and has decided there is a future for them on this Coast, hence, he will leave for England next month and no doubt select some Shires that will be difficult to excel in the contests for trophies at the Panama-Pacific Fair next year. As it is. he will find it a difficult task to secure a better individual than the bay stallion Anwick Arthur 29025 he has on this farm. This magnificent specimen of this, the most fashionable breed of draft horses in America and the British Isles, is a beautiful shade of brown, stands 17.3 hands and weighs 2150 pounds. Like all the representatives of this breed here, he is gentle as a kitten and remarkably intelligent: besides he rep- resents the choicest prize-winning families in Eng- land and is a credit to his breeding. Black Hawk Harry is of a different type; it is a question which would find greater favor among seek- ers after high class draft stock. He is also registered in England and America, is a light bay in color, stands 16.2 hands, weighs 1625 pounds, and possesses all the quality and finish of the very best Shire strains. Black Hawk Harold was next led our for our in- spection. He is by one of the greatest prize-winning Shire stallions out of one of the finest bred mares ever imported to America, and is destined to become one of the greatest and best of the breed. Great bone, fine hair, good feather, close coupled, round barrelled, great depth through the heart, splendid shoulders, heavy quarters and good past- erns and the very best of feet and legs are noticeable in all. Unlike most of the heavy draft breeds and, in fact, all the Shires imported to California, there is not one of these that "paddles," and they are all active and very quick walkers. These characteris- tics are observable in these stallions and the six imported mares that are to be seen in these pad- docks. Mr. Lively was very favorably impressed with them and astonished to see such splendid represen- tatives of the Shire family on this Coast. There are colts here just nine months old that weigh 1075 pounds and they are not fat; just big, strong, massive fellows that look as if they will be fit to move five tons each when they get their growth. The body of the Shire is larger than a Clyde with a stronger and more powerful appearing loin, and this is observable even in these colts. After a splendid lunch our genial host, Mr. Easton, had his big limousine brought around, one that car- ried six of us easily, and a run was made along the tortuous roads of Burlingame, Mr. Easton pointing out the residences of the citizens of wealth and prominence who make this their home. Then along the smooth county road past the cities of San Mateo and Redwood, to Palo Alto. Driving up the broad roadway on the University grounds, past the build- ings in which there were hundreds of students at work, then by the residences occupied by the fac- ulty, to the road which led to the old Palo Alto Stock Farm buildings. Turning to the left the chauffeur guided the machine up the steep incline to Alta Vista where Mr. Chas. Lathrop, who was ap- prized of our coming, awaited us. He is the one upon whom all the cares of the vast estate left by his brother-in-law, Leland Stanford, and wife, devolved. In carrying out the provisions of the will of this immense estate which has taken over twenty-two years of the best part of his life, he has worked night and day, and is now resting from his labors, striv- ing to recover his health which was shattered during this long term of trials, trials which would have caused a weaker man to succumb years ago. Mr. Lathrop accompanied us to where he has his herd of prize- winning Guernseys; and he must have felt flattered by the praise bestowed upon him for the splendidly arranged, sanitary stalls, the neatness and care used to make it worthy of his pets, the grandest lot of Guernsey cattle ever shipped across the conti- nent. All of them are from prize-winning strains and in this clear mountain air in the rich pastures these cattle are doing remarkably well. Their milk is almost a light orange in color and is remarkably rich in butter fat. The butter made needs no arti- ficial coloring, and it is so sweet and nutritious that a ready sale at forty cents a pound all the year is found for it. The hulls he has are descendants of the best in America; one was purchased as a little calf for $1,000 and his progeny show that he transmits his qualities with the greatest uniformity. The cement floored stalls, the method of feeding: and the abundance of clear water in troughs, that are scrubbed out regularly were spoken of, and, in fact, nothing but praise was heard upon all sides. Mr. Lathrop showed us where the best view of the University grounds and lake could be had and from the veranda of his magnificent residence a panoramic view was obtained on that beautiful spring day which time will never erase from our memories. It was worth taking the trip for and no doubt Mr. Lathrop, while on his visit East this year, will often think of it and wish he was once more basking in the sunshine in the garden, or sitting on the veranda enjoying the gentle breezes which carry their life- giving ozone to Alta Vista. WHEN A PEDIGREE WAS WORTH $15,000. The recently reported death of the obscure trot- ting stallion Sable Guy, inbred to Guy Wilkes and inbred to The Moor, in Colorado, will revive recollec- tions among old-time horsemen of the boom days just before the panic of 1893. A countryman out in Iowa had raised two champions and sold one of them for $105,000. Arion, a two-year-old colt, had changed hands for $125,000, and the air was full of rainbows. Men rushed into breeding enterprises like gold seek- ers making for a new mining camp. Most of them had pet theories with which they were going to demonstrate the one true and infallible wav to breed world beaters. George Wilkes, Electioneer, Sultan, Beautiful Bells and Minnehaha were names charged with magic, and the breeding recipes all called for plenty of their "blood." mixed together in various ways; some after a fashion suggesting laver cake, and others more resembling the mince pie process. ' It was in this eccentric and ecstatic state of the public mind concerning horse breeding that Sable Guy came upon the scene with his crooked hind legs and flat ribs. Physically he was of a tvpe that would command about $225 on his merits in to- morrow's auction at Fiss, Doerr & Carroll's, but his pedigree was something to conjure with, and as it was "blood" that breeders were after in those days he not only "got past," but was heralded as the greatest young sire in the country. To prove it his stud fee was fixed at $300, and, as the countrv was full of breeders who could pick out the coming" sires by merely studying their tabulated pedigrees without ever seeing the horses they belonged to, Sable Guv's book was full every spring. From as far East as New York and from Kentuckv and Missouri in the South mares were booked bv telegraph and shipped by express to the little town of Dowagiac. Mich., to be bred to this horse that at that time had never trotted or got a trotter. His owners, as badly fooled as everybody else, refused $15,000 for him, and announced that he was not for sale at any price. One man out in Kansas became so convinced that the short cut to success in breed- ing champions was by the Sable Guy route that he booked twelve mares for the lump sum of $3,000. This was right on the eve of the collapse of the craze. A few months later this man bought the horse for less than he had paid to breed his mares; kept him a few years, and then sent him out to the short grass ranges of the desert country, where he died, leaving three trotters in the 2:30 list to mourn his decease. The pedigree of Sable Guy, which so hvpnotized the horse world twenty years ago, would not now be regarded as gilt edged or even ultra fashionable. He was by Sable Wilkes 2:18, son of Guv Wilkes 2:15-4. and his dam was Linda Wilkes by Guv Wilkes, out of Atalanta, by The Moor, and she out of the famous Minnehaha, by Bald Chief. STOCKTON COUNTY FAIR BUILDING PLANNED. Attorney Hugh J. Tye for the petitioners will ap- pear before the board of supervisors at the next meeting and request consideration of the plan to divert at least one-tenth of the Panama-Pacific fund, approximately $SO,000, for the erection of an exhibit building on the racetrack grounds. The San Joaquin County Poultry association has given hearty approval of the plan and along with the Union Harbor Council is circulating a petition among its members. There are about twenty separate petitions in cir- culation at present, and sincere co-operation is given on every hand. Today Attorney Tye addressed the following letter to the following local promotion bodies: Chamber of Commerce. Stockton Mer- chants' Association, Stockton Ministerial Union. Merchants, Manufacturers and Employes Associa- tion and the San Joaquin Building Trades Council. Herewith inclosed please find one of twentv or more petitions being circulated throughout Stockton and San Joaquin county merely requesting that the hoard of supervisors shall consider the advisability of arranging the foreign and domestic exposition fund (otherwise known as the Panama-Pacific fund) so that a small por- tion of the money may be diverted to the end that an exhibit building may be erected on the race-track grounds, now owned and supported with county funds. The petition is self-explanatory, and I request vour signed approval, as well as vour co-operation at* the supervisors' next meeting, the first Monday in March, when I shall represent the petitioners. Xot one newspaper, organization, public utilitv, busi- ness house, public official or citizen has, to the best of my knowledge and belief, refused unqualified approval of this petition, as it is within the law and a praise- worthy effort. Mayor Ruhenstein and each councilman has signed one of the petitions, believing the effort meritorious. Petitions are being circulated at Lodi, Acampo, Tracy, Ripon, Mantesa and Lathrop, besides the fif- teen prominent places in this city. Up to date not one refusal has been recorded and one supervisor has affixed his signature to one of the petitions. At a local cigar store a well filled petition con- taining the names of 100 influential citizens has dis- appeared and the proprietor said today: "That's the first time anything like that has ever happened in my place. It might have been taken by some friend of the work, who wished to secure more names out- side, but we know nothing of its whereabouts" — Stockton Mail. T. L. Knock, manager of the Spaulding ranch, in Glenn county, reports that he has a variety of alfalfa, originating in Italy, which grows all through the winter months and does not stop during the cold weather. Saturday, March 14, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN HORSES AT PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK. Owing to the crowded condition of our columns in our last issue we were unable to publish a full list of the horses in training at this celebrated track. Hence we herewith complete it: Those belonging to R. J. MacKenzie which are in charge of Chas. L. DeRyder are the following: Joe Patchen II., hay stallion (9), record 2:03*4, pacer, by Joe Patchen 2:01^4; dam Bessie Bonehill 2:05%, dam of 2 in 2:10, by Empire Wilkes 2:29%. Vernon McKinney, hay stallion (9), record 2:011/2, pacer, by Guy McKinney; dam Maud Vernon by Mount Vernon 2:29^. Graham Bellini, bay stallion (5), record 3, 2:11%:, trotter, by Bellini 2:13*4; dam Gracie Onward 2:12, (dam of 2), by Onward 2:25*4- Zomblack, black stallion (6), record 2, 2:26, trot- ter (three-year-old trial 2:08%), by Zombro 2:11; dam Madeline Marshall (dam of 2) by Demonio 2:11%. Pan Boy, chestnut stallion (14), record 2:091/&, pacer, by Pangold 2:24%; dam, daughter of Henne- pin Boy. Frank Perry, bay gelding (4), record (1) 2:15, pacer, by Toddington 2:20 — Lilworthy by Axworthy 2:15V2. Commodore Douglass, bay stallion (4), trotter, by Vice Commodore 2:11; dam Clycezone (dam of 2 in 2:10) by Cyclone 2:23^. El Zombro. black stallion (G), trotter, by Zombro 2:11; dam The Bouquet by Nushagak. Clealand J., bay stallion (3), pacer, by Vernon McKinney 2:01%; dam Lady Irene 2:14 (half sister to Leata J. 2:03) by Diablo 2:09%. Bonquin, bay gelding (2), trotter, by Quintell 2:12, dam Lily Young by McKinney 2:11%. The Anvilite, bay stallion (1), trotter, by The An- vil 2:03%; dam Martha Spy by The Spy. Miss Perfection, bay filly (3), trotter, by General Watts 2:06%; dam Sue Fletcher by Tregantle 2:09%. Baroness Psyche, roan filly (4), trotter, by Baron Review; dam Lurnella (dam of 1) by Axtell 2:12. Mildred Togo, chestnut mare (5), record (3) 2:11%, trotter, by Togo; dam Lady May (dam of 6) by Port Leonard. May Mack, bay mare (9), record 2:08%, trotter, by Arthur Wilkes 2:28%; dam Ladv Whips by Whips 2:27%. Sis Bodaker, bay mare (4), trial (3) 2:11, trotter, by Bodaker; dam Sis Meridian 2:16% by Meridian 2:12%. Merry Widow, bay mare (11), record 2:03%, pacer, by Red Pac; dam Bonnie by Sam Wilkes Jr. Astro Harvest, bay mare (4), trotter, by The Har- vester 2:01; dam Grace Rysdyk by Judge Rysdyk. The Earnest, bay gelding (5), record (2) 2:21%, trial 2:08, trotter, by The Exponent 2:11%; dam Mardella by Del Mar 2:16%. Gay Zombro, bay gelding (2) trotter, by El Zom- bro; dam Nosegay by Langton. And about twenty others belong to Mr. MacKenzie which are just receiving their first lessons. W. T. Sesnon's San Felipe, bay gelding, trotter, record 2:09%, by Zombro — Ella J., by Boh Mason. Property of J. B. Jones, Wellsville, N. Y.: Our Colonel, bay stallion, pacer, record 2:04%, by Colonel Cochran; and Caroline, bay mare, trotter, trial 2:08. William Errington of Winnipeg, Canada, has sent Garibaldi, a bay gelding, pacer, trial 2:12, here, and E. A. Gammon of Hood, Cal., is the proud owner of Miss Axworthv Dillon, bay filly, trotter, by Axworthy (3) 2:15%; dam Cleo Dillon 2:13% by Sidney Dillon. These are being handled by Mr. DeRyder. Bert Webster has, next to Chas. L. DeRyder, the largest string on the track. Many owners have sent their horses here and are satisfied he is doing every- thing possible to have them sound, strong and going smoothly and well. These are the property of P. H. Smith of Los Angeles, Cal.: Blanka S., chestnut mare (4), trotter, by Red McK.; dam Katherine A. by Diablo. El Volante S., bay stallion (3), trotter, by El Vo- lante; dam by Strathway. Zomerine S., bay filly (3), trotter, by Zombro; dam Katherine A. by Diablo. Bay filly (2), trotter, by Zombro; dam Katherine A. by Diablo. Brown filly (1) by The Bondsman; dam Rosemary by Raymond. Geo. W. Putnam of Salt Lake City, Utah, has his pacer Star Tilden, by Star Pointer, dam by Roy Wilkes, here. D. L. Bachant of Fresno, Cal., is the owner of California B. (5), bay gelding, trotter, by Athasham, dam by Abbottsford Jr. A. W. Longley of Chicago, Ills., has his bay stal- lion (4), pacer, by Demonio, dam by Prince Airlie, here in Mr. Webster's care. E. A. Gammon of Hood, Cal., has sent him Cleo Dillon, bay mare (S), trotter, record 2:13%, by Sid- ney Dillon, dam Cleo G. by Yosemite, and a bay filly (2), trotter, by The Bondsman, dam Linnet by Seymour Wilkes. R. A. Stevenson of San Francisco has two here: Mr. Dawson, bay gelding (6), pacer, by Del Coro- nado, and a brown gelding (4), trotter, by Geo. W. McKinney. Dr. S. W. Weitman of Oakland is the owner of Sadie Lou, bay mare (5), pacer, by Athasham; dam by Kinney Lou. John N. Colomb of San Francisco has one of the finest colts on this course, Onward McGregor, bay stallion (3), trotter, by Jay McGregor; dam Mary Gordon 2:09%, by Gordon, son of Onward. B. T. Bringier of Pleasanton has in training Grace Nutkin, bay filly (3), trotter, by Jonesie Mac; dam Lady Rea 2:26% by Iran Alto 2:12%. Allen & Ryan of Pleasanton are the owners of a bay filly (1), trotter, by The Bondsman; dam Miss Harris by Sidney Dillon. And Bert Webster's own colt called Rodney Patch- en (2), by Joe Patchen II.; dam Miss Harris by Sid- ney Dillon. Frank Childs is handling eight others beside Holly Brand, Major By By 2:19% and Leata J. 2:03, viz.: Bon Guy (3) 2:11% and 6 of his colts; one is a three-year-old out of Decoratio by Prince Ansel (2) 2:20%, and two others are out of mares by The Tidal Wave 2:06%. These, with the exception of Major By By and Leata J., belong to S. S. Bailey of Pleasanton. Hiram Rapelje is handling a beautiful two-year-old trotting filly sired by Tom Smith 2:13%. Leo Lynch of San Ramon has six head of very promising trotters and pacers, most of them young- sters. Wm. Bond of Newark, Cal., has a Percheron stal- lion weighing 2,065 pounds at this track. He is one of the finest specimens of the breed in Alameda county and is in charge of W. J. Chisholm. H. H. Dunlap is handling a nice two-year-old trot- ter by Bon Guy 2:11%. Charles A. Durfee has just started in to work his good reliable mare Zulu Belle, trotter, record 2:10%, pacing record 2:06%, by Petigru; dam Johana Treat 2:24% by Thomas Rysdyk, and Hal J., black gelding (G), pacer, record 2:09%, by Hal B., dam Jessie M. by Del Norte. Five others (breeding unknown at present) he will get ready for the races. Applications for stalls are coming in every day and it is predicted that the Pleasanton track will be the scene of more good work-outs and exciting fin- ishes until the races commence than it has been noted for in the past. STATE FAIR FUTURITY No. 6. Following is a list of entries in this stake for foals of 1914, the name of the mare, the owner, and stal- lion bred to. This stake is to be decided in 1917: I. L. Borden's Roberta by Robert I. — Ed McKinney; Wanta II. by McKinney — Ed McKinney; Ramona by Prince Robert — Ed McKinney; Ella G. by Hamb. Wilkes — Ed McKinney: Hester McKinney by McKinney — Ed McKinney; Beatrice Zombro by Zombro — Ed McKin- ney; Maude Adams by Cresco Wilkes — Ed McKinney; Alto Monterey by Monterey — Ed McKinney, and Di- rectola by Direct — Tom Smith. W. C. Brown's Princess Bessum by Egyptian Prince — Prince Ansel. Mrs. F. H. Burke's Tolanda by McKinney — Toncalla. J. J. Campbell's Kate Kopje by Cresceus — Prince Ansel, and Silver Fir by Silver Bow — The Bondsman. T. E. Carroll's Xocha bv Nushagak — The Proof. E. J. Cartwright's Lettie Wilkes by McArthur— The Proof, and Magnolia by Arner — Dan Logan. J. A. Cartwright's Nettie by McArthur — The Proof, and Frisby by Arner — Dan Logan. R. J. Cartwright's Little Delia by Arthur Wilkes — The Proof. S. Christenson's Reina Directum by Rey Direct — The Bondsman, and Perza by Allie Wilkes — Prince Ansel. James Collins' Nellie R. by Hart Boswell — Charley D. McKinney. I. L. Cornett's Salinas Princess by Eugeneer — The Bonds- man. S. H. Cowell's Hulda C. by Dexter Prince — Palo King. C. L. DeRyder's Arawana B. by Sidney Dillon — The Bondsman. J. Doran's Zaalam by Searchlight — Vernon McKinney. Wm. Detels' Melba T. by Nutwood Wilkes — Graham Bel- lini, and Daphne McKinney by McKinney — Graham Bellini. Chas. A. Durfee's Gracie Bow by Silver Bow — Carlokin, and Mamie Bell by Eblis — Copa de Oro. W. G. Ourfee's Reta H. by McKinnev — Copa de Oro: Cora S. by Del Coronado — Carlokin; Lady H. by Del Coronado — Copa de Oro; Dixie W. by Zolock — Copa de Oro; My Irene S. by Petigru — Carlokin; Miss Queeley by Moko — Carlokin; Zephyr by Zombro — Carlokin; Blanche Hall by Directum Penn — Carlokin: Subito by Steinway — Copa de Oro; Miss Young by McKinney — Copa de Oro. and Pavlawa by Petigru — Copa de Oro. R. L. English's Lady Bertha by Constantine — Wilbur Lou. A. D. Fraser's May Moon by Barondale — Almaden D. E. A. Gammon's Cleo G. by Yosemite — Peter McKlyo, and Linnet by Seymour Wilkes — The Bondsman. Effa M. Gould's Princess G. by Prince Charles — Search Pointer. Alex. Grant's Sona by McKinney — Wilbur Lou. W. S. Harkev's Clara H. by Hark — Dan Logan, and Dev- iletta by Diablo — The Proof. Geo. L. Hamer's Nustina by Nushigak — Al de Baron. F. S. Hawk's Bluie by Black Almont — McAntara. Heilbron Bros.' Califa by Silver Bow — Lijero. Hemet Stock Farm's Lady Zombro by Zombro — Wilbur Lou; Louise Carter bv Chestnut Tom — Kinnev de Lo- pez; Zeta W. by Nutwood Wilkes — Wilbur Lou; Stam- ina by Stain B. — Wilbur Lou; Fiesta Queen by On Stanley — Wilbur Lou: Betsey Direct by Direct — Wil- bur Lou: Little Louise by Boodle — Wilbur Lou; Bonnie Ailse by Faustino — Kinney de Lopez1, and Kinney Rose- bud by Kinney Lou — Wilbur Lou. H. A. Hershey's Palo Maid by Palo King — Jim Logan. S. H. Hoy's Suisun by Demonio — Jim Logan. Craig Hyde's bay mare by Demonio — Jim Logan. Abe. W. Johnson's Zella D. by Zolock — Directum Penn, and Babe by Son of McKinney — Directum Penn. John C. Kirkpatrick's Lucretia Alto by Nazote — Charley D. McKinney, and Poinsetta K. by Star Pointer — Ver- non McKinney. Mrs. Mabel Lipson's Evelene bv Robert Basler — Chestnut Tom; Myrtle Ragan by Col. K. R. — Chestnut Tom: Miss Dorothy by Peeler — Chestnut Tom; Alta Almont bv Prince Almont — Chestnut Tom, and Francis B. by Best Policy— Chestnut Tom. J. S. Maben's Zombretta by Zombro — Dr. Wayo. James Mack's Little Branch by Nutwood Wilkes — Car- lokin. Frank T. Merrill's Sela Nun by Sela Boy — The Bondsman. R. .X. MacKenzie's Madalca by Alcymont — El Zombro: Ava J. by Zombro — Graham Bellini; Gregan by Stein- way — Graham Bellini: Martha Spy by The Spy— Gra- ham Bellini; Merry Widow by Red Pac — Pan Boy; Crabtree's Gift by Hedgewood Boy — Graham Bellini; Hawthorne by McKinney — Copa de Oro; Lucy May by Oakland Baron — Copa de Oro, and Ivoneer by Eugen- eer— G. Albert Mac. J. W. Marshall's Leota by Diablo — Jim Logan: Bernice by Owyhee — Jim Logan; Madeline by Demonio — Mont- haine; Ramona by Demonio — Palo King, and Bally Pointer by Star Pointer — Demonio. Thos. McCormick's Tillie Taylor by Longworth — Kin- ney H. H. G. Angevine's Eerta Logan by Bert Logan — Jim Logan. W. T. McBride's La Moscovita by Guy Wilkes — Graham Bellini, and Dawn o' Light by Searchlight — Vernon McKinney. C. P. McCan's Orlena by Ormonde — The Bondsman; Eth- el Toddington by Toddington — The Bondsman; Carmen McCan by The Bondsman — Prince Seattle, and Hazel Patchen by The Patchen Boy — The Bondsman. A. B. Miller's Chiquita bv Highland C. — Copa de Oro. W. J. Miller's Katalina by Tom Smith— The Proof, and Lulu Mc by Arthur Wilkes — Dan Logan. J. E. Montgomery's Margaret M. by Chestnut Tom — The Proof. A. L. Nichols' Silver Benton by Senator Boggs — Dan Logan. R. L. Ogden's Yolo Girl by Lynwood W. — Palo King, and Alto W. by Iran Alto — Prince Ansel. J. W. Pendleton's Abbie McNutward by Guy McKinney — Debertha Bells; Beautiful Bertha by Moormont — Ar- ner, and Madsie McNutward by Madison McKinney — Arner. W. A. Perley's Belle by Kinney Lou — The Proof. John Renatti's Wanda R. by Sir John S. — Monteo. F. J. Ruhstaller's Evergreen by McKinney — Moko Hall. Rush & Haile's Comet Demonio by Demonio — Montbaine; Memonio by Demonio — Montbaine; Elvira by Demonio — Montbaine; Miss Winn by Demonio — Montbaine; Po- trero Girl by Prince Airlie — Montbaine; Honora by Oro Wilkes — Montbaine; Margaret Hunt by Nutwood Wilkes — Demonio, and Gertie A. by Diablo — Vernon McKinney. A. L. Scott's Ora by Ira — Wilbur Lou; Lady Inez by Nut- wood "Wilkes — Wilbur Lou; Rosie Woodburn by Easter W. — Wilbur Lou, and Weatewater by Sidney Dillon — Wilbur Lou. J. E. Short's Keno bv Prismo — Skido Wilkes. C. F. Silva's Blanche T. by Stickle— Teddy Bear; Polka Dot by Mendocino — Teddy Bear; bay mare by Zombro — Teddy Bear, and Directshine by Direct — Lijero. James Stewart's Easter D. by Diablo — Copa de Oro. W. A. Stow's Salinas Girl by Nutwood Wilkes — Alconda Jay. Sutherland & MacKenzie's Rubelle bv Del Coronado — F. S. Whitney. Dr. W. W. Thomas' Helen K. by Bay Prince — The Bonds- man. Thompson & Shippee's Queen by Dictator Wilkes — Tre- gantle; Gussie by Temescal — Prince Ansel, and Dowina by Bon Voyage — Axworthy. L. H. Todhunter's Sweet Bow by Bon Voyage — Peter McKylo, and Iran Belle by Iran Alto — Peter McKylo. Dr. I. L. Tucker's Babe T. by Rajah — Earthquake. W. E. Tuttle's Maud McAlto by McKinney— The Bonds- man. Valencia Stock Farm's La Belle by Sidney — Scout, and Rosie Morn bv McKinnev — Pegasus. D. W. Wallis' Eline by L. W. Russell— El Angelo, and Tryda Tight by Searchlight — EI Angelo. F. E. Ward's Emily W. by James Madison — Dr. Wayo. Alex. M. Wilson's The Blonde by Strathway — Carlokin. Woodland Stock Farm's Alteema by Nutwood Wilkes — Quintell; Josie Ansel by Prince Ansel — Quintell: Gay Princess by Prince Ansel — Commodore Douglas; Prin- cess Josie by Prince Ansel — Commodore Douglas; Lot- tie Whippleton by San Diego — Prince Ansel; Rosemint by Nushagak — Prince Ansel: Verbena Mc by Directum Spier — Prince Ansel; Bonhilda by Moko — Prince Ansel; Alma McGregor by Jay McGregor — Prince Ansel: Eda Saunders by Axworthy — Prince Ansel: Bela Hall bv Walnut Hall — Prince Ansel; Baroness Spier by Direc- tum Spier — Prince Ansel; Maggie Hall by Moko — Prince Ansel; Eocita by Moko — Prince Ansel; Ila Moko by Moko — Prince Ansel; Bonnie Derby by Chas. Derbv — Prince Ansel; Lauress by Mendocino — Prince Ansel; Goldie McKinney by Prince McKinney — Prince Ansel; Fair Recluse by Moko — Prince Ansel; Addie B. by Dexter Prince — True Kinney: Princess Viola by Prince Ansel — True Kinney; Josie D. by Nutwood Wilkes — True Kinney; Mystic Lockheart by Lockheart — True Kinney; Serpolo by Mendocino — True Kinney; Ida Mil- lerton by Millerton — True Kinney, and Ella J. by Bob Mason — True Kinney. M. L. Woy's Laura B. by Stam B. — Expressive Mac. A. J. Zabala's Miss Sidney Dillon by Sidney Dillon — Cha- nate, and Adje by Bon Voyage — Chanate. O $10,000 WANTED FOR JOHN MALCOLM 2:11^. Ten thousand dollars is the price set by W. J. Miller and L. B. Daniels, the owners, on the great three-year-old gelding, John Malcolm, who as a two- year-old last year made a record of 2:11^4 and became the champion two-year-old pacing gelding of the world for 1913. A prominent eastern horseman, writing that he was anxious to get a candidate for the big stakes in San Francisco in 1915, sent word to Miller and Daniels last week that he had heard John Malcolm was the horse he needed, asking that a price be named. Daniels answered naming his price and saying that he sincerely believed that there wasn't a three-year- old pacer in the world today that could beat him. Only a few days ago Daniels worked the colt in 2:izy2, the half in 1:03, and the last eighth in the fast time of fourteen seconds. If John Malcolm is not sold, he will leave soon with the Daniels stable for Canada. Daniels is get- ting his horses into shape rapidly at the Speedway and says all will be ready for the word go when the Canadian races start. John Malcolm's sire, Dan Logan 2:07^, owned by Carey Montgomery of Davis and leased by Miller and Daniels, will be the head of the stable again. He is showing in fine early form, working a mile the other day in 2:12^, a half in 1:03 and an easy eighth in :15. Capitola 2:14^, a Dan Logan filly owned by Miller and champion two-year-old pacer of the Pacific Coast in 1912, is showing extreme speed. She paced a mile in 2:15 a few days ago, a half in 1:02^ and an eighth in :15. Daniels figures that he has the best green trotter in California in Dane Swift by Almaden D. This horse is owned by a man named Skaggs. He has worked a mile already this year in 2:15, a half in 1:02 and the last quarter in :30. Another green trotter he will take north with him is Francis S., full sister to Maurice S. 2:06 owned by E. J. Strain of Marysville. Daniels is pinning great faith on two more Dan Logan colts that are now getting their first work- outs. One is owned by him and is called Stanley Quinn. This little fellow is only ten months old. Recently he paced an eighth of a mile hitched to a cart in 19 seconds. This was only the eighth time he had been hitched to a cart. The other is owned by Miller and is called First National. This prom- ising colt is full brother to Capitola and is much like his sister. He is a yearling and has been hitched up but a few times. — Chico Record. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, March 14, 1914 ©msm©*ffimmKffi*ffi^©&©mmKffi*ffi*©«ffi*©* I NOTES AND NEWS I Send in your list of foals. ffiffiffi There is talk of a Horse Show association being formed in this city. ffiffiffi The Chicago sale was a huge success, although the weather was anything but favorable. ©ffiffi The track is good at Woodland and the trotters and pacers are beginning to show speed there. ®©ffi Chas. R. Marley has a filly by The Bondsman at Woodland that can outpace anything of her age there. ©ffi© J. Elmo Montgomery has leased his handsome pac- ing stallion Logan Pointer to A. M. Billings of Mer- ced, Cal. ffiffi© Entries for the guaranteed stakes for harness horses to be given at the State Fair, Sacramento, will close June 1st and August 1st. Read the adver- tisement. ©ffiffi House movers are very busy this week moving the lighthouse station which is built on the hackstretch of the new race track on the Panama-Pacific Exposi- tion grounds. ffiffi© Geo. Ramage is handling several very promising trotters at the Santa Rosa race track and all of them are doing well. Mr. Ramage is one of the most suc- cessful colt handlers in California. ffiffi© Great preparations are being made for the show- ing of saddle horses as the State Fair this year with a view to calling attention to the magnificent display to be seen at the Panama-Pacific Exhibition, ffiffi© Don't forget to make an entry in the Horseman $20,000 Futurity Stake on or before next Monday, March 16th. It will only cost you $2.00 to do so and you will never regret it. This is for foals of 1914. ©©ffi The indications are that no fair will be held in Seattle this year but a strong effort will be made to get The Tillicums, a well known organization of business men, to put on a big fair and race meeting in 1815. ©ffiffi E. T. Barnette of Los Angeles, who owned Manrico 2:07% and Virginia Barnette, the remarkable fast trotting filly, is often seen in Golden Gate Park astride a magnificent prize-winning Kentucky bred saddle horse. ©ffiffi Jim Logan 2:03% is doing fine at Woodland and will be in better racing condition this year than he has ever been. The foals that are by him which are coming along regularly are fine looking and per- fect in conformation. ffiffi© Lon McDonald, one of the "big four" Grand Circuit drivers, has the four-year-old pacing colt Ewana, by McEwen. dam Stelene, by Brown Hal 2:12%. This is a full brother to Harry Bell's pacer Stella McEwen 2:11% at Pleasanton. ffiffi© If one is to judge by the number of horses in train- ing at Pleasanton, Sacramento, Stockton, Santa Rosa, Salinas, Los Angeles, Chieo, San Jose, Fresno and Hanford there will be more entries made for the race meetings of 1914 than for any year since 1902. ©©© The Mercantile Bank of Memphis in which Ed. F. Geers, John H. Dickerson, Fred Kopf and Frank G. Jones were depositors, is in better condition than at first reported and may pay as high as 75 per cent, to its depositors. Mrs'. Geers' condition is improved, ©ffiffi Annapolis (Md.), March 10. — By a vote of 16 to 10 the Senate today voted down a motion to abolish racing at Havre de Grace. There is a bill before the Senate to abolish all racing in the State, and a day has been fixed for a public hearing on the subject. ffiffi© Mel Keefer's chestnut stallion Adansel 2:14%, by Prince Ansel (2) 2:20yz out of Advosta 2:24%, was sold at the Chicago auction sale for $385. The bay gelding Prince Lot 2:09% brought $425 at the same sale. These would have brought more in California, ffiffi© Mr. J. J. Gethin of the Riding Club made two sales of horses lately. One was a fine weight-carrying brown saddle horse, to J. V. de Laveaga, a prominent attorney of this city, and the other was a choice trot- ter under saddle, to H. Ahlers, one of our leading jewelers. ffiffi© With $3,000 bid under the hammer, William D. Althouse, of Phoenix Stock Farm, Phoenixville, Pa„ refused to sell the young trotting mare Sadie Penn (3) 2:17%, half-mile track record, by William Penn 2:07%, dam Mabel Casson, by Wayward, second dam Intrique by Princeps 536. ©ffiffi W. <•'■ Harris of Dixon has purchased the remark- ably fast pacer Alton from Lou Mataivia. He has paced a half mile in 1:01 and will be sold at the Mfy Day race meeting at Dixon. This handsome horse was foaled in 1902, not 1892, as the advertise- ment read in our last issue. Count Orloff, the founder of the famous breed of Orloff trotters, commenced breeding them in Russia in 1770. The stallion Barrs occupies the same posi- tion in Russia that Hambletonian 10 does in America, as he is considered the original father of the Orloff breed and was foaled in 1784. ©ffiffi Vallotta, sire of F. S. Turner 2:24 (sire of F. S. Whitney 2:24%) was by George Norval 13280 out of Carlotta Wilkes (dam of Inferlotta 2:04%. Carlokin 2:07%, that wonderful sire, Guy Borden 2:07%, etc.) by Charley Wilkes 2:21%, grandam Aspasia (dam of 4 in 2:30) by Alcantara 2:23, etc. ©ffiffi Every owner of a fast trotter and pacer who wishes to give that horse a chance to win one of the four $20,000 stakes at the Panama-Pacific Interna- tional race meeting should make an entry April 1st. It only calls for two per cent, of the stakes and you are not required to make any further payments in it. ©ffiffi H. S. Hogoboom of Woodland drove his Palo King colt Yolo King a half in 1:11% on Monday. The beautiful ten months old filly that Mr. Hogoboom had that was sired by Palo King 2:28% out of a mare by Diablo 2:09%, grandam Edna R. 2:11, died last week. She could show a 2:50 gait and $500 would not have bought her. ffiffiffi The fifth dam of San Francisco 2:07% (public trial 2:04%) was Kitty Taylor by Gen. Taylor. Mr. Men- denhall of Livermore owned her and bred her to Don Pedro, a son of Williamson's Belmont, and got the dam of Puss by California Nutwood, the great gran- dam of this good stallion and the seven-year-old trot- ter Rapallo now at Pleasanton. ffiffiffi The committee appointed by the North Pacific Fair and Racing Association to consider the proposition of forming a new governing body or if that "was con- sidered inadvisable to decide which of the old parent bodies they would join this year, was unable to meet at Seattle on February 28th, as originally planned, and postponed the meeting until March 7th. ffiffi© Harry Dowling, superintendent of the Woodland Stock Farm, has changed Robert Bingen 2:14% back to his original gait, trotting, and the first time he let him step he reeled off a quarter in 35 seconds. One week later he trotted this distance in 33 seconds, a 2:12 gait, and Dowling says he never saw a more promising candidate for 2:10 or better honors, ffiffi© , W. P. Murray of Cleveland, Ohio, one of the lead- ing lights of the trotting horse world, visited the new race track on the Panama-Pacific fair grounds last Saturday and was delighted with it. He said: "I do not believe there is another site its equal in the world; the view from it is unsurpassed. All that has been said about its situation is not an exaggera- tion— it is beyond description." ffiffiffi W. P. Murray, the prominent horseman of Cleve- land, Ohio, bought a splendid mare at the Midwinter Sale, Nell Cord (2) 2:26% by Silk Cord 34878 out of Nell Worthy 2:22 (dam of 3) by Axworthy (3) 2:15%; grandam Nell (dam of 12 including Tom Axworthy 2:07, Vassar 2:07, Belle Vara 2:08% and Susie T. 2:09%) by Estill Eric. Nell Cord is heavy with foal to Guy Axworthy 2:08%. ffiffiffi W. W. Naughton, one of the leading sporting writ- ers in America, died of heart disease in tjjis city last Tuesday. Deceased was born in Nelson, New Zealand, and was noted for his graphic pen pictures of prize fights, rowing matches, yacht races, and horse races. He was beloved by all who knew him and his loss will be keenly felt by true lovers of sports and sportsmanship everywhere. ©ffi© The horse that brings $10,000 is the developed horse — that is, developed to a certain point. The best bred colt in the world will bring in the market no more than a draft bred one, unless developed. Men who own well bred trotting foals and fail to put them in proper hands for development are like the man who held on to the spiggot of his barrel while his cider ran out through its bunghole. ffiffi© According to Consul General Robert P. Skinner, stationed at Berlin, Germany will send a number of competent veterinarians here to buy between 3,000 and 4,000 horses during the next twelve months. It seems that 10,000 are needed to replenish the ranks of the Germany army. They want thoroughbreds or horses at least three-quarter thoroughbred, a mighty hard lot to find in America. ffiffiffi Chery Hebert of Salinas who, at one time, owned an excellent string of fast trotters, is gradually get- ting back into the game, his latest purchase being a beautiful filly by The Bondsman out of Princess 2:13%, by Eugeneer 20450; grandam Belle (dam of Prince Gift 2:12) by Kentucky Prince: great gran- dam Belle of Richmond by Hambletonian 10. This little one is a pure gaited trotter. ffiffiffi The American bred five-year-old trotting stallion Baldy McGregor (3) 2:06% by Jay McGregor 2:07% was recently sold by his owner, M. O. von Reidl of Vienna, Austria, to a representative of the Imperial Trotting Club of Moscow, Russia, for the splendid sum of $40,000. His sire, Jay McGregor, is more highly appreciated by breeders in Russia than any stallion ever imported there. Only one of his colts, Onward McGregor at Pleasanton, is in California, and he is a very promising trotter. Ed Parker purchased two geldings at E. D. Dud- ley's sale at Dixon a few months ago. One is a trotter which was only halter broken when Ed bought him in. He has been a quarter over the Woodland track in 35 seconds. The other is a very smooth going pacer five years old. He has been a quarter in 31% seconds and looks and acts as if he will be one of the sensational sidewheelers of 1914. ffiffiffi Notelet, the daughter of Moko that secured undy- ing fame as the dam of The Harvester 2:01, is now in foal to Manrico and will probably be bred back. Silver Silk (4) 2:08%, one of the fastest trotters ever bred at the farm and that is probably Superintend- ent Burgoyne's pick of the entire number quartered there, is several days past due to The Harvester and after foaling will be bred this season to San Fran- cisco. ffi©© Mr. J. J. Gethin of the Driving Club reports an increasing interest in gaited saddle horses and horses that trot exclusively under the saddle. In his two large stables in this city he has almost 200 of the choicest Kentucky and California bred horses, and his riding school is more popular now than ever. Mr. Gethin has had a lifelong experience as a horse- man and riding master and understands the business in all branches. ffiffiffi Al Schwartz is handling sixteen trotters and pacers at the Stadium and expects to have four more next Tuesday. Frank Burton and Hans Frelson have twelve good ones and besides these horsemen there are several outsiders who drive their horses through Golden Gate Park to the Stadium and work them there. Judging by the interest shown in the devel- opment of matinee horses a splendid series of races will be held this year. ffiffiffi Chas. L. DeRyder will hold a combination sale of choice trotting stock at the Pleasanton Driving Park Saturday, April 11th, commencing at 2 P. M. A pre- liminary announcement appears in this issue and as entries will close March 23rd all who have choice trotters and pacers to sell should make entries at once. This sale, like all those held by Mr. DeRyder, will be extensively advertised and a big crowd will undoubtedly attend. ffiffiffi Derby Axworthy 2:25% will not go to Europe, as announced by one of our correspondents last week, writes Harry Clemens of Goshen, Ind., who is train- ing the horse. Mr. Clemens says that Samuel De Boer of Napanee, Ind., bought the colt for himself and expects to breed a few mares to him and then have him prepared for racing. On account of there being two Derby Axworthys the Indiana horse's breeding was misqquoted. He is a seven-year-old chestnut horse by Axworthy 2:15%, dam Bertha Derby, by Charles Derby 2:20. ©ffiffi Messrs. Nesmith & Sons of Los Angeles have a very fast green pacer by Star Pointer 1:59% out of Lilly S. bv Direct 2:05%; grandam Lily Stanley 2:17%. He is called King Lily Pointer 52223. This sidewheeler had only a little work when he paced quarters in 30 seconds, then halves in 1:06, his first mile in 2:25. His next was 2:22, his third in 2:15% (a remarkable drop). His fourth mile he paced in 2:14, last eighth in 15% seconds. He has paced halves in his work in 1:04 and 1:05 and is being handled by W. H. Nesmith, a green driver. ffiffiffi A great mistake is made in the claiming of names. Frank S. Turner of Santa Rosa bred his mare Cari- tone to his stallion Guy Dillon 2:21% several times. This mare had fillies each time, one was called Guy's Caritone, which he sold to Frank L. Dixon of Van- couver, B. C, and which is registered as such in the Register. Another he kept, and, liking the name, called her Guy's Caritone. Mr. Dixon, seeing this name claimed, naturally felt aggrieved. No harm has been done, but Mr. Turner will have to call his Guy's Caritone by some other name and get her registered. ffiffi© In the "Horse Review" credit is only given to Car- lotta Wilkes for having nine in the 2:30 list, viz.: Carlokin 2:07%, Guy Borden 2:07%, Inferlotta 2:04%, Guv Carlton 2:30, Ida Dillon 2:27%, Lottie Dillon 2:26%, Mary Dillon 2:06%, Sir Guy Dillon 2:29%, Volita 2:15%, but no mention is made of Carlocita (p.) 2:24% by Sidney Dillon, that was foaled in 1902 and obtained her record of 2:24% at Santa Rosa as a three-year-old. This makes 10 to her credit and she had a son Vallotta, that trotted in 2:20 but was injured and retired; he is a sire of 1 in 2:30. Carlotta Wilkes cost the late Henry Pierce $8,500 at auction and was worth it. ©©© The best private sale of a two-year-old trotter in these parts recently occurred at Lexington, Ky., the past week when R. E. Moreland. acting, it is said, for the Pastime Stable of Cleveland, bought of J. D. Grover of Georgetown, the chestnut colt Rusticoat (1) 2:22%. The price was not made public but was $5,000 or close iu the neighborhood, as $4,000 had been refused for him shortly before. Rusticoat is a son of Axworthy and Dorothy T., by Advertiser 2:15%, grandam Hannah Price, by Arthurton, and is therefore a full brother to the fast trotters, Adlon (3) 2:07% and Dorothy Axworthy (2) 2:21%, Adlon being the winner of the Cleveland Sweepstake and Horse Review futurities at three, while Dorothy Ax- worthy was beaten but a head in the junior division of the Kentucky futurity in world's record time of 2:12%, by Trampfast. Saturday, March 14, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN L. L. Gilpin, a prominent farmer and horseman of Richfield, Utah, while on a visit to Oakland last week purchased from A. P. Stotts the handsome mare Maud Jay C. (dam of Nearest McKinney 2:13%, p. 2:14%) by Nearest 2:22, also Camellina by Nearest out of that great broodmare Camma (dam of 3, 1 sire of 1 and 1 dam of 3 in 2:30) by Norway 525. Mr. Gilpin also bought a three-year-old filly by Bon Mc- Kinney 2:24% and a yearling by this grandly bred son of Bon Voyage 2:08 and Daphne McKinney (dam of Frank N. 2:07%) by McKinney 2:11%. Mr. Gil- pin says quite an interest is awakening in the light harness horse industry in Utah. ©©© Carlokin 2:07% is the fastest 2:10 trotting stallion standing for public service west of Denver, Athasham 2:09% being the other one. It is a serious question, this exportation of 2:10 trotters. Of all those ex- ported to Europe and Australasia we note the fol- lowing California bred ones: Lovelock 2:05%, Dolly Dillon 2:06%, Kinney Lou 2:07%, Brilliant Girl 2:08%, Directum Kelly 2:08%, Marie W. 2:08%, Derby Princess 2:0S%, Zomalta 2:08%, The Zoo 2:09, Bellemont 2:09%, Idolita 2:09%, Neeretta 2:09%, Athanio 2:10, All Style 2:10. In all 115 have been exported, and if we had 115 more they would follow these across both oceans. ©©© Five out-of-town directors of the Fresno Agricul- tural Association were elected at Saturday's meeting of that body. They are: H. A. Sessions of Kerman, Levi Garrett of Kingsburg, Mrs. A. B. Armstrong of Fowler, J. W. Porter of Malaga and George Hensley of Clovis. At least three others will be elected at next Saturday's meeting of the association, at which time it is expected that a secretary will also be de- cided upon. No action was taken relative to the resumption of the sale of association stock. About $13,000 worth of stock has been sold already this year, and it is understood that the directors plan to dispose of another $27,000 worth and secure a sum sufficient to provide for the enlargement of this year's fair. ©ffiffi The first foal to make his appearance this year at Rush & Haile's Suisun Stock Farm is a fine large lusty colt (foaled March 2nd) by Montbaine, the grandly bred son of Moko, the futurity sire. This colt is a beautiful bay with star and hind pasterns white, the image of his sire. His dam is Hanoro (dam of Oro Mo, trial, 2:06%, and De Oro, a very fast trotting prospect until he met with an accident which put him out of training for all time). Hanoro is by Oro Wilkes 2:11 out of Hannah (dam of Gracie R. 2:10%, Suisun p. 2:20% and Olga 2:29%) by Le Grande; grandani Hannah Price (dam of 6) by Arthurton, etc. This youngster's bloodlines are so good it is the intention to keep him as a stallion to breed on to the Demonio mares, as he combines the blood of Baron Wilkes 2:18, Strathmore, Volunteer, Sable Wilkes 2:18, Guy Wilkes 2:15%, Director 2:17, Speculation, Almont, Arthurton, etc., all of them noted for siring speed, stamina and beauty, ©©ffl The horsemen of this community were very deeply pained and shocked to read in the morning dailies the announcement of the sudden death of Mr. J. Howard Ford, proprietor of Stony Ford Farm, in Orange County, and one of the most prominent breeders in the United States, which occurred in his apartments at the Plaza Hotel soon before six o'clock last Monday evening as he was dressing for dinner. His body was discovered by a maid, and physicians who were summoned pronounced his death due to apoplexy. Mr. Ford was 61 years old, and from his earliest days had been a lover of horses, as well as a breeder and owner. At his Stony Ford Farm are domiciled the royally bred stallions Justo 2:08%, and Austral, besides a band of fashionably bred broodmares and young stock. He also owned Airdale 2:15%, the world's champion yearling trot- ter, and Lord Allen 2:11, the champion two-year-old of 1912. Two years ago he sold Billy Burke 2:03% to the Russian Government for $40,000, one of the largest sums ever received for an American stal- lion.— Trotter and Pacer. ©©© A young man who doubtless served his time as a spieler at a side show of a circus astonished an automobile full of passengers who were looking at the new race track at the Panama-Pacific Exposition, by standing up in the auto and shouting in true side show style, as the site of the places where the horses are to be kept on exhibition was shown him: "Every- body should pass right in and see the greatest aggre- gation of equine beauties ever assembled. The largest number of the very rarest of man's best friend, the horse! Here you will see Arabians from the desert of Sahara: Orion's from Russia; Shaggy ponies from Shetland; Zebras from Africa; coach horses from Germany; hackneys from England; Flemish horses from Holland and Germany; Percher- ons and Normans from France; wild mustangs from the prairies of America; Clydes, Shires and Suffolk Punches from Great Britain; thoroughbreds from England, Australia, Kentucky, California, and many of the States of the Union! Shaggy haired ponies from China, sleek looking ponies from the Canal zone, Opelousas horses from Texas, descendants of those brought over hundreds of years ago by Cortez, and last, but not least, the finest collection of cele- brated trotters and pacers gathered under one roof. The best in the world, gentlemen. These are worth coming thousands of miles to see. You will never have another opportunity like this again, and — " but the toot! toot! of a number of auto horns drowned his voice and, bowing to the right and left he sat down, thoroughly satisfied with the acoustic prop- erties of these grounds. SANTA MARIA HOLDS MATINEE RACES. Santa Maria, Cal., March 9, 1914. Ed. Breeder and Sportsman: The Santa Maria Driving Club held another one of its popular matinee races on March 1, 1914. This is the first time the club has given a matinee on Sunday. It proved very satisfactory both in attend- ance and financially. The weather was ideal and the card presented was the best in the history of the driving club. The race of the day was between Pointer's Daugh- ter 2:11%, Ben Corbett and R. W. They made ex- ceptionally fast time as will be seen by the score card below. R. W. is a green colt by Wild Nuttling 2:11%, and gave the game Pointer's Daughter a good race, both were pacing like a double team. Class A brought three starters which took five heats to decide which was best. Much interest was displayed and the management complimented for the splendid manner in which these races were con- ducted. Summary : Class A. Wayward Jr 1 1 2 2 1 Choro Princess 3 2 1 1 2 Queen Rappalo 2 3 3 3 3 Time— 2:20, 2:20%, 2:20y2, 2:20y», 2:21. Class B. Ben Corbett 2 3 3 H. TV 3 2 2 Pointer's Daughter 1 1 1 Time— 2:14-%, 2:14, 2:13. Class C. Dexter 3 2 2 Black Beauty 1 1 1 Salome • - 2 3 3 Time— 2:38, 2:32, 2:34. Messrs. Keefer & Spencer have recently located here, having arrived from National City on February 27th with three carloads of horses, after having been held in Los Angeles for eight days on account of washouts on the railroad during the heavy storm which played such havoc with railroad transportation and travel at that time. Mr. Spencer came with the shipment while Mr. Keefer remained in National City to close up their interests there and ship the balance of their stock later on, a number of which will go to the Pleasanton sale in April. Among the horses they have here now is that grandly bred young Exponent sire, The Proof (2) 2:29%, and four fine yearlings by him. The Proof will make a light season in the stud and be prepared for races. There is considerable interest taken in the breeding and development of the light harness horse in this locality and a number of mares have already been booked to The Exponent's handsome son. The mare Dawn 2:24%, trial 2:16 (dam of Don Vassar, three-year-old trial 2:13), by Athaneer.'dam by Athadon, was bred on the 8th. She has a fine filly by her side by Adansel 2:14%, much to the satisfaction of her owner, E. M. Barber, of San Di- ego, who was anxious for a filly from the mare, all her' previous foals having been colts. She has a promising two-year-old by The Bondsman that is in the Spencer stable, as is also the four-year-'old gelding Don Vassar, by Vassar 2:07, that paced the Sweetwater track last May in 2:13. Arista Ansel (2) 2:18%, also owned by Mr. Barber, is another member of Spencer's stable. She is four years old now and will be fitted for the races of 1915. Kid Cupid 2:08%, eligible to the 2:11 class, is big, strong and sound. There is some talk of sending him to race in Canada this year and the Northwest, where he will be eligible to the 2:15 class on the half-mile tracks. The black gelding, Pronto J. by Strathway 2:19, is a promising trotter that has been a mile in 2:14, the last quarter in 31 seconds, to a cart. He is owned by Jack Rice, the well known real estate dealer of San Diego. Nuristo 2:12%, eligible to the 2:20 class, and close up in 2:08%, will be named in all the good trotting stakes for the coming season in California to which he is eligible. He is owned by Alex. Brown of Walnut Grove. Another good trotter owned by Mr. Brown in Spencer's stable is the five-year-old bay mare Bonnie Ansel, by Prince Ansel and full sister to Bonnie Princess that trialed a mile last summer over east in 2:07%, last quarter in 29% seconds. Bonnie Ansel pulled a cart last May in 2:14, last half in 1:04 and has trotted a quarter to a cart in 30% seconds; she never made a break in her life and will be prepared for the campaign of 1915. Wesos 2:12%, also owned by Mr. Brown, has been shifted to the pace and promises to make a very fast side-wheeler. A handsome chestnut gelding owned by a San Diego business man is a five-year-old gelding, son of Strathway, and is a nice going trotter that with two months' work last year stepped a half- mile in 1:08. He strongly resembles in size, color and action the $5,000 Major By By. Another in the stable that is not to be overlooked is a handsome and stoutly made four-year-old colt by the game little race horse Monicrat 2:13%, dam by Prince Ansel. He is a smooth going pacer and is owned by Dick Johnson of Woodland, California, formerly of Galesburg, Illinois. Space will not permit us to mention separately each member of the bunch of horses, mares and colts Mr. Spencer has brought to Santa Maria, but we cannot omit making special mention of the yearlings by The Proof which stamp him as a uniform trans- mitter of his own color, conformation and character- istics, and all these youngsters are natural trotters. Mr. Spencer appears to be delighted with Santa Marie and the surrounding country and says that while he liked the Sweetwater track as a training place and became much attached to it on account of the climate and its location on the beautiful bay of San Diego, he believes that the business of rais- ing, developing and training trotters can be conduct- ed much more profitably in Santa Maria, with its abundance of pastures, hay and feed of all kinds which exceeds that in the vicinity of San Diego where the scarcity of pasture and high price of hay and feed made the cost of keeping stock about twice as much as here. He says there is also much more interest taken in the horse business here than in the southland and that, as soon as the extra stalls now being built are completed, he will have them filled with local horses whose owners are anxious to have their speed developed, and he expects to be very busy during the coming season. Yours, F. E. LEWIS. Sec'y Santa Maria Driving Club. TO BE MATED WITH THE HARVESTER 2:01. At Curls Neck Va., C. K. G. Billings will start breeding this season with The Harvester 2:01, by Walnut Hall 2:08%, dam Notelet, by Moko, as the premier stallion. Among the mares to be mated with The Harvester are the following noted ones: •Lou Dillon, ch. m., 1:58%, by Sidney Dillon, dam Lou Milton, by Milton Medium 2:25%. •Berniee R., b. m., 2:07%, by Dexter Prince, dam Dione 2:07%, by Eros 2:29%. •Bertha Mac, br. m., 2:08, by McKinney 2:11%, dam Alberta 2:29%, by Altoona. Icon, b. m., 2:10, by Peter the Great 2:07%, dam Alberta, by Albert W. 2:20. Nelly Worthy, r. m. (3), 2:24%, by Axworthy 2:15%, dam Nell, by Estill Eric. Queensland, b. m„ 2:19%, by Bingen 2:06%, dam Ollie K. 2:12%, by King Wilkes. Arielle, b. ni„ by Bingen 2:06%, dam Narion, by Arion 2:08%. Memories, b. m., sister of Todd 2:14%, by Bingen 2:06%, dam Fanella 2:13, by Arion. Baroness Axworthy, b. m., by Axworthy 2:15%, dam Erirange 2:21, by Prodigal. Baroness Jay, r. m. 2:29%, by Jay McGregor 2:07%, dam Baroness Electra 2:26%, by Baron Wilkes. •Adioo Dillon, p., b. m., 2:24% (dam of Dillon Ax- worthy 2:11%), by Sidney Dillon, dam Adioo, by Guy Wilkes 2:15%. Gretchen B., b. m., by John A. McKerron 2:04%, dam Lou Dillon 1:58%, by Sidney Dillon. Yo San, black mare, by Hershon 2:29%, dam by Romeo 2:29%. Elsa Bellini, br. m., 2:13%, by Bellini, dam Ex- pressive (3) 2:12%, by Electioneer. Quisetta, b. m., 2:16%, by Bingen 2:06%, dam Gazeta, blk m., 2:06, by Admiral Dewey; second dam Portrait 2:23%, by Alcantara 2:23. ♦California bred. FACTS ABOUT ROBERT BINGEN 2:14/2. As an individual this young stallion is all that the stickler for high individuality could ask for and no devotee of fashion can fault his flawless blood lines. Robert Bingen 2:14% is undoubtedly the grandest bred stallion alive today, if we except his near rela- tive, Victor Forbes, two years, 2:23%. This is a broad assertion but "The records tell the story," and here is the proof. Bingen 2:06% was the champion five-year-old stallion. Bingen, up to the time of his death, was the only stallion that had been the lead- ing sire for three different years. He sired Uhlan 1:58, to sulky, 2:03% to pole, and 2:02 on half-mile track, all world's records; then with running mate he trotted in 1:54%, the fastest mile ever gone in harness. Only two stallions ever sired two 2:05 trotters each; they are Bingen 2:06%, with Uhlan 1:58 and Admiral Dewey 2:04% to his credit; and Peter the Great, four years, 2:07%, with Peter Volo, two years, 2:04%, and Grace 2:04%, to his credit. Now with Bingen for a sire and a half sister to Peter the Great for a dam, both champions sires, it begins to dawn upon a man that in Robert Bingen a man would possess the best bred horse in the world. This is not all: Bingen 2:06% occupies a position as a family builder that no other stallion of his age ever at- tained, as a comparison of his achievements with that of other great sires will show. Bingen's sons have sired 359 performers, including 11 yearlings, 103 two-year-olds, 94 three-year-olds, 61 four-year- olds; Bingen's grandsons have sired 79 performers, including 12 yearlings, 29 two-year-olds, 30 three- year-olds, 6 four-year-olds. At Bingen's age, the sons of Red Wilkes had sired 66 performers; sons of Onward had sired 133; of Gambetta Wilkes 97; of Baron Wilkes 94; of Axtell SO; of Alcantara 72; of McKinney 34; of Allerton 26; of Ashland Wilkes 21, and of Nutwood 5; none of these, except McKin- ney and Baron Wilkes, were represented by a year- ling. Every family founder of trotters has gained his chief distinction through his union with mares of one or two particular strains, while Bingen is breed- ing on in all directions. A careful study of this tabu- lation will reveal to the broodmare owner that no great bred or more promising young sire has ever appeared before the public than Robert Bingen, who has recently taken to trotting, and it seemed no trouble for him to trot a quarter in 35 seconds the first time Mr. Dowling called upon him. One week afterward Robert Bingen trotted quarters in 33 sec- onds— a 2:12 gait, and those who see him every day declare he is liable to trot even faster than J. Mal- colm Forbes 2:08, his three-quarter brother. Send to Harry Dowling, superintendent of this farm, for a tabulated pedigree of this horse, or, better still, if vou have a good mare to breed, go and see him. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, March 14, 1914 I ROD, GUN AND KENNEL | I 1 I CONDUCTED BY J. X. DoWITT. | FIXTURES. Tournaments Registered. April 14, 15, 16. — Oaklahoma City, Okla. The Interstate Association's Second Southwestern Handicap Tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Capital City Gun Club; $1,000 added money. Winner of first place in the South- western Handicap guaranteed $100 and a trophy; win- ner of second place guaranteed $75 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Sev- eral other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pittsbugh, Pa. May 5 and 6 — Wenatchee, "Wash. "Washington State tournament, under the auspices of the "Wenatchee Rod and Gun Club, Chas. E. Owens, President. May 11, 12, 13 — San Diego, Cal. Pastime Gun Club. M. J. Towes, Chairman. May 19 and 19.— Salem, Oregon. Oregon State tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Capital City Rod and Gun Club. Mark Siddall, Secretary. May 28, 29, 30.— Salt Lake City, Utah. Utah State tour- nament, under the auspices of the Salt Lake Gun Club. A. R. Bain, Secretary. May 30— Lindsay, Cal. Lindsay Gun Club. Harry Ogil- vie, Manager. May 30, 31.— San Jose, Cal. San Jose Blue Rock Club. O. N*. Ford, Sec'y-Mgr. June 2, 3 — Colorado Springs, Col. Rocky Mountain Inter- state Sportsmen's Association's State tournament (Col- orado, Wyoming and New Mexico), under the auspices of the Colorado Springs Gun Club. John W. Garrett, Captain. June 3 and 4. — Milbank, S. D. South Dakota State tour- nament, under the auspices of the Milbank Gun Club. W. J. Martens, Secretary. June 2. 3. — Seattle, Wash. Seattle Trap Shooters' Asso- ciation. Hugh Fleming, Secretary, 3027 34th Ave. June 3, 4, 5 — Ely. Nev. White Pine Rod and Gun Club. J. S. Bennett, Pres. June 16, 17, 18. — Bradford, Pa. The Interstate Associa- tion's ninth Eastern Handicap tournament, under the auspices of the Bradford Gun Club; $1,000 added money. Winner of first place in the Eastern Handicap guaran- teed $100 and a trophy; winner of second place guar- anteed $75 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pitts- burgh, Pa. June 23, 24 — Hotchkiss, Col. Hotchkiss Gun Club. C. U. Emry, Secretary. July 20, 21 and 22. — Portland, Ore. The Interstate Asso- ciation's ninth Pacific Coast Handicap tournament, un- der the auspices of the Portland Gun Club; $1,000 added money. Winner of first place in the Pacific Coast Han- dicap'guaranteed $100 and a trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $75 and a trophy; winner of of third place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Man- ager, Pittsburgh, Pa. Sept. 8, 9, 10 and 11. — Dayton, Ohio. — The Interstate As- sociation's fifteenth Grand American Handicap tourna- ment, on the grounds of the N. C. R. Gun Club; $1,500 added money. Winner of first place in the Grand Amer- ican Handicap guaranteed $600 and trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $500 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $400 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be guaranteed. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa. Nov. 7. — "Williams, Ariz. Williams Gun Club, R. M. Reese, Secretary. Nov. 9, 10 and 11. — Phoenix, Ariz. Arizona State tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club, W. B. Twitchell, President. Trap Shoots. March 15. — San Jose Blue Rock Club, opening shoot, San Jose, Cal. May 11, 12, 13.— Pastime Gun Club, San Diego. May 15, 16, 17 — Los Angeles Gun Club, Venice grounds. Bench Shows. March 13-14. — Pasadena Kennel Club. A. K. C. rules. April 14-16. — Golden Gate Kennel Club, 5th annual show. A. K. C. rules. May 28-30 — San Francisco Kennel Club, 17th annual show. N. D. B. A. rules. 0 AT THE TRAPS. Live Bird Shoot. — The initial pigeon shoot of the California Wing Shooting Club for 1914 came off Sun- day, March 1, being the commencement of the club's forty-second annual shooting season, Schultz, 30 yards, was high gun for the day in the two principal matches and with Nauman, 32 yards, and Hoag, 28 yards, divided the large end of both added money purses. Frank Ruhstaller shot a "gilt edge" score for a ten string with one barrel in the afternoon race. Hoag captured the monthly cup in the miss and out, after a pretty race with Captain Du Bray; the two were even up to the seventeenth bird when the Captain lost a low-flying, swift straightaway dark bird. Hoag scored on his eighteenth and won the match. The shooters stood at the same handicap marks as in the twelve bird matches. This added feature to the club's program this season promises in lie popular. The scores follow: Medal Match — 12 birds, $50 added, 3 moneys, dis- tance handicaps, high guns to win; B, I.. Schultz 30 yd C. C Nauman 32 Toney Prior 32 Ed. Staunton 30 15. L. Hoag 28 A. J. Webb 31 Capt. A. w. DuBray 29 W. A Slmonton 29 in;)' Poston 81 '.\ . W TerriU 31 W. B. Murdock 29 F. J. Ruhstaller 29 C. A. Haight 29 Club Purse Match — 12 birds, $50 added, 3 n distance handicaps, high guns to win E. \j. Schultz 30 yds. 11121 11111 I Hoag 28 " 12121 22212 21221 12112 22221 22012 21222 22222 00121 20112 20022 11101 11111 21202 2 1210 11111 22211 10111 12212 22022 22022 21112 H2222 22222 21211 10110 lion 12212 22—12 21—12 21—11 12—11 02—10 02—10 12—10 12—10 22—10 01—10 12—10 2"-- 0 20— 9 21102 22211 12—11 20222 22221 22—11 12222 01222 22—11 11111 Hill 20—11 *2221 22221 22—11 11212 11211 10— 11 02212 21222 22—11 12212 02202 22—10 12212 02202 22— in 11220 02210 12— 9 12111 02101 02— 9 Toney Prior 32 " A. J. Webb " Capt. A. W. DuBray 29 " F. J. Ruhstaller 29 " W. A. Simonton 29 " W. W. TerriU 31 " Ed. Staunton 30 " C. C. Nauman 32 " Hugh Poston 31 " C. A. Haight 29 " W. E. Murdock 29 " "Dropped out of bounds. Miss-and-out match: Hoag IS, DuBray IT, Prior 9, Poston 9, Staunton 8, Webb 6, Simonton 6, Nanman 2, Schultz, 1, TerriU 1, Ruhstaller 0, Haight 0, Wes- terfeld 0. Six bird pool shoots, 30 yards rise: Nauman 6, 5; Prior G, Hoag G, DuBray 6, Ruhstaller 4, 5; Simonton G, 2; Poston 6, 6; Staunton 6, 5; Haight, 5. * * * Easton Shoot. — Ideal weather for trap shooting prompted two score of shotgun experts to attend the postponed opening inanimate target shoot March 8 of the Exposition City Gun Club at Easton, in San Mateo county. In events 1, 2 and 4 the contestants were divided into classes and shot from the 16-yard mark. Event 4 is a challenge cup match; the winner of the cup is subject to immediate challenge and must be on hand at the next club shoot to defend his win. A member scoring the most wins during the season becomes permanent owner of the trophy. Straight scores of 20 each were shot in this race by W. A. Simonton and Hugh Poston. Hoelle and Willet also scored straight in the second match. Hoelle and Becktell were high men in the club medal match, 19 each in event 1. Poston and Willet shot the only straights in the "hash" race event. No. 3, a contest between Captain Handman's team and General Vallejo's team, won by a total score of 199 to 190. C. A. Haight broke 25 birds straight in the last event of the day. Events Targets E. Hoelle Hugh Poston C. A. Haight W. A. Simonton Fred Willet F. Miller F. W. Stall C. Gettins W. G.. Becktell J. W. Dorsey H. Stelling H. B. Vallejo H. Brickell T. Handman P. B. Bekeart, Jr C. N. Dray J. G. Smith A. S. Wickersham C. A. Bridgford C. Doe, Jr J. W. F. Moore L. Middleton J. H. Jones Capt. A. W. DuBrav C. Westerf eld R. E. McGill C. Schmidt D. B. McDonald I14J12 E. H. Forestier 14|16 W. Pranz Geo. Thomas W. B. Sanborn H. Dutton C. Chamberlan T. D. Riley | 1| 2j 3| 4| 5|T'l 2" 15 19J14 19 1 1SI12 17 13 17112 16112 is!l3 17112 1S|14 IT, Hi 1G'13 15117 81 7 In 12 12 9 6 6 9 13 S 11 11116 51.. '12 13115111110 15116112117 16116; 6112 ..I 91111.. 17|14|13]1S|. 100 lil 94 92 92 90 90 American Won at Monte Carlo. — The final stages of the Grande Poule d'Essai at Monte Carlo saw a great struggle between the United States and Can- ada, says the Daily Telegram of London, Mr. Upson, with 24 kills, beating Mr. R. S. Van Vlak by one bird. Punctually at noon a start was made and it was soon evident that the birds were again of the best. After 5 more rounds only 6 shooters had accounted for 10 kills; in fact, only 7 guns had accounted for 9 straights when 500fr. out of the pool was arranged to go to the first shooters missing. These were Signor Cesarana and Signor Rossini, leaving only Messrs. Rabel, Fadini, Van Vlak, Upson and Sessa in the show, when another arrangement was made of 2,000fr. to the fifth, which was awarded to Signor Fadini, who failed at the fifteenth bird. At this stage the four leaders left in agreed to divide the money left and shoot for the gold medal. A magnificent contest then took place. M. Rabel failed in the seventeenth round, and Sig- nor Sessa in the twentieth round. Mr. Van Vlak and Mr. Upson, still shooting in great style and with confidence, continued until the twenty- fourth round, when Mr. Van Vlak missed his pigeon (a good rising bird), and Mr. Upson, scoring, was acclaimed the winner of the gold medal and also of this important event. It was a great and exciting contest considering that out of 127 shooters Mr. Upson and Mr. Van Vlak were individually representing respectively the Unit- ed States and Canada. The money was divided as follows: Mr. D. A. Upson (United States) 24-24, gold medal and 3,526fr 1 Mr. Van Vlak (Toronto, Canada) 23-24, 3,526fr... 2 Signor Sessa, 19-20, 3,526fr 3 M. Rabel, 1G-17, 3,52Gfr 4 Signor Fadini, 14-15, 2,000fr 5 Signor Saesarano, 10-11, SOOfr 6 Signor Rossini, 9-10, 500fr 7 The day's proceedings wound up with SI shooters contesting a handicap pool (lOOfr. entry). Messrs. Denfert, de Mola, Asti, Bela von Gaspardy, Count Haughwitz, E. Von Hoobruck, Comte Lareinty, B. Falz-Fein, Locatelli, Colombel, Goeldel. Lafite, Gal- liani, Caesrano, Marquis del Turco and Count Trautt- mansdorff took 4S0fr. each with 5 kills to their credit. There was a great attendance at the finish. * * * Southern California Traps. — The Santa Maria Blue Rock Club held a practice "shoot" out at their grounds Sunday, March 8. The weather was ideal for work and some fairly good scores were made. The boys are practicing for the tournament to be held in San Jose. Cal., on March 15, 1914. The fol- lowing members will represent Santa Maria: Wilson, Chase, Tapeley, Rubel, Whaley, E. Bryant, Scott, Hughes, Stair, Sword and Oakley. With any sort of luck the club figures on bringing home some of the money. The following were high scores made Sun- day, shooting at 25 birds: Lambert 24, Scott 24, Sword 23, Whaley 23, Chase 23, Tapeley 23, Campbell 22, Miranda 22, E. Bryant 22, Rubel 22, Bryant 20, Oakley 20, Stair 20. Lambert was high gun for the day, finishing with 93 out of the hundred. The Santa Maria Blue Rock Club expects to hold a big shoot on Juiy 3 and 4. * * * Sacramento Trap Prospects. — The Capital City Blue Rock Club met Tuesday evening for the annual election of officers, and also to formulate plans for the coming season. It is proposed to extend an invi- tation to women enthusiasts in trap shooting to join the local club, and several other innovations were to be suggested to make the club even more popular than it has been during its successful career thus far. Contests will be held this season with Stockton and other blue rock clubs of Northern California. Lee Gorman is president of the club, and Barney Worthen is captain of the shooters. * * * "Pull!" Just what the Golden Gate Gun Club will do tomorrow to hold the club opening shoot for 1914 we were unable to ascertain before going to press. Cap Simonton, however, intimated that an attempt would be made to have a "surprise shoot" — we in- ferred from that remark that possibly the old Ingle- side grounds would be the scene of operations. Garden City Traps. — Failing any chance at a local trap shoot tomorrow quite a number of the bay dis- trict trigger pullers will shoot with the San Jose Blue Rock Club members. The program is a good one and a large attendance is expected. POPULAR SPORTSMAN ILL. J. B. Lemmer, president of the famed Black Jack Gun Club and a prominent member of the Salmon Creek Rod and Gun Club has been laid up, for the past two weeks at St. Luke's Hospital, down origin- ally with an attack of pneumonia. We announce with extreme pleasure that the "grand old man" is now on the way to complete recovery. ANGLERS WILL DANCE. California Anglers' Association members and guests will formally open house in new quarters this evening with a social reception. The new club rooms are located on Market street, over the Pan- tages' theater, cosy and commodious and will make the organization more popular than ever. o ENGLAND MAY STOP PLUMAGE IMPORTS. Naturalists and bird lovers were never so sharply divided as at present over the crucial question of the preservation of birds. The occasion of dispute at present is a bill intro- duced in Parliament by the Right Hon. C. E. H. Hob- house, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which will prohibit the importation of plumes and "bits of birds" into Great Britain. This phrase is quoted from the drastic law passed by the United States. Naturalists who have visited the places where the birds are killed to decorate dresses and hats believe that the Hobhouse measure, founded more or less ■ on the American law, would prevent much cruelty and perhaps the threatened annihilation of certain species. Against these is arrayed an "Economic Society" which maintains that those who deal in plumes are their best preservers. A broad international organi- zation is being established to obtain information about the plumage of birds and incidentally to defeat the Hobhouse bill. James Buckland, in supplying The Times with the particulars of fancy feather sales of February, says that the truth of the forecast, made last Autumn by The Deutsch Confection, the leading millinery trade journal, that the fashion in hat decorations would certainlp change, has received ample confirmation in the effect which the American law has had on the plumage trade. Of 6,974 birds of paradise catalogued at sales last week 5,230 remained unsold, while of 8, CIS crowned pigeon crests offered 7,648 failed to find purchasers. There is a marked decline also in the demand for osprey feathers and 14,592 ounces had to be with- drawn from sale. Very large quantities of skins and feathers of many other species also remained unsold. Saturday, March 14, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN FIVE IMPORTANT WILD DUCK FOODS. What is it that attracts large numbers ot ducks, including the tar-famed canvasback duck, to certain localities? This is a question which a specialist of the Department of Agriculture has been endeavoring to solve, and the results of his careful investigations are now being printed in a bulletin for free distribu- tion entitled "Five Important Wild Duck Foods." The presence of certain plants near, or in certain bodies of water, prove to be the cause of the popu- larity of those localities for the canvasbacks and other ducks. Among these the Department's inves- tigator found five to be of great intrinsic value. Though at present of local importance only, all of them could be grown in most parts of the United States and there is no reason why they should not rank among the staple foods of wild ducks in many places where they are now unknown. Previously published information regarding wild duck foods has been of considerable value to game commissioners, game protective associations, and individuals interested in the protection of our native species of wild fowl. The new data now being pub- lished for the benefit of those interested, concerns the "Delta duck potato," "Wapato," "Chufa," "Wild millet," and "Banana water lily." While canvasbacks in the northern states seem to prefer deep water bodies, in sections around the southern half of the Mississippi river they frequent certain shallow ponds and lakes. The attraction of these regions has been found to consist in the pres- ence of the delta duck potato, popularly known as the wild potato or wild onion in Louisiana. This plant is found in southern Illinois, Missouri, western Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama, Missis- sippi. Louisiana and Texas. The entire area over which it now grows was in ancient times a vast bay, extending as far north as Illinois, into which the Mississippi river emptied. From these times until the present the delta of this river has been growing because of the thick deposits of silt which have grad- ually filled up this bay. The limits of this one-time bay seem at present to mark the extent of the delta duck potato. There seems no reason, however, why the delta duck potato should not grow anywhere in the south- ern half of the United States and, perhaps, even farther north. The tubers may be transplanted with a large percentage of success. The transplanted bulbs will produce other tubers the first year. The tubers should be embedded in mud bottom where the water is not more than a foot deep, preferably not more than six inches. The plant will grow thriftily on soil never covered by water but which has plenty of moisture. Here, however, the tubers are not available to the ducks unless overflowed in winter. The wapato is another tuber which has been known as an important wild duck food for more than 100 years. The wapato ranges over practically the whole United States, saving certain of the most southern ones. It is locally known as the swan potato, duck potato, swamp potato, muskrat potato, Chinese onion and water nut. The shape of its leaves, which is like an arrow head, makes it easily distinguishable from the delta duck potato which has broad ellip- tical leaves. Both seeds and tubers of the wapato may be trans- planted but the tubers give quickest results and are the most reliable. The tubers retain their vitality when dry but drying should not be carried to an extreme. It is recommended that the tubers be shipped promptly after gathering, in well ventilated packages. They should be planted immediately upon receipt. They should be planted like the Delta duck potato and may be cultivated in practically all parts of the country. The chufa is another very generally distributed plant which is valuable as wild duck food. Only in the higher parts of the Rocky mountain region would there seem to be difficulty in cultivating it. It is widely distributed in warm climates over the whole world. The chufa is a grass-like growth. It is ex- tremely prolific, cultivated forms usually producing 100 tubers to the plant. Chufas can be obtained from most seedsmen for so small a price that sportsmen could afford to buy a new stock every few years if necessary. Chufas do best on light or somewhat sandy but rich soils. They are only available for duck food, however, when planted on land dry in summer and overflowed in winter. In the open they should be planted thickly but in timbered lands they will do well only in rather sparse growths where considerable light penetrates to the ground. When possible the land should be broken and freed from weeds. The tubers should be planted just beneath the surface in spring. Wild millet is an easily cultivated plant most pop- ular with ducks, which reseeds itself. It requires a moist and preferably a rich soil, such as the edge of a marsh, and will grow in water at least a foot deep. The soil should be broken up and the millet sown thickly in the spring. Once established the plant will take care of itself. Wild millet seeds are sold by most seedsmen as barnyard grass. A variety has been widely adver- tised as "Japanese barnyard millet," or "billion- dollar grass." It may be cultivated in any part of the United States. It is a coarse, leafy grass, which grows from one to six feet in height. The banana water lily is a name proposed for a plant which at present has no popular distinctive appelation. The hibernating tubers of the plant so nearly resemble in form a bunch of bananas as to seem to justify the name. At present it is known only along the southern border of our Gulf States. It can .however, be successfully grown throughout most of the United States. The plant needs much sunlight, water from one to three feet deep and a muddy bottom. The rootstocks may be planted bv weighting them with stones and dropping where de- sired. They have great vitality. They may be transplanted at almost any time of the year. The new bulletin describing these plants which attract wild fowl is in a measure supplementary to Biological Survey Circular No. 81 previously issued by the Department. The earlier publication contained information on three other wild duck foods — wild rice, wild celery, and pond weeds. — ■ o BIG GAME SHOOTING IN ALASKA. DOG FIGHTS YET POPULAR. Lat fall was a great season for bears, especially in Alaska. If you are skeptical you need only pay heed to the reports of the sportsmen who have been return- ing from the north and who stopped over in Tacoma long enough to add to the list of remarkable shots and the even more wonderful ones that almost got even bigger and more difficult quarry: Maybe it is because of the number and persistence of the invaders that the bears in Alaska have shown a peculiarly ferocious disposition last year. Mr. Wil- liam Melvin, a mining man of Democrat Pup — per- haps that name had something to do with stirring up the bear— was following the trail to his home when he was confronted by a large black bear, which, coollv taking his measure, decided, to contest the right of way. Melvin accepted the gage of combat and made the first move by pulling his .38 revolver and firing quickly. His shot hit the animal — a miner from Democrat Pup would not be likely to miss— but the bear, being enraged by the wound, rushed upon its adversary. When the bear was within ten feet of him Melvin fired again rapidly three times, but the bear, ignoring its injuries, continued to charge. Then the revolver failed to work and the man took to his heels, finally outdistancing the pursuing bear. As soon as he could get a rifle Melvin retraced his steps and at a distance of about three miles came upon the wounded bear. One more shot did for it. One of the biggest bags of the season was reported by Mr. and Mrs. James Morris, of Paris, and Mr. C. T. Summerson, who spent the summer in Alaska. No fewer than six brown bears, three grizzly bears, one black bear, to say nothing of caribou, moose, mountain sheep, mountain goats, a wolf, ducks, geese and other game birds, with fine catches of fish, proved their prowess as sportsmen. The party started north in June, and as soon as they reached Alaska they chartered a small power vessel in which they cruised among the islands of southeastern Alaska, trolling for salmon and fishing in the streams until the shooting season opened in British Columbia. Then they crossed the White Pass and chartered another power vessel in which they ascended the Polly River and the McMillan River from Fort Selkirk, covering a distance of 5S0 miles. This brought them into the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, where they found the big game so abundant that in fourteen days they had Idled as much as they were permitted to take under their licenses. Another sportsman who returned from his expedi- tion to Alaska full of enthusiasm is Dr. Arthur W. Elting, of Albany, N. Y., who went north with Captain Frank E. Kleinschmidt last summer. Dr. Elting had shot big game in Newfoundland and New Brunswick and in the Rocky Mountain country, but after this adventure into Alaska he acclams it the finest hunt- ing ground of them all. The party obtained two brown bears, four black bears and five polar bears, besides a number of caribou, moose and mountain sheep. There is one famous bear still alive now that the sportsmen say has invaded Alaska and gone away again. Several persons claim to have seen the tracks of Old Resurrection, but they all agree that they were not able to get him. Old Resurrection is a famous giant brown Kenai Peninsula specimen, be- lieved from his monster footprints to be the biggest bear now alive out of doors in North America. For years men have set forth gayly at the begin- ning of the season, vowing to bring down Old Resur- rection. At its expiration they have returned sadder and wiser. Every one believes in the existence of this great brown bear and many a man feels con- fident that he will get him next time. The bear takes his peculiar name, by the way, from the headwaters of the Resurrection River, where he is supposed to have his haunts. Mr. W. W. Perkins, who got a bear in Oregon last year, claims that one portion of that state yields almost as good sport as Alaska. Mr. C. D. Melville, of Edmonton, Alberta, a member of the Dominion Fisheries Board, with Mr. John Mc- Kenna, of the same place, traveled thirteen hundred miles in a wooden canoe on swift northern rivers during the last season, and three hundred miles over- land through a wilderness. All this was accomplished in nine weeks. Shooting from the canoe while spin- ning along the Peace and the Wabash rivers, Mr. Melville killed two bears and two bull moose. Drastic Jersey Game Laws. — For the better pro- tection of the State's game, a bill has been introduced in the New Jersey legislature which, if it becomes a law, will make it illegal for any unnaturalized for- eign-born person to hunt, capture or kill any wild bird or animal, except in defence of personal prop- erty, and will make it unlawful for any such person to either own or possess a shotgun or rifle. Another bill will make it unlawful, if it passes, for the Senate to issue gunners' licenses to unnaturalized foreign- born persons. In an issue of The Dog Fancier we were somewhat surprised to read an account of a dog fight which took place presumably in St. Louis. It is a fact that there is quite an established following of "pit dog" fanciers back East, this variety being bred, raised and advertised at stud and for sale. We might be criticised for re-publishing the ac- count given below, when we add this comment on the episode and unhesitating pronounce the sports- men (?) who were responsible for the matches and present with the "colored man" and dogs in the pit, as the greater brutes of the gathering. "On January IS we had two of the most impor- tant fights here that have taken place in this part of the country in many years not only on account of the reputation of the dogs, but because of the large amount of money wagered. One was between Hen- nessy's Jack, of St. Louis, and Semmes' Colonel, owned by Mr. Peace, of Laurel, Miss. The weight was 42 pounds and the purse $500 per side, but inanv times this amount was wagered at pitside, Colonel being a prime favorite as far as the betting was con- cerned. Jack was conditioned by Tim McCarthy and Bud Hovall, of St. Louis, and handled by Mr. Hovall. Colonel was conditioned by the old veteran dog man, L. Bowser, and handled by a colored man from the south, named Ben Molett. The fight was fast and furious for thirty minutes. At the end of that time, the colored man handling Colonel picked him up on a foul, without a turn being made, asked for or allowed by the referee. The referee, Mike Hogan, of St. Louis, asked Colonel's handler three different times to put his dog down, telling him if he did not do so he would disqualify him, and when he per- sistently refused to listen to the referee the decision was given to Hennessy's dog. Colonel was by far the best conditioned dog, but in my humble opinion, drawn about two pounds below where he belonged. Jack was fought about two pounds above where he belonged. Jack is now open for an engagement at 40 pounds for good money, and Colonel, I understand, is open for an engagement at 43 or 44 pounds. The match was made by Dr. C. H. Sherman, of Dallas, Texas, and Colonel was secured for the fight by Mr. Bowser. Mr. Bowser also conditioned him and was to have handled the dog, but when the southern people arrived in St. Louis, Mr. Semmes, Mr. Peace, and perhaps some other members of the party, I understand, advanced the idea that Mr. Bowser was too old a man to handle a big, young dog like Colonel, and wanted the colored man to handle him. When the matter was mentioned to Dr. Sherman he promptly told them that unless Mr. Bowser handled Colonel he would have nothing to do with the fight. The dog was then taken from his management, and in the hands of the colored man lost on a foul, as before stated. The second match made by Dr. Sherman was be- tween Tim McCarthy's Pepper, of St. Louis, and a dog called Jeff, bred and raised by John Noonan, of Fountain, Mass. The dog was sold to Mr. Bowser when a pup, who in turn sold him to Henry H. Jack- son of Montgomery, Ala. Mr. Jackson is still the proud owner of that grand, game little dog, and I do not believe any amount represented under four figures could buy him. Jeff is a pure Noonan bred black and tan. The weight was 31 pounds. Jeff was conditioned by Mr. Jackson and Mr. Bowser, and handled by Mr. Bowser. He won in something like an hour and a half, but after twenty minutes' fighting anyone could tell that it was only a question of time until he would be declared the winner. He fought rings around Pepper and when taken to his corner to scratch, went across as fast as his little legs would take him. But Pepper was an absolutely game dog. He made one of the best scratches I ever saw a dog make, when every one present thought him imaMe to stand on his feet. When called upon to make his last scratch, Pepper was equivalent to a dead dog, and I understand was lifeless only a short time after being taken from the pit. The fight was for a purse of $150 per side, but the Texas and Ala- bama people had any part of $5,000 to bet on Jeff at pitside. Joe Baldauf of Cincinnati, Ohio, was referee. The fights were witnessed by the following out of town people: From Montgomery, Ala.: H. H. Jack- son, Henry Krutner, Arthur Williams and Mr. Strange. From Chicago, 111., Con Freeley, Pat Con- roy and Frank Bernero. From Dallas, Texas, Dr. C. H. Sherman, Dallas Reed. L. Bowser and Mr. Black- burn. From Memphis, Tenn., the Searcy brothers and several friends. From New Kensington, Pa.. Geo. C. Armitage and Miles Armstrong. Mr. Toombs, of Louisville, Ky., and Mr. Duable, of Clay Center, Kansas, were also present. — B. F. L." Panama-Pacific Exposition Bench Show. — It has been announced definitely that a show in this city next year, at the world's fair, will be held. Judges will be selected from A. K. C. and National ranks and for good measure a Canadian or two and English judges will probably be on the list. The exhibit will be held under Exposition rules. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. A Good Boston. — In our advertising columns is a for sale announcement offering a well bred and most handsome Boston terrier. A change of residence of the owners, to a "modern apartment house," put a barrier against the dog's further domicile with the family. ". £ lb GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN. Renewed local activity has developed in the ini- tiative campaign to change the present State steel- head fishing season so that the rod and reel frater- nity may be enabled to fish for that variety of trout in tidewater during the months of January and Feb- ruary. Many petitions are now out and daily receiv- ing numerous signatures. Contrary to general ex- pectation, Southern California anglers have shown little interest in the movement, notwithstanding that the Santa Ynez river, near Lompoe, and the Ventura river both offer fine seasonable inducements for the sport. * * * During the season of 1913-14, the people of San Francisco ate S2.521 wild ducks, according to an estimate of the State Fish and Game Commission, compiled from the records of the express companies. The consumption, in comparison with the previous year, was greatly decreased, as illustrated by the fact that market hunters alone, in the previous season, shipped more than 106,000 ducks into the city. It was a disappointing year in many respects, as there was too much rain in January, and the birds were widely scattered. Most of the ducks shipped to this city were from portions of the San Joaquin valley, and from around San Francisco bay. A notable increase in the slaughter of canvasback and mallard during December was a feature of the report, which follows: Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. 15 days. Sprig 8,532 7,180 5.S1S 2,370 Teal 6,416 4,829 6,350 2.289 Spoonbill 1,547 1,083 3,149 1,431 Widgeon 944 2,550 5,215 1,530 Canvasback 696 2,415 5,922 882 Mallard 648 1,832 4,204 1,101 Total 18,783 19,898 30,658 9,603 Hunters killed 2,121 geese in October; 10,980 in November; 7,804 in December, and 2,592 in January. More than 50,000 jackrabbits were snipped into this city during the same period. o Steelhead Season Changed. — The opening day of the steelhead season in Santa Cruz county is May 1, made so by a county ordinance, instead of April 1 as provided by the State law. We are advised, how- ever, that the ordinance in that respect was recently repealed. The tip is out that Marin county has also put the steelhead season back for two weeks until April 15. Another complication starts from a provision of the State law, which provides that "white fish and trout — all varieties except steelhead" can not be taken until April 15 in district two. As a matter of fact the trout in the streams and creeks of that district are all, with but few exceptions, steelhead trout. * * * The Brookdale hatchery is now operated by Santa Cruz county, with Frank A. Shelby in charge as superintendent. The Stevens creek trout farm and hatchery, which was temporarily put out of business during last season's dry spell, has resumed business, there being now an abundance of running water for future operations. The Mill creek hatchery, near Ban Bernardino, a private venture, recentlv received 50,000 rainbow trout eggs from hatcheries in Utah, and continued shipments will be made for several weeks. Striped bass anglers who tried the San Antone fishing resorts last Sunday met with indifferent suc- cess. Better luck is anticipated today and tomorrow THE BREEDER ANL SPORTSMAN [Saturday, March 14, 1914 THE TIME SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1914 At 2 P. M. sharp. THE PLACE PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK THE MAN CHARLES L. DERYDER THE EVENT COMBINATION SALE Of Trotters and Pacers, ready to race. Standard and Register- ed Stallions, Broodmares and (staked) colts. ENTRIES CLOSE MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1914 (Catalogues go to press on that day) As a preliminary announcement we will state that SPENCER & KEEFER will sell 15 or 20 head of aged horses, broodmares, two-year-olds, yearlings and foals of 1914. THE PLEASANTON STOCK FARM will sell El Zombro 57401; Gay Zombro 58569 by El Zombro, dam Nosegay by Langton 17536; Zomwelyn B. by El Zombro, dam Evelyn B., by Prince Ansel. Gay Zombro and Zomwelyn B. are paid up in the California and Oregon Futurities, have been jogged all the w-inter and are now ready to go into train- ing. Mr. MacKenzie sells the colts as he wishes to sell some of his stallions and thought it possible that the party buying El Zombro would like to get some of his staked colts to develop for the benefit of the horse. There is also a two-year-old colt by The Bondsman out of Rosie by Corbett Rose; second dam Trix, the great broodmare, by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%. Some of the other offerings will be by The Bondsman, Prince Ansel, The Proof, and Nushagak. Nearly all of the most prominent stallions on the Pacific Coast will be represented. Watch this space for further particulars next week. For entry blanks, write, C. L. DERYDER, Manager, Pleasanton, California. o District of Columbia Marksmen Win Team and Individual Championships of Short Range League SHOOTING REMINGTON-UMC INDOOR TARGET CARTRIDGES (Formerly called Specification 73) REMINGTON UMC Which Simply Repeats 1913's Story— You will remember that the Park Club and Mr. D. I. Gould made the same winnings in last year's League Series- REMINGTON UMC Again was Remington-UMC ammunition subjected to the most critical tests by many of the best shots in the United States. Not only the District of Columbia scores, but improved shoot- ing on many other teams, have again proved Remington-OfC superiorit}-— dependability. SHOOT THE CARTRIDGES THAT WILL BOOST YOUR SCORES REMINGTON ARMS- UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. 299-301 Broadway New York City Saturday. March 14, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 Warranted to give satisfaction. GOMBAULT'S CAUSTIC BALSAM A safe, speedy and positive cure for Curb , Splint, Sweeny, Capped Hocfc, Strained Tendons, Founder, wind Puffs, and ail lameness from Spavin, Ringbone and other bony tumors. Cures all skin diseases or Parasites, Thrush, Diphtheria. Removes all Bunches from Horses or Cattle. As a HUMAN BGHUDT for Bh«n< irtiilUm, Spralue, Sore Throat, en., it is Invaluable. Svery bottle of Can»tle Balaam Bold Is Warranted to give satisfaction. Price SI. .10 per bottle. Sold by druecrlsts, or sent by ex- press, charges paid, with full directions fer its use. Send for descriptive circulars, testimo- nials, etc. Address THS LATREHCE-WILLIiSB COMPACT, dsvelud, Ohio HEALD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE trains for Business and places its grad- uates in positions. 1215 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco Don't Gut Out A SHOE BOIL, CAPPED HOCK OR BURSITIS FOR ABSORBINE *^ TPADE MARK BEG.U.S.PAT. OFF. will remove them and leave no blemishes. Reduces any puff or swelling. Does not blister or remove the hair, and horse can be worked. $2 a bottle delivered. Book 6 K free. ABSORBINE, JR„ the antiseptic liniment for man- Idnd. For Boils, Bruises, Old Sores, Swellings, Varicose Veins. Varicosities. Allays Pain. Price SI and S2 a bottle at druggists or delivered. Will tell more if you write, W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 54 Temple St, Springfield, Mass; For sals by Langley & .Michaels, San Francisco, Calif.; Woodward, Clark, ft Co , Portland. Ore ; Cal. Drag & Chsm. Co., Brunswig Drug Co., Western Wholesale Drug Co., Los Angeles, Calif. Kirk, Cleary &. Co., Sacramento, Calif.; Pacific Drug. Co., Seattle, Wash.; Spokane Drag Co., Spo- kane, Wash.; Offin, Bedington Co., San Francisco, Ceil, f Subscribe for Sportsman." "The Breeder and SPECIAL ADVERTISING. Wanted, For Sale and Miscellaneous advertisements under this head will be set in nonpareil (same type below) and will be published at the rate of 2 cents per word each insertion, or 6 cents per word by the month. Count each abbrevi- ationand initial as a word. FOR SALE— ALTON, foaled in 1902, bv Altamont 3600, dam by Alex. Button 1177S; second dam by Black Eagle; third dam by Reavis' Blackbird. Alton is the sire of Albia that raced in the northwest and won all of his races, getting a mark of 2:11% at Salem. Albia is not bv Iran Alto. Alton also sired Alton S., now work- ing at Pleasanton, and one of the best green pacers in California. Alba's dam is by Knight and Alton S.'s dam is said to be by Silver Bow. For further par- ticulars apply to or address W. G. HAR- RIS, Dixon, Cal. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY for the right man. A thorough horseman pre- ferred. Must have good references. If you are looking for something right, ad- dress, G. W. GRAY & CO., Geneva, N. Y. FOR SALE.— ISLAM, Black Percheron, S yrs. old. Imp. and Reg., weighs 2,235 lbs., sound and a sure foal getter. "Was first in sweepstakes wherever shown, and won two silver cups. Also colt sired by Islam, a 3-yr-old. For further particu- lars address, I. W. CHENEY, Turlock, Cal. FOR SALE. — Brindle and white female Bull Terrier whelped July 20, 1912. A fine brood bitch, just weaning her second litter of nine pups each. Breeding and price on application. DR. I. L. TUCKER, Oroville, Cal. FOR SALE. Stock Ranch Above the Average, Mendocino County. 2,690 acres, stock and sheep ranch, 5 miles north of Ukiah. 40 acres alfalfa land, part now in alfalfa, 30 acres grain land, balance good grazing land. 25,000 to 30,000 cords of wood, valuable because of short haul to market. Stumpage worth $1.00 per cord. Creek running through the ranch, furnishes abundance of water until about the middle of June. Enough water can be stored in a natural dam site, above the fields, to irrigate for alfalfa, etc., at small cost. 1300 head of sheep, with a year's growth of wool, which is contracted at 20c per pound, goes with ranch. Also 4 horses, and farming implements. Improvements old, but usable. Range is above the average, as is evident from the large number of sheep carried in proportion to the acre- age. Terms: $13 per acre; $34,970. Terms. BOSTON TERRIER FOR SALE. Light brindle Kenworth Van Dyke aged 2I,£ years, beautifully marked, sired by j Honey Peach of Wonderland out of Alice of Wonderland. Registered. Is perfectly i house broken but on account of breaking up housekeeping must be sold. Applv to I L. COUSINS, Mrramar Apartments, 4050 Castro St. $10 DUE ON YEARLINGS Wednesday, April 1, 1914 Nothing more to pay before 1915 Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 13— $7,250 For Foals of 1913 to Trot or Pace at Two and Three Years Old $3800 for Trotting Foals. $2500 for Pacing Foals. $600 to Nominators of Winners and $350 to Owners of Stallions. MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS: $2500 for Three -Year- Old Trotters. 200 to the Nominator of the Dam whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Three- Year-Old Trot. 1300 for Two-Year-Old Trotters. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Two-Year-Old Trot. 100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Win- ner of Three-Year-Old Trot when Mare was bred. $1500 for Three-Year-Old Pacers. 200 to the Nominator of the Dam whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace. 1000 for Two-Year-Old Pacers. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Two-Year-Old Pace. 100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Win- ner of Three-Year-Old Pace when Mare was bred. $150 in Special Cash Prizes was Paid to Stallion Owners in December, 1912. ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS. — $2 to nominate mare on December 2, 1912, when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 June 1, 1913; $5 November 1, 1913; $10 on Yearlings April 1, 1914; $10 on Two-Year-Olds Aprill, 1915; $10 on Three-Year-Olds April 1, 1916. STARTING PAYMENTS.— $25 to start in the Two-Year-Old Pace; $35 to start in the Two-Year-Old Trot; $35 to start in the Three-Year-Old Pace; $50 to start in the Three-Year-Old Trot. All Starting Payments to be made ten days before the first day of the meeting at which the race is to take place. Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the horse entered is a Trotter or Pacer. Colts that start as Two-Year-Olds are not barred from starting again in the Three- Year- Old divisions. E. P. HEALD, President. F. W. KELLEY, Secretary, P. O. Drawer 447, 366 Pacific Bldg., Cor. Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco, Cal. PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION #% Race Meetings, San Francisco, California, 1915 wd/ *i)M *XP0Sff$' Given under the Auspices of the Pacific Coast Trotting' Horse Breeders Association ^2toSTC\^ $80,000 Early Closing' Stakes. Only 2 per cent to Start ENTRIES CLOSE, APRIL 1, 1914 SUMMER MEETING. JUNE. 1915. FALL MEETING. OCT. 30 TO NOV. 13. 1913. No. 17—2:10 CLAS8 TROTTING No. 22—2:08 CLASS PACING - $20,000 I No. 2—2:10 CLASS TROTTING $20,000 | No. 39—2:06 CLASS PACING ENTRIES MADE APR. 1, 1914, $400 TO START. $20,000 $20,000 Horses to be named with entry. Entrance fee to accompany nomination. Horses must be eligible on Jan. 1, 1915, to stakes in which thev are entered. Stakes divided $5000 to the first heat, $5000 to the second heat, $5000 to the third heat and $5000 according to rank in summary. Moneys divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. All races mile heats, 3 in 5. No race longer than five heats, and moneys in races not decided before the fifth heat will be divided according to rank in the summary at the termination of the fifth heat. Other guaranteed stakes from $2,000 to $5,000 fo r all classes, Trotters and Pacers. $227,000 for 24 Days Racing All other classes except the $20,000 guaranteed stakes will close the year of Ihe race, <$0^~Q&>/ Right reserved to reject any or all entries or declare off or postpone any or all races on account ^/^^§Ai'-:-'S-:-^:-i'-:^-:^'-:^:^--:^-:-5tr'i-;-^ Reg. No. 36548. Licensed Pure Bred. Cert. No. 1297. Champion Trotter and Champion Sire of Trotters in the West. Mahogany bay, stands 15.1% and weighs 1060. Sire of Esperanza (2) 2:14|4; John Warwick (2) 2:17; Carsto (2) 2:22|/2; Santiago (3) 2:24'/i; Carlrich (2) 2:24/2; Ethel D. (2) 2:26!'2; El Carbine (2) 2:27J/2; The Lark (2) 2:28!'2; Carlos (2) 2:29!/4, and Fulton G. (2) 2:30, May Marion (3) 2:24|/4. Esperanza Won State Fair Futurity 1913, Two- Year-Old Trotting Division. John Warwick Won Breeders' Futurity 1913, Two- Year-Old Trotting Division . Chango Won State Fair Futurity 1913, Two-Year- Old Pacing Division. Sired by McKinney 2:11%; dam Carlotta Wilkes (dam of Inferlotta 2:04%, Mary Dillon 2:06yi, Guy Borden 2:07%, Carlokin 2:07%, and 6 others in the list) by Charley Wilkes 3653; next dam Aspasia (dam of 4 in 2:30 list) by Alcantara 2:23; next dam Miss Buchanan (dam of 1 in 2:30 list) by Clark Chief S9. Carlokin raced from the time he was three years old. He won over $17,000 in one ?eS^n' |-Tna.after his races were over trotted an exhibition mile at Lexington in 2:05%. He is one of the purest-gaited trotters ever raced, and has been shown on numerous occasions in standard classes, always taking first premium. FEE: $75 for the season, Usual return privilege that owners may desire. Every attention will be given mares in my charge, but no W. G. D U R F E E, 2019 So. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, Cal. CALIFORNIA PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY, High-Class Art In HALFTONES AND LINE ENGRAVING Artistic Designing 12 Second St. S..n Francisco Blake, Moffit & Towne Dealer, in PAPER 37-1st St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake, McFall & Co., Portland, Ore. Blake, Moffit and Towne, Los Angele> al Mcdonald PUBLIC TRAINING STABLE Pleasanton Driving Park Horses Trained and Campaigned. Fu- turity Stake Entries Given Careful Preparation. Best of Care Guaranteed al Mcdonald, Pleasanton, Cal. WM. F. EG AN, M.R.C.V.S Veterinary Surgeon, 1155 Goldon Gat* Aw Branch Hospital, corner WebBter ana uneaten 8 tree ts. San Francisco. Cal. Western Canada Fair and Racing Circuit OFFERS OVER $200,000 IN PURSES Circuit commences, at Edmonton, Alberta, May 22nd Then to Saskatoon, Yorkton, Regina, Moosejaw in Saskatchewan, Calgary and Lethbridge in Alberta, Swift Current in Saskatchewan, Winnipeg and Brandon in Manitoba, Regina and Saskatoon in Saskatchewan, Edmonton and Red Deer in Alberta North Battleford and Prince Albert in Saskatchewan, Ending August 27th Circuit Programme may be had by applying to E. L. RICHARDSON, Circuit Secretary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. ADVERTISE YOUR STALLION IN THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN. Saturday, March 14, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 Breed To The Very Choicest Stallions ROBERT' BINGEN 2.141 (Reg. No. 45033) THREE QUARTER BROTHER TO J. MALCOLM FORBES 2:08. HIS DAM, EPISODE 2:18, IS NOT ONLY A FAMOUS BROODMARE, BUT SHE IS ALSO HALF-SISTER TO AMERICA'S LEADING TROTTING SIRE, PETER THE GREAT 2:07J^. Sired by Bingen 2:06% (sire of Uhlan 1:58, Admiral Dewey 2:04%, The Leading Lady, 3, 2:07, J. Malcolm Forbes 4, 2:0S, and 8 others in 2:10, 144 in the 2:30 list) by May King 2:21% (son of Electioneer), out of Young Miss (dam of 3, 2 sires of 14S and 3 dams of 6) by Young Jim (son of Geo. Wilkes 2:22), sire of 48, dams of 94; grandam Miss Mambrino by Red Wilkes, one of the best sons of Geo. Wilkes 2:22, etc. Robert Bingen's dam was a trotter, Episode 2:1S • Unbeaten Two-Year-Old in 1911 g t Winner of California State Fair and Pacific Coast Breeders' Association % Futurities in 1912. Record in Third Heat of a winning race. g 5 Also holder of the World's Record of a Five-Heat Race by a 3-year-old Stallion. 8 Limited number of approved mares at $100 the season. KINNEY de LOPEZ 2:23 Son of Kinney Lou 2:07?; and Betsey Direct by Direct 2:05^. £ V $50 the Season g $ Terms: Cash at time of service with usual return privilege, or money re- p 6 funded at our option. Excellent pasturage and best of care taken of mares, S & but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. ji ?fe "Thev have both shown by this year's crop to be sires of early speed: 35 FIESTA LOT; bv Wilbur Lou at 9 months old paced 1-16 in 10 seconds; & '£ BILLIE BOYD bv Wilbur Lou at 8 months old trotted 1-16 in 12 seconds; » % DON McKINNET by Kinney de Lopez at ?% months old trotted 1-16 in g & 14 seconds; and all the rest are showing equally well" » The Imported-Registered Shire Stallions Anwick Arthur Reg. No. 29025. Foaled 1908. Sired by Horbling Arthur 23368 : dam Blossom 65971 by Sheffield Armour Plate 17616. A handsome, pow- erfully built young horse, stands 17.3 hands and weighs 2150 pounds. SERVICE FEE; $25, with return privilege. BLACK HAWK MERRY BOY Reg. No. 14064. Am. Shire Horse Ass'n. (Foaled April 23, 1912.) Sired bv Elvedon Hero 27313, dam Flawford Daisy 63656 by Whitstone Ring O' Bells 15927. Service Fee $20, with return privilege. BLACK HAWK HAROLD Reg. No. 14065. Am. Shire Horse Ass'n. (Foaled April 16, 1912.) Sired bv Fvlde Monk 29418, dam Quanea Diamond 68287 by Moulton Gallant Prince 16254. Service Fee: $20, with return privilege. The above stallions will stand at THE BLACK HAWK RANCH BURLINGAME, SAN MATEO CO., CAL. Young stock, one to five years old, broodmares, and stallions for sale. The best of care taken of mares bred to the above stallions, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Excellent pasturage at §5 per month. For further particulars apply to IRA BARKER DALZiEL, Manager, or 530 Fulton St., San Francisco, Cal Harry Clerk, Eurlingame, Cal. SELLS' TURF GOODS A Complete Assortment at Right Prices Turtle and Clark's Electric Stallion Shield Track Harness Wholesale and Retail Gombaulis Balsam Reducine Save-the-Horse Road Harness .^fchiiii_ 'Tntivlk Vita Oil Riding' Saddles Patent Bits m m Absortlne Horse Boots B S Giles Blankets fl K Embrocation Coolers Hopples Willians Toe Weights ^^^^r Tweed's Linament Smith Wonder Worker Phon. Park 1253 J. DAVID WEST 1265-1267 Golden Gate Avenue near Fillmore Street I ONWARD McQREGORl Mahogany bay, 15% hands, 1050 pounds. (Yearling trial *A in :33.) Foaled 1911 By Jay McGregor 2:01Yi (sire of 7 in 2:10 and dam of Colorado E- (3) 2:04% . Leading sire of race- winning trotters in 1913. Dam Mary Gordon 2:09% (race record), by Gordon 3127 (sire of 1 in 2:10) byOnward 2:25*4. Second dam, Xell (dam of 1 in 2:10) bv Young Octoroon (sire of grandam of PETER THE GREAT 2:07J4, J. MALCOLM FORBES 2:08, etc.). Onward McGregor is a grand individual with faultless disposition. His breeding should commend him to broodmare owners. He is the only son of that fashionable sire Jay McGregor, in California, while on his dam's side he traces directly to Onward and to the world's leading sire of 2:10 trotters, Peter the Great. Will make 1914 season at the Pleasanton Driving Park. Terms: $30 at time of service, with usual return privilege. (Limited to 20 mares.) Especially well prepared to care for mares but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. For further particulars and tabulated pedigree, address BERT WEBSTER, Manager, Pleasanton, Cal. Sire of Bert Kelly 2:12% Trix McAdrian (2) 2:23% Grace Chalmers (mat.). 2:20% Olive McAdrian (2) tr..2:22 Sired by GUY McKlNNEY (sire of Vernon MeKinney 2:01%, Linden Girl 2:22, etc.); dam MAPLE LEAF 2:34?4 by Adrian 2:26% (sire of Rosetta A. 2:14%), son of Reliance 2:22% and Adriana by Skenandoah: McAdrian's grandam was OLLIE RAY 2:39%, dam of Acclamation 2:24% (sire of Lizzie C. 2:15), Vendome, dam of McKinley 2:29; his great grandam was MARY BLAINE by Signal 3327 (sire of the dam of Prussian Maid 2:19, etc.). Guy MeKinney, sire of McAdrian 2:24, was by MeKinney 2:11%, out of Flossie D., by Guy Wilkes 2:15%; second dam, Blanche "Ward (dam of China Maid 2:05%), by Onward 2:25%; third dam, Blanche Patchen, by Mambrino Patchen 58, etc. McAdrian is one of the handsomest and strongest made grandsons of MeKinney in California, He has no faults; is a pure gaited trotter and a sure foal getter. He will make the season of 1914 at the race track, Red Bluff. Terms, $30 for the season. For further particulars, apply to or address E. D. DIGGES, Owner, Red Bluff, Cal. McADRIAN 2:24 Reg. No. 45391 Subscribe for 'The Breeder and Sportsman." CHESTNUT TOM 43488 Race Record 2:17 1-4 Trial 2:14 Sired by Nutwood Wilkes, Dam Zeta Carter. Will make the Season of 1914 at Lanark Park, Modesto, Cal. TERMS: $30 for the Season usual return privilege. Good pasturage at $2.50 per month. R. S. IRVINE, Lanark Park, Modesto, Cal WESTERN CANADA FAIR AND RACING CIRCUIT 1914 §156,545 IN PURSES Harness Running Races Races EDMONTON EXHIB'N ASSN., May 22-27 $2500 $2800 TV. J. Stark, Edmonton, Alta. SASKATOON TURF CLUB, June 4-6 300 2450 H. W. Plant, Saskatoon, Sask. YORKTON DRIVING CLUB, June 4-6 3000 2450 B. G. Clement, Torkton, Sask. REGINA TURF CLUB, June 16-19 7000 2400 J. C. Currie, Regina, Sask. MOOSEJAW DRIVING CLUE, June 22-26 9200 2400 W. A. Munns, Moosejaw, Sask. CALGARY INDUST. EXHIB'N, June 29 — July 4 11000 9400 E. L. Richardson, Calgarv. LETHBRIDGE EXH'N ASS'N, July 6-9 .' 2750 2100 J. W. McNicol, Lethbridge, Alta. SWIFT CURRENT AGR. SOC. July 6-8 5100 1500 R. T. Graham, Swift Current, Sask. WINNIPEG INDUST. EXH'N, July 10-18 22900 5895 Dr. A. W. Bell, "Winnipeg. Man. INTER-PROV. FAIR, July 20-25 7400 2000 W. I. Smale, Brandon, Man. REGINA AGR. EXHIB'N, July 27— Aug. 1 8500 3200 D. T. Elderkin. Regina, Sask. SASKATOON INDUST. EXH'N, Aug. 3-8 6950 5400 C. D. Fisher, Saskatoon, Sask. EDMONTON EXH'N ASSN, Aug. 10-15 11900 7150 ^V. J. Stark, Edmonton, Alta. N. BATTLEFORD AGR. ASSN, Aug. 18-21 2450 800 W. W. Cooper, North Battleford, Sask. RED DEER AGR. SOCIETY, Aug. 18-21 „.. 2800 500 Jas. Mann, Red Deer, Alta. Total $107,750 $48,795 Total Amount Offered, $156,545.00. First Early Closing Events Close April 15th. American Trotting Association Rules. Good Half-Mile Tracks. Good Shipping Facilities. Circuit Boow now ready. Send to any Secretary or the undersigned for a copy. E. L. RICHARDSON, Circuit Secretary, Victoria Park, Calgary, Canady. Saturday, March 14, 1914.] THE BREEDER 1ND SPORTSMAN The 1914 Trophy Offers To Amateur Shooters The Long Run Trophy — Solid Gold Watch Fob. The Season Trophies — Diamond Cuff Links. The Special Awards — 10 Attractive Trophies. The High Average Quaii Pins — Solid Gold. The Trapshooting Club Trophy — Sterling' Silver Watch Fobs. CONDITIONS OF AWARD: The Long Run Trophy: — Awarded amateur trapshooters for straight runs of 100 or over when using Dupont Ballistite, Schultze or Empire pow- ders. The Season Trophies: — Awarded the 3 amateur trapshooters making the greatest number of points under the following system, and when using .Dupont, Ballistite, Schultze or Empire Powders. Runs of 50 to 59 will receive 1 point Runs of 60 to 69 will receive 2 points Runs of 70 to 79 will receive 3 points Runs of 80 to S9 will receive 4 points Runs of 90 to 99 will receive 5 points Runs of 100 to 124 will receive 6 points Runs of 125 to 149 will receive 7 points and so on. The Ten Special Awards: — Awarded the 10 amateur trapshooters making the greatest number of points under the above system for runs under 100, when using Du Pont Powders. Only shooters not making a run of 100 or over are eligible to win a Du Pont Special Trophy. While shooters winning Long Run Trophies are not eligible to win a Special Trophy, winners of the special trophies are eligible to win the Long Run and Season Trophies. It will be noted that runs of 50 straight or better are recognized. The Solid Gold Quail Pin: — Awarded amateur and professional trapshoot- ers (provided the shooter has not won one) winning the amateur and pro- fessional averages, respectively, at an advertised program tournament, when using Du Pont Powders. The Trapshooting Club Trophy: — Awarded Active Trapshooting Clubs for a series of club shoots. FOR PROFESSIONAL SHOOTERS. Three Season Trophies: — Diamond Cuff Links will be awarded the pro- fessional making the greatest number of points under above system when using Du Pont Powders. Note: Scores in registered tournaments only apply to the Du Pont Long Run Trophy, the Season and Special Trophies. Further details furnished upon application. Address Trapshooting Department. DU PONT POWDER CO. Established 1802 C. A. Haight, Mgr Chronicle Bldg. J. H. Willman, Mgr. Maynard Bldg. Wilmington Delaware San Francisco, Seattle, Wash. W. C. Howard, Mgr. Savings Bank Denver, Colo Hercules Powders Always Lead §1500 Trophy won with Hercules E. C.by R. L. Spotts 175 x 200 in a Blizzard. World's Amateur Indoor Championship won with Hercules E. C. by R. L. Spotts 97 x 100. INFALLIBLE AND E. C. TAKE FIRST HONORS. NEW TORK, Feb. 27.— R. L. Spotts of this city won the World's Amateur Indoor Championship at the Sportsmen's Show in Madison Square Garden today. Mr. Spotts broke 97 x 100 with Hercules E. C. and proved too fast for a large field. LARCHMOXT. X. T., Feb. 23. — R. L. Spotts won the Inter Club and Universitv Individual Championship Trophy from C. H. Xewcomb, shooting Hercules E. C. over the Larchmont Yacht Club Traps today. This trophy, valued at §1500, is the most costly prize ever offered for trapshooting. Mr. Spotts' score, 175 x 200, was remarkable considering that he shot in a blizzard. Hercules Powders have gained a reputation among the best shots for being more uniform than any others, and for this reason Infallible and E. C. are the two favorites. - Both give consistently even patterns, high velocity and surprisingly little recoil. Infallible has the added advantage of being the cleanest powder made and absolutely waterproof. The most dependable and trustworthy form of advertising comes unsolicited from a disinterested source. When in doubt as to what make of gun to buy for game or trap shooting ask those who shoot PARKER GUNS The greater the distance at which it Is shot in competition with other guns, the more THE OLD RELIABLE I'AKKER shines. The faultless balance, extreme simplicity and durability of the PARKER, combined with its superior shooting qualities, make it the ideal game gun, the pioneer forerunner of small bores, having popularized them and put them per- manently on the map. For full information regarding guns in gauges from 8 to 28, address PARKER BROS., Meriden, Conn., New York Salesroom, 32 Warren Street, or A. W. du Bray, P. O. Box 102, San Francisco, Cat. GOLCHER BROS, (Wholesale and Retail) All Makes of Guns All Shotgun Loads HUNTING SUITS, DECOYS, FOLDING BOATS, OIL SKINS AND SWEATERS Telephone Kearny 1883. Send for Price Catalogue. 510 Market St., San Francisco, Cal. HSMUFACTUREftS ™> OUTFITTERS, SPORTSMAN CAMPER™ ATHLETE. (pmpani, EQUIPMENT al? APPARATUS PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 3 Easy Winners No. I Spelterene Hoof Packing No. 2 Palmetto Harness Dressing No. 3 C. & S. Axle Grease The Goods With a Pedigree Manufactured by WHITTIER-COBURN CO. SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES Used on Hemet Stock Farm First Federal Trust Company SAN FRANCISCO t. HI Is in an excellent position to give valuable advice to business men about SI bonds, investments and securities. ~S+Lfi& Consultation Invited '«■» Capital $1,500,000 JOS. G. HOOPER. Muufei. Pol t and Montren QTALUON CARDS Send for Our SAMPLES and , CATALOG of Horse Cuts Horse Books Impregnators, Supports, Serving Hobbles Remedies Everything a Stallion \ Owner Needs Our Stallion Folders, Posters, Sale and Farm Catalogs Compiled and Printed cheaper than yon can get ■■■ ■■ — the printing alone. Send for samples and prices. Our Stallion Service Books are the cheapest and best. We make a f ive ■ genera- tioo pedigree (blood < lines only) tor SI- A four-generation tabula- tion with ancestor's record profleny for $2; Bve-Senerations for $3— all on a blank 14x17. A handsome live-generation tabula- tion, 16x20, printed in two-colors for framiojj, for $6, two copies for $6.50 or five for $7. Address | Magnus Flaws & Co., 542 S. Dearborn St, Chicago, flL Tabulated Pedigrees 16 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, March 14, 1914 HORSE CLOTHING, HORSE MEDICINES, BLANKETS, ROBES, AND WHIPS. Polo Saddles, Bridles, Boots, Etc., a Specialty. Phone Park 6141 The Best Horse Boots we Harness JORSE BOOTS The only ' Manufacturer of Horse Boots on the Pacific Coart. _._5^:^_:^.;^;-^:-^-:-^:^-;-^-:^-:^-^-:^:- -:-:-:-i-:-s >:->>5-:-->>>:-.>:-*-:->>i->-:-5-:-*-;-5-:- »:-;- s wrucfftSTfti 12 GAUGE MODEL 1912 HAMMERLESS SHOTGUN Nickel Steel Throughout. "Weight about 7^4 pounds. List Price, $30.00. WHAT TRAPSHOOTERS THINK OF THE MOST PERFECT REPEATER A representative recently showed one of the new Winchester 12 Gauge Hammerless Repeating Shotguns at the shoot of a well-known gun club. There were forty shooters present and most of them were eager to try or feel of the gun that the trapshooting world has been looking for. The verdict of the shooters on th.e new gun is best expressed by their acts. Twenty-eight of them ordered one then and there. This incident is significent- It shows what expert and critical trap shooters think of the latest Winchester. What's more, the enthusiastic endorsement and approval of this, "The Most Perfect Repeater," is not restricted to trap shooters, nor does it seem to have any geographical limitations. It comes from bird and du ck hunters as well as trap shooters from all parts of the country. A lone criticism, which we consider a compliment, has reached us. It came from a competitor and it was this, "The gun is too good for the money." That is skursely detrimental. Look one of the new guns over at your dealer's or send to us for an illustrated, descriptive circular and decide upon the merits of the gun for yourself. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO., NEW HAVEN, CONN By Invitaton, Member of The Rice Leaders of the World Association. i*ffieKffi85®S8SSS®Kffi«®Kffi£©&®!^^ SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO. San Francisco and Seattle SMASHING BLUEROCKS WITH SELBY LOADS IS REAL SPORT The man on the firing line who slips SELBY LOADS into his gun has shooting confidence. He knows his shells have a smashing pattern are fresh, and the "come back" won't shake him up. Get fresh Selby Loads from your dealer. HE WILL ORDER SOMETHING SPECIAL FROM THE FACTORY IF YOU WISH. b.it for foundations, dairy floors, fruit dryar floora, ato. ata. MT. DIABLO CEMENT dryar f loon, ato. ate, SANTA CRUZ LIME MT. DIABLO LIME baat for brleklayieg and plastering. bast far spraying and whitewashing. WRITE FOR INFORMATION AND PRICES ON ALL BUILDING MATERIAL. HENRY COWELL LIME & CEMENT COMPANY 9 MAIN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. VOLUME LXIV. No. 12. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1914. Subscription — ?3.00 Per Tear THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, March 21, 1914. The State Agricultural Society OFFERS THE FOLLOWING Guaranteed Stakes for Harness Horses To be given at the ENTRIES CLOSE JUNE 1, and AUGUST 1, 1914. CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR, 1914. SEPTEMBER 12, to SEPT. 19, 1914. No. No. DAILY PROGRAM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH. 1. Three-Year-Ola Trot, State Fair Futurity No. 3 (Closed) THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH. 2, 2:14 Special Trot, Horses with no records or slower than 2:18 not eligible $1,000 No. 3. 2:12 Special Pace, Horses with no records, or slower than 2:17 not eligible $1,000 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH. No. 4. Two-Year-Old Pace, State Fair Futurity No. 3 (Closed) No. 5. 2:08 Trot $1,500 No. 6. 2:15 Pace, for Amateurs Only, owners driving, hobbles barred $600 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH. No. 7. Occident Stake, for Three-Year-Olds (Closed) No. 8. 2:16 Trot, for Amateurs, owners driving $600 No. 9. 2:07 Pace $1,500 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH. No. 13. Two-Year-Old Trot, State Fair Futurity No. 4 (Closed) No. 14. 2:12 Trot, Governor's Stake $5,000 No. 15. Three-Year-Old Pace, State Fair Futurity No. 3 (Closed) FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH. No. 16. 2:20 Pace, for Amateurs Only, owners driving Cup No. 17. 2:20 Trot $2,000 No. 18. Free-for-AII Pace, for Amateurs Only, hobbles not barred $600 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH. Stanford Stake, for Three-Year-Olds (Closed) Free-for-AII Pace $1,000 2:20 Pace $2,000 Free-for-AII Trot $1,000 AMATEUR STAKES FOR CUP. 2:20 Trot Close August 1st. 2:20 Pace Close August 1st. No. 19. No. 20. No. 21. No. 22. No. 11. No. 16. No. 10. 2:10 Pace, California Stake $2,500 No. 11. 2:20 Trot, for Amateurs Only, owners driving Cup No. 12. Free-for-AH Trot, for Amateurs Only $600 Entrance and payments on these stakes will be due and payable as follows: \% June 1st, lc/c July 1st, 1% August 1st and 2% before 5 o'clock the night before the race. GENERAL* CONDITIONS: Nominators failing1 to make payments when the same fall due shall be declared out, without liability for entrance money, but shall forfeit all entrance money paid in. No notice necessary for nominators to be declared out. No race longer than three heats. One-third of purse awarded in each heat, money divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. A distanced horse in these races shall be entitled to money already won. Entrance fee five per cent. (5%) of purse. Two per cent. (2%) on all additional entries, which must accompanj- entry on June 1st; Nominators will be allowed to start but one horse in a race. Five per cent, (59c) additional from all money winners. Right reserved to declare off any race that does not fill satisfactorily, or to change order of program. All horses must be eligible on date of entry. " Stakes are for the amounts guaranteed — no more, no less. Distances in all heats SO yards; but if the field is more than eight, 100 yards. A horse distancing the field or any part thereof is entitled to first money only. There will be no more moneys than there are starters in each heat. All amateur races must be driven to sulky and not to cart. Otherwise than as herein specified, National Trotting Association (of which this Society is a member) rules will govern. J. L. MCCARTHY, Secretary, Sacramento, California. A. L. SCOTT, President. NOTE: — What constitutes ownership of horse in amateur races: Horse must have been in the ownership of the party wishing to start him at least thirty davs prior to such starting and that a bill of sale with Notarial Seal attached, showing that transfer actually took place thirty days prior to such starting must be presented, if requested. SAVE-M-HORSE THE TIME IS NOW ALL the winter long the troubled owner of a lame horse reads our adver- tisements. Then, day after day slips away, while he talks, laments, listens, takes advice and hesitating, — FAILS TO ACT, — till the Springtime is on him and his horse is not yet able to work. Meantime, the thrifty, prosperous, reso- lute man, reads, considers the evidence carefully — decides Promptly — and his horse is working In, say, ten days to two weeks. That's exactly what happens every" winter. Why not govern your own course by the proven experience of others? After Doctors Give Uu Priceburg, Pa., Nov. 12, 1913. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. T.: Please send me your Save-The-Horse book. I used your Spavin Cure and it cured my horse — after doctors blistered him a num- ber of times. I got no results until a man told me about Save-The-Horse. I gave some 10 a neighbor. His horse had a ringbone, but it cured him. I am a firm Save-The- Horse believer. R. J. TINSLET. $5 NOTE THE WORK THIS HORSE DOES IN FIVE DAYS. Mr. R. H. Williams, of Svkesville, lid., Sept. 13, 1913, writes: "Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. Y.: Have used Save-The-Horse five days; it is wonderful. The horse was unable to put heel to the ground, when walked she would barely touch toe and then jump with other foot. I gave first treat- ment Sunday. I put her in team Thursday and went for load of wood; got in place where they had to do their best or stay there. She lifted as hard as ever I saw her. Expected to see her lame next morning, but she was not. How long shall I continue to treat her?" We originated the plan of — Treating Horses — Under a signed Guaranty-Contract to return the Money if Our Remedy Fails. SAVE-THE-HORSE is sold by Druggists and Dealers Everywhere, with a binding contract to refund money or cure any case of BONE AND BOG SPAVIN, THOROUGHPIN. RINGBONE (except low). CURB. SPLINT, CAPPED HOCK, WIND PUFF, SHOE BOIL, INJURED TENDONS AND ALL LAMENESS. No scar or loss of hair. Horse works as usual. TAOY CHEMICAL COMPANY Binghamton, N.Y. $3000 THE CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR $3000 Five Gaited Saddle Horse Futurity No. 1 Open to tne World The produce of any mare bred in 1913 to a stallion registered In either the Amer- ican or Pacific Coast Gaited Saddle Horse Associations. To be given under the direction of the California State Agricultural Society and to be shown as weanlings, yearlings, two-year-olds and three-year-olds. CONDITIONS: Entries to close April 1st, 1914. Every foal of 1914 produced by a mare nominated herein Is eligible to compete in all four divisions of this stake by its owner making payments as herein provided. Winners will not be barred. " All nominations and payments must be made to the Secretary of the California State Agricultural Society, at his office in Sacramento. Each entry to be made on blanks furnished by the California State Agricultural Society. ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS. MARES. — Mares must be nominated by April 1st, 1914, when a payment of $2.00 must be made. Each mare's name, color and the name of the horse to which she was bred in 1913, must accompany the entry fee. On July 1st, 1914, the color and sex of the foal must be given and an additional payment of $3.00 must be made. On February 1st, 1915, a payment of $10 will be due on yearlings. On February 1st, 1916, a payment of $15 will be due on two-year-olds. On February 1st, 1917, a payment of $25 will be due on three-year-olds. STARTING OR SHOW PAYMENTS. Thirty days before the opening of the Fair each year the following payments will be due: On weanlings to be shown in On yearlings " " " " On two-year-olds " " " On three-year-olds " " " 1914 $10.00 1915 15.00 1916 25.00 1917 40.00 Stallion, Mare To Sire of first To dam of first or Gelding money winner money winner S 300.00 $10.00 $10.00 500.00 15.00 15.00 800.00 25.00 25.00 1200.00 50.00 50.00 D. !-. NEWELL, 80 Bay* Vista Ave, Oakland., Ca!, CLASSIFICATION AND DIVISION OF MONEY AS FOLLOWS: "Weanlings 1914 Yearlings 1915 2 year olds 1916 3 year olds 1917 The amount contested for shall be divided into six moneys, as follows: To the winner 35 per cent. To the 2nd colt 20 per cent. To the 3rd colt 15 per cent. To the*4th colt 12^ per cent. To the 5th colt 10 per cent To the 6th colt 7*£ per cent. MANNER OF SHOWING. — Weanlings, yearlings and two-year-olds shall be shown to halter, and three-year-olds under the saddle. The right is reserved to declare the stake off prior to August 1, 1914, if same does not fill satisfactorilv, upon the refunding of all entries received. In case a mare fails to produce a colt, produces a dead colt or foals twins, or her colt dies, the right to substitute by the owner another colt from a mare bred to a registered stallion is reserved, on or before January 1st, 1915. In case a nominated colt is dropped out, and later his owner desires to re-enter same, this may be done upon a payment of all sums which should have been paid had the entry been kept good and $25.00 additional. The Board of Directors of the California State Agricultural Society reserves the right to interpret and determine all questions affecting this stake. A. L. SCOTT, President. J. L. MCCARTHY, Secretary, Sacramento, Cal. Saturday, March 21, 1914.] BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast, (Established 1832.) Published every Saturday. F. W. KKI.LEV, Proprietor. OFFICES: 363-265-366 PACIFIC BUILDING Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. National Newspaper Bureau Agent, 219 East 23rd St., New York City. Entered as Second CIsbs Matter at San Francisco Post-Office. Terms — One Year, ?3; Six Months, S1.75; Three Months, $1. Foreign postage jl per year additional; Canadian postage 50c per year additional. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or registered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley, P. O. Drewer 447, San Francisco, Calif. Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee of good faith. STALLIONS ADVERTISED. ANWICK ARTHUR Harry Clark, Burlingame BLACK HAWK HAROLD Harry Clark, Burlingame BLACK HAWK MERRY BOY. Harry Clark, Burlingame CARLOKIN 2:07% W- G. Durfee, Los Angeles CHESTNUT TOM R. S. Irvine, Modesto •COPA DE ORO 1:59 W. G. Durfee, Los Angeles JIM LOGAN 2:02% J. Elmo Montgomery, Woodland JOHANO H. S. Feindel, Pleasanton JOE PATCHEN II. 2:03% C. L. DeRyder, Pleasanton KINNEY DE LOPEZ 2:23..Hemet Stock Farm, Hemet McADRIAN 2:24 E. D. Digges, Red Bluff, Cal. McMYRTLE Delcino & Delcino, Petaluma MOKO HALL 2:12% F. J. Ruhstaller, Sacramento MONTBAINE 48667 Suisun Stock Farm, Suisun ONWARD McGREGOR Bert Webster, Pleasanton PALO KING 2:28% H. Hogoboom, Woodland PRINCE ANSEL 2:20% Harry Dowling, Woodland ROBERT BINGEN 2:14% Harry Dowling, Woodland THE BONDSMAN Capt. C. P. McCan, San Jose VERNON McKINNEY 2:01% . .C. L. DeRyder, Pleasanton WILBUR LOU 2:10%.. Hemet Stock Farm, Hemet, Cal. ZOMBLACK 2:26 C. L. DeRyder, Pleasanton DATES CLAIMED FOR FAIRS. THE BREED EH. AND SPORTSMAN Santa Rosa — August 31st to September 5th (inclusive). Woodland— September 8th to loth. Sacramento (State Fair) — September 12th to 19th. Pleasanton — September 23rd to 26th. Fresno — September 29th to October 3rd. Hanford — October 5th to 10th. Los Angeles — October 12th to 17th. Riverside — October 19th to 23rd. "HOW CAN I induce owners of broodmares to send them to my stallion?" This is a question which is uppermost in the minds of all owners of choicely bjed stallions. There is just one answer to this, and only one — Advertise him. Keep his name, breed- ing and performances ever before the public. Never for one week allow this to be omitted. Publicity is the only means of attracting the attention of all who may be interested in the breeding of light harness horses. Get people talking about your horse; use every fair means possible; be generous to those who have mares which have achieved fame as producers of fast trotters and pacers and remember to let the public hear of every mare booked to your stallion. Don't be afraid to let people know that you have a stallion which you honestly believe will achieve greatness as a sire if given the opportunity. There's an old Irish saying: "If yiz have but a pig, be in the middle of the market wid him." This is also appli- cable to owners of stallions; let the public know what you have, where you have him, and that he is worthy of inspection. The price of two service fees will pay for the insertion of an advertisement in the publication which includes among its subscribers every owner of a good mare on the Pacific Coast, and, while not wishing to appear egotistical, never- theless, on a subject like this we are. compelled to admit that the "Breeder and Sportsman" is the oldest journal of this class and has the greatest influence and the largest circulation. It has stood back of the trotting horsemen in seasons of prosperity and ad- versity and never faltered in its endeavors to encour- age breeders, owners and trainers. This is an acknowledged fact, so no further reference need be made to it. Some owners have been heard to remark: "It does not pay to advertise a stallion; I have tried it but derived not a dollar's benefit by it." They do not know whether they ever did or not. The horse's merits have been exploited; every reader knows there is such a horse and remembers how he is bred and what he has done. Whenever one of that horse's progeny makes a fast record or whenever one is offered for sale the remembrance of what the sire was, comes like a flash to the ones interested, and the question naturally arises: "I wonder where that horse is now? The owner did not advertise him for years; I suppose he has gelded him. He was a royally bred horse, as I remember, but no effort was ever made to have his merits praised or his progeny trained. It is too bad; if that horse had a live, wide- awake owner, one who was not afraid to spend a few dollars in booming him or his progeny, he would have obtained some good mares for him and the colts and fillies would be in demand today at big prices." Disgruntled and dissatisfied stallion owners like these should never own a stallion, for they are un- fitted by nature to do so. They do not seem to comprehend that, of all callings known, this is one that requires a "booster," a man who is a student of the trotting horse family, one who is as keen after the holders of records of all the relatives of this horse as a bloodhound is after the one he is trailing. The stallion owner should also own a few mares or be willing to take a share in the produce of some approved matrons whose bloodlines he believes will blend well with those of his stallion. He should see every owner of a mare and get him to make entries in the Futurity stakes or, as an inducement, should set aside the price of one or two service fees as a fund from which he can draw enough to make a respectable showing in these stakes for his horse. He should understand how mares should be cared for, see that they get plenty of feed and water in the pasture field, inspect the watering troughs and see that they are cleaned regularly at least once a week, so that the owners of the mares sent to him will feel they are getting a "square deal." A few years ago a certain stallioneer in this State starved almost every mare sent to his horse and became quite indignant when told of it in no unmistakable terms by the dissatisfied owners. That year his stallion was bred to fifty-two mares, the follow- ing season he was bred to six! Owners think just as much of their mares as the stallion owner should think of his money-earning steed, and do not hesitate to speak of the treatment their mares receive when sent to stallions to be bred. Again we repeat, stallion owners should advertise their stallions and advertise them from January to July every year, whether they stand them for public or for private use. Keep the stallion's name before the public. Nothing in the world is noticed quicker than the absence of an advertisement. The secret of success which has been achieved by so many of our richest business men is "advertising and adver- tising." That is, when once an article is advertised it does not pay to stop advertising it. To prove this we will refer to one example out of hundreds that could be named. The directors of a soap making corporation which expends a million dollars a year in advertising concluded to omit the expense for a twelve-month and divide a financial lemon. It took just three years of even more costly advertising to get the sales back to the point from which they fell during that economical year. The successful stallion owner, or in other words, the owner who achieves the greatest success with his stallion, is the one who is keen enough to take advantage of every opportunity to popularize his horse and is not afraid to let the world know that he is doing it by every legitimate means possible, and this means by refraining from uncalled-for com- parisons between his horse and others and also from "knocking" every stallion that is in the same race for public patronage as his own. ONE OF MOKO'S BEST BRED SONS. IT ONLY takes $400, and no more, if paid before April 1st, to entitle nominators to enter in any of the $20,000 stakes to be decided at the Panama- Pacific International Exposition. Those who do not wish to pay this amount to make an entry will have to pay $600 next January to start, and if this is not paid it will cost $1,000 to be paid June 1st, 1915, to enable a horse to start. So it will pay owners of good horses to take advantage of the low payment due April 1st. THERE will be a splendid sale of choice trotting stock at the Pleasanton Driving Park April 11th, in charge of Chas. L. DeRyder. All previous sales held at this celebrated race course have been very satis- factory to consignors and this one will be no excep- tion to the rule. Catalogues will be issued at once. AT ALL the racetracks on the Pacific Coast the greatest activity among trainers is noticeable. New horses are being sent to them every day and the "prospects" in training are showing extreme speed for the little work they have had. REMEMBER, entries to that newest of all Futu- rity stakes (valued at $3,000) the five gaited saddle horse futurity No. 1 at the State Fair, will close April 1st. Read the advertisement on the opposite page of this issue. TEN DOLLARS are due April 1, 1914, on yearlings (foals of 1913) in the Pacific Breeders' Futurity Stakes No. 13, value $7,250. Do not overlook this payment. It is one of the best stakes ever offered. See advertisement for further particulars. A few years ago P. W. Hodges returned to Cali- fornia after spending several years in the East. He brought back with him a handsome sixteen-hand bay trotting stallion called Montbaine, a son of the great- est of Futurity sires, Moko, sire of 9 in 2:10, 26 in 2:15; 38 in 2:20; 105 in 2:30. Sire of five three-year- old trotters with records averaging 2:09! Moko, as almost every one knows, was by Baron Wilkes 2:18 (sire of 12 in 2:10), out of Queen Ethel (also dam of Bumps 2:03%, Baron D. 2:10 and Guyton 2:29%) by Strathmore; second dam Princess Ethel (dam of Lady Ethel 2:24%, Phantom 2:29%, Elfreda and Lady Grace, famous broodmares). Montbaine's dam Krem Marie was one of the best daughters of Krem- lin 2:07%, for she produced Maud Marie 2:16%, Kremwold 2:20%, Swamp Girl 2:16%, Krembel 2:23% and the dams of Swamp Maiden 2:17% and Prince de Gale 2:18. Kremlin was by Lord Russell (brother to Maud S. 2:08%) out of Eventide (dam of 3, 3 sires of 65 and 3 dams of 4 in 2:30) by Woodford Mambrino 2:21%, out of Vara (dam of 2, 3 sires and 27, 3 dams of 6 in 2:30) by Hambletonian 10, etc. Montbaine's second dam was Maymont by Black- mont, son of Col. West 2579, he by Almont 33, out of Pacing Kate, great broodmare, by Redmond's Boston, son of Valentine, etc. Montbaine's third dam was Maywood (dam of Mayhill 2:19, pacing 2:17%) by Blackwood 74; fourth dam Abby by Abdallah 1G, etc. There are few better or stronger bred sons of Moko in strictly trotting lines than Montbaine. The sire of his dam, Kremlin 2:07%, was the best trotter of his day, and since being placed in the stud his daughters are producing very speedy sons and daugh- ters; one of them produced Bingara (sire of Baden 2:05%, Belvasia 2:06%, Bergen 2:06%, Binvolo 2:07%, Besmya 2:09% and 55 others in 2:30). Another, Kavala 2:19%, dam of 6 in 2:30 last year. In all, Kremlin's twenty-eight daughters have pro- duced 61 trotters and no pacers. Kremlin's sire, Lord Russell, was a brother to the dam of Expedition 2:15% (sire of Bon Voyage 2:08) and Erin, who was out of Eventide (the dam of Kremlin 2:07%, etc.), sired Bon Voyage's dam. Back of this is the blood of Col. West, Blackwood and Abdallah, all noted sires of trotters. Montbaine never had a fair show in the stud until he was sent to the Suisun Stock Farm last season and was bred to the Demonio and mares by other sirss there. A few of his progeny are in the East, and they are exceedingly well thought of, so breed- ers who want to get their mares in foal to a stallion which represents the acme of trotting horse breeding should write at once to Messrs. Rush & Haile, Sui- sun. There is an abundance of rich pasture on this immense farm and Mr. Haile gives his personal at- tention to all mares shipped there. Unless all signs fail it will not be surprising if Montbaine will prove one of the best sires of fast and handsome trotters ever shipped from the East to California. He is standard and registered. PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION NOTES. A cablegram received in San Francisco March 4th from London announced that the House of Com- mons by a substantial majority put on record a de- sire that the Government re-consider its refusal to participate officially in the Panama-Pacific Interna- tional Exposition and agree to participate. Four of the largest tourist companies in the United States have been appointed tour agents of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition and are busily engaged forming tourist parties to San Fran- cisco during the exposition. One company alone already has 25,000 people signed up to attend the exposition. The Modern Pentathlon, one of the most import- ant events of the Olympic Games, has been secured for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition through the efforts of James E. Sullivan, Director of Athletics of the exposition. This is the first time that the event has been awarded outside of the regu- lar Olympic Games and a special Olympic Plaque will be awarded the winner by the International Olympic Games Committee. This event consists of duel shooting, swimming, fencing, riding and cross- country running. One day will be reserved for each event in the order given. The number of congresses and conventions booked to meet in San Francisco during the Panama-Pacific International Exposition has been swelled to 219, according to James A. Barr, chief of the Bureau of Conventions and Societies. Of these organizations 24 are international congresses and 170 are national conventions with a delegate strength of from 200 to 40,000 each, and each will remain in session from four to fifteen days. WHERE THE SHIRES WILL STAND. Ira Barker Dalziel of this city has taken charge of the Shire stallions belonging to Ansel M. Easton of the Black Hawk farm, who has gone abroad, and has made arrangements to stand Rampton President (by Royal President out of Rampton Gem by Soruer- sham Hatherton) at Sausalito, Mill Valley, San Ra- fael, Ignacio, Novato and Nicasio. He will stand Anwick Arthur, by Horbling Arthur out of Blossom by Sheffield Armour Plate, another splendid Import- ed Shire, at the Black Hawk Ranch. Burlingame. Bel- mont, Redwood and Menlo Park. Black Hawk Merry Boy will stand at Colma and Spanishtown. These three stallions are without doubt the grandest rep- resentative Shires ever imported to California and wherever shown have elicited the highest praise from draft horse breeders. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, March 21, 1914 PRODUCING BROODMARE FAMILIES. Hambletonian 10 gave to the trotting breed ot America the trotting brain by which and with which the trotting horse is enabled to go fast on this gait, and by the possession ot which he is able to sire very fast horses on this gait. The trotting brain is absolutely essential to the trotting horse, because trotting is as much a product of brain development as mathematics is a product of brain development amongst men. In founding the trotting breed, Hambletonian, his sons, grandsons and great grandsons have all been assisted materially by means of certain distinct out- crosses, which constitute the great producing brood- mare families of trotting horses. The greatest racing trotter sired by Hambletonian, Dexter 2:17%, had for a mother a mare by American Star. The Hambletonian-Star cross gave us our first trappy gaited horses and our first line trotters. A mare by the full brother of Dexter produced for us our first 2:05 trotter, and proved to us quite early in the breeding of trotters that the blood of Ham- bletonian would breed on successfully by inbreeding. The test of time has shown that Hambletonian transmitted to but few of his sons his ability to suc- cessfully control the trotting gait. The successful sons that are left to us in our modern breeding ven- tures are Electioneer, George Wilkes and Happy Medium. Of these three horses, one of them, Happy Medium, is breeding on through the male line through but one single source. A study of the breeding of the two leading sons of Hambletonian — Electioneer and George Wilkes — shows that both of these horses were from Clay mares. So far, I have mentioned only the results of the breeding ventures that took place in Orange county. New York, and I have shown the broodmare strains that gave us our inception of the trotting breed. When the sons of Hambletonian were taken to other locations and were mated with mares of en- tirely different blood, instantaneous success crowned some of these matings. Electioneer, taken to Cali- fornia and mated with various kinds of mares, pro- duced wonderful results. George Wilkes, taken to Kentucky and mated with mares of the families of Mambrino Chief, gave results that have bred on and on, and ever on. Dictator, taken to Kentucky, sired a champion, out of a mare by Pilot Jr., and he sired the dam of another champion. Harold, taken to Woodburn, sired a champion, out of a mare by Pilot Jr., and he sired a stallion, Lord Russell, who sired a champion stallion. Belmont, taken to Kentucky and mated with Miss Russell, produced a son that was to live in history as a progenitor of a family of wonderful producing broodmares. Alexander's Ab- dallah, taken to Kentucky and although living but a short time, left a wonderful family, that is breeding on through its dams. Strathmore, taken to Ken- tucky, has founded a line of wonderful producing dams. Pilot Jr. blood shows to its greatest advan- tage through the dams of trotters, and, through the greatest trotter ever sired by Pilot Jr., the gray mare, Tackey, is producing wonderful results in Kentucky, right now, through her grandson, Peter the Great. A single mare which has shown the greatest qual- ity in producing female descendants that are suc- cessfully mated with Hambletonian horses certainly appears to be Miss Russell. While her champion daughter, Maud S., never had an opportunity to show her quality as a broodmare, the blood of Miss Russell, coming down to us through Nutwood and Kremlin, is producing race horses of the very highest quality and with wonderful regularity. As it appears today, the blood of Kremlin is to me about the most desirable to be had in founding a successful line of famous broodmares. This is as it should be. Krem- lin was a champion — a tough champion — and bore the blood that produced one of the greatest champion trotters that ever lived. The Harold-Pilot Jr. mare, Maud S., was a revelation as a trotter. The Harold- Pilot Jr. mare. Ethelwyn, is still another revelation in the way of a producing broodmare. Tackey, a daughter of Pilot Jr., is the grandam of Peter the Great, the wonderful sire. Through many other directions, the Pilot Jr. blood is breeding on and giving us not only extreme speed, but wonderful soundness, even constitution and good feet. The blood of Mambrino Chief, when united with that of George Wilkes, has given us not only Baron Wilkes, but a number of other very successful sires and a great many more successful sires of brood- mares. Dictator gave us a champion and the dam of a champion, and he also gave us other producing daughters and producing sons, which will not breed on, as we would expect to find them, through the sire line, and is still producing wonderful results through mares carrying this blood. How much greater Dic- tator blood would be, were this family not such shy breeders, no one can tell. The blood of Abdallah gave us directly a great champion, and sems destined to live forever through producing broodmare lines. Taken as I see it, Clay gave to the Hambletonian trotting family its greatest assistance, and to those horses, I think, should be given the credit of found- ing the greatest family of broodmares. Next to Clay, I feel that the supremacy should be given to the blood of Pilot Jr. Next to Pilot Jr. I would place the blood of American Star. Today, without the blood of Clay, the breeding ventures would be robbed of an element which would seem to end in failure. The blood of Clay breeds on through sires and through dams. The sons of Hambletonian, which, today, breed on the best through their daughters, granddaughters and great granddaughters, are the Electioneer and Wilkes strains, showing that the intensification of the blood of the best seems to be the safest way to produce winning trotters. Hambletonian was king, and, as such, we hail him. He had, as consorts, three queens, and they were Dolly Spanker, Green Mountain Maid and Princess. The crown of Hambletonian descended to three sons' daughters of these queens. The royal line goes on reproducing itself from the broodmare families of the consorts of these three sons, which are made up of mares from the families I have before named. From the present outlook, I believe that, from what we now have, there will be builded by scientific in- breeding all the good that we can hope to obtain in producing the strictly American trotter. Whether or not, in the ages to come, new blood from Europe may be advantageously added to that which we pos- sess, I know not. I doubt whether the addition of any trotting blood that is strictly European can assist us in any way in improving our present breed of trotters. The broodmare has within her four possibilities. First, when mated with a trotting horse, she may produce a successful race horse. Second, she may produce a successful stallion. Third, she may pro- duce a successful broodmare. Fourth and last, she may found a family that produces on from generation to generation, becoming stronger with each gen- eration. The family founding characteristics of broodmares are their greatest attributes. There are a few mares of such potentiality that live from generation to generation in their offspring that possess quality. The mares who reach the highest point are the dams of families of successful horses that come from cer- tain distinct blood lines and seem to be coming from these same blood lines as generation passes generation. It is of these families which have pro- duced the great breeding-on mares that we have to deal with in this article. To show how much we are indebted to the great broodmare families for our present breed of trotters, I mention the following facts: First. No daughter of Hambletonian has produced a son that has founded a great trotting family. Second. No daughter of a son of Hambletonian has, so far, produced a son that has produced a great broodmare family. Third. Daughters of grandsons of Hambletonian have produced sons that are family builders from the male line, all of which goes to prove how much assistance Hambletonian and his sons had from the great broodmare families in founding our present breed of trotters. Daughters of the sons of Hambletonian are pro- ducing daughters, which are, in turn, producing sons, and look like family building possibilities. As it appears today, our best results are coming from blending several crosses of the top of the Ham- bletonian family with several crosses of the great broodmare families. The more top crosses we get from both sides, the more certain it seems to be that the produce will be of high standard. It took two Hambletonian crosses, — an American Star and the blood of Princess, — to give us our first 2:05 trotter. By the way, Nancy Hanks, our first 2:05 trotter, looks like she might be the first and only daughter of a son of Hambletonian to found a family of trot- ting stallions that are likely to be family builders. The oftener the blood of Pilot Jr., Clay, American Star and Mambrino Chief appears in the pedigree of a broodmare, the greater seems to be the possibility of her producing great trotters. — Dr. J. C. McCoy in American Horse Breeder. MORGAN HORSES AT PANAMA EXPOSITION. At the dinner of the board of governors of the Morgan Horse Club at Delmonico's, the proposition was discussed to make an exhibition of Morgan stal- lions at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915. About eight of the best male descendants of Justin Morgan will be shipped to San Francisco for the enlightenment and entertainment of visitors from all parts of the world. Justin Morgan is a romantic figure in the history of the development of the United States, and it is wise to give every nation a chance to study his type. A Vermont farm scene will also be introduced. President Wardner's plan for an advanced register of Morgan horses also was discussed by those gathered around the big table. Mr. Batten's register rests upon a broad foundation. It places more emphasis upon family traditions than on breed. Mr. Wardner's idea is to restore breed. He has enlarged the source of foun- dation blood, but has made more strict the require- ments of such foundation blood. He has been guided by blood, type and reputation as sires. Among the forty-two sires admitted after Justin Morgan, are Sherman, Woodbury, Revenge, Bulrush, Hawkin's Horse, Fenton Horse, Royal Morgan, Billy Root, Black Hawk, Gifford, Bailey Horse, Gen. Hibbard, Putnam Morgan, Vermont, Ethan Allen, Streeter Horse, Hale's Green Mountain Morgan, Morgan Hun- ter and Churchill Horse. The majority of these foun- dation horses have living descendants and a judi- cious interweaving of lines should hasten the res- toration of type made famous by the deeds of Justin Morgan. Geo. Ramage is handling a full sister to the famous trotting mare, Sonoma Girl 2:04%, at Santa Rosa. He brought a mare over from Humboldt county that is some trotter. Last Saturday she trotted a mile in 2:23%, half in 1:09% and last quarter in 33 seconds. She is out of a full sister to Bert Arondale 2:19%, being by Sidney Dillon out of Oakley Russell (gran- dam of Ruth Dillon 2:06%) by Happy Russell. SOME THINGS TO REMEMBER. Editor Breeder and Sportsman: All horse owners who train or have horses trained L do so with the hope of getting a world-beater or one that can go out on the circuit and win every race in which he starts (just the same as a poker plavei' sits and waits for four aces). These persons expend large sums of money in trying to gratify this ambi- tion. If the horse does not reach the mark set, the owner becomes discouraged and abandons the idea of racing, and relegates his horse or horses to the scrap pile. Ofttimes these same horses are good timber, with splendid earning capacity, if owners will only treat them as they find them and use the same care in training as would be given had the horse reached the ideal mark. There are a few owners or trainers whose preju-l dices are so strong they will train on and on with some horse which is absolutely of no value fori speed, instead of disposing of it for other purposes and spending the money on another "good prospect."! This in the main is why some persons become dis- 1 gusted with the horse business. The trouble is, we are not endowed with sufficient patience, and in our over-anxiety and jealous preju- dice (and we all have a little of the latter) attempt to hasten speed without first educating our colts or horses so that we have them under control. We are simply grown-up boys with a little more discretion and tact, but display no less of the jealous prejudice. I can recollect when it meant almost a j fight for one boy to say to another that his saddle l horse or buggy horse was the better or the faster. Human nature is alike the world over and I guess we cannot change that. There is one thing, however, we can overcome, and which has found its way into nearly all vocations in life, and more so in the "horse business than any other: that is, jealous knocking. The following table will give you an idea of one's chances of winning, taking the $2500 purse for 2:10 pacers at the coming State Fair races: 1st. If a horse wins all the heats in a three- heat race, every heat a race, he will re- ceive SS.50 for every §1 invested, or a net profit of 51,062.60 2nd horse will receive S3. 75 for every $1 invest- ed, or a net profit of 46S.75 3rd horse will receive 51.85 for every SI invest- ed, or a net profit of 231.25 4th horse will receive 90 cents for every $1 in- vested, or a net profit of * 112.50 It matters not what the size of the purse may be, the odds are the same and the percentage of net profit the same. Thus, if a horse should only average fourth money during the season's racing he would have something to his credit at the end of the season to help pay for his preparation, with his value in- creased in proportion to his earning capacity. If a heat should be won in 2:10 the fourth horse ordi- narily would have to pace in 2:11 or slower, or a distance of 40.6 feet back of the first horse, and oftentimes farther back would be sufficient. On this Coast there are not, or have not been, many horses, comparatively speaking, that race in 2:10. If one has a horse that can race in 2:11 or 2:12, trotter or pacer, he will bring home his share of the money if properly handled. Tours sincerely, ASA V. MENDENHALL. o LIJERO 2:1514 TO BE SOLD. Messrs. Wright & Donnelly, the proprietors of the celebrated Wilson Stable, 318 K street, Sacramento, have decided to close out the business and will sell by public auction on Saturday, April 4th, all the horses, vehicles, harness, etc.. in this well known establishment. Besides, Mr. Wright is to sell to the highest bidder that grand looking, pure gaited, stand- ard and registered trotting stallion Lijero 2:15% (sire of Expedio 2:09%, Jas. H. Donnelly (3) trial 2:17, etc.). This is one of the finest types of the useful trotting horse ever bred. He Is twelve years old, dark bay in color, stands 16 hands and is one of the best proportioned horses living: a prize winner wherever exhibited. He is out of Hilda (dam of 3) by Nutwood 2:18%, grandam Eudora (sister to that famous campaigner Driver 2:19%) by Volunteer 55, great grandam Silvertail (dam of 1) by American Star 14. Lijero is a sure foal getter and should be one of the most useful stallions ever bred. His dis- position is faultless. He is to be sold as Mr. Wright is retiring from the breeding industry. Besides Li- jero he is also consigning two choice standard trot- ting broodmares; one is by Stam B. 2:11%, the other by James Madison 2:17% (sire of 3 in 2:10 list), son of Anteeo 2:16% and Fanny Patchen by Geo. M. Patchen Jr. 2:21 and tracing to the thoroughbred Puss (grandam of Emma R. 2:28%) by Lance, son of American Eclipse. These are splendid individuals and seekers after high class, well bred mares should not hesitate to bid upon them for they, as well as everything offered, must be sold to the highest bid- der. Any one who buys Lijero will never have cause to regret it for his family is just beginning to show that with a little work they -are fast trotters as any ever handled. o ■ The Guide, an unmarked five-year-old stallion by Peter the Great 2:07%, may he the trotter with which Ed Geers will try to win his seventh victory in the §10,000 race at Detroit next summer. This young horse worked in 2:09% last season, and was twice third in 2:10 or better in Grand Circuit races. He is owned by F. G. Jones, of Memphis. In Senator S. 2:14%, Greers has another fast young horse eligible to the "M. and M." Saturday, March 21, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN TWO PER CENT. ON $20,000. This Small Sum Is All That Is Needed to Make An Entry in Any of the $20,000 Stakes at the Panama-Pacific Fair. As the time approaches for the opening of the iPanama-Pacinc International Exhibition there is not la person in America, Europe or Australasia interest- ed in the light harness horse industry who is not anxiously waiting for the bell to ring in the judge's I stand on the finest race track in America to call up i the horses for the first race. The track is being put in condition. Were it not that some buildings he- llong to the life saving department occupied a por- tion of the backstretch and could not be moved until this week, the entire track would have received its first coating of clay by this time. House movers and laborers are busily engaged in the work of moving these houses, transplanting the high hedge, tearing away fences, and removing all traces of the buildings so that the graders can come with their teams and finish the work in which they were interrupted last November. Sewers have been laid and a portion of the infield has been leveled and sown with grass seed. Surveyors have set their stakes for the build- ings, and the erection of these will not consume much time as the lumber and material is on the grounds. A railway will also be used for the transportation companies that are to convey horses and livestock to the stables, and passenger cars will also be used on it whenever necessary. A wharf will be built to which all vessels carrying feed will be moored; an immense building for the storage of hay, grain and feedstuffs is to be erected, and the prices of these articles will be placed at the lowest possible figure. D. O. Lively, Chief of the Livestock Division, is making special arrangements for this, not only for the horses but for livestock of all kinds, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, etc. Refer- ence is made to it because a doubt has been ex- pressed as to the way feed will be brought there, and in this regard the attention of visiting horsemen is called to the superiority of our California hay. No- where else in the world is there anything equal to it, and horses that have not done well upon timothy seem to take a new lease of life when fed upon our California red oat hay; and the best of it is, the price will be cheap — cheaper than any hay that can be obtained in the East. The track will be used all this fall and winter and a corps of able track builders and men used to car- ing for a race track will be employed to keep it in perfect order. The hundreds of box stalls will be large, well ventilated, and perfectly new and clean. A veterinary will always be upon the grounds and every precaution be taken to check or prevent the spread of any disease. Our healthful climate, however, is our best safeguard and we never have epidemics among our horses here as they do in the changeable climate in the eastern or middle western States. Blanks have just been issued by Secretary F. W. Kelley for the early closing stakes of both the sum- mer and fall meetings over this track. There are to be two $20,000 stake races to be decided at the summer meeting in June, viz., the 2:10 class trotting and the 2:0G class pacing. In the fall meetings races for the same amounts and for the same classes will be decided. And it only requires two per cent, of any of these $20,000 stakes, or $100 entrance to be paid, and no more, to entitle a horse to start. There are to be no long drawn out contests, and according to the new rules horses that have won one heat even in 2:08 trotting and no race, will be entitled to start. The best starter in the United States that can be procured will give the word. The judges will be selected on account of their experience and knowl- edge of racing, their integrity and the fact that they have no favorites and will see that every rule is complied with. The advantages of having this summer meeting in June can be appreciated by all owners and trainers. The benefit of wintering horses here have long been recognized by such famous horsemen as the late Monroe Salisbury, John A. Goldsmith, Chas. Marvin, Thos. Keating, Will Durfee, and others who have taken their strings of horses east and won against the pick of America. There is hardly a day all winter that horses cannot be driven either on the tracks or on the roads. Hay and grain are cheap and in no other part of the world can a man find more pleasure than at any of our tracks, which are in close prox- imity to our cities. To win one of these big stakes or any part of them will be an honor that everyone will covet. It is some- thing to be talked about for generations. It will bring into prominence not only the owner and the trainer but also the horse and his relatives. The races will be won by the very fastest. There will be no favoritism to drivers or horses. By the peculiar construction of this course even the pole horse does not get one inch the advantage over the horse on the outside. Every morning visitors can visit the grounds and spend hours looking at the greatest collection of exhibits ever heard of gathered from all coun- tries and climes. There will be attractions that will leave an impression upon the minds of spectators which will never be erased. There will be, even in the livestock department, the grandest aggregation ever seen, and the valuable cash prizes to be awarded the winners will be inducement enough to bring the choicest representatives of every breed from all parts of the world. Mr. Lively, who has just returned from an extended visit to South America, says that preparations are being made now for the fitting of horses and livestock so as to have them in readiness when the gates of the fair open. So, aside from the pleasure of having a horse entered in these big stakes at these race meetings, there are so many other attractions that will afford visitors untold pleasures that there should be no hesitancy on the part of owners and trainers in sending in the small sum of $400 for each entry in these races, on or before Wednesday, April 1st; and they are again reminded that after that payment of $400 is made for each race they are not liable for another dollar. CORNELL TO TEACH HORSESHOEING. MOKO HALL 2:11!4. BY WALNUT HALL. Everyone who attended the races on the California Circuit last year remembers the slashing fine trot- ting stallion Moko Hall, belonging to Frank J. Ruh- staller, of Sacramento, and driven by John Quinn. His beauty, size, perfect action, intelligence and gameness made friends for him everywhere. He retired sound and will be raced this year. At Santa Rosa he was beaten a head by Zulu Belle in 2:10% the first time; he started the second day after, and defeated John Gwynne, Lady Arabella, Alarich and two others in 2:13%. At Pleasanton the following week he won the first heat of the 2:18 class trot in 2:11%, and got third money to Maymack and True Kinney in the $2,000 purse, being onlv beaten a head by Maymack in the third heat in 2:0S%. At Fresno Moko Hall got third money to Mavmack and Alarich time 2:12, 2:11 and 2:11%. Moko Hall was sired by Walnut Hall 2:08% (winner of the Kentucky Fu- turity), sire of The Harvester 2:01, World's Cham- pion trotting stallion, Warner Hall 2:04%, etc. He was sired by Conductor 2:14% (son of Electioneer and Sontag Mohawk, dam of 8, by Mohawk Chief) out of Maggie Yeazer (grandam of 7, including Lady Maud C. 2:00%, Hedgewood Boy 2:01, Vito 4, 2:09%, etc.), by Red Wilkes; second dam Docia Payne (dam of Ruby 2:22%) by Almont 33; third dam Maggie Gaines (dam of Almont Jr. 2:26, etc.). Moko Hall's dam was by Moko and in this respect he is bred identically the same as The Harvester. Moko leads all sires of broodmares in 1913; his sire. Baron Wilkes 2:18, and Strathmore, the sire of his dam, rank respectively first, second and third as the lead- ing broodmares of that 5'ear also. Moko is famous as a sire of Futurity winners and his sons and daugh- ters are all noted for their power to transmit early and extreme speed. Moko Hall's second dam was by Simmons 2:28. one of Geo. Wilkes' best sons, and his third dam was by a son of Almont 33. Moko Hall's opportunities in the stud have been exceedingly limited, yet every colt and filly by him is noted for purity of gait, size, bone, substance and finish, and all have speed. To the owners of good mares who desire to raise horses for which buyers will always be found, horses that will undoubtedly be fast and pure gaited — trotters endowed with intel- ligence far above the common, should make prepa- rations to send them to this, the fastest stallion in Sacramento, and by all rules of breeding the very best. WILL RECOGNIZE FOREIGN RECORDS. An amendment to the rules of harness racing which passed almost unnoticed at the recent congress of the National Trotting Association will operate to give recognition here to many important records made by American trotters abroad. Heretofore it has been the policy of the National Trotting Asso- ciation and the American Trotting Association to ignore performances made in foreign countries, how- ever authentic these might be, and many a horse "made in America" has gone over to Europe and there trotted much faster than he ever trotted here, but without receiving credit in the elaborate records and statistical compilations of the constituted author- ities at home. The most conspicuous example of the equine prophet without honor in his own country is the little bay stallion Siliko, winner of the Kentucky Futurity in 1906. He gained a record of 2:11% in this race. Soon afterward he was sold for export at a long price, and in Europe trotted a mile in a race in 2:08%. Two or three years ago Siliko re- turned to the United States and is now in the stud in Kentucky. In none of the record books published here is he given credit for a faster mark than 2:11%. Under the rule just passed, however, he will here- after be credited with a record of 2:08%. He is thus the first trotter added to the 2:10 list in 1914. and probably the only one ever added in the month of February. The new rule reads as follows: "Time made on non-association tracks, either in America or foreign countries, shall be records or bars, as the case may be, the same as if made over association tracks." There are many other American horses whose per- formances in Europe will now entitle them to much faster records than are at present credited to them in the year books and racing guides. The noted sire Wilburn M., for example, has a record of only 2:27 in this country, while his European record is 2:13%. Fantasy 2:06, by Chimes, died last week at the farm of her owner, J. R. Magowan, near Mt. Sterling. She was 24 years old. but had never thrown a stand- ard performer. Fantasy was the first three-year-old trotter to take a record better than 2:10, her record at that age being 2:08%. Her four-year-old record of 2:06 stood for sixteen years or until it was beaten by Joan in 1910, who trotted in 2:04% at Lexington. Fantasy's three-year-old record stood for fourteen years, or until beaten by General Watts, who trotted in 2:06% at Lexington in 1907. The New York State College of Veterinary Medi- cine, situated at Cornell University, will be the first American college to give instruction in practical horseshoeing. The idea of holding such a course of study at the State institution has been discussed for several years by the faculty, but it remained for Dr. Veranus A. Moore, the director of the college, to make active arrangements for the giving of the new course. Henry Asmus, who has been connected with the veterinary college staff as the college horseshoer for a number of years, has been selected to take charge of the practical side of the work, while the profes- sors of the college will give the lectures devoted to the anatomy and physiology of the horse's foot, a side of the study which Director Moore thinks of the utmost importance for the horseshoer to know thor- oughly. Invitations have been sent throughout the State advising young horseshoers who have the time to attend the first course, which will last six weeks this spring. Young farmers who wish to take care of their own horses are likewise invited to attend the opening course. There will be no tuition charged to residents of New York State for the series of lessons, and a nominal fee will be asked of non-residents who may wish to take up the work at the college. The new school had a place in the discussions at the sixth annual conference of veterinarians, which was held at the State college on January 8th and 9th. When the two hundred or more veterinarians from all sections of the State gathered at the university on January 8th they were requested to give their ideas on the proposed plan, which, if successful, will be kept as a permanent feature of the State college courses. "The idea of having a school of practical horse- shoeing connected with an institution of higher learning," said Director Moore, in talking of the scheme, "is a new one in America. It has been tried with success in Germany and other European coun- tries, but never, to my knowledge, in the United States. The farriery department which we have es- tablished, with the approval of the trustees of Cornell University, is therefore an innovation. It has been added to the college largely for the purpose of giving a course of instruction in practical horseshoeing to the horseshoers of the State. There has been a de- mand for instruction of this kind for many years. The last Legislature made a small appropriation for equipment of the department, while the trustees of the university at their June meeting authorized the starting of such a course. "The purpose of this course is to offer the horse- shoers of the State an opportunity to acquire a more thorough knowledge of the principles of horseshoe- ing. In addition to the setting of shoes it is impor- tant that they should be familiar with the anatomy and physiology of the horse's foot and know the dan- ger of certain infections, such, for instance, as tet- anus or lockjaw. "The course will consist for the greater part of practical work in the new shop under the immediate supervision of Henry Asmus. One hour each day will be devoted to a lecture or demonstration by some member of the veterinary college faculty on anat- omy, physiology, infection and morbid conditions of the foot. If there is a demand for it the course will be repeated." In establishing the new course the trustees of the university have further developed the ideal of Ezra Cornell, who, when he gave the funds that started Cornell on its way, declared that he would found a university where every man could obtain instruction on any subject. All branches of engineering, applied science and technology, agriculture, veterinary sur- gery, medicine, law and the liberal arts are already included in the Cornell curriculum. Illustrating the practicability of the Cornell idea is the fact that the demand for graduates of the agri- cultural course as farm and ranch superintendents far exceeds the supply. THE CHAS. L. DeRYDER SALE. By reference to our business columns it will be seen that at the sale to be held at the Pleasanton Driving Park Saturday, April 11th, by Chas. L. DeRyder, there are many choicely bred trotters and pacers listed. And every one must be sold; there is to be no reserve. There are several fine trotting bred stallions to be sold. El Zombro being one. He will undoubtedly be a sire as every one of his colts seem to have the right way of trotting, even with the bitting harness on. Sons of Zombro are scarce and as he traces to Guy Wilkes, Director, Election- eer, Nephew and St. Clair he cannot help being a sire of game horses endowed with early speed. Then there are choicely bred mares which trace to the greatest speed sires and most famous brood- mare sires in the stud book. These will prove of inestimable value to farmers and breeders. Besides there are colts and fillies which represent the acme of breeding, as a perusal of the pedigrees will show. Many are entered in valuable stakes and several should be prepared for racing at once. This is an exclusive sale of fine individuals, most of them untried and absolutely sound. Members of driving clubs should attend this sale for they will find some splendid material here. While owners of stallions standing for service will be enabled to get standard and registered mares that will pay them to buy. As the entries will close Monday no doubt there will be several additions to this list and in our next issue we shall publish a more complete account of it. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMA N [Saturday, March 21, 1914. NOTES AND NEWS The best order in feeding is water, hay, water again, grain. ©©© H. S. Hogoboom drove his two-year-old trotter Tolo King a half in 1:09 on St. Patrick's Day at Woodland. ffi ffi © It is now announced that Hunter Moody has sold to Leo Ottinger, of New York City, the stallion Guy Axworthy 2:08%. ©©© Contractors hare started in to build the $10,000 bungalow for Mr. R. J. MacKenzie in the Driving Park at Pleasanton. Entries to the "Guaranteed Stakes for Harness Horses" at the State Fair, Sacramento, will close June 1st and August 1st. ©ffi© The latest trotting mare sold for export to Russia is Bonnie Hill (3) 2:13%, by Prodigal, dam Gardenia, bv Ashland Wilkes 2:17%. ©©© J. Elmo Montgomery of Woodland has leased the good pacing mare Little Lucille 2:09 by Palo King and will race her this season. ©ffi© Allerton, by Jay Bird, with 257 in the 2:30 list, leads all sires, with Gambetta Wilkes, by George Wilkes, next in line with 231. ffiffiffi Schuyler Walton, Chas. Clark and several other trainers are beginning to give their trotters and pacers work on the Fresno race track. Frank S. Turner will stand his splendidly bred trotting stallions Guy Dillon 2:21% and Guy Carlton at the Santa Rosa race track this season. © ffi ffi The Pleasanton sale of trotting stock takes place Saturday, April 11th. Members of driving clubs, attend it if you want to get some winners at your own price. ffiffiffi Thirteen colts and fillies, by Binjolla 2:17%, son of Bingen, sold for $9,675 at the Chicago sale re- cently, averaging $739 each. Binworthy (3), at $1,550, brought top price. ffi©ffi Of the 346 Shire horses exported from England last year 185, or almost 50 per cent., came to the United States. Canada imported 63, Russia 52 and the Argentine Republic 24. ffiffiffi The State Agricultural Society is offering $3,000 for a futurity for gaited saddle horses, the produce of any mare bred in 1913, and offers the splendid sum of $3,000 for cash premiums. ©©S Al Russel, who for the past two years has trained in California, and before that at Spokane, will train the stable of D. A. Dinnie, Minot, N. D., this year. Mr. Dinnie is the owner of Don Densmore 2:02:14. ©©© A telegram received by J. W. Considine on Tues- day stated that his broodmare Carrietta (dam of 3) by Direetman, foaled a very handsome colt by Peter the Great 2:07% and was bred back to this great Futurity sire again. © © © The death of J. Howard Ford last week will doubt- less result in a sale of all his trotters, including the stud at Stony Ford, headed hy Justo 2:10%, and those in training at Indianapolis, including Airedale 2:15%, holder of the record for yearlings, ©ffi© Don't forget to attend the Chas. L. DeRyder sale of trotting stock at Pleasanton, Saturday, April 11th. There are some choicely bred stallions, broodmares, colts and fillies as well as some very promising "prospects." Catalogues will be issued at once, ffiffiffi Superintendent Harry Dowling, of the Woodland Stock Farm, Woodland, Cal., has his horses in fine condition. The racing stable will consist of St. Pat- rick, Fiesta Maid, Arlie Demonio, Gene Jacques, Prince Majella, Ruth Ansel, Prince Aristo and Robert Bingen and Enchilada. ffiffi© The French Government, owing to its monopoly of the betting at racing, collected last year £15,800,- 000, and in twenty-two years, with money accruing from this system, no less than sixty millions sterling have been distributed in charity throughout that country. ©ffi© Can any of our readers give us the name of the sire and dam of Gen. Hamilton, sire of Kate Hamil- ton (dam of Zomalta 2:08% and Eugenia B. 2:28), or the breeding of Tom Brown, sire of Flora B., grandam of Zomalta? This family came from Co- rona, Cal. ffiffiffi Among the many choice mares bred to Robert Bin- gen 2:14% at the Woodland Stock Farm is Niquee 2:13i4, by Joe Patchen 2:10%, dam Oneone 2:11%, by Woodford Wilkes: second dam China Wilkes (dam of L. L. D. 2:08% and two others including Knight 2:22%, sire of Anaconda 2:01%, etc.); third dam a great broodmare by Mambrino Patchen 58; fourth dam by Edwin Forrest 49. Jack Adkins has acquired a half interest in Buck- horn, Helen Barbee, Melton Street and Adelaide T., which he has been racing for R. J. MacKenzie, owner of the Pleasanton track and a big stable of harness horses. The horses will continue to race in Mr. MaeKenzie's name. ffiffiffi The Premium List for the Vancouver, B. C, Horse Show is out. This is the seventh annual Horse Show and will be held the week of April 27th to May 2nd; $8,000 is offered in cash prizes and trophies, which proves the show will be on the same ambitious lines as in former years. ffiffi© H. K. Devereux, president of the Grand Circuit, is training at Thomasville, Ga., a four-year-old colt called McDillon, by John A. McKerron 2:05% out of Lou Dillon 2:01. Mr. Devereux is out with a chal- lenge to trot Ueon 2:16%, under saddle against any horse in the country, Uhlan 1:58, alone barred. ffi©ffi The race track at Sacramento is in fine shape and has been all winter; as a result, the trotters and pacers stabled and worked there are farther ad- vanced than at any other course in California, and if all reports prove true there is "champion material" there which will be shown this fall in the races. ©S© Havis James, who for many years had charge of Mr. R. J. MaeKenzie's horses, is reported to have improved in health in Indianapolis, Ind., and will have a good string of horses out this year. Mr. James is an honor to his profession and every one who knew him in California wishes him the very best of luck. ffiffiffi Those who have seen him in action say that the pacing gelding, Hal Boy 2:24%, will create a sen- sation on the Grand Circuit this year. He is by Hal B. 2:04%, and out of Atalena, the dam of Sunny Jim 2:11%. He was a close second, in 2:08, at Salem, Oregon, last October. Frank Childs, of Leata J. fame, will have charge of him. ffiffiffi Ed. I. Parker bought a pacing gelding at E. D. Dudley's auction sale, brought him to Woodland and began working him. Mr. J. W. Considine, owner of the Woodlawn Stock Farm, saw this five-year-old pacer last Saturday and purchased him. He will be seen on the California circuit as one of the members of Harry Dowling's string of good ones. ffiffiffi Ed. Willis, the superintendent at Patchen Wilkes Farm, who has occupied his position at the farm for some years, severed his connection with the farm as trainer and driver last Monday. The reason for his resignation or what his plans for the future have not been made known. John Splan, who is adviser of the farm, did not know of Willis's intention to leave and said that he did not know who would be his suc- Remember, by paying the low sum of $400 to make an entry in any of the $20,000 stakes nominators will have to pay no more. If this date passes the sum of $600 will be required January 1st, 1915, and if an owner lets that pass and he wants to start his horse he will be required to pay $1,000 June 1st in order to do so. Hence, it will pay owners to make this payment of $400 April 1st, for after that is paid no more will be required. ©©© Binworthy, 2, 2:29%, now three, by Binjola by Bingen; dam Miss Lou A. 2:20%, by Axworthj-, grandam Lou Wilkes 2:19%, by Sable Wilkes, etc., a 15:2%-hand handsome black colt, was purchased at the recent Chicago Horse Sale Co.'s sale by W. B. Taylor, of Sedalia, Mo., and has been inspected hy a number of horsemen since going to the Missouri State Fair grounds, and is much admired as an indi- vidual, for his pure trotting gait, ffiffiffi W. A. Read, of Denver, Colo., has taken a lease on the Overland Park track and will give a race meet there June 13th to July 4th. He filed his speed pro- gramme with the Colorado State Racing Commission on February 28th, and it was approved. Mixed races will be given the first week, two harness and two running events each day, the last two weeks will be running only, with $7,500 in stakes, besides the usual selling races. ©ffi© In order to give the local people a chance to see their favorite, Braden Direct, p. 2:01%, in competi- tion, the Denver Racing Association will give a $2,000 early-closing purse for the June 13th to July 4th meeting. It is thought that the purse will attract such horses as Leata J. 2:03%, Joe Patchen H. 2:03%, King Daphne 2:04%, Don Pronto 2:02%, Columbia Fire 2:04%, and others. It's the largest purse given at Overland Park in a number of years, ©ffi© Papers have been prepared for the incorporation under the laws of Colorado of the Denver Fair and Racing Association, which will be the name of the association that will conduct racing at the Overland. Arrangements for the conduct of the nineteen-day mixed harness and running meeting to be held June 13th to July 4th, inclusive, are well under way. Ed Tribe, who has done the starting at Overland and at other prominent courses throughout the country for many seasons, will send away the gallopers, and in all probability the officials of "the Gentleman's Riding and Driving Club will handle the harness events, which means that Joseph Osner will do the starting in this division. About a month ago Mr. Adolph Ottinger of thiB city sold his trotting stallion Nogi 2:10% to R. C. Staats of Independence, Oregon. This remarkably well bred, fast and consistent trotter seems to have fallen into the right locality for already there have been twenty-six choice mares booked to him and when his merits are better known there is no doubt that twice this number will be sent him. Mr. Ottinger feels pleased to hear that all the claims he made for this horse have been endorsed by the very best horsemen in that part of Oregon where Nogi is standing. ffiffiffi It is all right to make new rules, but the poor ^ fellow who is obliged to answer a million questions a day, explaining the meaning of same and also in- forming the inquisitive ones what particular class their horse is eligible to, is the "Goat." Secretary Gocher recently informed us that he was arranging a booklet, showing the class horses were eligible to which participated in contests the past four years, and we sincerely trust that he will soon favor us with a copy. Until then, all that is left for us to do is to say "Come on, boys, and we will try to put you wise as to the class you are eligible to." ffiffiffi Lexington, (Ky.), March 13. — The list of eligiblea to the Kentucky Futurities, to be trotted here at the fall meeting in 14, 1915 and 1916, was announced today and enables the association to distribute $26,000 between the four events. It was divided as follows: Five thousand dollars for two-year-old trot- ters at the meeting of 1914; $2000 for three-year-old pacers at the meeting of 1915; $14,000 for three-year- old trotters at the meeting of 1915, and $5000 for four-year-old trotters at the meeting of 1916. A gold cup will go to the winners of the four-year-old event. ffiffi© The outlook for racing in Montana this season is bright. It is probable that the circuit will consist of thirty days at Butte, beginning July 4th; fourteen days each at Anaconda, Great Falls and Deer Lodge; the Montana State Fair meeting of six days at Hel- ena and six days at Missoula, where a new track is to be built. This will give horsemen a circuit of eighty-four days of continuous racing in that state. It is not unlikely that the Montana State Fair stakes will be increased in value. There is talk of estab- lishing the value of the Montana Derby, one and one- quarter miles, for all ages, at $2,000, and of increas- ing the values of other stakes proportionately. ©©© Mr. Wm. F. Whittier of the Hemet Stock Farm, says the horses on his farm never looked better or showed greater promise, the foals by Wilbur Lou are perfect images of himself and are strong and lusty. There never was such a year for natural feed as this in the Hemet valley ; plenty of grass and water, and, with a climate unsurpassed, it is the ideal spot not only for mankind to enjoy all the pleas- ures of living, but it is a splendid place for the devel- opment of livestock of all kinds. We are promised monthly letters from the Hemet Farm which is pre- sided over by our good friend Budd Doble who, by the way, is enjoying the very best of health and is as happy as the dav is long, ©©ffi The most improved horse in appearance in Ken- tucky today is Manrico 3, 2:07%, the Kentucky Fu- turity winner of 1912. The son of Moko and Silurian has grown, filled out and developed into a very at- tractive looking stallion and would hardly be recog- nized by those who remember him only in his brilliant race in the Kentucky classic. He is being mated with several of the best broodmares at Walnut Hall Farm, and will, undoubtedly, succeed his sire at the head of this stud in spite of the fact that both Walnut Hall and San Francisco are highly regarded by Harry Burgoyne, the manager of this great nur- sery for trotters. ffiffiffi The extent to which the breed of trotting horses has become the Hambletonian family is illustrated by the blood lines of the horses that performed in 2:10 or better last season. There were 74 of these, and Minna Ward 2:10 was the only one that did not track back in the direct male line to Rysdyk's Ham- bletonian. She was got bv Prodigal 2:16, son of Pancoast 2:21%, by Woodford Mambrino 2:21%, by Mambrino Chief. The 73 Hambletonians trace to seven sons of the "old horse," as follows: To George Wilkes, 38; to Electioneer, 15; to Happy Medium, 8; to Dictator, 6; to Artillery and Strathmore, 2, and to Aberdeen and Edward Everett, 1. Of the 16 that go back to Electioneer, eight trace descendants through Bingen, and of the eight descendants of Happy Medi- um all trace through his son, Pilot Medium, and all but one are the offspring of Peter the Great, ©©ffi The New York State Fair will appropriate about $20,000 for the runners, which will stage the bang- tail events with the assistance of the New York Jockey Club. The Owners' Club Stake will be worth about $12,000 and some of the best thoroughbreds in the country are entered. There are now between thirty and forty two-year-old trotters in training for the Messina Springs Driving Club stake, which is to be contested at the State Fair. Many more are to be heard from. Race Secretary John A. King says: "Verily, the seed has been well sown for there never has been an event in light harness horse circles in recent years that has enthused the horsemen as much as has this colt classic, and we already hear of different localities trying the same plan. We sin- cerely hope they may be successful in this enter- prise; it means a whole lot toward the welfare of light harness horse racing in the future. Saturday, March 21, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN t By the steamer Persia, which arrived in Melbourne from England on January 1st, seven valuable thor- oughbred horses were landed, on account of Messrs. Alan and George Tye, of the Allandale Stock Farm, Mentone. They "were selected in England by Mr. Andrew Robertson, who spent several months search- ing for those he wanted. All are young horses, and were landed in splendid condition. According to the 'Argus," in due course they will be put into training by Lou Robertson. The horses are: Ben, b. c. three years, Benvenuto (son of St. Simon) from Karess, by Kentford; Sweet Slumbers, ch. f. three years, by Sir Archibald (son of Desmond) from Sleeping Beau- ty, by Pride; Llanishan, ch. f. four years, by Llan- gibby (son of Wildfowler), from a mare by Berrill; Blackwood, b. c. three years, by St. Denis (son of St. Simon) from Miss Touchstone, by Kendal; King Marco, ch. c. three years, by Marco (son of Barcal- dine) from Queen Fairy, by Oberon; Torbane, b. c. four years, by Torpoint (son of Trenton) from Fere- tith, by Amphion; Phineous, b. c. three years, by Chaucer (son of St. Simon) from Andromeda, by Minting. The majority of the horses have raced in England. ©©ffi Sterling R. Holt of Indianapolis, owner of Sidney Dillon, is visiting California and last Monday, in company with Wm. F. Whittier, owner of the Hemet Stock Farm, spent a very enjoyable day at Pleasan- ton as guests of R. J. MacKenzie who arrived from the East last Friday. They were delighted with the changed appearance of the place and surprised at the speed shown by some of the horses. Messrs. MacKenzie, Errington, DeRyder and others were busy driving the various trotters and pacers that have achieved a reputation during the past two years. Mr. Holt, it will be remembered, purchased Sidney Dillon at auction and then came to California and bought nearly all of the sons and daughters of this remarkable stallion from the Pierce estate at Santa Rosa. Sidney Dillon is doing as well as any of the most noted stallions in the East, three of his prog- eny getting records of 2:10 or better in 1913 and thirteen entering the list, while nine lowered their records. Mr. Holt has at least six in training that have already shown miles better than 2:10, and Harry Hersey will undoubtedly place them well inside that mark this season. This promises, accord- ing to the leading Eastern horsemen, to be a "Sidney Dillon year," for every one who owns a colt or filly by him declares he has a standard performer and will prove it. Sidney Dillon has had a chance to be bred to some choicely bred mares in Kentucky and now that he is back in his old home, his book for 1914 is almost full, for Indiana horsemen are begin- ning to appreciate his true worth. Mr. Holt says: "There is one thing about his progeny that everybody likes: they are the most intelligent, kindest and gentlest horses to handle that ever was known, and their gameness is unquestioned when it comes to a struggle down the homestretch. They strive hard to win and generally do!" In developing the fast young trotter Azoff 2:14%, Dick McMahon gave an illustration of the difference between a competent trainer and an Indian. The colt had been honed as a weanling and sold on the strength of his unusual speed before he came into McMahon's hands. After letting him rest until he was two years old the Illinois horseman was aston- ished and disgusted to find on taking him up that he would not strike a trot. All he would do was to jump up and down and canter. "A good many train- ers," says H. T. White, who tells the story in the Chicago Tribune, "would have fussed with toe weights, new tangled shoes, freak bits, gaiting poles, head sticks, and changed the check rein every das' — and in the long run they would have spoiled the colt. McMahon knew horses and figured that Azoff, recall- ing the severe speeding work he received as a wean- ling, was sore on the trotting job generally, and that any attempt to force him to trot would spoil a great horse. So he went along as if Azoff was doing what the jock wanted him to, and finally the colt took to the trot of his own accord." ©©ffi Under the auspices of the Cuban Department of Agriculture a horse show will be held at Havana next month, in connection with the Cuban National Live Stock Exhibition, which is to open on April 11, continuing until May 2nd. With money prizes up to $1,000 each accompanying the blue ribbons, the pro- gramme looks attractive to owners of saddle stallions and mares from the United States, the more so as it is the avowed purpose of the government to buy all stallions available in price and desirable for breeding purposes. All horses are to be judged by a scale of points, and at least seventy-five points will be necessary to win a first prize. In the class for walk-trot saddle stallions, minimum height 155 centi- metres, or 14.3 hands, the first prize will be $1,000, the second $500, the third $250 and the fourth $100. In the class for gaited stallions the prizes are $750, $350, $200 and $100, while the first prizes for walk- trot mares and gaited mares are $400 and $350. ©©© The three-year-old bay filly Virginia Barnette, by Moko, dam Zephyr 2:0714, by Zombro 2:11, which was recently sold by E. T. Barnette, of Los Angeles, for $15,000, to Clarence J. Berry, the Alaska mine owner, was broken at the Kentucky Horse Breeders' track by Gene Bowerman. and was handled a little by him' during her yearling form. Gene and his uncle, George Bowerman, at whose place she was foaled, regarded her as a good prospect, and so ad- vised her owner when they shipped her out to W. G. Durfee about this time last year. Durfee drove her a half in 1:01% during the past summer, and she trotted a mile for him in 2:17%. It is a matter of comment that this filly and Manrico 2:07% were bred bv the same man, being by the same sire, foaled at the same farm, broken by the same man and trained bv the same men. Mr. Barnette has now at George Bowerman's farm Silurian, 3, 2:25%. the venerable dam of Manrico, and the younger mare, Helen Stiles 2:06%. Silurian is now twenty-four years old, but looks as if she were not more than half that. She is in foal to Moko, and the produce will, of course, be an own brother or sister of Manrico, and it is to be hoped that he will be as good or better on the turf than his illustrious brother, now in the stud at Wal- nut Hall Farm. Helen Stiles was bred to Manrico last spring, but she does not appear to be with foal. FUTURE MARKET CONDITIONS. Said a Kansas City dealer to the writer a short time since: "I am not buying many trotting-bred horses at present, only now and then one that looks as though he might do for one of a pair of carriage horses; but farmers should not quit breeding trot- ters, for they will be in demand before lond. This man has the experience of years back of him, and his judgment teaches him that trotters will be needed in the future; just when, he could not tell. When asked to set a time, he replied that it might be this spring, possibly not until fall, perhaps not for one, two or three years; but he was emphatic in asserting that a certain demand was near at hand, and that trotting-bred horses of the useful variety would command remunerative prices. "No other horse can take the place of the sound, sure-footed and active trotter in war," continued this gentleman, "and in times of peace the army must have the trotter. Heavy horses are wholly unfitted for use under the saddle as cavalry mounts, or in the artillery to move the field guns. They cannot even compete with the mule when it comes to moving the baggage, commissary or hospital wagons. The heavy horse cannot move quick enough, will not stand grief well, and would go all to pieces during a severe cam- paign. No one can tell where or when the next war will be or start, and once such a calamity strikes this country, or any European nation, you will find that trotting-bred horses suitable for army use will be higher than a cat's back. My reason for making this statement is based upon personal observation throughout the country districts and in the city markets, for nowhere can you find many horses that would be accepted by any army inspector."- MANAGEMENT AND BREEDING OF HORSES. . Orange Judd Co. of New York City have published a 46G-page text book under the above title, by Prof. Merritt W. Harper of Cornell. There are about 200 illustrations. The book sells for $2.25 postpaid, and may be ordered of the publishers or from the "Breed- er and Sportsman." Pictures appear of Directum 2:05%; Bertini 2:22%; Carmen; Kremlin 2:07%; McKinney 2:11%; Bingara; Cresceus 2:02%; Dan Patch 1:55%, and Gay Audubon 2:06%. The book treats of all breeds, judging, anatomy, unsoundness, history, principles of breeding, care of broodmare and foal, feeding, care and management, training, barns, ailments, etc., and every farmer should send for a copy. It is the most useful and comprehensive publication of its kind ever issued. WHY McMURRAY SULKIES AND CARTS ARE THE LEADERS Because There Are More of Them in Use and They Are Always Satisfactory. McMURRAY SULKIES AND CARTS have been used by discriminating horsemen ioi 48 years, and have always given the purchaser a SQUARE DEAL every time, because they stand up under the hardest usage. ALL the large Sales Companies order McJIur- ray Carts for use in their Sale Rings, as these Carts stand the hard service the best of any. Prominent Race Drivers use McMurray Race Sulkies because they are lignt- eStLet voWnext Sulky or Cart be a McMURRAY and remember this—; McMurray Sulkies and Carts are the highest quality, for they are sold under a "GUARANTEED FOR LIFE" BOND. A McMurray Guarantee never runs out, and our Prices are Right. No. 5 Easy Riding Road Jog Cart Steel or Rubber Tires No. 80 Flyer Speed Cart SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED BOOK. We have a Catalogue showing over a score of the LATST MODELS to select from, besides nearly a hundred illustrations of fam- ous horses, race scenes, and prominent drivers and trainers. .Address THE McMURRAY SULKY COMPANY, 288 North Main St., Marlon, Ohio. Call on or write to W. J. KENNEY, 531 Valencia St., Coast Representative. Blake, Moffit & Towne D..l.r. in PAPER 37-1st St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake, McFall & Co., Portland, Ore. Blake, Moffit and Towne, Los Ancelei WM. F. EGAN. M.R.C.V.S Veterinary Su rgeon, 1155 Coldan Cat* Av. Branch Hospital, corner Webstar ana uhestnu Streets. San Francisco. Cal. Veterinary Dentistry Ira Barker Dalzie Every facility to rive the best of profes- sional service; to all cases of veterinary dentistry. Complicated cases treated suc- cessfully. Calls from out of town promptly responded to. The best work at reasonable prices. IRA BARKER DALZIEL, WESTERN CANADA FAIR AND RACING CIRCUIT 1914 3156,545 IN PURSES Harness Running Races Races EDMONTON EXHIB'N ASSN., May 22-27 $2500 $2800 W. J. Stark, Edmonton, Alta. SASKATOON TURF CLUB, June 4-6 3000 2450 H. W. Plant, Saskatoon, Sask. YORKTON DRIVING CLUB, June 4-6 3000 2450 B. G. Clement, Torkton, Sask. REGINA TURF CLUB, June 16-19 7000 2400 J. C. Currie, Regina, Sask. MOOSEJAW DRIVING CLUB, June 22-26 9200 2400 W. A. Munns, Moosejaw, Sask. CALGARY INDUST. EXHIB'N, June 29 — July 4 11000 9400 E. L. Richardson. Calgary. LETHBRIDGE EXH'N ASS'N, July 6-9 2750 2100 J. W. McNicol, Lethbridge, Alta. SWIFT CURRENT AGR. SOC. July 6-8 5100 1500 R. T. Graham, Swift Current, Sask. WINNIPEG INDUST. EXH'N, July 10-18 22900 5895 Dr. A. W. Bell, Winnipeg, Man. INTER-PROV. FAIR, July 20-25 7400 2000 W. I. Smale, Brandon, Man. REGINA AGR. EXHIB'N, July 27— Aug. 1 8500 3200 D. T. Elderkin, Regina, Sask. SASKATOON INDUST. EXH'N, Aug. 3-8 6950 5400 C. D. Fisher. Saskatoon, Sask. EDMONTON EXH'N ASSN, Aug. 10-15 11900 7150 W. J. Stark, Edmonton, Alta. N. BATTLEFORD AGR. ASSN, Aug. 18-21 2450 800 W. W. Cooper, North Battleford, Sask. RED DEER AGR. SOCIETY, Aug. 18-21 2800 500 Jas. Mann, Red Deer, Alta. Total $107,750 $48,795 Total Amount Offered, $156,545.00. First Early Closing Events Close April 15th. American Trotting Association Rules. Good Half-Mile Tracks. Good Shipping Facilities. Circuit Book now ready. Send to any Secretary or the undersigned for a copy. E. L. RICHARDSON, Circuit Secretary, Victoria Park, Calgary, Canada. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, March 21, 1914. AT THE TRAPS. ROD, GUN AND KENNEL CONDUCTED BY J. X. D«WITT. FIXTURES. Tournaments Registered. April 14, 15, 16. — Oaklahoma City, Okla. The Interstate Association's Second Southwestern Handicap Tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Capital City Gun Club; $1,000 added money. "Winner of first place in the South- western Handicap guaranteed $100 and a trophy; win- ner of second place guaranteed $75 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Sev- eral other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pittsbugh, Pa. May 4, 5, 6. — Modesto, Cal. California-Xevada Trap Shooters' Association. T. T>. Riley, Secretary. May 5 and 6 — "Wenatchee, "Wash. "Washington State tournament, under the auspices of the "Wenatchee Rod and Gun Club, Chas. E. Owens, President. May 11, 12, 13 — San Diego, CaL Pastime Gun Club. M. J. Towes, Chairman. May 19 and 19. — Salem, Oregon. Oregon State tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Capital Citv Rod and Gun Club. Mark Siddall, Secretary. May 28, 29, 30. — Salt Lake Cits', Utah. Utah State tour- nament, under the auspices of the Salt Lake Gun Club. A. R. Bain, Secretary. May 30 — Lindsay, Cal. Lindsay Gun Club. Harry Ogil- vie, Manager. June 2, 3 — Colorado Springs, Col. Rocky Mountain Inter- state Sportsmen's Association's State tournament (.Col- orado, "Wyoming and Xew Mexico), under the auspices of the Colorado Springs Gun Club. John W. Garrett, Captain. June 3 and 4. — Milbank, S. D. South Dakota State tour- nament, under the auspices of the Milbank Gun Club. "W. J. Martens, Secretary. June 2, 3. — Seattle, "Wash. Seattle Trap Shooters' Asso- ciation. Hugh Fleming, Secretary, 3027 34th Ave. June 3, 4, 5 — Ely, Xev. "White Pine Rod and Gun Club. J. S. Bennett, Pres. June 16, 17, 18. — Bradford, Pa. The Interstate Associa- tion's ninth Eastern Handicap tournament, under the auspices of the Bradford Gun Club; $1,000 added money. "Winner of first place in the Eastern Handicap guaran- teed $100 and a trophy; winner of second place guar- anteed $75 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pitts- burgh, Pa. June 23, 24— Hotchkiss, CoL Hotchkiss Gun Club. C. U. Emry, Secretary. July 20, 21 and 22. — Portland, Ore. The Interstate Asso- ciation's ninth Pacific Coast Handicap tournament, un- der the auspices of the Portland Gun Club; $1,000 added money. "Winner of first place in the Pacific Coast Han- dicap guaranteed $100 and a trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $75 and a trophy; winner of of third place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Man- ager, Pittsburgh, Pa. Sept 8, 9, 10 and 11. — Dayton, Ohio. — The Interstate As- sociation's fifteenth Grand American Handicap tourna- ment, on the grounds of the N. C. R. Gun Club; $1,500 added money. "Winner of first place in the Grand Amer- ican Handicap guaranteed $600 and trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $500 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $400 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be guaranteed. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa. AMERICAN TRAP SHOOTING CLUBS. Legislation, impending or threatened, has not so far impeached the sport or pastime of blue rock pigeon shooting, which goes on merrily throughout the whole country — and elsewhere, too. Recently compiled statistics by Mr. E. R. Galvin in the Du Pont Magazine show a total of 2668 trap shooting clubs in the United States — an increase of nearly 1000 clubs during the past year. Pennsylvania stands at the head of the list with 312 clubs. New York second, with 214 clubs; Illinois third, with 184 clubs; Ohio fourth, with 155, and Missouri, Iowa, Cal- ifornia, Wisconsin, Minnesota and New Jersey fol- lowing in the order named among the ten states having the largest number of inanimate target shoot- ing clubs. It is estimated that 10,000,000 shotguns are owned by shooters in the United States and 500,000 more are sold annually. The new Federal regulations re- strict wild fowl shooting to a season of four months, and upland sport and other feathered game is cut down to the same period and less in almost every state. This means that about 80 per cent, of the scatter guns are put up for eight months of the year — or rather have been, for indications point to a big boom for the "sport alluring," particularly so in this State and on the Pacific Coast, in view of the big trap shooting tournament that will be held here next year in connection with the Panama-Pacific Ex- position. Following is the list by States: Gun Clubsl Gun Clubs Alabama 43 Arizona 14 Arkansas 23 California Ill Colorado 41 Connecticut 35 Delaware 11 Florida 13 Georgia 23 Idaho Xew Hampshire 13 New York 214 North Carolina 25 North Dakota 21 Ohio 155 Oklahoma 64 Illinois mlnreg-on ...'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'."'.'.'. 34 Indiana 65 Iowa 118 Kansas 67 Kentucky 57 L-iUlsiana 13 Maine 18 Maryland * Massachusetts Pennsylvania 312 Rhode Island 5 =outh Carolina 10 South Dakota 34 Tennessee 29 Texas 77 ssr-tah ;; 7 49]Vermont 15 Michigan 70 Virginia 41 Minnesota 9slWashington 36 Mississippi TjWest Virginia 34 Mlssom ^Wisconsin 9? 33|Wyoming 13 DIANA OF THE TRAPS. [By Harriet Whitford.] That the hunting instinct is inherent with man is an accepted psychological fact: that the sport of shooting, as a natural sequence, was the original great sport of mankind is readily proved. As evidence of this, when primeval man gave first expression to his thought, clothing it in the beautiful imagery of the nature-inspired myths, he created Apollo, god of the unerring bow — his darts, the sun- rays. From those earliest B. C. centuries to the present time, the art, literature, and history of every day and race have reflected the greatest pastime of man to be — the shoot. Its devotees have been legion — whether as mytho- logical gods following the chase through the heav- ens; as warriors applying their skill to history- making purposes: as gentlemen with their hounds following the lure of nature on a summer's day; as pioneers providing food and protection for their families; or, as workers seeking forgetfulness and recreation in the exciting chase. Ancient Biblical history tells of a boy with his sling-shot using the skill, acquired in his favorite pastime, for the saving of his people; and, today, the same boyish instinct — to hit a mark with a bona fide or improvised sling-shot has made necessary citizen-protecting laws. The memoirs of every boyhood, as told by the man, has some history of his first shooting device, whether it was a nickel-by-nickel saved gun or pis- tol; or, lacking the nickels, some improvised sub- stitute for satisfying his inherent love to shoot. But has this natural sport of man appealed as strongly to women? That it originally and naturally did is suggested in the same primeval history of man — the myths — by the story of the fair Diana, goddess of the chase, her bow, the slender crescent of the moon. We are told that she accompanied her twin brother Apollo, the prince of archery, in all his adventures of the chase, speeding her moonbeam darts as unerringly as did her brother and comrade the sun rays. That the sportsmanship of the "fair crowned queen of the echoing chase" was tempered with womanly attributes, is shown by the fact that the beautiful Cynthia was not only huntress but guardian of wild beasts. But, studying present day experience, it appears that the love of shooting has not been so strong with women, except, perhaps, in the more open lands. Where hounds have led to the hunt ladies mounted have ridden side by side with gentlemen in the chase; but this number has been, of course, limited. As a rule, when man has shouldered his gun, and gone forth at dawn on his way to a rabbit hunt, or in quest of game birds, he has not had a Diana com- radeship. Whether the reason for this has been that the twentieth century woman is lacking in sportsman- ship; or, that perhaps she is gun-shy; or, that she has been debarred by custom and lack of opportunity from participation in the sport, is an open question. That the call of the shoot has been more insistent in man than in woman is evident, because prevented by circumstances from its enjoyment, man has made for himself the opportunity. During the last decade or two, the traps have taken, to a large extent, the place of the law-hampered, business-forbidding, and regret-bringing chase. It has been necessary for man to adapt his sport to the time demands of com- petitive business. He has been forced to crowd Ms recreation into after-business hours. Long hunting trips, except on rare occasions, have become imprac- ticable^— yet the innate love of the shoot has re- mained. The logical answer has been — the traps. At the traps, the flying target across the great expanse of azure sky, the nerve-building air of the great open, the skilful judgment back of the eye and the finger on the trigger, the heart-quickening result — 'lost" or "dead" — furnish all the essential attributes of the hunt. And more, trap shooting has developed from a field- shooting substitute to a great international com- petitive "game." ANGLERS' HOUSEWARMING. Montana The California Anglers' Association housewarming last Saturday evening at the new clubroms in the Emma Spreckels building on Market street was an overflow meeting. George A. Wentworth was master of ceremonies. Instrumental and vocal selections were given by "Billy" Hynes, Felix Jonas, Milton Cohn, Stewart Hynes and others. After the entertainment programme was finished an appetizing lunch was served and dancing wound up a pleasant evening. 0 Salmon have commenced to run in Monterey bay. good catches have been made daily with hook and line tackle. Last year's catch totalled 150,000 fish, weighing 1,250,000 pounds, an average of eight and one-third pounds. Quite a number of salmon weigh- ing over thirty pounds were taken, however. Events 1 5' E. Klevesahl 46 J. S. French H. D. Swales 45 Miss Mever 22 W. H. Price 37 C. Lancaster 41 TV. E. Murdock .. :-:■' E .L. Hoag 38 Mr. Betham ::■• F. Webster 24 2 3 4 111 24 2n s » 15 8 if. , 1(1 14 H I;1 X V 7 8 13 1 ?, 3 4 r.'i id 24 "5 4H J 17 2(1 :-i4 36 R 19 4, 1(1 411 9 19 : (son of Alfred 5328 and Laura C. 2:29% by Electioneer; second dam Wildbud by Nephew 2:36; third dam Wildflower (2) 2:21 (great broodmare) by Electioneer; fourth dam Mayflower 2:30V" (great broodmare) by St. Clair. ZOMWELYN B., by El Zombro 57401. dam Evelyn B. by Prince Ansel (2) 2:20%. GAY ZOMBRO and ZOMWELYN B. are paid up in the California and Oregon Fu- turities, have been jogged all the winter and are now ready to go into training. Mr. MacKenzie sells the colts as he wishes to sell some of his stallions and thought it possible that the party buying El Zombro would like to get some of his staked colts to develop for the benefit of the horse. C. L. DERYDER, Manager, Pleasanton, California. District of Columbia Marksmen Win Team and Individual Championships of Short Range League SHOOTING REMINGTON-UMC INDOOR TARGET CARTRIDGES (Formerly called Specification 73) REMINGTON UMC REMINGTON UMC Which Simply Repeats 1913's Story— You will remember that the Park Club and Mr. D. I. Gould made the same winnings in last year's League Series— Again was Remington-UMC ammunition subjected to the most critical tests by many of the best shots in the United States. Not only the District of Columbia scores, but improved shoot- ing on many other teams, have again proved Remington-UMC superiority — dependability. SHOOT THE CARTRIDGES THAT WILL BOOST YOUR SCORES REMINGTON ARMS- UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. New York City 299-301 Broadway '■Ml - THE STANDARD TROTTING BRED STALLION LIJERO 2:151-4 Sire of EXPEDIO 2:09i/4 and JAS. H. DONNELLY (3) trial 2:17, half in 1:06. These are the only ones of his progeny worked. There are five two-year-olds by him in training; one of them, Sutterville. trotted a public trial quarter as a vearling at the State Fair in 34 seconds. Another, out of Paprika at Woodland, has already been a half in 1:12%, last quarter in 34 seconds. The balance can show better than a 2:30 gait. One out of Queen S., dam of Teddy Bear, is undoubtedly of champion calibre. Lijero 2:15% is to be sold at the closing out sale of Wright & Donnelly's Livery Stable 318 K Street, Sacramento, Cal., Saturday, April 4, 1914 Besides this magnificent twelve-year-old stallion Lijero there are to be sold two registered mares (grand individuals and perfect in everv wav) and all the horses harness, etc., of this well-equipped livery stable. Such an opportunity to get high- class roadsters, business horses, and some grandly bred trotting stock mav not occur again. Remember the date and be on hand. 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OETELS, Pleasanton, Cal., DISTRIBUTING AGENT, for the Pacific Coast CALirORNIA PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY, High-Class Art in HALFTONES AND LINE ENGRAVING Artistic Designing 12 Second St. &*n Francisco al Mcdonald PUBLIC TRAINING STABLE Pleasanton Driving Park Horses Trained and Campaigned. Fu- turity Stake Entries Given Careful Preparation. Best of Care Guaranteed al Mcdonald, Pleasanton, Cal. Saturday, March 21, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN it Warranted to give satisfaction. GOMBAULT'S CAUSTIC BALSAM A safe, speedy and positive cure for Curb, Splint, Sweeny, Capped Hock, Strained Tendons, Founder, wind PuffB, and all lameness from Spavin, Ringbone and other bony tumors. Cures all skin diseases or Parasites, Thrush, Diphtheria. Remove o all Bunches from Horses or Cattle. Aa a Hl'MAS KGH£DT for Rhen- matlim, Spralue, Sore Throat) ett., It Is Invaluable. Evorv bottle of Caaatlc Balsam sold la Warranted to give satisfaction. Price Sl.GO per bottle. 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F., 54 Temple St, Springfield, Mass. For tale by Langley & .Michaels, San Francuco, Calif.; Woodward, Clark & Co , Portland. Ore ; Cal. Drug 4 Chom Co., Brunswig Prog Co., Western Wholesale Drug Co., Loa Angeles, Calif. Kirk, Cleary & Co., Sacramento, Calif.; Pacific Drug. Co.. Seattle, Wash.; Spokane Drug Co., Spo- kane, Wash.; Cnmn, Bediogtou Co., San Francisco, Cal / Subscribe for "The Breeder and Sportsman." SPECIAL ADVERTISING. FOR SALE.— ISLAM, Black Percheron, 8 yrs. old. Imp. and Reg., weighs 2,235 lbs., sound and a sure foal getter. Was first in sweepstakes wherever shown, and won two silver cups. Also colt sired by Islam, a 3-yr-old. For further particu- lars address, T. W. CHENEY, Turlock, Cal. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY for the right man. A thorough horseman pre- ferred. Must have good references. If you are looking for something right, ad- dress, G. W. GRAY & CO., Geneva, N. Y. FOR SALE. Stock Ranch Above the Average, Mendocino County. 2,690 acres, stock and. sheep ranch, 5 miles north of Ukiah. 40 acres alfalfa land, part now in alfalfa, 30 acres grain land, balance good grazing land. 25,000 to 30,000 cords of wood, valuable because of short haul to market. Stumpage worth $1.00 per cord. Creek running through the ranch, furnishes abundance of water until about the middle of June. Enough water can be stored in a natural dam site, above the fields, to irrigate for alfalfa, etc., at small cost. 1300 head of sheep, with a year's growth of wool, which is contracted at 20c per pound, goes with ranch. Also 4 horses, and farming implements. Improvements old, but usable. Range is above the average, as is evident from the large number of sheep carried in proportion to the acre- age. Terms: $13 per acre; $34,970. Address, BREEDER & SPORTSMAN, San Francisco, Cal. ANIMALS MADE Drop a line to Dr. Korinek today and ask for his FREE list of remedies — if you have a sick animal on the place now write at once for FREE advice. Dr. C. J. Korinek is a graduate of Ontario Veterinary College of the University of Toronto. He has practiced over 12 years, has been Oregon State Veterinarian under two governors and Berved four years as president of the Oregon State veterinary Board. Dr. Korinek is a Veterinarian of National Reputation The FREE Consultation Depart- ment of Dr. Kor nek's id doing a great good for f.irr ers all over the Pacific Coast. He answers by personal letter all inquiries re- garding sick animals absolutely free of any cost. 'KORINEK VETERINARY REMEDY CC $10 DUE ON YEARLINGS Wednesday, April 1; 1914 Nothing more to pay before 1915 Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 13— $7,250 For Foals of 1913 to Trot or Pace at Two and Three Years Old $3800 for Trotting Foals. $2500 for Pacing Foals. $600 to Nominators of Winners and $350 to Owners of Stallions. MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS: $2500 for Three-Year-Old Trotters. 200 to the Nominator of the Dam whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Three- Year-Old Trot. 1300 for Two-Year-Old Trotters. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Two-Year-Old Trot. 100 to Owner of Staltion, Sire of Win- ner of Three-Year-Old Trot when Mare was bred. $1500 for Three-Year-Old Pacers. 200 to the Nominator of the Dam whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Three- Year-Old Pace. 1000 for Two-Year-Old Pacers. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry Is named the Winner of Two-Year-Old Pace. 100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Win- ner of Three-Year-Old Pace when Mare was bred. $150 in Special Cash Prizes was Paid to Stallion Owners In December, 1912. ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS.— $2 to nominate mare on December 2, 1912, when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 June 1, 1913; $5 November 1, 1913; $10 on Yearlings April 1, 1914; $10 on Two-Tear-Olds Aprill, 1915; $10 on Three- Year-Olds April 1, 1916. STARTING PAYMENTS.— $25 to start in the Two-Year-Old Pace; $35 to start in the Two-Year-Old Trot; $35 to start in the Three-Year-Old Pace; $50 to start in the Three-Year-Old Trot. All Starting Payments to be made ten days before the first day of the meeting at which the race is to take place. Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the horse entered is a Trotter or Pacer. Colts that start as Two-Year-Olds are not barred from starting again in the Three- Year- Old divisions. E. P. HEALD, President. F. W. KELLEY, Secretary, P. O. Drawer 447, 366 Pacific Bldg., Cor. Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco, Cal. PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION Race Meetings, San Francisco, California, 1915 Given under the Auspices of the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association ,000 Early Closing Stakes. Only 2 per cent to Start ENTRIES CLOSE, APRIL 1, 1914 SUMMER MEETING. JUNE. 1915. FALL MEETING. OCT. 30 TO NOV. 13. 1913. No. 17—2:10 CLAS8 TROTTING No. 22-2:08 CLASS PACING $20,000 $20,000 No. 2—2:10 GLASS TROTTING No. 39—2:06 CLASS PACING $20,000 $20,000 ENTRIES MADE APR. 1, 1914, $400 TO START. Horses to be named with entry. Entrance fee to accompany nomination. Horses must be eligible on Jan. 1, 1915, to stakes in which they are entered. ._„„„ . .. .... . ,_ . .™A„ ,. , . Stakes divided $5000 to the first heat, $5000 to the second heat, $5000 to the third heat and $5000 according to rank m summary. Moneys divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. All races mile heats, 3 in 5. No race longer than five heats, and moneys in races not decided before the fifth heat will be divided according to rank in the summary at the termination of the fifth heat. Other guaranteed stakes from $2,000 to 85,000 for all classes, Trotters and Pacers. $227,000 for 24 Days Racing All other classes except the $20,000 guaranteed stakes will close the year of the race. ■qS^~^& Right reserved to reject any or all entries or declare off or postpone any or all races on account j^ffi^^^cSfe National Trotting ^(101^ l§ Right reserved to reject an> all/l//^ of weather or other sufficient cat '§*>&, rfW? Members of National Trottin '"■< ttiy™ Members of National Trotting Association and American Trotting Association MSkfTW^ Association rules to govern. ^^U For entry blanks and further particulars, address F. W. KELLEY, Secretary, 610 Exposition Building, San Francisco, Ca BOSTON TERRIER FOR SALE. Light brindle Ken worth Van Dyke aged 2*4 years, beautifully marked, sired by Honey Peach of Wonderland out of Alice of Wonderland. Registered. Is perfectly house broken but on account of breaking up housekeeping must be sold. Apply to L. COUSINS, Miramar Apartments, 1450 Castro St. Southern Pacific "First in Safety" In competition with all steam rail- roads in the United States, the South- ern Pacific has been awarded the Harriman Memorial Safety Medal by the American Museum of Safety, for the best record in accident prevention in year o£ 1913. During a period of five years, not one passenger's life has been lost through collision or derailment of trains on Southern Pacific lines, involving the movement for a distance of one mile of eight thousand million passengers. "Safety First" BMACE HOTEL ENTIRELY REBUILT JINCE THE FIRE Far famed and first named wherever good hotels are mentioned. Recognized as the headquarters of the businessmen of the world. The place where you always find your friends European Plan Only. Management PALACE HOTEL COMPANY M FRANCI5C0 BEAR BEAVER ROSE CITY PORTLAND SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES The San Francisco G Portland S. S. COMPANY 722 Market St. San Francisco Telephone Sutter 2344 'Kendall's Spavin Cure The old, reliable icmedy you can de- jcii.I on lor Spavin. Curb, Splint. Ringbone or Any lameness. Thou- sands have proved It Inv^ljanie. Get a bottle from your druggist. ' Priceperbott1e(1.6ior$5.--Treat- ise on the Horse" Free at drug- gist orErom Dr. B. -I. KENDALL CO., Knosligrg Falls, Vt., U. 8. A. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, March 21, 1914. 1 JOE PATCHEN 2:031-4 | Reg. No. 47491. THE GREATEST MONEY-WINNER IN 1912, OR OF ANY OTHER YEAR. Bt Joe Patchen 2:01% (sire of Dan Patch 1:55% and 13 in 2:10). Dam, Bessie Bonehill 2:05% (dam of two whose time averaged 2:05%) by Empire Wilkes 2:29%, son of George Wilkes 2:22. Second dam, Arab Girl (dam of 5, 1 sire of 4, 2 dams of 3) by Crittenden 433 (sire of 13 and dams of 6 in Z:W), son "of C. M. Clay Jr. 22. Joe Patchen II. 2:03%, in individuality alone would be entitled to distinction. The rare combination of blood lines in his pedigree makes him a most desirable stallion to breed to choice mares and he is worthy representative of earlv and extreme speed. As a race horse his glory will ever shine; he won more money in his 1912 campaign than was ever won by a pacer, 527,100, winning _ every race except one and in that he was second. "Joe is a ebautifu ldakr bav, with four white legs and a blaze, 10 hands and will weigh 1200 pounds. In conformation he is a model of excellence, his clear cut, beautiful head, large, prominent eve, wide jowls, magnificent shoulders, short legs, heavy quarters, great depth through the heart, round barrel and perfect legs and feet. There never was a more popular horse to fact a starter and his action is as near perfection and the poetry of motion as it is pos- sible to conceive. He has never been bred to many mares as he has been raced every year, but the few that he has at Pleasanton show that he transmits all his qualities of form disposition, gameness, speed and soundness to a remarkable degree. He is a sure foal getter. ..Terms: $100 for the season, with usual return privilege. Limited to thirty mares. I VERNON McKINNEY 2:01 1-2 1 Reg. No. 53803. Bright bay, stands 16 hands and will weigh 1200 pounds. By Guv McKinnev 37625 (sire of 4), son of the great McKINNEY 2:1H/2; Gold Lily (2) 2:24/2; Con- tention B. (2) 2:2414; De Oro (2) 2:27j/2. Fastest stallion on the Pacific Coast, and one of the handsomest horses in the world. Golden bay, stands 15.3^ hands high and weighs 1200 lbs. By Xutwood "VTilkes 2:16%; dam Atherine 2:16%, by Patron 2:14*4; second dam Athene, by Harold 413; third dam Minerva, by Pilot Jr. 12; fourth dam, Bac- chante Mambrino, by Mambrino Chief 11. Copa de Oro is destined to be one of the greatest of all pacing sires. His colts show remarkable speed, stamina and manners. I trained two 2-year-old pacers by him this summer and either could step a half close to a minute. FEE: $75 for the Season, Usual return privilege - I am especially well equipped for caring for mares at reasonable rates in any way responsibility is assumed for accidents or escapes. Further particulars may be had by applying to Reg. No. 36548. Licensed Pure Bred. Cert No. 1297. Champion Trotter and Champion Sire of Trotters in the West. Mahogany bay, stands 15.1% and weighs 1060. Sire of Esperanza (2) 2:14i/4; John Warwick (2) 2:17; Carsto (2) 2:22'/2; Santiago {3) 2:24|/4; Carlrich (2) 2:24i/2; Ethel D. (2) 2:26|2; EI Carbine (2) 2:Z7>/Z; The Lark (2) 2:28'/2; Carlos (2) 2:2914, and Fulton G. (2) 2:30, May Marion (3) 2:24|/4. Esperanza Won State Fair Futurity 1913, Two- Year-Old Trotting Division. John Warwick Won Breeders' Futurity 1913, Two- Year-Old Trotting Division . _ Chango Won State Fair Futurity 1913, Two- Year- Old Pacing Division. Sired bv McKinney 2:lli4; dam Carlotta Wilkes fdam of Inferlotta 2:04%, Mary Dillon 2:06%, Guy Borden 2:07^4, Carlokin 2:07%, and 6 others in the list) by Charley "Wilkes 3653; next dam Aspasia (dam _ _ of 4 in 2:30 list) by Alcantara 2:23; next dam Miss Buchanan (dam of 1 in 2:30 list) by Clark Chief 89. Carlokin raced from the time he was three years old. He won over 517,000 in one season, and after his races were over trotted an exhibition mile at Lexington in 2:05%. He is one of the purest-gaited trotters ever raced, and has been shown on numerous occasions in standard classes, always taking first premium. FEE: $75 for the season, Usual return privilege that owners may desire. Every attention will be given mares in my charge, but no W. DURFEE, 2019 So. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, Cal. , 5»«iXXWttOSX3CX»C3S£3CSX3ttC^^ A UNITION ~ At the Indoor Rifle Tournament for the Championship of the Pacific Coast I00 SHOT MATCH Won by L. S. Hawxhurst . 2451x2500 Second R. S. Wixon 2430x2500 14 of the 20 high men used Peters Cartridges. - The ammunition used in making the above scores was not special in any sense, hut regular Peters factory loaded cartridges, loaded with Semi- 5 smokeless powder. This is just another demonstration of the unexcelled accuracy and reliability of the P brand. THE PETERS CARTRIDGE CO., Pacific Coast Bruek s 583-85 Howard St., San Francisco, Cal. CONTINUOUS MATCH "Won by L. S. Hawxhurst 219x225 of the JO high men used J Peters Cartrid ges. BULL'S EYE MATCH Won by Geo. Armstrong scoring a dead center The 7 high men used Peters Cartridges. MOST CENTRES 1st; -Henry Kroeckel 2nd;-E. Schierbaum Both used Peters Cartridges. Saturday, March 21, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 Breed To The Very Choicest Stallions ROBERT BINGEN 2:141 (Reg. No. 45033) THREE QUARTER BROTHER TO J. MALCOLM FORBES 2:08. HIS DAM, EPISODE 2:18, IS NOT ONLY A FAMOUS BROODMARE, BUT SHE IS ALSO HALF-SISTER TO AMERICA'S LEADING TROTTING SIRE, PETER THE GREAT 2:07|4. Sired by Bingen 2:06% (sire of Uhlan 1:58, Admiral Dewey 2:04%, The Leading Lady, 3, 2:07, J. Malcolm Forbes 4, 2:0S, and 8 others in 2:10, 144 in the 2:30 list) by May Kins 2:21%, (son of Electioneer), out of Young Miss (dam of 3, 2 sires of 148 and 3 dams of 6) by Young Jim (son of Geo. Wilkes 2:22), sire of 48, dams of 94; grandam Miss Mambrino by Red Wilkes, one of the best sons of Geo. Wilkes 2:22, etc. Robert Bingen's dam was a trotter, Episode 2:18 t,dam of 1 in 2:30 and Mr. Pinker- ton, sire of Peter the Second 2:04%, Pinkerton 2:17 and two others in 2:30. Episode also produced the dam of Victor Forbes 2:23%), by Ambassador 2:21% (sire of Ambu- lator 2:09V2, Susie T. 2:09%, Abnet 2:10% and 70 others in 2:30), son of Geo. Wilkes 2:22 and Lady Carr (dam of 4, 4 sires of 84 and 4 dams of 7 standard performers) by American Clay 34, sire of 3, 3 sires of 7 and 33 dams of 47 in the list; grandam Kate by Sir Wallace. Robert Bingen's second dam was Santos (dam of Peter the Great 2:07%, the great- est sire of extreme speed ever foaled, J. Malcolm Forbes 2:08, the great sire, Chimes of Normandy 2:16% and 3 others in 2:30) by Grand Sentinel 2:29% (sire of 22), he by Sentinel 2:29% (sire of 8) out of Maid of Lexington by Mambrino Pilot 2:28% (sire of 9), son of Mambrino Chief 11 and Juliet by Pilot Jr. 12. Maid of Lexington's dam was by Imported Leviathan. Robert Bingen's third dam was Shadow (dam of 4) by Young Octoroon (broodmare sire), he by Octoroon out of a mare by Joe Brown, son of Davy Crockett. The fourth dam was Swallow by Joe Hooker 185, he by Mambrino Chief 11 out of the Warren Mare (dam of Governor 2:30) by Canada Chief. P.ebert Bingen is a beautiful bay stallion, foaled in 1905, standing full sixteen hands, is perfect in conformation, has a splendid disposition, and will undoubtedly lower hi3 record this year. He is young, sound and vigorous, has only been bred to a few mares and -lie owners of his progeny declare they are perfect likenesses of their sire and in every way promising trotters. Although Robert Bingen 2:14% obtained this record as a pacer he is a natural trotter and as a two-year-old trotted very fast but trained off and his owner put him to pacing. This horse will be given a trotting record and it will be a 'a*T. one. He is strictly trotting bred. His breeding shows for itself and it is a questiOTi ii »nece is a oetter bred Bingen in America today. PRINCE ANSEL 2, 2:201-2 Registered No. 29220. Cal. License Certificate No. 1053. Sire of LOTTIE ANSEL (2) 2:14!4— Champion two-year-old trotting Ally of 1912. PRINCE LOT 2:07%— Fastest trotting gelding in the West in 1912. ARISTA ANSEL (2) 2:18!/4— Winner of the Canfield-Clark; Stake in 1912. PRINCE ANSEL was sired by Dexter Prince 11363, sire of Bernice R. 2:07%, Lison- jero 2:0814, Eleata 2:08y2, James L. 2:09%, Edith 2:10 and 60 others, out of Woodflower (dam of Seylex 2:1594, Prince Ansel (2) 2:20%) by Ansel 2:20 (son of Electioneer 125), sire of 14 in 2:30, 6 sires of 16 and 14 dams of 17 in the list: Ansel 2:20 sired Norris 2:22% who sired the dams of Lady Maud C. 2:00% and Hedgewood Boy 2:01, etc.; second dam Mayflower 2:30V«, dam of Manzanita 2:16 and Wildfiower 2:21, by St. Clair 16675. PRINCE ANSEL is a very handsome bay stallion; stands 15:3 hands, and weighs 1200 pounds. He is noted for siring colts and fillies that are endowed with early and extreme speed. During 1910 six of his get took records, and four were three-year-olds and under. In 1911 Adansel, a three-year-old, obtained his mark of 2:14%, while Prince Lot and Wesos lowered their records. In 1912 Lottie Ansel, a two-year-old, won all the Futurities she started in, getting a mark of 2:14%, the Coast record for fillies, and heads all record-holders of her age in America for the year. Arista Ansel, another two-year-old Futurity winner, got a record of 2:18%, while Prince Lot lowered his record to 2:0794. In 1913 Laura Rogers lowered her record to 2:11% and Ima Dudley got a mark of 2:27%, whil e John Malcolm, out of one of Prince Ansel's daugh- ters obtained the world's record for two-year-old pacers, 2:11%. Prince Ansel's prog- eny is noted for intelligence, soundness, perfect action and stamina. SEASON OF 1914 AT THE RACE TRACK, WOODLAND, CAL. Terms: For Robert Bingen 2:W/Z, $75 by the season. For Prince Ansel 2:20y2, $50 With usual return privilege. Pasture for mares during season at $5.00 per month; not responsible for ac- cidents or escapes. For further information, address HARRY DOWLING, Manager Woodland Stock Farm, Woodland, Cal. TO GET A CHAMPION, BREED TO A CHAMPION. JIM LOGAN 2:02| (3) Z-.QbVz, world's record to 1912; (5) 2:04|/4, (6) 2:03/4, (7) 2:02%. All winning race records. Registry Number 44997- By CHAS. DERBY 2:20 (brother to Klatawah (3) 2:05|/2, etc.), sire of Jim Logan 2:02%, Don Derby 2:04^2, Capt. Derby 2:06/2r Dan Logan 2:07/2 and 6 others In 2:10. Dam, EFFIE LOGAN, California's greatest producer of extreme speed (dam of Jim Logan 2:02=4, Sir Albert S. 2:03%, and Dan Logan 2:07y2, sire of John Malcolm (2) 2:11%, champion two-year-old of 1913), by Durfee 11256, son of Kaiser 2:2S and Julia, by Revenue 2:22%; second dam Ripple, sister to Creole 2:15, by Prompter 2305, sire of the dam of Gratt 2:02%, etc.; third dam Grace (dam of Daedalion 2:08%, Creole 2:15 and Eagle 2:19%), by Buccaneer 2656, sire of the dams of 2 in 2:10; fourth dam Mary, great broodmare, by Flaxtail. JIM LOGAN is a handsome dark bay horse, stands 16 hands and weighs 1075 pounds. After setting a world's record of 2:05% at three years of age, he has lowered his record every season he has been raced and is absolutely sound, showing he has the best of feet and legs. He has only a few living foals and all of them that have been trained have shown speed towarrant his being a sire. His full brother, Dan Logan, sired the winners of the Breeders' Futurity of 1912 and the two and three- year- old events of 1913, John Malcolm, his two-year-old, getting the world's record of 2:11%. In the stud, season of 1914, at Woodland Race Track. FEE: $50 for season, with usual return privilege, or $75 to Insure living colt. Fees payable at time of service or before removal of mares. Excellent pasture at ?4 per month, with best of care for mares, though no responsibility will be assumed for acci- dents or escapes. Call at race track, or address J. ELMO MONTGOMERY, Davis, Cal ■ I u — «SH WS^^*' HP Montbaine 48667 Son of MOKO 24457; sire of 7 in 2:10, dams of five 2:10, 100 standard performers; dam, KREM MARIE, dam of four trotters by KREMLIN 2:07%, sire of dams of six in 2:10; second dam, Maymont, by Blackmont, sire of dam of Minnehaha 2:09%; third dam, Maywood (dam of Mayhill 2:19, . 2:17%) by Blackwood 74, etc. MONTBAINE is an exceedingly handsome ma- hogany bay horse; stands 15.3% hands and weighs 1200 pounds. He has proven a very sure breeder, and his colts are fine individuals of ample size, quality and pronounced natural speed. He will make the season of 1914 at The Sulsun Stock Farm, at a fee of $40 for the season, with return privilege. Moko and Kremlin rank among the greatest sires of today, and you can make no mistake by breeding to Montbaine. For particulars, call at barn, or address THE SUISUN STOCK FARM, B. F. Rush, Sulsun, Cal. (Rush & Haile.) MOKO HALL 2:11 Son of Walnut Hall 2:081-4 Winner of the Kentucky Futurity for Iwo-year olds, and sire of The Harvester 2:01 The World's Champion Trotting Stallion. Mariha Tipton l-MlA, Warner Hall (() Z:[ft, OTJeU 2:«7%. ac Tlie dam of MOKO HALL was by the most fashionable sire of trotters in the United States today, and that horse is MOKO. MOKO HALL is bred in the top crosses just like The Harvester, who was also by Walnut Hall, out of a mare by Moko, the sire of 104 in 2:30, including such stake winners as Fereno 2:05^, Tenara 2:05%, Native Belle (3) 2:06%, Manrico (3) 2:07%, Susie N. (3; 2:09%, and Brenda York (3), pacing, 2:04%, and his sons are siring early and extreme speed also. MOKO HALL is one of the handsomest and most uniformly made stallions in California. There is not a weak spot or place on him. As a trotter he proved himself to be most level-headed and game, as well as possessed of a high turn of speed in all his racing on the California Circuit last season. At Sacramento he forced Maymack to trot a mile in 2:08% to beat him. A year- living filly by him trotted a quarter in 34% seconds at Santa Rosa last Sep- tember. Will make the season of 1914 at Agricultural Park, Sacramento, Cal. FEE: 875 for the season. Usual return privileges. Good pasturage, and the best of care taken of mares in any manner that owners may desire, at reasonable rates, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. For further particulars address F. J. RUHSTALLER, Sacramento, Cal. The "Golden Cross" McMYRTLE Reg. No. 58007. (Sire of John Gwynne 2:11%.) George Wilkes Electioneer By McKINNEY 2:11!/4, SIRE OF 24 AND THE DAMS OF 6 IN 2:10; HIS SONS HAVE SIRED 37 IN 2:10. Dam, Myrtledale, by Iran Alto 2:12'/^ (sire of 16 trotters, 1 pacer), fastest and most prolific son of Palo Alto 2:08%, and out of Elaine 2:20 (dam of 4 trotters, 1 sire, and 2 dams of S trotters and 1 pacer), by Messenger Duroc 109. Second dam, Nettie Nutwood (dam of Hillsdale 2:15, one of the best three-year- olds of his day, and Twenty Third, dam of Sterling McKinney 2:06% and Unimak 2:22%). by Nutwood 2:18%, sire of 2 and the dams of 20 in 2:10; third dam, daughter of Ethan Allen Jr. 2903, one of the prolific members of the great family of Black Hawk 5; fourth dam by "Williamson's Belmont. McMYRTLE is an extremely handsome individual, rich bay in color, 15.3 hands in height, and weighs 1150 pounds. He is a clean-going trotter, with a trial of 2:17 before retirement to the stud. His opportunities as a sire have been extremely lim- ited, but his colts are the kind that it pays to breed — large, solid color, handsome and good movers. Only one was ever trained, John Gwynne, who got a record trotting of 2:11%. SEASON OF 1914 at PETALUMA AND SAN RAFAEL, CAL. Terms, $30 for the season, $40 to insure. Best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address for all further information, DOLCINI & DOLCINI, Petaluma, Cal. THE STANDARD TROTTING STALLION. JOHANO Black stallion, 15.2 hands, sired by Carlokin 2:07% (sire of 8 two-year-olds In the list that are conceded to be the best ever seen in the West). Son of McKinney 2:11%, the greatest sire of 2:10 performers, out of Carlotta "Wilkes (dam of 10 in 2:30, of which 4 are in 2:07% or better) by Charley Wilkes 2:21%; grandam Aspasia (dam of 4) by Alcantara 2:23; great grandam Miss Buchanan (dam of 1 and dams of 5 in 2:30) by Clark Chief, etc. Johano was out of Johanah Treat 2:24% (dam of Zulu Belle, trotting 2:10%, pacing 2:06%; Del Coronado 2:09% (sire of Teddy Bear 2:05. Cora 2:08%, Little Bernice 3, 2:09%, etc.); My Irene S. 2, 2:28% (dam of Esperanza 2, 2:14%, Carlos (2) 2:29%, and the dam of Nutway 2:29%. Johanah Treat was by Thomas Rysdyk 10649 (a sire), son of Rysdyk 653 and Largesse 2:25 by Scott's Thomas 2:21 grandam Fanny Howard by Woful, son of Black Hawk 24. Johanah Treat's dam was Kate Treat by Venture 2:27% (sire of the dams of Directum 2:05%, Sidney Dillon, sire of Lou Dillon 1:58%, etc.) by Williamson's Belmont. Johano is a pure-gaited trotter. As a yearling he trotted quarters in 33 seconds; then, meeting with an accident which fractured his lower jaw, he was laid up for two years. He has entirely recovered and recently trotted a mile in 2:30, and it is predicted by those who have seen him that he will get a very low record this season. He is a very stylish, well made stallion with a splendid disposition. He is one of the best bred sons of Carlokin, as can be seen by the above, and seekers after stallions that carry the blood of the futurity winners in their veins and are anxious to get colts and fillies that will have a natural inheritance of beauty, soundness, early and ex- treme speed should not overlook this grand looking young stallion. Will make the season of 1914 at Pleasanton Driving Park. Terms: $25 for the season, with usual return privilege. Address HORACE FEINDEL, Pleasanton Driving Park, Pleasanton, Cal. PALO KING 2-28! Reg. No. 44910 George Wilkes Electioneer Sire of Little Lucille, p. (3) 2:09, fastest filly of her age on Pacific Coast, and The Bulletin (2) 2:28/2, trotting. By Marengo King 2:28/2 (sire of Marie N. 2:0S%, etc.), son of McKinney 2:11% and By By, great broodmare, by Nutwood 2:18%; dam Palo Belle 2:24|/2, by Palo Alto 2:08%, son of Electioneer and sire of the dams of High Admiral 2:07%, Mahomet Watts (3) 2:10, etc.; second dam Belle Isle, great broodmare, by Piedmont 2:17%; third dam, Idabelle, great broodmare, by Hambletonian 10; fourth dam, Godfrey Star, by American Star 14. PALO KING is a bay horse of excellent size and conformation, a pure gaited trotter, and ranks as one of the most potent sires of his age in the world. His get are uniformly good colored, large, finely turned, good headed and endowed with natural speed. Season of 1914 at Woodland Race Track, where you can see his colts step. TERMS: $25 for the season, or $40 to insure. Call or address H. S. HOGOBOOM, Owner, Woodland, Cal. •UK breeder and sportsman [Saturday, March 21, 1914. HEMET STOCK FARM § Hemet, Cal. f| i W. F. WHITTIER, Pres. (Incorporated) BUDD DOBLE, V. P. and Mgr. |j S Home of the Champion Three- Year-Old Trotter ^ I WILBUR LOU 2:101 I Sired by KINNEY LOU 2:07 3-4 Sire of Wilbur Lou 2:10l + TniB Kinney (2) 2:19 21 Standard Performers Son of MeKinney 2:11^4 and Mary Lou 2:17 Dam LOUISE CARTER, 3, 2:24 Dam of Wilbur Lou (3) 2-AOH Mamie Alwln 2:12 Martin Carter (3) 2:29Jf Daughter of Chestnut Tom 2:15 by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16% WORLD'S CHAMPION YEARLING TROTTING STALLION 1910 © Unbeaten Two-Year-Old In 1911 ^ Winner of California State Fair and Pacific Coast Breeders' Association ^ Futurities in 1912. Kecord in Third Heat of a winning race. © Also holder of the World's Record of a Five-Heat Race by a 3-year-old Stallion, m Limited number of approved mares at $100 the season. KINNEY de LOPEZ 2:23 | Son of Kinney Lou 2:07% and Betsey Direct by Direct 2:05%. S $50 the Season S § Terms: Cash at time of service with usual return privilege, or money re- a; s funded at our option. Excellent pasturage and best of care taken of mares, faj £ but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. || i "They have both shown by this year's crop to be sires of early speed: a: * FIESTA LOU by Wilbur Lou at 9 months old paced 1-16 in 10 seconds; ^ | BILLIE BOTD bv Wilbur Lou at 8 months old trotted 1-16 in 12 seconds; i& I DON McKINNET by Kinney de Lopez at Ty2 months old trotted 1-16 in Q 5 14 seconds; and all the rest are showing equally well" ig The Impor ted-Registered Shire Stallions Anwick Arthur Reg. No. 29025. Foaled 1908. Sired by Horbling Arthur 23368: dam Blossom 65974 by Sheffield Armour Plate 17616. A handsome, pow- erfully built young horse, stands 17.3 hands and weighs 2150 pounds. SERVICE FEE: S25, with return privilege. STATE LICENSE PURE BRED 352 BLACK HAWK MERRY BOY Reg. No. 14064. Am. Shire Horse Ass'n. (Foaled April 23, 1912.) Sired by Elvedon Hero 27313, dam Flawford Daisy 63656 by Whitstone Ring O' Bells 15927. Service Fee $20, with return privilege. BLACK HAWK HAROLD Reg. No. 14065. Am. Shire Horse Ass'n. (Foaled April 16, 1912.) Sired by Fylde Monk 2941S, dam Quanea Diamond 682S7 by Moulton Gallant Prince 16254. Service Fee: $20, with return privilege. The above stallions will stand at THE BLACK HAWK RANCH BURLINGAME, SAN MATEO CO., CAL. Young stock, one to five years old, broodmares, and stallions for sale. The best of care taken of mares bred to the above stallions, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Excellent pasturage at $5 per month. For further particulars apply to IRA BARKER DALZIEL, Manager, or 530 Fulton St., San Francisco, Cal Harry Clark, Burlingame, Cal. SELLS' TURF GOODS A Complete Assortment at Right Prices Tuttle and Clark's Electric Stallion Shield Track Harness Wholesale and Retail Gomhaults Balsam Reducine Save-the-Horse (^ ~~~) Road Harness ^k g^ Vita Oil Riding Saddles Patent Bits Horse Boots mk Absorhlne Giles Blankets sj w Embrocation Coolers Hopples Willians Toe Weights ^^^^^ Tweed's Linament Smith Wonder Worker Phon. Park 1253 J. DAVID WEST 1265-1267 Golden Gate Avenue near Fillmore Street McADRIAN 2:24 Reg. No. 45391 I onward McGregor | *®K®:-^:-ST:TSr:«T-:H&:^T:^r:^v*:-s-r:-3®®Kffi*®*E Mahogany bay, 15% hands, 1050 pounds. (Yearling trial 14 In :33.) Foaled 1911 By Jay McGregor 2:07% (sire of 7 in 2:10 and dam of Colorado B. (3) 2:04% . Leading sire of race- winning trotters in 1913. Dam Mary Gordon 2:09% (race record), by Gordon 3127 (sire of 1 in 2:10) byOnward 2:25%. Second dam, Nell (dam of 1 in 2:10) by Toung Octoroon (sire of grandam of PETER THE GREAT 2:071/4, J. MALCOLM FORBES 2:08, etc.). Onward McGregor is a grand individual with faultless disposition. His breeding should commend him to broodmare owners. He is the only son of that fashionable sire Jay McGregor, in California, while on his dam's side he traces directly to Onward and to the world's leading sire of 2:10 trotters, Peter the Great. Will make 1914 season at the Pleasanton Driving Park. Terms: $30 at time of service, with usual return privilege. (Limited to 20 mares.) Especially well prepared to care for mares but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. For further particulars and tabulated pedigree, address BERT WEBSTER, Manager, Pleasanton, Cal. Sire of Bert Kelly 2:12V* Trix McAdrian (2) 2:23% Grace Chalmers (mat.). 2:20% Olive McAdrian (2) tr..2:22 Sired by GUY McKINNEY (sire of "Vernon MeKinney 2:0iy», Linden Girl 2:22, etc.); dam MAPLE LEAF 2:34% by Adrian 2:26V2 (sire of Rosetta A. 2:14%), son of Reliance 2:22% and Adriana by Skenandoah: McAdrian's grandam was OLLIE RAY 2:39%, dam of Acclamation 2:24% (sire of Lizzie C. 2:15), Vendome, dam of McKinley 2:29; his great grandam was MARY BLAINE by Signal 3327 (sire of the dam of Prussian Maid 2:19, etc.). Guy MeKinney, sire of McAdrian 2:24, was by MeKinney 2:11%, out of Flossie C, by Guy "Wilkes 2:15%; second dam, Blanche Ward (dam of China Maid 2:05%), by Onward 2:25%; third dam, Blanche Patchen, by Mambrino Patchen 58, etc. McAdrian is one of the handsomest and strongest made grandsons of MeKinney in California. He has no faults; is a pure gaited trotter and a sure foal getter. He will make the season of 1914 at the race track, Red Bluff. Terms, $30 for the season. For further particulars, apply to or address E. D. DIGGES. Owner, Red Bluff, Cal. CHESTNUT TOM 43488 Race Record 2:171-4 Trial 2:14 Sired by Nutwood Wilkes, Dam Zeta Carter. Will make the Season of 1914 at Lanark Park, Modesto, Cal. TERMS: $30 for the Season usual return privilege. Good pasturage at $2.50 per month. R. S. IRVINE, Lanark Park, Modesto, Cal A Valuable Service Offered Free to Readers Subscribe for "The Breeder and Sportsman.' All readers of this paper who have lame horses will welcome the following announcement hy the McKallor Drug- Co. of Binghamton, N. T. : "We have engaged the services of one of the best veterin- ary experts in the TJ. S. who will answer all inquiries regarding lameness of hors- es absolutely free of charge. This serv- ice is maintained for the benefit of those who are not thoroughly familiar with horse ailments. 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Runs of 50 to 59 will receive 1 point Runs of 60 to 69 will receive 2 points Runs of 70 to 79 will receive 3 points Runs of SO to 89 will receive 4 points Runs of 90 to 99 will receive 5 points Runs of 100 to 124 will receive 6 points Runs of 125 to 149 will receive 7 points and so on. The Ten Special Awards: — Awarded the 10 amateur trapshooters making the greatest number of points under the above system for runs under 100, when using Du Pont Powders. Only shooters not making a run of 100 or over are eligible to win a Du Pont Special Trophy. While shooters winning Long Run Trophies are not eligible to win a Special Trophy, winners of the special trophies are eligible to win the Long Run and Season Trophies. It will be noted that runs of 50 straight or better are recognized. 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WRITE FOR INFORMATION AND PRICE* ON ALL BUILDING MATERIAL. HENRY COWELL LIME & CEMENT COMPANY • MAIN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. VOLUME LXIV. No. 13 SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1914. Subscription — $3.00 Per Tear THE BREEDER AXD SPORTSMAN [Saturday, March 28, 1914. The State Agricultural Society OFFERS THE FOLLOWING Guaranteed Stakes for Harness Horses To be given at the CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR, 1914. ENTRIES CLOSE JUNE 1, and AUGUST 1, 1914. DAILY PROGRAM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH. Three-Year-Old Trot, State Fair Futurity No. 3 (Closed) 2:14 Special Trot, Horses with no records or slower than 2:18 not eligible $1,000 2:12 Special Pace, Horses with no records, or slower than 2:17 not eligible $1,000 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH. SEPTEMBER 12, to SEPT. 19, 1914. No. No. No No. 13. No. 14. No. 15. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH. Two-Year-Old Trot, State Fair Futurity No. 4 (Closed) 2:12 Trot, Governor's Stake $5,000 Three-Year-Old Pace, State Fair Futurity No. 3 (Closed) No. 4. No. 5. No. 6. No. 7. No. 8. 9. •.-.. 10. No. 11. No. 12. Two-Year-Old Pace, State Fair Futurity No. 3 (Closed) 2:08 Trot $1,500 2:15 Pace, for Amateurs Only, owners driving, hobbles barred $600 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH. Occident Stake, for Three-Year-Olds (Closed) 2:16 Trot, for Amateurs, owners driving , $600 2:07 Pace $1,500 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH. No. 16. 2:20 Pace, for Amateurs Only, owners driving Cup No. 17. 2:20 Trot $2,000 No. 18. Free-for-AII Pace, for Amateurs Only, hobbles not barred $600 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH. No. 19. Stanford Stake, for Three- Year-Olds (Closed) No. 20. Free-for-AII Pace $1,000 No. 21. 2:20 Pace $2,000 No. 22. Free-for-AII Trot $1,000 AMATEUR STAKES FOR CUP. 2:20 Trot Close August 1st. 2:20 Pace Close August 1st. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH. 2:10 Pace, California Stake $2,500 No. 2:20 Trot, for Amateurs Only, owners driving Cup Free-for-AII Trot, for Amateurs Only $600 No. Entrance and payments on these stakes vrill be due and payable as follows: 1% June 1st, lc/c July 1st, 1% August 1st and 2?e before 5 o'clock the night before the race. GENERAL CONDITIONS: Xominators failing to make payments when the same fall due shall be declared out, without liability for entrance money, but shall forfeit all entrance money paid in. No notice necessary for nominators to be declared out. No race longer than three heats. One-third of purse awarded in each heat, money divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. A distanced horse in these races shall be entitled to money already won. Entrance fee five per cent. (59c) of purse. Two per cent. i2r/c) on all additional entries, which must accompany entry on June 1st; Xominators will be allowed to start but one horse in a race. Five per cent. iSTc) additional from all money winners. Right reserved to declare off any race that does not fill satisfactorily, or to change order of program. All horses must be eligible on date of entry. Stakes are for the amounts guaranteed — no more, no less. Distances in all heats SO yards; but if the field is more than eight, 100 yards. A horse distancing the field or any part thereof is entitled to first money only. There will be no more moneys than there are starters in each heat. All amateur races must be driven to sulky and not to cart. Otherwise than as herein specified. National Trotting Association (of which this Society is a member) rules will govern. J. L. MCCARTHY, Secretary, Sacramento, California. A. L. SCOTT, President. NOTE: — What constitutes ownership of horse in amateur races: Horse must have been in the ownership of the party wishing to start him at least thirty days prior to such starting and that a bill of sale with Notarial Seal attached, showing that transfer actually took place thirty days prior to such starting must be presented, if requested. CHARLES L. DeRYDER'S COMBINATION SALE OF FINE TROTTING STOCK WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK, PLEASANTON, CAL. SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1914 At 2 P. M. sharp. A splendid collection of horses, ready to race. Stallions, Broodmares, Colts and Fillies will positively be sold. MRS. C. A. SPENCER CONSIGNS: sire Lynwood W. 2:20*2, dam May Ayers 2:23 by Iris; A three-year-old AYERESS, or. m. (12) dam Babe, dam of Jasper Ayers 2:05 by Altimont. C. A. SPENCER CONSIGNS: BAY COLT il), by Adansel 2:14*4. dam Dawn 2:24% by Athaneer. out of his dam worked a mile in 2:13*4 last season. M. C. KEEFER CONSIGNS: NELLIE K., b. m., by Nutwood "Wilkes 2:16*4, dam Annie McKinney by McKinney 2:11%, This mare is a good individual and her breeding would warrant her being" a good producer. NELMONIA, trial 2:08, by Demonio 2:11%, dam Nelly by Dawn 2:1S:?4: second dam thoroughbred. Should make a great broodmare. She is a great individual, has been a mile in 2:08. half in one minute and one-fourth in 2S2-; seconds. LAURA SMITH, b. m. (7). by Tom Smith 2:13*4, dam Lauress by Mendocino 2:19*4. This is a sound, good-gaited mare that will do to train. With 2% months' work as a three-year-old trotted mile in 2:33, half in 1:13 and one-fourth in :35. KEEFER & SPENCER CONSIGN: AMA A. 2:10'/2 (trotting 2:16*4) by Dictatus 2:17, dam Stella C. 2:26 by Director 2:17. This mare should be a great broodmare. Her dam also produced Edna R. 2:11%. Ama A.'s first colt went a mile as a three-year-old in 2:16. Has a yearling filly and is safe in foal. CHESTNUT FILLY (1), by Adansel 2.:14%, dam Laura Smith by Tom Smith 2:13%. ; individual, just halter broken. CHESTNUT FILLY CD, by Adansel 2:14i,4, dam Nellie K., by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16V>. lod individual, just halter broken. LA HERMOSA, ch. filly (2). by Prince Ansel, dam by My Trueheart 2:19V> by Near- est 2:L'2I4. This should be one of the best Prince Ansels ever foaled, as there Is no question that if her dam had lived she would have been a great broodmare. Entered in Pleasanton Futuritv. PRINCE VOSTA, b. g. (3), by Prince Ansel, dam Advosta by Advertiser 2:15%. This colt is just as promising as his brother Adansel (3) 2:14%. Could trot 2:20 flip last spring before we went East and do it easilv. CHESTNUT FILLY tt), by Adansel ,'■> 2:14%, dam Alma A. p. 2:10%, trotting 2:16*A by Dictatus. This filly should be fast and good. Halter broken. HOMER RUTHERFORD. AGENT. CONSIGNS: SADIE HAL <4>. p; : McKinney 2:06%, dam Golden Bliss bv Zolock 2:05*4- s a real pacer. Was brought up from the pasture last December. ;ed milt- her-- last week in 2:24, last quarter in 32Vi seconds DR. S. W. WElTMAN. OAKLAND, CONSIGNS: CADIE LOU f5), pacer by A th a sham ^v"<' . Athablo 2:24%. She has been II winter hut was only placed in the hands of Bert Webster on March orked a mile i,, 2:28 and quarter in 32 seconds. Looks like a ■■ f for this yea i 'a races. A K. WARE. UPLAND, CAL., CONSIGNS: BRITTLE, brown gelding, by Nushagak. sire of Aristo 2:08*4, Nada 2:09% Nuriato ' '2%, etc.. dam by Directi m (4) 2 '"'■ This one has never b*Pn trained but l'« right ofi thfi i r, 2 32 Not afraid of autos. Is a fearless driver .,,. DDAe, „ «e P"vH' McEVOY' MENLO PARK. CAL.. CONSIGNS: M LBPAE 2:16' -,. :" 30i of Gu' Wilkes bay MARE f4), >- Mllbrae 2:16%, dam by son of Allerton 2:09% f.ORPEL COLT f3), fill 8R0WN mare (3), sire Mllbrae 2:16%, dam by son of Allerton 2:09%: second dam third dam, dam of Owyhee, by Simmons 2:28 by Geo. Wilkes. Extended pedigrees of these will appear in the sales catalogue which will be issued immediately. C. L. DeRYDER CONSIGNS: MINNEQUA, b. m. (5), by Athamax 2:22*4, dam Garry Pattis by Pittock. Naturally a fast mare. Never worked but is natural trotter. Has weanling by The Bonds- man that is the equal of any colt. Standard and registered, broken double and single. ROSE TRIX, b. m. (12), by son of Guy Wilkes, dam Trix Marshall, dam of Mona Wilkes 2:03%, Aerolite 2:05*4 and 6 in 2:30. Sound as a dollar, good breeder. In foal to The Proof. BAY COLT (1), by The Bondsman, dam Gary Pattis by Pittock: second dam Datura C. by Sidnator 2:21*4. The dam of this colt has been miles in 2:22 and is registered. The colt is eligible to registration. JUNIPERA SERRA, registered 01970, bay colt C2), by The Bondsman, dam Rose Trix by son of Guy Wilkes: second dam Trix, dam of Mona Wilkes 2:03*4, Aerolite 2:05%, by Nutwood Wilkes. This is an exceptionally fine individual. Can be seen at the Pleasanton Driving Park in Bert Webster's stable. Looks good enough for anybody. A. V. MENDENHALL CONSIGNS: BABE W., br. m. (17), by Guy Wilkes, dam Chantilly by Nutwood 600. Gentle and fast road mare. Woman can drive. Has had two foals. Never trained. She is bred right to be a great broodmare in the right hands. GRACE NUTKIN (3). by son of Carlokin, dam by Iran Alto 2:12*4; second dam Tedral by Nutwood 600. This filly is not only bred in the purple but can show for herself on day of sale. She was put in training on the first of January. SAINT THOMAS, 2:17!/2, b. g. by Woodford Wilkes. EL ZOMBRO 57401, by Zombro 2:11, dam The Bouquet by Nushagak; second dam Wood^ower by Ansel 2:20; third dam Mayflower 2:30*4, great broodmare by St. Clair. GAY ZOMBRO 58569, two-year-old black colt by El Zombro 51401 (son of Zombro 2:11 and The Bouquet by Nushagak) out of Nosegay B. by Langton 2:26*4 (son of Alfred 5328 and Laura C. 2:29*4 by Electioneer: second dam Wildbud by Nephew 2:36; third dam Wildflower (2) 2:21 (great broodmare) by Electioneer; fourth dam Mayflower 2:30% 'great broodmare) by St. Clair. ZOMWELYN B.. bv El Zombro 57401. dam Evelyn B. bv Prince Ansel (2) 2:20%. GAY ZOMBRO and ZOMWELYN B. are paid up in the California and Oregon Fu- turities, have been jogged all the ■winter and are now ready to go into training. Mr. MacKenzie sells the colts as he wishes to sell some of his stallions and thought it possible that the party buying El Zombro would like to get some of his staked colts to develop for the benefit of the horse. H. FRANCIS. McKINNEY STABLES, SAN FRANCISCO. CONSIGNS: ZOE DELL, pacer, br. m. (7). by Zolock 2:05%, dam by Prince Lovelace: second dam Alta Bell, half sister to Oregon Maid 2:08. Zoe Dell is a very fast mare. With two months' work she stepped the Stadium track a mile in 2:16, driven by Al Schwartz. Any one looking for a race prosnect should see this beautiful mare. FRANK MALCOLM. FRESNO. CONSIGNS: BAY MARE, trotter (5), 4 white feet and strip, by Expressive Mac (sire of Veral Hal 2:07*2), dam, by dam of Dutch 2:14*4 by Strathway; second dam by Algona, sire of Flying Jib 2:04. Idea] road ma>-e and safe. Was worked sixty days last year, trotted mile in 2:30, quarter in 35 seconds. Is worth training to race this vear. Sound except small splint. BLACK MARE, 6 years old, trotter, sired by Wild Xutling 2:11*4, dam by Anteeo, second dam thoroughbred. This mare has always been used in double harness on ranch. Was hitched single for the first time March 14th. I think this is a very fast trotter. She is worth training. Sound. CON NEV1NS. PLEASANTON, CONSIGNS: SIX MULES, from five to seven years of age. Sound and good workers. ONE SADDLE HORSE, five years, 1200 pounds. Good cow horse. C. L. DERYDER, Manager, Pleasanton, California. Saturday, March 28, 1914. [ BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast. (Established 1SS2.) Published even' Saturday. F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. OFFICES: 363-?65-366 PACIFIC BUILDING Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. National Newspaper Bureau Agent, 219 East 23rd St., New York City. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco P. O. Terms — One year, $3; six months, $1.75; three months, §1. Foreign postage SI per year additional; Canadian postage 50c per year additional. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or regis- tered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley, P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco, California. Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee of good faith. STALLIONS ADVERTISED. ANWICK ARTHUR Harrv Clark, Burlingame BLACK HAWK HAROLD Harry Clark, Burlingame BLACK HAWK MERRT BOT. Harry Clark, Burlingame CARLOKIN 2:07% W. G. Durfee, Los Angeles CHESTNUT TOM R. S. Irvine, Modesto COPA DE ORO 1:59 W. G. Durfee, Los Angeles JIM LOGAN 2:02% J. Elmo Montgomery, Woodland JOHANO H. S. Feindel, Pleasanton JOE PATCHEN II. 2:03% C. L. DeRyder, Pleasanton KINNEY DE LOPEZ 2:23..Hemet Stock Farm, Hemet McADRIAN 2:24 E. D. Digges, Red Bluff, Cal. McMYRTLE Dolcino & Dolcino, Petaluma MOKO HALL 2:12% F. J. Ruhstaller, Sacramento MONTBAINE 4S667 Suisun Stock Farm, Suisun ONWARD MCGREGOR Bert Webster, Pleasanton PALO KING 2:2S«, H. Hogoboom, Woodland PRINCE ANSEL 2:20% Harry Dowling, Woodland ROBERT BINGEN 2:14% Harry Dowling, Woodland THE BONDSMAN Capt. C. P. McCan. San Jose VERNON McKINNEY 2:01%. .C. L. DeRvder, Pleasanton WILBUR LOU 2:10%.. Hemet Stock Farm. Hemet. Cal. ZOMBLACK 2:26 C. L. DeRyder, Pleasanton DATES CLAIMED FOR FAIRS. Santa Rosa — August 31st to September 5th (inclusive). ' Woodland — September Sth to loth. Sacramento (State Fair) — September 12th to 19th. Pleasanton — September 23rd to 26th. Fresno — September 29th to October 3rd. Hanford— October Sth to 10th. Los Angeles — October 12th to 17th. Riverside — October 19th to 23rd. Phoenix (Arizona State Fair) — Nov. 9 to 14 (inclusive). "NO FAIR and race meeting in Woodland!" Can it be possible that this announcement is founded upon fact after the successful meeting held in that thriving city last year, a season of drouth which fol- lowed a similar one in the preceding year? Can it be true that when adversity and hard times were compelling owners of farms to retrench their ex- penses, sell their surplus livestock because feed was scarce, stop all improvements because there did not seem to be any prospect of good times ahead; and then, when this year, which promises to be one of the richest, from' an agricultural stand- point, they ever had, comes, there is to be no fair? It is incomprehensible. Yolo county has always been considered one of the richest — acre for acre — in the State of California, and Woodland, sitting like a pearl amid its emerald green surroundings, has always been spoken of with pride by every one who has ever lived there or visited it. The country sur- rounding it is unsurpassed for its many products and every acre of tilled and pasture land has paid its owners handsomely for the past fifty years — with the exception, perhaps, of 1912 and 1913. The boast of its inhabitants has been that there are more men of wealth according to its population and size in Yolo than in any other county on the Pacific Coast. Nevertheless, with all this to boast of and take pride in there are apparently not enough liberal minded men" in that community to support a fair. We cannot be convinced that this shameful state of affairs exists. Little towns like Hanford, Santa Rosa, Pleas- anton and Riverside have men and women who take an interest in the holding of annual fairs and race meetings. They see that since the abolition of gamb- ling nothing of a harmful or demoralizing nature is to be found on these occasions. Everybody goes to have a good enjoyable time, and no better proof of this is necessary than what the citizens of Yolo county last year saw at the race meeting held in Woodland, "a dry town," where neither alcoholic liquors are sold nor gambling is allowed. It was a meeting where one could take pride in having even his religious advisors come. Mr. John W. Considine, a public spirited man, had just purchased the race track and fair grounds and the trotting stock thereon, and had gone east and . bought the best lot of broodmares ever brought to California, investing a total of over $75,000 in this enterprise. He decided to invest more and manifested a desire to see a good fair held, agreeing to do all in his power to make it successful, and he succeeded. He likes Woodland and, since his arrival, almost every week there has been visitors to his place which he has made famous by improving it and introducing THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN some of the greatest bred trotting stock in America. He contemplated making further improvements on these grounds but the apathy of the people of Wood- land last week has not stimulated him to making them. This is to be deplored. There is another side to this story, one that should not be overlooked by the people of Yolo. We are endeavoring to have laws passed appropriating money for the sustenance of district fairs — not for race meetings — and we have been for years striving to get our legislators and the Governor to make such a law. What excuse can the people of Yolo have for their lack of interest at this critical period when we are verging on the eve of an election for Governor and legislators? Yolo will want a fair; it needs it to show all visitors that in that county there are the very choicest horses and prize winning cattle, sheep and hogs in California; the greatest alfalfa fields, the largest yield of grain, and a rapidly growing acreage devoted to fruits and vines. Its climate is unsurpassed, its people prosperous, happy and contented in the knowledge that they have so much to be proud of. Its school facilities are the equal of any north- of the bay of San Francisco. Its people enjoy attending an annual fair and race meet- ing; no better evidence is needed than what was shown last year when "every day" was a "big day," and no better dressed or finer looking men, women and children ever assembled to witness and enjoy the greatest races ever seen at one race meeting in California. The fair itself was not so large as it might have been, but it was a beginning, and who knows but in a few years a pavilion may be erected similar to the ones at Santa Rosa, Pleasanton, Fresno, Hanford (and will be at Stockton) in which all the exhibits of the county will be shown to better advantage than the few that were displayed in the tent at Woodland. It is to the wide awake business people of Wood- land and surrounding country we appeal. Surely, in that community there are a few public spirited men who will jump into the breach at this critical time, call a mass meeting and see that work will be started immediately to hold a splendid fair. We do not want to see the date claimed taken from Woodland. We promise that the entry lists for the races will fill better than they have ever been known to in Cali- fornia and that the attendance will be greater. This means that more visitors will come to fill the hotels and spare rooms, to patronize restaurants, ride to the track, pay their entrance and leave money every- where. If we are correctly informed the meeting last year, even though it was experimental after years of idleness, was not conducted with any finan- cial loss; then what are the prosperous and sport- loving people of Yolo county afraid of? All that is needed is a few good men to rally to the support of Mr. Maddox and call a meeting at once, appoint live committees, and we. know the local newspapers will do all in their power to help them and present in a proper light the advantages of holding this fair. PLEASANT NEWS FROM PLEASANTON. THE NUMBER of real good horses in training on the Pacific Coast at present speaks volumes for the future of the light harness horse industry. There never were so many really high class nor as many richly bred ones in the hands of trainers before. Every one of these men who have achieved a repu- tation has all he can attend to. There should be large entry lists to the races this fall and much larger to those to be held at the Panama-Pacific Exposition race meeting in 1915. IT WILL pay every owner of a good horse, brood- mare, colt and filly to read the Association advertise- ments in this issue, for entries to several valuable and important events will close next Wednesday, April 1st, and this will be the last time they will be published, notably the four Panama-Pacific $20,000 stakes, and the $10 payment in the Pacific Breeders' Futurity. NO BETTER evidence is needed to prove the popularity of Chas. L. DeRyder's sale at Pleasanton than the fact that after our announcement that he is to hold one he gets all the entries he cares to handle. Attention is called to the additional ones in his sale advertisement in this issue. Catalogues will be issued immediately. It is a sale neither horsemen nor farmers can afford to miss. March 24, 1914. Ed. Breeder and Sportsman: S. S. Bailey sold Holly Brand 2:07% to D. J. Mc- Donald, of Winnipeg. Manitoba. While the price was not made public, we understand it is a "long" one and Holly Brand will be seen in the Winnipeg mat- inees and possibly on the Canadian Circuit. Th»: sale was made through C. L. DeRyder. Holly Brand will be shipped along with W. J. Cowan's horses in the near future. S. S. Bailey bought a colt by Copa de Oro l.aS, from James Stewart of Los Angeles, and the report- ed price is $1,500. This is a nice made yearling that paced an eighth in 16 seconds. The Allen & Ryan filly by The Bondsman out of Miss Harris by Sidney Dillon, trotted an eighth in 1S% seconds. The boys are asking $1,000 for her and the price certainly seems small enough, as she is well staked, not only in California but in nearly all of the big Eastern Futurities. DeRyder's sale is going to be about the best ever held in Pleasanton. The writer has seen some of the animals that are catalogued and they are cer- tainly very good prospects. The two green pacers Sadie Lou and Sadie Hal are both good in their class. Sadie Lou has worked a quarter in 32 seconds and Sadie Hal in 32%. The trotters Ayeress, consigned by Mrs. C. A. Spencer, Farewell 2:23 by Bon Voyage 2:08, dam (the dam of Delia Derby 2:11%), consigned by J. N. Anderson. Salinas and Brittle, by Nushagak. another Aristo 2:0S%, consigned by A. K. Ware of Upland, Cal., seem very good. Mr. Frank Malcolm of Fresno has consigned two nice mares, five and six years old. The younger one is by Expressive Mac (sire of Vera Hal 2:07%) out of the dam of Dutch 2:14% by Strathway; second dam by Algona (sire of Flying Jib 2:04). The other is by'wild Nutling 2:11% (son of Wildnut and Helena 2:11%); her dam is by An- teeo, second dam thoroughbred. Mr. Malcolm writes that they are both worth training. Nelmonia, consigned by Mel C. Keefer, has been withdrawn from the sale. She was taken sick and while she has completely recovered will not be able to be in shape to show. The two El Zombro geldings ought certainly to win themselves out in the futurities this year. They are in the best condition possible and as yearlings worked halves in 1:24. Gay Zombro worked a quar- ter as a yearling in 38 seconds; Zomvelyn B. in :39. Grace Nutkin, the filly by Jonesie Mac (son of Car- lokin 2:07y2) out of Lady Rea 2:20%, p. 2:25, by Iran Alto 2:12%, second dam Yedral (dam of three and grandam of three) by Nutwood, is certainly a clever little trotter and we would like to see her get into good hands. She will make a very fast trotter and her breeding is in the "purple." Mr. Conn Nevins of Pleasanton will sell six broke mules, from five to seven years old. As they are in their prime, parties wanting work stock should not fail to see them. He also consigns a five-year-old cow horse, weight 1200 pounds. Canadian parties have advised Mr. DeRyder that they would have a representative here to look over anything that might do to saddle. The Zombros are very popular, so it is naturally expected that El Zombro will "top" the sale. He is a grand looking stallion and his colts are uniformly good, which is a great advertisement for any horse. Prince Vosta (3) by Prince Ansel, dam by Adver- tiser 2:15%, is full brother to Adansel (3) 2:14%. Charley Spencer writes that he is just as promising as Adansel was. who showed that he could trot bet- ter than 2:12 as a three-year-old. They have another in the sale out of My Trueheart 2:19%. dam of True Kinney (2) 2:19, (4) 2:12. that both Keefer and Spencer are very "sweet" on. It may be another True Kinney. Anyone wanting an ideal broodmare should cer- tainly «ee Rose Trix. She is by a son of Guy Wilkes out of Trix Marshall (dam of seven) by Nutwood Wilkes: second dam Trix by Director 2:17. She has a two-vear-old in this sale by The Bondsman that is one of the best colts we have ever seen; she is in foal to The Proof, by The Exponent, son of Bingen 2:00%. and will be bred to Joe Patchen II. Suther- land and Chadbourne. who trained Rose Trix, say she is a very fast mare and was a very pleasant roadster. Yours. BRINNEY. THE DATE of closing of entries in ti.e five gaited saddle horse futurity at the State Fair has been changed from April 1st to May 1st. C. P. JlcCan sends us a photo of Mr. Lynn's two- year-old trotting colt by The Bondsman, that trotted a half in 1:20 at Salinas March 1st, and says: "Mr. R. S. Irvine's four mares are here. Beretta and Bloom — I do not know the names of the other two. Mr. A. 1 . Scott is sending three and Mr. S. Chris- tenson has listed two to The Bondsman. Col. J. C. Kirkpatrick is sending Lucretia 2:13%. Mr. Porter of San Jose has sent two fine mares. One of these mares. Yu Tu. had a fine colt with her by The Bonds- man. Henry Hellman of Salinas is sending his two good McKin'ney mares. H. G. Angevine of San Jose is breeding Bertie Logan, and D. D. Hanks of San Jose bred Babe by a son of Almont, dam by Patchen Vermont, to this stallion. There are many more coming and before the season ends a full list of these will be published." There is not an owner of a colt or filly by The Bondsman that is not proud of it. This stallion was a great favorite in the East among the leading breeders and will doubtless be esteemed just as highly here. Capt. McCan has him looking fine aid all mares sent to the horse are well cared for and every endeavor is made to get them with foal. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, March 28, 1914. TAKING ADVANTAGE OF FARMERS AND BREEDERS. How They Are Being Imposed Upon by Unscrupulous and Unreliable Owners of Poor Stailions. Los Angeles, Cal., March 24, 1914. Editor Breeder and Sportsman: Your editorials on the benefits to he derived from breeding mares this year and on the advantages of ad- vertising stallions standing for public service are splen- did and should be followed by owners of mares and own- ers of stallions, but there is one phase of the subject dear to the stallion owners' hearts upon which I wish you would give us your ideas. I know of men who have paid thousands of dollars for stallions with low records and that are "bred in the purple." These owners do everything possible to help the industry. They adver- tise their horses and encourage broodmare owners to name their foals in futurities, etc., and yet they find they are, to use a common expression, "up against it," for some itinerant owner of a poorly bred stallion per- sists in convincing farmers and broodmare owners that it will pay them to pay §20 for the services of his horse rather than to pay more to breed their mares to the stallion with a world-wide reputation owned by a repu- table man. Can you not supplement the articles above spoken of by referring to this in 3*our next issue? I have been taking the Breeder for over twenty-five years. Yours sincerely, W. K. ADDISON. Our correspondent is right. There is too much of this kind of work being done in California. The license law, we thought, would put a stop to it, but it seems it does not. We know that evenr reputable stallion owner we have interviewed during the past twenty-three years has had the same complaint to make. Men, professional men, whose work takes them among farmers and breeders, attend horse auction sales and purchase some nice looking, toppy stal- lion or they may buy one at private sale that they can get for $100 or say $200. They figure that here is a stallion they can get at least fifty mares for this year at $20 each; there's $1,000 clear. They do not care for pedigree; the horse may be non-standard with no more chance of his being eligible for stand- ard rank than if he were a mule. He may be a small horse, and may have nothing to recommend him but the nerve of his owner in drumming up business for him. In his travels this man is quick to see a well- bred mare in a pasture, owned by some farmer who has been induced to buy her on account of her rich bloodlines but who is not in the trotting horse busi- ness. He is a plain farmer. Along comes this smooth talker who meekly asks: "What are you going to breed that mare to this season?" "Oh, I don't know, I haven't thought much about it, but I see that over on such a farm they have a splendidly bred stand- ard and registered stallion and he has a good record, too. I was speaking to Mr. Jones about him and wondering if I couldn't get a colt or filly by that horse that might sell for $1,000. But, really, I haven't had time to go over and see the horse yet." The owner of the little high-headed stallion that is lacking in speed and breeding is quick as a bunco steerer to note that here is "a chance to make a piece," so he smilingly says: "Yes, I've heard he's a good horse, but your mare's a pacer and he's a trotter, that will never do; you must stick to pacers. Besides, that horse's fee is $75 or $100, money to be paid before the mare is taken away, then there's the pasture bill' to be reckoned on. Now, what's the matter with breeding your mare to my horse? He's just as good as if he were standard .and registered; in fact, he's better, for he has shown me quarters in 31 seconds and was timed over at the track last fall by Cash Hawkins, Eb. Hubbard, Bill Sims and at least a dozen other men you know. They snapped their timers on him and I honestly believe if I had not slacked up the last twenty yards of that quarter he would have beaten that record by a second at least — a two-minute clip. You can breed your mare to my horse for $20. I'll bring him over and try your mare; you needn't send her from home, and, in regard to paying me for the service, you can do that any time. If you like, you can let it run until the foal stands up, or I will take the amount out in hay or grain. A little thing like that should not, stand between us. We are friends and should feel friendly toward each other." The farmer is a little doubtful about the kind of a foal his fine, high-priced mare would have from such a small limbed "weed" and asks: "How does your horse breed, big or little?" "Say, my friend, this horse may appear small but his sire was so and so." Then a long talk on pedi- gree is given, winding up with: "His sire stood 15.3 hands and weighed 1200. While his dam? you remember her. that big sixteen-hand mare that J. Chanslor Robinson owned. She was a well bred mare, I can tell you, but she never had a chance. She would have been a very fast mare if trained. Her sire was a son of Tilton Almont, out of a daugh- ter of Algona. the next dam was by Echo, the next, by Williamson's Belmont, and she was out of a mare by Oregon Lummox, a noted racehorse that cleaned out every horse in Oregon. I say, you will get from that mare of yours and my horse a foal that will be worth $200 when it's weaned, and it will be worth $500 as a yearling, and you are not taking any chan- cr s of your mare while she is off the farm. The foal cannot help being good. I don't want to say one word against that man's stallion. I'm no knocker, but I wouldn't breed to him; he's full of defects and I told the owner so but he only laughed. You would be astonished if I pointed these out to you. I think myself his horse is no good, but I would not want this to go anv farther. My horse has never had a chance but with your mare I think we will congrat- ulate each other on making this deal." The farmer is hypnotized by the oily talk of this stud service ped- dler breeds his mare and gets nothing fit to use — neither fish, flesh nor fowl, as the saying is. This same talk, with a few changes to suit the occasion, is given every owner of a good mare in the county. Sometimes it is embellished with promises of how the horse is to be sent to Pleasanton to the very best trainer there and given a low record. Every- thing is said regardless of truth in order to land that twenty dollars. Talk is the cheapest commodity on earth; if it had any monetary value this spieler would be a millionaire. This is no overdrawn sketch, nor is it without foundation in fact. It is the truth, and Mr. Addison knows it and so does every educated farmer and breeder in the country who sees that stallion owner sell his horse the next year and then get another one, a trotter, he can make money with in a similar manner. What is the result? The country becomes filled with non-standard, non-useful, non-beautiful, non-salable plugs that are totally unfit for anything on earth. They are a disgrace to any farm. The owner of the good mare becomes totally disgusted every time he sees it, lays the blame on the mare, sells her for whatever he can get, forgets to give any certificate of breeding, and, in nine cases out of ten, wants to forget how sbe was bred, while de- termining never to buy a standard bred mare again. If he should accidentally meet the smooth-tongued stallion owner who induced him to give him twenty dollars for the service fee of his horse he speaks to him as follows: "Say! That colt bre.d by your horse is the scrawniest, puniest, badly formed, cat-hammed, crooked-legged thing, without any known gait. I ever saw on my farm. I am awfully disappointed in him after the talk you gave me about your horse. What's the matter with that stud, anyway? Are all his colts as bad as mine?" "Why, I never heard of any," re- plies the latter. "It is not the horse's fault, I can assure you. Your mare traces to" (naming some horse) "and he was noted for his bad shape. It's atavism; this colt traces to that horse and I'll bet a hundred that's where he gets his looks, and that horse was condemned fifty years ago for that. I'm awfully sorry, but you cannot lay the blame to my horse. He's all right. He comes from the very best families in the American stud book. I haven't got his cards out yet; they are in the printer's hands, but when you see them you will say so." Anyone who will go around the country "handing out this kind of talk" should he advertised every- where. He is a disgrace to himself and the com- munity. He is on a par with the specialists who advertise to cure every known and unknown disease. He is dangerous to be at large, for he is sowing the seeds of discontent and does not care who reaps the harvest. He is also a thief, for he is depriving farmers of profits which their money expended for good mares entitles them to earn. He is a villifier of all that is good in his neighbors' horses. A poor man may, by using good judgment and saving his money, purchase a grandly bred colt, and when it is old enough to train, do without the necessities of life almost, to develop the speed he knows that colt by inheritance and gait has, or, he may send him to some famous trainer and have it done. Pay for entrance, on the youngster, race him, give him a low record, bring him home, advertise him. get out stal- lion cards and do all in his power — limited by the depth of his pocket book — to boom that record hold- ing horse. No one knows how many sacrifices that hard-struggling man has made to bring that horse to a point where he can earn something in the stud for him. But he has that dishonest, sneaking owner of a non-standard horse, such as we have described, to contend with at any and all tijnes, and he has no redress. He may talk from sunrise to sunset but the echo of that oily tongued member of the anvil chorus, that hammer wielder, is always near. It is a hard proposition, but there are several ways to solve it. Advise every owner of a good mare to insist upon breeding her to a standard and registered horse owned by a man who is not ashamed to advertise him and thus let the public know what he has. Never patronize one of these little "crossroads stud hosses." Their day has passed. Do all you can to fight this owner with the same weapons he uses. Never patronize a stallion that stands so low in the estimation of his owner that he cannot afford to advertise him nor have his horse developed. If you see a colt by this knocker's nondescript buy it and show it up as a "horrible example" in your field. Tell who owns the stallion and get the names of all brood- mare owners who were humbugged into patronizing the horse to come and see this specimen. The whole country should get up in arms and drive such a man out of the business, just the same as if he introduced some destructive insect pest in an orchard. His work is infinitely worse. There ought to be a law here as they have in France, that none but Govern- ment inspected horses in the care of reputable men should stand for public service. There are no thor- oughbred mares of any breeds bred to grades there. Why cannot we have such a law here? We have our registry, just as the cattle men have, but you will never find a progressive breeder of choice cattle mating his high-priced registered cows to a grade bull, for he knows what the result would be. And this same rule of breeding is observable in equine affairs. Hence, we admonish all farmers who are interested in the breeding of choice trotting stock to insist upon owners showing all the documents neces- sary to prove that the horse by breeding is all that is claimed for him. We advise them all to go and see every horse advertised that they believe will "nick" well with their mares in bloodlines and con- formation. Breed them, and there will be no neces- sity to deliver a long address in praise of the result- ant foal in order to get a good long price for it. Neither will it be necessary to hide mare and foal behind the barn when horsemen come, but it will be a matter of almost unspeakable pride to point to the beautiful foal and say, "That youngster is by so-and so," giving his record and pedigree, for by the time the foal arrives this owner will have learned that "by heart." The performances of all the near rela- tives of that foal will be zealously told and the satis- faction which follows the endorsement of his efforts in getting such a grandly bred one will more than pay for all the trouble he has had in breeding him and the mare, while away, he finds was even better cared for than she would be if kept at home. LETTER FROM NEW ZEALAND. Tokarahi, N. Z., February 22, 1914. Editor Breeder and Sportsman: Well, here I am back in the "land of the Southern Cross." We had pretty fair weather across and the five horses stood the trip remarkably well and land- ed in Wellington in fine condition. They were placed in quarantine for two weeks and Mr. Lelievre of Akaroa was there to receive his three and Mr. John Porter of Tokarahi was on hand to see that his handsome California bred trotter El Carbine was taken off the ship in good shape. The Dan Patch co't was placed on board in San Francisco after two nights' rest from his long journey from Minneapolis, and improved in appearance on shipboard. I have been in Christchurch and saw some races there, met R. O. Duncan, Robert McMillan, Free Holmes, Danvers Hamber, James Conway and at least a score of people who asked about you and wished to be remembered. There were eight races on the card. I saw twenty-four horses start in one race, all hobbled pacers and under saddle. It was a two-mile event and it was a hummer. Over £20,000 went through the totalizator that day. The main event was a two-mile handicap purse, £350 free-for- all. Freeman Holmes, who visited California two years ago, won it with a horse called Adonis and I must saj- this horse will bear watching. He is by the Sidney Dillon stallion Harold Dillon; he paced the two miles in 4:38, the track being fully five seconds slow. Robt. McMillan, who used to take charge of Silver Bow 2:16 many years ago for the late Geo. Fox at Clements, Cal., was second with Lord Dillon and would have won if he could place him, led all the way. Adonis just caught him thirty yards from home. They went the first quarter in 33 seconds, half in 1:05, three-quarters in 1:42, and the first mile was made in 2:15. But the track would stop almost anything as the surface becomes dry, mealy and deep. It must be very tiring for a horse. There were at least 6,000 people in attendance al- though it was not what is called here "a big day." The women were just as anxious to get their money in the "tote" as the men, and when the horse they backed won you should hear them shout with joy. There is one mare here that looks to be to be "the goods." She is called Emmaline. She was in a mile and a half race on the 14th and was placed thirty-eight yards behind the first horse, neverthe- less, she finished fourth. She got away bad and when she came by the stand I snapped my watch on her. She passed the first quarter in 31 seconds, the half in 1:02%, and the three-quarters in 1:3.6, the mile in 2:10. I believe she could pace in 2:05 over any of our tracks. There is a peculiar thing here. They never warm a horse up before starting him, as we do in America. They take him out, jog him around and then let him step fast up to his "mark," turn him around and start when the signal is given. No horses are allowed on the track except those that are to start in the race called. No warming up is permitted for another race. I saw horses start out perfectly cold and step the first quarter in thirty-two seconds, but they must have bobbles to do it. I saw quite a bunch of unruly ones that would make win- ners if they were taught better manners, but the "boys" don't seem to look for them, all they care for is "speed and more speed." Jas. Conway has taken charge of all the horses belonging to Mr. R. O. Duncan at Coldstream Lodge. Fendalton Christchurch, and will undoubtedly do well with them. His horse Van Coronado has won one race and Lovelock, who seemed to be a long time becoming acclimated, is rounding to nicely and will undoubtedly make some money for Jim, who is making friends every day. He likes this country and I have my doubts as to whether he and his fam- ily will ever be contented in Seattle again. I called at Robt. McMillan's place at Spreydon and was delighted with what I saw. It is called the Santa Rosa Stock Farm. He has sixty acres of splendid land, a nice half-mile track on it, with splen- did box stalls and everything about it is in perfect order. He has as fine a lot of horses as I have ever seen. Harold Dillon by Sidney Dillon out of Guycara 2:18%, by Guy Wilkes 2:15% out of Biseara (dam of 10) by Director 2:17, grandam Bicara (dam of 6), is one of the best sires in New Zealand and Lord Dil- lon, his son, are fine individuals and, with the latest acquisition, the Peter the Great stallion Petereta, Mr. McMillan has done remarkably well. Petereta has developed into a fine looking stallion and is one of the most promising trotting horses here. He was bred to fifty mares at 10 pounds 10 shillings each, and Harold Dillon did just as well and could have done more. The horses and mares are all turned out at night in the big high fenced paddocks and seem to enjoy perfect health. Mr. McMillan has a very pretty home and on his library table are to be found the leading American turf papers. Like others, I assure you all trotting horse people here are as well versed upon horse topics as any one you will meet at Pleasanton, Lexington or New York. Everybody, Saturdaj', March 2S, 1914. [ it seems, that owns a horse also takes the "Breeder and Sportsman." They talk about it and I attribute in a great measure the popularity of the sport here to its wide influence. After I got El Carbine to Wellington Mr. John Porter of Tokarahi, the owner of this colt, engaged me to handle him as well as his other American bred horses. He has a splendid farm of 600 acres of the finest land that lies out of doors, crops of wheat as tall as I am and I was only in the grain fields yesterday. I have not had a chance to go over to the sheep pastures where Mr. Porter has thousands of the finest sheep in this country. Last season he got 5000 lambs. In the North Island, Mr. Porter has a sheep range of over 25,000 acres and it would be a difficult matter to tell how many sheep he has there He is a thorough farmer and it would do you good to see how well everything is conducted on his place. He has several very fine looking light harness horses I wish Mr. Christenson of the Palace Hotel could see the June Pointer colt he has. He is the image of his sire with the same beautiful, clean cut head and arched neck. He is three years old and is the only one living, I believe. Mr. Porter has a number of good mares Mr. Christenson sold him and the colts by Bon Homme (son of Bon Voyage 2:08) are all good, but two in particular, both out of a mare by Stam B. 2:11%, are very fine individuals. Mr. Porter keeps five young stallions in a twenty-acre paddock where the clover is up to their knees. All these horses are thick fat and unbroken. El Carbine is looking well. I hope to start him in about three months. I will keep you posted as to what is being done here. My health is splendid and I see plenty of good work ahead of me and I am going to do my best. Remember me to all the "boys." Yours sincerely CHARLES JAMES. TiIE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN AT THE SACRAMENTO TRACK. Sacramento, Cal., March 19, 1914. Ed. Breeder and Sportsman: Have been waiting some time for a list of horses in training at the State Pair track, Sacramento, to appear in the "Breeder." As up to date none has appeared and being quite a prevaricator mvself, will attempt a few notes. When I was a boy they said. "Money makes the mare go," and "Love the* world go around," but nowadays, "bull" makes the mare go and "more bull" makes the world go around. There are about sixty head working here and whv there are not one hundred and sixty beats me. Sac- ramento track is one of the best winter tracks in California. They say it is slow and cuppy in the summer. The records show for themselves — it holds the fastest race record of any track in California- Don Pronto's 2:02%. The State trotting record is 2:07% and in 1912 I saw Bernice R. jog the last fiftv yards and trot in 2: OS here. In 1913 May Mack went in the second and third place and finished in 2:08%. Some of the "matinee boys" have called this track slow and bad and said it needed claying so long it's a habit. Where the trouble was. it was the horses. Last summer Don Pronto worked the two fastest mi'es I ever heard or read of anv horse ever going in their work— 2:03%, 2:03%. There are plenty of good stalls, lots of green feed, the purest of water, and track worked and kept in first-class shape. Secretary McCarthy is a practical horseman and knows the game from all angles and for the first time in over twenty years made the 1913 Fair a financial success. He is always ready to meet horse- men half way, and why are so few horses trained here? For the mere fact of never getting in the papers — lack of advertising. There are five trainers working here now. Jas. Thompson has fourteen head. Booze, b. g„ 2:07%, son of Stanton Wilkes, dam by Bay Bird, owned by Jack Lauffer of Sacramento. This horse is showing up splendidly this spring and is due for a certainty for a 2:05 record before the end of the season Hymettus 2:07%. by Zombro, dam Silver Bell, looks now as though he would stand training, and if he does you know he is some race horse. Thompson is very chestv over the brown colt, Peter Kylo, a three-year-old by Peter the Great 2:07%, dam by Jay McGregor 2:07%. Owned by L. H. Todhunter, Sacramento. Now if this colt doesn't show a mile in 2:10 before the end of the season, it would be hard to pick one this early that would, as the first time he was ever asked to step a quarter he did it in 37% seconds. The last one- eighth in 17 seconds, and this, apparently, with ease. Mr. Thompson personally owns Guacho, a black four-year-old by Nobage, dam by Zombro. This colt is in splendid shape this spring as he worked one- quarter in 34 seconds and seemingly could have stepped one in :31. His little matinee mare Sweet Adena 2:26%, by Zombro, dam by Altamont, is working to perfection. This mare should make some one a very nice matinee mare as she is splendidly mannered and trotted this track last year in matinee in 2:13%. Mr. Thompson has four colts belonging to S. Chris- tenson of San Francisco, and four better individuals, that can show for themselves, would be hard to find in any one man's hands. One, a yearling colt by Wilbur Lou 2:10%, dam Silver Haw, dam of Helen Stiles 2:06%, has stepped one-eighth in seventeen seconds. Another, a yearling bay colt by The Bonds- man out of the dam of San Felipe 2:09%, can step equally well and imitates his half brother. A yearling brown filly by The Bondsman, dam Perza by Allie Wilkes, is certain to make a trotter. The fourth in this lot is the three-year-old brown. filly by Bon Voyage, dam Perza. She is working nicely and promises to pay Christenson 100 cents on the dollar. The balance of the stable is a brown gelding by Palite, dam by Director: a chestnut gelding by De Oro, dam by Hawthorne; a bay colt bv Bon Guy, dam by Hawthorne, and a bay colt by Guacho, dam by Hawthorne. Walter Tryon has fourteen head, six of which are owned by the popular matinee enthusiast, Henry Cowell of Santa Cruz. Dione II., bay mare by Cupid, dam Dione 2:07%. This is a beautiful mare, ele- gantly mannered and is showing high class form. Last season Dione II. won a second heat in a matinee in 2:10%. She is certainly intended for a 2:06 trotter. Next is the four-year-old brown colt. Panama by Kinney Lou 2:07%, dam Dione 2:07%. The four- year-old that heads him this year will certainly have to be a trotter, and I predict he will beat 2:10. He is good headed, with plenty of quality, and likes a distance. Melrose, bay gelding by Stam B., dam by Vasto, who is a high class matinee horse with 2:10 speed at all times, and Mr. Cowell ought to take a great deal of pleasure with him this season. George Woodard 2:07%, who won the silver trophy at the State Fair for Mr. Cowell. second heat 2:08%. is showing elegant form. He will be another that Mr. Cowell will enjoy this season and perhaps may reduce his record. Oro Mo. chestnut horse by Demonio, dam by Oro Wilkes, who worked the Sacramento track last sea- son a mile in 2:06, and is certainly made for a 2:05 pacer. If nothing happens beyond what is known at present Oro Mo should have a record at 2:05 or better at the close of the 1914 racing season. A bay colt bv The Bondsman, dam by Eugeneer, is working nicely. Nearest A'to McKinney, a bay colt three vears old. by Nearest McKinney, dam by Iran Alto, and owned bv Sam Gault of Sacramento, is one of the grand- est trotters at the track. This colt can apparently go as fast as he wants to. He worked a mile last season over this track in 2:14% and is sound and good, and should certainly make a 2:10 trotter this fall. A bay colt three years old by Moko Hall 2:11%, dam by Knight 2:22; owned by S. C. Tryon. Sacra- mento. This is one of the handsomest younesters at the track and is doing all that is asked of him. He is good gaited and good headed and with little work shows well. A bay gelding by J. B. Frisbie. owned by Mr. Con- ley of Suisun. Is a handsome gelding and is showing up splendidly, and from all appearances looks as though he would certainly make a trotter. A brown gelding by the Patchen Boy 2:10%, owned by Mr. Marshall of Dixon, is working very nicely, doing all that is asked of him and he has only been at the track a short time. A two-year-old bay colt by The Bondsman, and the hay gelding. The Fool by Diablo 2:09V.. owned by Dr. I. L. Tucker of Oroville, are showing good form. by Lockheart 2:08%. Bonnie Derby, a black horse by Bonnie Direct 2:05y2, dam by Charles Derby, owned by Chas. Wells of Brighton, is a grand individual, can go fast and will be one of the matinee starters the coming season. A chestnut gelding by Walter Barker, dam by Lockheart 2:08%, owned by Joe Cornell of Sacra- mento, a handsome gelding that more will be heard of later. In Charles Silva's string, trained by Wilbur Smith, is that handsome bay stallion Teddy Bear 2:05 by Del Coronado 2:09%, dam Queen S. Teddy looks as though he would be able to reduce his record this year as he is going absolutely sound and is doing all that is asked of him. Can step a two-minute gait today. Columbia T. 2:22% by Bon Guy 2:11%, dam by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%. This handsome filly is working fine and should speak for herself later on. Woodrow, bay gelding bv Carlokin 2:07%, dam Mamie Elizabeth. This gelding will certainly make a showing. He is good gaited, working fast, and promises to show the qualifications of a race horse. Mr. Silva will no doubt enjov seeing this fellow win. A two-year-old filly by Lijero, dam Queen S., will also show for herself later on, as she has certainly the right way of going and knows how and will make an impression on any one that sees her work. A four-year-old filly by The Statesman, dam Queen S., a handsome filly that is improving with each working. Perlo. black mare by Greco B.. dam by Wayland W. 2:12%, is also showing up nicely. A three-year-old brown gelding by Montbaiue, dam by Lockheart 2:08%. This one we expect to be a winner, as he is doing fine work. Two-year-old bay filly, by Nuristo, dam by Lock- heart 2:08%, is showing nicely. One-year-old filly by The Proof, dam by Lockheart 2:08%. The last three are owned by Wilbur Smith of Sacramento and certainly deserve praise, as they are very nicely mannered and all showing well. William Ivey has thirteen head, which are headed bv that grand young stallion Moko Hall 2:11%, by Walnut Hall 2:08%, dam by Moko. This horse is certainly working as well as any one could ask and if everything goes well he should get a mark close to 2:06 before the end of the racing season. Expedio 2:09%. a brown mare by Lijero 2:15%, dam by Knight, is certainly a grand racing mare. She is working very nicely and should be able to take care of herself in the 2:09 class. She has not made a break this season and is stepping very fast. A yearling brown colt by Moko Hall, dam by Mc- Kinney 2:11%. This youngster is a grand represen- tative of both families and shows up well The above three are owned by that popular sportsman Frank J. Ruhstaller. Lijero 2:15% by Jas. Madison, dam by Nutwood owned by Frank E. Wright of Sacramento, is work- ing very nicely, has not been started up for speed as yet but looks as though he is ready any time. He is to be sold next Saturday, April 4th, as Mr. Wright is retiring from business. Queen Derby 2:00%, owned by Thos. Coulter, the popular matinee president of Sacramento, is working splendidly, never looked better, and, if she keeps on will be a 2:10 trotter of the double gaited kind Princess Flora B. by Stam B., dam bv Tom Ben- ton, owned by E. O. Burge of Sacramento, is working nicely, doing everything that is asked of her. Sutter Bill, bay colt, one year old, by Lijero dam by Silver Bow, owned by Heilbron Bros, of Sacra- mento, is a handsome youngster, is acting well and will be heard from later. A three-year-old bay colt by Lijero.' dam by Stam B.. owned bv Chas. Silva. is a fine youngster and has done everything that has been asked of him Miss White, a two-year-old filly bv Lijero, dam by Wildnut, is a handsome filly, good gaited and is sure to be heard from later. Baby Logan, a three-year-old filly by Dan Logan 2:07%, dam bv Diawood, is doing nicely. A yearling brown colt bv Montbaine. dam by Dia- wood, the last two owned by I. Harlan of Sacra- mento, is also showing up well. A two-year-old brown filly, sister to Expedio. owned bv E. J. Weldon of Sacramento. This filly has never been worked before but from appearances she will prohably be equal to her sister at some future time. Chris. Jurgensen has about twelve head, mostly green ones. The only ones that I know of in his string is a chestnut mare said to be bv Nutwood Wilkes: a bay gelding pacer bv Cavilern 2:10- a bay gelding by Teddv Bear 2:05. dam by Kmghtmoore. owned by John Silva. These colts are all working nicely, good gaited and will be heard from later on. All of the horses are working satisfactorily at present. While there have been no very fast miles, we have miles every day from 2:30 to 2:20. Some of the youngsters' speed is at present estimated and we will be able to say more later on of what the watch says of them. OTNEMARCAS. ROYALLY BRED MARES BRED THIS YEAR. List of mares bred to Joe Patchen II. 2:03%: Azrose, dam of Happy Dentist 2:05%, Little Louise 2:17. Azmoorie (3) 2:21. by Azmoor 2:20%, dam Arodi by Piedmont 2:17%. Effie Logan, dam of Jim Losan 2:02%. Sir Albert S. 2:03% and Dan Logan 2:07%, by Durfee 11256, dam Ripple bv Prompter 2305. Arawana B.. dam of Sweet Princess (trial 2:08). bv Stanley Dillon, dam Lily Stanley 2:17% (dam of 4) bv Whippleton. Eva H., bv Washington McKinney, dam Evaline by Kentucky Hunter. Hawthorne, by McKinney, dam Fayette bv Favette Wilkes 2:22%. Chestnut mare by Beau B., dam by Piedmont 2:17V. Poinsetta. bv Star Pointer 1:59%, dam Flewy Flewv (dam of Charlie D. 2:0GV. ) bv Memo. I ucv May (2) 2:22V,. by Oakland Baron 2:09%, dam Kat'e Clay bv AHandorf 74G2. Stella McKwen 2:11% by McEwen, dam Stelaline by Brown Hal 2:12%. Grace Pointer (3) 2:07% bv Star Pointer 1:59%, dam Provoline bv Charles Derby. Marv Gordon 2:09^. bv Gordon 3127. dam of On- ward McGregor, dam Nell bv Young Octoroon (sire of erandam of Peter the Great, J. Malcolm Forbes, etc.). Rose Trix, by son of Guv Wilkes 2:15%. dam Trix (dam of Mona Wilkes 2:03V, Aerolite 2:05% and 6 in 2:30). bv Nutwood Wilkes. Fresno Girl, by Seymour Wilkes 2:08%, dam by Richard's ' Elector. Tady Rea 2:26V-. bv Iran Alto 2:12%, dam Yedral (dam of 3) bv Nutwood GOO. Pamora (dam of Del Ray 2:04^i) bv Demonio 2:11%, dam Corro'ow by Steinwav 2:25%. List of mares bred to Onward McGregor: Martha S. 2:24. by Nutwood Wilkes," dam Prim- rose bv Sidnev 2:19%. Bonnie Melba (3) by Bon Guy (3) 2:11%, dam Melba T. bv Nutwood Wilkes. Eugenia B. 2:28. by Zombro 2:11, dam Kate Ham- ilton by Gen. Hamilton, he by Tilton Almont out of a mare bv John Nelson. Clara Dobs (3) bv Laccona, son of Lecco, dam Babe B. by Dawnlight. Cnrinne Nelson, dam of Perfection, tr. 2:06%, by Clarence Wilkes, dam Flossie bv Prompter. Gypsy C, by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, dam by Wm. Harold. Dessie Wilkes, by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, dam by Neernut 2:12%. Flewy Flewv dam of Charlie D. 2:06%, by Memo dam by Jack Nelson. Grace Nutkin (3) bv Jonesie Mac. son of Carlo- kin 2:07%. dam Ladv Rea 2:26% bv Iran Alto 2:12%: second dam Yedral (dam of 2), and Lynda Oak (dam of 3). o There are some grand trotters to be sohl by Messrs. Keefer & Spencer at the DeRyder sale April 11th. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, March 28, 1914. | NOTES AND NEWS I There are over 500 horses stabled at the Lexing- ton track. Flora Temple 2:19% won ninety -six races and Goldsmith Maid 2:14, ninetv-five. -I- 9 9 What will the splendid Zombro stallion El Zombro bring at auction at Pleasanton April 11th? © * © R. J. MacKenzie left for a prolonged visit to Can- ada and the Eastern States last Saturday. ©ffi© Spill 2:06%, the western pacing warrior and a money winner in one hundred and five races, died just recently. ©©© The Fresno Fair Association will hold its meeting today (March 28th) and arrange for its programme for the coming race meeting. ©ffi© This office makes a specialty of printing stallion cards and is better equipped to fill out tabulated pedi- grees than any other west of Chicago. ffi©© The stallion Genteel H. 2:08% was not sold to go to Australia. He was bought by some man for Aus- tria and died shortly after his arrival there. ©©© The advertisement for the Pleasanton Futurity Stakes No. 3 for foals of 1914, $7,500 guaranteed, entries to close May 2nd, will be published in our next issue. ©©© Wednesdays and Saturdays are workout days at Pleasanton and a number of visitors are on hand to watch the trotters and pacers in their speed educa- tional rehearsals. ©ffi© Direct Star 2:09%, pacer, was bred to ten mares as a two-year-old, getting eight colts, seven of which took standard records in 1913, including Flower Direct 2:01, pacing. ©©ffi There will be a horse show at Pasadena April 4th, 5th and 6th. and great preparations are being made to have it excel all heretofore held there. Col. Frank Hogan is the manager. ©S© Don't forget to attend that big sale of trotting stock at Pleasanton Saturday, April 11th. There are some splendid trotters and pacers to be sold. Send to Chas. L. DeRyder for catalogues. ©ffi© Next "Wednesday will be the first of April, a most important day for owners of broodmares, for entries in several futurity stakes, as well as the time for making payments in stakes, close on that date. ©ffiffi Under the new rules of the National Trotting As- sociation Gay Audubon 2:06% and Bergen 2:06% will be eligible to compete in the $10,000 race for 2:11 trotters at Kalamazoo's Grand Circuit meeting, ffi© © Ed Geers has six trotters in training with records better than 2:10: Dudie Archdale 2:03, Anvil 2:03%, Dorsch Medium 2:06%, Reusens 2:07%, Etawah (3) 2:07%, Eva Cord 2:08%, and also the pacer The Assessor 2:0S%. ©©© Chas Durfee has had another addition to his string of good ones at Pleasanton. Daniel E. Hoffman, president of the California Driving Club, has sent his green pacing gelding Balboa to him to prepare for the races this fall. ffiffi© Geo. T. Algeo is at Lanark Park handling some trotters and pacers for Mr. R. S. Irvine, he has charge of eight head and they are doing nicely. In reply to his query as to Chestnut Tom's record: It is given in the Year Book as 2:17%. If he trotted in 2:15 no mention is made of it. © © © J. J. Gethin of the Riding and Driving School, 701 Seventh avenue, reports selling a number of very choice saddle horses recently and says the demand for them is increasing. He handles the largest num- ber of any one in California and his establishment is without a peer on the Pacific Coast. ©ffi© Ten dollars are due on yearlings (foals of 1913) in the Pacific Breeders' Futurity Stakes next Wed- nesday. April 1st. Don't overlook this, if you nom- inated your mare December 2, 1912. There will be nothing more to pay before April 1st. 1915, so anyone can see the importance of making this payment. ffi ffi ffi The greatoess of The Bondsman as a sire is being recognized wherever his colts appear. There is not one in California or Oregon sired by this horse that is not "a wonder," according to horsemen. They are all endowed with speed, are perfectly formed, strong, lusty and intelligent. ffiffi© In the published list of horses to be sold at Chas. 1.. npRyder's combination sale of fine trotting stock on Saturday, April 11th. there are some elegant mat- inee horses, as well as horses fit to be put in training for the races this fall. Then there are stallions, mares, colts and fillies that, for breeding, individ- uality, speed and promise, cannot be excelled any- where. Send for catalogue. Annapolis (Md.), March 25. — Plans for putting an end to betting on horse races in Maryland probably received a death blow in the House of Delegates tonight when the bill offered some weeks ago, and over which a hard fight was waged, was recommitted to the judiciary committee. ©©© Three substitutions in Pacific Breeders' Futurity Stake No. 13, for foals of 1913, can be had on appli- cation to Secretary F. W. Kelley, not later than April 1st. $22 makes all payments up to April 1st, 1915. This is the last chance for any one who has a good colt that is not entered to get an engagement in this rich stake. ffi©ffi J. S. Anderson of Fruitvale leaves for Kentucky and Tennessee next week. His mission is to pur- chase nine or ten high-class Kentucky saddle horses. Mr. Anderson is an excellent judge of these and will undoubtedly bring out some that will be hard to beat at the State Fair this year and the Panama-Pacific Fair in 1915. ©©© Syracuse will give $5,000 for the free-for-all pacers. The race there is an installment purse. Others are $5,000 for 2:11 pacers, $3,000 for 2:05 pacers, $2,500 for 2:08 pacers, $2,000 for 2:17 pacers, $10,000 for 2:14 trotters, $3,000 for 2:06 trotters, $3,000 for 2:08 trotters, $2,000 for 2:10 trotters, $2,000 for three- year-old trotters of the 2:15 class, and $1,000 for two- year-old trotters. ©©© There will be a further meeting of the Fresno County Agricultural Association today (Saturday) when directors from all parts of the county will attend for the purpose of discussing wmat their par- ticipation is to be. At the present time the directors are making arrangements for the races, all of which will probably be announced within few weeks, ffi ffi ffi Washington, March 25. — Sending of racing bets or odds from foreign countries into the United States or from State to State would be prohibited under a bill introduced today by Senator Lea of Tennessee. He characterized his measure as designed to prevent the nullification of State anti-gambling laws. It would empower the postmaster-general to enforce the law. ffiffiffi Ex-Congressman Jas. C. Needham whose father, the late Chas. E. Needham, was one of the leading breed- ers of trotting horses in California, is mentioned as a candidate for Governor of California on the Repub- lican ticket. He spent his early youth in the San Joaquin valley and has made friends everywhere he has been. Mr. Needham is now a resident of San Diego. ffiffiffi Denver (Col.), March 23. — Colorado E., champion three-year-old trotter, holding the record of 2:04% at that age, dropped dead at Overland Park today of pneumonia. Colorado E. was owned by George H. Estabrook of Denver and was seven years old. He had just come from stud in Kentucky and was train- ing here for the grand circuit season. He was trained bv Fred Egan. ffiffiffi Do not forget that by paying the low sum of $400 next Wednesday to make an entry in any of the $20,000 stakes nominators will have to pay no more. If this date passes the sum of $600 will be required January 1st, 1915, and if an owner lets that pass and he wants to start his horse he will be required to pay $1,000 June 1st in order to do so. Hence, it will pay owners to make this payment of $400 Wednes- day, April 1st, for after that is paid no more will be required. ©©© The trotting princess has arrived. Ed A. Tipton, president of the Kentucky Horse Breeders' Associa- tion, upon his return from a vacation in Florida on Thursday received a telegram from Virginia an- nouncing the birth at Curls Neck Farm of a bay filly, bv The Harvester 2:01. dam Lou Dillon 1:58%. all the property of C. K. Billings. This filly is a representative of equine royalty, her sire and dam being king and queen respectively of the trotting world. Lou Dillon will be bred to The Harvester ffi©ffi A. G. Asdikian writes: "Has the time allowance rule adopted by the parent association and race tracks enhanced the va!ue of racing prospects? Here is one instance: Last fall a New Yorker wanted to buy a trotter that had taken a time record faster than 2:11, but the price, $2,000, scared him. Last week he wrote to the owner, hinting his willingness to pay that price now, but. the answer was: "My price for the horse now is $5,000, as he is fully worth that under the new racing rules, the horse being eligible to eyerv class." ffiffi© The New York "Herald" has the following to say in regard to the recent storm which overtook the city: "With all the taxicabs withdrawn from serv- ice, and most of the private automobiles and motor wagons out of commission. New York presented a striking appearance just after the big blizzard last week. Streets and avenues were crowded with horses as they had not been in a decade, and scarcely a motor vehicle could be seen until faithful old Dobbin had cleared away a path. For a day or two it looked as if Father Time had turned back the calendar ten years and given everybody a glimpse of New York as it was before automobiles were invented. Where so manv horses came from all of a sudden was some- thing that nobody could account for. That the bliz- zard as a demonstration of the efficiency of the horse will be worth millions of dollars to breeders and dealers is the opinion of everybody in the trade." On their way to New York, where they will partici- pate in the international meet, two crack polo ponies, Carry-the-News, owned by Frank Baldwin, and Helen C, the property of Walter Dillingham, arrived Mon- day on the liner Korea from Honolulu. The valuable mounts have been loaned by the island millionaires to Harry Payne Whitney, and during their ocean and land trip receive attention that is little less than that accorded a passenger de luxe. It is said that Whitney offered to pay $14,000 for Carry-the-News, but that the owner would not part with the animal. ffi© ffi It is not often that mother and daughter figure in the same race, but this was the case on Saturday in the Speedwell Handicap, in Christchurch, in which Bonny Jenny by Bonnie Direct 2:05%, and her daugh- ter, Bonista, by Star Pointer, were both competitors. It will be remembered that when he was on a visit to America some time ago, Mr. A. J. Lawrence bought Bonny Jenny, while F. Holmes secured her foal, who was named Bonista. Mr. Lawrence drove his mare to victory himself, and got a great reception on re- turning to the enclosure. Bonista was made favorite, but shaped rather disappointingly. — N. Z. Referee. ffiffiffi A. G. Ireland, of Chicago, has purchased the six- year- old chestnut trotting stallion Adansel (3), 2:14%, by Prince Ansel 2:20%, son of Dexter Prince, dam Advosta 2:20%, by Advertiser 2:15%; second dam by Nutwood 2:18%. Adansel was fitted for a campaign at North Randall last spring, hut was not raced. He was the star three-year-old on the Pacific Coast in 1911, but has not been started since. He will be trained and driven this season by Al Whitney, who gained fame last season with Dr. Burns, Jr., 2:04%; Alcy E. 2:07%, and Direct Mac 2:14%. ffiffiffi The splendid trotting stallion and sire, Lijero 2:15%, is to be sold in Sacramento next Saturday, at the closing-out sale of the well-known Wilson Liv- ery Stable, owned by Messrs. Wright & Donnelly, at 319 K Street. Lijero will prove one of the greatest stock horses ever bred if we are to judge by his progeny. All of them have size, style, conformation, the best of feet and legs, intelligence and constitu- tion. Like himself, they are ideal in every respect, and whoever gets him will never have cause to re- gret it, for there are several of his colts and fillies in training which will get low records this year and his value will increase according^*. ©© © R. O. Newman of Visalia, one of the foremost breeders of light harness horses there, writes us that he has sold all his horses with the exception of Best Policy. He leased him to Mr. G. Leggett of Hanford, who will race him on the California Circuit this year. This horse trotted miles in 2:16, last quarters in 31 seconds. He has never made but three breaks in all his work, wears light shoes and only quarter boots and scalpers, and his inclination to trot is remarkably strong. He was troubled with a curb but this was fired and if he goes as sound as he is today he should get a very low mark, ffi©© The finishing work is being done on the new fences which R. J. MacKenzie is having placed around both the mile and the half-mile track at the Pleasanton Driving Park. The fences are the most substantial we have ever seen erected on a race track, being built of heavy timbers throughout. The cost of these fences will be $2,000. While the one around the mile track was being built a force of men were employed on the track in straightening out some small defects in its construction. The old meas- urements of the mile track were not exactly right but the defects have all been righted so that there is absolutely nothing wrong with it today. ©©© Over two hundred horsemen of the California Driv- ing Club met last Thursday night at Eagles' Hall for the first time this year. Members from all parts of the State were present, and though no action was taken it is understood that the season's opening mat- inee will be held soon, and, from present indications, there will be more good horses raced by these mem- bers than ever before. Dan'l E. Hoffman, the presi- dent, conducted the affair in splendid style. Luke Marisch, the first secretary of this thriving organi- zation, was presented with a beautiful gold watch as a token of regard from the members. Wm. Hig- ginbottom made the presentation speech to which Mr. Marisch feelingly responded. A banquet followed bv music and entertainment served to while away the evening until past midnight. NO FAIR IN WOODLAND. Woodland (Yolo Co.). March 20. — Failure of local people to evince sufficient interest in the proposed 1614 Yolo county fair is attributed by John W. Con- sidine as the reason why the Woodland race meeting, which was to have been held August 7th, Sth and 9th inclusive, was today called off. "We could not get the assurance of anyone that there would be a fair." said Harry Dowling, Considine's representative, "and so we deemed it necessary to notify the horsemen that some other city could have the dates assigned to Woodland. The decision to call off the meet is final." Whether or not the fair directors will go ahead with the plans for a county fair, despite the with- drawal of Considine's interest, is a matter for con- jecture. Thus far the directors of the association have not been able to get a president. However. H. S. Maddox, secretary of the board of trade, still holds out hope that today's setback will not deter the previous plans. Dowling also said today that the plans for a new $10,000 steel grandstand will be abandoned. Saturday, March 28, 1914. t GOOD REPORTS FROM LOS ANGELES. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Los Angeles, March 24, 1914. Ed. Breeder and Sportsman: The young Copa de Oro's are showing phenomenal speed at Exposition Park, Los Angeles, and it is freely predicted that he will he the peer of all pacing stallions as a sire. Last week two full brothers were sold by J. S. Stewart for $3500. One was a two-year-old, the other just twelve months old. The former paced the first time he was called to go a mile (and this with very little work) in 2:17, last half in 1:07. A few days later this colt paced an eighth in 1434 seconds! His new owner is Mr. Joe Nickerson, president of the Los Angeles Driving Club, Who is certainly to be congratulated upon his acquisition. The younger Colt is conceded to be the moat phenomenal baby pacer "ever started up in these diggin's." When barely broken he paced an eighth in lGVt seconds. Both of these colts are out of Easter D. (2) 2:15%, winner of the two-year-old division of the P. C. T. H. B. Association Stakes in 1908. She was by Diablo 2:09%, out of Donnazone by Athadon 2:28; grandam Trenna by Junio 2:22. She produced another colt by Copa de Oro that trialed in January of his two-year-old form, a mile in 2:20, and was sold to Mr. J. McLain for $1S00. Perhaps the most speed shown by a three-year- old at this season of the year was the work of Con- tention B., the Copa de Oro 1:59 — Bonnie Ailse 2:08% colt that trialed about ten days ago a half in 1:02, and lately astounded the rail birds, also his trainer, W. G. Durfee, by pacing two eighths the same morn- ing in :13%. This pacer is, without doubt, one of the most promising youngsters ever seen in the West. He goes without any fancy regalia, wearing only a pair of light quarter boots, is perfect headed, can be placed anywhere and is of a splendid type. His dam is by Faustino 2:12% (son of Sidney 2:19%) out of a mare by Happy Medium. You ought to see the Carlokins that are here; they are wonders, and are looming up like real trotters. Will Durfee is working three two-year-olds by him that have been eighths in :17 or better, viz.: Nicola B., bay colt, dam Atherine (dam of Copa de Oro 1:59, etc.), an eighth in 16% seconds; Carlschen, dam Bon- nie Ailse 2:08%, an eighth in 17 seconds; and a black unnamed gelding, dam My Irene S. (dam of Esperanza 2, 2:14%), an eighth in 17 seconds. He also has a three-year-old pacer that makes him smile that good broad winning Durfee smile every time he gets up behind him. This colt has only been worked since January 1st, but can pace in 2:10 now and has been a half in 1:04%! He knows nothing but pace and his dam tvas by Hambletonian Wilkes. Besides these, this famous reinsman is handling ten "green" Carlokins which have trialed this spring in from 2:16 to halves in 1:12%. Surely this is a most marvelous showing and bears out the con- tention Mr. Durfee has always made that Carlokin is destined to be the greatest sire California has produced. To prove his popularity as a sire, a num- ber of mares have been booked to him this season, among them being: Zephyr 2:07 (dam of Virginia Barnette); Atherine 2:16% by Prodigal 2:07 (dam of Copa de Oro 1:59); Miss Queeley 2:26 by Moko (full sister to Manrico 2:07%); Emily W. 2:10 by James Madison 2:17% (This mare is owned and was campaigned by F. E. Ward); My Irene S. 2:28% (dam of Esperanza 2, 2:14%); Cora S. 2:20 by Del Coronado 2:09, dam by Monterey 2:09%; Lady H. by Del Coronado 2:09 (dam of Chango 2:13%), and Carolyn C. by Axtell 2:12, dam by Expedition 2:15%. This mare has trotted quarters in 30 seconds. Mr. Durfee informs me that Carlokin has already been booked to thirty mares for this season and Copa de Oro also has the same number. The track is in fine shape. I will send you some news about the horses being handled by the other "knights of the sulky" in my next. Yours for a good year, OBSERVER. LETTER FROM HEMET STOCK FARM. Hemet, Cal., March 19, 1914. Editor Breeder and Sportsman: I notice in your interesting journal that there are many very promising young trotters and pacers in training on the various racetracks in California, but we think that the youngsters by Wilbur Lou 2:10% compare very favorably with any others of the same age in this State. In 1912 Wilbur Lou was bred to seven mares and they all proved with foal. Last year we had five fillies and two colts from these mat- ings. Five are owned by the Hemet Stock Farm, viz.: Goldsmith Lou, dam Little Louise 2:16; Selma Paley, dam Stambia by Stam B. 2:11%; Gertrude Rives, dam Nealy W. 2:24% by Geo. W. McKinney; Fiesta Lou, dam Fiesta Queen 2:22, by On Stanley; Billie Boyd, dam Lady Zombro 2:24 (dam of Hemet 3, 2:08%, Miss Gaily 3, 2:12% and Frank Holloway, trial 2, 2:22). The other two are owned, one by Mrs. Lillian Boyd, a black filly, dam Bonnie Ailse 2:08%: the other, a bay colt out of Ella J., owned by Mr. S. Christenson, of San Francisco. In regard to the speed of the above, they can all step a little faster than Wilbur could when he was their age. I know this for I gave him his first work. These trotters could all trot eighths in 25 seconds or better before shod and they have only been shod a week; in fact, the last two were only shod yester- day. Fiesta Lou paced an eighth in 19 seconds one day last week; this was the first time I called upon her to pace faster than 21 seconds; besides, she is not shod, and part of the way was around the turn, as this is a half-mile track. Yesterday I drove Gold- smith Lou. She trotted an eighth in 23 seconds, last sixteenth in 11% seconds. This filly is Mr. Budd Doble's pride and she certainly is a sweet gaited one. Billie Boyd was then taken out, she trotted an eighth in 23% seconds, sixteenth in 11% seconds. Selma Paley's best eighth was in 23% seconds, and Gertrude Rives trotted an eighth in 22% seconds. Mrs. Boyd's filly is nicely broken and has been turned out. She trotted an eighth in 23% seconds before being given her liberty. We have several other yearlings that are very promising: Don de Lo- pez, by Kinney de Lopez, dam Eradiate by Geo. W. McKinney; grandam Mamie Redmond 2:19%, has all the earmarks of a trotter. This little fellow was double gaited but a pair of shoes in front straight- ened him out; he can trot at a three-minute gait quite handily and I look for him to be up in the first rank before fall. Quite a story goes with this colt. When Mr. Doble saw him hitched up and driven on the track the first time he said: "Frank, I don't think much of him." Now, Mr. Doble says, "Wise men change their minds but fools never do." We also have a yearling filly by Escabado, dam Sona 2:16, by McKinney 2:11%, owned by Mr. Alex Grant of Los Angeles. This filly has trotted an eighth in 24 seconds. We also have two fine fillies by The Bondsman belonging to Mr. A. L. Scott of San Fran- cisco, one out of Rosie Woodburn 2:16, and the other is out of Weatewater; the latter filly was in- clined to pace but since we shod her she sticks to the trot. This takes in our yearlings. We also have the following two-year-olds: they are all by Kinney Lou 2:07%: Oro Lou, dam Zeta W., by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%; Allie Lou, dam Lady Zombro, by Zombro 2:11; Martin Lowe, dam Lena Lowe, by Geo. W. McKinney 2:14%; Sterling Lou, dam Louise Reed by Sterling McKinney 2:0G%. Martin Lowe is a pacer, he worked a mile out today in 2:34%, last half in 1:14%. The other three are trottters, none has been miles faster than 2:40 yet, as it is too early in the season and the races are a long way off. Mr. Doble is working Kinney de Lopez 2:23 lots of slow miles and he looks fine. Harry R. p., 1, 2:24%, is getting plenty of the same kind of work. This is a remarkably promising colt. Mr. Doble started him in a matinee at this track last Fourth of July and he won easily, pacing one mile in 2:12% eased up, which, for a three-year-old, over a half-mile track, I consider very fair. We are also handling a slow record holding mare, Tina G. 2:28%, that looks like a good trotter this season. She was matineed last summer against pacers as there were no trotters in this part of the county that could make a race interesting for her. She beat them all, hobbles and no hobbles, and the fastest mile she had to go was 2:13% over this track. Following are the names of the mares that have foaled so far: Louise Carter, chestnut filly by Kin- ney de Lopez; Bonnie Ailse 2:08%, black filly by Kinney de Lopez; Zeta W.. chestnut filly by Kinney Lou; Hemet Girl by Geo. W. McKinney, by Wilbur Lou; Sona 2:1G by McKinney 2:11%; a hay colt by Wilbur Lou, and they are all doing fine. We believe Betsy Direct is in foal. Yours truly. FRANK REES. 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SOCIETY, Aug. 18-21 2800 500 Jas. Mann, Red Deer, Alta. Total $107,750 $48,795 Total Amount Offered, $156,545.00. First Early Closing Events Close April 15th. American Trotting Association Rules. Good Half-Mile Tracks. Good Shipping Facilities. Circuit Book now ready. Send to any Secretary or the undersigned for a copy. E. L. RICHARDSON, Circuit Secret iry, Victoria Park, Calgary, Canada. 8 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, March 28, 1914. ©-:--:~:-I"-:^>:->;'->5-~I~:-^i^ I ROD, GUN AND KENNEL I I CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT. f "■i-'-'^:-^-:-^:-c-:-v'>v-:-^-;-?-.-o-:-^:-^:-i-:-?-:-^:-^-:^-:^-^^:^-:- FIXTURES. Tournaments Registered. April 14, 15, 16. — Oaklahoma City. Okla. The Interstate Association's Second Southwestern Handicap Tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Capital City Gun Club; $1,000 added money. Winner of first place in the South- western Handicap guaranteed $100 and a trophy; win- ner of second place guaranteed $75 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Sev- eral other trophies will also be awarded. Eimer E. Shaner, Manager, Pittsbugh, Pa. May 4, 5, 6. — Modesto, Cal. California-Xevada Trap Shooters.' Association. T. D. Riley, Secretary. May 5 and 6 — Wenatchee, Wash. Washington State tournament, under the auspices of the Wenatchee Rod and Gun Club, Chas. E. Owens, President. May 11, 12, 13 — San Diego, CaL Pastime Gun Club. M. J. Towes, Chairman. May 19 and 19. — Salem, Oregon. Oregon State tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Capital City Rod and Gun Club. Mark Siddall, Secretary. May 28, 29, 30. — Salt Lake City, Utah. Utah State tour- nament, under the auspices of the Salt Lake Gun Club. A. R. Bain, Secretary. May 30 — Lindsay, Cal. Lindsay Gun Club. Harry Ogil- vie. Manager. June 2, 3 — Colorado Springs, Col. Rocky Mountain Inter- state Sportsmen's Association's State tournament (Col- orado, Wvoming and New Mexico), under the auspices of the Colorado Springs Gun Club. John W. Garrett, Captain. June 3 and 4. — Milbank, S. D. South Dakota State tour- nament, under the auspices of the Milbank Gun Club. W. ' J. Martens, Secretary. June 2, 3. — Seattle, Wash. Seattle Trap Shooters' Asso- ciation. Hugh Fleming, Secretary, 3027 34th Ave. June 3, 4, 5 — Ely, Nev- White Pine Rod and Gun Club. J. S. Bennett, Pres. June 16, 17, IS. — Bradford, Pa. The Interstate Associa- tion's ninth Eastern Handicap tournament, under the auspices of the Bradford Gun Club; $1,000 added money. Winner of first place in the Eastern Handicap guaran- teed $100 and a trophy; winner of second place guar- anteed $75 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pitts- burgh, Pa. June 21, 22 — San Jose. Cal. San Jose Blue Rock Club. Bay View Gun Club — First Sunday of each month. Grounds, south end of High street, Alameda, near San Leandro bridge. June 23, 24 — Hotchkiss, Col. Hotchkiss Gun Club. C. U. Emry, Secretary. July 20, 21 and 22. — Portland, Ore. The Interstate Asso- ciation's ninth Pacific Coast Handicap tournament, un- der the auspices of the Portland Gun Club; $1,000 added money. Winner of first place in the Pacific Coast Han- dicap guaranteed $100 and a trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $75 and a trophy; winner of of third place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Man- ager, Pittsburgh, Pa. Sept. 8, 9, 10 and 11. — Dayton, Ohio. — The Interstate As- sociation's fifteenth Grand American Handicap tourna- ment, on the grounds of the X. C. R. Gun Club; $1,500 added money. Winner of first place in the Grand Amer- ican Handicap guaranteed $600 and trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $500 and a troph}' and winner of third place guaranteed $400 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be guaranteed. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa. Nov. 7. — Williams, Ariz. Williams Gun Club, R. M. Reese, Secretary. Nov. 9, 10 and 11. — Phoenix, Ariz. Arizona State tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club, W. B. Twitchell, President. Trap Shoots. California Wing Shooting Club. — Live birds. First Sun- day of each month. Grounds, Sobrante, Contra Costa county. Exposition City Gun Club. — Fourth Sunday of each month. Grounds, Easton, San Mateo county. Golden Gate Gun Club. — Third Sunday of each month. Grounds, as announced in future. May 15, 16, 17 — Los Angeles Gun Club, Venice grounds. Bench Shows. April 14-16. — C!olden Gate Kennel Club, 5th annual show. A. K. C. rules. May 28-3" — San Francisco Kennel Club, 17th annual show. N. D. B. A. rules. AT THE TRAPS. The Interstate Association has issued a pamphlet giving the averages of all trap shooters who com- peted in registered tournaments during the season of 1913. Thousands of trap shooters, from every State, are listed in alphabetical order. The purpose of this arrangement is to make it easy for gun club officials and handicap committees to properly clas- sify and handicap contestants in tournaments that require such segregation. Copies of the booklet can be had by mailing request to Secretary E. Reed Shaner, 219 Coltart avenue, Pittsburg, Pa! * # * Easton Traps.— The Exposition City Gun Club's bluerock trap shoot for March came off last Sunday at Easton station. Favorable weather conditions were conducive to good shooting. Ed Hoag won the club medal match by breaking 20 birds straight. E. Hoelle was runner up with 19 kills. C. A. Haight, visiting shooter, scored 20 in the second event a trophy shoot. T. D. Riley. E. L. Hoag and J. H. Jones were high club members, with scores of 19 out of 20 each. W. A. Hillis. erstwhile of Seattle, but now a Coast bombardier, also broke 19 birds. The third match was a "grub shoot"~between Major W. A. Simonton's artillerymen and Colonel C. A. Haight's infantry squads. Simonton's team won out with a total score of 158 to 154. each bombardier pegging away at 15 inanimate flying targets. Hoag. Sinonton and .T. H. Obermuller cracked everv bird trapped. The losing team paid for the luncheon — and things. Hoelle, Hillis and Obermuller each broke 20 birds in the challenge cup event, a shoot wherein the win- ner of the cup is subject to immediate challenge and must shoot to hold title at the next club shoot. Hugh Poston made the only straight run in the final match at 20 clay pigeons. The total scores out of 95 birds shot made by amateur shooters and the trade representatives follow: Events | 11 2| 3| 41 5|T'l Birds [20i20il5|20(20[ 95 F. Hoelle Il9jis;i2]2ull9 88 W. B. Sanborn 13 12 11 13 13 62 J. W. Dorsey 16 7 12'17il6' 6S W. A. Simonton 17 15151815 SO A. S. Wickersham 17 13 18 15 IS 76 E. L. Hoag 2019 15 IS 17 S9 J. H. Jones 15 19 13ll3 17 77 H. B. Vallejo 17|18|13I17114 79 L. Middleton 10 10 10 14 14J 5S H. E. Poston I1S1S14 19 20 89 T. Handman 117 16 14 1S18; 83 C. Gettings IS IS 13 16 151 80 T. D. Rilev Ill IS 10 IS 191 83 J. W. F. Moore 12 16 10 11 . . 73 TV. A. Hillis 117119 14:201181 88 J. H. Obermuller |16I17|15120I15| 83 C. A. Bridgford 11411414 13113 68 L. Steinfeld 13 12 4 10 14 53 P. C. Peet 16 17 11 17 141 75 E. H. Forrester Illll2ll2ll3ll7 65 H. Dutton |16|10l 71151111 59 R. E. McGill 16 IS 13 17 131 77 P. Swenson 115'13lllll6!15l 70 E. Straesler 1 . . 1X2111 113 '12 1 4S C. A. Pitts I 61 71.. 112! 7 32 X. Dray 16 15 11 12 14 6S * * * Trophy Shoot. — The scores for the Chico Gun Club shoot March 15 for a Du Pont trophy, 50 birds, target handicap, in 25 bird sections, were the following: Jones 1 14 I 21 Lindquist B'k Ho T'l Thomasson 'Rockwood 21 15 1 20 17 I 15 I 12 Holmes I 12 1 15 Salisbury 1 151 1 91 Smith I 15| 1 12 Buckland ' 91 12 sl "-. 2l 23 21 17 31 23 3 ■'■' 5! 2(1 S| "ii ! 20 Weber I 91 441 1 121 Buswell I 15i B'k Hp T'l s: 17 SI 20l 37 8! 23 101 Si ISi 41 401 71 Murphy 1 ll S| 231 431 Si 231 'Masterson Si 17 51 19 8! 20 S 20 8| 20| 3' 40| 'Stapleton 15 SI 211 36 S1 12' 81 161 28 81 91 81 231 32 8l 17l S| 11! 28 SI 151 8' 12| 27 From the Citrus Belt. — As a sample of what may be expected from the Los Angeles smokeless powder burning contingent the following notes from Fred Teeple are in line: The tuonrnament held by the Los Angeles Gun Club on March 8 drew a fine attendance and was a success from start to finish. The 50-target distance handicap event was a single- barrel trap gun as first prize, and was won by M. Toews of San Diego on a score of 45 x 50, from the lS-yard line. The ten-man team race. 100 targets per man. was won bv the Los Angeles Gun Club's team. 909 x 1.000. The San Diego team was second and the Glendale team third. 875 and 883, .respectively. The split-bamboo bait-casting rod prize offered to high average man in the 15-target events was won by L. Couts. 87x90. The records made in the different events were: Event Xo. 1 — 58 targets, distance handicap: F. Touts . Yds. 22 22 22 99. T'l. Td IT 5. W] 93 r.q S4- "5 tin 76- T-I 31 L. Couts .. 17 Dodds arr^-jPr •JU 'AiitPhell . 45 T-oib ^TnllUS Killis 22 22 46|Van Brunt IT IT 31 Mills 2n 20 9A 39^T-0wiH 4<1 "Punk 17 4fi 4-rT.ar.e . TT'Mser .... 20 40'Hovt It^r-ojvnpr 1- Ifi Ifi 9n IS IS IS JR IS IS 1 c 97 Tn-ws Julian 40 M^nn 1« Ifi SO CumPTOn . 411-R^v-le 1fi O-T "Pftrmann . 4a '^i=T--r . IP. ■>« •Rt-iit^v ifilHall Ifi Ifi ^T-o^t IS IS 1 Q Of T*..trb W~le»l 44 Milford 1R ie .«C P?"'-qrr1 *Profpssinnn.l Team Shoot. I os Angeles ....IS 43lMiellim .1, S 45| inn targets — team: 93 t"M>Hus 16 .-" ^-oj>1 qe; -c=f»epvald 9" P.— or 93 o team: *7"> S»n Dies harbor ^WP-i . 01 "C1 r-oi'te: lO-flmpT-on .... K»V*71 IGrier I^olb T PnntS . m Arid ale ■NT=*„V ,,1! 04 ... 94 team: -S7n ""■"'o-d 79. ...95 I^To^n IE. KerH r\1 = T^r Z? -Q19 aid 82, Funk '81, Smith 80, Mills 80, Kenney 80, Er- vast 71, Toews 78, Groat 79, Julian 78, Pfirmann 78, Dr. Packard 7S, Bruner 77, Hunter 77, Neal 77, Wil- liams 77, Grewill 7G, Leighton 76, Cameron 7G, Kolb 75, Crossman 75, Jewett 74, Hagerman 74, *Hoyt 73, Lane 73, Peterson 73, L. F. Kerrigan 72, Van Brunt 72, Cornelius 72, Mrs. Groat 71, Grier 74, Merrill 71. Barber 70, Milford 09, "Oliver G9, E. H. Kerri G8, Mann 64, Rickels 62, Dr. Cooper 59, Weiser S2, Miller 59, Pachmayer 54, Hall (w) 27, Poore (w) 31, Hunt (w) 35, Powley (w) 31, *Doremus (w) 24, Ingang (w) 24, Meisenberg (w) 23, Troxel (w) 23, Welsh (w) 15, James (w) 25, Young (w) 26, Roberts (w) 33. A field of sixty-two shooters participated in the smashing of 11,550 inanimate targets. * * * Santa Rosa Coming Up. — Tomorrow, weather per- mitting, the Santa Rosa Blue Rock Club will hold a shoot at its traps at Leddy Station. It has been some time since the club members have come to- gether for a try at the clay birds, and it is hoped that a goodly turnout will result, so states the Re- publican. Last week Field Captain William Saunders went out to the club grounds and looked over the para- phernalia, and found everything in fair shape. The traps will be ready by 10 o'clock and members can get up some interesting contests during the morning hours and then take the car from there to Sebasto- pol to see the ball game if they desire. Sufficient blue rock are on hand and ammunition will probably be provided for at the shooting stand. Some interesting contests are expected to develop, as a number of members are keen for the sport. Visitors are always welcome at the club grounds, and are cordially invited to bring along their guns and have a try at the little black saucers. They will be extended all the courtesies of the club. ANGLING NOTES. ■Pventc Xo 3 tn 8 — 15 targptc. a total nf QO tarsrets n=r n-i»*>: *MUc*»ll SS. 1.. Couts S7. Dndds Sfi. F. Couts 85, Melius 85, *Hillis 83. Vaughan S3, Fitzger- The Fish and Game Commission this week issued circular information to the effect that the open sea- son for taking all trout, with rod and line, in district No. 2, will begin Wednesday. April 1. The season for catching steelhead trout in that district, and in all other districts of this State, opens on the same date. The State law pertaining to "all varieties of trout except steelhead," provides for an opening season in district No. 2, beginning on April 15. The Commission officials take the stand that it is a mat- ter of public policy to equalize angling conditions in the zone of confusing opening dates. The district embraces the counties of Marin, Sonoma. Solano. Napa, Yolo. Colusa. Lake, Glenn, Mendocino, Hum- boldt and Del Norte. Generally speaking, the district is a steelhead trout country, and is so regarded by the angling fra- ternity. The Commission experts, while maintaining that both named trouts are different and distinct varieties, realize that the fishes are so mixed and intermingled in the many Coast streams and their tributaries that, so far as the observation of the fish law. between the dates named, places the angler in a position where the finny prey is indistinguishable, he must take what offers, he cannot make a choice in hooking this or that kind of a fish. To impose the strict observance of the 15 of April wrould, therefore, be impractical. There are some rainbow trout in the creeks of Colusa and Glenn counties and back in the foothill streams of Yolo county. W'hat few Eastern brook trout have been planted have shown but little in- crease: in fact, these trout do not thrive in the Coast waters to any satisfactory degree. Contra to this, for Dianv seasons past the rivers and creeks of the district have been annually stocked with hundreds of thousands of steelhead trout fry' from the Klamath, McCloud. Brookdale. Fkiah and Grizzly Bluff hatch- eries. Both the steelhead and the rainbow trout bills, as originallv drawn, set April 15 for the opening dav in district No. 2. The steelhead bill was later amended and the rainbow bill overlooked, which omission subsequently resulted in the confusion of dates. * * * At several meetings of the Fish and Game Com- mission last week, at which times different local anglers took part in the discussion, the question whether the trout of the upper Klamath were rain- bows or stee!heads was gone over pro and con. The contention bv anelers who fished the Klamath for vears past was that the fish were steelhead and not rainbows. Hatchery Superintendent W. H. Shebley, frank Shebley of Brookdale hatcherv and N. B. Schofield claim that there is a difference and that the trout of the upper Klamath are of the rainbow variety. Superintendent Sheblev. in support of this conten- tion, states that he has for over twentv years tried to raise known steelhead trout to a growth of twenty pounds in weight. The experimental fish never lived over three years, invariably dying of a disease that attacked the gills. At no time did he ever succeed in raising steelhead trout to more than two pounds in weisrht. In the same ponds at the Sisson hatcherv are upper Klamath trout 12 vears old and weighing nine pounds, perfect rpinbow specimens, fresh water type essentially — the steelhead cannot exist away from salt water. Sheblev claims that steelheads cannot reach the upper waters of the Klamath, as a hundred miles of roueh canvon through which the river boils in an ""mnassable torrent is a bar to the journey of the fish to the higher reaches of the river and the tributaries. For some unknown reason the steelhead run into the mouth of the Klamath is far smaller than in the Eel, Smith. Mad rivers and other coast Saturday, March 28, 1914.[ THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN streams. For thirty years past, Shebley claims, he has not seen an eleven-pound trout from the upper Klamath river, and rarely a nine-pounder. The spawning trout taken at Shovel creek at the present time average but two or three pounds. The steel- head spawning trout taken at Scott's creek and other egg stations range from two pounds up to twenty- five pounds. If the upper Klamath river trout were steelheads they wrould be as large as the species is in other coast streams. The statement, therefore, that the Fish Commis- sion experts regard the upper Klamath river trout as of the rainbow variety, and which opinion has been accepted by the Commission, means that the open season for trout angling this year will com- mence on May 1 instead of April 1. Although the mouth of the river is in district 2, the upper waters, embracing miles of fine fishing in the main river and Trinity river, are in district 1, where the season opens on May day. * * * According to Secretary Ernest Schaeffle. steelhead trout weighing 22 pounds were taken this year in Mad river, practically a creek compared to the Klam- ath. The steelhead trout does not make the long up-stream runs, as does the salmon. The Sacramento river run of this trout does not reach any point much above the mouth of the Feather river — the up river trip ends with the smooth water stretches, about as far as Pulaski. The steelhead counts on getting back to saline waters, the salmon dies on the spawn- ing beds far up in the headwaters of the rivers. There is also a vast difference in the appearance of the twro fishes when the respective spawning beds are reached. The salmon is battered and worn, often tailless and broken snouted from buffeting the falls, rocks and shallows of the streams, and gives up the ghost after performing nature's functions. The steelhead is not known to make such a strenu- ous fight in any of our Coast streams, it goes up for comparatively short distances, arrives at the chosen spawning beds in good condition generally, after de- positing the eggs and fertilizing them, both sexes gradually work back to salt water to return fully recuperated the following season and repeat the propagating stunt. Furthermore, steelhead trout are not fit for food after spawning, nor does the "razorback" offer the angler the sport that the fish does when in good con- dition. The trout now being taken at the Klamath egg station are some full of spawn and some not ripe. Every one of such trout taken at this time is a positive loss of so many prospective troutlings. This getting back to ocean water has been the preservation of the steelhead. In illustration the statement was made that the Atlantic brook trout do precisely the same. The brook trout slip up from the ocean in the fall when some river waters are cold and they stay until the following summer days warm the fresh water streams, spawning meanwhile. Rising temperature of the water lays the fishes open to the attacks of many parasites — leeches in the gills, etc., the retreat to saline water is the sure cure for the parasite pests. The Klamath river is our third largest Coast river. It is the richest water in Western America in its abundance and variety of bottom food for fishes. The immense shallow Klamath lake its source, the sluggish current below down to the Klamath gorge is conducive to a bountiful crop of larvael and insect life. This river is also an unpolluted water. There are just enough mining operations being carried on in some sections to make the lower river a bit murky. The Klamath has a tremendous flow of water that never fails. * * * The California fish and game laws for 1914-1915, revised to date and replete with information respect- ing the new Federal game regulations, and much other data for hunting and angling sportsmen, as well as camping and outing enthusiasts is now out and can be had at the office of the Fish and Game Commission, Mills Building, or any of the sporting goods stores. * * * Spearing salmon in the waters of both districts 5 and 6 is illegal, all the rivers, streams and lagoons (except the San Joaquin river) being closed to nets, spears and snag hooks. This law was passed to protect the steelhead trout. Heretofore spear op- erators would claim that salmon and not trout were the fish sought. It is not so difficult to distinguish a salmon from a steelhead in the water. Just re- member that a salmon has a black-colored mouth and lips and the steelhead has a white-colored mouth and lips, the same as all trout are marked. HOW TO AID THE INJURED. Steelhead a Salmon. — A curious statement is put forth by a British Columbia angler. In describing the splendid salmon fishing in vogue within ten miles of Vancouver he adds, "then comes the glorious fish- ing of the steelhead, here called a trout. In fact, it is a pure Atlantic salmon in Pacific waters, and all the other so-called salmon that die at maturity every four years are a species that will be called the Pa- sifis sea trout. One look at the tails will confirm this, as well as the general habits of the fish." Charles H. Kewell and other experienced local anglers who have fished here, in Atlantic waters, in the salmon rivers of Great Britain, or the famed Norwegian streams, have advanced the same theory. One trait in common with the steelhead, Atlantic and European salmon have and that is after spawn- , ing in fresh water both fishes . return to saline waters — the Pacific salmon varieties do not, they die in the spawning grounds. Now that the summer outing season is coming on, numerous changes of residence and outing trips to the country and mountains are contemplated. Time and again these changes from the ordinary routine of city life are unfortunately attended with mishaps or accidents of varied character. Frequently such happenings occur when those concerned are tem- porarily away from the regular and accustomed en- vironment, wrhich is a handicap sometimes attended with serious consequences. In this respect we give below some timely advice and instruction offered by M. M. Garrick, M. D., in Farm and Ranch. While not covering some ills or occurrences attending an outing and camping trip, so far as it goes it is worthy of attention: In cases of burns or scalds ascertain quickly whether the injury is slight or not. Call a surgeon quickly for severe burns. In slight injuries of this nature let the water out of the blister by piercing low on the side with a needle that has been passed several times through a flannel and wiped on a clean dry cloth or piece of surgical cotton or washed in an antiseptic solution. Avoid salves except such as are prepared by physicians. Patent salves too often contain ingredients that are extremely poisonous or are carelessly prepared. Always bear this in mind and avoid them as you would a plague. For slight burns the simplest and most efficient remedy is common baking soda dissolved in water; as much soda as the water will take up. Apply with cotton or clean cloth and cover the wound with clean gauze to exclude the air. Always cover burns and scalds as quickly as possible. Pain is caused by the air reach- ing the burned spot. In the case of a small or of a severe burn it is well to immerse the burned part in cold water. In the case of severe burns quickly remove the clothing and immerse the entire person in cold water. Keep small burns in cold wrater until no pain is experienced when taken out. Flour is an old remedy, also wood ashes, but both are good things to avoid, as they are as liable to be the wrong kind as they are to be the right thing to use. Burns are of three kinds and can easily he dis- tinguished. Simple burns do not destroy the skin and simply redden the wound. In such cases the two remedies mentioned above are sufficient. When the skin is blistered carron oil or pure olive oil may be placed on the blister and covered. When the skin is destroyed do not wait to do more than im- merse the patient in water, or if this is impossible on account of location cover the wounded part thor- oughly with clean cloths and secure the services of a physician without a moment's delay. This applies in burns covering a small area as well as more ex- tensive ones. Accept the judgment of your eyes ouicker than the advice or suggestion of strangers. The average stranger, in attempting to render aid to a person, will almost invariably attempt to allay the fears of relatives rather than assist the wounded. This may be kindness, but not wisdom. Therefore use your own judgment to a large extent in determin- ing whether a burn or wound is serious. If it is more serious than you feel yourself able to cope with the chances are it is more serious than your neighbor can administer to. Treat sunburns as you do all other burns. All burns from acids should be treated by surgeons no matter how slight, also it is well to resort to a sur- geon in cases of slight burns on the face or neck, which may cause disfigurement unless properly at- tended to. In case of bruises where the skin is broken cleanse as in cuts. If the skin is broken apply cloths wrung out in very hot water. Bandage all bruises with water. There are other thinsrs that may be used, hut there are so many things that should not be used that the safest thing to do is to use only water to avoid mistakes. Small children are prone to push small particles up their noses. In cases of this kind do not poke anything in the nose in trying to get it out, but tickle the nostril with a piece of thread or a feather to induce sneezing. This will usually remove the sub- stance. When'this fails of course the only thing to do is to call a physician. To stop choking slap a person on the back between the shoulders. A very young child will be helped by lifting the arms high above the head. For hiccoughs stop both ears with the fingers while someone else holds a cup for you to drink water from. Drink the water slowly. If this does not help try to make yourself sneeze. Take a piece of sugar on the tongue and pull the tongue as far out of Vour mouth as you can and hold it in that position with vour fingers for a minute. For sunstroke remove the patient to a shady place and lav him down with head level with the rest of the body. Loosen all of the clothing and pour cold water over the head and face. Rub the body with ire and apply ice packs. Apply heat to the extrem- ities. Fits are very common occurrences in public. When a person is so attacked kneel by the sufferer's head and hold the head with one arm. Loosen the collar and insert the handle of a penknife or some other hard substance between the teeth to prevent his biting his tongue. Do not attempt to restrain the movements and under no circumstances administer anything but drink. In cases of hysterics the best course to pursue is to leave the person entirely alone. Do not attempt to restrain their movements and do not svmpathize with them nor scold them, as it gen- erally adds to the hysteria. Mustard plasters may be applied to the soles of the feet and to the wrists and palms of the hands. In cases of shock send for a physician at once. Severe shocks show by the coldness of the body, pale face, half-closed lids, irregular breathing, feeble pulse and sometimes insensibility. In such cases, while waiting for the physician, lay the pat.ent full length on the back with the head low, loosen tight clothing and keep the patient warm with blankets or coats, no matter what season of the year it may be. W'armth applied to the surface in the way of hot- water bottles, warm bricks or plates, liberal rubbing of the arms and legs and artificial respiration are helpful. Lowering the head and elevation of the legs are often called for. If conscious give hot drinks of tea, coffee or milk. Poisons are a constant menace, first because of carelessness and second from bites. In case of snake bites do not stop to kill the snake, but tear open the clothing and expose the wound quickly. Bandage tightly above the wound to stop circulation. Open the holes made by the fangs by cutting outward and lengthways of the limb. Let the blood flow freely from the wound. Call a doctor quickly. Bites of dogs or cats, first wash with some antisep- tic solution and apply hartshorn. If the animal has been sick treat as a snake bite and get the patient to a doctor as quickly as possible. In dog or cat bites clean the wound thoroughly with warm water and squeeze out as much as you can. If the dog is known to be mad the patient should be taken at once to a Pasteur institute. The best thing to do with poisons kept in the home is to place them out of reach of all children and never under any circumstances keep poisons with other medicines. Most cases of poisoning come from people taking poison out of a bottle kept on the same shelf with medicine, thinking it is medicine. Poison labels contain their antidotes printed on them. Never accept a bottle of poison from a druggist that has not the antidote on the label. In cases of poisoning the quicker you send for the doctor the better. Do not wait to find out whether the case is serious or not. Remember there are two things to do in cases of emergency: Keep cool and send for a doctor if you do not understand the minutest details in the proper treatment of the case. Treat a scalded mouth or throat with olive oil, carron oil, vaseline or white of egg. Apply it by drinking it and apply often. Treat gunpowder burns and burns from electricity as ordinary burns. Burns from caustic lye or strong ammonia or from acids should be flooded with water and washed with a strong solution of baking soda, first applying vinegar. When the burn is from an acid apply the soda without first washing with vinegar. Lime in the eyes burns the eyes. Flood with water and bathe with diluted vinegar or lemon juice. ECHOES FROM THE NORTHWEST. [By August Wolf.] Vilhjalmar Stefansson, the Arctic expplorer in the employ of the Canadian government, and his party are carrying on work in the Mackenzie delta, which has never been accurately mapped. According to mail advices received at Edmonton, Alta., from the Roval North West Mounted Police, stationed at Fort Mcpherson, he has planned a sled trip over the ice of the Arctic ocean into the unknown region of the West Herschell Island. Stefansson. it is stated in the mail brought down "a few davs ago," expected to go out into the Arctic ocean at "least 150 miles, where no one has ever been before. If the traveling is good, it is added, he mav make even 300 miles from Herschell Island. The "mail, which was brought to Fort McPherson by trappers and carried to Edmonton by the Mounted Police mentions that Stefansson has asked that addi- . tional supplies be forwarded to Herschell Island as early as possible. Some of these supplies are to replace those now on board the Karluk, which is adrift in the ice on the Arctic ocean. These supplies will be sent by the naval department, some going overland bv the Mackenzie river, while the rest will be" sent as 'soon as navigation permits, by ship from Victoria bv way of Behring Straits. _ Stefansson reports that he has no new information in respect to the Karluck. It is not likely that any- thing will be heard of the vessel before the end of Mav and if. as is possible, the steamer has headed for Banks Land, as soon as ice conditions permitted it will probably be July before any word is received from the vessel. Advices from Ottawa are to the effect that tne naval department has notified the Russian govern- ment there is a possibility of the Karluk drifting in the ice across the Arctic ocean and landing in Si- beria In that event, however, it might be three or four vears before the crew of 25 on board, including five or six scientists, are again heard from. The vessel is provisioned for five years. _ The Edmonton Industrial Association has just re- ceived a letter from Joseph Jacquot, who reached Dawson recently, saying that Reverend Harry Foy, an Anglican missionary, had been in touch with Stef- ansson's white Eskimos. "There are two Catholic priests " he savs, "named Leroux and Rouvier, m the midst 'of the white Eskimos." Foy found writing on a blaze on a tree on MacFarlane river by Herbert Darrell, an Englishman, who was lost in that region while exploring. . Fred Colin, son of Colin Fraser. a pioneer fur trader of the North country, came to Edmonton re- cently with four black fox pelts which he valued at $3 000. Leaving Chipewyan with three teams of dogs, he met his father at Athabasca and came in with the fox furs which he had bought from a trap- per at Poplar Point. 420 miles north of Athabasca THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, March 28, 1914. ONCE ORE Hercules Wins Everything Infallible and E. C. Take Every Event at Big Shoot on Roof Enthusiasts at Sportsman's Show Comment on Repeated Victories Won with HERCULES POWDERS Church and Hendrickson Winning Amateurs New York, March 14. — The most successful trapshooting tournament ever held in the city closed here this evening. About 150' shooters have contested during the last nine days and nights on the roof of the Grand Central Palace, fourteen stories above the streets. The sho.ot was held in connection with the Travel Vacation and Sportsman's Show. A. W. Church and John Hendrickson of the N. Y. A. C. were high in the two Amateur events, while H. H. Stevens, of Roselle Park, N. J., and Neaf Apgar, of Plainfield, N. J., carried off Professional honors. GOSSIP OF THE SHOOT. Comment on the long string of victories won by shooters using Infallible and E. C. was heard on all sides when it was found that these powders had again made a clean sweep. To a novice, it might seem strange to hear these experts attaching so much importance to the powder they use. How- ever, it was pointed out that in the severe test offered by both moonlight championships, shooters using Hercules Powders were the only ones that secured places. Further, it was re- called that Hercules won high average in the Mid-Winter Handicap at Pinehurst, took every event at the Sunny South, and captured the World's Indoor Championship at Madison Square Garden. As, with the shoot just ended, these are the only important ones held so far this season, it is impossible to avoid the conclusion that the best shots have a marked preference for Infallible and E. C. To explain this, shooters claim many points of superiority for these powders. They are found to be more uniform in their action than any others. This insures even patterns, and, as both powders give very light recoil, they are spoken of as "pleasant to shoot." In addition to this, Infallible is abso- lutely waterproof and is the cleanest powder made. THREE OUT OF FOUR HIGH AMATEURS SHOOT HERCULES E. C. In winning the Forest and Stream Championship, Mr. Church did some remarkable shooting against the best men in this vicinity. His scores, 82 x 100 and 20 x 25 in the shoot- off were exceedingly good, considering the high wind. Mr. Hendrickson and D. F. McMahon, also of the N. Y. A. C, were tied for third in this event with 81 x 100. Hercules E. C. All three used MOONLIGHT AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP 1—2—3 FOR HERCULES. One of the sensations of the week was. the shut-out scored by shooters using Infallible and E. C. in the Moonlight Ama- teur Championship. Mr. Hendrickson with 84x100, Mr. McMahon with 82 x 100 and Henry Sanford, of Ridgefield, Conn., with Sox 100, set a pace that no one could challenge. The targets were painted white and spotlights were used, but even so, they were difficult to follow. Messrs. Hendrickson and McMahon used E. C. and Mr. Sanford shot Infallible. N. Y. A. C. WINS TEAM RACE. The N. Y. A. C. quintet ■ carried off the Inter Athletic, Yacht, Golf and Country Club team match. Four members of the winning team shot Hercules E. C. H. H. STEVENS, HIGH PROFESSIONAL. The 400- bird match for the Forest and Stream Profes- sional Championship went to H. H. Stevens who broke 350 targets shooting E. C. W. M. Hammond was third in this event, breaking 331 with Infallible, and Neaf Apgar fourth with 329. Mr. Apgar shot E. C. APGAR HIGH PROFESSIONAL MOONLIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. In the moonlight event for professionals, Neaf Apgar led with 47 x 50, shooting Infallible. W. M. Hammond, 46 x 50, was second, and H. H. Stevens, 45 x 50, third. Mr. Ham- mond shot Infallible and Mr. Stevens E. C. Saturday, March 2S, 1914. [ THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN LIVE STOCK NOTES. Air slaked lime should he frequently used about the hog house. No difference how much slop the pigs have, they need plenty of clean water to drink. A sunny place is the most healthful for young pigs. It is really to their advantage if they can have the sun shine into their beds. An Oregon stock keeper says that wheat-fed hogs make a firmer and bet- ter flavored piece of bacon than the corn fed hogs of the Middle West. They do not yield as high a percent- age in lard, but there is less waste in trimming. Warranted to jive satisfaction. GOMBALLT'S CAUSTIC BALSAM A safe, speedy and positive cure for Curb, Splint, Sweeny, Capped Hock, Strained Tendons, Founder, wind Puffs, and all lameness from Spavin, Ringbone and other bony tumors. Cures all skin diseases or Parasites, Thrush, Diphtheria. Removes all Bunches from Horses or Cattle. As a HUMAN EEMEDT for Rhen- madam, Spralue, Sore Throat, ett., it It) invaluable. Every bottle of Oau«tlc Bal-ain sold 1b Warranted to give satisfaction. Trice Sl.SO per bottle. Sold by dniRdsts. or sent by ex- press, cbar&'es paid, with Eull directions f r r Its nse. Bend for descriptive circulars, testimo- nials, etc. Address THB LiWREKCE-WILlUHS CQaPlKT, CleTBlmd, Oki* HEALD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE trains for Business and places its grad- uates in positions. 1215 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco al Mcdonald PUBLIC TRAINING STABLE Pleasanton Driving Park Horses Trained and Campaigned. Fu- turity Stake Entries Given Careful Preparation. Best of Care Guaranteed al Mcdonald, Pleasanton, Cal. SPECIAL ADVERTISING. FOR SALE OR TO LEASE— Crescendo B. 57304 (trial 2:12% trotting). Full brother to Copa de Oro 1:59. One of the handsomest stallions in California. Stands 15 3 hands; weighs 1125; solid bay, black points; foaled 1906. He goes clean, has two-minute speed and his colts are an exceptionally fine lot. He won first premium in standard class as Hanford Fair last year and later at the same fair won the Grand Championship prize. For further particulars address, E. E. SHERWOOD, McFarland Station, Cal. FOR SALE. Stock Ranch Above the Average, Mendocino County. FOR SALE.— ISLAM, Black Percheron, 8 yrs. old, Imp. and Reg., weighs 2,235 lbs., sound and a sure foal getter. Was first in sweepstakes wherever shown, and won two silver cups. Also colt sired by Islam, a 3-yr-old. For further particu- lars address, T. W. CHENEY, Turlock, Cal. SELDOM SEE a big knee like this, but your horse may have a bunch or bruise on hia Ankle, Hock, Stifle, Knee or Throat. [•JrJHF1 2,690 acres, stock and sheep ranch, 5 miles north of Ukiah. 40 acres alfalfa land, part now in alfalfa, 30 acres grain land, balance good grazing land. 25,000 to 30,000 cords of wood, valuable because of short haul to market. Stumpage worth $1.00 per cord. Creek running through the ranch, furnishes abundance of water until about the middle of June. Enough water can be stored in a natural dam site, above the fields, to irrigate for alfalfa, etc., at small cost. 1300 head of sheep, with a year's growth of wool, which is contracted at 20c per pound, goes with ranch. Also 4 horses, and farming implements. Improvements old, but usable. Range is above the average, as is evident from the large number of sheep carried in proportion to the acre- age. Terms: $13 per acre; $34,970. Address, BREEDER & SPORTSMAN, San Francisco, Cal. will clean it off without laying the horse up. No blister, no hair gone. Concentrated — only a few drops required at an application. $2 per bottle delivered. Describe your ca-e for special instructions and Book 8 K free. ABSORBINE, JR., antiseptic liniment for mankind. Reduces Painful Swellings, En- larged Clands, Goitre, Wens, Bruises, Varicose Veins, Varicosities, Old Sores. Allays Pain. Price SI and S2 a bottle at dniEcists or delivered. Manufactured only by W. F. VOUNG, P. I). F„ 54 Temple St, Springfield, Mast. For sole by Langley & Michaels, San Francisco, Cain.; Woodward, Clark dS Co , Portland. Ore : Cal dug & Chem. Co., Brunswig Prug Co., Western Wholesale Drag Co., Los Annies, Call. Kirk, Cleary it Co., Sacramento, Calif.; Pacific Drug. Co., Seattle, Wash.; Spokane Dm; Co.. Spo- kane, Wash.; Otlin, Redington Co., Son Francisco, Cal f Subscribe for "The Breeder and Sportsman." $10 DUE ON YEARLINGS Wednesday, April 1, 1914 Nothing more to pay before 1915 Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 13— $7,250 For Foals of 1913 to Trot or Pace at Two and Three Years Old $3800 for Trotting Foals. $2500 for Pacing Foals. $600 to Nominators of Winners and $350 to Owners of Stallions. MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS: $2500 for Three-Year-Old Trotters. 200 to the Nominator of the Dam whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot. 1300 for Two-Year-Old Trotters. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry Is named the Winner of Two-Year-Old Trot. 100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Win- ner of Three-Year-Old Trot when Mare was bred. $1500 for Three-Year-Old Pacers. 200 to the Nominator of the Dam whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace. 1000 for Two-Year-Old Pacers. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Two-Year-Old Pace. 100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Win- ner of Three-Year-Old Pace when Mare was bred. $150 in Special Cash Prizes was Paid to Stallion Owners in December, 1912. ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS.— $2 to nominate mare on December 2, 1912, when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 June 1, 1913; $5 November 1, 1913; $10 on Yearlings April 1, 1914; $10 on Two-Tear-Olds Aprill, 1915; $10 on Three-Tear-Olds April 1, 1916. STARTING PAYMENTS.— ?25 to start in the Two-Tear-Old Pace; $35 to start in the Two-Tear-Old Trot; $35 to start in the Three-Tear-Old Pace; $50 to start in the Three-Tear-Old Trot. All Starting Payments to be made ten days before the first day of the meeting- at which the race is to take place. Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the horse entered is a Trotter or Pacer. Colts that start as Two-Year-Olds are not barred from starting again in the Three- Year-Old divisions. E. P. HEALD, President. F. W. KELLEY, Secretary, P. O. Drawer 447, 366 Pacific Bldg., Cor. Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco, Cal. PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION #% Race Meetings, San Francisco, California, 1915 %}/ 2JM Given under the Auspices of the Pacific Coast Trotting' Horse Breeders Association 'lj°0sr^' ,000 Early Closing Stakes. Only 2 per cent to Start ENTRIES CLOSE, APRIL 1, 1914 SUMMER MEETING, JUNE. 1915. FALL MEETING. OCT. 30 TO NOV. 13. 1913. No. 17—2:10 CLASS TROTTING No. 22-2:03 CLASS PACING I No. 2—2:10 CL No. 39—2:06 C - $20,000 $20,000 ENTRIES MADE APR. 1, 1914, $400 TO START ASS TKOTTING CLASS PACING $20,000 $20,000 Horses to be named with entry. Entrance fee to accompany nomination. Horses must be eligible on Jan. 1, 1915, to stakes in which they are entered. Stakes divided $5000 to the first heat, 55000 to the second heat, $5000 to the third heat and $5000 according to rank in summary. Moneys divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. „_ , , ,„ , 3. _ , All races mile heats, 3 in 5. No race longer than five heats, and moneys in races not decided before the fifth heat will be divided according to rank in the summary at the termination of the fifth heat. Other guaranteed stakes from $2,000 to §5,000 for all classes, Trotters and Pacers. ^w $227,000 for 24 Days Racing >J/'^™*%\&, All other classis eicBpt the S20.000 guaranteed stakes will cIosb the year of the race. :^-:-^:-&:-^:^:-&:->5-k JOE PATCHEN 2:031-4 | Reg. No. 47491. Cal. State License Pure Bred 2017. THE GREATEST MONEY-WINNER IN 1912, OR OF ANY OTHER YEAR. Bv Joe Patchen 2:01% (sire of Dan Patch 1:55% and 13 in 2:10). Dam, Bessie Bonehill 2:05% (dam of two whose time averaged 2:05%) bv Empire Wilkes 2:29%, son of George Wilkes 2:22. Second dam, Arab Girl (dam of 5, 1 sire of 4, 2 dams of 3) by Crittenden 433 (sire of 13 and dams of 6 in 2:10), son of C. M. Clay Jr. 22. Joe Patchen II. 2:03%, in individuality alone would be entitled to distinction. The rare combination of blood lines in his pedigree makes him a most desirable stallion to breed to choice mares and he is worthy representative of early and extreme speed. As a race horse his glory will ever shine; he won more money in his 1912 campaign than was ever won by a pacer, $27,100, winning every race except one and in that he was second. "Joe" is a ebautifu ldakr bay, with four white legs and a blaze, 16 hands and will weigh 1200 pounds. In conformation he is a model of excellence, his clear cut, beautiful head, large, prominent eye, wide jowls, magnificent shoulders, short legs, heavy quarters, great depth through the heart, round barrel and perfect legs and feet. There never was a more popular h"*rse to fact a starter and his action is as near perfection and the poetry of motion as it is pos- sible to conceive. He has never been bred to many mares as he has been raced every year, but the few that he has at Pleasanton show that he transmits all his qualities of form, disposition, gameness, speed and soundness to a remarkable degree. He is a sure foal getter. ..Terms: $100 for the season, with usual return privilege. Limited to thirty mares. ) VERNON McKINNEY 2:01 1-2 1 Reg. No. 53803. Cal. State License Pure Bred 2018. Bright bay, stands 16 hands and will weigh 1200 pounds. By Guv McKinney 37625 (sire of 4), son of the great McKINNEY 2:11!/4 (sold for $50,000 at 17 years— the lead- ing living sire, including 25 in 2:10). Dam, Maud "Vernon, by Mount Vernon 2:15% (sire of 2 and dams Vernon McKinney 2:01^ and Leata J. 2:03). Second dam Mag, by General McClellan 144 (sire of 3 and dams of 12, including Vernon McKinney 2:01*& and Leata J. 203). Leata J. was raced on the Grand Circuit in 1913, winning $17,500, the largest money-winning pac- ing mare in 1913. She was also by a son of the great McKinney. Vernon McKinney 2:01% is a magnificent stallion, stands over 16 hands, a bright bay in color, and individ- ually as fine a type as ever was foaled. He has all the qualifications to make a sire and the few colts by him show that he transmits his perfect conformation, color, good disposition and extreme speed to his progeny. He was the fastest pacer out in 1911 and in 1912 he paced to his present record — 2:01% — when quite lame from an injury. He is bred in the very best of speed producing lines. The suberabundance o fthe blood of Geo. Wilkes 2:22, through Alcyone 2:23, sire of McKinney 2:11%, his celebrated sire, Guy Wilkes 2:15%, and Onward 2:25%, and back of that cross to Mambrino Patchen and Nut- wood 2:18% ,the great sire of famous speed producing broodmares, backed up by the stoutest of old line thor- oughbred blood, makes him a remarkable stallion from which any owner of a well bred mare has a right by breeding to him to expect the fastest pacer in the world! No horse living ever paced with greater ease or has a greater natural flight of speed, and the few foals he has are perfect likenesses of him in every way. Terms: $50 for the season, with usual return privilege. | ZOMBLACK 2:26 1 Reg. No. 54955. Cal. State License Pure Bred 2016. (Trial (3) 2:08%. By Zombro 2:11 (sire 15 in 2:10 and the dam of Hemet (3) 2:08%). Dam, Madeline Marshall, (dam of 2) by Demonio 2:11% (sire of 15, including 5 in 2:10). Second dam, Mamie Comet 2:23% (dam of 3) by Nut- wood 2:18% (sire of 200 and dams of 390). Zomblack 2:26 (three-year-old trial 2:0S%) is a pure- gaited trotter, and were it not that he was taken sick would have earned a record faster than any Zombro ever foaled. In color he is a coal black, no white, stands about 16 hands, and his conformation is such that the leading horsemen on the Grand Circuit unanimously agreed he was the handsomest horse either in action or repose that ever came from California, and it was a question if his equal is to be found in America. He is a sound, muscular made, perfectly proportioned stallion, having a beautiful head, neck, ears and legs, sloping shoulders, short back, is round ribbed, close coupled and a beautiful type of a perfect horse. His disposition is of the sweetest, while his breeding is of the best. That he will be a sire of speed and gameness no one who has given the subject of breeding and selection any consideration will deny. Terms: .$50 for the season, with usual return privilege. These stallions will make the season of 1914 at the PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK The best of care taken of mares in any manner owners may desire, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address CHAS. L. DeRYDER, Superintendent. Tbe Bondsman 37641 of Trial 4- 7*1 1 State License Pure Bred No. 272 111Q1 T*fcr»ll By Baron Wilkes 4758, dam Sorrento (dam of 6) by Grand Sentinel 865 (sire dams of Peter the Great 2:07%, J. Malcolm Forbes 2:08, etc.); next dam Empress, great broodmare, by Abdallah Mambrino 3715. THE BONDSMAN will make the season of 1914 at THE SAN JOSE DRIVING PARK, San Jose Sire Colorado E. (3), race record ...2:04% World's Champion 3-year-old stallion. Col. Franklin (1913) 2:06% The Plunger (4) 2:07% A winner in both America and Europe. Creighton 2:08% Grace Bond (2) 2:15 2:09% Winner of 2 and 3-year-old futurity. He will be limited to sixty mares only Carmen McCan 2:09% Lizzie Brown (1913) 2:10 Arion Bond (a sire) 2:11 The Clansman (a sire) 2:13% Mary Brown (1913) 2:15% Bon Ton (1913) 2:15V. Cecil Bond (p) (1913 2:15% And 16 others in 2:23 and better. And others in two-thirty and better. Cal. TERMS: $100 at time of service with return privilege In 1915, or money refunded at our option. Good accommodations and best of care to mares sent. Address all correspondence to CAPT. C. P. McCAN, Whitehouse Ap't". Orchard St., San Jose. Cal. ->>>;-€~:-5-:->:^: COP A DE ORO 1:59 Winning Performance DURFEE'S STALLIONS s-K--s-:-3->>:-c~>>>i:-*>>>^ CARLOKIN 2:071-2 Exhibition Mile 2:05 1-4 -:- CHAMPION PACING STALLION OF THE WEST Reg. No. 52785. Licensed Pure Bred, Cert. No. 1298 Sire of Chango (2) 2:13'/2; Gold Lily (2) 2:24|/2; Con- tention B. (2) 2:24'/2; De Oro (2) 2:27/2. Fastest stallion on the Pacific Coast, and one of the handsomest horses in the world. Golden bay, stands 15.3% hands high and weighs 1200 lbs. By Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%; dam Atherine 2:16%, by Patron 2:14%; second dam Athene, by Harold 413; third dam Minerva, by Pilot Jr. 12; fourth dam, Bac- chante Mambrino, by Mambrino Chief 11. Copa de Oro is destined to be one of the greatest of all pacing sires. His colts show remarkable speed, stamina and manners. I trained two 2-year-old pacers by him this summer and either could step a half close to a minute. FEE: $75 for the Season, Usual return privilege resp^il^^^sumfdTr'Tcld^ts^oriscSes"51"3 * ™abIe rateS ln "» ™* F"-tw^particu1ars may be had by applving to Reg. No. 36548. Licensed Pure Bred. Cert. No. 1297. Champion Trotter and Champion Sire of Trotters In the West. Mahogany bay, stands 15.1% and weighs 1060. Sire of Esperanza (2) 2:1414; John Warwick (2) 2:17; Carsto (2) 2:22i/2; Santiago (3) 2:24'/4; Carlrich (2) 2:24/2; Ethel D. (2) 2:261/2,; El Carbine (2) 2:27J/2; The Lark (2) 2:28'/2; Carlos (2) 2:29/4, and Fulton G. (2) 2:30, May Marion (3) 2:24/4. Esperanza Won State Fair Futurity 1913, Two- Year-Old Trotting Division. John Warwick Won Breeders' Futurity 1913, Two- Year-Old Trotting Division . Chango Won State Fair Futurity 1913, Two-Year- Old Pacing Division. Sired by McKinney 2:11%; dam Carlotta Wilkes (dam of Inferlotta 2:04%, Mary Dillon 2:06%, Guy Borden 2:07%, Carlokin 2:07%, and 6 others in the list) by Charley Wilkes 3653; next dam Aspasia (dam of 4 in 2:30 list) bv Alcantara 2:23; next dam Miss Buchanan (dam of 1 in 2:30 list) by Clark Chief 89. Carlokin raced from the time he was three years old. He won over $17,000 in one season, and after his races were over trotted an exhibition mile at Lexington in 2:05%. He is one of the purest-gaited trotters ever raced, and has been shown on numerous occasions in standard classes, always taking first premium. FEE: *75 for the season, Usual return privilege that owners, may desire. Every attention will be given mares in my charge, but no W. G. D U R F E E. 2019 So. Figueroa St.. Los Angeles, Cal. 8™— Consecutive Winning of United States .22 Calibre 100 Shot Championship— 8TH BY A SHOOTER OF REMINGTON-UMC METALLICS REMINGTON UMC Dr. W. G. Hudson Wins 1914 .22 Calibre Indoor League 100 Shot Champions ip at Brooklyn, N. Y., with Remington-UMC .22 Short Lesmok Cartridges. SCORE 2480x2500 SOME DOINGS OF OTHER SHOOTERS WHO "TOOK THE RIGHT ROAD" REMINGTON UMC Expert Match, won by Arthur Huba- Continuous Match, Dr. W. G. Hudson Premium Match, Dr. W. G. Hudson Bull's-Eye Match,- lek with the only perfect score made and Arthur Hubalek tied for first and Arthur Hubalek tied for first during the shoot, using .P2 short place with three others with three Remington-UMC cartridges. perfect scores. place with five perfect scores with three other shooters. 1st, Thos. M. Henderson, 11 degrees. 2d, J. W. Hessian, 13% degrees. 3d, Arthur Hubalek, 13% degrees. Ail shooting Remington-UMC Metallic Cartridges SHOOT REMINGTON-UMC AMMUNITION-A CENTURY'S EXPERIENCE TO BACK YOUR AIM REMINGTON ARMS- UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. 901 Broadway New York ^ Saturday, March 28, 1914. [ THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Breed To The Very hoicest Stallions ROBERT~BINGEN 2:145 (Reg. No. 45033) THREE QUARTER BROTHER TO J. MALCOLM FORBES 2:08. HIS DAM, EPISODE 2:18, IS NOT ONLY A FAMOUS BROODMARE, BUT SHE IS ALSO HALF-SISTER TO AMERICA'S LEADING TROTTING SIRE, PETER THE GREAT 2:07^. Sired by Bingen 2:06% (sire of Uhlan 1:58, Admiral Dewey 2:04%, The Leading Lady, 3, 2:07, J. Malcolm Forbes 4, 2:08, and 8 others in 2:10, 144 in the 2:30 list) by May King 2:21% (son of Electioneer), out of Young Miss (dam of 3, 2 sires of 148 and 3 dams of 6) by Young Jim (son of Geo. "Wilkes 2:22), sire of 4S, dams of 94; grandam Miss Mambrino by Red Wilkes, one of the best sons of Geo. Wilkes 2:22, etc. Robert Bingen's dam was a trotter, Episode 2:18 (dam of 1 in 2:30 and Mr. Pinker- ton, sire of Peter the Second 2:04%, Pinkerton 2:17 and two others in 2:30. Episode also produced the dam of Victor Forbes 2:23%), by Ambassador 2:21% (sire of Ambu- lator 2:09%, Susie T. 2:09%, Abnet 2:10% and 70 others in 2:30), son of Geo. Wilkes 2:22 and Lady Carr (dam of 4, 4 sires of 84 and 4 dams of 7 standard performers) by American Clay 34, sire of 3, 3 sires of 7 and 33 dams of 47 in the list; grandam Kate by Sir Wallace. Robert Bingen's second dam was Santos (dam of Peter the Great 2:07%, the great- est sire of extreme speed ever foaled, J. Malcolm Forbes 2:08, the great sire, Chimes of Normandy 2:16% and 3 others in 2:30) by Grand Sentinel 2:29% (sire of 22), he by Sentinel 2:29% (sire of 8) out of Maid of Lexington by Mambrino Pilot 2:28% (sire of 9), son of Mambrino Chief 11 and Juliet by Pilot Jr. 12. Maid of Lexington's dam was by Imported Leviathan. Robert Bingen's third dam was Shadow (dam of 4) by Young Octoroon (broodmare sire), he by Octoroon out of a mare by Joe Brown, son of Davy Crockett. The fourth dam was Swallow by Joe Hooker 185, he by Mambrino Chief 11 out of the Warren Mare (dam of Governor 2:30) by Canada Chief. °.ebert Bingen is a beautiful bay stallion, foaled in 1905, standing full sixteen hands, is perfect in conformation, has a splendid disposition, and will undoubtedly lower hla record this year. He is young, sound and vigorous, has only been bred to a few mares and *he owners of his progeny declare they are perfect likenesses of their sire and In every way promising trotters. Although Robert Bingen 2:14% obtained this record as a pacer he is a natural trotter and as a two-year-old trotted very fast but trained off and his owner put him to pacing. This horse will be given a trotting record and it will be a islsi one. He is strictly trotting bred. His breeding shows for Itself and it is a question a »nerc is a setter bred Bingen in America today. PRINCE ANSEL 2, 2:201-2 Registered No. 29220. Cal. License Certificate No. 1053. Sire of LOTTIE ANSEL (2) 2:14'/4— .Champion two-year-old trotting filly of 1912. PRINCE LOT 2:073,4— Fastest trotting gelding in the West in 1912. ARISTA ANSEL (2) 2:18|/4— Winner of the Canfield-Clark Stake in 1912. PRINCE ANSEL was sired by Dexter Prince 11363, sire of Bernice R. 2:07%, Lison- jero 2:08%, Eleata 2:08%, James L. 2:09%, Edith 2:10 and 60 others, out of Woodflower (dam of Seylex 2:15%, Prince Ansel (2) 2:20%.) by Ansel 2:20 (son of Electioneer 125), sire of 14 in 2:30, 6 sirps of 16 and 14 dams of 17 in the list; Ansel 2:20 sired Norris 2:22% who sired the dams of Lady Maud C. 2:00%. and Hedgewood Boy 2:01, etc.; second dam Mayflower 2:30%, dam of Manzanita 2:16 and Wildflower 2:21, by St. Clair 16675. PRINCE ANSEL is a very handsome bay stallion; stands 15:3 hands, and weighs 1200 pounds. He is noted for siring colts and fillies that are endowed with early and extreme speed. During 1910 six of his get took records, and four were three-year-olds and under. In 1911 Adansel, a three-year-old, obtained his mark of 2:14%, while Prince Lot and Wesos lowered their records. In 1912 Lottie Ansel, a two-year-old, won all the Futurities she started in, getting a mark of 2:14%, the Coast record for fillies, and heads all record-holders of her age in America for the year. Arista Ansel, another two-year-old Futurity winner, got a record of 2:18%, while Prince Lot lowered his record to 2:07%. In 1913 Laura Rogers lowered her record to 2:11% and Ima Dudley got a mark of 2:27%, whil e John Malcolm, out of one of Prince Ansel's daugh- ters obtained the world's record for two-year-old pacers, 2:11%. Prince Ansel's prog- eny is noted for intelligence, soundness, perfect action and stamina. SEASON OF 1914 AT THE RACE TRACK, WOODLAND, CAL. Terms: For Robert Bingen 2:14|/2, $75 by the season. Fop Prince Arise' 2:20|/2, $50 With usual return privilege. Pasture for mares during season at $5.00 per month; not responsible for ac- cidents or escapes. For further information, address HARRY DOWLING, Manager Woodland Stock Farm, Woodland, Cal. TO GET A CHAMPION, BREED TO A CHAMPION. JIM LOGAN 2:02 \ (3) 2:05i/2» world's record to 1912; (5) 2:04^, (6) 2:03l/4, (7) 2:023/4. All winning race records. Registry Number 44997- By CHAS. DERBY 2:20 (brother to Klatawah (3) 2:05/2, etc.), sire of Jim Logan 2:02%, Don Derby 2:04l/2l Capt. Derby 2:06!/2, Dan Logan 2:07^2 and 6 others in 2:10. Dam, EFFIE LOGAN, California's greatest producer of extreme speed (dam of Jim Logan 2:02%, Sir Albert S. 2:03%, and Dan Logan 2:07%, sire of John Malcolm (2) 2:11%, champion two-year-old of 1913), by Durfee 11256, son of Kaiser 2:28 and Julia, by Revenue 2:22!/.; second dam Ripple, sister to Creole 2:15, by Prompter 2305, sire of the dam of Gratt 2:02%, etc.; third dam Grace (dam of Daedalion 2:08%, Creole 2:15 and Eagle 2:19%), by Buccaneer 2656, sire of the dams of 2 in 2:10; fourth dam Mary, great broodmare, by Flaxtail. JIM LOGAN is a handsome dark bay horse, stands 16 hands and weighs 1075 pounds. After setting a world's record of 2:05% at three years of age, he has lowered his record every season he has been raced and is absolutely sound, showing he has the best of feet and legs. He has only a few living foals and all of them that have been trained have shown speed towarrant his being a sire. His full brother, Dan Logan, sired the winners of the Breeders' Futurity of 1912 and the two and three-year-old events of 1913, John Malcolm, his two-year-old, getting the world's record of 2:11%. In the stud, season of 1914, at Woodland Race Track. FEE: $50 for season, with usual return privilege, or $75 to insure living colt. Fees payable at time of service or before removal of mares. Excellent pasture at $4 per month, with best of care for mares, though no responsibility will be assumed for acci- dents or escapes. Call at race track, or address J. ELMO MONTGOMERY, Davis, Cal Montbaine 48667 Son of MOKO 24457; sire of 7 in 2:10, dams of five in 2 :10, 100 standard performers; dam, K RE M MARIE, dam of four trotters by KREMLIN 2:07%, sire of dams of six in 2:10; second dam, Maymont, by Blackmont, sire of dam of Minnehaha 2:09%; third dam, Maywood (dam of Mayhill 2:19, . 2:17%) hy Blackwood 74, etc. MONTBAINE is an exceedingly handsome ma- hogany bay horse; stands 15.3% hands and weighs 1200 pounds. He has proven a very sure breeder, and his colts are fine individuals of ample size, quality and pronounced natural speed. He will make the season of 1914 at The Suisun Stock Farm, at a fee of $40 for the season, with return privilege. Moko and Kremlin rank among the greatest sires of today, 'and you can make no mistake by breeding to Montbaine. For particulars, call at barn, or address THE SUISUN STOCK FARM, B. F. Rush, Suisun, Cal. (Rush & Haile.) MOKO HALL 2:11 Son of Walnut Hall 2:C81-4 Winner of Ihe Kentucky Futurity for Two-year olds, and sire of The Harvester 2:01 The World's Champion Trotting Stallion. Manila Tipton 2:09}-4 . Warner Ball H)J:IHJi, 0'Nell 2:Ci}j. etc The dam of MOKO HALL was by the most fashionable sire of trotters in the United States today, and that horse is MOKO. MOKO HALL is bred in the top crosses just like The Harvester, who was also by Walnut Hall, out of a mare by Moko, the sire of 104 in 2:30, including such stake winners as Fereno 2:05%, Tenara 2:05%, Native Belle (3) 2:06%, Manrico (3) 2:07%, Susie N. (3) 2:09%, and Brenda York (3), pacing, 2:04%, and his sons are siring early and extreme speed also. MOKO HALL is one of the handsomest and most uniformly made stallions in California. There is not a weak spot or place on him. As a trotter he proved himself to be most level-headed and game, as well as possessed of a high turn of speed in all his racing on the California Circuit last season. At Sacramento he forced Maymack to trot a mile in 2:08% to beat him. A year- living Ally by him trotted a quarter in 34% seconds at Santa Rosa last Sep- tember. Will make the season of 1914 at Agricultural Park, Sacramento, Cal. FEE: $75 for the season. Usual return privileges. Good pasturage, and the best of care taken of mares in any manner that owners may desire, at reasonable rates, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. For further particulars address F. J. RUHSTALLER, Sacramento, Cal. The "fiolden Cross" McMYRTLE George Wilkes Electioneer Reg. No. 58007. (Sire of John Gwynne 2:11%.) By McKINNEY 2:11'A, SIRE OF 24 AND THE DAMS OF 6 IN 2:10; HIS SONS HAVE SIRED 37 IN 2:10. Dam, Myrtledale, by Iran Alto 2:12l/i (sire of 16 trotters, 1 pacer), fastest and most prolific son of Palo Alto 2:08%, and out of Elaine 2:20 (dam of 4 trotters, 1 sire, and 2 dams of 8 trotters and 1 pacer), by Messenger Duroc 109. Second dam, Nettie Nutwood (dam of Hillsdale 2:15, one of the best three-year- olds of his day, and Twenty Third, dam of Sterling- McKinney 2:06%, and Unimak 2:22y2). by Nutwood 2:18%, sire of 2 and the dams of 20 in 2:10; third dam, daughter of Ethan Allen Jr. 2503, one of the prolific members of the great family of Black Hawk 5; fourth dam by Williamson's Belmont. McMYRTLE is an extremely handsome individual, rich bay in color, 15.3 hands in height, and weighs 1150 pounds. He is a clean-going, trotter, with a trial of 2:17 before retirement to the stud. His opportunities as a sire have been extremely lim- ited, but his colts are the kind that it pays to breed — large, solid color, handsome and good movers. Only one was ever trained, John Gwynne, who got a record trotting of 2:11%. SEASON OF 1914 at PETALUMA AND SAN RAFAEL, CAL. Terms, $30 for the season, $40 to insure. Best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address for all further information, DOLCINI & DOLCINI, Petaluma, Cal. THE STANDARD TROTTING STALLION. JOHANO Black stallion, 15.2 hands, sired by Carlokin 2:07%. (sire of 8 two-year-olds in the list that are conceded to be the best ever seen in the West). Son of McKinney 2:11%, the greatest sire of 2:10 performers, out of Carlotta Wilkes (dam of 10 in 2:30, of which 4 are in 2:07% or better) by Charley Wilkes 2:21%; grandam Aspasia (dam of 4) by Alcantara 2:23; great grandam Miss Buchanan (dam of 1 and dams of 5 in 2:30) by Clark Chief, etc. Johano was out of Johanah Treat 2:24% (dam of Zulu Belle, trotting 2:10%, pacing 2:06%; Del Coronado 2:09% (sire of Teddy Bear 2:05. Cora 2:08%, Little Bernice 3, 2:09%, etc.); My Irene S. 2, 2:28% (dam of Esperanza 2, 2:14%-, Carlos (2) 2:29%, and the dam of Nutway 2:29%. Johanah Treat was by Thomas Rysdyk 10649 (a sire), son of Rysdyk 653 and Largesse 2:25 by Scott's Thomas 2:21 grandam Fanny Howard by Woful, son of Black Hawk 24. Johanah Treat's dam was Kate Treat by Venture 2:27% (sire of the dams of Directum 2:05%, Sidney Dillon, sire of Lou Dillon 1:58%, etc.) by Williamson's Belmont. Johano is a pure-gaited trotter. As a yearling he trotted quarters in 33 seconds; then, meeting with an accident which fractured his lower jaw, he was laid up for two years. He has entirely recovered and recently trotted a mile in 2:30, and it is predicted by those who have seen him that he will get a very low record this season. He is a very stylish, well made stallion with a splendid disposition. He is one of the best bred sons of Carlokin, as can be seen by the above, and seekers after stallions that carry the blood of the futurity winners in their veins and are anxious to get colts and fillies that will have a natural inheritance of beauty, soundness, early and ex- treme speed should not overlook this grand looking young stallion. Will make the season of 1914 at Pleasanton Driving Park. Terms: $25 for the season, with usual return privilege. Address HORACE FEINDEL, Pleasanton Driving Park, Pleasanton, Cal. PALO KING 2-28! Reg. No, 44910 George Wilkes Electioneer State License Pure Bred 1734. Sire of Little Lucille, p. (3) 2:09, fastest filly of her age on Pacific Coast, and The Bulletin (2) 2:28!/2, trotting. By Marengo King 2:28|/2 (sire of Marie N. 2:08%, etc.), son of McKinney 2:11% and By By, great broodmare, by Nutwood 2:18%; dam Palo Belle 2:24|/2, by Palo Alto 2:08%, son of Electioneer and sire of the dams of High Admiral 2:07%, Mahomet Watts (3) 2:10, etc.; second dam Belle Isle, great broodmare, by Piedmont 2:17%; third dam, Idabelle, great broodmare, by Hambletonian 10; fourth dam, Godfrey Star, by American Star 14. PALO KING is a bay horse of excellent size and conformation, a pure galted trotter, and ranks as one of the most potent sires of his age in the world. His get are uniformly good colored, large, finely turned, good headed and endowed with natural speed. Season of 1914 at Woodland Race Track, where you can see his colts step. TERMS: $25 for the season, or $40 to Insure. Call or address H. S, H0GO30OM, Owner, Woodland, Cal. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, March 28, 1914. HEMET STOCK FARMi Hemet, Cal. § W. F. WHITT1ER, Pres. (Incorporated) BUDD DOBLE, V. P. and Mgr. S Home of the Champion Three-Year-Old Trotter m WILBUR LOU 210 J | Sired by KINNEY LOU 2:07 3-4 Sire of Wilbur Lou 2:10l4 TrtiB Kinney 12) 2:19 21 Standard Performsrs Son of McKinney 2:11% and Mars Lou 2:17 LOUISE CARTER, 3, 2:24 Dam of Wilbur toil 131 2:1054 Mamie Alwin 2:12 Martin Carter (31 2:29Ji Daughter of Che-tnut Tom 2:15 by Nucwood Wilkes 2:16>2 WORLD'S CHAMPION YEARLING TROTTING STALLION 1910 © Unbeaten Two-Year-Old In 1911 jg © Winner of California State Pair and Pacific Coast Breeders' Association M4 % Futurities in 1912. Record in Third Heat of a winning race. © 5 Also holder of the World's Record of a Five-Heat Race by a 3-year-old Stallion. 3; 6 Limited number of approved mares at $100 the season. KINNEY de LOPEZ 2:23 f fSon of Kinney Lou 2:07% and Betsey Direct by Direct 2:05%. © $50 the Season g $ Terms: Cash at time of service with usual return privilege, or money re- |g ?E funded at our option. Excellent pasturage and best of care taken of mares, © G* but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. g Iff "They have both shown by this year's crop to be sires of early speed: -p W FIESTA LOU bv Wilbur Lou at 9 months old paced 1-16 in 10 seconds; ga ~£ BILLIE BOYD by Wilbur Lou at 8 months old trotted 1-16 in 12 seconds; yi 3S DON McKINXEY by Kinney de Lopez at 7% months old trotted 1-16 in gj © 14 seconds; and all the rest are showing equally well" ^ The Imported-Registered Shire Stallions Anwick Arthur Reg. No. 29025. Foaled 1908. STATE tICENSE PURE BRED 352 Sired by Horbling Arthur 23368: dam Blossom 65974 by Sheffield Armour Plate 17616. A handsome, pow- erfully built young horse, stands 17.3 hands and weighs 2150 pounds. SERVICE FEE: $25, with return privilege. BLACK HAWK MERRY BOY Reg. No. 14064. Am. Shire Horse Ass'n. (Foaled April 23, 1912.) State License Pure Bred 2044. Sired by Elvedon Hero 27313, dam Flawford Daisy 63656 by Whitstone Ring O' Bells 15927. Service Fee $20, with return privilege. BLACK HAWK HAROLD Reg. No. 14065. Am. Shire Horse Ass'n. (Foaled April 16, 1912.) State License Pure Bred 2045. Sired by Fylde Monk 29418, dam Quanea Diamond 6S2S7 by Moulton Gallant Prince 16254. Service Fee: $20, with return privilege. The above stallions will stand at THE BUCK HAWK RANCH BURLINGAME, SAN MATEO CO., CAL. Young stock, one to five years old, broodmares, and stallions for sale. The best of care taken of mares bred to the above stallions, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Excellent pasturage at $5 per month. For further particulars apply to IRA BARKER DALZiEL, Manager, or 530 Fulton St., San Francisco, Cal Harry Clark, Burlingame, Cal. SELLS' TURF GOODS A Complete Assortment at Right Prices Turtle and Clark's Electric Stallion Shield Wholesale and Retail Gombaults Balsam Reducine l"S ~^* Track Harness ^JpK Save-the-Horse Road Harness J& &k Vita Oil Riding Saddles Patent Bits J h Absorbine Horse Boots JE ■ Giles Blankets M w> Embrocation Coolers Hopples Willians Toe Weights ^■^P^ Tweed's Linament Smith Wonder Worker J. DAVID WEST 1265-1267 Golden Gate Avenue Phon« Pirk 12S3 nMr Fillmore Str.ot THE STANDARD TROTTING BRED STALLION LIJERO 2:151-4 Sire of EXPEDIO 2:09'/4 and JAS. H. DONNELLY (3) trial 2:17, half, in 1:06. These are the onlv ones of his progeny worked. There are five two-year-olds by him in training; one of them, Sutterville, trotted a public trial quarter as a yearling at the State Fair in 34 seconds. Another, out of Paprika at Woodland, has already been a half in 1:12%, last quarter in 34 seconds. The balance can show better than a 2:30 gait. One out of Queen S., dam of Teddy Bear, is undoubtedly of champion calibre. Lijero 2:15% is to be sold at the closing out sale of Wright C? Donnelly's Livery Stable 318 K Street, Sacramento, Cal., Saturday, April 4, 1914 Besides this magnificent twelve-year-old stallion Lijero there are to be sold two registered mares (grand individuals and perfect in every way) and all the horses, harness, etc., of this well-equipped livery stable. Such an opportunity to get high- class roadsters, business horses, and some grandly bred trotting stock, may not occur again. Remember the date and be on hand. McADRIAN 2:24 Reg. No. 45391. Cal. State License Pure Bred No. 317. Subscribe for 'The Breeder and Sportsman.' Sire of Bert Kelly 2:12V* Trix McAdrian (2) 2:23% Grace Chalmers (mat.) .2:20% Olive McAdrian (2) tr..2:22 Sired by GUY McKINNEY (sire of Vernon McKinney 2:01%, Linden Girl 2:22, etc.); dam MAPLE LEAF 2:34% by Adrian 2:26% (sire of Rosetta A. 2:14%), son of Reliance 2:22% and Adriana by Skenandoah: McAdrian's grandam was OLLIE RAY 2:39%, dam of Acclamation 2:24% (sire of Lizzie C. 2:15), Vendome, dam of McKinley 2:29; his great grandam was MARY BLAINE by Signal 3327 (sire of the dam of Prussian Maid 2:19, etc.). Guy McKinney, sire of McAdrian 2:24, was by McKinney 2:11%, out of Flossie D., by Guy Wilkes 2:15%; second dam, Blanche Ward (dam of China Maid 2:05%), by Onward 2:25%; third dam, Blanche Patchen, by Mambrino Patchen 58, etc. McAdrian is one of the handsomest and strongest made grandsons of McKinney in California. He has no faults; is a pure gaited trotter and a sure foal getter. He will make the season of 1914 at the race track, Red Bluff. Terms, $30 for the season. For further particulars, apply to or address E. D. DIGGES. Owner, Red Bluff, Cal. $3000 THE CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR $3000 Five Called Saddle Horse Futurity No. 1 Open to tne World The produce of any mare bred in 1913 to a stallion registered in either the Amer- ican or Pacific Coast Gaited Saddle Horse Associations. To be given under the direction of the California State Agricultural Society and to be shown as weanlings, yearlings, two-year-olds and three-year-olds. CONDITIONS: ENTRIES TO CLOSE FRIDAY, MAY 1st, 1914. Every foal of 1914 produced by a mare nominated herein is eligible to compete in all four divisions of this stake by its owner making payments as herein provided. Winners will not be barred. All nominations and payments must be made to the Secretarv of the California State Agricultural Society, at his office in Sacramento. Each entry to be made on blanks furnished by the California State Agricultural Society. ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS. MARES. — Mares must be nominated by May 1st, 1914, when a payment of 52.00 must be made. Each mare's name, color and the name of the horse to which she was bred in 1913, must accompany the entry fee. On July 1st, 1914, the color and sex of the foal must be given and an additional payment of $3.00 must be made. On February 1st, 1915, a payment of $10 will be due on yearlings. On February 1st, 1916, a payment of $15 will be due on two-year-olds. On February 1st, 1917, a payment of $25 will be due on three-year-olds. STARTING OR SHOW PAYMENTS. Thirty days before the opening of the Fair each year the following payments will be due: On On On On weanlings to yearlings two-year-olds three-year-olds 1914 $10.00 1915 15.00 1916 25.00 1917 40.00 To Sire of first To dam of first money winner S10.00 15.00 25.00 50.00 money winner $10.00 15.00 25.00 50.00 CLASSIFICATION AND DIVISION OF MONEY AS FOLLOWS: Stallion, Mare or Gelding Weanlings 1914 $ 300.00 Yearlings 1915 500.00 2 vear olds 1916 800.00 3 year olds 1917 1200.00 The amount contested for shall be divided into six moneys, as follows: To the winner 35 per cent. To the 2nd colt 20 per cent. To the 3rd colt 15 per cent. To the 4th colt 12% per cent. To the 5th colt 10 per cent. To the 6th colt 7% per cent. MANNER OF SHOWING. — Weanlings, yearlings and two-year-olds shall be shown tohalter, and three-year-olds under the saddle. The right is reserved to declare the stake off prior to August 1, 1914, if same does not fill satisfactorily, upon the refunding of all entries received. In case a mare fails to produce a colt, produces a dead colt or foals twins, or her colt dies, the right to substitute by the owner another colt from a mare bred to a registered stallion is reserved, on or before January 1st, 1915. In case a nominated colt is dropped out, and later his owner desires to re-enter same, this may be done upon a payment of all sums which should have been paid had the entry been kept good and $25.00 additional. The Board of Directors of the California State Agricultural Society reserves the right to interpret and determine all questions affecting this stake. A. L. SCOTT, President. J. L. McCARTHY, Secretary, Sacramento, Cal. Telephone Pacific 1654 . Telephone Pacific 1655 Riding and Driving School 701 Seventh Avenue, San Francisco THE HOME OF INDOOR POLO A Selection of POLO PONIES A Choice of Well Bred, Well Mannered KENTUCKY AND CALIFORNIA SADDLE HORSES FOR SALE Lessons in Riding and Driving — Evening Classes J. J. G ETH I N Saturday, March 28, 1914, [ THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN RALLISTITF WmW A PERFECT Emm DENSE" SMOKELESS POWDER Stands the Water Test Kirkville, N. Y., March 2, 1914. Du Pont Powder Co., "Wilmington, Del., Dear Sirs: I thought perhaps you would he inter- ested to know how your Smokeless Pow- der stands water. While I was hunting last Pall I lost a shell loaded with 26 grains ot Ballistite Powder. About 3 months later I found it. It had lain in water all that time. I took it home and let it stay in the shell two days in a warm room, then I took the powder out and put it in another shell and shot it. Well, I was more than surprised with results. If I had been told I would not have believed it. You could not tell that the powder had been near water, and it shot just as good as a shell just out of the factory. It sent every shot through a one inch pine board at 100 feet using No. 6 chilled shot. Yours respectfully, Dry Ballistite with Blotter Make the test as pictured. We ABSOLUTELY WATERPROOF. FRED J. SCHIEBLER. guarantee BALLISTITE to be DU PONT POWDER CO. Established Wilmington 1802 Delaware C. A. Haight, Mgr Chronicle Bldg. San Francisco, J. H. Willman, Mgr. Maynard Bldg. Seattle, Wash. W. C. Howard, Mgr. Savings Bank Denver, Colo SECOND NEW YORK STATE FUTURITY VALUE $20,000 AND SU TABLE CUPS Entries Close April 15, 1914 Fee $5.00 per mare Opened by the New York State Fair Commission, for foals of 1914, the produce of mares nominated April 15th, 1914, or their substitutes as provided hereafter, as follows: $3,500 FOR TWO-YEAROLD TROT. AT FALL MEETING, 1916. $2,000 to first; $100 to nominator of Dam of first. 750 to second; 60 to nominator of Dam of second. 450 to third: 40 to nominator of Dam of third. 300 to fourth; 20 to nominator of Dam of fourth. $10,000 FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD TROT. AJ FALL MEETING, 1917. $6,000 to first; $200 to nominator of Dam of first. 2,500 to second; 75 to nominator of Dam of second. 1,000 to third; 50 to nominator of Dam of third. 500 to fourth; 25 to nominator of Dam of fourth. $2,000 FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD PACE. AT FALL MEETING, 1917. $1,200 to first; $80 to nominator of Dam of first. 500 to second; 50 to nominator of Dam of second. 200 to third; 30 to nominator of Dam of third. 100 to fourth; 15 to nominator of Dam of fourth. $3,500 FOR FOUR-YEAR-OLD TROT. AT FALL MEETING, 1918. $2,000 to first; $100 to nominator of Dam of first. 750 to second; 60 to nominator of Dam of second. 450 to third; 40 to nominator of Dam of third. 300 to fourth; 20 to nominator of Dam of fourth. Twenty-five per cent, to be added to nominator's stake in case foal is nominated, bred and foaled in Xew York State. ENTRANCE, $5. To accompany nomination of each mare, April 15, 1914; $10, Janu- ary 1, 1915, when color and sex of foal must be given. Nothing more until June 1st of each year in which they start, no payment being due in 1916 or 1917 on colts not intended to start until 1918. FUTURE PAYMENTS: Three-Year-Old Pacing Division. $15.00, June 1, 1917. 25.00, August 1, 1917. 40.00, Night before race. Two -Year- Old Trotting Division $17.50, June 1, 1916 35.00, August 1, 1916. 70.00, Night before race. Three-Year-Old Trotting Division. $35.00, June 1, 1917. 35.00, August 1, 1917. 200.00, Night before race. Four- Year-Old Trotting Division. $17.00, June 1, 1918. 35.00, August 1, 1918. 100.00, Night before race. The two-year-old race will be mile heats, best two in three, and limited to four heats; in case of a tie for first, colts so tied shall race an additional heat to determine the winner. The three and four year old events will be mile heats, best 3 in 5 and limited to five heats; in case of a tie for first, horses so tied shall race an additional heat to determine the winner. In all other respects the rules of the National Trotting Association in force on day of race will govern. No hoppled horses allowed to start in Futurity. If a nominated mare has no living foal on January 1, 1915, her nominator may substitute another mare and foal, regardless of ownership; but there will be no return of payments, nor will any entry be liable for more than amount paid in or con- tracted for. Name, color and pedigree of nominated mare and name of stallion to which she was bred in 1913 must be given in entry which, accompanied by payment, must be mailed on or before April 15, 1914, to Albert E. Brown, Secretary-Treasurer, Syra- cuse, N. Y. Write to John A. King, Secretary of Races, Syracuse, N. Y., for official conditions and entry blanks. $50,000 in Purses for this year's Grand Circuit Meeting, August 31 — September 5. WM. H. JONES, Commissioner in Charge. The most dependable and trustworthy form of advertising comes unsolicited from a disinterested source. 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The State Agricultural Society OFFERS THE FOLLOWING Guaranteed Stakes for Harness Horses To be given at the CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR, 1914. ENTRIES CLOSE JUNE 1, and AUGUST 1, 1914. DAILY SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH. No. 1. Three-Year-Old Trot, State Fair Futurity No. 3 (Closed) No. 2. 2:14 Special Trot, Horses with no records or slower than 2:18 not eligible $1,000 No. 3. 2:12 Special Pace, Horses with no records, or slower than 2:17 not eligible $1,000 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH. No. 4. Two-Year-Old Pace, State Fair Futurity No. 3 (Closed) No. 5. 2:08 Trot $1,500 No. 6. 2:15 Pace, for Amateurs Only, owners driving, hobbles barred $600 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH. No. 7. Occident Stake, for Three-Year-Olds (Closed) No. 8. 2:16 Trot, for Amateurs, owners driving $600 No. 9. 2:07 Pace $1,500 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH. 2:10 Pace, California Stake $2,500 2:20 Trot, for Amateurs Only, owners driving Cup Free-for-AII Trot, for Amateurs Only $600 SEPTEMBER 12, to SEPT. 19, 1914. PROGRAM. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH. No. 13. Two-Year-Old Trot, State Fair Futurity No. 4 (Closed) No. 14. 2:12 Trot, Governor's Stake $5,000 No. 15. Three-Year-Old Pace, State Fair Futurity No. 3 (Closed) FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH. No. 16. 2:20 Pace, for Amateurs Only, owners driving Cup No. 17. 2:20 Trot $2,000 No. 18. Free-for-AII Pace, for Amateurs Only, hobbles not barred $600 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH. No. 19. Stanford Stake, for Three- Year-Olds (Closed) No. 20. Free-for-AII Pace < $1,000 No. 21. 2:20 Pace $2,000 No. 22. Free-for-AII Trot $1,000 AMATEUR STAKES FOR CUP. No. 11. 2:20 Trot Close August 1st. No. 16. 2:20 Pace Close August 1st. No. 10. No. 11. No. 12. Entrance and payments on these stakes will be due and payable as follows: 1% June 1st, lc/ When you use "cross-roads stud hoss advertising methods" owners of good mares will believe you have a "cross-roads stud hoss." ©©© How can the trotting game become as popular as baseball when less than 10 per cent, of the horsemen themselves do not understand the rules? Too many rules. ffiffiffi There will be a number of horses suitable for training for the races and for the matinees to he sold at: Pleasanton next Saturday. Send for cat- alogue. ffiffi© The good trotting stallion Zomblack is named in the "Tavern Steak" 2:14 trot, value ?5,000, at Cleveland. Chas. L. DeRyder will bold the lines over this handsome horse. ©©© Attention is called to J. David West's advertise- ment in this issue. He is agent for Sell's Turf Goods and keeps a supply of harness, boots, veterinary med- icines, etc., always on hand. ©©© Miss Perfection, the good trotting filly by General Watts 2:06%. owned by R. J. MacKenzie and trained by Chas. L. DeRyder, is named in the three-year-old sweepstakes trot at Cleveland. ©©© Remember the big sale at Pleasanton, conducted bv Chas. L. DeRyder, takes place at the race track nest Saturday. It will be the last opportunity to get choice trotting stock for manv months to come. ©©ffi Frank Lang of Barton, "Vt., who raced Ecstatic 2:01%. has been engaged by M. W. Savage to drive the horses to be raced by the International Stock Farm this vear. His connection begins May 1st. © -I- © One of the useful drugs in the stable is alum. It may be dissolved in water and used as a wash for saddle galls and abrasions of the skin, and weak solutions of it are useful as washes for the mouth or vagina. ©e© The price of hay is dropping in California, and it will he considerably lower before the new crop comes in. The rainstorm last Sunday and Monday has been a blessing to the farmers and insures immense yields in the harvest fields. ©©S Peter Pointer by Sidney Pointer 2:07% recently purchased by S. M. McDowell of Leechburg, Pa., is considered the making of an extremely fast perform- er and will be given a careful preparation this spring in view of a campaign. ©©© Bertha Carey 2:11%, owned by R. J. MacKenzie, is entered in the 2:10 trot — purse 53,000 — at Cleve- land, Ed Geers driving. San Felipe 2:09%, owned by Wm. T. Sesnon and driven by Chas. L. DeRyder, is also to he a starter in this event. ©©© John Splan, of Lexington, has purchased of E. R. Little. Mt. Sterling. Ky„ the broodmare Narion, dam Albia 2:0S%, and Vice Commodore 2:11 by Arion (4) 2:07%. The. mare is 18 years old and will be used for breeding purposes bv her new owner. ©©© Messrs. Spencer & Keefer have a number of car- penters building stalls on the Santa Maria track and every day these horsemen are astonished to see what an interest is being created in the light harness horse industrv in that section of the country. ©©© A special meeting of the Board of Review of the National Trotting Association will be held in New York at 10 a. m. on May 5th, and all communications to come up before the Board should be forwarded to Secretary W. H. Gocher, on or before April 21st. ©©© George Ford Morris is soon to publish a book on "The Saddle Horse of America and the Morgan Horse." embellished by about five hundred portraits of the noted sires and show horses of these breeds. Mr. Morris has been collecting material for the book for fifteen years. ©S© John A. McKerron, the well-known harness and horse boot manufacturer, has recently made a set of track harness for Joe Patchen 2:03% that Chas. L. DeRyder says is about the finest he has ever seen. The other set which Mr. McKerron made some years ago for this stallion has been in daily use and is made to fit almost every horse Mr. MacKenzie owns, it is also in perfect condition. There is one thing about the goods, harness or boots which bears the McKerron stamp — they outwear all others and keep their shape better. Walter H. Hanley of Providence, R. I., has sold to Walter R. Cox the trotter Peter Scott, by Peter the Great 2:07%, dam Jennie Scott, for a consideration of $15,000. Cox has entered the colt in several Grand Circuit trotting classics, including the 2:20 at North Randall of $3,000 value. ©S© Five daughters of The Bondsman were the dams of newcomers in the list in 1913, viz.: Bondalin; Ladv Oralin 4, 2:16. Coupon 2:29%: Tramp Right 2, 2:26%. Elsie Bond: Todd Bond 2, 2:27%. Miss Louise 2:29%: Bingen Bond 3, 2:30, and Priscilla Bond 2:24%: Lilo 2, 2:24%. ©©© Schuyler Walton is handling a couple of very choice "trotters, a two and a three-year-old, at the Fresno track. These came from Tulare and belong to Messrs. I. M. Lipson and James M. Bullock. These youngsters are well entered in all the stakes and "Schuv" likes them very much. ffi©© •All the horses to be sold next Saturday at the Pleasanton race track will be on the grounds on Thursday and Friday. A number of shrewd horse- men from San Francisco, Sacramento, Stockton and San Jose are making arrangements to go there on those davs and make their selections. ffiffiffi Governor James M. Cox, of Ohio, has donated a cup to be awarded as a prize in the race for three- year-old trotters of the 2:20 class at the State Fair in Columbus next September. A purse of $1,500 will go with the trophy. C. K. G. Billings, owner of Uhlan 1:58, will give a cup for two-year-olds at the same meeting. ©S© Forty-nine installment purses of $1,000 each and one purse of $2,000 have been opened for the eight trotting meetings of the Canadian Circuit, at Toron- to, St. Thomas. Chatham. Aylmer, London, Listo- well, Seaforth and Welland, Ont. The circuit will begin at Toronto on June 3rd and will close at Wel- land on Julv 23rd. ffiffi© New York, March 27. — A tentative program for the polo tournament to be held in connection with the Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Francisco has been prepared. According to the present plans, the entry list will consist of about 25 teams from all parts of the United States, India and Argentina. The estimated expense is placed at close to $100,000. ©ffiffi Mr. John W. Considine telegraphed from Lexing- ton, Ky., last Monday: "Have resolved to keep my two mares here: the colt Suldine by Worthy McKin- nev (1) 2:30 out of Carrietta (4) 2:18 (dam of Silent Brigade, 2, 2:10%, Hester C. 1, 2:21%, etc.), is one of the finest looking and purest gaited trotters I ever saw and he has shown me he has plenty of speed." ©ffiffi Al McDonald, the well-known trainer, is doing re- markably well with his string of seven horses at Pleasanton. All are in perfect condition, taking their work nicely, and in a few weeks he will begin to "speed them." His idea is to gradually harden the muscles of his horses by exercise and get them fit to go through a good campaign and have them return home sound. ffiffiffi The death of Colorado E. 2:04% is regretted by every horseman, and man}" were the expressions of sympathy tendered his owner. Mr. Estabrook of Den- ver. Colorado E. 2:04% was by Capt. P. C. McCan's famous stallion The Bondsman and the death of such a son is a decided and irreparable loss to his sire, for all the prospects this champion would show that he "breeds on" are destroyed. ffi©ffi Joe McGuire of Denver is heavily engaged in the Direct line this spring and is getting ready with his training for the annual hike up through Canada and the Northwest. His green ones include Dora Direct. Kelly Direct. Direct Peddler, Woodford Direct, Aller- ton Direct, Direct Lion, and Queen Direct. He will still retain his seasoned horses, Red Dick 2:12, Dan McKinney 2:10 and Arapahoe 2:20. ©©© On Thursday last Mr. E. E. Lelievre of Akaroa received word that his lately imported mare. Bertha Bell, who was in foal to the great sire The Harves- ter, had lost her foal. This is extremely unfortunate for the Akaroa sportsman, who has been put to a good deal of expense in importing trotting stock, and loss of the progeny of such a great horse as The Harvester is doubly regrettable. — N. Z. Referee. ©©© There was every likelihood of a splendid race track being built at Honolulu, in fact, subscription lists were circulated. Then when President Wilson tinkered with the tariff in sugar, the scheme fell through and was abandoned. When one of the most active men connected with the track was asked why the scheme was abandoned he sadly shook his head and replied: "Wilson, that's all!" ©©© We are in receipt of a copy of the official year book of the League of Amateur Driving Clubs, a pub- lication containing the summaries of all trotting and pacing events at matinees of 1913, as well as those of amateur events at public meetings, together with statistical tables. The frontispiece contains the pic- ture of Dago F- 2:08%, winner of the 1913 race for the League cup, and of his owner and driver, George H. Tipling of Cleveland, Ohio. H. K. Devereux of Cleveland, Ohio, is the president of the League: J. D. Gallery of Pittsburgh, vice-president, and T. L. Quimby of Boston, secretary-treasurer. George Wingfield, the Nevada multimillionaire, has purchased 85 acres of land a mile north of Reno, for a race track, and backed by other Nevada stock breeders, promoters and mining men will undertake to revive horse racing on the Pacific Coast by secur- ing the passage of a law in Nevada which will permit pari-mutuel betting on races. The track is to be one of the finest in America and will open each season for summer meets. ©ffiffi Great preparations are being made to have the saddle horse show at the Panama-Pacific Interna- tional Fair the best in the world. Several Califor- nians are in Lexington and Tennessee selecting suitable horses and more are to follow. It will be a part of the exhibition which will be exceedingly interesting as well as instructive, for nearly all the leading exhibitors of high schooled horses, jumpers, etc., in America will be there with their very choicest. ffiffiffi C. B. Johnson, formerly of Ogden, Utah, is operat- ing Mountain View Ranch, Lone Tree, Wyo., 8,000 feet above sea level. Mr. Johnson has in the stud Monterey 2:09%, and the Nutwood Wilkes-McKinnev stallion Tidal Wave, p. 2:06%. Young Adalia, p. 2:12%. champion race winner of 1910, separately timed in 2:06%, and Juanita Skinner, dam of Charley Belden 2:08%, are also at the ranch, are heavy in foal to Monterey, and will be bred to Tidal Wave. ffiffiffi Ted Hayes has left Los Angeles for Butte, Mon- tana, where business interests will keep him for the next few years. He hopes to be back in California this summer to drive Bon Courage 2:12% in his stake engagements. Mr. Hayes worked this colt enough this spring to know that he will do to keep him paid up in these stakes. Mr. Hayes will be missed in Los Angeles for he has made many friends there, as he has everywhere else he has been, ffiffiffi J. W. Haile of Rush & Haile, Suisun Stock Farm, sends the following: "We have had four new arriv- als since I wrote you: Gertie A. by Diablo 2:09%, a bay colt by Vernon McKinney 2:01%. Chestnut colt by Montbaine, dam Elvira by Demonio 2:11%; gran- dam Hannah by Le Grand, etc.. Bay filly by Mont- baine, dam Memonia 2:09% by Demonio 2:11%. Bay filly by Montbaine, dam Edna Earl by Demonio 2:11%. All these are in fine condition. Our stock never looked better." ffiffiffi Jesse Shuff, the Lexington correspondent of the Western Horseman, writes as follows to that journal: "Carrietta 2:18 by Directman 2:21%, one of the very best of broodmares, foaled a bay colt by Peter the Great and has been bred back. Carrietta is the prop- erty of J. W. Considine of Woodland, Cal., and has produced such high-class colt trotters as Silent Brig- ade (1) 2:26%, (2) 2:10%, winner of the Lexington stake; Hester C. (1) 2:21%. the fastest yearling filly of her year, and a yearling by Worthy McKinney now in the stable of Hunter Moody, that is generally con- sidered one of the fastest at the track, ffiffiffi Visitors to San Francisco are cordially invited to visit the Riding and Driving School, 701 Seventh Avenue (take McAllister street cars), and see the finest constructed and most commodious building erected exclusively for this purpose west of New York City. There are over 200 saddle horses stabled there and kept in a manner to suit the most fastid- ious. Mr. J. J. G-ethin, the proprietor, deserves great credit for the able manner in which he manages this establishment. As a judge of saddle horses he has no superior on the Pacific Coast, ffi©© Mr. L. L. Pope, representative of the Lawrence- Williams Company, manufacturers of that indispen- sable remedy, Gombault's Caustic Balsam, is in Cali- fornia on a business trip. In an interview he said: "We sold more Balsam in 1913 than in any pre- ceding year. Its merits as a pain killer for humanity are being recognized everywhere and it has no equal for all the ills the cuticle is heir to, such as old sores, felons, corns, bunions, bruises, wounds, etc., and as a liniment it has proven to be indispensable; in fact, it has no equal." ffiffi© Ed Geers has thirty-six trotters and pacers in training at Memphis for the Grand Circuit of 1914. The blind four-year-old colt Etowah 2:07% is one of the stars. He is in robust condition, and a record close to 2:00 is predicted for him this year. Geers is sixty-three years old, and drove his first race in the Grand Circuit at the New York meeting of 1877, yet he ranked third on the list of winning drivers last vear and landed both the Kentucky Futurity and the "M. and M." ©©© Manager George Renner of the Draymen's Asso- ciation of San Francisco is actively opposed to the use of asphalt as a paving material on streets used for heavy teaming, and justly so. He takes advan- tage of every opportunity to press his cause in favor of basalt block or other rough-surface pavement and has a convincing array of facts and figures to justify his stand. He has arguments to combat every con- tention advanced by those who oppose the horses' interests and says that the engineers and others who make reports on asphalt as a "safe and humane" pavement deceive no one familiar with the condi- tions. He says they remind him of the young people who agreed before arriving at their hotel in the city that by no word or act would any indication be made they were newly married, but when asked to register, the bridegroom wrote in a firm, bold hand, "Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Leighton and wife." Saturday, April 4, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN A number of the youngsters to be sold next Sat- urday at Pleasanton are entered in all the Pacific Coast Stakes. Catalogues ot this sale may be had on application to this office. ©©© Attention is called to the Pleasanton Futurity Stake No. 3 for foals of 1914, entries for which will close Saturday, May 2, 1914. Every owner of a colt or filly foaled this year should be sure and have it named in this $7,500 guaranteed stake. ©©© I. M. Lipson, of Tulare, reports a revival of inter- est in light harness horse circles. James Bullock, an ardent admirer of good ones in that place, is hand- ling some choicely bred trotters and pacers with Mr. Lipson, and also the grandly bred stallion Uganda by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16% out of Ida May (dam of 4) by Grosvenor. This is only a five-year-old and very promising. He is one of the best bred Nutwood Wilkes stallions in California and Mr. Bullock be- lieves he will give him a lowr mark. ©©© In volume IX of the Year Book the record of Ayres P. with running mate is given as 2:03%, and this record is continued for ten volumes, when suddenly the record appears as 2:03 and continues up to and including volume 29. Last fall, at the time when IThlan trotted his mile with running mate in 1:54%, The Western Horseman called attention to this error and said that Uhlan should be credited with reducing the record full nine seconds. Yet the Year Book issued last month still states that Ayres P. and running mate went in 2:03. Although this error has been incorporated in the Year Book for nine or ten years, there is no particular reason we know of why the correct record should not be given in volume XXX and succeeding volumes. The public looks to the Year Book for accuracy, and after public atten- tion has been called to the fact there seems to be no reason why the correction should not have been made in the current volume. ©©© Trotters sell well in Austria. Fifty trotting-bred horses, owned by Baron Willy Kohner, the Hungarian breeder and gentleman driver, were sold recently at public auction at the Pressburg track. The lot brought $32,000, which made the good average of $G40. The auction was attended by a large number of purchasers and the bidding was spirited. Mr. Th. Potocki, of Russia, gave $3,110 for the American stallion Silver Baron 2:10%, son of Baron Silver, and the noted broodmare Caracas. Jolesz (3), by Silver Baron 2:10% out of Jeanette Cecil 2:14%, by Gambetta Wilkes, second dam Jeannie C. 2:22, by Nutwood, brought the highest price, and was pur- chased by the Schlesinger Stable for $3,200, and will be in the future in the hands of Trainer Jimmy Benyon. Among the twTo-year-olds that wrere offered, the colt Silvery, a son of Silver Baron 2:10%, and Beleno, brought the top price of $1,000. Jo- Jo brought the highest price in the lot of yearlings; this colt is the son of The Plunger 2:07%, and Jeanette Cecil 2:14%, and sold for $560. Adkin, by Nazote, dam Liska, by Electioneer, the second stallion in the lot, was sold to the Dombrad Stud Farm, Hungary, for $1,000. ©©© A horseman from Hatfield, Mass., writes as fol- lows to the "Trotter and Pacer": "I do not know what is to become of the horse business and what goes with it if they do not make a great change in the racing of horses, so that they can earn some- thing before they are trained to death and ruined." Many other thoughtful breeders and racing men have entertained the same fear with respect to the future of the sport, and it was with the purpose to in some degree alleviate the situation that the new rules of trotting, ordained to restore to activity and useful- ness many horses whose occupation had been snuffed out under the old conditions, were adopted. These rules mark a great stride forward in the purpose to improve the conditions of racing, but very much further progress is to be desired. To enable our horses to earn something "before they are trained to death and ruined," we ought to send them to the races by the middle of May, or at least not later than the first of June. They do this everywhere in the world except the United States, We do not do so because our trainers — not all but a good many of them — would rather get their living from the owners than the public. If racing associations would open their gates in May, and owners would insist that their horses must be started as soon as the money is up, regardless of whether the trainer is ready or not, there would soon be more satisfied owners, pros- perous racing associations and pleased patrons of the sport. TROTTING IN 2:10 AT LOS ANGELES. LATEST FROM WOODLAND. After our editorial page had been printed on Thursday we learned from the following dispatch that there will be "something doing," after all, in the week assigned for the race meeting at Woodland, i and we know that Mr. Considine and Mr. Dowling will do all in their power to make both fair and race * meeting successful: Woodland, April 1. — Following the word given out some time ago that John W. Considine had called oft" the Wood- land race meeting, came the announcement today by Harry Dowling, Considine's representative, that the race meet would be promoted if the Fair Association directors and local people in general take steps within the next few days to arrange a county fair. The Fair Association has promised to get busy. Fred Ward worked his green trotter. Great North- ern, by Wayland W., in 2:10% and back in 2:10, last quarter of the second mile in :31%. I believe this is the record for 1914. Jim Stewart worked the trotter, Prince of Peleg 2:13%, in 2:10 the same day. He also worked the pacer Joe McGregor 2:14% in 2:07%, the season record for pacers. W. G. Durfee worked the three-year-old pacer Con- tention, by Copa de Oro, a half in 1:02. This fellow can fly. Josephine Watts (3) by Gen. Watts, trotted a half in 1:05. Joe Williams, who raised the filly Little Bernice (3) 2:09%, has a pacer out of her dam, by Audubon Boy 1:59%, that worked in 2:14 the past week. He acts as good as his noted sister and, like her, does not wrear much. Billy Cooper worked Alerck, a green pacer by Sym- boleer 2:09%, in 2:15. Charlie Chick worked Cata- lina Belle, by Young Hal 2:10%, in 2:16%. Billy Murphy worked Tim Whippier, green pacer, by Zom- bro, in 2:12 and back in 2:11. C. E. Wright worked Capt. Todd, by Baronteer Todd, in 2:16. Alerck, Cat- alina Belle, Tim Whippier and Capt. Todd will be starters in the next matinee. W. W. Whitney of Pasadena has sent his green pacer, Dolly Zombro, to Arlie Frost to train. T. E. Pollock of Flagstaff, Ariz., was a visitor at Exposition Park this week. Mr. Pollock owns the pacing mare Blanche 2:06%, and is breeding her to Directly 2:03%. Henry Delaney of Ventura, Cal., sent two pacers to Fred Ward to search and see if they would do to race this year. They are both green. One by Zolock 2:05% has been in 2:10; the other one by Longworth, son of Sidney, has been in 2 : 12. Both are free-legged and wear very little rigging. Jim McGuire has the pacer San Jacinta 2:15%, who worked here in 2:06% last winter and will race him in the Michigan Shortship. John Nickerson worked his green Zombro trotting mare in 2:12 this week. Easter D. 2, 2:13%, by Diablo 2:09%, an eight- year-old broodmare belonging to Jim Stewart of Los Angeles, has been a gold mine for him in her short career as a broodmare. Her three colts by Copa de Oro sold within a year and all for the following prices. The oldest one was sold a a Mr. McClain of Canada for $1,750, the next one to Joe Nickerson (president of the Los Angeles Driving Club) for $2,000, and the other to S. S. Bailey of Pleasanton, Cal., for $1,500. This one, at eleven months of age and not bridle wise, barefooted, paced an eighth in :16% two days before Mr. Bailey bought him. The one Mr. Nickerson bought when just coming two, paced a mile in 2:20, last half in 1:07. The McClain colt worked in 2:24 as a yearling. The mare has a month old colt, full brother to the other three, by her side and bred back. Surely this Copa de Oro — Easter D. cross is a golden one for Stewart. Bon Courage (2) 2:12%, Ted Hayes' good colt, has a quarter in 30 seconds to his credit this week. I expect to ship King Daphne and Little Bernice to Libertyville about May 1st. Frank Childs, with Major By By and Leata J., will be with me. Charlie Atkinson will ship two trotters over. ARLrE FROST. COLORADO E. 2:04%. The death of any well known performer is in vari- ably a cause for regret among the followers of the light harness industry, and when it is one which has accomplished sensational things, in fact, regularly displayed phenomenal speed throughout his public career, and in addition seemed in line to achieve even greater renown, his sudden demise right on the eve of a prospective series of unsurpassing perform- ances is indeed the more deplorable. Hence, when the news was flashed over the wires, that Colorado E. (3) 2:04%, the world's champion three-year-old trotter, had died on Monday of last week at Over- land Park, Denver, Colo., as the result of pneumonia, it very naturally occasioned deep regret on all sides, and it also depleted the ranks of prospective candi- dates for the stallion crown, of one of the most prom- ising aspirants, says the American Sportsman. As a yearling. Colorado E. (3) 2:04% was a near sensation, trotting as he did a public quarter in 32% seconds which ultimately led to bis being purchased for the sum of $5,000 by George H. Estabrook, Den- ver, Colo., one of the most admired of trotting horse fanciers. As a two-year-old this future champion displayed ability of an uncommon nature and during the summer of 1909, was looked upon as one of the very best of the futurity brigade. Shortly after being shipped to Columbus, Ohio, to participate in his first engagement, he threw out a curb and as a conse- quence his preparation necessarily ceased for a time. At Lexington, however, despite his condition, he took part in two events, being second to Native Belle (3) 2:0G% in one and second to Sue D. (4) 2:08% in the other. As a three-year-old he was in magnificent order and early in the summer displayed sensational ability; in fact, worked the Detroit track in 2:11, the middle of June, and while same was not consid- ered an advisable method to pursue with a colt of like age, Macey's plans later turned out for the best, as at Grand Rapids the scene of his first start, he simply toyed with his field, winning in 2:12% and 2:13% without being extended. The next week at Kalamazoo he furnished the public the first oppor- tunity of gauging his real capacity when with Ramey Macey up he trotted in 2:06%, the last half of which was negotiated in 1:01% and the third quarter in 30 seconds. This performance was up to that time the fastest ever stepped by a trotter of like age and it was but natural that Colorado E. was widely heralded as the future champion. While at Cleveland, the colt was again given a stiff workout and reeled off two miles in 2:07% and 2:07%, and a couple of weeks later won The Matron Stake at New York in 2:07% and 2:07%. While in this event he established a new record for two heats by a three-year-old trotter, it was evident to every one that he could then and there deprive General Watts (3) 2:06% of his honor without much trouble. But the next week he turned the trick to a nicety when he annexed the Horse Breeders' Futurity in 2:06% and 2:07%, and could have placed the record at a still lower notch had Gus Macey so desired, as he went to the three- quarters in 1:33% and was eased upon on the last end to avoid distancing several in the field. The third quarter of this mile was trotted in 30 seconds — a two-minute gait. At Syracuse, N. Y., he simply breezed home the winner of the Horse World Stallion Stake and next week in the Stock Farm Purse at Columbus placed the record at a still lower notch when he won without an effort in 2:0S% and 2:05%. In the famous Kentucky Futurity at Lexington, however, he met his first and only defeat as a three- year-old, submitting to Captain Shaw's good filly, Grace 2:04%. The colt. howrever, made a brilliant try in each and every heat, finishing 1-2-2-2-2 and displayed speed and gameness of a most admirable nature, but it was not his day. In the second heat after a break in the first quarter, Macey no doubt thought that his colt had so much more speed than the balance that he could take up the handicap and then land the trip, but the next quarter trotted in 29% seconds and the middle half in 1:01% left him a little deficient at the end. In The Kentucky the following week he again showed himself the greatest of three-year-olds when he trotted the second and final heat in 2:04%, which has ever since remained the greatest mile ever negotiated by a three-year-old. Colorado E. (3) 2:04% was foaled in 1907, the property of W. L. Spears, and was sired by The Bondsman, now at San Jose, California, and out of Flossie McGregor by Jay McGregor 2:07%; grandam Black Bess (4) 2:22% (dam of two) by Wellington, son of Kentucky Prince and Meg Merriles by Ethan Allen. He was an exceptionally pure gaited trotter with great power and endurance, and a splendidly mannered individual. This past fall he was turned over to Fred Egan, the young man who had such signal success with Braden Direct 2:01%, and hopes were entertained by Mr. Estabrook and his wide cir- cle of friends, that this season he would secure the stallion crown which now rests with The Harvester 2:01. A horse which accomplished such great things as a three-year-old, is naturally counted upon to attain even greater honors in the stud and in this latter capacity this wonderful stallion would no doubt have succeeded in the due course of time, consequently his death coming at such an early period is indeed a loss to the industry beyond conception. o THE M. AND M. STAKE, DETROIT. Twenty-nine horses are entered in the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Stake, the principal event of the Blue Ribbon Grand Circuit harness race meeting, to to he held there July 27 to 31. The entry lists for the early closing events were made public on Saturday. The change in the class of the M. & M. from the 2:24 to the 2:14 resulted in a much larger entry than last year and will bring together stars of the half- mile tracks with the best of the green trotters. The Chamber of Commerce Stake, generally considered a pacing classic, also has a record-breaking entry. The list of horses entered in the two events fol- lows: Merchants and Manufacturers Stake, 2:14 trot, $10,000 — Audrey Grey, Barney Gibbs, Battle. Dichato, Farmer Gentry, Hazel Laing, Irving Heart, King Clansman, Lassie McGregor, Lena Rivers. Lindra Vrona, Louise Dillon, McCloskey, Mahomet Watts, Major By By, Margaret Druien, Mr. Forbes, Nancy Boyer, Palmer de Forest, Pass All, Peter Johnston, Peter Scott, Roy Miller, Rythmell, Senator S., Ster- ling Hall. Strafford, The Guide, Tommy De Forest. Chamber of Commerce Stake, 2:13 pace, $5,000 — Admiral II., Akar, Camelia, Coastess Mobel. Edith C, Eel Direct, Grand Opera, Irene Beau, J. O., Jim B., King Couchman, Louise F., Mary Direct, Mar- tin C, Minnie Hal., Miner Boy, Napoleon, Paronia, Prince Michael. Sidney Dillon Jr., T. C. S., The As- sessor, Thistle Patch, Tom King, Turner D., View- pointer. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. J. A. Bunting, Jr.. Centerville. — Can you give me the breeding of Queen Bess? She was handled, I think, by Jas. Berrvman at Pleasanton. Answer. — We can find no record of her. There are sixteen mares by the name of Queen Bess registered but they were all bred in the East. Xone that were bred here is registered. * * * H. Pelanev, Ventura Cal. — What records do the follow- ing hold: 1." Iris: 2. Majella: 3. Limonero; 4. Steam Bear? Ans. 1. Xone. 2. Xone. 3. Limonero, 2:15^5. 4. Steam Beer (p), 2:21. H. Angevine, San Jose. — How is Bert Logan 2:19% bred? Ans. — Sired by Colbert 095S7: dam Miss Logan 2:06% (dam of Harry Logan 2:12%) by Gen. Logan 17604: grandam by Firetail, thoroughbred. J. A. Madison, Marysville. Cal. — Please publish the full list of Prince Ansel's performers. Answer. — Prince Lot 2-079J Laura Rogers p. 2:1114, Wesos 2:121o, Lottie An- sel 121 2:14%, Arista Ansel (2) 2:1S%, Dorothy Ansel (2) 2:20, Frances C. (3) p. 2:24%, Bonnie Princess 2:2512. Princess Mamie 2:27V-, Angella 2:27'i. Ima Dudley 2:27^i. 12 in all. His daughters are the dams of Xusto 2:231J and John Malcolm (2) 2:11%, the fastest pacer in the world for his age. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN GETTING MATINEE HORSES READY. [Saturday, April 4, 1914. At the "High Jinks'* held by the members of the California Driving Club in Eagles' Hall last Thurs- day evening, enthusiasm over the prospects for hold- ing successful matinee racing this season ''ran riot." There were many present who are on the lookout for good racing material as the prospects for appear- ing at the Panama-Pacific meeting in 1915 behind first-class horses look exceedingly bright: and to win at that meeting is an honor these young men are seeking. Frank E. Wright of the Sacramento Driv- ing Club who, by the way, is candidate for Suveyor- General this year, and his eight years' experience in that office during his late father's successful term equips him for the work far better than any other candidate for tbe office, was present. Besides bis efficiency. "Mr. Wright is a gentleman worthy of the support of every citizen in California. He spoke of the growth of the Sacramento Driving Club, of which he is one of the charter members, and extended an invitation to the members of the California Driving Club to come to Sacramento and compete in the races given by that organization as often as they can. President Daniel E. Hoffman and several of the members voiced their sentiments and expressed their appreciation of the courtesy extended them, and added that it was also the hope of the local driving club that a series of races be given over tbe new track on the Panama-Pacific Exposition grounds which, it was believed, would be in readiness about the middle of July. Then all the driving clubs are to be invited to send horses there and make the opening day one long to be remembered. At the stables near the Stadium, there are more horses in training than were ever known since ama- teur racing was started in San Francisco. Frank Burton has the following in charge: a Prince Ansel filly out of a mare by James Madison 2:17%. She has a good way of going and will be a contender in tbe races this summer. Kinney Lou Jr., a big trotter by Kinney Lou 2:07%. Alice C. a good looking, strong-made trotting mare by Carlokin. She is a perfect gaited trotter and belongs to Harold Cohn of this city, who also owns the two following: T. D. W. 2:12% by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16% and Vera Hal 2:07"% bv Expressive Mac 2:25%. Giis Clotiere has his black gelding Jack here. This is a very promising free-legged little pacer. A bay mare by Aptos Wilkes out of Peaches by Cupid, own by Mr. Clough of this city, is being trained for the matinees. Hans Frelson has three of Mr. Ahler's horses here and. like Mr. Burton's, they are doing exceedingly well. They are: Matawan 2:17%, Sweet Princess (trial 2: OS) and a Stam B. filly out of Eva T. Mr. Gethins' good gelding Smiley Corbett is here and in the next stall is Capt. Matson's black trot- ting gelding Wireless. Mr. Gethins. proprietor of the Riding and Driving Club, has two in one of these stalls that are the center of attraction for visitors. A mare and a beau- tiful foal by Lord Denmark, whose picture adorned the front page of tbe "Breeder and Sportsman" last week. Al Schwartz has quite a number in his big stable, viz.: Rev Alto, a four-year-old trotter by Iran Alto 2:12%, out of Lorenzo Girl by Monterey 2:09%. Baby Gommet. a four-year-old bay pacing mare by Prince McKinney out of Arawana B. by Sidney Dil- lon. This one is a full sister to Sweet Princess (trial 2:08) and is believed to be much faster. Wm. Tell, a six-year-old pacing gelding bv Wel- come Wilkes (son of Welcome and Hera bv Mam- brino Wilkes) is going to suit Al. and will be a factor in the races this fall. J. J. Ryan. President of the San Francisco Driving Club, has three good ones here, viz.: Happv Dentist 2:05%. J. C. Simpson, trotter 2:12%, and Vela A. by Alta Vela. This trio is working splendidly for Mr. Ryan and will be ready when the bell rings. They have been well taken care of and are fit to score for the word at any time. T. D. Sexton's big bay gelding Silver Hunter 2:14% is taking his work regularly and seems to have out- grown the lameness which affected him last season. Zoreta, the little one-eyed bay mare bv San Fran- cisco 2:07%. which Mr. Ronan bred at' Pleasanton and which was bought by Mr. Schwartz at the lat- ter's dispersal sale, is one of the best "speed pros- pects" ever seen on the Stadium. While at Pleasan- ton this trotter used to hitch and hop badly behind but her owner has her balanced so she has forgotten all about that bad habit. Jack Kramer's Sir John K., a bay pacing gelding by Educator, is moving along nicely. There is a pacing mare here which belongs to Jas. Redmond of Watsonville. She was sired bv Welcome out of the dam of Welcome Boy 2:10. This mare will do to watch this year for she has a "world of speed " Lady Gommet by McKena out of Zorilla (dam of Prince McKinney 2:29%) is in the next stall. This young mare is a trotter and moves as easilv as her sire ever did. Homburg Bell 2:12% by Stillwell, is here. She has had a good "wintering" and is in a better condi- tion at this time of the year than at anv since she was first taken up. so 2:08 should not stop her this year. Ateka 2:19% by Athasham 2:09% is a 2:10 per- former and will get this record this season . Mrs. "Mortisa of Watsonville has sent her pacin" gelding Red Pointer here. She is by Star Pointer 1:59% out of the dam of Welcome Bov 2:10. Then there is Voyageur 2:22% by Bon Voyage 2:08 out of Lucie May 2:22 by Oakland Baron, and Ida M. 2:14, Hugh Boyle's good little reliable mare. This completes Mr. Schwartz's string. In this stable there are two splendid stallions, Dillcara by Sidney Dillon out of Guycara by Guy Wilkes 2:15%, a horse that is bred in tbe purple and if trained should have had a faster record than any other son of Sidney Dillon. In the adjoining stall is a horse called Flosunt. This horse has some very promising colts and fillies that if developed would undoubtedly get low records. o AT THE FOREST GROVE, OREGON, TRACK. Spring has come out at Forest Grove, Ore., and everything at Capt. C. P. McCan's beautiful training track is spick and span. The track was manured and plowed up last winter, is now as smooth as a billiard table and the footing is of the firm, elastic sort that delights a trainer's heart; certainly there is no safer or faster half-mile track in the country than this now is. Capt. McCan's six broodmares are in grand con- dition: they are as follows: Orlena 2:11% trotting, by Ormonde, dam Helena 2:11%, by Electioneer. Carmen McCan 2:09% pacing, by The Bondsman, dam Peek-a-boo, by Kaiser. Lucille Patchen 2:1G trotting, by The Patchen Boy (3) 2:10%, dam Fanny, by Beaumont. Ethel Toddington, by Toddington 2:20, dam Ec- static 2:10%. Silpan, by Silver Bow 2:1G, dam Kitty Fox, by Pancoast. A high class Kentucky saddle mare, in foal to tbe Captain's fine saddle stallion, Oxley's Black Rex. There are three grand looking yearlings by The Bondsman, out of Carman McCan, Orlena and Lucille Patchen. Fred Woodcock is training ten head. The star of the stable at this time seems to be the big, five- year-old pacing gelding J. C. B. 2:16%. by Eal B., dam by Prince Lovelace 2:20. Last year Merrill Bros, trained and raced him, showing that be was a mighty good four-year-old. He is owned b.. J. C. Buchanan, Cornelius, Ore. The next in promise is Paxton Hal, a green pacing stallion by Hal B. and a full brother to Hal Chief 2:24%. the horse that sold for $3000 last winter. This fellow is known to have more speed than Hal Chief, but went lame last year. He is now sound and if he stays up is a high-class pacer. King Zolock, a seven-year-old green pacing stallion by Zolock, out of a Kentucky saddle mare, is getting his first lessons. Ruth Hal, three-year-old pacer by Hal B., dam Dictatress 2:0S%. May Day, two-year-old pacing filly by Hal B., dam Altalena by Altamont: this is a full sister to Hal Bay 2:24%, trial 2:08. This one and the three named above are owned by Weiss Bros.. Portland. Zolace. a six-year-old pacing mare by Zolock. dam by Prince Lovelace 2:20, was a good two-year-old: raised a foal last year and looks like she would do to race. Prince Seattle 2:22%, trotting, an eleven-year-old stallion by Stam B. 2:11%, dam Bertie by Piedmont 904, is sounder than he has been in years and will be raced. Capt. Me. yearling trotter, brown colt, by The Bondsman, dam Bessie L. (dam of Nifty 2:07%, etc.). Oregon Bond, bay yearling trotting colt, by The Bondsman, dam Zolace, by Zolock 2:05%. The last named four are owned by Mr. Woodcock. — Pacific Horse Review. INDUSTRIAL FAIR AT WOODLAND. Woodland (Tolo Co.), March 27.— Although a defi- nite decision has been reached by John W. Considine to call off the Woodland race meeting this season, a movement is on foot for holding a county industrial fair, some time the latter part of September or early in October. The supervisors are said to favor the proposition. H. S. Maddox is behind tbe project, and has been promised the hearty co-operation of the fair directors. It is probable a general meeting will be called by the fair association in the near future to exchange ideas for making the fair a success. It is proposed to make it a three-day exhibition. Industrial exhib- its would be displayed in town, presumably in the armory, and on the adjoining property a stock parade would be held through Main street on one assigned day only, and a series of educational, musical, ath- letic and sporting events would be staged during the .days and evenings. Included in the sporting calen- dar would be automobile road races to be run over the county roads. The idea of having the fair later than usual is in accord with the wishes of the stockmen, who believe that their stock would be exhibited to better advan- tage when the weather is cooler. It is estimated that S5 per cent of the receipts taken in at the county fair last year were turned back into local channels, and that more than 90 per cent, would be returned if an industrial fair is held as is being outlined. PALO KING 2:28i'2. The blood of McKinney 2:11% is becoming more and more highly valued each year. When this horse stood for service in California some of the very choieest mares were sent to his court, but it is doubt- ful if a better bred one than the $10,000 mare Bv By owned by the Santa Rosa Stock Farm, was ' ever mated with him, and it was a happv one too for she produced Marengo King 2:29% (trial 2:16), sire of Marie N. 2:08% and Palo King 2:2S%, tbe subject of this article. Marengo King died early leaving very few descendants; his full sister Rosario when bred to The Harvester 2:01 produced Sis Harvester 2. 2:24% that was recently sold for $10,000, and re- ports of her phenomenal speed indicate this price was not near her value. By By was a wonderful mare, she produced besides these two: Rapidan Dil- i.0?^^2^ (t"aI 2:07%)' MaJ'or By By 2:19% (trial 2:0£.%) that was recently sold for $5,000- L W Russell, sire of G and 3 dams of 3 in 2-30-'bv Guy (dam of Sophia Dillon 2:11%); Martha Dillon 2-10% (trial 2:07%); Guy Dillon 2:21% (sire of Guv Borden 2:0,% and two others in 2:30), and F. S. 'whitnev 2:24%. By By was also the dam of that other good broodmare Adioo (trial 2:24). dam of Harrv Dillon 2:10, Humboldt Dillon 2:18 (sire of Vaida Dillon 2:14). and Adioo Dillon (2) 2:24, the dam of Dillon Axworthy 2:11%, champion two-year-old trotter in 1912, that now holds a record of 2:10% as a three- year-old. By By was a full sister to Lockheart 2:08% (sire of 60). the fastest son of Nutwood 2:1S%, and she was out of Rapidan that Marcus Daly paid $8,000 for, that was also the dam of three more in 2-30 Rapidan was by Dictator 113 (sire of Director 2:17, etc.), out of Madam Headlev (dam of Expert Prince 2:13%) by Edwin Forrest 49, etc. Palo King 2:28% was out of Palo Belle 2:24% by Palo Alto 2:0S% (son of Electioneer and Dame Win- nie) (dam of 5 in list) : second dam Belle Isle (dam of 1) by Piedmont 2:17%, son of Almont 33 and Mag Ferguson (dam of 2, 3 sires of 31, and 2 dams of 4) by Mambrino Chief 11; third dam Godfrey Star by American Star 14. With such a combination of rich bloodlines Palo King should be a sire of speed and gameness, for there are few better bred stallions to be found anywhere. He sired Little Lucille 2:09, the fastest three-year-old pacer of her age on the Pacific Coast and The Bulletin (2) 2:28% trotting. Palo King, un- fortunately, never received the patronage his splen- did individuality and rich breeding deserved, but it is claimed that by the remarkable speed the few colts be has sired have shown, his merits will soon be recognized. He is owned by H. S. Hogoboom, one of the best known horsemen on this Coast, and is standing at Woodland, where his owner will be pleased to show what his progeny is capable of doing. o ~ NEW YORK FUTURITY. New York. March 31.— The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research announced tonight that John D. Rockefeller had added $1,000,000 to the general endowment fund of the institution to be devoted to tbe study of animal diseases, and that James J. Hill had pledged $50,000 to be used specifically for the investigation of hog cholera. ; In renewing the New York State Futuritv, value $20,000, and suitable cups, for foals of 1914, the State Fair Commission has given to the breeders of this country one of the richest stakes now before the public. Its action is all tbe more commendable when one stops to consider the small entry, at $5.00 per mare, which this stake had last year in its inaugural event, when only 267 nominations were received. Now this ought to be conclusive proof to breeders and owners that they should enter in this stake, which gives $3,500 for two-year-olds to trot in 1916, $10,000 for three-year-olds to trot in 1917. $3,000 for three-year-olds to pace in 1917, and $3,500 for four- year-olds to trot in 1918. This, together with the amount that the nominator of the dam of the winners will receive, makes the stake worth $20,000. Also 25 per cent, additional will be given to the nom- inators of the dams of the winners in case the foals are nominated, bred and foaled in New York State. When one considers that it only requires about one- fifteenth of one per cent, to carry entry to within three months of year of race, and no heavy pay- ment until just before the race, it behooves every breeder to read the advertisement in this issue care- fully and patronize this stake. "in support of this," says Secretary John O. King, "recent years have taught us that people do not want to wait for aged trotters when a colt can earn has much as an aged trotter. Consequently, events of this nature should be encouraged in every way." o A. W. Morris of Woodland, president of the Cali- fornia Live Stock Breeders' Association, has appoint- ed tbe following men as members of the association's board of directors: S. B. Wright. Santa Rosa; Guy H. Miller, Modesto: E. W. Howard, San Francisco; T. H. Ramsey, Red Bluff: Fred H. Bixby, Long Beach; Romie C. Jacks, San Francisco: T. B. Gibson, Woodland: D. O. Lively, San Francisco: H. A. Jastro. Bakersfield; Peter J. Shields, Sacramento; J. H. Glide, Dixon, and Robert Foster. Hopland. :-*-:~>:-'-i-:-*-:-:-:-*-:<-'-^ FIXTURES. Tournaments Registered. April 14, 15, 16. — Oaklahoma City, Okla. The Interstate Association's Second Southwestern Handicap Tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Capital City Gun Club; SI, 000 added money. Winner of first place in the South- western Handicap guaranteed §100 and a trophy; win- ner of second place guaranteed §75 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Sev- eral other trophies will also be awarded- Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pittsbugh, Pa. May 4. 5, 8. — Modesto, CaL California-Xevada Trap Shooters' Association. T. D. Riley, Secretary. May 5 and 6 — Wenatehee, Wash. Washington State tournament, under the auspices of the Wenatchee Rod and Gun Ciub, Chas. E. Owens, President. May 11, 12. 13— San Diego, Cal. Pastime Gun Club. M. J. Towes, Chairman. May 19 and 19. — Salem, Oregon. Oregon State tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Capital City Rod and Gun Club. Mark Siddall, Secretary. May 2S, 29, 30.— Salt Lake City, Utah. Utah State tour- nament, under the auspices of the Salt Lake Gun Club. A. R. Bain, Secretary. May 30 — Lindsay, CaL Lindsay Gun Club. Harry Ogil- vie, Manager. June 2, 3 — Colorado Springs, Col. Rocky Mountain Inter- state Sportsmen's Association's State tournament (Col- orado, "Wyoming and Xew Mexico), under the auspices of the Colorado Springs Gun Club. John W. Garrett, Captain. June 3 and 4. — Milbank, S. D. South Dakota State tour- nament, under the auspices of the Milbank Gun Club. W. J. Martens, Secretary. June 2. 3. — Seattle, "Wash. Seattle Trap Shooters' Asso- ciation. Hugh Fleming. Secretary, 3027 34th Ave. June 3, 4, 5 — Ely, Nev. White Pine Rod and Gun Club. J. S. Bennett, Pres. June 16, 17, IS. — Bradford, Pa. The Interstate Associa- tion's ninth Eastern Handicap tournament, under the auspices of the Bradford Gun Club; §1,000 added money. Winner of first place in the Eastern Handicap guaran- teed $100 and a trophy; winner of second place guar- anteed $75 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pitts- burgh, Pa. June 21, 22 — San Jose, Cal. San Jose Blue Rock Club. June 23, 24 — Hotehkiss, Col. Hotchkiss Gun Club. C. U. Emry, Secretary. July 20, 21 and 22. — Portland, Ore. The Interstate Asso- ciation's ninth Pacific Coast Handicap tournament, un- der the auspices of the Portland Gun Club; $1,000 added money. Winner of first place in the Pacific Coast Han- dicap guaranteed $100 and a trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $75 and a trophy; winner of of third place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Man- ager, Pittsburgh, Pa. Sept. 8, 9. 10 and 11. — Dayton, Ohio. — The Interstate As- sociation's fifteenth Grand American Handicap tourna- ment, on the grounds of the X. C. R. Gun Club; $1,500 added money. Winner of first place in the Grand Amer- ican Handicap guaranteed $600 and trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $500 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $400 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be guaranteed. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa. Xov. 7. — Williams, Ariz. Williams Gun Club. R. M. Reese, Secretary. Nov. 9, 10 and 11. — Phoenix, Ariz. Arizona State tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club, W. B. Twitchell, President. Trap Shoots. California Wing Shooting Club. — Live birds. First Sun- day of each month. Grounds, Sobrante, Contra Costa county. Bay View Gun Club — First Sunday of each month. Grounds, south end of High street, Alameda, near San Leandro bridge. Golden Gate Gun Club. — Third Sunday of each month. Grounds, as announced in future. Exposition City Gun Club. — Fourth Sundav of each month. Grounds, Easton, San Mateo county. May 15, 16, 17 — Los Angeles Gun Club, Venice grounds. Bench Shows. April 14-16. — Golden Gate Kennel Club, 5th annual show. A. K. C. rules. May 28-30 — San Francisco Kennel Club, 17th annual show X. D. B. A. rules. A FUTURE ANGLING TERRITORY. In the Sierra regions of central California are hundreds of sequestered mountain lakes and isolated tributaries of Kings river and other large streams. Some of these waters are. and have been, good trouting resorts, other waters were and are barren of fish life. The territory itself is a region of pic- turesque scenic beauty and variety that has annuallv drawn increased numbers of tourists and outing par- ties. Its future value as a trout-fishing section will undoubtedly strongly appeal to the angling frater- nity. As an inkling of what may be expected refer- made to the following report of A. D. Ferguson, Fresno district Deputy Fish and Game Commissioner, which exploits interesting data of reci nt fish plantings and offers recommendations of interest to sportsmen: "In the month of August (16 to 291, Deputy W. G. Scott of Tuolumne county, assisted by William Guinn, with seven pack animals, undertook, and carried to a successful conclusion, the stocking of some impor- tant lakes in the mountains of Tuolumne county. Adult stock fish of the rainbow trout varietv were used in Deputy Scott's operations. Deputv Scott was compelled to take his supply of stock fish with hook and line. Fishing with 'flies,' the deputy and his nt took 230 rainbow trout ranging from eight to twelve inches in length, from the stream at Lord's Meadow near the Yosemite National Park line, and thereafter planted them in Deer Lake and in Big Lake above Piute Meadows. These lakes, which are about 15 miles from Strawberry station, are of large size and excellent spawning water is afforded by a stream which flows through both lakes. In accordance with a mutual understanding be- tween Major William T. Littlebrant, acting superin- tendent of Yosemite National Park, and this office, whereby, at Major Littlebrant's request, we agreed to do some trout planting in the back waters of Yosemite National Park, Deputy Scott next trans- ferred his operations to the vicinity of Wilmer Lake within the park boundary. Major Littlebrant showed the party many courtesies, which are hereby ac- knowledged. Taking adult rainbow trout for stock fish, as before. Deputy Scott stocked Dorothy Lake, at the head of Jack Main's canyon, and Mary Lake, some five miles above Tilden Lake, stocked last season, both within the park boundary. Dorothy Lake and the stream in Jack Main's canyon promises to be some of the best fishing waters within a large section of the Sierra X'evada mountains. Deputy Scott was greatly hampered in his operations by reason of many severe electric storms. The deputy was himself once shocked into unconsciousness by lightning which struck a tree near where he was working while taking up fish. He was alone at the time and has no idea of the length of time he was unconscious, but believes it was for a considerable period, since all of the fish in a can which he was carrying were dead when he recovered consciousness. Added to the fish planting work previously reported in former years, the Tuolumne county section of the mountains will soon afford splendid fishing opportu- nities for the constantly increasing number of people who seek that section as an 'outing' ground. There remains to be stocked, some back waters, both lakes and streams; which waters we have reserved to be planted with golden trout, in accordance with the established policy of this division. Our pack-horse distribution fish work having been confined, in 1912. to stocking the barren waters of the mountains of Madera and Tuolumne counties, and the work of distributing rainbow. Loch Levin and Eastern brook trout, being well advanced throughout the division, the major effect in fish planting work this year was devoted to transplanting golden trout to suitable waters in the mountains of Tulare and Fresno counties. Accordingly, on July 30, Deputies S. L. N. Ellis and E. W. Smalley left Big Meadows in the moun- tains of northern Tulare county, with a splendidly equipped pack train, to carry forward the pro- grammed transplanting operations in the watershed of the upper Kern River. En route, they stocked Moose Lake with Lock Levin and Eastern brook trout taken from Weaver and Jennie Ellis lakes; which lakes were stocked by this office with Loch Levin and Eastern brook fry in 1911. Both varieties have thrived in the two lakes mentioned, to such a de- gree that a supply of stock fish was readily secured by the use of 'flies.' The Loch Levin trout used for planting Moose Lake were about eight inches in length while the Eastern brook trout ran about thir- teen inches in length. Moose lake is locally famous as the largest sheet of water in the Kaweah water- shed. It lies an easy day's travel from Giant Forest, at an elevation of some 11.500 feet, and has hereto- fore, like most other lakes in these mountains, been barren of any fish life. Proceeding to the upper Kern watershed, the depu- ties took up adult stock fish from available sources and made 34 distinct plants of golden trout in barren waters, principally lakes. Since most of these lakes, and the smaller streams, are as yet unnamed, the waters planted can best be described in general terms, as that section of the Kern river watershed lying west of the Whitney Divide and drained by the north fork of Volcano creek, Whitney creek, Crabtree creek and the two branches of the east fork of Kern river. Reference is hereby made to the man attached, showing the topography of the region and the multitude of lakes and lakelets therein. Deputy Ellis reports that he investigated those waters in the Kern river region which were planted with golden trout by him in 1909 and 1910. and that with two exceptions, he invariably found that these plants have been completely successful. These trans- planted golden trout have lost none of their original color and markings and like other varieties of trout average larger in size than the original stock. The transplanted fish seem, in every instance, to have sought out the compartively quiet waters of open gentle riffles, and are not found in large num- bers in extremely rough water or in deep pools below falls and cataracts. In giving the golden trout this wide distribution, we are but barely anticipating the drain which will be put upon the supply of these incomparable fish by reason of the constantly growing influx of campers and tourists who will annually visit the upper Kern river region. Kern river and the whole Mt. Whit- ney region, for many years past the summer "out- ing" ground for large numbers of people from the San Joaquin valley, is fast becoming the goal of an army of pleasure seekers from south of Tehachapi. Many automobile parties from southern California reach the region via Kernville and thence by pack train to the various favorable objective points. Many people, too. find their way into the region via Lone Pine and Independence, which are easily accessible by railroad, from southern California. From Lone Pine or Independence, it is but a short trip with a pack train into the upper Kern river basin. On September 1 the deputies left Whitney Mead- ows with S21 golden trout (Salmo Roosevelti) with which to stock some selected waters in the Roaring river watershed tributary to the south fork of Kings river. These stock fish were from three to eight inches in length and were secured principally by turning a stream at Whitney Meadows, and taking them up in the manner described in previous reports. The expedition had been constantly hampered by terrific electric storms which prevailed throughout the Sierra Nevada mountains during all of last sum- mer. Heavy rains spelled muddy, swollen streams and constant difficulty in securing supplies of stock fish. On the return journey the expedition was com- pelled to travel by a circuitous route becaus of washed-out trails. As an example of the possibilities of pack horse fish distribution in the high mountains, I would state that to reach Roaring river from Whit- ney Meadows, involved descending into the Kern river canyon, crossing the Kern-Kaweah divide, thence to MineralKing and on through Timber-gap to the Kaweah canyon: thence over the Kaweah- Kings divide and on to Roaring river. A matter of some six days' steady travel. Of this lot of 821 golden trout some fish when planted had been in the cans for 14 days. The total loss from the time of the start from Whitney Meadows until the last fish was planted, amounted to five fish. On September 4. Deputy F. A. Bullard relieved Deputy Smalley and thereafter assisted in the dis- tribution of the Roaring river consignment. Thirty- one plants of golden trout were made in barren streams and lakes tributary to Roaring river. A survey of the region enables me to confidently pre- dict that these waters will prove thoroughly adapt- able to the golden trout, and that they will become well established throughout the section. While on the subject of golden trout, I have to report that in July of this year I personally investi- gated a small plant made by Deputy Bullard in 1911, in the waters of a small creek at Traweeks. some six miles east of Dunlap in Fresno county. This stream lies at an elevation of about 3.500 feet. Its waters because of the comparatively low elevation, become quite warm during the summer months, reaching a temperature of about 75 degrees. On ac- count of the small volume of water and high tem- peratures. I had never planted trout of any variety therein, believing the stream to be incapable of supporting trout life. Certainly, the conditions pre- sent a severe test of the adaptability of golden trout to waters in regions other than their native habitat. I found golden trout of various sizes in considerable numbers in this creek. A specimen some twelve inches in length I judged to be one of the original plant. I found that, while the fish were not so bril- liantly colored as the fish of Volcano creek, they were nevertheless very pronouncedly golden trout. I attribute their somewhat duller coloring to the fact that they are now found in shady pools and in water frequently discolored by decaying leaves and from vegetation. Incidentally, I would state that Deputy Ellis reports a peculiar phenomenon in connection with these particular fish. In taking them up for transplanting a few were accidentally killed. Im- mediately after their death, and for several minutes, these specimens glowed with all the brilliancy and peculiarities of color of the original Volcano creek golden trout. As a further experiment. Deputies Ellies and Bullard, at my direction, took up a number of the golden trout from Traweek creek and carried them back to a branch of Sugarloaf creek in the Roar''n? river watershed and absolutely beyond any possibility of any other fish ever becoming mixed with them. The waters selected, while far remote from the Whitney region, are like, by reason of alti- tude and temperatures, other waters wherein we have successfully established transplanted golden trout. Should these twice transplanted fish regain their original brilliant coloring, it would go far toward confirming the belief of those who hold that golden trout are a distinct species. After completing their golden trout work the depu- ties took up six cans of two-year-old Eastern brook trout from Jennie Ellis lake at the head of Boulder creek, and carried them, a three days' journey, to a large barren lake in Granite basin, on the divide between middle and south forks of Kings river. The time consumed in the various activities of this expedition was 60 days, exclusive of the time required to go and come from the mountains. In addition to the pack horse distribution work, several hundred cans of trout fry from the Sisson hatchery were distributed to public waters through- out this division. Since such plants are a part of the hatchery department records, they will not be speci- fied in this report. Two enterprises, however, are worthy of particular note. In the month of Septem- ber. 40.000 Loch Levin were planted in Lake Hunt- ington. This body of water, some five miles long by one-half mile wide, is a new reservoir at the head of the Pacific Light and Power company's pipe lines in eastern Fresno county. Accessible by the San Joaquin and Eastern railroad, this lake must, in the future, he heavily drawn upon by many people in search of fishing. At Shaver lake, also in Fresno county, a departure was made this season from the usual policy of stock- ing mountain waters with no fish hut trout, when we planted therein some 300 adult black bass. The stock fish were secured in the course of our bass rescue operations in Kings county, and were of vari- Saturday, April 4, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 ous sizes, from one-half pound to four pounds in weight. Shaver late, while fairly well adapted to trout life, will no doubt prove to be most excellent bass waters; and since Big Creek lake and the near- by streams will be kept strictly trout water, Shaver lake will eventually offer a pleasing variety in the sport to be enjoyed in that section of the mountains. The popularity of lake fishing for bass is attested by the numbers of people who annuall yvisit the Crane valley reservoir on the north side of the San Joaquin river. The work of reaching and stocking, with desir- able varieties of trout, the more accessible waters throughout this division, is now well advanced. In fact, it has been the policy of this office to anticipate the demand by annually stocking some waters which are beyond the usual lines of tourist travel. In practice, it has worked out that by the time the fish in such waters have become numerous, they are sought out by people who go farther back into the mountains in search of better fishing than can be had in the over-fished waters of the easily accessible streams and lakes. As stated in former reports, we have consistently reserved certain waters in the highest mountains to be eventually stocked with golden trout. If, in addition to having many other varieties of trout throughout the mountains, each variety in its own particular stream or lake, we can establish golden trout in the summit waters of the whole region, a condition will have been brought about which is alike unique and pleasing. A situa- tion, too, which probably can never be reproduced in any other part of America, since in the Sierra Ne- vada mountains of this division alone, can be found so many waters suitable for the existence of trout, which were naturally barren of any fish life. Even in Yosemite National Park the scheme is feasible, since there are many lakes and streams in the higher altitudes which are as yet barren of fish life. The situation in Yosemite National Park being thus identical with the general situation in regard to fish life throughout the mountains of this division, and Major William T. Littlebrant, acting superintendent of the park, having asked this office to include, on a co-operative basis, the park waters in the fish distri- bution work. I would recommend that in the summer season of 1914, this office be permitted to undertake the work of transplanting golden trout on a scale sufficiently large to cover Yosemite National Park as well as the other mountainous sections of the division. While a glance at the map will show that it will require many years to ultimately reach all of the lake waters of the upper Sierra region with stock fish, it is nevertheless entirely feasible to reach some part of every important section of these now barren waters, in a single season. From the fish planter's point of view, these summit waters of the mountains are more readily accessible from the west- ern than from the eastern slope of the mountains, for the reason that although a great elevation must be overcome, the carry is comparatively short from the railroad in the Owens river valley. It is com- paratively easy, too, to take adult stock fish from the Whitney region down to the railroad. First arranging to have pack trains so distributed throughout the division that they can reach different sections of the mountains through established trail passes, a supply of golden trout could be taken up in the Whitney region and thence by pack train car- ried down to Carroll creek, some nine miles from Lone Pine, and easily accessible by wagon convey- ance. By the same system employed by us in the golden trout expedition of 1911, the fish could be held at Carroll creek until a carload will have been ac- cumulated. Taken thence by wagon conveyance to the terminus of the narrow arauge railway at Owenyo, the fish cou'd be distributed at different points along the railroad to the various pack trains; each to meet the car against a previously arranged date. The same crew which took up the fish would suffice as a ship- ping crew to accompany the fish on the car. Upon receiving their allotments each pack train would then proceed to cross the summit of the mountains to the territory assigned for its operations, and sim- ultaneously, different sections of the whole region would be reached. As wide distribution of each con- signment as possible would be made; and thus bases for afuture supply would be established to the end that eventually the whole upper watershed could be reached and stocked by reason of annual pack train operations. Taken in time, the details of the plan could be readily worked out as to the selection of suable pack trains, reliable assistants, field of op- erations for each pack train and accurate dates and places for the meeting of each pack train with the fish distribution car. Whether from the point of expense, the hazard of possible loss among the fish, or of practical routes by which the region can be apnrofched. the plan herein suggested offers many advantages over undertaking similar work from the western slope of the mountains. Without going into detail, I would state that the topography of the region is resnonsible for the apparently roundabout way being the shortest practical route in the region. Illustrative of the foregoing paragraphs, a map of the Mt. Goddard quadrangle, which covers a part of the mountains of eastern Fresno county, is hereto attached. This map shows, typically, the naturally barren waters which are now stocked with various varieties of trout, the barren waters puculiarlv adapt- ed to golden trout, and a trail route for reaching the section to he stocked from the eastern slope of the mountains." PAPER MILL ANGLING SONG. Gaily we toil through the evening climb. Our voices keep tune and our steps keep time. Soon as the willows on banks look dim, At Point hostel we'll sing; our angling hymn. Roe! brothers, Roe! the stream is high. The trout were near, but scorned the fly. Why should we not the angleworm hurl? There's not a single pool but hides finny churl. Anon, when breezes ripple off shore. Then deftly, we'll whip for trout galore. Blow! fishers, Blow! tho' the stream is high, Queer is the mood of he who cannot lie. Paper Mill's tide, this first quartering moon, Shall see the steelhead engorge the spoon. Saint of ye gentle art, hear our prayers, Oh, grant us clear streams and favoring airs. Hike! anglers. Hike! tho' "steam" flows fast, The train is near and daylight's past. OPENING OF THE STEELHEAD TROUT SEASON. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Last Wednesday, April 1, inaugurated the begin- ning of the open season, in this State, for catching steelhead trout with rod and line. Incidentally, it might be mentioned here that an angling license, $1.00 per year for resident citizens of California (over IS years of age), $3.00 per year for non-resi- dents of this State and aliens, over 18 years of age, is necessary to enjoy angling in California trout streams — all persons under 18 years old are exempt from license qualifications. The daily limit basket for one person is 50 steelhead trout or 30 pounds of steelhead trout. Up to Sunday last, the opening days promised to offer the best fishing conditions for many years past. At this writing the rainfall, while general, was not deemed to have materially interfered with the pros- pects of excellent sport, with this difference, that bait and bottom fishing would be productive of more fish than the fly lure. From every fishing resort word came that there was plenty of water, clear as crystal, and trout, large and small, were most plenti- ful. Clear skies and sunshine up to that time had been potent factors in giving the angling fraternity a grand chance to return from the streams with limit baskets. Fly-fishing conditions ensued on many streams for a fortnight and more past, but at that, considering the bank-full condition of the creeks and the pleni- tude of bottom food, bait fishing it was thought would produce the best results. Nowadays it would he fracturing angling ethics to mention vulgar bait, when the word "fly" comes just as easy. Let it go at that. All anglers "cast the fly," but keep in mind that some of them carry salmon roe, shrimp and "wurrums" in the creel for use when all other methods fail. It is a good idea, and legitimately practical, to have an assortment of small spinning spoons along — No. "O. O." seems to be the favorite in our coast streams. Some anglers bank on the effectiveness of a brass, all copper or all silver spoon, as choice hap- pens to be. On a bright, sunshiny day the copper spoon is the chosen lure of some experienced anglers, leaving the shining silver spoon unused, except in a shaded stretch of the stream or when the sky is overcast. The favorite fly patterns for the coast streams can be mentioned in a small selection as follows: Brown hackle, gray hackle, black gnat, olive dun, cow dun, improved governor, English royal coachman, Cali- fornia royal coachman and red ant — mounted on No. 12, No. 14, or No. 16 sproat hooks as the angler fan- cies in size. Many anglers use the above patterns of flies tied on eyed hooks. Eyed trout flies have the advantage of being quickly changed. Next to having a trout fishing outfit, it is essential to know where to go for a day's angling sport, and here follows a few hints in trouting waters easily reached from this city. Easily reached, may be, in these automobile days, construed as far reached, for with the generally good conditions of the roads sportsmen can easily negotiate distances and fish in streams now in a forty- eight-hour trip that here- tofore required the best part of a week's time. The Marin county streams have for many years past had a deserved reputation as good fishing waters. Nicasio creek can be reached via Nicasio station, walk over the hills to the north and fish down to Paper Mill creek. To whip San Geronimo creek, as the upper reaches of the Nicasio is called, get off the train at San Geronimo station. The Lagu- nitas is a fine trout stream, its upper waters flow through preserved ground, however. The ever reliable Paper Mill creek is accessible from several stations along the railroad from Camp Taylor down. Safe to state there will be a small army on its banks within the week. Most visitors to this creek drop off at different stations and fish down stream. The most popular part of the creek is in the vicin- ity of Point Reyes station. The tidewater stretches from the "white house" pool and up to the railroad bridge offer fine sport, both early and late in the season. Reports last week were that a large school of big steelhead were seen lying just below the county bridge. Further down stream lots of trout have been seen jumping. These fish are about ready for a trip out to sea again. Olema creek is a fine early stream. Some anglers go to Tocaloma station , ride by stage over to Olema and then fish down stream. Good fishing water, sev- eral miles of it, will be found before reaching the Country Club preserve. Beyond there, near the head- waters, there is also nice fishing water. Beyond Point Reyes, at Camp Pistolesi, Mud creek offers excellent opportunity for full baskets of trout. In the vicinity of Duncans Mills several fine trout fishing creeks can be negotiated. Austin, Kidd, Old Bridge, Freezeout, Willow, Sheephouse, Howards and Russian gulch can be mentioned. The latter creek is eight miles north of Duncan's and empties in the ocean. This is quite a large stream and will stand a lot of fishing. Another good stream, four miles from Duncan's, is Jennie creek, which turns into Russian river near its mouth. All of these creeks are accessible by county roads. From Cazadero good fishing waters can easily be reached, the tapper Austin and East Austin, one of the best creeks in that section. The Little Guallala, a good early stream of fair size, is but a six-mile trip away. One of the biggest runs of steelheads noticed in many years is reported from the Guallala recently. There is enough water in the river at present to make it probable that the fishing in the river and its tributaries should be good. The headwaters of Russian river can he reached from Ukiah by driving or machine, a distance of twelve to fifteen miles. The trip is worth it, for good fishing can he reached. San Mateo county is on the list of excellent trout fishing water this year. This section is reached by railroad from this city as far as Tunitas Glen, from which point there is an auto-stage service to Swan- ton, the northern terminus of the Santa Cruz branch. The stage enables the angler to reach San Gregorio, Pescadero, Butano, Gazos, White House and Waddell creeks. All of which streams, it is reported, are run- ning high and full of trout. The coast streams of San Mateo are worthy of brief mention. Purissima creek offers about ten miles of good fishing, but has no confluents of much importance, usually drying up quickly. The stream is rather brushy, but offers good fishing in many places. Take the train to Purissima. The San Gregorio is an excellent stream, with a half-dozen tributaries. There is also a fine lagoon at its mouth — all of which offer good sport the season round. These waters can also be reached via Red- wood City, over the hills to the coast on good roads, and also from Halfmoon Bay or Purissima. Farther south are the Lobitas, about twenty miles long; Tunitas Glen, twenty miles; Clear creek, Pom- pano creek, Pescadero creek, into which enters the Big and Little Buteno; Alpine and several other smaller branches, all fine early streams, giving about fifty miles of fishing. There is a tidewater lagoon at the mouth of Pescadero creek. Gazos creek and tidewater lagoon are between Pigeon point and Pescadero. The lagoon is a fine steelhead water; two or three small streams enter the main creek. Pilarcitos creek runs from Lake Pilarcitos through Spanishtown. All of these streams have been well stocked for several seasons past, are full now of clear water and well populated with trout. Farther south, emptying into the ocean, are Scott and Waddell creeks. The former creek is open to anglers only at its headwaters. The State Fish and Game Commission maintains an egg-taking station on the creek near its mouth, and have closed that part of the stream to the rodsters. Santa Cruz county offers the angling fraternity a choice of about thirty-two streams. The San Lorenzo is voted the banner fishing water of the county. The angler can start from Santa Cruz and fish all the way up stream, and at intervals find good branches in which to catch nice messes of trout. From Rincon up to the Big Trees, or from the powder mill, two and a half miles down to the city, has time and again furnished well filled creels. Branciforte or Hospital creek, runs into the San Lorenzo near Santa Cruz. Boulder creek has been a favorite creek for many years; it is a good fishing water, up or down, from Boulder station. The Bear and Zayante run into tthe San Lorenzo and can be reached from Felton. Cor- ralitos creek, via Watsonville, is also an excellent early water. Aptos creek has the reputation of being one of the best flv-fishing streams in the county. The angler should get off at Aptos the day before, so claims a veteran angler of that creek, proceed up stream three miles and camp out all night. Go up to the old lumber mill, following the railroad track in the morning, commence operations a mile above and fish up stream. To fish Soquel creek, go in from Capi- tola, the east and west branches of the creek offer seven miles of fishing all the way up. In Monterey county, the Big and Little Sur, as well as the Carmel, are reported to be plentifully stocked with trout. GOOD NEWS FOR ANGLERS. On April 1, 1914, the opening day of the trout sea- son, anglers were able to reach the San Gregorio, Pescadero, Butano, Gazos and Waddell creeks in an up-to-date manner as the Ocean Shore railroad, on that date, inaugurated through service, daily, to those streams by making connection at Tunitas Glen, the end of their line, with 15 passenger automobile- stages. Through tickets will be on sale at the rail- road's Twelfth and Mission street depot for San Gregorio, Pescadero, Gazos Creek, White House Creek, Waddell Creek, Swanton and Santa Cruz. The stage will connect with the 10 a. m. train from San Francisco. The train arrives at Tunitas Glen at 12:30 p m., Swanton 5:05 p.m. Leaving Santa Cruz at 8 a. m. daily Swanton is reached at 9 a. m., Tunitas Glen, 2 p. m. and arrives in San Francisco at 4:15 p. m. This arrangement is a boon to anglers who like to fish the creeks above mentioned. 12 THE BREEDER AN D SPORTSMAN [Saturday, April 4, 1914. STRIPED BASS NOTES. Salt water fishermen are beginning to believe tbat striped bass are as notional as trout. Plentiful these fish may be one day in a particular fishing place and next day gone. As to bait, some days they fancy one kind- and other times a change is acceptable, nor will the same baits be effective in different places on the same dates, it is claimed. Over a score of the San Antone expert clam tos- sers tried their luck recently in Petaluma creek, near the "wineries," "red barn" and fishing holes, where some fine catches have been made, general results being very unsatisfactory. The best and only catch of the day was made by Gus Christianson, who early in the morning dropped his line at the mouth of San Antone slough, where the stream joins Petaluma creek. Shifting from that point a short distance up the stream, where Dead Man's slough joins the San Antone, Christianson soon landed seven fine fish, the heaviest weighing twenty-two pounds. Not another fisherman in that whole fishing district got a nibble all day long, it is told, which all goes to show that striped bass fishing is a bit of a lottery at times. The big killings have been made in Corte Madera creek above Greenbrae for almost three weeks past. Bait fishing with bullheads and trolling efforts seemed to be equally well rewarded. The creek has been full of striped bass for several weeks past, fish that run from one-half pound up to fifteen and twenty pounds in weight. Among the lucky fishermen were W. J. Street. Leo Weinand. George Walthers, Boh Murdock. Ed Winters. Mo T~ri, Ed Ladd, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Urfer and others. W. Whitehead fished at Rocky Point one Sunday and hooked eight fine bass. San Pablo has also been yielding good bass returns during the fair weather spell. Louis Gotthelf's bas- ket Sunday was four bass, from six to twelve pounds in size, taken with live "split tail" baits. Mel Vogel did not have such good luck. He was anchored out from shore and fished all day, with indifferent suc- cess. Joe Dutro, the boatman, suggested to him late in the afternoon, when the tide was running out, that he had better be towed in by his launch, as there was a chance of being left high and dry out on the mud flats for the night. Vogel did not care to stop fishing, nor did he want to change anchorage to the channel, from which location he could readily row in to shore when he was ready. Dutro left him and went ashore, expecting that Vogel would get to the boathouse in good time. He did not: night came on, the hours passed, but the absent fisherman did not show up. At midnight Dutro set forth in his launch for the absentee. He could not find any trace of Vogel anywhere, much to his worriment. The hours crept along until about 5 o'clock, when there was a telephone call from Sears Point. It was Vogel. "Come over with the launch and tow me back." The lone fisherman got turned around in the dark when he pulled up the anchor and lustily rowed his skiff straight across San Pablo bay. Way out in midsea, one of the river steamers came along. Vogel gave the craft a hail and requested to be picked up. The mate answered that the lost fisherman would he picked up. but he must abandon his boat and let it go adrift. This offer was refused and the voyage continued until the surprised bass fisherman landed at Sears Point early in the morning. At Oleum, on the east San Pablo shore, may striped bass have been taken by employes of the oil company, who seem to have exclusive privileges on the corporation's wharf. Here the fishermen get best results with a hit of red flannel tied to the hook. Last Saturday at most bass fishing places the water was clear and in splendid fishing conditions. H. Lemmerman fished at Point San Quentin and captured five fish, ranging from seven to ten pounds in weight. Indications point to a big delegation of striped bass fishermen out at various fishing points tomorrow, weather permitting. AT THE TRAPS. Southwestern Handicap — The program for the In- terstate Association's second Southwestern Handicap at blue rocks is to he held at Oklahoma City, Okla.. April 14. 15 and 16. announces that the tournament will be held under the auspices of the Capital Citv Gun Club, with $1,000 or more added monev. The tournament is to he run on the Squier monev-baek system, which, with the low entrance fees and losses paid back each day, provides competition for the beginner and the mediocre shot, who can compete in the regular program events and have a chance to win something if- he is in good form. If he fails to shoot up to expectations, his sport will cost him the price of tarsets only. Monday, April 13, will be prac- tice day, when there will be five 20-target events, $1 entrance to each event, purses divided on the Rose svstem into four moneys, ratio 5, 3. 2. 1. On the first dav of the tournament proper there will be ten 15-target events. $1 entrance to each event, optional sweepstakes extra, and a special event at 25 pairs of targets. $2 entrance. On the second dav the pro- gram will consist of five 20-target events.' $1.4:^:^&:<~:<~:<-:<-:<-<<~<~-:&:&~&&^:<~:-. JOE PATCHEN 2:031-4 I Reg. Xo. 47491. Cal. State License Pure Bred 2017. THE GREATEST MONEY-WINNER IN 1912, OR OF ANY OTHER YEAR. Ev Joe Patchen 2:01*4 (sire of Dan Patch 1:55)4 and 13 in 2:10). Dam, Bessie Bonehill 2:05ri (dam of two whose time averaged 2:05)i) bv Empire "Wilkes 2:29)4. son of George Wilkes 2:22. Second dam, Arab Girl (dam of 5, 1 sire of 4, 2 dams of 3) bv Crittenden 433 (sire of 13 and dams of 6 in 2:10), son of C. M. Clay Jr. 22. Joe Patchen II. 2:03)4, in individuality alone would be entitled to distinction. The rare combination of blood lines in his pedigree makes him a most desirable stallion to breed to choice mares and he is worthy representative of early and extreme speed. As a race horse his glory will ever shine; he won more money in his 1912 campaign than was ever won by a pacer, $27,100, winning every race except one and in tbat he was second. "Joe" is a ebautifu ldakr bay, with four white legs and a blaze, 16 hands and will weigh 1200 pounds. In conformation he is a model of excellence, his clear cut, beautiful head, large, prominent eye, wide jowTls, magnificent shoulders, short legs, heavy quarters, great depth through the heart, round barrel and perfect legs and feet. There never was a more popular h*>rse to fact a starter and his action is as near perfection and the poetry of motion as it is pos- sible to conceive. He has never been bred io many mares as he has been raced every year, but the few that he has at Pleasanton show that he transmits all his qualities of form, disposition, gameness, speed and soundness to a remarkable degree. He is a sure foal getter. .. Terms: $100 for the season, with usual return privilege. Limited to thirtsr mares. VERNON McKINNEY 2:011-2 1 Reg. No. 53803. Cal. State License Pure Bred 201S. Bright bay, stands 16 hands and will weigh 1200 pounds. Bv Guv McKinney 37625 (sire of 4), son of the great McKINNEY 2:11^4 (sold for $50,000 at 17 years — the lead- ing living sire, including 25 in 2:10). Dam, Maud Vernon, by Mount Vernon 2:15)4 (sire of 2 and dams Vernon McKinney 2:01% and Leata J. 2:03). Second dam Mag, by General McClellan 144 (sire of 3 and dams of 12, including Vernon McKinney 2:01% and Leata J. 203). Leata J. was raced on the Grand Circuit in 1913, winning $17,500, the largest money-winning pac- ing mare in 1913. She was also by a son of the great McKinney. Vernon McKinney 2:01% is a magnificent stallion, stands over 16 hands, a bright bay in color, and individ- ually as fine a type as ever was foaled. He has all the qualifications to make a sire and the few colts by him show that he transmits his perfect conformation, color, good disposition and extreme speed to his progeny. He was the fastest pacer out in 1911 and in 1912 he paced to his present record — 2:01% — when quite lame from an injury. He is bred in the very best of speed producing lines. The superabundance o fthe blood of Geo. Wilkes 2:22, through Alcvone 2:23, sire of McKinney 2:11)4, his celebrated sire, Guy WTilkes 2:15)4, and Onward 2:25)4, and back of that cross to Mambrino Patchen and Nut- wood 2:18?4 ,the great sire of famous speed producing broodmares, backed up by the stoutest of old line thor- oughbred blood, makes him a remarkable stallion from which any owner of a well bred mare has a right by breeding to him to expect the fastest pacer in the world! No horse living ever paced with greater ease or has a greater natural flight of speed, and the few foals he has are perfect likenesses of him in every way. Terms: $50 for the season, with usual return privilege. ZOMBLACK 2:26 Reg. Xo. 54955. Cal. State License Pure Bred 2016. (Trial (3) 2:08%. By Zombro 2:11 (sire 15 in 2:10 and the dam of Hemet (3) 2:08)4). Dam, Madeline Marshall, (dam of 2) by Demonio 2:11)4 (sire of 15, including 5 in 2:10). Second dam, Mamie Comet 2:23^ (dam of 3) by Nut- wood 2:18?4 (sire of 200 and dams of 390). Zomblack 2:26 (three-year-old trial 2:08%) is a pure- gaited trotter, and were it not that he was taken sick would have earned a record faster than any Zombro ever foaled. In color he is a coal black, no white, stands about 16 hands, and his conformation is such that the leading horsemen on the Grand Circuit unanimously agreed he was the handsomest horse either in action or repose that ever came from California, and it was a question if his equal is to be found in America. He is a sound, muscular made, perfectly proportioned stallion, having a beautiful head, neck, ears and legs, sloping shoulders, short back, is round ribbed, close coupled and a beautiful type of a perfect horse. His disposition is of the sweetest, while his breeding is of the best. That he will be a sire of speed and gameness no one who has given the subject of breeding and selection any consideration will deny. Terms: .$50 for the season, with usual return privilege. These stallions will make the season of 1914 at the PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK The best of care taken of mares in any manner owners may desire, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address CHAS. L. DeRYDER, Superintendent. The Bondsman 37641 Trial 4-2:11 Sire Colorado E. (3), race record 2:04*4 World's Champion 3-year-old stallion. Col. Franklin (1913) 2:06)4 The Plunger (4) 2:07% A winner in both America and Europe. Creighton 2:08)4 Grace Bond (2) 2:15 2:09% Winner of 2 and 3-year-old futurity. of Carmen McCan 2:09)4 Lizzie Brown (1913) 2:10 Arion Bond (a sire) 2:11 The Clansman (a sire) 2:13% Mary Brown (1913) 2:15)4 Bon Ton (1913) 2:15V» Cecil Bond (p) (1913 2:15% And 16 others in 2:23 and better. And others in two-thirty and better. State License Pure Bred Xo. 272 By Baron Wilkes 4758, dam Sorrento (dam of 6) by Grand Sentinel S65 (sire dams of Peter the Great 2:07)4, J- Malcolm Forbes 2:08, etc.); next dam Empress, great broodmare, by Abdallah Mambrino 3715. THE BONDSMAN will make the season of 1914 at THE SAN JOSE DRIVING PARK, San Jose, Cal. He will be limited to sixty mares only. TERMS: $100 at time of service with return privilege in 1915, or money refunded at our option. Good accommodations and best of care to mares sent. Address all correspondence to CAPT. C. P. McCAN, Whitehouse Ap'ts, Orchard St., San Jose, Cal. ^:^-;^-:-^-:-^:^:-^:-^:-^-:^:^*-:^-:^h^:^-:^-;-^:-^;-^:-^:-^^ COPA DE ORO 1:59 ft Winning Performance 1 $ DURFEE'S STALLIONS *^:-^:^:^-^:-i-:^:-£-:-^:-^:-^^:-^:^:^:^:^:-s-:-^:^;-i. CHAMPION PACING STALLION OF THE WEST Reg. No. 527S5. Licensed Pure Bred, Cert Xo. 1!<6. Sire of Chango (2) 2:13!;,; Gold Lily (2) 2:24^2; Con- :ention B. (2) 2:24! i; De Oro (2) 2:27/2- Fastest stallion on the Pacific Coast, and one of the landsomest horses in the world. Golden hay, stands 5.312 hands high and weighs 1200 lbs. By Xutwood Wilkes 2:16%; dam Atherine 2:16%, by Patron 2:1414; second dam Athene, by Harold 413; hird dam Jlinerva, by Pilot Jr. 12; fourth dam, Bae- .-hante Mambrino, by Mambrino Chief 11. Copa de Oro is destined to be one of the greatest of all pacing sires. His colts show remarkable speed, stamina and manners. I trained two 2-year-old pacers by him this summer and either could step a half close to a minute. FEE: $75 for the Season, Usual return privilege 1 am especially well equipped for caring for mares at reasonable rates in any way responsibility is assumed for accidents or escapes Further particulars may be had by applying to v-:^-:^-:-i-:-^:^-:-^:-^:^-:^-:-^-:-!-:^:-^:-r^:-^:-^-:^-i-:^-:-i-> CARLOKIN 2:071-2 .t. Exhibition Mile 2:05 1-4 1 Reg. Xo. 3654S. Licensed Pure Bred, Cert. Xo. 195. Champion Trotter and Champion Sire of Trotters in the West. Mahogany bay, stands 15.1% and weighs 1060. Sire of Esperanza (2) 2:1V/f, John Warwick (2) 2:17; Carsto (2) 2:22' 2; Santiago (3) 2:24'/4: Carlrich (2) 2:24!/2; Ethel D. (2) 2:26' 2; El Carbine (2) 2:27;/2; The Lark (2) 2:28' j; Carlos (2) 2:2914, and Fulton G. (2) 2:30, May Marion (3) 2:24/4. Esperanza Won State Fair Futurity 1913, Two- Year-Old Trotting Division. John Warwick Won Breeders' Futurity 1913, Two- Year-Old Trotting Division . Chango Won State Fair Futurity 1913, Two-Year- Old Pacing Division. Sired by McKinney 2:11%; dam Carlotta Wilkes (dam of Inferlotta 2:04%. Man- Dillon 2:06%, Guy Borden 2:07%, Carlokin 2:07%, and 6 others in the list) by Charley Wilkes 3653; next dam Aspasia (dam of 4 in 2:30 list) by Alcantara 2:23: next dam Miss Buchanan (dam of 1 in 2:30 list) by Clark Chief SS. Carlokin raced from the time he was three years old. He won over $17,000 in one season, and after his races were over trotted an exhibition mile at Lexington in 2:05%. He is one of the purest-gaited trotters ever raced, and has been shown on numerous occasions in standard classes, always taking first premium. FEE: $75 for the season, Usual return privilege that owners may desire. Even- attention will be given mares in my charge, but no W. G. D U R F E E, 2019 So. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, Cal. xvvxvvv*vsescwcwe»KSjeseMss» A UNITION At the !ndcor Rifle Tournament for the Championship of the Pacific Coast CONTINUOUS MATCH Won by L. S. Hawxhurst 219x225 7 of the JO high men used Peters Cartridges. 100 SHOT MATCH Won by L. S. Hawxhurst ' 2451x2500 Second R. S. Wixon 2430x2500 14 of the 20 high men used Peters Cartridges. BULL'S EYE MATCH Won by Geo. Armstrong scoring a dead center The 7 high men used Peters Cartridges. MOST CENTRES 1 st ; -Henry Kroeckel 2nd;-E. Schierbaum Both used Peters Cartridges. The ammunition used in making the above scores was not special in any sense, but regular Peters factory loaded cartridges, loaded with Semi- smokeless powder. This is just another demonstration of the unexcelled accuracy and reliability of the P brand. / THE PETERS CARTRIDGE CO., Pacific Coast Branch: 583-85 Howard St., San Francisco, Cal. Saturday, April 4, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Breed To The Very Choicest Stallions ROBERT BINGEN 2:141 (Reg. No. 45033) THREE QUARTER BROTHER TO J. MALCOLM FORBES 2:08. HIS DAM, EPISODE 2:18, IS NOT ONLY A FAMOUS BROODMARE, BUT SHE IS ALSO HALF-SISTER TO AMERICA'S LEADING TROTTING SIRE, PETER THE GREAT 2:07^. Sired by Bingen 2:06% (sire of Uhlan 1:58, Admiral Dewey 2:04% The Leading Lady, 3, 2:07, J. Malcolm Forbes 4, 2:0S, and 8 others in 2:10, 144 in' the 2-30 list) bv May King 2:21% (son of Electioneer), out of Young Miss (dam of 3, 2 sires of 14S and *3 dams of 6) by Young Jim (son of Geo. Wilkes 2:22), sire of 48, dams of 94- grandam Miss Mambrino by Red Wilkes, one of the best sons of Geo. Wilkes 2:22, etc Robert Eingen's dam was a trotter, Episode 2:1S (.dam of 1 in 2:30 and Mr. Pinker- ton, sire of Peter the Second 2:04%, Pinkerton 2:17 and two others in 2:30. Episode also produced the dam of Victor Forbes 2:23%), by Ambassador 2:21% (sire of Ambu- lator 2:09%, Susie T. 2:09%, Abnet 2:10% and 70 others in 2:30), son of Geo. Wilkes 2:22 and Lady Carr (dam of 4, 4 sires of S4 and 4 dams of 7 standard performers) bv American Clay 34, sire of 3, 3 sires of 7 and 33 dams of 47 in the list; grandam Kate by Sir Wallace. Robert Bingen's second dam was Santos (dam of Peter the Great 2:07*4, the great- est sire of extreme speed ever foaled, J. Malcolm Forbes 2:08, the great sire, Chimes of Normandy 2:16% and 3 others in 2:30) by Grand Sentinel 2:29% (sire of 22), he by Sentinel 2:29% (sire of S) out of Maid of Lexington by Mambrino Pilot 2:2S% (sire of 9), son of Mambrino Chief 11 and Juliet by Pilot Jr. 12. Maid of Lexington's "dam was by Imported Leviathan. Robert Bingen's third dam was Shadow (dam of 4) by Young Octoroon (broodmare sire), he by Octoroon out of a mare by Joe Brown, son of Davy Crockett. The fourth dam was Swallow by Joe Hooker 185, he by Mambrino Chief 11 out of the Warren Mare (dam of Governor 2:30) by Canada Chief. Robert Bingen is a beautiful bay stallion, foaled in 1905, standing full sixteen hands, is perfect in conformation, has a splendid disposition, and will undoubtedly lower hia record this year. He is young, sound and vigorous, has only been bred to a few mares and "he owners of his progeny declare they are perfect likenesses of their sire and in every way promising trotters. Although Robert Bingen 2:14% obtained this record as a pacer he is a natural trotter and as a two-year-old trotted very fast but trained off and his owner put him to pacing. This horse will be given a trotting record and it will be a I'stst one. He is strictly trotting bred. His breeding shows for itself and it is a question ii Mere ;s a setter bred Bingen in America today. PRINCE ANSEL 2, 2:201-2 Registered No. 29220. Cal. License Certificate No. 1053. Sire of LOTTIE ANSEL (2) 2 :14'/4— Champion two-year-old trotting filly of 1912. PRINCE LOT 2:073^— Fastest trotting gelding in the West in 1912. ARISTA ANSEL (2) 2:18!/4— Winner of the Can field -Clark Stake In 1912. PRINCE ANSEL was sired by Dexter Prince 11363, sire of Bernice R. 2:07%, Lison- jero 2:08*4, Eleata 2:08%, James L. 2:09%, Edith 2:10 and 60 others, out of Woodflower (dam of Seylex 2:15%, Prince Ansel (2) 2:20%) by Ansel 2:20 (son of Electioneer 125), sire of 14 in 2:30, 6 sir«=s of 16 and 14 dams of 17 in the list: Ansel 2:20 sired Morris 2:22% who sired the dams of Lady Maud C. 2:00% and Hedgewood Boy 2:01, etc.; second dam Mayflower 2:30%, dam of Manzanita 2:16 and Wildrlower 2:21, by St. Clair 16675. PRINCE ANSEL is a very handsome bay stallion: stands 15:3 hands, and weighs 1200 pounds. He is noted for siring colts and fillies that are endowed with early and extreme speed. During 1910 six of his get took records, and four were three-year-olds and under. In 1911 Adansel, a three-year-old, obtained his mark of 2:14%, while Prince Lot and Wesos lowered their records. In 1912 Lottie Ansel, a two-year-old, won all the Futurities she started in, getting a mark of 2:14%, the Coast record for fillies, and heads all record-holders of her age in America for the year. Arista Ansel, another two-year-old Futurity winner, got a record of 2:18%, while Prince Lot lowered his record to 2:07%. In 1913 Laura Rogers lowered her record to 2:11% and Ima Dudley got a mark of 2:27%, whil e John Malcolm, out of one of Prince Ansel's daugh- ters obtained the world's record for two-year-old pacers, 2:11%. Prince Ansel's prog- eny is noted for intelligence, soundness, perfect action and stamina. SEASON OF 1914 AT THE RACE TRACK, WOODLAND, CAL. Terms: For Robert Bingen 2:14/2, $75 by the season. For Prince Anse1 2:20/2, $50 With usual return privilege. Pasture for mares during season at $5.00 per month; not responsible for ac- cidents or escapes. For further information, address HARRY DOWLING, Manager Woodland Stock Farm, Woodland, Cal. TO GET A CHAMPION, BREED TO A CHAMPION. JIM LOGAN 2'M\ (3) 2:05[/2. world's record to 1912; (5) 2:04'/4, (6) 2:03/4, (7) 2:02?4- All winning race records. Registry Number 44997- By CHAS. DERBY 2:20 (brother to Klatawah (3) 2:05J/2, etc.), sire of Jim Logan 2:0234, Don Derby 2:04l2, Capt. Derby 2:0€J/2, Dan Logan 2:07J/2 and 6 others in 2:10. Dam, EFFIE LOGAN, California's greatest producer of extreme speed (dam of Jim Logan 2:02%, Sir Albert S. 2:03%, and Dan Logan 2:07%, sire of John Malcolm (2) 2:11%, champion two-year-old of 1913), by Durfee 11256, son of Kaiser 2:28 and Julia, by Revenue 2:22%; second dam Ripple, sister to Creole 2:15, by Prompter 2305, sire of the dam of Graft 2:02%, etc.; third dam Grace (dam of Daedalion 2:0S%, Creole 2:15 and Eagle 2:19%), by Buccaneer 2656, sire of the dams of 2 in 2:10; fourth dam Mary, great broodmare, by Flaxtail. JIM LOGAN is a handsome dark bay horse, stands 16 hands and weighs 1075 pounds. After setting a world's record of 2:05% at three years of age, he has lowered his record every season he has been raced and is absolutely sound, showing he has the best of feet and legs. He has only a few living foals and all of them that have been trained have shown speed towarrant his being a sire. His full brother, Dan Logan, sired the winners of the Breeders' Futurity of 1912 and the two and three-year-old events of 1913, John Malcolm, his two-year-old, getting the world's record of 2:11%. In the stud, season of 1914, at Woodland Race Track. FEE: $50 for season, with usual return privilege, or $75 to insure living colt. Fees payable at time of service or before removal of mares. Excellent pasture at $4 per month, with best of care for mares, though no responsibility will be assumed for acci- dents or escapes. Call at race track, or address J. ELMO MONTGOMERY, Davis, Cal Montbaine 48667 Cal. State License Pure Bred Xo. 1251 Son of MOKO 24457; sire of 7 in 2:10, dams of five in 2:10, 100 standard Derformers; dam, KREM MARIE, dam of four tro'tters by KREMLIN 2:07%, sire of dams of six in 2:10; second dam, Maymont, by Blackmont, sire of dam of Minnehaha 2:09%: third dam, Maywood (dam of May hill 2:19, . 2:17%) bv Blackwood 74, etc. MONTBAINE is an exceedingly :iandsome ma- hogany bay horse; stands 15.3% hands and weighs 1200 pounds. He has proven a very sure breeder, and his colts are fine individuals of ample size, quality and pronounced natural speed. He will make the season of 1914 at The Suisun Stock Farm, at a fee of $40 for the season, with return privilege. Moko and Kremlin rank among the greatest sires of today, and you can make no mistake by breeding to Montbaine. For particulars, call at barn, or address THE SUISUN STOCK FARM, B. F. Rush, Suisun, Cal. (Rush & Haile.) . m - IHBbW^ ^ ■-^a'Uaw ~ v9£)t^Hiff3ii i^^K. ■ i8 - MOKO HALL 2:11} Son of Walnut Hall 2:081-4 Winner of Ihe Kentucky Futurity fcr Two-year olds, and sire of The Harvester 2:01 The World's Champion Trotting Stallion. Manila Tiplcn 2:CS?< . Waiter Eall (4) Z:CC,, 0'Neil baH . tic The dam of MOKO HALL was by the most fashionable sire of trotters in the United States today, and that horse is MOKO. MOKO HALL is bred in the top crosses just like The Harvester, who was also by Walnut Hall, out ot a mare by Moko, the sire of 104 in 2:30, including such stake winners as Fereno 2:05%, Tenara 2:05%, Native Belle (3) 2:0G%, Manrico (3) 2:07%, Susie N. (3) 2:09%, and Brenda York (3), pacing, 2:04%, and his sons are siring early and extreme speed also. MOKO HALL is one of the handsomest and most uniformly made stallions in California. There is not a weak spot or place on him. As a trotter he proved himself to be most level-headed and game, as well as possessed of a high turn of speed in all his racing on the California Circuit last season. At Sacramento he forced Maymack to trot a mile in 2:08% to beat him. A year- living filly by him trotted a quarter in 34% seconds at Santa Rosa last Sep- tember. Will make the season of 1914 at Agricultural Park, Sacramento, Cal. FEE: $75 for the season. Usual return privileges. Good pasturage, and the best of care taken of mares in any manner that owners may desire, at reasonable rates, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. For further particulars address F. J. RUHSTALLER, Sacramento, Cal. The McKinney — Electioneer Trotting Stallion. Expressive Mac ^1523 Cal. State License, Pure Bred Xo. 494. Rose Record 2:25%. Trial 2:14. Sire of Vera Hal Z:07J4, Madam Mac 2:25 (trial 3 y. o. 2:09), Clara, trial 2:12; McKinney Hal, trial 2:14; Harry Mac, trial 2:25; Billy, trial 2:13; Eddy Mac 2:29'/4; Mid- night Express at eleven months an eighth of a mile in 20 seconds, and several others in standard time. EXPRESSIVE MAC 41523 is by McKinney 2:11%. dam Expressive (3) 2:12%, the great race and broodmare, dam of Atlantic Express 2:08%. Easter Belle 2:08%, Eva Bel- lini 2:24% (trial (4) 2:08%), Expressive Mac 2:25% (trial 2:14), John Bellini (3) 2:24%, and Elsa Bellini 2:29%. EXPRESSIVE MAC is all that can be desired in size, good color, substance, qual- ity, finish, breeding, gait and good disposition. He is asure foal getter of handsome seal brown or dark bay colts, and his is the "golden cross" of Wilkes — Electioneer. Fifteen of his get have sold for an average of $415 per head. TERMS, $25 for the season, with usual return privilege. Best of care taken of mares, but no responsibility for accidents or escapes. Pasturage, $2 a month. For further particulars address, NELSON, Selma, Cal. THE STANDARD TROTTING STALLION. JOHANO Black stallion, 15.2 hands, sired by Carlokin 2:0?% (sire of 8 two-year-olds in the list that are conceded to be the best ever seen in the West). Son of McKinney 2:11%, the greatest sire of 2:10 performers, out of Carlotta Wilkes (dam of 10 in 2:30, of which 4 are in 2:07% or better) by Charley Wilkes 2:21%; grandam Aspasia (dam of 4) by Alcantara 2:23; great grandam Miss Buchanan (dam of 1 and dams of 5 in 2:30) by Clark Chief, etc. Johano was out of Johanah Treat 2:2434 (dam of Zulu Belle, trotting 2:10%, pacing 2:06%; Del Coronado 2:09% (sire of Teddy B^ar 2:05. Cora 2:08%, Little Bernice 3, 2:09%, etc.); My Irene S. 2, 2:28% (dam of Esperanza 2, 2:14%, Carlos (2) 2:29%, and the dam of Nutway 2:29%. Johanah Treat was lr Thomas Rysdyk 10649 (a sire), son of Rysdyk 653 and Largesse 2:25 by Scott's Thomas 2:21 grandam Fanny Howard by WofuL son of Black Hawk 24. Johanah Treat's dam was Kate Treat by Venture 2:27% (sire of the dams of Directum 2:05%, Sidney Dillon, sire of Lou Dillon 1:58%, etc.) by Williamson's Belmont. Johano is a pure-gaited trotter. As a yearling he trotted quarters in 33 seconds; then, meeting with an accident which fractured his lower jaw, he was laid up for two years. He has entirely recovered and recently trotted a mile in 2:30, and it is predicted by those who have seen him that he will get a very low record this season He is a very stylish, well made stallion with a splendid disposition. He is one-,of the best bred sons of Carlokin, as can be seen by the above, and seekers after stallions that carry the blood of the futurity winners in their veins and are anxious to get colts and fillies that will have a natural inheritance of beauty, soundness, early and ex- treme speed should not overlook this grand looking young stallion. Will make the season of 1914 at Pleasanton Driving Park. Terms: $25 for the season, with usual return privilege. Address HORACE FEINDEL, Pleasanton Driving Park, Pleasanton, Cal. PALO KING 2-28! Reg. No. 44910 George Wilkes Electioneer State License Pure Bred 1734. Sire of Little Lucille, p. (3) 2:09, fastest filly of her age on Pacific Coast, and The Bulletin (2) 2:2Sl/2, trotting. By Marengo King 2:28|/2 (sire of Marie N. 2:0$%, etc.), son of McKinney 2:11% and By By, great broodmare, by Xutwood 2:1S%: dam Palo Belle 2:24!/2, by Palo Alto 2:08%, son of Electioneer and sire of the dams of High Admiral 2:07%, Mahomet Watts (3) 2:10, etc.; second dam Belle Isle, great broodmare, by Piedmont 2:17%; third dam, Idabelle, great broodmare, by Hambletonian 10; fourth dam, Godfrey Star, by American Star 14. PALO KING is a bay horse of excellent size and conformation, a pure gaited trotter, and ranks as one of the most potent sires of his age in the world. His get are uniformly good colored, large, finely turned, good headed and endowed with natural speed. Season of 1914 at Woodland Race Track, where you can see his colts step. TERMS: $25 for the season, or $40 to insure. Call or address H. S. HOGOfiOOM, Owner, Woodland, Cal. 18 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturdaj-, April 4, 1914. HEME, STOCK FARM! Hemet, Cal. § W. F. WHITTIER, Pres. (Incorporated) BUDD DOBLE, V. P. and Mgr. | Home of the Champion Three-Year-Old Trotter 'q WILBUR LOU 2:10 J Sired by KINNEY LOU 2:07 3-4 4 & Cal. State License. Pure Bred 161. Dam LOUISE CARTER, 3, 2:24 Sire of Wilbur Lou 2:10' , True Klnni, (2) 2:19 21 Standard Periormers Son of MeKinney 2:11% and Mars Lou 2:17 Dam of Wilbur Lou (3) 2:1034 Mamie Slum 2:12 Martin Carter (3) 2:29% Daughter of Chestnut Tom 2?15 by Nwvrood Wilkes 2:16% WORLD'S CHAMPION YEARLING TROTTING STALLION 1910 S Unbeaten Two-Year-Old in 1911 © Winner of California State Fair and Pacific Coast Breeders' Association g| Futurities in 1912. Hecord in Third Heat of a winning race. *g Also holder of the "World's Record of a Five-Heat Race by a 3-year-old Stallion. * Limited number of approved mares at $100 the season. ^ KINNEY^eT LOPEZ 2:23 f Cal. State License, Pure Bred 160. © Son of Kinney Lou 2:07% and Betsey Direct by Direct 2:05%. zg $50 the Season W Terms: Cash at time of service with usual return privilege, or money re- !| funded at our option. Excellent pasturage and best of care taken of mares, ^ but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. $g "They have both shown by this year's crop to be sires of early speed: a* FIESTA LOU by Wilbur Lou at 9 months old paced 1-16 in 10 seconds: g BILLIE BOYD by Wilbur Lou at 8 months old trotted 1-16 in 12 seconds; yi £ DON McKINNEY by Kinney de Lopez at 7% months old trotted 1-16 in Q g 14 seconds; and all the rest are showing equally well" The Impor ted-Registered Shire Stallions Anwick Arthur Reg. No. 29025. Foaled 1908. STATE LICENSE PURE BRED 332 Sired by Horbling Arthur 23368: dam Blossom 65974 by Sheffield Armour Plate 17616. A handsome, pow- erfully built young horse, stands 17.3 hands and weighs 2150 pounds. SERVICE FEE: $25, with return privilege. BLACK HAWK MERRY BOY Reg. No. 14064. Am. Shire Horse Ass'n. (Foaled April 23, 1912.) State License Pure Bred 2044. Sired by Elvedon Hero 27313, dam Flawford Daisy 63656 by Whitstone Ring O' Bells 15927. Service Fee $20, with return privilege. BLACK HAWK HAROLD Reg. No. 14065. Am. Shire Horse Ass'n. (Foaled April 16, 1912.) State License Pure Bred 2045. Sired by Fylde Monk 29418, dam Quanea Diamond 68287 by Moulton Gallant Prince 16254. Service Fee: $20, with return privilege. The above stallions will stand at THE BLACK HAWK RANCH BURLINGAME, SAN MATEO CO., CAL. Young stock, one to five years old, broodmares, and stallions for sale. The best of care taken of mares bred to the above stallions, but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Excellent pasturage at $5 per month. For further particulars apply to IRA BARKER DALZiEL, Manager, or 530 Fulton St., San Francisco, Cal Harry Clark, Burlingame, Cal. SELLS' TURF GOODS A Complete Assortment at Right Prices Turtle and Clark's Electric Stallion Shield Track Harness Road Harness Riding Saddles Patent Bits Horse Boots Blankets Coolers Hopples Willlans Toe Weights Smith Wonder Worker Tweed's Linament Absorhine Save-the-Horse Reducine Gombaults Balsam J. DAVID WEST 1265-1267 Golden Gate Avenue Phon* P»rk 12S3 near Fillmore Str.e, Send for Catalogue Wholesale and Retail Subscribe for "The Breeder ana Sportsman." _J . . _ H. O1A30 "JSIdd Its -I1M jo \\3\\ as'JBvm THE STANDARD TROTTING BRED STALLION LIJERO 2:151-4 Sire of EXPEDIO 2:09'/4 and JAS. H. DONNELLY (3) trial 2:17. half in 1:06. These are the only ones of his progeny worked. There are five two-year-olds by him in training; one of them, Sutterville, trotted a public trial quarter as a yearling at the State Fair in 34 seconds. Another, out of Paprika at Woodland, has already been a half in 1:12%, last quarter in 34 seconds. The balance can show better than a 2:30 gait. One out of Queen S., dam of Teddy Bear, is undoubtedly of champion calibre. Lijero 2:15& is to be sold at the closing out sale of Wright 6 Donnelly's Livery Stable 318 K Street, Sacramento, Cal., Saturday, April 4, 1914 Besides this magnificent twelve -year- old stallion Lijero there are to be sold two registered mares (grand individuals and perfect in every way) and all the horses, harness, etc., of this well-equipped livery stable. Such an opportunity to get high- class roadsters, business horses, and some grandly bred trotting stock, may not occur again. Remember the date and be on hand. McADRIAN 2:24 Reg. No. 45391. Cal. State License Pure Bred No. 317. Sire of Bert Kelly 2:12V* Trix McAdrian (2) .„...2:23% Grace Chalmers (mat.) .2:20% Olive McAdrian (2) tr..2:22 Sired by GUY McKINNEY (sire of Vernon MeKinney 2:01%, Linden Girl 2:22, etc.); dam MAPLE LEAF 2:343,4 by Adrian 2:26% (sire of Rosetta A. 2:14%), son of Reliance 2:22% and Adriana by Skenandoah; MoAdrian's grandam was OLLIE RAY 2:39%, dam of Acclamation 2:24% (sire of Lizzie C. 2:15), Vendome, dam of McKinley 2:29; his great grandam was MARY BLAINE by Signal 3327 (sire of the dam of Prussian Maid 2:19, etc.). Guy MeKinney, sire of McAdrian 2:24, was by MeKinney 2:11^4, out of Flossie D., by Guy Wilkes 2:15Vi; second dam, Blanche Ward (dam of China Maid 2:05V4), by Onward 2:25%; third dam, Blanche Patchen, by Mambrino Patchen 58, etc. McAdrian is one of the handsomest and strongest made grandsons of MeKinney in California. He has no faults; is a pure gaited trotter and a sure foal getter. He will make the season of 1914 at the race track, Red Bluff. Terms, $30 for the season. For further particulars, apply to or address E. D. DIGGES. Owner, Red Bluff, Cal. $3000 THE CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR $3000 Five Gaited Saddle Horse Futurity No. 1 Open to tne World The produce of any mare bred in 1913 to a stallion registered In either the Amer- ican or Pacific Coast Gaited Saddle Horse Associations. To be given under the direction of the California State Agricultural Society and to be shown as weanlings, yearlings, two-year-olds and three-year-olds. CONDITIONS: ENTRIES TO CLOSE FRIDAY, MAY 1st, 1914. Every foal of 1914 produced by a mare nominated herein is eligible to compete in all four divisions of this stake by its owner making payments as herein provided. Winners will not be barred. All nominations and payments must be made to the Secretary of the California State Agricultural Society, at his office in Sacramento. Each entry to be made on blanks furnished by the California State Agricultural Society. ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS. MARES. — Mares must be nominated by May 1st, 1914, when a payment of $2.00 must be made. Each mare's name, color and the name of the horse to which she was bred in 1913, must accompany the entry fee. On July 1st, 1914, the color and sex of the foal must be given and an additional payment of $3.00 must be made. On February 1st, 1915, a payment of $10 will be due on yearlings. On February 1st, 1916, a payment of $15 will be due on two-year-olds. On February 1st, 1917, a payment of $25 will be due on three-year-olds. STARTING OR SHOW PAYMENTS. Thirty days before the opening of the Fair each year the following payments will be due: On weanlings to be shown in 1914 $10.00 On yearlings " " " " 1915. 15.00 On two-year-olds " " " 1916 25.00 On three-year-olds " " " 1917 40.00 CLASSIFICATION AND DIVISION OF MONEY AS FOLLOWS: Stallion, Mare or Gelding Weanlings 1914 $ 300.00 Yearlings 1915 500.00 2 year olds 1916 800.00 3 year olds 1917 1200.00 The amount contested for shall be divided into six moneys, as follows: To the winner 35 per cent. To the 2nd colt 20 per cent. To the 3rd colt 15 per cent. To the 4th colt 12% per cent. To the 5th colt 10 per cent. To the 6th colt 7% per cent. MANNER OF SHOWING. — Weanlings, yearlings and two-year-olds shall shown to halter, and three-year-olds under the saddle. The right is reserved to declare the stake off prior to August 1, 1914, if same does not fill satisfactorily, upon the refunding of all entries received. In case a mare fails to produce a colt, produces a dead colt or foals twins, or her colt dies, the right to substitute by the owner another colt from a mare bred to a registered stallion is reserved, on or before January 1st, 1915. In case a nominated colt is dropped out, and later his owner desires to re-enter same, this may be done upon a payment of all sums which should have been paid had the entry been kept good and $25.00 additional. The Board of Directors of the California State Agricultural Society reserves the right to interpret and determine all questions affecting this stake. A. L. SCOTT, President. J. L. MCCARTHY, Secretary, Sacramento, Cal. To Sire of first To dam of first money winner money winner 510.00 $10.00 15.00 15.00 25.00 25.00 50.00 50.00 be Telephone Pacific 1654 . 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